If roundball is your blood, this is the place to discuss the Flames as they move into the Ritchie McKay era for the 2nd time.

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By ToTheLeft
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jcmanson wrote:Lefty, Atrain, and I all correctly predicted the winners to this point, and we all picked CCU over WU.

Although Lefty did make a different prediction in this thread: http://www.flamefans.com/forums/viewtop ... =3&t=15111
Yeah, I was having fun with that, since it was my contest and I didn't want it to be rigged for me. :P
By UNCA Alum
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g-webb1994 wrote:If Winthrop wins Saturday, I wonder if a certain somebody in Wichita, Kansas will be having even more buyers remorse? :D
Finished 2nd in the The Valley this year. Has an outside chance at an at-large bid if they make it to the tournament finals. (Doubtful, but the bubble teams are just so mediocre this year that they might decide to go with two teams from the 9th toughest conference. Their RPI is at 51, but they played a weak schedule.) Only losing one senior and will probably be preseason favorites next season. Plays in front of 10,000 every night at home and making around $750K.

I think he's doing alright.
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By horrez
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UNCA Alum wrote:
g-webb1994 wrote:If Winthrop wins Saturday, I wonder if a certain somebody in Wichita, Kansas will be having even more buyers remorse? :D
Finished 2nd in the The Valley this year. Has an outside chance at an at-large bid if they make it to the tournament finals. (Doubtful, but the bubble teams are just so mediocre this year that they might decide to go with two teams from the 9th toughest conference. Their RPI is at 51, but they played a weak schedule.) Only losing one senior and will probably be preseason favorites next season. Plays in front of 10,000 every night at home and making around $750K.

I think he's doing alright.
Yeah, something tells me he isn't sitting around crying at night wishing he was back in Rock Hill. The money is good, but more than anything I bet he loves being in front of 10,000 people every home game. I'm just glad we had him for as long as we did.
By ATrain
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jcmanson wrote:Lefty, Atrain, and I all correctly predicted the winners to this point, and we all picked CCU over WU.

Although Lefty did make a different prediction in this thread: http://www.flamefans.com/forums/viewtop ... =3&t=15111
If we're all right in the championship game (a big IF), it'll be fun to compare brackets for the NCAA tourney.
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By 01LUGrad
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ATrain wrote:I remember the '04 Championship game between LU and HPU...
That made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Thank you!
By kuntryboimike
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you know ive heard a lot of complaining and cutting down of the coach and team and really...i think liberty did great this yr considering we have a new head coach, new team basically, and we had a close game with a conference championship contender. to me thats a successful season at liberty.
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By Cider Jim
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The BSC championship tips off in less than a half hour (4:00) on ESPN2. Anybody heading over to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch it? Play Basketball

And who are you pulling for? I'm rooting for Coastal.
By kuntryboimike
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im kinda pullin for winthrop. then we can say we lost to the big south champion in the first round. just an excuse i can use i guess one day when im braggin on liberty and i need a way to explain why we didnt win the playoffs. 1 more excuse in the box ha
By LUconn
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I think Big Stuff is a soulless creature that feeds off of your fear.
By LUconn
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I'll concede that both of these teams play pretty good defense, but this is an offensive abomination on both sides for most of the first half.
By TIMSCAR20
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the more I think about the conference tourney I really wish it were at 1 venue. Again I see the value of the home court going to the higher seeds but as a fan I loved seeing all the games in the same venue. I just got back from the CAA Tourney this afternoon and boy is that a big time atmosphere! They play it every year in the Richmond Coliseum. It is a bit of a home court advantage for VCU but the CAA Headquarters is here in Richmond. I just watched VCU/GMU battle in front of a near capacity crowd. I think the coliseum holds (total guess) 15-18 K. It is a pretty big arena.

Their regular season is still important because they have 12 teams in the league and the top 4 teams get a buy in the 1st round. So if you are not in the top 4 you have to win 4 games to win it all. Now I know the CAA is miles ahead of the big south in terms of fan participation which is why they know they are going to have a pretty good crowd no matter who is in the tourney. However with Campbell coming next year I believe our conference will have 11 teams. 1 more and we could set the tournament up the same way they have it in the CAA. It makes for an exciting atmosphere I think.
By LUconn
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Cliff Ellis looks like he's going for a Benjamin Franklin look today.
By ATrain
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I agree with LUConn and Scar. Winthrop can't hit a free throw to save its life it seems.

As for the 1-site, 12-team idea, I really like it. However, where in the Big South can it be hosted that fans will travel and it won't look empty? Richmond works for the CAA b/c its VCU's hometown and its not that far from GMU, ODU, JMU and W&M and also not a huge distance from Drexel, Towson and UNCW.

Coastal up 1 w/ 15:34 left to play
By LUconn
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Nice coastal, I've heard countless Bull**** chants and now Cliff is having to tell people not to throw things on the court.
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By WinthropEagleFan
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LUconn wrote:Nice coastal, I've heard countless Bull**** chants and now Cliff is having to tell people not to throw things on the court.

After a very classy chant regarding Matt Dickey in the semifinals.
By ATrain
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LUconn wrote:Nice coastal, I've heard countless Bull**** chants and now Cliff is having to tell people not to throw things on the court.
bull**** chants are a lot more common nowadays unfortunately, you can hear it at NBA games and probably many collegiate bball games across the country. Not saying its not classless, just saying its not a Coastal thing.

The throwing stuff, however...isn't that an automatic technical now?

And finally, I wish I had a dollar everytime one of the ESPN announcers used the word "tiny" to describe Kimbel Arena.
By LUconn
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CCU looks completely clueless. They have no idea how to score
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By RubberMallet
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these 2 teams suck. good ole big south basketball.
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By WinthropEagleFan
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RubberMallet wrote:these 2 teams suck. good ole big south basketball.
Better to be the best of all the teams that suck then to be in the middle of the pack.
By TIMSCAR20
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I told Lang 3 weeks ago and Jason Allison this week that I thought Winthrop was going to win it all. I may have said it on here too but I am too lazy to search for it...Speaking of preditions and Jason Allison, I told him that Reggie Williams was going to play in the NBA and now he is on Golden State. He may not stick there but he will have a full time gig in the league one day soon IMO.

Winthrop just makes the games look so ugly. They really defend and play so physical that an 8 point lead feels like 15.
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By RubberMallet
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WinthropEagleFan wrote:
RubberMallet wrote:these 2 teams suck. good ole big south basketball.
Better to be the best of all the teams that suck then to be in the middle of the pack.
absolutely but this is unwatchable
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