ASAPSports- Q. Do you guys feel like you really were able -- Texas Tech is a 3 seed. You were really able to play with them and maybe were under seeded?
KYLE KELLER: I don't know. There's 68 teams in the tournament seeding that to me doesn't have anything to do with it. I coached the No. 1 seed in the tournament. We didn't make the Final Four. So to me seeds don't matter. When the game starts, the game starts. And that's what we try to convince our kids. Our kids didn't -- they got to play against some dudes they knew. Ty knew some guys on their team. And the millenials today, they don't even watch college basketball. A lot of our guys didn't even know who those cats were because they don't watch the game. They're on their phone and doing that kind of stuff. I hate to say it, but as much as you or I or anybody in here watches the games, they don't. Or the NBA. They might watch the slam-dunk contest in February on TNT or whatever, but that's about the extent of it. ------- Can you believe it? The goddamn millennials are back to their shamelessly destructive behavior, this time ruining a sport that is 100% dependent on their participation. Too busy looking at their stupid phones while balancing both their education and their athletic schedule for zero dollars/hour to think about how damaging the complete randomness of rare opponents is to March Madness. Honestly, it's about time someone shed some light on these lazy kids who don't even consider sacrificing the entirety of their social lives to catch up on the tendencies of all 100+ teams they might potentially face in a tournament that prides itself on unpredictability. Kyle Keller might not be up-to-date on topical slang terms, considering he unironically referred to his opposition as "cats", but I'll be damned if he doesn't have a completely objective grasp of generational flaws. Admittedly, I didn't foresee a day when "they don't watch enough TV" became a viable criticism of college kids, but it definitely fits the millennial profile to look towards a higher-up (like a coach) for a helpful handout (like a unique game plan). Can kids these days even say they truly care about winning when they'd rather InstaSnap during dunk contests than scout the entire national landscape of college hoops on the off-chance they get pitted against an unfamiliar program that's built to expose their weaknesses? I know it seems weird to take a big ol' dump on the priorities of their entire demographic immediately after your team almost pulled a huge upset, but millennials from a 14th seeded Mid-Major would want a pity pat on the back after losing a late lead to a superior team. If only Stephen F. Austin were slightly less addicted to technology than literally everyone else in their age range and put down their tweet machines to preemptively pick up Texas Tech's defensive positioning. We would probably be sitting here talking about their title hopes instead of how the most flawless coaching performance in the history of college basketball got sabotaged by a widespread social media obsession.
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