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Asinine Conspiracies

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Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:
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If you're going to test a conspiracy theory, you should probably understand the conspiracy theory. Not only does that guy lose points for believing in flat earth, but he loses points for not even understanding how flat earth works.
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2026 NCAA Tournament General Discussion

zwem
CMic said:
Iowa State lost their best player.
Alabama lost their second best player (and key weed distributor).
Cason was 5th in minutes/game at Guard for UM and was probably their 4th best guard at the end of the year. He's a good player, but they have 5 good guards.

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They aren't but when you have guys like Bilas and Kellogg state that they aren't picking Michigan because of the injury to Cason, you pay attention. Michigan was going to be the favorite even if those players were available or not.

I just have a different perspective. Back in 2021 when Michigan was a one seed, they didn't have one of their best players available (Livers) for the big ten tournament and NCAA tournament. They lost to UCLA in the elite eight 51-49. I can play the oh Michigan was just unlucky card and say that they would have made the Final Four with him. At the end of the day, you don't know what the result would have been and nobody really gives a shit. You play with what you have and don't make excuses. The fact is that UCLA won the game and I would never take any credit away from them based on hypotheticals.
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2026 NCAA Tournament General Discussion

CMic
zwem said:
Yet, you won't even take into consideration Michigan's injuries. The main reason people like Clark Kellogg and Jay Bilas (two of the few guys I respect in the business) didn't pick Michigan is because of Cason's injury (Who upped his game late in the season and was consistently scoring in double figures while shooting 50% fg and 40% from 3). His injury had an impact on rotations that Dusty May had to figure out quickly which he did in time for the NCAA tournament. Michigan had an easier path due to injuries to other teams, but Michigan's guard depth was severely depleted when Cason tore his ACL. The versatilely he offered to counter smaller/quicker lineups and providing another shooter/driver was missed late in the season.
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Iowa State lost their best player.
Alabama lost their second best player (and key weed distributor).
Cason was 5th in minutes/game at Guard for UM and was probably their 4th best guard at the end of the year. He's a good player, but they have 5 good guards.

How are these equal?
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2026 NCAA Tournament General Discussion

zwem
buckeyemania11 said:
I never said Michigan "wasn't worthy" that's you making stuff up. All I said is that it makes things a lot easier when every capable team in front of you is snake bitten by some injuries or suspension
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Yet, you won't even take into consideration Michigan's injuries. The main reason people like Clark Kellogg and Jay Bilas (two of the few guys I respect in the business) didn't pick Michigan is because of Cason's injury (Who upped his game late in the season and was consistently scoring in double figures while shooting 50% fg and 40% from 3). His injury had an impact on rotations that Dusty May had to figure out quickly which he did in time for the NCAA tournament. Michigan had an easier path due to injuries to other teams, but Michigan's guard depth was severely depleted when Cason tore his ACL. The versatilely he offered to counter smaller/quicker lineups and providing another shooter/driver was missed late in the season.
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