From the Gazette:

http://www.gazettenet.com/blogs/umasssports/11029767-95/atlantic-10-tournament-picture-heading-into-final-game

Usually I agree to disagree with your sports takes, today is no different. lmao To me theres nothing wrong with be being a homer if your points are valid. Yours Turtledick are just ridiculous.You really think this team is worthy of a 4 seed not a chance they have one win against a ranked team.That was in November like the 5th or 6th game of the season, not taking anything away from UMASS they looked good in that game,with that said i really do understand why you think this team is really good for one, they have not been good in a long time, two a good majority of the teams they play suck but i get it, it gives you confidence.But then you just start writing stuff that is just ASININE.Where do i start with this one,so you name three schools that are real juggernauts Duke,Syracuse and North Carolina they have earned that title. But then you follow it up with one of the dumbest comments ive ever heard,with utmost arrogance that theres not any A10 school that could not play with the three teams you have mentioned i think you messed up with that one bud. Of the 13 teams in that conference theres maybe 3 teams that could keep the games under ten easily, the majority of the other teams would be big double digit wins on most nights not all.Theres noway any of those A10 teams go into there buildings and come out with a W.It would have to be in a neutral site for an upset to take place.Now on to the good shit so you say the only reason the A10 is not given mainstream attention is because the conference lacks”sexy” high profile names from college basketball’s royalty tree,as well as high profile Mcdonald’s All- Americans,and national TV exposure.Oh boo hoo blame the schools,the coaching staff in your case Derek Kellogg, you know what changes that RECRUITING the right pieces in to eventually winning, it takes time Its not always about 5star players. Ok so for the TV exposure maybe 10 years ago i would have agreed with you but in 2014 on any given night there is games allover the TV. All ESPN channels,ESPN also streams all games not on TV, Fox Sports, and also the CBS sports network,theres a ton of games on the Fox affiliated channels FoxAtlanta, FoxCentral, FoxPacific.If your willing to pay you can watch just about any game going on in the country,there is more coverage of college sports now than ever before so in that sense it really is a level playing field for most.Of course you have your teams that will be on TV every time they play,but you know what there is a reason for that they earned that spot,Shit now some of these schools and conferences have there own TV networks.With the college basketball royalty tree, you have to be talking about coaches because obviously the kids come and go.If you went through the list of approximately 300 D1 college coaches,how many are on that tree still coaching Maybe 5?You cannot build consistent title contenders with a team full 1 and done’s and sophmore’s just ask ex UMASS coach Scumbag Calipari. It will never work with all freshmen stars and a bunch of walk-ons you need a real team thats been through wars on the court,kids that trust each other because they have been teammates for four years,you need players that will except a certain role reguardless of how many minutes they play on a regular basis,you need passion for the front of the jersey more so than the back. In reality colleges like the A10 conference have more of an advantage, the fact is teams that have a veteran core are more likely to beat the team full of freshmen and sophmore’s All Americans. Do you really think the A10 is one of the best conferences in the country?lmao You are def doing some serious drugs,so your saying they are in the conversation with these conferences.lol You know the teams that actually win championships.For example the ACC ,AAC, BIG12,SEC,PAC12,BIG EAST,BIGTEN,come on man thats the dumbest shit i’ve heard.Now look the A10 is a very solid conference no doubt about it, but theres noway the A10 hangs with those conferences on a yearly basis.In reality my delusional friend the A10 goes like this the conf. leader St. Louis solid team, before Rick Majerus who was a great coach took over they were horrible they have been good for the last 3 seasons before that your gonna have to go way back lol they have played 2 ranked teams this year have lost both, close games though, there wins come against bum teams from the who gives a shit conferences.VCU solid team,solid coach they have played 3 ranked teams two of those against St. Louis in which they split.There really scary though, spanked by Northern Iowa and Fla St. must be tough playing games against Wofford,Northeastern,Stony Brook,Winthrop,Illinois St.,ill stop now, it gets worse thats before that treacherous in conference schedule,still though a tough out in the Tournament.Ill give you St. Joe’s always a solid team over the years they have produced some great seasons and good players, this year they have been spanked by two of the four ranked teams they have played one by sixteen and the other by thirty lol oh yah UMASS beat them by four when they were briefly ranked then they lost to them later in the season shocker.The rest of there games they have played some of the worst teams in basketball wow this conference is really making a case for best in the country. Now onto what you claim is a three or four seed contender for the tourney UMASS,they started great lost once through the beginning of January not an easy thing to do especially when you play in one of the best conferences in the country just kidding they beat a very good New Mexico team. Also a few juggernauts you know BC,Nebraska,Youngstown St.,Northern Illinois,Eastern Michigan,Ohio,and the ultimate team the Bonnie’s.lol Then this three or four seed lost to teams like Richmond,The Bonnies wow,George Mason who has 11 wins on the year,Dayton the school who’s team is usually at home when the Tournament play in game is going on in there own gym, this will probably be the year they get to play in the Tournaments Opening Round has never happened so im actually pulling for the Flyers.G.W. another solid squad but Pops Mensah-Bonsu is not walking through that door, they did beat Doug Mcdermott’s and the four other guys that take up space on the court but then of course got spanked by a middle of the pack Big12 Kansas St, but i bet they were scrappy lol after that a loss to Lasalle then the scrappy leaders of the A10 but not before playing a bunch of shit teams.Then you have the last good team by good i mean only good in that conference Dayton Flyers baby, they actually beat Gonzaga but then some great scrappy losses to Illinois St.,USC,URI and then some more losses by the juggernauts of the Almighty A10 conference.After that the rest of the conference is garbage not scrappy,Turtleboy shitty. I love how you try to with so much conviction to say that the A10 is one of the best conferences in the country lol this is great the truth though there on the second tier with in no particular order A10, Mountain West,Missouri Valley,Conference USA, and the WCC.This just made the first two hours of work fly by i just want to thank you for that lol also i will be commenting on your hottakes from this point on.lol under the pseudonym Bullfrog’s follow up to Turtleboys hottakes lol all good fun keep the stories coming there great.