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jay santos · 02-19-2008, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian

Anybody "can", but very few do.
I think you underestimate the difficulty of winning in the tourney.

32 teams do it every year.

Indy Coug · 02-19-2008, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jay santos

32 teams do it every year.

Which means 308 teams don't.

Detroitdad · 02-19-2008, 06:05 PM

32 teams win at least one game and only 31 win conference championships, so winning a conference is harder than a tournament game. Point proven, Cougars program is better.

Turn out the lights on your way out.

Brian · 02-19-2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Detroitdad

32 teams win at least one game and only 31 win conference championships, so winning a conference is harder than a tournament game. Point proven, Cougars program is better.

Turn out the lights on your way out.

eeew.
Jay put a booger on the light switch.

Detroitdad · 02-19-2008, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian

eeew.
Jay put a booger on the light switch.

Don't pretend that it did not taste good.

livecoug · 02-19-2008, 06:23 PM

My point is, yes, the tourny is important IF you make it really far. If you win a game, then nobody remembers that.

Brian · 02-19-2008, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by livecoug

My point is, yes, the tourny is important IF you make it really far. If you win a game, then nobody remembers that.

I disagree. Teams that consistently win a game or two, not every year, but consistently over a period of time are held in higher regard, IMO.

myboynoah · 02-19-2008, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian

I disagree. Teams that consistently win a game or two, not every year, but consistently over a period of time are held in higher regard, IMO.

Gotta side with my fellow Volunteer on this one. MWC championships are only known regionally. Wins in the tourny, even one and done, allows for some national props.

But this is the conversation of those folks out in the basketball hinterlands. I live in the world capital of college basketball.

Brian · 02-19-2008, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by myboynoah

Gotta side with my fellow Volunteer on this one. MWC championships are only known regionally. Wins in the tourny, even one and done, allows for some national props.

But this is the conversation of those folks out in the basketball hinterlands. I live in the world capital of college basketball.

Ye haw. Yes, fun times in Memphis right now.

I don't listen to a lot of sports radio, but I have caught a few discussions on college basketball out here in the east. When they talk about the MWC, Utah is the team. Why? They have consistently won a game or two in the tournament over the years. And a lot of "Boylen can get Utah back to where they were" kind of talk.

Brian · 02-19-2008, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jay santos

32 teams do it every year.

A dozen or so folks win a noble prize each year, so that's about 2X as hard as winning a round 1 game, right?

02-19-2008, 06:05 PM	#23
Detroitdad Resident Jackass Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Roswell, New Mexico Posts: 1,846	32 teams win at least one game and only 31 win conference championships, so winning a conference is harder than a tournament game. Point proven, Cougars program is better. Turn out the lights on your way out.

02-19-2008, 06:23 PM	#26
livecoug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,176	My point is, yes, the tourny is important IF you make it really far. If you win a game, then nobody remembers that.