2010 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament Thread
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Kansas St. and Xavier tied with about 5:00 to go.
Kentucky up big on Cornell
edit : Tied with :46 to go.
Kentucky up big on Cornell
edit : Tied with :46 to go.
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Shoot, it just isn't fair. After a really good season the big schools from big conferences should be able to just show up and pick up their trophies. Darn shame little schools from rinky-dink conferences show up and play basketball.
True some of the Big guys are gone, but your not giving enough credit, a lot of the smaller teams have done well prior and should not be a surprise to be here.
Butler , Xavier (if they make it) have been in the running year in and year out.
Maybe not the Final 4, but they are normally in the area (16) .
Cornell with in 6
K State up by 3 with 9.7 to go and X with the ball.
And K State and X going to OT
K State up by 3 with 9.7 to go and X with the ball.
And K State and X going to OT
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If K-State loses in OT, that foul could go down as one of the worst ever in the tourney.
You're up 3. Why foul? Any team would just let them jack up a 3 that they could miss. They had the game in hand, and now they are on the verge of potentially blowing it.
You're up 3. Why foul? Any team would just let them jack up a 3 that they could miss. They had the game in hand, and now they are on the verge of potentially blowing it.
It's had to be, they keep falling behind by 3 !
Holloway has been huge except for the one that could have ended it and he came up short.
What I hate about basketball.........
Time outs every 10 seconds ....... and MORE commercials every :11 seconds
Time outs every 10 seconds ....... and MORE commercials every :11 seconds
K-State holds off Xavier in double overtime.
We have the first two Elite Eight games set:
East- Kentucky vs, West Virginia in a clash of elite teams, quality coaches- this is the matchup that a lot of people picked in their East brackets
West- Butler vs. Kansas State- this will be something you don't see often- two schools that have never made a Final Four fighting to make that historic voyage. It's usually two schools that have made the Final Four or one that has vs. one that hasn't. This will be a fascinating game to watch.
We have the first two Elite Eight games set:
East- Kentucky vs, West Virginia in a clash of elite teams, quality coaches- this is the matchup that a lot of people picked in their East brackets
West- Butler vs. Kansas State- this will be something you don't see often- two schools that have never made a Final Four fighting to make that historic voyage. It's usually two schools that have made the Final Four or one that has vs. one that hasn't. This will be a fascinating game to watch.
The other one would be my pick for National ChampKentucky and you can guess the other one.
With Syracuse going down, I still have 3 of my final 4 still alive (Kansas St., Kentucky, & Duke).
PSYCHED for tonight. Arinze will ALSO be out for tonight...a little worried....
I am such a jinx.
Thoughts
Yes Syracuse had 18 turnovers last night, but that's not the reason they lost. Shocked? I say this because they averaged 15 turnovers throughout the regular season. This is a team who won, in most cases handily, despite turnovers. Last night they got beat by the hottest team in the nation. What's that, 23 in a row now for Butler? Wow!
The real reason they lost was the dreaded zone defense they play. Live by the sword, die by the sword they say. When Butler showed that they could play against the zone, Syracuse didn't make any adjustments. A zone does nothing to pressure the other team or change tempo. Syracuse needed to dictate tempo, especially late in the game, but they didn't change to man coverage. Instead, they stubbornly stuck to the zone and Butler and their young, genius of a coach found out how to break it.
Yes Syracuse had 18 turnovers last night, but that's not the reason they lost. Shocked? I say this because they averaged 15 turnovers throughout the regular season. This is a team who won, in most cases handily, despite turnovers. Last night they got beat by the hottest team in the nation. What's that, 23 in a row now for Butler? Wow!
The real reason they lost was the dreaded zone defense they play. Live by the sword, die by the sword they say. When Butler showed that they could play against the zone, Syracuse didn't make any adjustments. A zone does nothing to pressure the other team or change tempo. Syracuse needed to dictate tempo, especially late in the game, but they didn't change to man coverage. Instead, they stubbornly stuck to the zone and Butler and their young, genius of a coach found out how to break it.
Agree with both points.
Another point is that sometimes Syracuse has to win despite Boeheim. He is a great recruiter and a great game prep coach, but too often when it is time to make decisions on the fly he leaves you scratching your head.
Less than a minute left, coming out of a time out, Butler is inbounding and you know Serracuss is going to foul. So what does Boeheim do? He has one of his best three point shooters, Andy Rautins, in the game and he picks up his fifth foul...are you serious? Cannot believe the announcers did not pick up on that.
The goal at that point is to commit a foul in less than one second, and when they go to the foul line you can bring Rautins back in. Just ridiculous.
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