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[jakefromstatefarm]

yooo Cascada

 

[Yaboosh]

ACCACCACC.

 

[metalslimer]

Wisconcin choked that away even with the terrible refs. Some of the worst basketball I've seen from them.

 

[Draconian]

it's funny to me that just last night i watched that 30/30 latener film and in it they showed multiple situations where duke gets rewarded with shitty calls..

and here we are...

Duke has gotten and always will get the calls.

 

[Malo]

Someone needs to gif that Wisconsin teletubby.

 

[DarkFlow]

See kids, evil does win.

 

[TraBuch]

Two games in a row where a bad call changes the momentum and leads to a team losing.

Way to go final four refs. Duke enjoy your win but just know you are going to hear you didn't deserve it.

Don't care. We're champions.

 

[Slurmer]

Hard to complain about the refs when Duke's best 2 guys weren't allowed to play. Badgers choked

Duke was still in the double bonus with like 9 minutes left. Wiscy kind of softened up after that

 

[The Llama]

Yeah, this game was a shitshow at the end. First that bullshit call, then Wisconsin completely falling apart.

Middle 20 minutes were amazing. First 10 and last 10 sucked.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Wiscy was outcoached today. Coach K is a legend

 

[Sephzilla]

Despite the terrible call, I really don't think that one out of bounds decided the entire game.

This coming from a Cyclones fan that often uses that excuse. Irony?

It was a pretty big point swing, but you're right. It didn't fully decide the game.

 

[RDreamer]

I never complain about refs, but that was horseshit.

Two out of bounds plays right in the last two minutes that weren't called/called wrong. Holy fuck how did they watch the really of that so much and get it wrong?

 

[spyder_ur]

Shut up about the refs. Duke's players, both its stars and role players, showed up and made big shots. Congrats to them. Good game.

Quality of play in the tournament at large was garbage, but it got better with the last batches of games.

 

[BJK]

Respect to Duke; their backcourt won this game.

 

[Sulik2]

The refs called a relatively good game until twelve minutes left. Way to taint the game.

 

[sooperkool]

Man something has to be done about these refs in CBB, you can see when they decide in the games to "help" a team or a player out. Okafor had 4 fouls so they just completely stopped calling fouls on Duke. Coach K knows this and teaches his teams to throw themselves around with reckless abandon. Same thing with the Cats, refs let them manhandle their opponents all season long.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Not sure if that was a good game or not. Definitely not as good as UK/Wiscy. Pretty brutal officiating down the stretch, typical K bullshit.

Hard to complain about the refs when Duke's best 2 guys weren't allowed to play. Badgers choked

There was maybe one bad foul call on those 2 guys. The rest were hacks after they got beat in the post.

 

[Zukkoyaki]

Bad calls happen guys. This is basketball! I agree that it was more Wisconsin wilting and Dekker not showing up that hurt them.

 

[JJDinomite]

See kids, evil does win.

 

[Kusagari]

Wisconsin played like shit down the stretch. Calls didn't make them do that.

 

[Mrbob]

Congrats Duke. Guard play won the game for you guys.

Dekker no show didn't help.

 

[Servbot24]

Refs kinda ruined this game both ways.

 

[RoKKeR]

Is this the part where we pretend like this was a good game?

Ending ruined an otherwise good one.

 

[Malo]

See kids, evil does win.

 

[RDreamer]

Despite the terrible call, I really don't think that one out of bounds decided the entire game.

This coming from a Cyclones fan that often uses that excuse. Irony?

Two out of bounds plays.

Like a play or two before that a guy on Duke clearly stepped out of bounds. That was right before a bucket and a foul.

 

[BTM]

Wisconsin's offense really had issues the last 14 minutes of the half.

Also looked a little gassed there. Tough to play a full energetic 40 minutes 48 hours after putting all your effort into beating Kentucky.

 

[NaturalHigh]

lol one bad call doesn't make a game when wisconsin choked as hard as they did

It did affect momentum though. You never know what would have happened if that out of bounds call was reversed or if they would have waved those points off for the shot clock violation in the UK game.

Point is shitty officiating should not be able to alter games like this. None of us know what would happen, it all speculation. But we should not have to be talking about this shit.

 

[commonman27]

Good Game. Was rooting for Wisc but congrats Duke

 

[Kevtones]

Fucking ace play from Duke. Really fun team to watch.

 

[RellyRell28]

Dekker just didn't show up. Kaminsky did but Dekker faded. I was afraid of this too.

 

[reKon]

The last three pages have been hilarious

 

[DarkFlow]

Yeah, try again. Evil doesn't come in last place.

 

[Toxi]

Shut up about the refs.

No, reffing that bad deserves to be called out.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

haha

 

[truly101]

I'm sure Badger gaf would just as soon tell me to go to hell, but good game, great season for Wisconsin.

I think this will be K's last title, really happy for the upper classmen

 

[jakefromstatefarm]

Wisconsin's offense really had issues the last 14 minutes of the half.

pretty much this

Duke was nailing shot after shot down the stretch and Wisconsin couldn't answer

 

[bucknuticus]

We still talking about Dekker in the lottery or nah?

 

[gcubed]

Shut up about the refs. Duke's players, both its stars and role players, showed up and made big shots. Congrats to them. Good game.

Quality of play in the tournament at large was garbage, but it got better with the last batches of games.

The last batch of games were close but just poor basketball. I'm not sure why the quality of the NCAA has gone down as far as it has in the last few years. Close hectic basketball at points with just poor play.

 

[Jarate]

Coach K realized that he xould just go inside every play and get fouls called

Im not saying there was any conspiracy, but theyve been calling drives terribly all tournament and Coach K was gonna abuse them. Izzo complained about it, and hes one of the classiest coaches in the game. This needs to be addressed in the offseason, this reminds me of Flacco realizing he just had to throw deep and get a PI call

 

[Sephzilla]

The officiating at the end there was awful and Wisconsin got robbed. But they also played poorly at the end. Hard to say if the bad calls took the wind out of their sails.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Bad eyes happen guys. This is basketball! I agree that it was more Wisconsin wilting and Dekker not showing up that hurt them.

.

 

[LowlySmokeGuy]

Shut up about the refs. Duke's players, both its stars and role players, showed up and made big shots. Congrats to them. Good game.

Quality of play in the tournament at large was garbage, but it got better with the last batches of games.

And you're just going to ignore the fact that the refs directly gave them those opportunities?

 

[spyder_ur]

Wiscy was outcoached today. Coach K is a legend

Totally right. They never adjusted their ball screen D and it cost them the game.

 

[Cloudy]

Wiscy was outcoached today. Coach K is a legend

Jones making Kobe-style fadeaways from everywhere isn't a result of coaching

 

[DietRob]

i don't watch baskeball much and tbh the only reason i'm watching now is bc my cousin came over to watch the national championship while we were shooting pool..


can someone explain to me why wisconsin pg was taking his sweet ass time setting up plays while his team was down for the entire last 3 minutes or so. it seems like he wasted a ton of time...

was this some sort of strategy? whatever it was it obvs didn't work out well. is that guy considered 'good'

 

[friskykillface]

figured Duke would get back into the game when they were in the double bonus with like 9-10 minutes left

thats insane haha

 

[jmizzal]

We still talking about Dekker in the lottery or nah?

LOL nope

 

[RellyRell28]

We still talking about Dekker in the lottery or nah?

He's a first rounder at least

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

Jim Nantz is such a tool.

 

[JB1981]

The Decker no show. His stock just collapsed.