bigunreal said:
The results yesterday are hardly surprising. Once again, the whiter teams are being weeded out, and we're likely headed for yet another coal black final four. Here's a link to a mainstream article discussing this very issue:
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2009-04-03/sports/ncaarace03_1_goran-suton-black-and-white-college-basketball
Thinking back all the way to the 1960s, when UCLA made the tournament a bore every year, teams with more blacks tended to end up in the final four even then. I can only think of a few truly white friendly teams that have ended up in the final four since the 1970s. By "white friendly," I mean 3 or more white starters and some reserves as well. Providence made it in '74, I think, when Ernie DiGregorio was there, Penn made it in '79, the Larry Bird-led Indiana State also in '79 (probably one of the whitest final fours in the modern era), Notre Dame made it in '78 (although that might have been during Digger Phelps' darker era, when the university clearly lowered their standards to allow Adrian Dantley and co. in).
I really hope Duke can somehow win it all, but I don't have much faith in that. If the history of the past 15 years of so is any indication, it just won't happen. Butler would be okay, but they only play 3 whites now. All the others would be a disaster. My three least favorite teams are strong candidates to win it all: Kentucky, coal black with corrupt mobster Calipari at the helm; Tennessee, with the odious Bruce Pearl and his perpetual coal black squad (with the single exception of his son, who is apparently the only white player good enough to ever play for him, albeit it in a minor reserve role) and Kansas State, with the jock sniffer's new favorite manlove, the super annoying "tough guy" coach Frank Martin and his cast of all black affletes.
Please, Duke- win!
If I'm not mistaken, you have
admitted that you don't watch much basketball these days. In this thread alone, it seems that some posters have underestimated, and even felt the need to almost insult, black teams' that have shown talent and skill ALL SEASON. I can't take that talent away from them, nor will I try to deny that they have ability - because I'll just end-up sounding insecure and foolish when the whole world can see their clutch play and preparedness. That should be lauded because....
Look, Duke
almost F-ed up, and was it the refs' fault????? Duke played like "clumsy crackas" for a good stretch of the game, and I was just left shaking my head! I blame Coack K for holding-back his team's athleticism at times, and making them look like inferior White boys, that somehow can't push the court-pace. What say you??
I can ASSURE you that Kansas State and Baylor have TALENT, and have displayed it all year. They are also insanely "clutch" teams (think the Xavier/K-State NCAA game)... I don't think games can be "rigged" to "guarantee" 3-pointers (made) by Pullen and Clemente, etc. West Virginia's
Da'Sean Butler has hit clutch-shots all year as well. I give credit where it's due.
Yes, Michigan State was beatable, but White kids' NOT sticking together to add the MUCH NEEDED depth to programs like Northern Iowa and Butler, is the PROBLEM. These Big 10 and Big 12 teams' will usually, no surprise, have more depth.
Yes, Tennessee is pretty much a tatted-up prison team, and all the Orange DWFs in the crowd are absolutely brain-dead and loathesome. Those creeps - that are posing as basketball players - will probably largely fail in the NBA and then become addicted to crack cocaine.
The reality is...
some of the lower-seeded teams' don't have as much depth, so there's always (what I call) a DANGER
in the brackets being "BUSTED"... I support some of the "underdog" wins like St. Mary's over Villanova, but I didn't like Cornell's win over Wisconsin. Each of us needs to really grasp the situation, and recognize the predicaments that may represent a double-edged sword.
