NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 game thread
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This call is an example how NBA refs get it and the NCAA guys don't. Over the course of the games there are dozens and dozens of calls that could go either way. The NCAA guys don't recognize game situations that can have a dramatic impact in the game like this 3rd foul call on Wright.Deathofthebambino said:
Wright goes out, Coach K recognizes it, goes to the full court press, and trouble is a brewing for the Utes.
Meanwhile, after getting out to an 18-8 lead, and making their first 5 shots, Oklahoma has gone cold. Lead is still 18-11, but I don't think the Sooners have scored in about 4 minutes.
Nice run by Utah to cut the Duke lead to 5. Wright can come back in the 2nd half so Utes in good shape.
This configuration in Houston has to be the worst I've ever seen. The first row of non-band seats behind the baskets must be eighty feet from the baseline.Dan to Theo to Ben said:
Completely dead crowd, poor shooting backdrop, looks hideous on TV. I don't know what to say about that tiny high school gym scoreboard perched fifty feet up on an enormous black curtain. The whole thing is an embarrassment.
A few years ago the did the regionals in the Pit in Albuquerque and it was awesome. (Hard to believe it wasn't so long ago that they played a final four there!). Last year at MSG. A couple years ago at that small arena at SDSU. Those were so memorable even on tv. The Carrier Dome, Staples, Anaheim, all these big domes, it's just so unnecessary. The tournament brings in over a billion dollars. Selling another 30,000 tickets is so fucking greedy.
This is hilarious. 2 free throws with 0.7 seconds left for Duke. Duke up by 5. Duke is a 6.5 favorite. Initially, Utah thought the game was over, but the refs called them back and allowed Cook to attempt the free throws.
Edit: And Cook misses the first to make it a moot point. Duke wins by 6.
Edit: And Cook misses the first to make it a moot point. Duke wins by 6.
So that's why MSU was a 2.5 favorite over the 3-seed, and why they would have been a 5 or 6-point favorite over Providence.
Izzo is definitely a magician. Michigan State's Achilles heel is free throw shooting, and Oklahoma can't figure out a way to keep the ball out of the hands of the only two Spartans (Valentine and Trice) that can make them. Those two guys were 8/8 from the line. The rest of the team was 1/8. In the last two minutes, they went 6/6, and the two of them scored every point for Sparty over the last 6:41 of the game. That's just coaching. The Sooners should have been fouling with about 3 minutes left just about every time someone touched the ball besides them, IMO. Or at least, when it got down to crunch time, you make sure they aren't the guys getting the inbounds and foul everyone else. Izzo just gets it done in March.
LOL boohoo. I made a perfectly innocuous (and true) statement addressed to absolutely nobody, and you got butthurt about it. Get over it. You didn't know wtf you were talking about.
Either Pitino or Izzo is going to the Final Four. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Not sure why anybody picks against them in the tournament, regardless of where the committee seeds them.
Because people want to always deride the "Izzo factor" or "name recognition" and believe great coaches' tournament success is a fluke that will revert to the mean THIS YEAR rather than consider whether a coach's ability to get his team to peak in the postseason might actually be a repeatable skill.
Florida Southern takes the D-II title 77-62 over Indiana (PA). Kevin Capers with 24 despite spending all day yesterday on an IV with severe stomach flu.
Arizona basically taking every shot in the paint. They can dribble penetrate at will. I bet they kick a few of those back out this half. If York can make a few, that may be the difference.
Wisconsin has made big play after big play every time Arizona gets close.
As I type that, the Badgers miss a free throw.
As I type that, the Badgers miss a free throw.
I look forward to Kentucky setting the all time tournament shot block record against Wiscy in the Final Four.
Never seen anything like it. Feel bad for Arizona. It's really going to hurt when Wisconsin shoots 2/20 from deep against Kentucky.
I like him, but Chris Webber just told me that 37-0 Kentucky is 22-0 when holding its opponents to 55 points or less.
Ummmm...
Ummmm...
Why out of curiosity?RoDaddy said:
He's a SF/PF doesn't really create off the dribble, doesn't have the strength or moves to work on PF in the block in the NBA.
He shot about 32% from 3 this year so he isn't a knock down floor stretcher, he also struggled at the line, and he doesn't look likely to be able to defend NBA athletes at the 3.
He's basically somewhere between Jonas Jerebko and Jeff Green in all likelihood. Not something I'd want to waste a mid-first on. I don't like drafting guys early who have no standout skills.
Jesus. Over the back much? Kentucky seems to be getting away with a lot of contact early on.
Notre Dame can play with this team. They match up well. I've been saying all week this is the matchup that Kentucky needs to worry about. Jackson and Grant are looking to penetrate and instead of shooting into the trees from Kentucky, they are consistently looking for that extra pass, and it's leading to points.
That said, this game will be won or lost by ND's defense. They have to figure out a way to at least slow down the Kentucky offense, particularly in the paint. Right now, Kentucky seems to be able to get whatever shot they want, and while ND is keeping up, I'm not sure they can do it for 40 minutes without getting some stops.
Notre Dame can play with this team. They match up well. I've been saying all week this is the matchup that Kentucky needs to worry about. Jackson and Grant are looking to penetrate and instead of shooting into the trees from Kentucky, they are consistently looking for that extra pass, and it's leading to points.
That said, this game will be won or lost by ND's defense. They have to figure out a way to at least slow down the Kentucky offense, particularly in the paint. Right now, Kentucky seems to be able to get whatever shot they want, and while ND is keeping up, I'm not sure they can do it for 40 minutes without getting some stops.
And there is the weak side offensive rebound, put back jam for Notre Dame. That's always there because the Kentucky defenders look to block everything. Kentucky gave up 22 offensive rebounds in their last game.
And another call goes against ND that hasn't been called against Kentucky, and August goes to the bench with 2 fouls. Fucking college refs.
And another call goes against ND that hasn't been called against Kentucky, and August goes to the bench with 2 fouls. Fucking college refs.
Hard to defend Lyles when he literally puts his shoulder down and hits you like a linebacker between the numbers.
