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3/17/2025 2:10 pm  #21


Re: Official College Basketball Crown Thread

Six of the sixteen teams in the Crown field do not even have winning records:

Arizona St 13-19
Butler 14-19
Depaul 14-19
Colorado 14-20
USC 16-17
Utah 16-16

 

3/17/2025 2:31 pm  #22


Re: Official College Basketball Crown Thread

TJT85 wrote:

Six of the sixteen teams in the Crown field do not even have winning records:

Arizona St 13-19
Butler 14-19
Depaul 14-19
Colorado 14-20
USC 16-17
Utah 16-16

I don’t really care how crappy some of the teams in the field are. The fact is that we get the opportunity to play against a quality team in Boise State (44 NET, 50 KenPom). As someone else on here noted, the only higher ranked team we played all year was VCU.

 

3/17/2025 2:48 pm  #23


Re: Official College Basketball Crown Thread

TJT85 wrote:

Six of the sixteen teams in the Crown field do not even have winning records:

Arizona St 13-19
Butler 14-19
Depaul 14-19
Colorado 14-20
USC 16-17
Utah 16-16

Even though they have stinky records, they would be all Quad 2 games in the regular season, except for DePaul.

ASU - NET 74
Butler - NET 83
DePaul - NET 119
Colorado - NET 86
USC - NET 70
Utah - NET 73

FWIW, GW finished with a NET of 124.
 

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3/17/2025 3:12 pm  #24


Re: Official College Basketball Crown Thread

Let's go!! Excited to figure this out as we go. But for now, it may not be dancing at the club with VCU, but it's still shaking one's tail feather at a sock hop.

 

3/17/2025 3:45 pm  #25


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So Boise is #1 seed and GW #16 seed?

 

 

3/17/2025 9:06 pm  #26


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As I wondered, Boise passed on the NIT. Makes sense as SI explains

The Crown covers all travel expenses for the 16 participants. The tournament also features an unspecified NIL prize fund for teams that reach the semifinals and finals.

Boise State opted for the Crown over the NIT, which features just three power-conference teams in its 32-team bracket. The Crown has five Big 12 teams, four Big East teams, two Big Ten representatives and future Pac-12 rivals Oregon State and Washington State.

Obviously a no brainer for us.

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3/18/2025 9:06 am  #27


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Because the portal will be open prior to the start of this tournament, there is an actual rule for The Crown that states that all teams must have at least 7 players in order to be eligible.  I haven't come across a rule like this since my son was regularly participating in rec basketball.

 

3/23/2025 11:08 am  #28


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Anyone hearing anything about the team’s prep?  Everyone planning to play?

 

3/23/2025 5:57 pm  #29


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I have been and will remain a proponant of a stronger schedule.   The flip side, of course, is that our weak schedule took a team with too many holes to be considered good to 21 wins, a ranking in the top quarter of division 1 and a post season tournament consisting primarily of power conference teams, playing on national television with the opportunity to not only win some money, but the theoretical possibility of playing Ge""getown for the first time in roughly 45 years.    I suspect that even if went 8-4 against a stronger schedule (I am not counting our d2 win), we would be home watching "The Crown" with our friends from Richmond and Lasalle rather that playing in Vegas.

 

3/23/2025 6:51 pm  #30


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Thoughtful above by LSF.
It may have worked (or lucked) out with this tournament, though schedule may well have also cost us a spot in the NIT as believe the Bonnies seemed to have the same record. 
If we somehow play and beat the Evil Empire in the semis, then it will be one of the greatest GW basketball moments in decades.
  But given the schedule, the matchup which seems to place us against the best team in this tournament by NCAA selection committee standards anyway, and our inconsistencies in facing decent (league) opponent...
does anyone have the confidence that we will advance.
Doesn't inspire one for a trip in Vegas, though will happily accept a GW run through this tournament.

 

3/26/2025 9:53 pm  #31


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I have mixed feelings.   Yes, it was great to be invited to a post season tournament of any kind.  This shows some real progress with the program.    And it is also great to be playing in a tournament that consists mostly of high majors, even if several were sub 500 for the season.  But on the other hand, given the  lateness of the date of the tournament and its lack of national significance, along with the time that has lapsed since we played our last game,  gives the crown the feel of an exhibition game for me.   We will be a week into baseball's regular season, and I am in a Nats mode already.    I am also hating the idea that we will be playing with at least 3 players who are no longer Revs and very well may have their own agenda other than advancing GW's.   For good or bad reason, they have chosen to leave GW and are no longer representative of the school. As such, they will certainly be playing for the names on the back of their jerseys rather than the name on the front.   I just cannot get excited for these 3 any longer.    Play only the kids who have chosen to stay or stayed long enough to end their eligibility as a Rev.    I would wish the others good luck, but their time here has ended and they should now move on.

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3/27/2025 8:01 am  #32


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Agree with many of your sentiments LSF. The great portal reshuffle has begun for all schools. It wasn't that long ago that a great sigh of relief took place when Bishop decided to stay. This was followed by criticism of his iso hero ball being the whole offense and many were frustrated for 2 seasons. For every door that closes another opens.  
I'm a fan of the game and can enjoy a D2/3 playoff game.
I'll be rooting for the Revs no matter how this tournament or the portal pans out.  Until this season is officially over, these guys have bonded over the course of many months and seem to have good chemistry.  What better place to have a final team buffet than the MGM.  Once they land back in DC I think the roster will build back quickly and a whole new set of emotions and surprises will set in as the departing pack their bags and books and set out for ?greener pastures? and new and different talent arrives.   

 

3/27/2025 8:33 am  #33


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With respect to the Crown specifically, I think it remains to be seen whether it will continue to be played so late after conference tournaments or if it's moved to directly compete with the NIT.  I could see the latter happening next year, especially with the NIT basically becoming the mid-major tournament.  The Crown feels more like a Christmas Bowl game, and it wouldn't surprise me to see a similar level of effort from a lot of the teams involved.

With respect to post-season tournaments generally, I think they are now just book ends on the season as opposed to potentially being used to build for next season. Kids these days don't feel any ill will towards the portalers, in fact it's quite the contrary, so I don't think it should impact how the team plays in Vegas.    Obviously, we as fans are allowed to feel differently and can root harder for the ones who for now are sticking around.  

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3/27/2025 9:45 am  #34


Re: Official College Basketball Crown Thread

For me the Crown is an all too rare opportunity to play a quality opponent in Boise State, nothing more and nothing less. My understanding is that Boise State was in the "First Four Out" category for the NCAA Tournament. If you consider that the 6 SEC teams with losing conference records had no business in the NCAA Tournament (they went 1-5 in Round 1), Boise State is basically an NCAA Tournament caliber team. Also, they are ranked higher than any team we played this season except for VCU. I do not expect us to win, but the experience of playing them will be good for all of our returning players, imho.

 

3/27/2025 10:58 am  #35


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Looks like Boise State only has one player lost to the portal so far: 
[list=1]
[*]SO SG Chris Lockett Jr=inherit || HT/WT: 6’4”/205 =inherit|| HS rank: =inherit★★★ from New Orleans, LA =inherit|| Bio: Boise State (2024-2025) =inherit|| ‘25 stats: Started 5/24 games, 3.1 points, 1.4 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 33.3% FG, 27.5% 3PT, 72.7% FT
[/list]

 

3/27/2025 1:17 pm  #36


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Looks like another one of their guys just entered the portal a few minutes ago. Center Dylan Anderson, who has played 9 minutes since February 1

 

3/27/2025 1:25 pm  #37


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Make no mistake about what The Crown is: a made for television event.  It will not drag out over three weeks like the NCAA tournament or the NIT.  It will go head-to-head with the NIT semis and finals, hoping that their power conference teams even in an early round will outdraw presumed mid-majors vying for the NIT title.  Take away these 3 NIT games and The Crown owns men's college basketball for a full week, even after considering that it's a tournament featuring non-Top 50 schools.  Its semifinals lead into the men's NCAA Final 4.  I would not foresee this event moving up on the calendar as it is strategically placed precisely where it is.

Speaking of Boise State, they have a great player in Tyson Degenhart, a 6' 8" forward who promises to be a nightmare matchup for GW.  He is 29 points away from 2,000 for his career.  Tyson is also the MWC's second player to place on the conference's first team for three consecutive years.  The other is a player you may remember who was watching his alma mater advance to the Sweet 16 last Saturday...Jimmer Fredette.

 

3/27/2025 2:39 pm  #38


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A tougher OOC schedule would not have done nothing but add more losses. The fact is that not one player on this team was consistent for the entire season--including Castro early on. Do you think a recruit would rather be looking to come to a 21-win team regardless of schedule or one around .500? It's truly a miracle that this team won as many games as it did--schedule or no schedule--given the players' inconsistencies. If the team had played a tougher OOC schedule and lost a lot more games, we would be clamoring for Caputo's head. Now we just have to find a bunch of frontline players, particularly if Castro leaves--a job that GW has struggled to be successful at with few exceptions over my 60 years following the team. PS: I watched Kent State play Loyola yesterday and the former had a much deeper frontline than us. Given that Kent State is not what you call a basketball powerhouse, how do they bring in players like that and we can't?

 

3/27/2025 4:47 pm  #39


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moneybox wrote:

PS: I watched Kent State play Loyola yesterday and the former had a much deeper frontline than us. Given that Kent State is not what you call a basketball powerhouse, how do they bring in players like that and we can't?

Kent St?  They are in the bottom 10 for height in the country.  They only start onr guy over 6’5” (and he’s 6’8”) and they bring one 6’9” guy off the bench.

Not sure how that would be considered a deeper frontline than Castro (better than anyone on their team), Hansen, and Buchanan?

They also let Rubin and Deloach (who split 40 minutes) combine for 26 points, 24 rebounds, and 6 blocks.

 

3/29/2025 1:31 pm  #40


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Not going to the tournament for several reasons, including you never know which GW team will
show up, especially post-portal. But it looked very tempting.  Hotel seems inexpensive, probably because it's not on The Strip. And flights aren't a lot last I checked.
   Is anyone on the board going or there with live reports on the ground?
     
   

 

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