ESPN Final Four and Coach of Year Predictions

[mubb34]

I just wanted to highlight the ESPN link below for the 2013-2014 season:

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/preview2013/story/_/page/13predictions/predictions-college-basketball-season


Adrian Branch: Marquette in Final 4

Myron Medcalf: Buzz Williams is Coach of the Year

[JWags85]

One of the other "experts" predicted Harvard in the Final Four...so there's that.

[Lennys Tap]

One of the other "experts" predicted Harvard in the Final Four...so there's that.

So, one for Harvard and one for the Harvard of the Midwest. Sweet.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

NM.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Rock Chalk......Jayhawk....K........U.......

[Galway Eagle]

Rock Chalk......Jayhawk....K........U.......

This is why we can't have nice things on this board. 

[Otule's Glass Eye]

One of the other "experts" predicted Harvard in the Final Four...so there's that.

The key in this being that it wasn't Branch or Medcalf.

[Benny B]

Rock Chalk......Jayhawk....K........U.......

You know, college hoops would probably be so much more enjoyable if I was a fan of 274 different D-I teams.

[ChicosBailBonds]

You know, college hoops would probably be so much more enjoyable if I was a fan of 274 different D-I teams.

Probably true, that's why I just stick the universities I attended. Makes it much more manageable

[mugrad2006]

Probably true, that's why I just stick the universities I attended. Makes it much more manageable

I live in Chicago now, but that doesn't mean I'm a Bears fan. 

On top of that, the fact that the other two programs you follow that aren't MU are perennial powerhouses that have more than passing history with MU ('03 final four, coaches) is what draws the ire of this board.  I bet if you had gone to Southern and Grambling St. for grad school instead, you wouldn't bring up anyone but MU...but even if you did no one would care.

[ChicosBailBonds]

I live in Chicago now, but that doesn't mean I'm a Bears fan. 

On top of that, the fact that the other two programs you follow that aren't MU are perennial powerhouses that have more than passing history with MU ('03 final four, coaches) is what draws the ire of this board.  I bet if you had gone to Southern and Grambling St. for grad school instead, you wouldn't bring up anyone but MU...but even if you did no one would care.

Uhm, ok.  I live in Los Angeles and can't stand the Lakers, Doyers, Clippers or when the Lambs or Raiders were here. 

I'll cheer for the schools I am an alumnus of, fortunately all three are very good basketball schools so it makes this time of year a lot of fun.

[Benny B]

Probably true, that's why I just stick the universities I attended. Makes it much more manageable

So who will you cheer for when MU plays IUPUI next month?

[slingkong]

Uhm, ok.  I live in Los Angeles and can't stand the Lakers, Doyers, Clippers or when the Lambs or Raiders were here. 

I'll cheer for the schools I am an alumnus of, fortunately all three are very good basketball schools so it makes this time of year a lot of fun.

There's a special place in hell for sports bigamists.

[Lennys Tap]

There's a special place in hell for sports bigamists.

+10,000. Diluting one's passion by spreading it over multiple teams competing for the same goal means there was never much passion to begin with.

[Windyplayer]

There's a special place in hell for sports bigamists.

Agreed--few things more obnoxious and self-indulgent in sports fandom than this.

[MerrittsMustache]

+10,000. Diluting one's passion by spreading it over multiple teams competing for the same goal means there was never much passion to begin with.

Honestly, if it wasn't Chicos and he wasn't so obnoxious about it, no one would care about this. Personally, I got my MBA from a different university and I follow that program to some extent. I also half-heartedly root for my wife's alma mater, particularly in football. However, I'm not attention-starved to the point that I feel the need to come onto a Marquette board and pound my chest because my other schools did well.

[Lennys Tap]

Honestly, if it wasn't Chicos and he wasn't so obnoxious about it, no one would care about this. Personally, I got my MBA from a different university and I follow that program to some extent. I also half-heartedly root for my wife's alma mater, particularly in football. However, I'm not attention-starved to the point that I feel the need to come onto a Marquette board and pound my chest because my other schools did well.

Key words: "To some extent" and "half-heartedly". That's a normal way to follow your own grad school team or wife or kid's colleges. Aggressively, in your face cheering for them on your undergraduate team's board is decidedly abnormal.

[Galway Eagle]

Key words: "To some extent" and "half-heartedly". That's a normal way to follow your own grad school team or wife or kid's colleges. Aggressively, in your face cheering for them on your undergraduate team's board is decidedly abnormal.

I could see cheering like crazy if the undergrad school sucked.  I know a guy who went to loyola for undergrad and is here for law school and he's more than a little bit more intense cheering for MU. 

[CTWarrior]

I could see cheering like crazy if the undergrad school sucked.  I know a guy who went to loyola for undergrad and is here for law school and he's more than a little bit more intense cheering for MU. 

Our program's descent in the late eighties coincided with UConn's rise under Calhoun, and I admit I adopted UConn as a second team.  There is never a point where I would have considered rooting for UConn against Marquette, but I celebrated when the Huskies won the BET for the first time and when they won their first NCAA championship.  My UConn fandom ended abruptly and immediately when we joined the Big East, as my bigamist tendencies would never survive two teams in the same conference. 

Also, I was a Laker fan since I was 7 (loved Jerry West and Wilt) but just couldn't root for Kobe (I gave up when he forced Shaq out) and now I root for no specific team, but once the playoffs start I'll root for any team that plays an MU guy, and for reasons I can't explain, I will root for the more recent vintage player when there are MU alum on opposite sides, like Butler over Wade if Chicago played Miami.

[GooooMarquette]

Honestly, if it wasn't Chicos and he wasn't so obnoxious about it, no one would care about this. Personally, I got my MBA from a different university and I follow that program to some extent. I also half-heartedly root for my wife's alma mater, particularly in football. However, I'm not attention-starved to the point that I feel the need to come onto a Marquette board and pound my chest because my other schools did well.

I think the underlined part is the key.  I too attended a different university (Vanderbilt) for law school...but while I casually follow them (my second favorite CBB team) and they're often pretty good, I NEVER would come on a MU message board to brag about them.  In fact, MU's two losses to Vandy just killed me.  Doesn't sound like Chicos would have any problem watching KU pound MU into oblivion...and then come here to brag about it.

[mileskishnish72]

CTWarrior - despite the greivous and despicable fact that you were a Lakers fan (perhaps there was some sort of childhood trauma, since you were only seven), you have demonstrated laudatory and legitimate judgment and humanity in detesting Kobe, and changing your ways. I've got to admit, I had mixed feelings about how I'd be able to accept DJO in the hated purple and gold. Congratulations to you!

I had a different undergrad school, and another post-degree university for training but root for them minimally compared to MU (of course, they both stink at hoops).

I'm not far from UConn either and because of a professional relationship with an athlete who became a UConn (ladies) hoopster, I became a fan of their ladies'
team. Though I kind of liked Calhoun, couldn't root for the UConn men for a minute - in fact I've enjoyed our string of victories in Storrs, Hartford immensely.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I think sports bigamy is possible. I work in academia and have been a student or employee at 4 different universities now. I follow and passionately cheer for 3 of the 4 (one is a D2 school). However, I feel like there has to be a school that rises above the rest. You can't truly love equally. For most, myself included, that is our undergrad institution. But it is certainly possible that another could rise above the rest.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Key words: "To some extent" and "half-heartedly". That's a normal way to follow your own grad school team or wife or kid's colleges. Aggressively, in your face cheering for them on your undergraduate team's board is decidedly abnormal.

Honestly, how in your face am I about KU?  Very very little.  How in your face was I about IU prior to someone leaving?  Barely a peep.

Now, since this became an IU board half the time because of a lot of butt hurt people.....get the idea?

Not abnormal at all.  I'd suggest keeping the MU board about MU and you would be amazed at how much the board remains about MU.  

And all this sports bigamy talk...silly.  If you went to multiple schools and were heavily engaged, why can't you cheer for multiple schools?  If you have more than one child, can you only love one?  Beyond ridiculous.  Do I cheer for all my schools equally, hell no.  MU #1 and it isn't even remotely close by any stretch.  Not by any.

[ChicosBailBonds]

I think the underlined part is the key.  I too attended a different university (Vanderbilt) for law school...but while I casually follow them (my second favorite CBB team) and they're often pretty good, I NEVER would come on a MU message board to brag about them.  In fact, MU's two losses to Vandy just killed me.  Doesn't sound like Chicos would have any problem watching KU pound MU into oblivion...and then come here to brag about it.

You haven't been following or paying attention very long.

Favorite teams

1) MU
1a MU
1b MU
1c MU

DISTANT 2nd  IU.  Distant 3rd KU


Do I ever want to see MU lose, to anyone?  No.


How many posts did I have about IU prior to March 30, 2008?  20 maybe?  Then this board became IU all the time.  Cause and effect.  People are surprised at my responses, maybe they should look at the mirror and see the cause of it.

[Eldon]

There's a special place in hell for sports bigamists.

-1.  I could not disagree more.

I root for all of my alma maters during the CBB season, but it's MU first and foremost should they ever meet up in the tourney. 

Do you root for other Big East teams in the OOC?  In the tourney?  If they win, it helps Marquette.  And the help is not trivial (e.g., RPI, tourney credits, league prestige).