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March Madness 2017 |OT| The Committee Doesn't Know What They're Doing
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Hasphat'sAnts
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Honestly tho, I'd rather lose like this than how Carolina lost last year. Let them have their jokes. We all know which one hurts more.
NoctisVsStar
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Drake ballin tonight
Falchion
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That was brutal and I loved it.
RedAssedApe
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Lol poor Bryce. Getting shit on just because he's not the pg this yeaar
RecRoulette
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This is why UK playing UCLA scares me. It's just nonstop. We need Monk going all out (which he hasn't done in awhile) and even then I don't know if that will be enough.
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Deleted member 12837
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Maybe winning the ACCT hurt us in the end. Team played way better and hungrier with a chip on their shoulders, like they had something to prove. Maybe a few guys felt like the ACCT was "good enough".
I dunno. Maybe I'm just making up more excuses.
I dunno. Maybe I'm just making up more excuses.
Proelite
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Neutral court with consistent officiating I'll take us 7 out of 10.
Hasphat'sAnts
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Looking forward to next season. It'll be good to have a team with zero expectations.
RecRoulette
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Kentucky and (probably) UCLA tip off at 9:40pm EST on Friday. Another really late game, but at least I won't have to worry about getting out of work.
DirtyManos
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Though we're scoring easily now, UC has had too many offensive rebounds for my taste this game. One thing to work on before next week's game.
nillapuddin
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last time we played
I remember being completely unimpressed with Ball, didnt get the hype, that Leaf and Welsh were absolute killers
I remember being completely unimpressed with Ball, didnt get the hype, that Leaf and Welsh were absolute killers
Me neither. Maybe a big crowd advantage could help? I dunno.
Falchion
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I'll definitely be back here for that one, will hopefully be a really good game.
sf2fanatic
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So we get the title game as our sweet 16 matchup. Smh committee
RecRoulette
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Yeah, Leaf destroyed UK while Lonzo was just average. Also that score was a lot closer than it seemed. I think UCLA was up 10+ over the last few minutes and that gap really didn't close until the end.
Kentucky can if they remember to play pick and roll with Bam. But they won't, so I expect an early deficit that they can't recover from.
TheChewyWaffles
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You'd rather lose prior to the sweet 16 than nearly winning the whole thing. Check.
nillapuddin
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SwordStruck
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UK's defense has improved quite a lot since the last game, but really they are both very different teams now. Hard to say how it will go but Cal rarely disappoints come tournament time, should be a good game.
piratepwnsninja
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https://twitter.com/WBBBPB/status/843650965630828544
What could have potentially been a Duke home game became a USC home game.
What could have potentially been a Duke home game became a USC home game.
I'd rather lose in the first round than lose a title in the most heartbreaking way imaginable.
Hasphat'sAnts
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Ask any Duke fan whether Lehigh hurts more or UConn. Go ahead.
Box of Kittens
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I hate Kentucky but I'm still rooting for them in the Sweet 16. Lesser evil and all.
RecRoulette
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10/16 correct. 7/8 potential Elite 8 teams still alive (fuck off Nova).
nillapuddin
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I got over the 2014 loss pretty easily, we were playing with house money.
The 2016 loss sucked because of Ulis and I believed in him so much.
2010 it just didnt feel right because we were the best team by far.
nothing in my life expect the passing of my 18 year old cat (his name was Wildcat, if you can believe it) has ever hurt me as much as the 2015 loss (sorry grandma on my dads side, love ya, but it was your time) that will never leave me, still happy Cal doesnt let us lose to terrible teams
The 2016 loss sucked because of Ulis and I believed in him so much.
2010 it just didnt feel right because we were the best team by far.
nothing in my life expect the passing of my 18 year old cat (his name was Wildcat, if you can believe it) has ever hurt me as much as the 2015 loss (sorry grandma on my dads side, love ya, but it was your time) that will never leave me, still happy Cal doesnt let us lose to terrible teams
nillapuddin
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tbf, 22 fouls on SC, 26 on duke
32 FT for SC, 29 for duke
if you take into account that duke had to foul a bunch in a row at the end, during the actual game, the fouls were pretty even.
the officials were... (bad)
but its not that skewed
the difference is SC had a bench and dispersed their fouls, duke got them all on their starters who never come out
edit:
just realized you might have meant, 5 players vs 8 players, not the 5 + refs, if so, disregard.
walking into work tomorrow like
every other ACC team fan gonna be quiet as a church mouse
We won our new coach's press conference at least.
NC State- winning press conferences since 1984.
nillapuddin
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Box of Kittens
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Also enjoy seeing this after the national media kept lobbying for Duke to be a #1 seed. That was so ridiculous.
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Deleted member 12837
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Nah, blind record absolutely stacked up. Their performance in this game is irrelevant to whether or not the discussion was justified at the time.
Box of Kittens
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Agree to disagree on Duke's worthiness of a #1 seed. And it's not that I think this result is a reason to believe they shouldn't have been a #1 (after all, Villanova was deserving of a #1 and they lost in the 2nd round as well), just that it's gratifying.
The Outsider
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I took a look at my bracket. 6 of my Elite 8 are gone. Hahahaha.
unknownstranger
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Damn the person leading the GAF pool got every team in the Sweet 16 right in every division except for the East. They only got one right there but still. My West and South brackets are still pretty good but my other two are a disaster. Still have both of my title teams at least.
Proelite
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I might be biased, but I felt like our players weren't allowed to be as physical as theirs for the 2nd half of the first half. The fouls went from 7 to 3 to 7 to 10 or something.
At least ain't gonna be anyone saying we were gifted a victory by the refs.
Another plus is that we don't have to visit Trump.
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Yeah it was less about the differential and more about the inconsistency of what types of contact was allowed, and how that shifted throughout the game, IMO. Seemed like our guards were getting bodied around a lot even inside the arc with no calls, but we'd get called for equivalent contact in the paint.
Whenever we tried to match their physical play we just kept getting whistled for it.
Proelite
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Even our 2015 team might have lost tonight. Tyus and Quinn would have 4 turnovers each and Justice Winslow would have been on the bench for 75% of the game due to foul trouble. Okafor would have been a total net neutral due to his defensive woes.
I've been following Duke bball since 2006, and I've never complained about officiating being the cause of our loss in the NCAAs. This is NOT the same as 2011 Arizona.
Stormhammer
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Happy for SC. Greyson Allen losing is satisfying
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Deleted member 12837
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I glossed over this before, but you know you would've loved to see K interact with Trump. Don't lie.
Proelite
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If we win a title in the next 7 years, we should send only our walkons and trainers. Pretty Trump wouldn't notice the difference.
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