Per the request of PJ76, we'll deep dive into a 16-team NCAA mens basketball WhatIf tournment.
I'll put the sixteen teams into four pools and play a six-game regular season (home and home with each team in your pool) in order to establish the tournament seeding. Then we'll get to the single-elimination tournament.
If you have no interest at all, please make sure to leave a snide comment about kiddie sports or paid amateurs so that we know that you are better than us. TYIA.
Please select your team in the thread and I will update below (first 16 responses get in). Include the school name and the year that their season started. I've made my selection already.
Greg's Kite - 1991 Indiana Hoosiers mj3528 - 1998 Ohio State Buckeyes UEM - 1990 UNLV Runnin' Rebels Wolf - 1995 UMass Minutemen Flush - 1973 North Carolina State Wolfpack BSMB - 1991 Michigan Wolverines LDot - 1982 Houston Cougars theny - 1984 Georgetown Hoyas phillyjim76 - 2003 St. Joseph's Hawks dong - 1999 Iowa State Cyclones SouthernYokel - 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Prez - 2010 UConn Huskies
I was leaving it for Flush but since he wants to choose some Tar Hole team...
72-73 undefeated NC State
Dang, that's a good one. But that UNC team had Brad Daugherty, Kenny Smith, Sam Perkins, Joe Wolf, and some guy named Michael Jordan. If Kenny Smith doesn't break his wrist and Dan Dakich doesn't play the game of his life they win it all.
I was leaving it for Flush but since he wants to choose some Tar Hole team...
72-73 undefeated NC State
Dang, that's a good one. But that UNC team had Brad Daugherty, Kenny Smith, Sam Perkins, Joe Wolf, and some guy named Michael Jordan. If Kenny Smith doesn't break his wrist and Dan Dakich doesn't play the game of his life they win it all.
Did Dakich guard Jordan? You never hear him talk about that game.
Isn't it a little racist to call it Black Friday? - Joy Behar
I was leaving it for Flush but since he wants to choose some Tar Hole team...
72-73 undefeated NC State
Dang, that's a good one. But that UNC team had Brad Daugherty, Kenny Smith, Sam Perkins, Joe Wolf, and some guy named Michael Jordan. If Kenny Smith doesn't break his wrist and Dan Dakich doesn't play the game of his life they win it all.
That's a lot of "if"s. Too bad there's no way to see how things would have gone otherwise.
Dang, that's a good one. But that UNC team had Brad Daugherty, Kenny Smith, Sam Perkins, Joe Wolf, and some guy named Michael Jordan. If Kenny Smith doesn't break his wrist and Dan Dakich doesn't play the game of his life they win it all.
Did Dakich guard Jordan? You never hear him talk about that game.
I know right? You'd think he'd bring it up from time to time.
That UNC team had the most talent of any Dean Smith coached team. Add in an underrated guard in Steve Hale and a glue guy like Matt Doherty and that rotation was perfect for Smith's system. They went undefeated in the ACC regular season that year. I can't wait to see how they stack up in this thing.