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Post by pc1971 on Mar 20, 2017 14:04:27 GMT -5
No, however is the 2 considered 'protected'? Thought it was just the 1. Either way a 7 seed shouldn't be playing a 2 seed at home, and this is like when we were a 5 playing a 12 in their defacto home arena in front of 16,000 of their diehard fans. Total "bullchit" to quote you. Excuse me if I shed no tears for Duke, who has been getting coddled by the ACC friendly committees for decades. Remember Greenville SC was chosen as a replacement for Greensboro NC by NCAA due to ban of NCAA Championship events in NC. So Duke would have played SC in Greensboro. Selection committee screwd up and should have switched SC and Mich St so SC did not play that close to home. But remember Florida,Florida St and Florida Gulf Coast all played in Orlando. So the committee's home court only means the court you play your games on. No tears shed by this fan for the Dookies. Somehow,Duke and/or UNC end up playing in Carolinas almost every year.Last rime I looked,Durham was about a 3 1/2 hour drive from Greenville.The Blue Devils fans have no true right to whine much as far as I am concerned. Talk about a League underperforming in the Big Dance for their seedlings.ACC wins that going away.
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Post by dmac80 on Mar 20, 2017 17:53:07 GMT -5
Sec dominating this tourney... Three power conferences have 3 teams. Who is dominating?
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Post by drairf on Mar 25, 2017 20:39:39 GMT -5
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Post by dex on Mar 26, 2017 7:39:00 GMT -5
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Post by friar82 on Mar 26, 2017 18:23:17 GMT -5
Today was one of the few instances when I've rooted for Kentucky. Disappointed that they couldn't shut down UNC for the season.
Looking ahead to next weekend, I propose that the winner of the Gonzaga vs South Carolina game be immediately declared National Champion. Meanwhile, UNC and Oregon can do their own thing, and duke it out in their own, Deplorables - Championship game,
My hope... Zags take it all
PS: I'd like to borrow Roy William's jacket for a game of checkers.
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Post by wtm97 on Mar 28, 2017 7:31:30 GMT -5
Too bad the Zags and Gamecocks face off in the semis and not the potential corruption free final game - still one of the two improbables will get a shot at taking down either dadgum Roy or blind eyed Altman.
The Frank "wound tight" Martin story is remarkable ( see CBS' Sports Norlander piece). Amazing as is the entire "never won a game" South Carolina saga - did not know their failure even with the Frank McGuire legacy of the past.
The pull of the Zag saga is obvious - Mark Few, parochial small gym in Spokane of all places so pick your favorite Friar fans.
Between the Nike bought and paid for Ducks and the scandal- ridden NCAA protected Tar Heels you have the perfect evil empire opponent for the finals....
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Post by thewalk on Mar 28, 2017 8:08:04 GMT -5
I'd be careful with the blind eye bonc...
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Post by dex on Mar 30, 2017 22:10:16 GMT -5
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Post by friar82 on Mar 30, 2017 22:24:26 GMT -5
That sort of a response could rip the proverbial scab off, making for some rebuttal by the woman and those on her side as we head into Final Four weekend.
While it's not clear how his "lawyers would advise him" to respond to such a question - Altman remains a creep in my mind. I hope he loses on Saturday...but then again, I hope that Deputy Dawg Roy loses on Saturday. A lot of folks feel this way about both Programs...the NCAA's failure to act has to a degree, tarnished Final Four Weekend for the second year in a row.
Also regrettable is the fact that the article's hot link for Brandon Austin takes you to stats for a different Brandon Austin, associated with Alabama's basketball program. CBS may want to correct that mistake.
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Post by dex on Mar 31, 2017 9:13:48 GMT -5
Projo 3-31-17
NCAA
North Carolina academics probe lingers
Two years since scandal first came to light
By Aaron Beard The Associated Press
GLENDALE, Ariz. — It’s been nearly two years since the NCAA first filed charges tied to North Carolina’s long-running academic scandal, but the case has yet to reach the hearing that ultimately leads to a ruling and long-awaited resolution.
It’s just another example of how these investigations can take winding roads full of procedural potholes, delays and even backpedaling in a process that can mire schools in damaging uncertainty.
“Having the process hang over your institution as a cloud in public is in and of itself a penalty, regardless of what the formal findings by the Committee on Infractions or the infractions appeals committee turn out to be,” said Stu Brown, an Atlanta-based attorney who has worked with schools on compliance issues.
“And, therefore, I think it is correct to presume that Carolina would like to have this cloud removed from them, meaning the ongoing process.”
Perhaps it’s a sign of how long this case has lingered — or fatigue with it — that the topic didn’t come up during NCAA president Mark Emmert’s annual news conference at the Final Four on Thursday, unlike last year. The focus was on another story from that state — the rollback of the so-called “bathroom bill” that limited protections for LGBT people and led the NCAA to strip several championship events from the state.
The case at UNC — which is in a second straight Final Four — grew as an offshoot of a 2010 probe into the football program and centers on irregularities in an academic department. Most notably, there were independent-study style courses misidentified as lecture classes that didn’t meet, with athletes across numerous sports making up roughly half the enrollments.
The NCAA reopened its investigation in 2014 and charged UNC in a Notice of Allegations (NOA) filed in May 2015. It then revised the charges last April, and then changed them again in a third NOA filed in December.
The case is currently in yet another delay as the attorney for a woman at the center of the scandal said he is working to set up an interview after she had previously refused to speak with investigators.
“I get these questions from clients all the time: ‘Hey, can we time the decision to be released in a certain timespan?’ “ said Michael L. Buckner, a Florida-based attorney who has worked on infractions cases. “I said, ‘No, that’s impossible to do.’ You can’t predict when these cases are released because of all the moving parts.”
Here are some other infractions cases that lingered for years:
MISSISSIPPI: The NCAA began a long-running investigation in 2012 after a university probe discovered academic and recruiting misconduct involving the women’s basketball program. Ole Miss later acknowledged the investigation had spread to the football and the track and field programs. While the women’s basketball and track and field portion of the case was settled last year, the football case is pending, with the program facing 21 violations in a case that could easily drag into 2018.
SYRACUSE: The NCAA punished Syracuse in March 2015 after an investigation that took nearly eight years to complete. In its 94-page report, the governing body detailed a pattern of academic misconduct and extra benefits and said the university failed to enforce its drug-testing policy. The penalties included scholarship reductions and a one-year postseason ban for the men’s basketball program, along with a nine-game suspension for longtime coach Jim Boeheim.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: The NCAA investigated improper benefits tied to former football star and Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush as well as former basketball player O.J. Mayo. That investigation lasted roughly four years before sanctions came down, leading to years of fallout that included a defamation lawsuit by former running backs coach Todd McNair against the NCAA.
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Post by friar82 on Mar 31, 2017 10:47:46 GMT -5
Good read
Any chance that "the cloud over UNCs head" will be deemed to be THE punishment in the end? After all, it's been such a burden to the Tar Heal's program. Where is the mercy?
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Post by dex on Mar 31, 2017 10:56:49 GMT -5
As we have seen it hasn't interfered with UNC obtaining quality players the past couple of years.
But it's so unfair to DadGum Roy and his Staff who like Sgt Scultz "knew nothing".
And if you think the ncaa was a joke before, now with the threat of a P5 revolt hanging over their heads every day you can expect them to do squat.
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Post by friar82 on Apr 1, 2017 7:32:14 GMT -5
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Post by dex on Apr 1, 2017 8:11:13 GMT -5
Great April Fools Day gag regarding Miss St beating Uconn women in final 3 Semi-final last night snapping 111 game winning streak.
Imagine if that had happened what a pi$$-poor day yesterday would have been for the folks at Storrs
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Post by friar82 on Apr 1, 2017 19:17:00 GMT -5
The Gonzaga - South Carolina game has been fantastic to watch.
Both teams playing very efficiently. Going down to the wire
I really like the Collins kid on Gonzaga. Kid's a future pro.
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