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Opportunity

Most everybody knows the Billy Beane story from the book and movie "Moneyball". For those who don't, it's about a baseball scout who perfected a new strategy that used statistics to rate the future success of minor leaguers.

I have no doubt this could be used to great achievement for basketball portal entries. These must be some stats that can successfully predict what players have a greater chance of breaking out in the next year than their current game or film would indicate.

I can't believe smart people aren't on this right now.

But, whoever perfects it will be rolling in cash.
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NCAA Bracket Madness

I used Pomeroy to help fill out the brackets. Looking at this years tournament, I foresee a lot of close games. Teams like Tennessee, Kentucky, TCU, Baylor and even Kansas have had some bad losses and inconsistency. Therefore, I settled on Marquette, Gonzaga, Arizona, Duke and UCLA as my favorites. Texas and Alabama have been consistent all year and should meet UCLA and the Zags somewhere along the line. Hoping the Big 12 and Big 10 get wasted except for Kansas and Texas. I like Duke because of their size, Zags because of their forwards and guards have already beaten everyone that counts. Not betting a dime on any of this but I wish all of your wagers good luck.
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What Are Your Top 3 UNLV Seasons Ever

Not including the title team since that is obvious. I struggled with putting 90-91 on there as the regular season was great and that Arkansas blowout is one of my favorite ever. But given the ending I couldn't do it, so...

1) 1986-87 That was the year our run really started. We had two thrilling victories over W KY and Temple in the Preseason NIT plus that 10+ point comeback against Iowa in the tourney which was thrilling. And our first Final 4 in 10 years.
2) 1988-89 Anderson Hunt beating Arizona who were the title favorites made the season. Seton Hall blowout or not.
3) 2006-07 It had been so long since we won a tourney game and the Sweet 16 was so unexpected plus just shy of a major comeback against Oregon put this one up there for me.
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One Player Away

This post is total speculation. But it's based on a GLARING need that this team had. The POST position. Or at least a solid internal presence. Muoka and Iwuakor were abysmal. They averaged 7 pts and 8 rebounds - TOGETHER. They were good defenders but were a non-factor offensively.

Had we landed Udeze, IMO we would have won @ 7 more games. Udeze averaged 16 pts and 9 rebs - ALONE.

We could have competed for the Conference lead. We would be looking at an NCAA berth with a guaranteed NIT.

Again, speculation. But it does show how one player can make a huge difference.

I hope KK learned a hard lesson and is merciless in his evaluation of what current players stay and who he brings in. He can't let loyalty to nice kids stand in his way of hard nosed evaluation.

MWC Tourney

What is everyone's predictions? Our side of the bracket looks more manageable and has hella potential for chaos. I think UNM beats Wyo and then upsets Utah State. We beat Air Force, upset Boise, and then beat UNM. Now before anyone gets their panties in a bunch, this is MY OPINION and I formed this opinion based on the ball bouncing our way a couple of times. It's also very difficult to beat a team three times in one season.

With that being said, we get to the chip and lose to SDSU. But if they somehow have a hiccup....
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