All you “great regular season” basketball fans need to ask…

#51
#51
There have been No. 1 seeds losing to eight seeds in hockey, NBA, etc., before. Heck, look no further than Seattle over Colorado this year.
Yeah, it happens…what’s the point? It’s an upset. It isn’t the probability I take exception with. It’s the format you’re trying to draw a like for like conclusion from.

The NCAAT isn’t played in a series, so upsets are far more likely in a one-game outcome. Do you think if Tennessee and Florida Atlantic played each other in a best-of-7 series, home and away, that Tennessee doesn’t likely win that series?

Tennessee not advancing past the S16 in a one-game outcome isn’t comparable to a team losing in a best-of-7 series.
 
#52
#52
If you don’t want Barnes fired, why do you come on this board to incessantly whine about his postseason success? If I had this much of a problem with how our seasons always ends, I would want our coach fired yesterday. If you think things are so bad AND you don’t want the coach fired, you are worse than anyone who you would claim is fine with mediocrity. If you’re gonna come on here and say ridiculous sh*t, at least sack up and stand on it.
Damn right, @berryvol . All that bitching, but he doesn't want Barnes fired. Either bat 💩 crazy or a 🐈, imo. In the immortal words of "Tool", "he had a whole lot to say, he had a whole lot of nothing to say, we'll miss him"
 
#53
#53
Damn right, @berryvol . All that bitching, but he doesn't want Barnes fired. Either bat 💩 crazy or a 🐈, imo. In the immortal words of "Tool", "he had a whole lot to say, he had a whole lot of nothing to say, we'll miss him"
Or he’s just an incessant troll. Personally I don’t have the time or desire to listen to folks with a “whole lot of nothing to say” that just constantly whine. The nega-Barnes trolls are sort of like Chicken Little. Say it often enough and pretty soon folks just don’t listen. Sure I’d like to see them go further but I’m also very happy with a consistent top 20 program and an SEC contender every year that wins the SEC every now and then. When you have lived through the likes of Wade Houston, Buzz Peterson, Kevin O’Neill and Donnie Tyndall, you know a winner (on the court and in life) when you see one. Rick Barnes is a winner. Period.
 
#54
#54
My favorite part of this thread is how you left out how irrelevant Tennessee was for decades before Coach Barnes took over and how respectable the program is now. Sure Bruce had some success.....he also left us holding the bag when the dust cleared. Everyone else has failed miserably.

I would love to see an Elite 8 or Final four appearance. Of course I would love for them to win it all. But Barnes has done a phenomenal job taking this program to consistent heights and sustained a respectable program.

We would be idiots to discount those accomplishments or try to replace him for not winning enough.
Barnes has made Tn bb a national relevant player. Evidently there are people who forget about the Wade Houston days.
 
#55
#55
If the regular season is just a vehicle for getting to the tourney, then we’re wasting fabric on some banners in the arena.

The NCAA tournament is a glorified pageant that principally serves to make the NCAA a ton of money and its format is tailored for upsets to the point where the 5-12 matchup is essentially a running joke. Sure it’d be great to win one. This year in particular is a great year to show that the national champion isn’t necessarily the best team in basketball when looking at the whole of the season. The dance is a fun ride but I’m always going to put more stock in winning or at least challenging for the SEC, in any sport for that matter.
 
#56
#56
One of you clowns tried to stated Florida beating Boston in the NHL playoffs may be ”the greatest sports upset of all time”. Oh well, Florida has now defeated Toronto in six games and advanced to the eastern conference finals,

Yeah, you’re a sports savant, alright. No wonder you defend RB 😂
 
#57
#57
One of you clowns tried to stated Florida beating Boston in the NHL playoffs may be ”the greatest sports upset of all time”. Oh well, Florida has now defeated Toronto in six games and advanced to the eastern conference finals,

Yeah, you’re a sports savant, alright. No wonder you defend RB 😂

A poster making an analogy of an NHL playoff upset with Barnes might be one of the most ignorant things I’ve read in the VN BBF. But seeing the ass clown that’s making it, it’s understandable.
 
#58
#58
One of you clowns tried to stated Florida beating Boston in the NHL playoffs may be ”the greatest sports upset of all time”. Oh well, Florida has now defeated Toronto in six games and advanced to the eastern conference finals,

Yeah, you’re a sports savant, alright. No wonder you defend RB 😂



so The Panthers being a better team than their seed proves your point AND them not being better than their seed also proves your point?
 
#60
#60
so The Panthers being a better team than their seed proves your point AND them not being better than their seed also proves your point?

It proves regular season means next to nothing which has been my point all along. Again, this is directed at the “have a good season and get to the tournament crowd”—which there are plenty of these clowns on the board when it comes to hoops.
 
#61
#61
It proves regular season means next to nothing which has been my point all along. Again, this is directed at the “have a good season and get to the tournament crowd”—which there are plenty of these clowns on the board when it comes to hoops.

You didn’t answer my question
 

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