Augie Posted April 9, 2019 Author Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) OK, due to travel I missed an unusual amount of the early tournament. Those early upsets are cool. But I don’t remember so many crazy great games being so close in the later rounds. . Edited April 9, 2019 by Augie
Augie Posted April 9, 2019 Author Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) The player who knocks it out never gets the call. Who might have touched it last is ignored. Except for tonight. Edited April 9, 2019 by Augie
KD in CA Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, Augie said: The player who knocks it out never gets the call. Who might have touched it last is ignored. Except for tonight. The lesson, as always: replay ruins sports. Kudos to UVA — they just wouldn’t let themselves be put away in the tournament.
Augie Posted April 9, 2019 Author Posted April 9, 2019 Congrats to UVA. Great school, great town, amazing game.
row_33 Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 Thanks to Seth Davis for having to come on at halftime to reassure us that the teams don’t suck in the Final game well yeah they do, can anyone play this game?
KD in CA Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 The most puzzling thing about the Final Four was..... ....what the ***** is ‘orange vanilla’ Coke? ?
Buffalo716 Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, KD in CA said: The most puzzling thing about the Final Four was..... ....what the ***** is ‘orange vanilla’ Coke? ? I was at my fathers earlier and he had a 2 liter of it... I passed...
sherpa Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 2 hours ago, eball said: Yeah it’s pretty ridiculous. There’s way too much “our schitt doesn’t stink” coming out of Charlottesville. I’d say one of their problems with recruiting is that they have a head coach who doesn’t like offense. Just stupid. What "came out of Charlottesville" is a national championship, this year, from an incredibly well coached, talented team that lost a total of four ACC games the last two years. Ya...He doesn't like offense, and he just won the national championship. So proud of this team and this program.
DCOrange Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 8 hours ago, eball said: Yeah it’s pretty ridiculous. There’s way too much “our schitt doesn’t stink” coming out of Charlottesville. I’d say one of their problems with recruiting is that they have a head coach who doesn’t like offense. Their offense was literally #2 in the country in adjusted offensive efficiency. There’s a difference between not liking offense and playing at a slow pace. I’d kill for Syracuse to get a coach that can get his team to score the way Bennett does. If UVA can keep Bennett there, they’re going to be a force to be reckoned with for awhile.
eball Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 5 hours ago, sherpa said: Just stupid. What "came out of Charlottesville" is a national championship, this year, from an incredibly well coached, talented team that lost a total of four ACC games the last two years. Ya...He doesn't like offense, and he just won the national championship. So proud of this team and this program. I didn't say you shouldn't be proud of the team and championship. I just don't like many (most?) of their fans and their snootiness. Bennett has had a huge problem with developing a team that could play in the tournament. Even this year (and again, congrats) look what they had to do to win it? Some unbelievable (and unbelievably lucky) circumstances. The guy who won this for you was, ironically, Guy. Congrats.
sherpa Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 Not going to bother quoting this nonsense. It is a great group of kids on a great team coached by a truly great guy, that just won a national championship after winning their conference twice. Virginia is never going to get the kids that Duke or UNC Chape Hill get. I lived in Raleigh during the Laettner years and loved those programs. It is completely different now. Virginia still does is right, and I am immensely proud of my home town team.
eball Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 2 hours ago, sherpa said: Not going to bother quoting this nonsense. It is a great group of kids on a great team coached by a truly great guy, that just won a national championship after winning their conference twice. Virginia is never going to get the kids that Duke or UNC Chape Hill get. I lived in Raleigh during the Laettner years and loved those programs. It is completely different now. Virginia still does is right, and I am immensely proud of my home town team. Coach K has become a shell of his former self (as a coach). It's awful. I'd argue that UNC still "does it right" as well -- their 2017 championship is a testament to that, as well as this year's team. Yes, they wound up with two 1-and-done players but one of them didn't even start and the other just exploded beyond what anyone expected. Don't get me wrong -- I really like Bennett and the type of program he runs. I have been critical of him in the past because his teams falter during the tournament. It is legitimate criticism. Virginia does recruit high level talent, however -- they aren't the "sad sack, we just take the lemons and make lemonade" sort of program I think you're characterizing them to be. I actually think the style Bennett coaches can be a detriment in recruiting highly skilled offensive players, though. So we get past this -- I liked Virginia's team and congratulate them on getting over the hump. I like Bennett. I don't like many Virginia alumni and fans.
Teddy KGB Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 Did the guy with the 300k futures ticket on Texas Tech hedge by betting 100-150k on UVA ? Last I heard he wanted 65k before Mich State game and turned down 50k from Dez Bryant to “let it ride” Id wanna kill myself this morning if I didn’t hedge.
K-9 Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 3 hours ago, DCOrange said: Their offense was literally #2 in the country in adjusted offensive efficiency. There’s a difference between not liking offense and playing at a slow pace. I’d kill for Syracuse to get a coach that can get his team to score the way Bennett does. If UVA can keep Bennett there, they’re going to be a force to be reckoned with for awhile. I'd start with getting a coach who can get Syracuse to defend the way Bennett does first. It all starts on that end of the floor.
DCOrange Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, K-9 said: I'd start with getting a coach who can get Syracuse to defend the way Bennett does first. It all starts on that end of the floor. Syracuse is fine defensively; always among the top 10-20 teams in that regard. But the offense has been consistently atrocious ever since the sanctions we got a little while back.
K-9 Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 17 minutes ago, DCOrange said: Syracuse is fine defensively; always among the top 10-20 teams in that regard. But the offense has been consistently atrocious ever since the sanctions we got a little while back. I agree. My point was that Bennett’s offensive game is largely predicated on his defensive schemes. 1
sherpa Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 5 hours ago, eball said: Coach K has become a shell of his former self (as a coach). It's awful. I'd argue that UNC still "does it right" as well -- their 2017 championship is a testament to that, as well as this year's team. Yes, they wound up with two 1-and-done players but one of them didn't even start and the other just exploded beyond what anyone expected. Don't get me wrong -- I really like Bennett and the type of program he runs. I have been critical of him in the past because his teams falter during the tournament. It is legitimate criticism. Virginia does recruit high level talent, however -- they aren't the "sad sack, we just take the lemons and make lemonade" sort of program I think you're characterizing them to be. I actually think the style Bennett coaches can be a detriment in recruiting highly skilled offensive players, though. So we get past this -- I liked Virginia's team and congratulate them on getting over the hump. I like Bennett. I don't like many Virginia alumni and fans. You grossly misstate any claim on who Virginia recruits. They aren't lemons or sad sacks, and nobody ever said they were. Kyle Guy was Indiana's "Mr. Basketball." Bennett runs a great program. When (last) head coach Dave Leitao was running the program you wouldn't want your wife or kids within 15 rows of the bench. Gross profanity. Coach K was like that as well, but may have settled down. Not like that at all now, and it goes well beyond the court. Bennett runs an intelligent, hustling pack line defense, which is basically a combination scheme, and it really works when played well. They have stumbled in the tournament in the past, and this is the first year they've gone into it without serious health issues. Great program. Great coach. National champions.
Buffalo716 Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 30 minutes ago, sherpa said: You grossly misstate any claim on who Virginia recruits. They aren't lemons or sad sacks, and nobody ever said they were. Kyle Guy was Indiana's "Mr. Basketball." Bennett runs a great program. When (last) head coach Dave Leitao was running the program you wouldn't want your wife or kids within 15 rows of the bench. Gross profanity. Coach K was like that as well, but may have settled down. Not like that at all now, and it goes well beyond the court. Bennett runs an intelligent, hustling pack line defense, which is basically a combination scheme, and it really works when played well. They have stumbled in the tournament in the past, and this is the first year they've gone into it without serious health issues. Great program. Great coach. National champions. Congratulations. there are lots of programs that do it right tho . UVA not the exception Guy, Jerome and Hunter could play anywhere in the country
eball Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Buffalo716 said: Congratulations. there are lots of programs that do it right tho . UVA not the exception Guy, Jerome and Hunter could play anywhere in the country Yeah, and this is what I'm talking about when it comes to UVA fans. Even when I extend the olive branch in my post above in this thread he can't just accept the congrats and move on...he has to keep preaching.
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