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the one thing about the Norm first round upsets is

Posted on: September 17, 2019 at 16:23:46 CT
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the teams in question were so damn good that even if you swapped in Quin's best postseason run for any of Norm's first round flubs, you usually are just replacing embarassment with severe sting

1990 for example, the Doug Smith/Anthony Peeler team ranked #1 in the nation for much of the year. Swap out the first round Northern Iowa disaster for a Quin run of making it all the way to the Elite Eight...what are you really left with? Sting, ache, pain because that team was so damn good all year you just knew it was capable of being a Final Four team and dammit they were so close uuugggh

Same thing in 1987

or 1983

hell it actually happened exactly that way in 1976 and 1994 for Norm in the Elite Eight

the other thing is a lot of the programs that at the time were pie in the face type losses for Norm are now programs that nobody wants to mess with. Xavier is Xavier, Northern Iowa knocked off ku with that Farukmanesh or whatever the hell his name was shot in 2010, Rhode Island has done lots of things, beat ku in 1998 and even had Lamar Odom the following year, etc.

At the time, all of them were "WHAT??? You lost to Xavier? Who the hell is Xavier???" type moments but they were developing good programs.
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Today I learned that Missouri basketball only had 14 years - Ace A - 9/17 15:39:34
     We’ve had our two best winning seasons & 2 Elite 8 since - MoGold MU - 9/17 18:31:24
          How many conference championships did we win then?(nm) - 68-69ron MU - 9/18 20:02:22
               Or conference tournaments?(nm) - 68-69ron MU - 9/18 20:04:41
          Three excellent years under Mike Anderson - Genco98 MU - 9/18 09:31:53
               I would classify 2010-11 as avg, rather than excellent - FIJItiger MU - 9/18 09:38:31
                    That's fair - Genco98 MU - 9/18 10:12:58
                         Agree, got 2nd in the Big 12 that year - FIJItiger MU - 9/18 10:17:49
          a post season run doesn't make a season.(nm) - SuperTone MU - 9/18 08:22:07
               Not entirely but how you finish is usually remembered - sprintcar STL - 9/18 09:08:42
                    Those 'most people' don't really - FIJItiger MU - 9/18 09:33:36
                         so anyone making fun of ku for post season losses doesn't - TigerA MU - 9/18 09:37:23
                              No - FIJItiger MU - 9/18 09:42:19
                              Lol. This will be entertaining. (nm) - sprintcar STL - 9/18 09:39:10
                                   not really, Fiji just does his JG routine and we move on (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 9/18 19:21:16
     It was a great time to be in school. Got to see the Peeler - HandBanana MU - 9/17 17:04:03
          yes 89-92 for me dang I miss those days - Beakerbasher KC - 3/24 23:06:45
     That is an example of prolonged program success - FIJItiger MU - 9/17 15:41:57
          Hopefully we can join the ranks of the Red Sox, Cubs - longtimereader MU - 9/17 18:20:01
          RE: That is an example of prolonged program success - BuckTurgidson KU - 9/17 16:41:16
               Bradley Bucknell UTEP Rhode Island VCU N Iowa - Tigeraja MU - 9/17 18:37:02
                    RE: Bradley Bucknell UTEP Rhode Island VCU N Iowa - BuckTurgidson KU - 9/17 22:45:37
                         You sound like a victim - Tigeraja MU - 9/17 23:39:03
                              RE: You sound like a victim - BuckTurgidson KU - 9/18 10:21:39
                                   Bradley Bucknell - Tigeraja MU - 3/24 20:49:34
               best officials money could buy(nm) - implode STL - 9/17 18:10:52
                    RE: best officials money could buy(nm) - BuckTurgidson KU - 9/17 22:56:44
                         Should I have said players instead? - implode STL - 9/18 19:28:50
               None of the latter was legitimately accomplished (nm) - FIJItiger MU - 9/17 17:05:05
                    RE: None of the latter was legitimately accomplished (nm) - BuckTurgidson KU - 9/17 22:57:35
                         From 2013-19 MU hasn't had a chance to - FIJItiger MU - 9/18 08:30:28
                              RE: From 2013-19 MU hasn't had a chance to - BuckTurgidson KU - 9/18 10:43:30
                                   No, you state that asinine crap all the time - FIJItiger MU - 9/18 10:55:56
                                        RE: No, you state that asinine crap all the time - BuckTurgidson KU - 9/18 13:26:44
               you misspelled 'prolonged corruption and academic fraud' - McMuffin HERD - 9/17 16:43:21
                    RE: you misspelled 'prolonged corruption and academic fraud' - BuckTurgidson KU - 9/17 22:55:34
          the 2012 and 2009 teams were really, really good - McMuffin HERD - 9/17 16:05:20
               Years 3-6 of Mike Anderson were all pretty good - wu-tangtiger MU - 9/17 16:12:25
                    the one thing about the Norm first round upsets is - McMuffin HERD - 9/17 16:23:46
                    There was no 6th year of Mike Anderson - FIJItiger MU - 9/17 16:20:16
                         the first year of Haith was entirely Mike’s players - wu-tangtiger MU - 9/17 16:24:22
                              Agree. But that team wouldn't have won more than 24 or 25 - FIJItiger MU - 9/17 16:28:08
                                   That got a chuckle out of me (nm) - longtimereader MU - 9/17 17:55:19
                                   You never know - wu-tangtiger MU - 9/17 16:30:09
                                   agree. The hatred for Haith that refuses to give the 2012 - McMuffin HERD - 9/17 16:30:06




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