I'm just going to start the thread. You know how I feel about this conference so I'm not going to waste too much time discussing it. I'll probably go to bed shortly after the ACC Championship ends.

And another bubble team floats away

(03-14-2021 12:59 AM)Cyniclone Wrote:  And another bubble team floats away

According to Bill Walton, Oregon St was in anyway.

For letting one of your bottom feeders win your conference tournament, they deserve a "Pathetic 12" mention.

As I mentioned in another thread (https://csnbbs.com/thread-918608.html), you know your conference is in trouble if______ wins your conference tournament. Rutgers is an NCAA caliber team this year. They're not winning the Big Ten Tournament. The day Rutgers wins the Big Ten Tournament is the day Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan State, etc. all give up on basketball. Georgetown won the Big East Tournament but it's not like DePaul won it, now that would be embarrassing. If UCLA, Oregon, and Colorado were actually decent teams, Oregon State doesn't win the Pac-12 Tournament. If you're any Pac-12 member, you have to be embarrassed right now.

Oregon State is the Pac-12 Tournament champion. Has the world ended yet?

(03-14-2021 02:53 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  

(03-14-2021 12:59 AM)Cyniclone Wrote:  And another bubble team floats away

According to Bill Walton, Oregon St was in anyway.

Hadn't heard BW broadcast in a while. His voice sounds like he has a cheek full of nuts or something.

Congratulations, Oregon State!

(03-14-2021 06:30 AM)schmolik Wrote:  For letting one of your bottom feeders win your conference tournament, they deserve a "Pathetic 12" mention.

As I mentioned in another thread (https://csnbbs.com/thread-918608.html), you know your conference is in trouble if______ wins your conference tournament. Rutgers is an NCAA caliber team this year. They're not winning the Big Ten Tournament. The day Rutgers wins the Big Ten Tournament is the day Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan State, etc. all give up on basketball. Georgetown won the Big East Tournament but it's not like DePaul won it, now that would be embarrassing. If UCLA, Oregon, and Colorado were actually decent teams, Oregon State doesn't win the Pac-12 Tournament. If you're any Pac-12 member, you have to be embarrassed right now.

Oregon State is the Pac-12 Tournament champion. Has the world ended yet?

Every season, there are upsets that would never happen later in the season, because teams may improve or regress over a season. Stanford beat Alabama 82-64 early in the season. That would not happen again. Stanford got hurt by injuries and Covid-19. Stanford had the No.17 recruiting class in the country. Arizona State had the No.8 recruiting class in the nation. They were favored to end up second in the Pac-12 behind UCLA. They had a number of issues, mostly Covid related and they could just never get it going.

Oregon State was better than prognosticators thought. During the season, they beat Oregon and USC. In the conference tournament, they beat UCLA, Oregon and Colorado. They got better as the season went on. In this Covid crazy season, if the Pac-12 ends up with five tournament teams, it will be considered a success.