NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
I am amazed and amused at all of the thoughts that people have about the NCAA basketball tournament. Coaches are coaches and there is no such thing as a tournament coach. In being able to advance in the tournament, we all hear about matchups, which is true. We hear about seating which is somewhat true but we need to remember that every team that you play is as good or better than your team or they wouldn't be there. You have to play well to win but there is also some luck involved in being able to advance. The ball has to bounce the right way and avoiding injuries play a big part in your success.
Several games come to mind that could have easily gone either way. Their teams were alike,Vandy and Wisconsin, Murray and Marquette, Cinn. and Florida State. All of these teams were similiar in style. And if you played these games again, the other team might win. You could start this tournament all over again from scratch and probably have 10 new teams in the Final 16.
Keep watching and have fun. Wimp
ps: Sonny went hunting the other day and took 6 bottles of Bourbon for snake bites. He also took 3 snakes.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
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I knew a guy who married a trophy wife, after looking at her apparently it wasen't first place.
Sonny was a window washer. The scaffle fell and he plunged 6 stories. As he lay there, one said get him water, please get him water, he needs water. Sonny looked up and said, how far do you have to fall to get a shot of bourbon?
Sonny was a window washer. The scaffle fell and he plunged 6 stories. As he lay there, one said get him water, please get him water, he needs water. Sonny looked up and said, how far do you have to fall to get a shot of bourbon?
coachwimpsanderson@gmail.com
The SEC Tournament
The winner gets the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Basketball has always been a tournament game. The SEC provides you another chance to go to the NCAA if you are a winner. Being ready physically is important, rested, improved. excited about a new opportunity and eager to play instead of being glad that the season is coming to a close. But a huge factor in the SEC tournament is how you are as a team mentality. Can you be ready to beat a team that you have already beaten once or twice? That is being mentality ready.
As coaches, I talked about a new season, championship is there for us to take. You might add a wrinkle or two to your offence knowing that you had been scouted to death. This was generally done a couple of weeks before the tournament. Conveying to our team that we are going to be different than the other 11 schools. During our practice time the day before the tournament, we are going to scrimage for 30 minutes while the other teams are going to have a shoot around. Our preparation is different because we added new wringles our opponent had not seen.
You have to beat the teams that you are supposed to beat regardless of what has happened in your past games and in some way be prepared to beat the teams that are as good or better than you. I always tried to arrive at the SEC tournament as late as possible because if you are successful, it is a long week. We were able to get in the finals of the SEC tournament 9 out of 12 years and that was because of some very good players and a great staff.
The winner gets the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Basketball has always been a tournament game. The SEC provides you another chance to go to the NCAA if you are a winner. Being ready physically is important, rested, improved. excited about a new opportunity and eager to play instead of being glad that the season is coming to a close. But a huge factor in the SEC tournament is how you are as a team mentality. Can you be ready to beat a team that you have already beaten once or twice? That is being mentality ready.
As coaches, I talked about a new season, championship is there for us to take. You might add a wrinkle or two to your offence knowing that you had been scouted to death. This was generally done a couple of weeks before the tournament. Conveying to our team that we are going to be different than the other 11 schools. During our practice time the day before the tournament, we are going to scrimage for 30 minutes while the other teams are going to have a shoot around. Our preparation is different because we added new wringles our opponent had not seen.
You have to beat the teams that you are supposed to beat regardless of what has happened in your past games and in some way be prepared to beat the teams that are as good or better than you. I always tried to arrive at the SEC tournament as late as possible because if you are successful, it is a long week. We were able to get in the finals of the SEC tournament 9 out of 12 years and that was because of some very good players and a great staff.
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