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Uhm, no...they didn't. I don't know why you keep getting these things wrong. You claim 6 years, it was 5. You claim overwhelming favorite, they weren't even the favorite with some oddsmakers, let alone the favorite. Did some experts pick them to win it before one single game was played, of course. Did some odds makers, yup....overwhelming? Laughable. 6-1 odds by one Vegas casino with the next team at 7-1...overwhelming I tell ya. I'll remind you they had the fewest points for a preseason #1 in many years because there were so many "experts" that felt there were other teams that deserved that ranking. I'd also remind you these same "EXPERTS" at the end of the season said Gonzaga was the number one team in the country. LOL. The same Vegas experts that had Kentucky 3rd best odds to win it all. LOL. You said Crean would be fired by year 4, instead anything but. Look, we get it, but your hatred is clouding your judgment by a ton. It is what it is, but you got caught saying a bunch of stuff that was wrong and you don't like being called out on it. Sorry, too bad.
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One casino (Las Vegas Hotel and Sports Book) had Louisville 9-2, IU 7-1 and 3 teams at 8-1. The Bovada Sports Book (largest in the world) had IU and Louisville co favorites at 5-1. Most had Louisville 19-4, IU 5-1, Florida at 7-1 and Gonzaga and Kansas at 10-1. The best oddsmaker around (Nate Silver) had Louisville 4.41-1, IU 5.08 -1, Florida 7.87 -1, followed by Kansas (13.33-1) and Gonzaga at 16.67-1. So your "consensus" line is anything but.And Indiana wasn't just the preseason favorite. I don't know the exact date, but very late in the season, when IU had a 24-5 record, bettorsworld.com had IU at 9-2, Duke at 6-1 and Louisville and Florida at 7-1.Summary: Louisville and Indiana were thought to be head and shoulders above the rest of the field. One proved they were, one proved (remember it took an incredibly bad shooting game by Temple for IU to even play - and be routed by - Syracuse) they weren't.
Umm, nope. I said one wrong thing, his sixth year. Then you went and tried to use odds that were made right before the NCAA Tournament to prove that Indiana wasn't the preseason favorite. How that makes sense, nobody knows. I'm not quite sure you even know. But you tried, so A for effort. Find me one place that DID NOT have Indiana as the preseason favorite to win the National Championship (hint: preseason does not mean after the Conference Tournaments, it means BEFORE the season). Then maybe I'll admit they weren't the overwhelming favorite to win it all. When a team is unanimously chosen to win the National Championship and every single preseason oddsmaker favors them, that is OVERWHELMING. If they weren't overwhelmingly the favorite, at least one place would've had some sort of odds with at least one other team favored above them.Again, how about all the talk about whether or not Indiana would go undefeated this year. I suppose there is usually talk about that with teams that aren't overwhelming favorites to win the National Championship . Keep trying.And please quote where I said I thought Tom Crean would be canned after 4 years at IU. Never happened. It is what it is, but you got caught saying a bunch of stuff that was wrong and you don't like being called out on it. Sorry, too bad.
IU had a very nice starting five, zero depth
Let me make sure I have this right, being 7-1 2 days before the tournament is HEAD AND SHOULDERS above the rest of the field when the three teams were 8-1. Interesting. I guess you and I define head and shoulders above much differently.Back to the original point, WadesWorld said they were overwhelming favorites. FALSE. PATENTLY FALSE.
I4 was the consensus favorite and had a disappointing end to their season.Will Sheehey's stellar play
Sheehey was magnificent in the Minnesota game. Of course, CTC's in-game adjustment was pivotal as well.Coach Tom Crean is a master of the in-game adjustment. The Top-Ranked Hoosiers are losing to an unheralded Minnesota squad. There is just one opportunity to snatch victory from the jaws of a hideously shameful defeat. Coach Tom Crean draws up the play and runs through it with his charges. The game is on the line.The ball is inbounded and Sheehey takes an elbow square on the jaw! The force of that hit would cripple a lesser man!Sheehey writhes in agony at the shock of such a devastating blow. He loses all composure and crawls on the ground like a wounded animal. His teammate's obvious concern is palpable.A distraught Sheehey ponders the injustice of it all...
LOL, it's cheating to tell someone to flop.....I'm guessing you have never been to a KO, BW, etc practice in your life. We have taught it at MU for years just as many other schools and programs have. It's called learning how to "sell a foul" or "sell a charge".Just as football defensive line coaches teach how to sell a hold, soccer coaches teach how to sell a trip, basketball coaches teach how to sell a charge.
Is Keefe still claiming that TC said something on the video when it was proven it was the ESPN announcer. That was funny to watch you try to spin out of that one Keefe.Here's what he said according to the professional lip reader."Try to get a foul". I'll emphasize again, "TRY to get a foul"He then says "That's his arm. It's all up on this"Finally he says, "Five. Grab, and foul"http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/193654961.htmlHappy Fathers Day....and the daily Hate TC Circle Jerk club
Are you seriously saying this writer exonerates Crean? In fact he concludes Crean instructed Sheehey to fake the flagrant foul. The vast majority of observers are convinced Crean instructed his team to do exactly what Sheehey did. The real issue is that people are willing to accept the notion that Tom Crean is a cheat. And that is a statement on his character, values, and integrity. What Tanned Tommy fails to understand is that leadership is 100% about serving others. An Air Force officer asks, "How can I help these men?" A guy like Crean asks, "How can these men help me?"
You're right of course. Quid est, est. Only a card carrying Crean-0-Phile woundn't be disgusted by TC's "game plan" and how Sheehey carried it out.
I have similar anecdotal evidence that says otherwise. My boss, another co-worker, and a couple friends are "IU faithful", and they all speak highly of Crean. They are happy to have IU back in the national spotlight, Big Ten contenders, #1 ranking, top 10 recruiting classes, and above all else a clean program.That said, both of us can only cite anecdotal evidence. If you can somehow show me a mass movement against Crean, I would concede. My guess is that you won't find it, because it doesn't exist.