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USC Morning Buzz: The Angriest/Successful Coaches in College Sports

It’s not every year when the most upset coaches on Selection Sunday are the ones seeded No. 1.

But that was the case Sunday after the NCAA Women’s basketball brackets came out.

USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb was perturbed the Trojans were the last No. 1 seed or fourth overall seed.

“I never thought I’d be a No. 1 seed and feel disrespected, but I thought that the committee — just I thought there would be very little chance we would be the No. 4 overall No. 1,” Gottlieb said.

She likely is mad because USC will have to play UConn in the Elite Eight (not to mention Kentucky in the Sweet 16).

But being No. 4 overall also means USC would play UCLA in the Final Four. That’s a good matchup for USC! It beat the Bruins comfortably the first two times and only lost by five in Game 3 when JuJu Watkins was off and the rest of the did next to nothing.

  • If this wasn’t enough, South Carolina coach Dawn Staley went on her own rant because she wanted to be the No. 1 seed of the entire tournament (UCLA got that honor).

“I will say this: We’re gonna make adjustments to our schedule in the future if the standard is the standard. If that’s the standard then we can play any schedule and get a No. 1 seed.

“I’m a little bit surprised because we manufactured our schedule to be the No. 1 overall seed. … It’s hard enough to win a national championship, we don’t need a chip on our shoulder.”

That part about dumbing down the schedule. Does that mean South Carolina might back out of playing USC on Nov. 15 at Crypto Arena? Is the “Battle for the real SC” in jeopardy? Or is Staley just trying to motivate her players? Does Gottlieb think it’s better for USC players to feel disrespected?

This was the reaction when USC found out its NCAA Tournament path:

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  • Meanwhile, are the USC men going to be included in the College Basketball Crown Tournament, which announces its field today. All the games are in Las Vegas and the players get paid, so it sounds ideal for USC.
  • Former ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski was at Mt. San Antonio College on Sunday to watch City College of San Francisco face Mt. SAC in the California junior college championship game.

Wojnarowski was scouting the game in his new job as St. Bonaventure general manager.

74 thoughts on “USC Morning Buzz: The Angriest/Successful Coaches in College Sports”

  1. In the old days when March Madness came along and SC didn’t make the tournament we could concentrate on spring football practice. Now under Sir Lincoln of Riley all is top secret.

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  2. — Upon hearing the seeding news the SC team clapped politely, the fans behind them mmentarily jumped up and down with excitement, but it was the silly-looking Trojan mascot who kept on dancing

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    1. KAM: Demented Democrat Obama Judge iss only too happy to slap his name on an anti-American court order to halt the deportation of dangerous illegals who are notorious for taking over apartment buildings in Colorado and terrorizing American citizens.

      DON: The Democrats really want to be the Party of Venezuelan Illegal Alien Ganbg Members.

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      1. Maybe it’s time for Trump to tell Chief Justice Roberts he needs to see him at the White House for “a little meeting.” Trump needs to demand the Chief Justice explain Article 2 to the little boys and girls in the district courts.

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  3. SC (South Caolina’s version) wants to ‘dumb down their schedule so they can get higher seedings in the future. Isn’t that Wiley wanted to do– dumb down the schedule i.e. dump ND to get into the Tournament

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    1. KAM: F Troop stupidity seems to be common among the leadership of both USC’s these days.

      DON: Imagine John McKay, John Robinson and Pete Carroll wanting to dump ND so they could get higher rankings…

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      3. Board Pest Board Cancer Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts and SCOTTLOVESTHEROOOOOTTÞ won’t go away after 2 decades of spewing DNC Talking Points like a trained seal. She has wasted 2 decades of her life spamming and doxxing here day and night. She needs institutionalization for the rest of her waste of life.

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      5. Aristotle: The greatest truths are easily discerned.

        #Yes…

        #..ItIsEasyToBelittleKathy

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      6. Trump administration’s ICE put out over 700,000 arrest warrants on Sunday – hopefully one for Board Pest Board Cancer Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts and SCOTTLOVESTHEROOOOOTTÞ.

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  5. DON: I’m glad you suggested studying comic Groucho Marx, he was a genius with humor. Although I didn’t appreciate his comment about “Military intelligence being a contradiction in terms”

    KAM: And isn’t this what the Right and Left accuse each other of?– “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies”

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    1. KAM: Democrats Hit Rock Bottom! NBC Poll Shows Just 7% of Americans Have a ‘Very’ Favorable Opinion of the Democrat Party”

      DON: Talk about the wrong remedy:As Democrats face the worst polling in a generation, and as their leading voices say insane things like James Carville saying Trump has syphillis, their own strategies say they are ‘screwed’, they are now planning to hold “People’s Town Halls” in competitive Republican districts across the country.

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    1. KAM: Senile Joe stooge Andrew Mayock became the vice chancellor for “sustainability” at Colorado as of March 10, for a whopping $360,000 per year.

      DON: According to a CU media release, the position is “newly created” as the Swamp takes care of their own. Mayock, is the former chief “sustainability” officer under President Joe Biden. He led Biden’s agenda on sustainability efforts.

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      3. The 1969 Wild Bunch beat Mich 10-3 in Rose Bowl, finishing with an undefeated record. Trojans should have been national champs that year instead of TX, which had one loss. TX had no passing game and ran the wishbone offense. The Wild Bunch held opposing teams to something like 2 yards per carry. No realistic way that TX had the team speed or strength to deal with Charlie Weaver, Jimmy Gunn, Al Cowlings, Tody Smith, Bubba Scott, Tony Terry if they had played against each other.

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      5. It’s time for Scott to do a follow up piece: “Angriest/Unsuccessful Coaches”…..
        #….UCLAFootball’sSpecialty

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  8. I don’t think the difference between the number one seed and the number four is that big of a deal. You still get to the elite eight before you play a number five seed that has the talent to beat you. And if you truly are the number one, a number five seed should not be a problem if you play well. The other top seeds are also playing good teams when you get to the elite eight game.

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    1. Arizona’s men’s team beat three #1 seeds and won the NCAA in 1997 after finishing 5th in the Pac 12. The SC coaches need to stop obsessing about ducking competition and beat whoever is on the schedule.

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  9. So the term “No. 1” now means ‘The No. 4 No. 1’ or whatever. So SC has to go through perennial hot-shot UConn and Kentucky. A tough row to hoe for the Trojan ladies

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    1. KAM: Did CNN or Cowardly Gabby report on egg prices dropping yet?

      DON: Wholesale egg prices have dropped for three straight weeks—falling $2.70 just in the past week.

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      1. 56 days and they are still 400% higher than traditional prices.

        but your king said he would fix the prices on day #1…… just another campaign lie

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      3. By “traditional” Board Pest Board Cancer Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts and SCOTTLOVESTHEROOOOOTTÞ is the Angriest Poster in Inside USC History, since her early days spamming as Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan and TrojanFan 1,2 and 3 means December 2022.

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  10. Not only is USC spring practice secret, they didn’t even report the start date of practice to the Big 10. I believe every other Big 10 team identified their spring practice starting date.

    Thanks Riley!

    BTW, Michael, keep posting!

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  11. KAM : Back in 2010. VP Joe Biden siad, ” We waste a heck of a lot of money. One third of Medicare goes to nothing useful. We have to figure out how to stop it from bankrupting the country. “

    DON: Welcome to DOGE.

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      1. TRUMP HAS BLOOD ON HIS HANDS……HE’S GOING TO START WW3. JOE IS LAUGHING HIS ASS—-OFF

        BARSTOW? …..QUIT MAKING LAME EXCUSES FOR NOT SHOWING UP…..YOU SOUND LIKE A P U S S Y BOY

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      2. So Cal —remember how in The Mary Tyler Moore if someone said the word “idiot” Ted would walk into the office in the next moment & say “hi everybody”?

        #PerfectSetUpForKathy

        #WellDone,SoCal!

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      3. Cowardly Gabby is a proud liar:

        Gabby

        FEBRUARY 22, 2024 AT 7:09 PM

        you’re the only limp-d&^% who gives a s&^t what I said 8 months back … ….. I F*&^ING LIED…..I F&^%ING LIED…….AND NO ONE GIVES A F&*^ BUT A FREAK LIKE YOU….. GO F%^$ YOURSELF WHILE A DECIDE WHAT HORSE S*& VIDEO TO POST

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      4. Yes, it’s the perfect set up and she walks into it every time.

        Usually ends it with a Freudian reference to her favorite part of our bodies. We know she doesn’t really think she kicked us there. The perv just loves to mention it, the same way she often reminds herself, with her posting name, of the consequences she faces if she acts on her pehdo urges.

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      7. Remember when Cowardly Gabby chickened out of two fights in one summer?

        You ran like the yellow belly coward you are when Plow Horse said put up or shut up, Cowardly Gabby!

        Fake Gabby ducks when called out!

        Plow Horse
        JUNE 22, 2023 AT 10:23 PM
        Gabby is the biggest pu$#y on this blog.

        Still waiting for dates, Mr. keyboard tough guy.

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      8. Remember when Cowardly Fake Gabby chickened out of two fights in one summer?

        You ran like the yellow belly coward you are when Real Gabby said put up or shut up, Cowardly Fake Gabby!

        Fake Gabby ducks when called out!

        Real Gabby
        JUNE 22, 2023 AT 10:23 PM
        Fake Gabby is the biggest pu$#y on this blog.

        Still waiting for dates, Mr. keyboard tough guy.

        BAAAAAAAMMMMM CROTCH——-KICK!

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      9. Remember when Cowardly Gabby chickened out of confronting Scott last August?

        Plow Horse

        AUGUST 31, 2024 AT 9:42 PM

        I thought Gabby said a few days back that he was going to the USC marching band pep rally today at the Palms at 2:00 and wanted to “meet up” with Scott. Instead, he spent the day trolling the blog. Once again a threat followed by a no show. That’s our Cowardly Gabby. All talk, no walk.

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  12. How many coaches are there on the women basketball team. I count at least four with two of them talking at the same time. Maybe one of them is a trainer but you would think two coaches would be sufficient.

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    1. Now you’re whining and crying about the number of coaches. It must suck to be a Debbie-Downer 24/7

      How’s the manure business going

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      2. Board Pest Board Cancer Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts and SCOTTLOVESTHEROOOOOTTÞ is the Angriest Poster in Inside USC History, since her early days spamming as Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan and TrojanFan 1,2 and 3 (due to being banned repeatedly.) Eventually the mental breakdown worsened and the “nice ” Charlie Bucket part of her personality was subsumed by the evil TrojanFan1-3 part. Now she is completely without redeeming value.

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      3. It’s okay that we lost the “nice” part —it’s too bad we lost the “clever” part….

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  13. Ditka was an angry coach. He benched McMahon for off field stuff. The bears fell behind on MNF to the Vikings and Ditka put McMahon in with instructions to run the ball. McMahon audibled and hit Gault on a deep fly for the win. Ditka was irate. Years later McMahon and Ditka were recalling the play and McMahon told Ditka that he called plays like a tight end.

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  14. KAM: Judge Slaps Lusty Racist Black Democrat Fani Willis With Huge Fine for Corruption in Trump Case

    DON: Talk about karma! 

    Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been slapped with a $54,000 penalty for blatantly violating Georgia’s open records laws in her politically motivated lawfare prosecution of me.  Cowardly Gabby hardest hit!

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  15. KAM: MIC DROP from Karoline Leavitt on the ungrateful weasel French demanding the Statue of Liberty back.

    DON: Karoline said,“I would remind them it’s only because of the U.S.A. that the French are not speaking German right now.”

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  17. KAM: ASTRONAUTS STRANDED BY SENILE JOE COMING HOME

    DON: Live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with Dragon spacecraft hatch closure preparations at 10:45 p.m. EDT Monday, March 17.” Democrats and the Fake News are praying to Moloch they are killed.

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    1. trump said the astronauts would be home by his first day in office…….looks like another campaign lie

      Millions regret voting for him……slo cal has blood on his hands

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    3. KAM: Board Pest Board Cancer Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts and SCOTTLOVESTHEROOOOOTT is really going to be upset about this!

      DON: I just revoked Secret Service protection for Senile Joe’s son Hunter the Coke Fiend and Senile Joe’s shower mate Ashley.

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      1. Meanwhile braindead Joe is showing friendship and support for the corrupt government of South Africa as it takes white ranch owners’ property without compensation…..

        #ThisIsWhatTheD.N.C.ThrustIntoTheOvalOffice

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    4. Maybe a Dem lawyer will petition an Obama Federal judge for an emergency order requiring Trump to turn around SpaceX without the astronauts. The grounds: makes the prior Dem administration look feckless. About a 90% chance it would be granted.

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      1. I realize you’re joking…..but…. the ACLU America Haters are capable of seeking such an order [on the grounds Musk isn’t complying with NASA guidelines ….. or some horse -nonsense like that]……

        #”I Am Chaos”

        —-Satan & ACLU’s Theme Song

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