TuscaloosaTiger

AUGolf....you need to retitle this topic to highlight that AU men's golf team won the SEC tournament championship. This is a big deal and the team should be recognized here and in the Nest for this terrific achievement. Congratulations!

Hey guys, please note that Aubiefifty lists herself as a female. No DEI or woke here. Let's give her credit for listing her sex. Too many posts, including one of my own, that ignored her listing.

On 4/8/2024 at 9:13 PM, AUGoo said:

No.

He won’t.

He ain’t coached anybody up in years.

Arkansas ain’t the draw for talent that UK is.

Unless Walmart is paying for players well, He’ll fall on his face.

If he does get talent, they’ll be uncoached.

No one has done less with more in NCAA history.

Calapari is likely a very good hire for Arkansas. Prior to moving to UK he took Memphis to a Finals game against Kansas. If Memphis had been successful with a strategic foul at the end of the game, they would have won the championship that year.  So he will know the talent-rich Memphis landscape and should be successful recruiting there. He also likely will have fewer players who are one-and done at Arkansas and that should help him build some team chemistry and leadership, which was missing at UK. He also will have a large NIL budget to recruit and hang on to players. I'll be surprised if Calapari doesn't do well at Arkansas.

On 4/5/2024 at 1:38 PM, ertrader said:

Just to attach some numbers to mediocrity and nuthin

Last year Auburn finished 36th in the Directors Cup (a more or less overall ranking of a school's athletic teams performances)

That was 10th in the SEC (Texas and Oklahoma finished higher than us too if you are looking to the future)

2 Texas

5 Florida

6 Tennessee

7 Georgia

9 LSU

12 Alabama

13 Arkansas

18 Kentucky

23 Oklahoma

24 Texas A&M

33 South Carolina

36 Auburn

39 Ole Miss

50 Missouri

56 Vanderbilt

57 Mississippi State

 

It is a bit disheartening to see that we have Miss State's former AD. 

19 hours ago, WillMunny said:

I wonder why the women play 4 quarters instead of 2 halves.

Great question. They play the same 4 quarters now in lacrosse, which used to be halves. The NCAA must believe women sports need more rest now than in the past with all the weak guys currently playing women's sports.

I'm not so sure. UA is a difficult match up for UConn because of their 3-point shooting, which largely neutralizes their shot-blocking big man. If UA is on point, then the first team to 110 may be the victor.

On 3/25/2024 at 5:55 PM, JerryAU said:

Ehh, Bama actually has Mark Sears on their team, and they aren't getting past the Tar Heels on Friday.  They wouldn't beat any of the remaining 4 teams left in the East regional.  Sears is solid, but I don't think this Auburn team could make it past UConn to ever get to the NC game even with Sears.  

Unfortunately, this post did not age well.

The athletic Grand Canyon team reminded me of the AU team in some respects, namely, chaotic, careless with the ball, and prone to turnovers and very poor shot selection. This is the the same reckless play that kept Yale in the game with us and ultimately allowed them to come back and beat us.

7 hours ago, e808 said:

Shead is a beast. Luckily he didn’t foul out. He was cool as a cucumber running the offense 

Shead did foul out in OT. In fact, 4 of 5 UH starters fouled out before the game ended and UH still hung on to win. Terrific game  by both teams.

This topic did mot age well.

Well look on the bright side. We only lost to Yale by 2. UConn would likely have embarrassed us by 20+ if we played the way we did yesterday and SDSU would have beaten us too. After Yale began doubling Broome, limiting him with the ball in the second half, our offense was offensively disappointing. Just too much AU carelessness with the ball. In the end Yale's poise and discipline won out, with the hot shooting from Poulakidas carrying the day. Best wishes to Broome, Jaylin and the other departing players. I'll miss seeing you all in AU uniforms.

I feel sorry for the AU fans who made the trip out to Spokane. They deserved better. Much better!

6 hours ago, GTNupe11 said:

SEC is not overrated. The Tournament is about matchups. It's also one game. None of the teams you just mentioned play both good defense and offense. It's one or the other. And all it takes is a bad offensive night to lose. Auburn had no business losing to Moo State, Kentucky, or even Tenn. If you have a good defense (which kept us in those aforementioned games), you at least have a fighting chance if you can make a few stops and shots. Moo State and SCar are not great offensive teams. Moo State ran into a seasoned Tom Izzo team and South Carolina was small compared to Oregon, nor do they really fill it up offensively. Kentucky, well, requires their offense to win games. If they could actually play some defense they probably win. 

I get your point, but 1 winner out of 4 games yesterday by SEC teams is a very poor showing, especially when all the SEC losers were higher seeds. Very disappointing.

Spartans hitting most of whatever they throw up. Not the case for Miss St. . Hubbard and rest of team are cold. Miss St. going late into the clock on most possessions and then taking difficult shots. Spartans look better overall.

14 minutes ago, Viper said:

It’s all about matchups, so CBS will wait to decide after all Friday games have been played. 

It’s all about the ratings.

So, if it is AU vs UAB, then a lot of eyes and interest primarily in the state of Alabama, but if SDSU vs AU, then national interest and higher potential ratings? So how does the latter translate in terms of a likely game time for us in Round 2? A prime time Sunday evening game?

12 hours ago, gravejd said:

I had forgotten San Diego State made a final four run last year as well. 3 of last years final 4 teams in one region. Crazy

If we advance to play SDSU, then Chad Baker-Mazara's knowledge of the Aztec team and coaching strategies (from 2021-2022) may be helpful in preparing for them. CBM received that season the Mountain West's "6th Man" award while playing for SDSU. Hopefully we have the opportunity to benefit from his insights if we and SDSU both advance to Round 2.

Kevin Sweeney, a Sports Illustrated writer, is very high on Auburn and is predicting that we will advance through to the Finals and lose to Purdue. I like that prediction except the end game.

Any best guess or historical precedent for the likely game time on Sunday if we move on to play in the second round?  All I'm finding is that Round 2 game times will be set sometime on Friday night. I anticipate we would play the first game on Sunday maybe at 1 or 2 pm Pacific Time. This sound about right?

How are you feeling? Hopefully improving everyday.

44 minutes ago, e808 said:

A loss to Purdue or UConn isn’t the same as a loss to App State. If that’s the case imagine if Auburn had lost to Alabama State or AAMU

So I should feel better about the loss to UTk or UK this season than the loss to App St? I don't.

Good to know the Coaches Poll and AP appreciates us more than the Selection Committee. We now just need to live up to our ranking and advance.

13 minutes ago, Viper said:

Yes.

They beat two tournament teams in their non-conference schedule. We beat none. 

A loss is a loss no matter whether they are a tournament team or not. I guess we will have to agree to disagree here.

Just now, Viper said:

bammer played six tournament teams before hitting the SEC schedule. They went 2-4 against them. Two of those losses are a 1 and a 2 seed.

But they lost. Should we have played more top teams and lost to raise our seed? That is illogical!

8 minutes ago, Viper said:

Seems like Reece Davis (or someone else on the ESPN show yesterday) stated that the seeding placements are not allowed to be uniform down the ladder. Meaning #1 can’t always be aligned in the same bracket with #16, #2 with #15, #3 with #14 and #4 with #13. That they must alternate. I don’t recall the exact wording, but it was something to that effect.

It would not have been too hard to place Bama in the East bracket rather than AU since that is where Bama was seeded by overall ranking. There is no doubt that UA was given VERY favorable seeding for whatever reason and we were not.

1 hour ago, Viper said:

I don’t disagree in the least.

In fact, I applaud the committee for using simple math to determine seedings. It keeps personal bias out of it.

I saw a graphic on the CBS show yesterday of all-time records of lower seeds in Round 1 vs their higher seeds. The records were sequentially aligned with exactly what the committee seeded them as.

Meaning the 9-seed had the best all-time record, then the 10-seed, etc, down to the 16-seed having the worst all-time record in Round 1. 

In other words, the committee’s formula gets it right more than they get it wrong.

I doubt that the Committee's personal bias is removed when it comes to regional placement. I've questioned elsewhere (as have others on this site) why Bama as the 16th overall seed (weakest of the 4th line seeds) is not in the bracket with top seed UCONN (rather than us). UCONN wonders too. Indeed, UA got placed in the bracket with UNC, the 4th overall seed and weakest of the top line seeds. Looks fishy to me.