They didn’t really accuse ISU of anything. They took it from Barstools interview with Rothstein this morning. It was barstool big cat (huge Wisconsin fan) that asked the question if it was a smart decision to hide the info (it 1000% was) and Rothstein said it was “possible” the committee could’ve flipped them had they known Gilbert was out. Total pro sports is just a garbage sports blog
I'll be pretty ecstatic if we ever make the Final 4. I would have to do some research, but since 1980 I bet we are pretty high up there for most tournaments appearances without one.
Fair point, but i bet we still arent top 20. I would bet BYU is probably close to the top too
I'd have to look, but just off the top of my head I can remember many Power 5 programs that have made it just in my lifetime.
I'll check if I have time today, kids are on spring break.
True, but NC State won a national championship in 1984 and were very competitive up until the last decade or so.
That's the point, though. You never know when a successful stretch for a program will come to an end. This was true even before players could transfer at the drop of a hat and coaches prioritized schools' budgets for paying players above even their own salaries. I'd desperately like ISU to make a Final Four, but the next best thing is them being competitive in the Big 12 every season and making the tournament often. After Michigan State and Gonzaga—who've made the tournament for almost 30 consecutive years—Purdue has the third-longest tournament streak, at 10 years. Even Kansas is "only" on a six year streak. I share people's frustration with all of ISU's bad breaks this season, but for Otz to have four tournament teams in four seasons—given what he was working with the first two—is more amazing than we sometimes give credit for. And, as someone noted in a thread weeks ago, most programs have to knock on the tournament door for a while before they break through and make deep runs. There are outliers, and that fact can also be frustrating. But those teams almost never sustain success, which is what's necessary to build a championship program
I think everyone would be ecstatic about making a Final Four.
Cincinnati has six Final Four appearances, although we have to go back a ways -- five straight 1959-1963.
You have that segment after the season is over. The day after Selection Sunday is prime time to look at the bracket and build anticipation for the tournament, not spend the main segment of the show lamenting a lost season (one in which ISU is a 3 seed and still very much alive). Then he spends a minute blaming the chat for being sensitive. The chat wasn't being sensitive, CW just missed the mark on what the audience expected/wants to listen to. It's one of the best weeks of the year, and we're letting a tavern hok drive discussion on ISU when his team is just trying to find someone to coach their team?
I visited the King Dome once, summer of '96. Our host on that vaca was a former engineer for the City of Seattle. I'll never forget his comment that the King Dome was infested with rats and that they should tear it down. 2,000 mi from home to see the Mariners play the Twins (always been my dad's team, I'm a casual fan), good times!
