Sweet 16: (4) Kentucky vs. (1) Ohio State

• killer_ewok

  

  Skyhook79;727367 wrote:Boeheim is nortorious for playing weak ooc schedules his whole career. Hardly ever plays away games in ooc.
  
  3 Elite 8's and 3 Final 4's in 35 years at Syracuse? c'mon thats not "great" worthy imo.

  
  Weak OOC schedule??? Is that all you've got? Who gives a shit about that? It's been tougher the last few years but a lot coaches at upper tier programs play weak OOC schedules and most games at home early in the year so that's irrelevant.
  
  33 out of 35 seasons the guy has won 20 or more games. That's consistency. And he's won a 'chip at a program that he built. It wasn't some Tubby Smith in 1998 situation where he won it with someone else's players. And what do you mean by "at Syracuse"? Jim Boeheim IS Syracuse basketball. It wouldn't be what it is without him.
  
  Based on his career, he's great. Currently great, no. There are coaches in the game today doing better coaching jobs. But, career accomplishment-wise as far as those who still coach....K is tops. Then, Calhoun, Roy Williams, Boeheim, Izzo, Pitino. Not sure how anyone can leave any of those guys off a list of greats when talking about careers.
• Skyhook79

  

  "And he's won a 'chip at a program that he built."
  
  Actually the 1975-76 team went to the Final 4 the year before Boeheim took over.They were a very good program in the 60's too with Dave Bing.
  Of course He is Syracuse basketball now because he has been their so long, the longest a player can stay is 4-5 years. Doesn't make him a great Coach. Great gets throw around too much. As far as the OOC schedules, I would like to see Boeheim schedule a Tom Izzo OOC schedule one time.
• killer_ewok

  

  Syracuse played a decent OOC schedule the last couple years. Check it out. I don't think a coach has to play an Izzo OOC meatgrinder to prove something.
  
  Great gets thrown around too often, huh? Well, consistency over 35 years is taken too lightly by some as well.
  
  Also, Syracuse was good before but Boeheim has made the program what it is.
• Skyhook79

  

  killer_ewok;727418 wrote:Syracuse played a decent OOC schedule the last couple years. Check it out. I don't think a coach has to play an Izzo OOC meatgrinder to prove something.
  
  Great gets thrown around too often, huh? Well, consistency over 35 years is taken too lightly by some as well.
  
  Also, Syracuse was good before but Boeheim has made the program what it is.

  
  I checked it out...they played 4 true road games the last 5 years COMBINED.
• centralbucksfan

  Skyhook79;727424 wrote:I checked it out...they played 4 true road games the last 5 years COMBINED.

  Well, if he were the ONLY coach to schedule like this, your arguement would be legit. But he isn't. Its pretty much the common thing to do for various reasons. There are FEW coaches who consistantly schedule a very difficult OOC schedule. JB has a national title, has how many wins over MANY years. 'Cuse is consistantly a top 10 team year in and year out. He is a Hall of Fame coach. I am not a big fan of him, hate the zone, and heard him talk at a conference....put me to sleep. But he can coach, period. And for a geek, he has a HOT wife!
• SportsAndLady

  

  Skyhook79;727424 wrote:I checked it out...they played 4 true road games the last 5 years COMBINED.

  
  So what? A team won't have a "true road game" in order to win a national title, so why should he get his team ready to play well on the road? Also, why would they schedule away games when they can keep bringing in millions of dollars in ticket revenue for home games?
• killer_ewok

  

  Skyhook79;727424 wrote:I checked it out...they played 4 true road games the last 5 years COMBINED.

  
  I didn't ask how many "true" road games they've played. I asked you to check out the OOC competition the last couple years. It hasn't been that bad. And so they've played in some preseason tournaments on neutral courts the last few years....it's still been away from the Dome against decent/pretty good teams.
  
  And yes, CBF....Julie Boeheim is pretty hot. And Jimmy B. does look like a geek. LOL
• Skyhook79

  

  centralbucksfan;727432 wrote:Well, if he were the ONLY coach to schedule like this, your arguement would be legit. But he isn't. Its pretty much the common thing to do for various reasons. There are FEW coaches who consistantly schedule a very difficult OOC schedule. JB has a national title, has how many wins over MANY years. 'Cuse is consistantly a top 10 team year in and year out. He is a Hall of Fame coach. I am not a big fan of him, hate the zone, and heard him talk at a conference....put me to sleep. But he can coach, period. And for a geek, he has a HOT wife!

  Coach K and Tom Izzo have both played 10 true OOC road games in the same time period, 2 1/2 times more. He may be a basketball Hall of Fame coach, a lot of people you or I have never heard of are in the Basketball Hall of Fame and I'm not saying he isn't a good coach, he just is not a Great Coach.
• wildcats20

  

  Skyhook79;727447 wrote:Coach K and Tom Izzo have both played 10 true OOC road games in the same time period, 2 1/2 times more. He may be a basketball Hall of Fame coach, a lot of people you or I have never heard of are in the Basketball Hall of Fame and I'm not saying he isn't a good coach, he just is not a Great Coach.

  
  No, no Duke has not.
  
  2010-2011:
  UNCG and SJU
  2009-2010:
  G'Town
  2008-2009:
  SJU
  2007-2008:
  Temple
  2006-2007:
  SJU
  
  
  You CAN'T count any games in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Those are games that the schools/coaches DID NOT schedule.
• killer_ewok

  

  wildcats20;727450 wrote:No, no Duke has not.
  
  2010-2011:
  UNCG and SJU
  2009-2010:
  G'Town
  2008-2009:
  SJU
  2007-2008:
  Temple
  2006-2007:
  SJU
  
  
  You CAN'T count any games in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Those are games that the schools/coaches DID NOT schedule.

  
  Which means we are back to just Izzo. Kudos to him. I respect his tough scheduling but it's not the norm and you(skyhook) are really reaching by trying to hold that against Boeheim (who is a great coach based on his overall career).
• wildcats20

  

  Sparty the last 5 years:
  
  2010-2011:
  None
  2009-2010:
  Citadel and Texas
  2008-2009:
  IPFW
  2007-2008:
  Bradley
  2006-2007:
  None
  
  
  Now that is impressive.
• wildcats20

  

  I would LOVE to see these 10 OOC road games for both Duke and Sparty.
• Skyhook79

  

  wildcats20;727476 wrote:Sparty the last 5 years:
  
  2010-2011:
  None
  2009-2010:
  Citadel and Texas
  2008-2009:
  IPFW
  2007-2008:
  Bradley
  2006-2007:
  None
  
  
  Now that is impressive.

  I don't know what schedule you looked at but this past year Mich st played Chaminade,Duke and Oakland on the road.
  And in 06-07 they played Maryland and Boston College and they ALL count I don't care who schedules it.
  
  Coaching a program like Syracuse for 35 years and you have only 3 Elite 8 appearances to show for it, your not a great Coach. That is my opinion and its not changing when Izzo can get a program like Mich St to 7 Elite 8's in less than half the time it took Boeheim to get 3.
• wildcats20

  

  You said TRUE ROAD OCC GAMES.
  
  Games at Neutral locations ARE NOT ROAD GAMES.
• Skyhook79

  

  wildcats20;727509 wrote:You said TRUE ROAD OCC GAMES.
  
  Games at Neutral locations ARE NOT ROAD GAMES.

  http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/127/michigan-state-spartans
  
  
  I do not see an * beside Duke,Chaminade or Oakland.
• wildcats20

  

  Not to mention Chaminade is a D-2 school lol
• wildcats20

  

  Skyhook79;727515 wrote:http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/127/michigan-state-spartans
  
  
  I do not see an * beside Duke,Chaminade or Oakland.

  
  Oakland was played at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Oakland's home court is NOT the Palace.
• wildcats20

  

  And in 06-07 the Maryland game was played in MSG, again NOT a road game.
• Skyhook79

  

  wildcats20;727519 wrote:Oakland was played at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Oakland's home court is NOT the Palace.

  Then they should put an * by it. Doesn't change the fact that Boeheim has only 3 Elite 8's in 35 years compared to Izzo's 7 in 16 years.
• reclegend22

  

  SportAndLady wrote:So what? A team won't have a "true road game" in order to win a national title, so why should he get his team ready to play well on the road? Also, why would they schedule away games when they can keep bringing in millions of dollars in ticket revenue for home games?

  Exactly. No one cares, especially not Coach K and his four national champion banners, which equal the total accumulated by both Dean Smith and Roy Williams.
  
  In K's particular case, he believes it is more important for his team to be prepared for the travel and atmosphere that is customary of playing on the road at neutral, packed and loud NBA-style arenas in the NCAA tournament. That's why Duke annually plays a game either on the West Coast (during the national title year of 2001, Duke played Casey Jacobsen-led Stanford at Portland's Rose Garden; this year Duke played Oregon at the Rose Garden), in Chicago at the United Center (a recent example is Iowa State in December of the 2010 national championship season; Duke also played Valparaiso at the United Center in 2004), in Indianapolis (in 2002 Duke played UCLA at Conseco Fieldhouse), or in NYC or New Jersey at the Meadowlands. Duke has played St. John's, which plays its bigger home games at Madison Square Garden, on a regular basis since the late '90s for this reason. In 2003, Duke played 11th-ranked Texas at Madison Square Garden; in 2004, Duke played Oklahoma at MSG; in 2005, Duke played top-ranked Texas at the Meadowlands; in 2006 and '07, Duke played ranked Gonzaga teams at MSG; and the Blue Devils have played teams such as Xavier, Pittsburgh and Butler at these locations over the past several seasons.
  
  Duke and Coach K don't have to apologize for their scheduling. The Blue Devils are the most marketable team in college basketball and are on TV more than Good Morning America.
• Hb31187

  

  Id say UNC is more marketable, but Dukes a close 2nd.
• wildcats20

  

  reclegend22;727542 wrote:Exactly. No one cares, especially not Coach K and his four national champion banners, which equal the total accumulated by both Dean Smith and Roy Williams.
  
  In K's particular case, he believes it is more important for his team to be prepared for the travel and atmosphere that is customary of playing on the road at neutral, packed and loud NBA-style arenas in the NCAA tournament. That's why Duke annually plays a game either on the West Coast (during the national title year of 2001, Duke played Casey Jacobsen-led Stanford at Portland's Rose Garden; this year Duke played Oregon at the Rose Garden), in Chicago at the United Center (a recent example is Iowa State in December of the 2010 national championship season; Duke also played Valparaiso at the United Center in 2004), in Indianapolis (in 2002 Duke played UCLA at Conseco Fieldhouse), or in NYC or New Jersey at the Meadowlands. Duke has played St. John's, which plays its bigger home games at Madison Square Garden, on a regular basis since the late '90s for this reason. In 2003, Duke played 11th-ranked Texas at Madison Square Garden; in 2004, Duke played Oklahoma at MSG; in 2005, Duke played top-ranked Texas at the Meadowlands; in 2006 and '07, Duke played ranked Gonzaga teams at MSG; and the Blue Devils have played teams such as Xavier, Pittsburgh and Butler at these locations over the past several seasons.
  
  Duke and Coach K don't have to apologize for their scheduling. The Blue Devils are the most marketable team in college basketball and are on TV more than Good Morning America.

  
  And yet some people wonder why people hate them?
  
  
  But I agree. No coach or team has to apologize for scheduling.
• killer_ewok

  

  Skyhook79;727532 wrote:Then they should put an * by it. Doesn't change the fact that Boeheim has only 3 Elite 8's in 35 years compared to Izzo's 7 in 16 years.

  
  And since when are Elite 8's and Final 4's the primary criteria for being a great coach? Since it suits your argument, that's when. Because your OOC road game argument went up in flames. How about the fact that Izzo has been to more than double the number of Elite 8's as Boeheim but still has the same number of national titles as Boeheim.
  
  See, I can spin shit too.
• Skyhook79

  

  killer_ewok;727552 wrote:And since when are Elite 8's and Final 4's the primary criteria for being a great coach? Since it suits your argument, that's when. Because your OOC road game argument went up in flames. How about the fact that Izzo has been to more than double the number of Elite 8's as Boeheim but still has the same number of national titles as Boeheim.
  
  See, I can spin shit too.

  ...Still In less than 1/2 the time. Izzo has 19 more years to further obliterate what Boeheim has done.
• sportswizuhrd

  centralbucksfan;726669 wrote:Uh..I kinda had to tell him that if you read up a couple of post. Don't hurt yourself.

  
  You bitched at him like he was supposed to know ahead of time and forgot. I didnt hurt myself.