Dude I get it, anytime you see the words “big ten” you see red and just think of the worst thing possible. It’s ok. The big ten can’t hurt you, they aren’t hiding under your bed.
Dude I know it's about ratings. No ****. And yes the Big Ten is only what it is because of stupid ratings because the product on the court has sucked for 15 years or more. From a competition standpoint (since this is what this type of event should be about but yay almighty dollar like everything else in life), no Big Ten team should be anywhere near this event. UConn not being the fourth team is a joke at this point.
My man the records of the event say otherwise, Kansas and Duke are 7-5 and Kentucky and MSU are 5-7, every single team has beaten the other like I mentioned so no one team is dominating and no one team is a doormat. I get your point and if this was something where the 4 teams were reevaluated every year I would agree that UConn should be in, but it’s not, it was an agreement with ESPN and these 4 teams. In 2026 when the agreement is done we will see what happens.
I don't care what the records are in the event. Nowhere did I say Michigan State it terrible at basketball, and of course I would expect these teams to be fairly even throughout this event record wise. Program history is what this is about, or at least, that's how it was pitched back when ESPN created it. But it's called the Champions Classic, and they don't fit the profile of the other schools I just listed. And it isn't even close.
Cool, now do those stats for the last 30 years. Half of Kentucky’s titles are before 1960 10/11 of UCLA’s championships are before 1976.
Their new coach played the slowest tempo in the country at North Texas last year. They want to play in the 50s. He's got a small rebuild but they should be okay.
I don't see toussaint fitting in well in that system offensively but he was rare player for Fran in that he played defense.
Knowing their coach I'm guessing they're going to be a bit like us the last couple years. Not going to have an offense to just blow teams out all over the place but enough defense that they will make it really hard to beat them
Son of a *****! I died and nobody told me!
What a nickel-dimer shot at Raftery.
