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[Gorillaz]

UConns coach first year coaching with them right?

Good shit

 

[Silkworm]

Wasn't Florida's last loss to UConn...?

Yep, but not having a point guard for the last 3 min was a bit rough (Wilbekin injured and Hill sat out due to injury). Still UF led the game until Napier's buzzer beater shot :-\ At least this time UF has both Wilbekin and Hill and Hill has greatly improved and Wilbekin is Wilbekin.

 

[Fjordson]

What month was that?

Exactly.

Guaranteeing anything in the tourney just seems crazy to me.

 

[eBay Huckster]

Suckeye fan?

Two words.... Aaron Craft..

hey now, losing to julius randle ain't a bad ending

Is losing in the first round buckeying then?

until OSU makes a habit of doing so as a 1-4 seed, losing in the first round is duking until further notice

 

[reKon]

Sparty gonna spart

Is losing in the first round buckeying then?

 

[Brian Fellows]

Good luck UK fans. Let's do it!

 

[Wellscha]

Ollie, coach of the year?

 

[Elfforkusu]

Guaranteeing anything in the tourney just seems crazy to me.

No guarantees, of course. But the F4 usually is a return to normalcy. Florida is head and shoulders above the rest of the field. They will probably win, particularly now that they basically have a gimmee to get to the NC game.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

AAC AAC AAC!

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Come to ATL Harris.

 

[Silkworm]

At least there can't be an all Big 10 final for the NCAA championship. We are saved! ;-)
Edit: An all SEC final would be fun, but playing UK a 4th time... eh. I would not be so confident in UF beating them 4 times in a row (but how sweet that would be).

 

[ErnieMcCracken]

UConn won that game at the line. Both teams sucked everywhere else.

 

[Avon Barksdale]

UConns coach first year coaching with them right?

Good shit

Second year.

 

[Mrbob]

What if Florida has to play UConn and Wisconsin.

Put your money on the Badgers. They haven't lost to a non big 10 team all year and are the only team to defeat every major conference champion.

 

[Mac the KNife]

Sparty gonna spart

Any of that pizza left?

 

[Grover Cleveland]

An AAC team made the Final Four.

Yes you read that right, AAC. With two AAs and not two CCs

 

[reKon]

hey now, losing to julius randle ain't a bad ending



until OSU makes a habit of doing so as a 1-4 seed, losing in the first round is duking until further notice

lol, fair enough

 

[Fjordson]

No guarantees, of course. But the F4 usually is a return to normalcy. Florida is head and shoulders about the rest of the field. They will probably win, particularly now that they basically have a gimmee to get to the NC game.

I agree Florida is the best team, I just don't think it will be automatic.

 

[iori9999]

UConn won that game at the line. Both teams sucked everywhere else.

Was a sloppy game for sure..

 

[inm8num2]

I think this one comes down to coaching and prep.

UConn completely took away MSU's interior game.

 

[Elfforkusu]

I agree Florida is the best team, I just don't think it will be automatic.

Agreed, it's never automatic.

 

[eBay Huckster]

Any of that pizza left?

wasn't that OSU football

or is there a thad_matta_pizza.jpg that i'm forgetting about

 

[Gorillaz]

Two words.... Aaron Craft..

Lol you a michigan fan bruh bruh

Kentucky bout to wax that ass in 30 mins


It was a good game overall tho

 

[HeisenbergLannister]

Can we stop with the "Izzo is an elite coach" stuff yet? Good coach, yes. Elite, no.

 

[theprodigy]

until OSU makes a habit of doing so as a 1-4 seed, losing in the first round is duking until further notice

haha, 10/10

 

[Elfforkusu]

Can we stop with the "Izzo is an elite coach" stuff yet? Good coach, yes. Elite, no.

He's only made about a billion Final Fours. He is elite if such a thing exists.

 

[reKon]

I think this one comes down to coaching and prep.

both teams played like ass, like I posted earlier this was going to be a game of team's going on runs.

 

[iori9999]

Lol you a michigan fan bruh bruh

Kentucky bout to wax that ass in 30 mins


It was a good game overall tho

Atleast we made it to the Elite 8.. Dayton baby..

 

[Tamanon]

Can we stop with the "Izzo is an elite coach" stuff yet? Good coach, yes. Elite, no.

Well, you can call him an Elite Eight coach.

 

[lazybones18]

Suckeye fan?

lol nah

 

[iori9999]

What if UConn wins it all...

 

[HeisenbergLannister]

He's only made about a billion Final Fours. He is elite if such a thing exists.

Yet one title, hence good, not elite.

 

[Gorillaz]

Atleast we made it to the Elite 8.. Dayton baby..

Ugh




UGGGGGGH


Dayton ew

 

[reKon]

Can we stop with the "Izzo is an elite coach" stuff yet? Good coach, yes. Elite, no.

Yeah OK

 

[Elfforkusu]

both teams played like ass, like I posted earlier this was going to be a game of team's going on runs.

Defense was good, this MSU team has just never had the same toughness the traditional MSU teams have.

Not fair to blame it all on the guards, but they just weren't good enough. UConn's backcourt >> Sparty's.

Yet one title, hence good, not elite.

That's a matter of talent and luck, not coaching.

 

[iori9999]

lol nah

What's your problem with Michigan teams then?

 

[bachikarn]

Put your money on the Badgers. They haven't lost to a non big 10 team all year and are the only team to defeat every major conference champion.

Got to like our chances against you guys. It was a 3 point game with 10 seconds to go at Wisconsin, with Scottie, DFS, and CWalker out. Hill was also no where near ready then, and our walk-on was playing major minutes.

 

[pxleyes]

Yet one title, hence good, not elite.

Good: Calipari
great: Izzo
elite: Donovan

Spoiler

a pot needs stirring

 

[DominoKid]

I can't believe Ollie's a coach.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Good: Calipari
great: Izzo
elite: Donovan

Spoiler

a pot needs stirring

If titles are the measure, Donovan > Calipari, right? No questions asked.

 

[iori9999]

Good: Calipari
great: Izzo
elite: Donovan

Spoiler

a pot needs stirring

None of those are elite.. Roy Williams and Coach K are elite..

 

[The Outsider]

The Florida Revenge Tour™ starts next weekend.

 

[lazybones18]

What's your problem with Michigan teams then?

nothing. I just don't want to see them in the Final 4 lol

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Defense was good, this MSU team has just never had the same toughness the traditional MSU teams have.

Not fair to blame it all on the guards, but they just weren't good enough. UConn's backcourt >> Sparty's.

Harris is better than either of the Uconn guards tho. Too bad Appling and Valentine are straight garbo.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Yet one title, hence good, not elite.

There are three active coaches with multiple titles: K, Roy, Billy D.

Is that your elite class?

EDIT: Plus Pitino

 

[Avon Barksdale]

I can't believe Ollie's a coach.

He was still playing in the NBA as late as 2010.

 

[Caspel]

nothing. I just don't want to see them in the Final 4 lol

Wrong, but that's okay since not everyone can be right.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

There are three active coaches with multiple titles: K, Roy, Billy D.

Is that your elite class?

Pitino bruh/

 

[Elfforkusu]

None of those are elite.. Roy Williams and Coach K are elite..

Donovan has just as many titles as Roy. Therefore he is just as elite. My maths are indisputable.

Spoiler

tbh I think Donovan is probably just as good as Roy even without resorting to oversimplification.

 

[inm8num2]

both teams played like ass, like I posted earlier this was going to be a game of team's going on runs.

Without some threes it would have been a blowout.

Both defenses were very good. Both offenses were so-so, but lack of interior game from MSU was the difference. Front court was a problem all year - lack of depth, rebounding, guards having to foul more, etc. Today it reared its ugly head.