on April 7, 2026, 12:57:50, in reply to "can't disagree this is the way it is now, guess as someone who has"
That's a downside, but in the grand scheme, the Power 4 are much better off if Texas as the 11 or Iowa as the 9 is the Cinderella team. I know this is sacrilege, but I genuinely think that under the old regime Iowa had fallen so god damned far that it wasn't a foregone conclusion most years that they were one of the best two teams in Iowa. They cancelled the Iowa series because Iowa was starting to finish 4th in it. That old regime sucked because if you recruited a stiff, you were more or less stuck with the guy. 
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had the same best friend(s) for 45 years and now as older ladies we still come to tears almost every day re-living/laughing about our past adventures and memories.
I mean, yes of course these players will remember the win last night (as will all the other teams in the tourney will, too), but I don't know..to me the long term beauty/sense of contentness of their memories (like I'm seeing with the 1989 team still hanging out together) will not be as much of a thing nor near as strong and meaningful as they age. And I think that's important for a fully rich life as one gets old, but that's obviously just my opinion. AND I suppose one glance at their bank accounts will supersede what I enjoy on a daily basis.
But yeah, in general the fans won't care whether we're an all Balkan team next year as long as we win..but I personally miss seeing kids grow from boys to men and the feeling of getting to know them over a few years. THAT is a large part of what I enjoy about CBB, because in the end it is just a game and all but one team goes home a loser.
Don't think I am the only one who feels this way, I know I'm not. I feel for the schools/fans that are, as you say "turbofucked", because I really think they are. It's gonna be the same Top 20/25 schools every year in that Sweet Sixteen (in general), isn't it? Previous Message
and competitive position is all that matters. Does Nebraska care that their team was a bunch of Bradley and Iowa transfers? No. Does Iowa care that their team was over half Drake transfers? No. People just want to win and all the sour fucking grapes are from god damned America-hating freedom-loathing losers. Nebraska ain't in a sweet 16 under the old regime. That Iowa team doesn't emerge from the doldrums to Elite 8 under the old regime. You ain't making that Final 4 without buying out the entire Slovakian pro league or whatever the fuck you did.
All hemming and hawing is coming from the second tier conferences and programs who can tell how fucked they are because of the absolute juggernaut the Big Ten is building. I mean for Christ sakes, Iowa had a fucking double digit lead in an Elite 8 game and was literally 4 god damned plays from 12-0 in football en route to piss pounding an upper tier SEC team with no material opt outs in a bowl game. IOWA. And Iowa is by far the smallest legacy public in the Big Ten. The sky is the limit for the big publics in the Big Ten.
The fans in other conferences are readily able to see just how turbofucked they are just by looking at the CFP and NCAA tournament this year. Previous Message
all that excited..and I know it's because they haven't known each other and had collectively striven (is that the correct word?) for that moment for 3/4 years together. Just human nature, i suppose..hired mercenaries, basically. It can't help but mean less inside.
It's why I was surprised I like our guys as much as I did. Maybe it's because we were winning/good? Bet that helped. Will love them more if they stay. Previous MessagePrevious MessagePrevious Message
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