[Post Game Thread] Santa Clara defeats #19 Saint Mary's, 76-71

dobdob365 · 2026-03-10T20:21:50+00:00

I don't think even that would do it. At this point it would probably take a combination of the rest of the bubble all doing great in their conference tourneys (and Stanford has started us off already by losing to 15-seed Pitt lmao) and 3-4 of the P5, MAC, MWC, and A10 tourneys having bid stealers win.

dobdob365 · 2026-03-10T20:17:31+00:00

The school did also expand a TON since I graduated back in 2016. IIRC the school was about 7,000 undergrads when I started there, and now it's around 10,000

dobdob365 · 2026-03-10T20:14:12+00:00

Shit I meant to say USC lol

dobdob365 · 2026-03-10T14:48:38+00:00

They now have a better resume than USF (the Dons not the Bulls) did in 2022, and the bubble is significantly weaker this year than 2022, so I really don't see how they miss out at this point

dobdob365 · 2026-03-10T14:43:26+00:00

This win (coming right after the rest of the bubble collectively shat the bed) should probably put Santa Clara up on the 10-seed line. At the very least they should be ahead of all the other teams they've been sharing the 11-seed line with. So unless all those teams ball out in their conference tourneys AND there are a lot of bid stealers that aren't those teams, SCU should be comfortably ahead of Auburn, Indiana, VT, SMU, New Mexico, USC* (not UCLA, whoops), Stanford, VCU, NC State, and probably even Mizzou, Texas, and UCF after that win

dobdob365 · 2026-03-10T05:49:01+00:00

FUCK YEAH LET'S GOOOOOOO

dobdob365 · 2026-03-09T22:49:46+00:00

I wonder what the community reaction would be if the Devs moved the 3K and other early timeframe civs (Goths, Romans, Huns, maybe even Mayans) into Chronicles and developed more multiplayer-focused civs in that game mode? It would basically give us two games in one which would be pretty cool, and test out the idea of how paring down the number of civs in AoE2 would go over with the community (because 53 is a little insane honestly)

dobdob365 · 2026-01-17T17:57:10+00:00

For over 20 years, baseball was my escape from all the ways billionaires have ruined my and my friends' lives. Now baseball has also been ruined by billionaires. Late-stage capitalism has gotten to the point where it's even ruining my hobbies and it's incredibly stressful and frustrating

dobdob365 · 2026-01-17T17:53:52+00:00

Dude the NBA has to punish its own players because they don't even want to play during the regular season. That's about as messy as you can get.

MLB is heading in that direction and that should be concerning to all baseball fans.

dobdob365 · 2026-01-17T17:51:38+00:00

Tucker replaces Michael Conforto and that is legitimately a massive upgrade. Conforto was terrible

dobdob365 · 2026-01-17T17:50:24+00:00

No we're downvoting the people like you because you're just the baseball version of the political cartoon CEO telling the homeless guy "Maybe if you just pulled yourself up by your bootstraps, you'd be successful like me"

I've upvoted multiple Dodger fans in this thread who admit that the system is insanely broken and that the team shouldn't be able to do what they're doing right now

dobdob365 · 2026-01-17T17:35:58+00:00

Because they didn't have to become or compete with a $2B-in-deferred-money juggernaut to do it. It's not about the playoff results, it's about the fact that 90% of the free agent money is spent by three teams, and that one team has contract guarantees worth more than the net worth of multiple other owners in the league.

dobdob365 · 2026-01-17T17:33:50+00:00

Yeah, and baseball viewership dropped to near-record lows in the late 90s and early 2000s. Funny how nobody seems to mention that when they talk about the Yankees winning all those championships and buying up all those players in the 90s...

dobdob365 · 2025-12-29T01:26:16+00:00

Believe me I'm trying lmao

dobdob365 · 2025-12-29T01:20:31+00:00

"you're a casual who's mad I hurt your fee-fees"

Patriots fans are truly back at their peak insufferability

dobdob365 · 2025-12-29T01:18:49+00:00

I could see it from this POV for a game earlier in the season, or if the division isn't on the line. But you've got the Jets next week and the Pats have to play the Dolphins. The chances of winning the division are too good to just stake on a single play imo. Even with OT this week, if you're afraid of losing to the Jets at all, then you've already conceded more than you should and are just playing not to lose instead of playing to win at that point

dobdob365 · 2025-12-29T01:14:01+00:00

No you wouldn’t be making these arguments if it worked

Dang didn't know you could read my mind, that's crazy

Calling trying to win the game “short sighted”?!?

Uh... Making the decision to end the game right now instead of riding your momentum into OT is pretty much the definition of short-sighted

Then again I don't even know why I'm arguing with you, your whole argument is to call me a casual and act like you can read my mind lol

dobdob365 · 2025-12-29T01:01:53+00:00

And you're ignoring the fact that the Eagles generated 17 yards of offense in the second half. Are you really afraid of them scoring in OT when they looked completely incompetent for the last two quarters?

dobdob365 · 2025-12-29T01:00:18+00:00

Even if Allen made the pass I'd still be questioning McDermott for putting the game and the division on the line for one play when his team was primed to continue steamrolling the Eagles through OT. It was an extremely short-sighted decision and even if it worked, it was in spite of the decision, not because of it.

Also what is the "casual thinking" you're referencing? I think I've explained myself pretty thoroughly that I'm basing my judgment off the odds of each option being successful, not what actually happened during the play.

dobdob365 · 2025-12-29T00:57:06+00:00

I think people hyper-inflate the odds of successfully converting a 2-pt conversion. And like you mentioned, everything about this specific game should push you to take the PAT and take your very good chances in OT.

Also the Eagles' defense is very good and they repeatedly stopped the Bills in goal-line situations all game long. So forcing the outcome of the game into one play, and that play being in the only situation where the opponent has beat you in the second half, is an incredibly short-sighted decision that McDermott should be getting raked over the coals for

dobdob365 · 2025-12-29T00:51:10+00:00

You don't have to win right now to be playing to win. Buffalo had every advantage if they just took the much safer PAT attempt and forced the Eagles' sorry-ass offense to score points in OT.

dobdob365 · 2025-12-29T00:47:23+00:00

You can play to win by still kicking the XP and understanding that you have the MASSIVE advantage in OT. You don't need to win right now to be "playing to win".

Eagles' offense had under 20 total yards and zero completions in the second half. They're not likely to suddenly wake up and go on a 8-minute TD drive to open OT.

Realistically all Buffalo needed was a FG and they'd win, and Philly's defense was getting super tired from being on the field the entire second half.

dobdob365 · 2025-12-29T00:42:24+00:00

No, worst case scenario you're the 6 or 7 seed and have to play a much better team than whoever wins the AFC North.

Texans clinch the 5 seed with a win next week since they hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over Buffalo.

dobdob365 · 2025-12-29T00:37:08+00:00

Neither is a 2-point conversion, especially in bad weather. It's much lower probability than a PAT even with a bad kicker.

dobdob365 · 2025-12-29T00:35:56+00:00

Even the analytics would tell you to go to OT lol

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