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Props to both teams, though. Should be a fun title game.
Props to both teams, though. Should be a fun title game.
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2014 NCAA Tournament March Madness |OT|
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I dunno, this UK team has given the tournament four incredible games. Don't think it really matters how old players are if they're playing good basketball. Especially if it's as exciting as it's been this year.
ErnieMcCracken
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NCSU and 'Nova are still two of the biggest upsets ever. Do you realize how stacked Houston was in '83? Hakeem and Clyde. And 'Nova against Ewing. UK w/ 1st round draft picks as an 8 seed. Not quite the same.
Velcro Fly
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Oh my goodness Harrisons. That is why you make me nervous. Dumb shots. Dumb foul. CLUTCH 3 OH MY GOODNESS
Grover Cleveland
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where bunch of racists hang out.
they hate UK basketball with a passion or what?
This team of freshman had 4 turnovers that entire game.
They played solid fundamental basketball and executed down the stretch when it matters.
What more could a team of seniors do?
Grover Cleveland
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A team full of white players just lost to a team full of black players.
theprodigy
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It's a joke about Wisconsin being a team full of white guys.
BigWeather
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Agreed, if only those talented freshmen would stay in school for more than a year. I'd much rather see talented seniors that work together great as a team beat a bunch of talented freshmen though.
Elfforkusu
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UConn... vs Kentucky.
#7 seed vs #8.
Blow it all up.
#7 seed vs #8.
Blow it all up.
you kids started from the bottom now you here
oh..
I didn't watch the game, just the last 15 seconds. Haven't seen Wisconsin play this season so didn't know they had a roster mostly of white guys.
I just hope that's not a violation of some sort.
ErnieMcCracken
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Dude, it's Wisconsin.
That's just not true. I mean, I get what you're saying but we run an offense. And you know how I know? Because our offense has been different every single season. We play the way we do this year because of the personnel we have, and Calcwill get precisely zero credit for that.
It isn't. Drake was at our midnight madness a couple years back. Jay Z got fined a couple years ago but only because he is an NBA owner and that was a violation for him.
But we have no recruits in the locker room so it isn't a violation on us. I was just teasing.
Nice article about the integral role that one of the more unsung freshmen who didn't get much playing time had in preparing our defense to guard Kaminsky:
http://www.ukathletics.com/blog/201...royer-to-prepare-for-wisconsins-kaminsky.html
Seems like it paid off.
http://www.ukathletics.com/blog/201...royer-to-prepare-for-wisconsins-kaminsky.html
Seems like it paid off.
He's been a UK fan for years (not exactly sure why if I'm being honest).
Jay-Z was in our locker room when we went to the final four a few years ago also.
Velcro Fly
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I get why people don't like one and dones, but what is college for other than to get you going into a career? Is being a first round pick with a guaranteed contract not good enough? If one of these guys gets hurt they get nothing. You have high school guys drafted in baseball and you get 18 year olds drafted in hockey all the time. I don't see how it's any different.
BigWeather
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Oh, I don't have a problem with this particular team, and I'll be rooting for them in the finals. They have played a fine tournament. Just in general I'm not a huge fan of the trend for one-and-done.
And, yeah, UK winning won't be nearly the upset, nor would UConn, as both are lower seeds.
Drake's been photo'd with UK several times over the past 5 years, if it is a violation, the NCAA has seen the evidence and doesn't care.
EDIT: Funny thing though, Duke Football would open every home pregame warm up with "Started from the Bottom" and they won 10 games for the first time in school history this year. Maybe Drake has magical Canadian powers
rocketskates
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Drake go back to yer own country
eBay Huckster
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i don't know about anyone else but my virulent hatred of kentucky isn't because of one-and-dones in a general sense
it's because of john calipari
Z_Y
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The NCAA not caring about possible violations at UK???? Why, I never!!
As if we needed confirmation of a lack of a god.
BigWeather
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In an ideal world the NBA would have a farm system like MLB and NHL, and really talented players would go straight from high school into that if they aren't interested in college. That would leave college for slightly lower tier talent and late bloomers (like NCSU's Tom Gugliotta back in the day) to earn their way on to NBA teams. I just really miss having players stick around for a few years and you could really grow attached to players and there was a sense of continuity as various players came in, became mentors, then passed the torch.
RellyRell28
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Well we're only losing Brust. I just hope we can another run like this next year. Should of pulled this one out. Gasser messed up by giving him space.
I like how people pretend that most BCS schools have legitimate 'student' athletes.
BigWeather
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If only the reverse worked -- being celibate for a week leading to wins. Since I'm married twenty years, NCSU would have a UCLA-level dynasty going by now!
eBay Huckster
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I know a few Cleveland sports fans that would kill to have the reverse be true
so it's calipari and his "student" athletes vs. ollie and his "student" athletes
You know what? Fuck you. UCONN is the team that is one year removed from a post season ban because their "student athletes" don't go to class, fail out of school, and don't graduate even after going to school four years. So yeah, fuck you. Fuck you. Take your uneducated bias and fuck off. Then direct it at the team that BARELY stays eligible for post season okay because they don't graduate anyone.
Guess what? On a 1000 point scale UCONN is eligible for post season play by THREE points.
This is totally fair. I don't mind it personally, but I understand what you're saying.
My problem is with some media who are obsessed with moralizing everything. That somehow freshmen aren't "doing it the right way" or don't enjoy playing. It's not their fault the NBA doesn't let them go straight to the league.
AT least for me, it was balanced by the best football season I'd witnessed ever (too bad we couldn't hold off A&M). And next year looks promising.
Yowza! Seth C bringing heat. I decided after the past few recruiting classes that K was going to do what he could to get the best players. Looking down my nose at Cal just made me look like an asshole. After all, I'm hoping for this same thing next year for Duke. Its going to be on the back of a couple of one n dones
and a special 2 and through
ErnieMcCracken
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And Cal doesn't have a history?
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/...ation-rates/P3QxfXSFvfLBDJUmDDmLML/story.html
Kentucky, right now, graduates 80% of their players. Wisconsin graduates 44%. So, you know what? You fuck off, too. I'm tired of it. Bring facts. Not shit.
Z_Y
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Both programs are dirty as fuck. But if it makes you feel better that UK might be slightly cleaner than that program that still has Calhoun stink all over it....by all means...be happy.
ErnieMcCracken
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How are those banners looking in UMass and Memphis?
^^
Especially when 4 year fuckups like Marshall Henderson constantly get their dick sucked by the media, it's absurd.
None of the one and done players so far have been anything but exemplary representatives of the university. Haven't seen any UK players get caught up in any nonsense off the court. They've all (with the exception of Daniel Orton) fulfilled their academic requirements for the time they were here.
What did these kids do that has everyone so upset?
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