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I. M. Gei posted:N: Congratulations to the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball NIT Champions, the Texas Longhorns. Aww, I actually kind of hoped Lipscomb would make it happen. Oh well.
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Do you hang banners for that?
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Apr 5, 2019 02:21
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Do you hang banners for that? Yes, and Texas has hung banners for less. I don’t think they can fire Shaka fresh off a tournament win of any kind, but I could see them making a run at Bruce Pearl if he’s still at Auburn next year.
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Apr 5, 2019 02:29
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I. M. Gei posted:I don’t think they can fire Shaka fresh off a tournament win of any kind, but I could see them making a run at Bruce Pearl if he’s still at Auburn next year. I don't know, it's Texas. They can fire people at will if they choose to (well I guess anyone with the money to do so can), and they feel like they should be the best at everything. It's just a matter of whether they care enough about basketball to be mad enough to do it.
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Apr 5, 2019 03:11
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Grittybeard posted:I don't know, it's Texas. They can fire people at will if they choose to (well I guess anyone with the money to do so can), and they feel like they should be the best at everything. It's just a matter of whether they care enough about basketball to be mad enough to do it. They can, but they probably won’t. It’d look lovely for Texas to fire a guy that just won a tourney, NIT or otherwise, which would make the “getting Pearl to take the job” part of the plan a lot harder.
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Apr 5, 2019 03:20
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Bitch we will build a statue of Bruce and encase him inside it if anyone comes for him
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Apr 5, 2019 03:34
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Congrats to Marshall for winning the CIT, which apparently also happens.
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Apr 5, 2019 04:55
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is tha tthe one with the best-of-three final series? one of those weird semihemidemitournaments that appeared in the last decade used that gimmick, which would be a short series in any other sport
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Apr 5, 2019 05:28
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Also, gently caress the NCAA: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/sports/ncaa-final-four-graduate-transfers.html
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Apr 5, 2019 15:06
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Wait why does Texas think they could pull Pearl from Auburn? I wasn't aware of any ties he had there
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Apr 5, 2019 15:27
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Kyle Guy had to take down his wedding registry because it was an NCAA violation for people to buy him gifts
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Apr 5, 2019 15:38
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Joey Freshwater posted:Wait why does Texas think they could pull Pearl from Auburn? I wasn't aware of any ties he had there Texas thinks they can get any coach from any school.
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Apr 5, 2019 15:44
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Ungratek posted:Kyle Guy had to take down his wedding registry because it was an NCAA violation for people to buy him gifts This is so wack
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Ungratek posted:Kyle Guy had to take down his wedding registry because it was an NCAA violation for people to buy him gifts Kill the NCAA
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Apr 5, 2019 16:04
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oystertoadfish posted:is tha tthe one with the best-of-three final series? one of those weird semihemidemitournaments that appeared in the last decade used that gimmick, which would be a short series in any other sport That's the CBI. DePaul and South Florida have a deciding Game 3 for 102nd place in Division 1 tonight.
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Apr 5, 2019 16:49
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https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1114190370995343360
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Apr 5, 2019 16:50
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Pearl has to take the Texas job before Stack whoops his rear end over some recruiting dispute
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Apr 5, 2019 16:59
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R.D. Mangles posted:GUESS WHO'S IN THE WOMEN'S NIT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Finally our long posting battle to take physical form in the most hallowed venue
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Apr 5, 2019 17:10
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Auburn and Texas fighting over a basketball coach would be interesting to watch. Look we don't care about basketball very much but if you think you're a bigger football entity you got a fight comin!
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Apr 5, 2019 18:55
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kayakyakr posted:Also, gently caress the NCAA: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/sports/ncaa-final-four-graduate-transfers.html Outside of specifically designed one-year MBA programs, aren't most Master's level programs two year deals?
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Apr 5, 2019 19:56
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Chief McHeath posted:Outside of specifically designed one-year MBA programs, aren't most Master's level programs two year deals? Varies widely across different programs and disciplines. Shutting this down is yet another way for the NCAA to show they don’t give a poo poo about the student side of things. Obviously we know that already but taking away the chance for players to get credits toward an actual degree that might help them beyond playing days is just gratuitous.
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Apr 5, 2019 20:03
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B..b.b...but most of their athletes go pro in something other than sports!
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Apr 5, 2019 20:07
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Apparently Guy’s wedding registry was OK after all and it was either a miscommunication or an overabundance of caution. So obviously the NCAA will change their mind at some point in the future and UVA will have to vacate all of this.
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Apr 5, 2019 23:11
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The funny thing is the grad transfer thing as it works now is like the NCAA's best argument that they're about education first and they still can't not gently caress with it.
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Apr 6, 2019 00:28
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lol UCLA https://twitter.com/jeffeisenberg/status/1114312374847041536?s=21
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Apr 6, 2019 00:47
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This is how the most decorated program in the history of the sport winds up hiring a guy who couldn't hack it at Iowa
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Apr 6, 2019 01:01
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kayakyakr posted:Also, gently caress the NCAA: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/sports/ncaa-final-four-graduate-transfers.html Lol gently caress Calipari
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Apr 6, 2019 01:44
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kiimo posted:Auburn and Texas fighting over a basketball coach would be interesting to watch. Look we don't care about basketball very much but if you think you're a bigger football entity you got a fight comin! If Texas does decide to fight Auburn for Pearl, they won’t do it this year. Firing Shaka after an NIT championship would be a PR nightmare from both the fans’ and the players’ perspectives. The only way Del Conte would consider firing Shaka this year is if a huge, and I mean HUGE, contingent of the fanbase (or the big money donors) demand it, which I don’t see happening.
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Apr 6, 2019 02:18
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I agree. Winning that probably bought him time, years even.
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Apr 6, 2019 02:54
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Do people really care that much about winning the NIT, this far into Shaka’s tenure? I’d still think of it as a year we missed the tourney if I were an AD
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Apr 6, 2019 03:01
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Texas has not tasted the sweet flavor of victory in a while and I'm not sure their fans fully comprehend the difference between the tournaments.
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Apr 6, 2019 03:06
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MourningView posted:This is how the most decorated program in the history of the sport winds up hiring a guy who couldn't hack it at Iowa Looking forward to USC's football coach hiring process looking like this next year before they hire Jeff Fisher because he is a USC man
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Apr 6, 2019 03:20
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I. M. Gei posted:Firing Shaka after an NIT championship would be a PR nightmare from both the fans’ and the players’ perspectives. I feel as though fans don't exist on a large enough level and players don't matter. Like, maybe they stick with Shaka and that's ok. He might have earned it. I just don't think the decision makers care about either of these PR nightmare points.
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Apr 6, 2019 03:30
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Ungratek posted:Do people really care that much about winning the NIT, this far into Shaka’s tenure? I’d still think of it as a year we missed the tourney if I were an AD If you're a team that's had a huge postseason drought it's kinda fun to see them go on a NIT run but that isn't the case with Texas. I can't imagine too many people care that much.
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Apr 6, 2019 04:18
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If Texas pushes out Shaka this year, it'll be because they felt compelled to make a splash after Tech makes a final four (and possibly more!) with an UT alum at the helm, UH makes the sweet sixteen and extends Sampson, A&M makes a huge hire, and Baylor remains competent with a great coach at the helm
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Apr 6, 2019 04:25
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I agree with most of your post but let's take it easy with Scott Drew being great.
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Apr 6, 2019 04:26
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Winning the NIT essentially means that maybe you should have gotten that play in 11 spot, which doesn’t say a whole lot. Texas still gives Shaka one more year, but I have to imagine he’s gone next year if they don’t make the NCAA and at a decent seed too.
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Apr 6, 2019 04:33
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Bird in a Blender posted:Winning the NIT essentially means that maybe you should have gotten that play in 11 spot, which doesn’t say a whole lot. Texas still gives Shaka one more year, but I have to imagine he’s gone next year if they don’t make the NCAA and at a decent seed too. So basically you’re saying he’s gone next year. Ungratek posted:Do people really care that much about winning the NIT, this far into Shaka’s tenure? I’d still think of it as a year we missed the tourney if I were an AD Honestly if I were our AD I probably wouldn’t feel too bad about dumping Shaka fresh off this NIT win. He’s been coaching at UT for four years and has failed to make the NCAA Tournament twice, the other time being after Texas’s worst season in at least 20 years. For a team that at least made it to the tournament almost every year under Rick Barnes, that’s unacceptable, no matter how tough the Big 12 is as a conference. As far as I’m concerned, Shaka has had more than enough time to show his worth as a coach, and it just isn’t there. It’s time for him to go. The problem is, most Texas fans are stupid and probably think winning the NIT is actually worth something, possibly because they don’t give enough of a poo poo about men’s basketball to know otherwise. So as much as I’d love for Texas to try to trade him in for Pearl, I don’t really expect there to be much of a fan or booster outcry to fire Shaka this year.
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Apr 6, 2019 05:57
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Well gently caress. https://www.hookem.com/story/sources-ncaa-tournament-bid-not-texas-administrators-sticking-shaka-smart/ https://www.burntorangenation.com/2019/3/14/18266814/fire-shaka-smart-chris-del-conte-texas-longhorns-basketball It didn’t even occur to me that Shaka’s buyout might be a factor. We’re gonna be stuck with this fucker for A WHILE!! 
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UCLA and UT have been racing to waste the most money on basketball coaches. UCLA probably was considering Russell Turner before his homophobic idiocy in the Oregon game.
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