lca1011
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03-10-06 02:15 PM - Post#17410
Last night, Boeheim was on Steven A. Smith's Quite Frankly. The interview is summarized below, but included an a great reference to BU basketball.
SAS asked JB what he thought his NCAA chances were before entering the BE tournament. JB said that he didn't think they were even on the bubble entering the tournament, and needed to beat Cincy and play well against UCONN.
SAS responded: "How can you say that you would make the tournament with that record? You have 9 conference losses, and you have an out of conference loss to Bucknell, come on, Bucknell!" (think SAS voice and tone).
JB responded: I'm not saying that we weren't on the bubble and a lock, rather I was saying that we weren't even on the committee's radar. The Cincy win put us back into the bubble talk, and all I wanted in the UCONN game was for us to be close and show the committee we belonged. The win, I think, now puts us solidly in the tournament. As for Bucknell, I wouldn't say they are a cupcake. They are a legit top 30 team, and I think they put together a solid team. They will make some noise in the tournament. As for the losses, we lost to the number one and two teams in the country four times, and another four to top 20 teams."
At this point, I went to sleep happy. Two points:
JB reversed course slightly, giving props to a mid-major (which he should, the better BU looks, the less the loss hurts them). But its interesting to see JB's actions after how he critcized BU after losing to them (directly after that game) and after yesterday's win (when he said mid-majors wouldn't compete well with BE teams).
Second point: SAS's comment just shows how ignorant the guy is on subjects outside of the NBA. NBA talk, he knows his stuff, but when ventures outside of it, he merely talks fodder and generalizes comments.
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