Zion was talked about because he was awesome. So what?

Trae Young was a minor storyline who barely made the tournament and went out quick.

The Final Four and title game were non competitive. Most years they are better than that.

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Rick this discussion would be a little easier if you would just admit the think you like actually sucks.

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You have to be more specific. I like a lot of things that suck.

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I'm talking about college basketball. Not just the college basketball tournament. If all college basketball is to you is the tournament then you need to say it. All people talked about last season was Trae Young. This year its Zion Williamson.

There are a lot of years when the Final Four and Championship game are shitty. I'd say they are batting about 50% at this point. Seems like every other year you get a good Final Four and championship game.

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Last season was not all about Trae Young. His team was bad and barely made the tournament. He did get a lot of highlights shown but he clearly wasn't the story. I mean, you can't keep on arguing you know all this stuff to be true while bragging how little actual knowledge you have. I mean, you can, and you often do, but you shouldn't. It would be like if I was like "All everyone talked about this rugby season was John Ballthrower" because I saw one highlight of him on NBC Sports Network. You either know about college basketball or you don't. You don't.

This year Zion Williamson was the star of college basketball because he was awesome. We had a legitimate discussion on here if Zion was the best college basketball player ever. Of course that gets talked about.

So do you watch it a lot or not? Either way, I'd say you are randomly guessing here anyways. I'm not sure I could even put a number on how many are good or not outside of an individual year. There are close games and games that aren't close like in any other sport.

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Stop dude. You're sounding stupid. ESPN marketed the hell out of Trae Young. Had nothing to do with tournament success. He was marketed heavily throughout the year. If you don't know that then go back and research it. It seems that you are one that is quite ignorant.

This college basketball season (Not tournament) was all about Zion Williamson.

I don't care if you think I'm randomly guessing. I am first and foremost a basketball fan. I was once a huge college basketball fan. I'm certain much more of a fan then than you are now. I stopped watching regularly 6-8 years ago. I'm certain that i haven't really missed all that much.

I still follow it enough to know how they market it. They heavily market the same teams each and every year (Duke, Kentucky, Kansas)and people root like hell for those teams to lose. There isn't any mystery to it.

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Sportscenter showed a lot of his highlights. He had a lot of highlights.

I don't think you read my post. Zion was one of the best college players any of us have ever seen. He may have been the best ever! That is why he was talked about. It's like saying that in the NBA they talk about LeBron a lot. Um yeah, they do. So what?

Random information with no point or purpose! Cool.

Yes, Duke, Kentucky, and Kansas are kind of a big deal in college basketball. They have like 15 national titles between them. You know who gets talked about in all sports? Teams that are traditional powers!

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Reading is a skill.

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Trae Young was also marketed as one of the greatest college basketball players ever. Do you remember how many "Is he Steph Curry" conversations were had last season?


And listen your (standard) argument? "I really don't have any information regarding whether the games are good though I know that they are". "I also know that they are exciting because people tell me they are". " I also love the randomness of the upset, though I readily concede the All of the focus is on Duke, Kansas and Kentucky every year". Oh yeah and this one for closure. "I disagree with you about all of the focus being on Zion, but I admit that they focused on him a lot because he was one of the greatest college players ever"

Do you even realize the points that you are arguing? I think you don't

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No he wasn't. Not even a little bit. Steph Curry is also not one of the greatest college basketball players ever.

At some point I have to question why I am arguing about college basketball with someone who brazenly bragging about how little of it he watches. I know nothing about the subject and your opinion is wrong!

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If Steph Curry wasn't one of the greatest college players of all time then why was it necessary to argue whether Trae Young was the next Steph CUrry? Maybe because it had nothing to do with Curry the college player perhaps?

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It was probably because they wanted to compare the two players.
Did you just render your own argument invalid by stating that the comparison wasn't about them in college?

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Are you arguing as to whether or not Trae Young was compared to Steph Curry while he (Trae Young) was in college? Are you saying that those comparisons were not made?

For the record they discussed Trae Young the college player and attempted to project whether he would become Steph Curry as a pro. Are you disputing this?

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If it was a question on whether Trae Young would one day be in another league and like another player then it has nothing to do with him in college. Zion is compared to LeBron even though LeBron never even played in college.

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Sportscenter t a lot of his highlights. He had a lot of highlights.
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Ok let's debunk the myth that all they did was show "his highlights".

They really didn't market him.
https://thespun.com/big-12/oklahoma-soo ... a-bit-much
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Well yeah, ESPN did televise full Okalahoma basketball games that year, like they have done every year they had a Big 12 contract.

Why am I arguing with someone who brags about not knowing much about a subject? Is this a problem with me or the other person?

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ESPN literally put out a video which proclaimed him to be the "face of college basketball".

Yeah only a few highlights. Ok

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=22194846

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Poor Rick. Getting destroyed by someone who doesn't even watch the games. Karma for making RPB feel the same exact way

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Nice 1:10 highlight video of Trae Young.

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I question why I'm arguing with a guy that claims to know College Basketball yet doesn't know that Trae Young was literally the" face of College Basketball"

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?idd =22194846
You're nothing more than a fair weather tournament fan

You show up to talk Purdue and then you're done.

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Nice omission of the fact that they proclaimed him the "face of College Basketball"

You're done after that.

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It was one caption on a video of his highlights.

But ok, let's say he was the face of college basketball. College basketball must be pretty great if that guy could only go 18-13 and lose in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

You literally bragged at how little you know about college basketball. I'm not going to get worked up that you think I'm not knowledgeable. However, if you do feel like putting some money down on a way to prove who knows more about college basketball then let's do it.

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I knew enough to know that Trae Young was heavily marketed last year. You didn't. Shows I know something. They literally proclaimed him the "face of college basketball" and yet you still are disputing the claim. What more do you need after they lay that one out for you.

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Of course I knew he was marketed heavily. Everyone did.

You found a video caption about something you are otherwise admittedly clueless about. Congrats!

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I detect a little incongruence here.

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Let's see Zion, Trae and Ben who didn't make the tourney?

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

The Western Conference ….better teams..... better playoffs....simple

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

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When did it become" simple" for you Walt?

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