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100% id rather duke lose than win my bracket
But the best part is no one remembers and only associates it with UVA.
Yes but you gotta make them pay for extra outs and we did
Unfortunately Purdue gave UVA some company a few years ago after they lost to Farleigh Dickinson in the 1st round of the 2023 tournament.
Unfortunately it doesnt, #1 Purdue lost to #16 Farleigh Dickinson 63-58 in 2023. That other school did it first though.
I'd have loved to see the chaos of Duke going down, but let's all remember that a certain record still stands now and belongs to just one team. If only I could remember what team that was.........
They hung in there longer and kept it closer than I expected but I generally don't get too much concerned about scores at Half in 1 v. 16 and 2 v. 15 games. Lots of times these teams can keep up for 20-25 minutes but once the starters are gassed, the floor drops out below them.
The once obvious exception was UVA who got absolutely boat-raced by UMBC from Tip to Buzzer.
Yeah scuttlebutt is that he really likes VT
And it won't be long until the Hokie Club is razed and rebuilt in the way JMFF thinks it needs to happen.
FTFY.
That doesn't necessarily mean that the way he thinks it needs to happen is the way that it really needs to happen. He's a football coach, not a professional fundraiser.
I'm not saying that the Hokie Club doesn't need to be burned to the ground and rebuilt from the ashes. And I'm not saying that JMFF doesn't have some good ideas on what changes need to occur. I'm just saying that I'd prefer that someone other than the head football coach be the one to do the reimagining of the Hokie Club. Otherwise, we're just going to get another Hokie Club that was designed from the ground up by somebody without professional fundraising experience! Which would just then be Hokie Club 1.1, rather than Hokie Club 2.0, IMnsHO.
And the Siena lead is gone. Their starters haven't subbed out once and I have to imagine the Duke depth is about to take over and this is going to be a 10+ win for Duke.
Wisconsin vs High Point was the one first round game I put a few dollars on.
I sure hope that is what happens.
But the fact that the guy in charge during this period of prolonged ineptitude remains essentially unscathed isn't encouraging.
Whit has:
1) Lost the single most successful Coach during his tenure - Brooks.
2) continued to employ Ballein who was actively subverting the Head Football Coach
3) Feigned ingnorance of #2 in a National ESPN article
4) Presided over a completely ineffective HokieClub.
5) Made 2 horrible Football hires in a row
6) "Weights weigh the same" ---enough said.
The continued unforced stupidity in terms of the handling of the NIT bid declining an NIT bid that did not yet even exist leads me to believe that the SOP inside Merryman hasn't changed much. I don't view an A.D. headed by Whit Babcock ever being part of the solution here.
Worth it
Look, I am excited and very hopeful for what James Franklin can do at VT but I think we also need to be realistic about the fact that there are systemic issues and personnel that are just broken in the A.D.
James Franklin was brought in because we realize those things are broken and are looking for him to guide us into the resolution. The fact that he's basically being allowed to rebuild football as he sees fit and essentially cleaning house of anyone and everyone that isn't one of his guys (that is, everyone from the previous regime) is very telling that going forward its his way or GTFO. And it won't be long until the Hokie Club is razed and rebuilt in the way it needs to happen.
An unresponsive Hokie Club missing out on an opportunity to capitalize on an opportunity falling in their lap for easy fundraising ventures?
Seems about right for them
Duke losing would hurt my bracket more.
I too bought some of the SEC hype like I haven't learned from years past.
Vandy losing would basically have me burn my bracket before dinner.
Duke and Vandy Losing. Wisconsin struggling with High Point. Madness has arrived early.
now with an 11pt lead ~5 minutes left in the 1st.
Thats it for first round. Team goes 6-4
Late to the games today - Siena giving Duke more than it can handle right now
Round 2
Eddie V already in and up 5-2 after 2