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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:35 PM Original message |
The NCAA Men's Basketball Tourney is a microcosm of our society at large. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Then my KY Wildcats are like Citigroup... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Ouch! |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Take something that works fine and screw it up |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. How long do you think Gillespie keeps his job? |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. George Mason made it to the Final Four a few years back |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. One fluke Final Four appearance in 60+ years of the Tourney |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Only difference |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. How much do the African-American athletes get paid? |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I'd give a school my basketball services for a free education |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Would any school want your basketball services? |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. You're way off. |
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ender (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Villanova. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Played in a League with a giant TV contract that gave them plenty of resources |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Utah played in the 1998 National Championship... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That was the last time Kentucky won the national championship... |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Utah hasn't made it past the Sweet 16 since 1998. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. NCAA... No Class At All? |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. you probably don't know much about Danny Manning... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I know he went to a school that gave his dad a job just so he'd play there |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. like i said...you don't know much about Danny Manning... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Attended one of the winningest schools in the history of the game |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. He had an awesome shot against the Mavs in the 2001 NBA Playoffs. |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. So..let me understand your point: you're upset because schools that traditionally put a lot |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I'm upset about the myth that anyone can win |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Who the hell thinks "anyone" can win? There are a handful of very good teams each |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. Davidson beat Gonzaga, Georgetown, and Wisconsion last year |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. The only reason we tolerate such inequality is because we realize that it's just basketball |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. So maybe it's just good enough to make it to the Tourney |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. what are you babbling about? |
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