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DCDuck

DCDuck

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Since it seems that the KU board mods are on vacation or sleeping in or whatever (the phog.net board requires "mod approval" for all new registers, which is why I haven't been able to set the record straight on there about a few things that they are throwing out about us and our team), I felt it would be beneficial to post this here. Perhaps stickied up until tip-off tomorrow morning.

First and foremost, welcome to VCU RamNation. We hope you enjoy your stay.

Secondly, we earned our place in the Elite Eight as much as anyone else who made it this far. To say that we are undeserving is petty and ignorant. You could make a case that we did not deserve to be selected for an at-large, but that argument should have died two weeks ago. Since then, we have beaten four quality teams, three of them by at least 13 points.

Moving on to debunk a few common misperceptions:
- We are not just "happy to be here". We are enjoying the experience of reaching the second weekend of the tournament, but make no mistake our players will be playing to win the game.
- We have players who can get to the rim if need be. Camping out on the perimeter will not automatically cripple our offense (as Purdue found out).
- Some of us here say your fans are "arrogant" based on the evidence we have seen on your boards. I for one would have thought fans a team that lost in the second round to Northern Iowa would know better than to underestimate a senior-led team from a mid-major conference that plays an "unconventional" brand of basketball. That's no disrespect to KU, but it is what it is. KU is pretty much the poster-child of teams getting upset in the dance by schools from smaller conferences.
- We are not a small school. In fact, our enrollment is larger than KU's.
- Please do not confuse us with Virginia State. VSU is located in Petersburg and plays in D-II.
- We do not care about the University of Richmond. I for one was not rooting for them. I wanted KU to win so that our players could have the opportunity to play against one of the truly great teams in the country this season, and now that they have that opportunity, I am excited at the prospect.
- Our fans chant "we want Kansas" because we actually want to play against Kansas. The thing about mid-majors is that they rarely have opportunities to play against teams of that high caliber. So what if we lose? We aren't going to lose any sleep about losing a game in which we were 11 point underdogs when many of the talking heads on ESPN and elsewhere questioned if we even passed the "laugh test" on Selection Sunday. And that fact about not being able to play against top-caliber teams? If we extend an invitation to coach Bill Self for a home-and-home series with VCU after this season, my money is on him turning down the offer. That's just how it works in college basketball.

The great thing about this game from our perspective is that we have absolutely nothing to lose. Our team is ready and rearing to go against the last remaining 1-seed in the tournament. We truly are underdogs in every sense of the word, and that is when we perform at our best. We were Vegas underdogs in every single game we have played in the NCAA Tournament thus far, so it won't be unfamiliar territory by any means. We'll have our work cut out for us, but if you think this game will just be a 40-minute formality, then you are sorely mistaken.

Also tell your players not to tweet smack about us before the game. Ask George Mason how that ended up working out for them.
 
It does make me wonder about fans of other teams that say we are pretenders. You could have said that had we gotten in and lost to USC. You would have even said we got lucky by beating USC and then Georgetown. But it is silly and ignorant to keep saying it when we have beaten (soundly) USC, Georgetown, and Purdue...and then took down FSU in a battle of wills.

I have followed each of the above teams boards before each game and they all said the same thing KU fans are saying......until half way through the game when the light bulb came on and clarity reared it's ugly head. We aren't a Cinderella team. We are a team that belongs. And we are a team that has beaten every team that has been placed in front of us.....just like KU.

Not saying we will win against KU...although I do think it more than just a sheer possibility. KU fans...and their team better take us seriously or they might find themselves sitting in the stands like Georgetown, Purdue, FSU, and USC and wondering where the pretender was at....we ain't them!
 
Remember that UCLA team that KU beat on it's home court earlier this year? You know the game where even your fans thought the foul called at the end of the game (that provided the points from free throws that was your winning margin) was a bogus call.

We beat that same UCLA team on a neutral court without any help from home-cooking refs.

See you tomorrow (but not after that).
 
Easy duck! Come on over to the phog and post. We would love to hear intelligent insight. Don't come over and say we are poster children for losing to mid majors. If you do you obviously know nothing about college bball. Congrats on the elite eight you should be proud. We have a killer team but unfortunately the media is making a huge deal about this "easy" road yet alls you can say is we are arrogant. Of course we are we expect to beat everyone it has nothing to do with you. If it was Duke,NC or Kentucky it would be the same. Good job you beat UCLA. How did you do against Richmond?
 
Well you tried Duck. Our lost to Richmond was when we hadn't found our inside game and the team hadn't come together yet. This is by no means the same team.
 
Kufan said:
Easy duck! Come on over to the phog and post. We would love to hear intelligent insight.
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I would love to, except every time I hit "post reply" I am met with:
Your request for access to the forums is still pending approval by a Moderator.
 
Try again duck we want you to post but I'm telling you we study the game of basketball come with your A game
 
Hey, I know it's hard hearing some of this crap about the school and team we love, but it is what it is and there's no need to defend it ...we know who we are, and we are VCU !

A few quotes and other advice I give my daughters....

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Never engage in a battle of wits with someone who is unarmed.
To be a leader, don't tell me how great a leader you are, you MUST lead by example.
Don't tell me how good you are, SHOW ME!

We know how good we are when we play our best, we've shown everyone with eyes and any sense that we belong in this tournament, now we must SHOW the UK we can play with them. It's just that simple....

'nough said
 
DCDuck said:
Since it seems that the KU board mods are on vacation or sleeping in or whatever (the phog.net board requires "mod approval" for all new registers, which is why I haven't been able to set the record straight on there about a few things that they are throwing out about us and our team), I felt it would be beneficial to post this here. Perhaps stickied up until tip-off tomorrow morning.

First of all, I will say that Phog.net is quite the collection of interesting people. There are plenty of bad posters, but there are still some good posters. Unfortunately the idiots, as an any case, will shine through. Not sure why you wouldn't have been approved yet, though.

First and foremost, welcome to VCU RamNation. We hope you enjoy your stay.

Secondly, we earned our place in the Elite Eight as much as anyone else who made it this far. To say that we are undeserving is petty and ignorant. You could make a case that we did not deserve to be selected for an at-large, but that argument should have died two weeks ago. Since then, we have beaten four quality teams, three of them by at least 13 points.

Moving on to debunk a few common misperceptions:
- We are not just "happy to be here". We are enjoying the experience of reaching the second weekend of the tournament, but make no mistake our players will be playing to win the game.

Obviously agree, and it goes both ways. Once the ball is tipped there won't be pressure on Kansas just because VCU is a 11 seed. They're just kids playing basketball.

- We have players who can get to the rim if need be. Camping out on the perimeter will not automatically cripple our offense (as Purdue found out).
- Some of us here say your fans are "arrogant" based on the evidence we have seen on your boards. I for one would have thought fans a team that lost in the second round to Northern Iowa would know better than to underestimate a senior-led team from a mid-major conference that plays an "unconventional" brand of basketball. That's no disrespect to KU, but it is what it is. KU is pretty much the poster-child of teams getting upset in the dance by schools from smaller conferences.

Any fan base as large as KU will have its fair share of idiots. Have to be honest, I despise most of our fan base. Not to try and sound arrogant, but when you're in the tournament every year as a high seed, losses like that are going to happen. It certainly didn't help our cause losing to these types two years in a row (although Bradley was a good team). Kansas has still beaten quality mid-majors including Davidson in 2008 in a very similar circumstance. If KU fans are going to be arrogant, the fact that they've lost in similar situations is simply not going to stop them.


- We are not a small school. In fact, our enrollment is larger than KU's.

Kind of a weird gripe to have. In a basketball fans mind, small school=not a "major" school.

- Please do not confuse us with Virginia State. VSU is located in Petersburg and plays in D-II.

I'm pretty sure anyone calling you guys Virginia State is just making fun of the fact that you're a commonwealth... Stupid, but nothing to take seriously.

- We do not care about the University of Richmond. I for one was not rooting for them. I wanted KU to win so that our players could have the opportunity to play against one of the truly great teams in the country this season, and now that they have that opportunity, I am excited at the prospect.
- Our fans chant "we want Kansas" because we actually want to play against Kansas. The thing about mid-majors is that they rarely have opportunities to play against teams of that high caliber. So what if we lose? We aren't going to lose any sleep about losing a game in which we were 11 point underdogs when many of the talking heads on ESPN and elsewhere questioned if we even passed the "laugh test" on Selection Sunday. And that fact about not being able to play against top-caliber teams? If we extend an invitation to coach Bill Self for a home-and-home series with VCU after this season, my money is on him turning down the offer. That's just how it works in college basketball.

Some of the reason for that getting some play is due to Temple doing the same thing a couple years back. Colorado did it too. I guess it's just kind of a stupid thing to do because, well, you already know you're getting a shot at Kansas. However, I couldn't care less.

The great thing about this game from our perspective is that we have absolutely nothing to lose. Our team is ready and rearing to go against the last remaining 1-seed in the tournament. We truly are underdogs in every sense of the word, and that is when we perform at our best. We were Vegas underdogs in every single game we have played in the NCAA Tournament thus far, so it won't be unfamiliar territory by any means. We'll have our work cut out for us, but if you think this game will just be a 40-minute formality, then you are sorely mistaken.

Maybe you're right, but like I said, I believe it works both ways. Once the game gets going, it's two teams playing, not 1 vs. 11. I think this is one of things that the media and fans just love to talk about, but has little bearing on the game itself.

Also tell your players not to tweet smack about us before the game. Ask George Mason how that ended up working out for them.

I don't pay attention to our player's twitter, not sure why anyone would other than for info. Kids will be kids (kids will be stupid). Are they talking stuff? If so I'll go tell them to stop. By the way, social media is kind of a sore spot with KU fans. Point Plank'n, bruh.
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Kufan said:
Try again duck we want you to post but I'm telling you we study the game of basketball come with your A game
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Your request for access to the forums is still pending approval by a Moderator.

:?
 
You do not know how BAD I want to jump into some of those discussions on phog.net... :?
 
We're only fans that may be overly excited, with the best of reasons too. However, when the ball goes in the air, all that's set aside, and the ones who will do the talking are the players on the court. Regardless of what any of our posters or their posters say, the ones who will be doing the talking are the players.
 
we really shouldn't bother... I mean they study the game, how can we compete with that?
 
Rock squeak chicken hawk wow that hilarious. I have been creeping on this site all day it's about Time we got it Rollin!!
 
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