A quick look at Notre Dame shows they have added NINE players since 2006 and before 2019. That means, in 2006, Minnesota would not only have been TIED with St. John's at 48, but would have been AHEAD of Notre Dame who would have had 47 at that time.
I had to be careful when counting Arizona's #s, because a bunch of players started their NBA careers either in 2006 and 2007 or 2018 and 2019, so I didn't count any of those just to be safe, and I counted around between 13-15 Zona players started in the NBA between 2008 and 2017. So that would mean Arizona, back in 2006, might have barely had over 40 in the NBA, so NOT EVEN CLOSE to Minnesota's 48.
I never claimed 21st Century Gopher Men's BB was much of anything. Just responding to the ignorance based remarks of others, and setting them straight as to the facts, no matter how ancient those facts are, facts are still facts. Right? lol
I didn't "attack" the PAC conference. And I never refused to "admitting the facts" about this year's Big Dance. I explained this already, a PAC fan got a Big Head and started attacking everyone outside of the PAC or outside of the West Coast, and I simply posted some information, some FACTS, to set him straight as to WHY people have been ignoring PAC basketball for several years now.
I read a PAC fan make a joke about people staying up late to watch 'real' basketball, nothing about anything else and was obviously made in jest.
Just because black players have come to figure out basketball is a fun game and that many of them can become very good at it, doesn't mean that they should have or would have had any reason to suspect such in the early 20th Century when the game of basketball was a much slower game. And just to be totally upfront and honest here, COLLEGE basketball was played by people who went to college. Unless you think things were wonderful and all black people were prosperous back in the first decade of the 20th Century, it's a good bet the vast majority were not able to afford to go to college or simply did not see a reason to go to college, or may have had to work to pay for college since at the time no colleges were giving out scholarships for athletes, white or black or any color.
Oh, it's only Tuesday, there will be plenty of time to talk about the upcoming Sweet 16 games.
I did respond to you when you asked why players go to the previous 'racist' schools for football.
Ok, looking at UL, they've added 12 players from 2008 to 2017, and 3 in 2018, so that is 12-15 players, which would put UL down between 43-46 in 2006, several players BELOW Minnesota's 48. So that moves Minnesota all the way up to #7 on the list. LOL
So Michigan St hasn't been any good? Wisconsin isn't any good? Iowa had a pretty good season that one year? My Gophers beat Auburn just 2 seasons ago. I doubt that Gonzaga's winters are balmy(oh, that's bb). University of Washington is a bit chilly in the winters, too. Lived there for awhile. Not as cold as Minnesota, sure, of course. Indiana did pretty well for themselves until the last decade or so(again, bb, but they had a good fb season recently). Not to warm and balmy there, either.
Because the PAC sucking in 2018 and 2019 and 2016, and not winning any big games in this 2020-21 ooc portion of the season, explains why "the media" and many other cbb fans basically ignored the PAC and PAC games this season and wrote most of your teams off when making their brackets going into this off season. THAT is why we are talking about the past. Past results affect how people look at/perceive current teams. Happens all the time in sports.
Maybe MSU and Wisconsin, but both struggle with recruiting and for rightful reasons, it's cold as shit up there and you stick kids on the southern campus's with girls in short skirts compared to girls up north in Parkas and sweats, then it'd be a clear and obvious choice.
Hey, I didn't say I didn't understand why. I understand why so many people have kids out of wedlock, too, which can often ruin their future prospects, and can relegate them to a life living in poverty sometimes, doesn't mean the question of why would they risk ruining their prospects just for some short term pleasure needn't be asked. Right?
