Are Knights pulling for the B10 @ the final 4?
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can't speak for everyone but I am absolutely rooting for Michigan.
I'll be happy with anyone except Villanova.
I'll be happy with anyone except Villanova.
I had Michigan-Purdue for the championship in my bracket with Michigan winning it all. If Haas didn’t go down, very possible it could’ve happened. Even though Loyola is a great story, B1G all the way. Mad respect for our conference brethrens’ game.
Rooting for Michigan/B1G, however, if Loyola wins I'm ok. I've really enjoyed watching Loyola play in this tournament and like their players. It's a great story.
Hopefully the winner of Michigan - Loyola wins the Championship. Can't stand Villanova and not a fan of Kansas either.
Hopefully the winner of Michigan - Loyola wins the Championship. Can't stand Villanova and not a fan of Kansas either.
Anyone but Nova for me. Since Beilein isn't a prick like Harbaugh, I have no problem rooting for Michigan in the Final Four. Plus B1G hasn't won it in a long time (Sparty in 2000 I believe was the last NC in basketball for the B1G).
I can't stand Nova living here in Philly. People with absolutely zero ties to the school other than they live in and around Philly are rooting for Nova...it makes me sick. Maybe they'll have their NC parade on Lancaster Avenue in Radnor if they win it again.
I can't stand Nova living here in Philly. People with absolutely zero ties to the school other than they live in and around Philly are rooting for Nova...it makes me sick. Maybe they'll have their NC parade on Lancaster Avenue in Radnor if they win it again.
If Michigan makes the CFP, it will be a different story. But I can deal with rooting for Beilein
Despise Michigan because of their arrogant douche fans so hopefully they lose. Go Loyola!!!
We're in the Big Ten, not the AAC. No need for this conference-first nonsense. Michigan winning a championship doesn't help us in any way. We don't need to promote the league to squeeze a few more pennies out of ESPN. At the same time, nothing good comes of Villanova winning again. Go Loyola/Kansas!
Loyola over Michigan
Kansas over Nova
The Ramblers win the NC
because:
Kansas over Nova
The Ramblers win the NC
because:
If not Nova then Michigan. I understand that there is longstanding dislike for Nova but I have come to appreciate their accomplishments, style of play and just the way that Jay Wright has gone about building that program. I was not crazy about him early in his tenure perhaps because he spurned us and then started with the Jimmy Salmon/Tim Thomas way of building a program. In more recent times, they have become a program we can only hope to emulate in some fashion. High degree of success with kids who stick around and for the most part graduate. At many successful schools these days, you root for the uniform because the 1-2 year and done kids don't hang around long enough for the fans and alum to get to know them. While I think they are the best team, Kansas will certainly give them a game and it should be fun. I think Loyola's journey falls a game short of the final tonight but they have had a great run.
Article on Beilein and Rutgers, 2001, Dick Weiss article in NY Daily Noose ...
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/ru-woos-beilein-richmond-coach-high-list-article-1.936198
As I recall Wright would have taken the job if Villanova did not quickly can Lappas when they found out he was close with RU. Beilein I think either declined to interview or pulled out when he was at Richmond then took the WVU the next year.
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I had exactly the same, Purdue vs Mich, with Michigan winning it all.... could not know that
the Purdue center would not play
the wife had Michigan vs Nova in a betting pool, the final with Michigan winning it all..... all the people ahead of her right now either had Virginia or Nova winning, so I think she takes home the grand prize if Michigan wins it..... I think Nova is the obvious favorite but it could happen
Picked Villanova in all my pools, so I'm pulling for them, even though I can't stand them. Rooting for Michigan is only slightly less distasteful than rooting for penn st, syracuse or notre dame.
