thatthang
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Fixed it for you.
Somehow it was even better seeing your salty arse have to post that. Thank you for that :cheers:
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Imagine having to play an ineligible player to beat an NIT team on the road.
I know that loss really chaps your arse. All the fans in your tiny little arena were so excited that Saturday. They wanted that one really bad but; instead, a Pearl-led Auburn fell short to Bama once again. Oh well.
UT is going to be really hard to beat in any competition involving falling short of expectations.
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Ranking
1) football championship
2) basketball championship
3) baseball championship
Well, duh. I don't think any honest person would disagree with you there, except probably putting more space between 2 and 3. But that's not what the OP asked.
That said, responders to this thread are responding to different questions. OP asked to choose between:
(A) Final Four with chance to win title
(B) guaranteed baseball title.
It's actually a good way to frame it as you have to account for probability that your team goes on to win the basketball title.
I decided to respond to VFL's interpretation which was simply: Final Four vs baseball title. Every year about this time, I marvel at how fetishized the entirely arbitrary Final Four has become. It’s just the semifinals, I guess with a nifty name? If the tournament expanded to 128 teams with 8 regions, would we start fetishizing the Elite Eight—or still obsess over the Final Four? It’s a weird, arbitrary line to place so much stock in.
Ok, rant off.
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Anyone who says anything other than final 4 is lying to themselves. I love having a baseball natty but I would trade a baseball natty and agree to never winning another game for the rest of my life if it meant getting a final 4.
Nah. I'd argue college basketball is somewhere around 20X as important and compelling as college baseball, but titles are still all that really matters. I said this before Bama finally broke through and made the Final Four and some of our rivals tried to weirdly lord that over us, and I'll say it today: a Final Four is just making it to the semifinals if you don't get it all done. Give me the hardware in one team sport over the semis in another.
re: The Kiffin Effect: Is LSU Sacrificing Other Sports?
Posted by thatthang on 3/23/26 at 8:39 pm to SouthernInsanity
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Yeah.... sure.
Alabama did exactly that on their last hire. No one, including most LSU fans, denies that Alabama took a pass on Lane. What a weirdly delusional creature you are.
re: Longest Consecutive Sweet 16 Streak
Posted by thatthang on 3/23/26 at 6:28 pm to BigOrangeBri
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That’s not what the thread is about. I guess you could start a thread on that if you wanted. How’s the NIT going?
:lol:
Right? What a random thing to blurt out. Those guys are really having a hard time.
re: The Kiffin Effect: Is LSU Sacrificing Other Sports?
Posted by thatthang on 3/23/26 at 6:19 pm to SouthernInsanity
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Name a program that wouldn't have hired Kiffin if they had the chance like LSU did.
Alabama
re: Tide was 3-1 vs Sweet 16 teams on neutral floors & true road games this year.
Posted by thatthang on 3/23/26 at 6:09 pm to WildcatMike
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So what, Kentucky was 5-1…it does not mean shite.
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WildcatMike
Why is a Kentucky fan posting in a men's basketball thread?
shamelessly dropping a post i just made in another thread here:
Consistent Sweet 16's have always been the realistic benchmark for me and Alabama basketball. Elite Eights are nice, and Final Fours even better—but at the end of the day, these are all arbitrary distinctions if you don’t finish the job.
Of course, now we’re seeing glimpses of something more, and that raises expectations. But under Wimp, Alabama proved it could consistently get past the first weekend. There’s no reason the program should settle for less than a coach who can do the same. From there, it’s about putting yourself in position year after year—and hoping one season the stars align to break through. I won't hold my breath on that :lol:
Consistent Sweet 16's have always been the realistic benchmark for me and Alabama basketball. Elite Eights are nice, and Final Fours even better—but at the end of the day, these are all arbitrary distinctions if you don’t finish the job.
Of course, now we’re seeing glimpses of something more, and that raises expectations. But under Wimp, Alabama proved it could consistently get past the first weekend. There’s no reason the program should settle for less than a coach who can do the same. From there, it’s about putting yourself in position year after year—and hoping one season the stars align to break through. I won't hold my breath on that :lol:
re: Oats now has the Alabama record
Posted by thatthang on 3/23/26 at 11:01 am to Gen Patton
Consistent Sweet 16's have always been the realistic benchmark for me and Alabama basketball. Elite Eights are nice, and Final Fours even better—but at the end of the day, these are all arbitrary distinctions if you don’t finish the job.
Of course, now we’re seeing glimpses of something more, and that raises expectations. But under Wimp, Alabama proved it could consistently get past the first weekend. There’s no reason the program should settle for less than a coach who can do the same. From there, it’s about putting yourself in position year after year—and hoping one season the stars align to break through. I won't hold my breath on that :lol:
Of course, now we’re seeing glimpses of something more, and that raises expectations. But under Wimp, Alabama proved it could consistently get past the first weekend. There’s no reason the program should settle for less than a coach who can do the same. From there, it’s about putting yourself in position year after year—and hoping one season the stars align to break through. I won't hold my breath on that :lol:
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Because since you think I’m an alter, it’s more entertaining for me watching you “try” to figure out who I am.
We know you're a retard. You've made this crystal clear. I don't care to know anything beyond that.
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T1gerNate
What is this thread even? Alabama won by almost double the spread while LSU sat at home….again. Why are the vast majority of LSU fans so fricking retarded?
re: Hofstra pretty tough this year?
Posted by thatthang on 3/20/26 at 4:54 pm to BootyFett69
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BootyFett69
What is this thread even? Alabama won by almost double the spread while LSU sat at home….again. Why are the vast majority of LSU fans so fricking retarded?
re: QUESTION:Longest NCAA tournament win drought for each SEC team (since 64 team expansion)?
Posted by thatthang on 3/19/26 at 11:57 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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Georgia is at 24 years and counting
Gonna have to keep counting
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Auburn's class finished the year 8th in the nation based on the metrics he was using.
What a weird flex. First of all, I have no idea who Ronald Evans is. That said, you're flexing that Auburn was, what, only 5 spots below Bama that cycle? Again, just a weird thing to get excited about. That's not in the same universe of failure as what 789 has done in this disaster.
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Well, Auburn IS a historic SEC program so I don't see any issue with that wording. They have the 2nd fewest amount of wins of all time among all 16 SEC teams. Which is historically bad.
:lol:
re: Auburn, whoever runs the men’s basketball twitter is cringe.
Posted by thatthang on 3/19/26 at 12:39 pm to HClassof84
quote]Historic SEC program Auburn announces major news ahead of March Madness[/quote]
That's the title of the piece you linked.
That's the title of the piece you linked.
re: QUESTION:Longest NCAA tournament win drought for each SEC team (since 64 team expansion)?
Posted by thatthang on 3/19/26 at 10:04 am to Violent Hip Swivel
This thread does not meet minimum quality standards for this esteemed board. Please list the stats for the other 15 teams as that would actually be pretty interesting. I leave you with this: do better.
re: Nepo Baby Pearl has Auburn 5-3 in SEC play
Posted by thatthang on 3/19/26 at 7:59 am to ForeverGator
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Did you win the lottery? Just a reminder that we did run the table in the SEC regular season and wound up top 5. Also a reminder, Nepo Baby Pearl is still your coach. The coach of an NIT team.
:rotflmao:
What a massive failure this thread has been.
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Think it was sort of an open secret.
Correct. This may be just the wake-up call he needed. In 10 years hopefully he will look back on this dark chapter and realize he was fortunate to go somewhere that takes discipline seriously.
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