FAU

[Turbine]

FAU is not shy about changing coaches they've had three different basketball head coaches since 2011.

Still this year is only FAU's 2nd NCAA appearance.

[TammanyCajun]

“BaSkEtBaLL Is DeAd In ThE SoUtH.” :/

[ZoomZoom]

SDSU and FAU. Yes!

A unicorn will make the final.

[BBOYD]

“We can’t do that here.”

Yes We Can!!! #B3

[cajun4life]

I swear this thread comes up every year.

“Why can’t we be that one mid-major team out of 200 that has one good NCAA run in their program’s history?”

We can, but 1 in 200 odds make that really tough.

But we don’t want to be that team. We don’t want to trade programs with FAU, George Mason, Loyola-Chicago, etc. Except for one flash in the pan year, these programs are all garbage. We’re better than them. They aren’t who we should aspire to be.

No we would rather be constantly mediocre.

Thanks for the reminder. That even though we’ve always been a basketball school, we have now settled for mediocrity.

[Cajunrunner]

I swear this thread comes up every year.

“Why can’t we be that one mid-major team out of 200 that has one good NCAA run in their program’s history?”

We can, but 1 in 200 odds make that really tough.

But we don’t want to be that team. We don’t want to trade programs with FAU, George Mason, Loyola-Chicago, etc. Except for one flash in the pan year, these programs are all garbage. We’re better than them. They aren’t who we should aspire to be.

This cannot be a serious post.

You think one and done in two out of the last thirteen years has done more for us than what an Elite 8 appearance has done for one of those programs?

I hope you’re trolling.

[Bandwagon King]

I would initially agree with you, but FAU, with a great NET, was only a nine seed. They got hosed seeding wise.

This is a fact. FAU should have been no lower than a three seed. They obviously have one of the best teams in the country & now have a chance to win it all. I will be pulling for FAU.

[zephyr]

Yeah, that was amusing. The SBC is consistently a 12-16 seed…like that’s changing.

I always knew success was hard for a public non power program was harder to sustain, but after looking at the NCAA list of champions and runner ups, darn.

I’m not saying why try, we should. But my goodness, the deck has been stacked for decades. UTEP was an anomaly that politically at the time was untouchable. UNLV was in the doghouse for years. ..they hated Tark. USL, although not a finalist, got jacked with the death penalty. Memphis always on the edge of NCAA issues.

We should find a way to be the best we can be. The sooner Marlin’s new deal is done (or he retires) the better. The process can start. Even if he retires they’ll be some posters and posers here mad because they won’t like the choice.

FAU is in Conference USA. That conference fares no better than the SBC in tournament rankings. They had a great season in and out of conference. It's not common by any means but we're certainly told year in and year out that we shouldn't expect better.

On a side note, we're always told that the game has changed so much and its a 3 point game but Miami just beat a damn good UT team without hitting a 3 in the last 9 minutes when they made their big run while Texas hit 10 for the game. This entire tournament has been down on 3 point shooting and the mid range and points in the paint have won games.

[zephyr]

FAU is not shy about changing coaches they've had three different basketball head coaches since 2011.

Still this year is only FAU's 2nd NCAA appearance.

About to be 4

[fanof71]

Could we have an all south Florida championship?

[zephyr]

I would initially agree with you, but FAU, with a great NET, was only a nine seed. They got hosed seeding wise.

Correct, especially going 5-1 in Quad 1 games. No reason they should have had that crappy of a seeding. All the more reason to suggest that if they can do it so can we.

[zephyr]

Could we have an all south Florida championship?

Possible but not likely. UCONN is a freight train right now although I though UT was as well especially through the first 34 minutes of this game.