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MARCH MADNESS 2014 - NCAA Tourney Thread

  • centralbucksfan
    Love this article and its point on IMO. Cal is a great recruiter(although I think he cheats like hell), but as game coach, he is avg at best and last nite was a prime example of that. I literally lol when Barkley said Cal was the best college coach in the country.

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/-college-basketball-mens-tournament/news/20140408/kentucky-wildcats-connecticut-huskies-john-calipari/?eref=sihp
  • Laley23
    I used to rag on Cal a lot as a game coach, but he has really improved in that area. Still only average, imo, but he has gotten a lot better. Mostly in the fact he makes adjustments that I like and they work out a lot. Offensively, well, its not much of an offense...but he does make adjustments on that side as well, utilizing match-ups and spacing nicely.
  • Prescott
    I guess the experience of UCONN's starters didn't matter. I've listened all morning to the pundits praising Ollie and bashing Calipari to a degree.

    This game was lost at the free throw line.How many points were left on the floor because of missed free throws and how many of those misses were one-and ones? Calipari switched to a zone when UCONN was threatening to run away. Wasn't that a good move?

    This was a players game and Kentucky's players did not make their free throws.
  • Classyposter58
    Well this women's game was anti-climactic. UConn women are scary good, congrats to that athletic program for getting both titles once again. So damn fundamentally sound
  • like_that
    Classyposter58;1602825 wrote:Well this women's game was anti-climactic. UConn women are scary good, congrats to that athletic program for getting both titles once again. So damn fundamentally sound
    Lol
  • SportsAndLady
    So damn fundamentally sound those women are at basketball.
  • reclegend22
    In regard to the women's tournament, the only other coach alive apparently capable of winning it no longer enters a team. Oh, the drama. There are games of solitaire that are more competitive.
  • wildcats20
    reclegend22;1602875 wrote:In regard to the women's tournament, the only other coach alive apparently capable of winning it no longer enters a team. Oh, the drama. There are games of solitaire that are more competitive.
    Pat?
  • wildcats20
    http://www.13abc.com/story/25200061/report-little-girl-who-inspired-a-college-basketball-star-has-died#.U0Uibodcd94.facebook


    Some sad news for everyone's morning. Princess Lacey has passed away. The little girl suffering from neuroblastoma, who befriended Adriean Payne, lost her battle.
  • vball10set
    wildcats20;1602902 wrote:http://www.13abc.com/story/25200061/report-little-girl-who-inspired-a-college-basketball-star-has-died#.U0Uibodcd94.facebook


    Some sad news for everyone's morning. Princess Lacey has passed away. The little girl suffering from neuroblastoma, who befriended Adriean Payne, lost her battle.
    Damn, that's too bad...the piece on BTN about her and Payne was emotional as hell...thoughts and prayers go out to her family.

  • GOONx19
    Wow. She was in Dallas just the other day when he was in the dunk contest. So sad.
  • Heretic
    GOONx19;1602912 wrote:Wow. She was in Dallas just the other day when he was in the dunk contest. So sad.
    Yeah, I watched that and she seemed in pretty good spirits and health, there. Very sad.
  • ernest_t_bass
    While it's sad, it's neat that she got to experience that before her passing.
  • thavoice
    reclegend22;1602875 wrote:In regard to the women's tournament, the only other coach alive apparently capable of winning it no longer enters a team. Oh, the drama. There are games of solitaire that are more competitive.
    Tried watching a little bit of it for the helluva it, but man is it slow.
  • vball10set
    thavoice;1602977 wrote:Tried watching a little bit of it for the helluva it, but man is it slow.
    Yeah, but they're so damn fundamentally sound ;)
  • reclegend22
    wildcats20;1602894 wrote:Pat?
    Yeah. Crazy stat: Pat Summit and Geno Auriemma own 17 of the last 28 women's national championships, and Geno has won 4 of the past 6.. I mean, come on, everyone else is playing for second.
  • reclegend22
    wildcats20;1602902 wrote:http://www.13abc.com/story/25200061/report-little-girl-who-inspired-a-college-basketball-star-has-died#.U0Uibodcd94.facebook


    Some sad news for everyone's morning. Princess Lacey has passed away. The little girl suffering from neuroblastoma, who befriended Adriean Payne, lost her battle.
    It's probably little solace to the family at the moment, but it's cool that she got to follow Payne and Michigan State around in his last tournament before passing on. Moments like this are always great reminders that sometimes life just sucks.
  • Classyposter58
    vball10set;1602982 wrote:Yeah, but they're so damn fundamentally sound ;)
    Ha they were! Just didn't make any mistakes, but yeah they basically have the athletic ability of a good D4 boys basketball team
  • Laley23
    How can anyone watch the womens game long enough to make that judgement? lol

    Its unwatchable basketball
  • thavoice
    vball10set;1602982 wrote:Yeah, but they're so damn fundamentally sound ;)
    Yeah....very fundamentally sound!

    It really is like watching a HS boys game. Just very little athleticism going on and seems in slow motion.
  • thavoice
    Laley23;1603087 wrote:How can anyone watch the womens game long enough to make that judgement? lol

    Its unwatchable basketball
    I watched less than 5 minuts mostly because it was the champ game, and maybe long enough to see if there were any attractive players.

    I was let down.
  • Heretic
    Laley23;1603087 wrote:How can anyone watch the womens game long enough to make that judgement? lol

    Its unwatchable basketball
    Not just unwatchable basketball, but unwatchable basketball with a foregone conclusion. I'd rather watch 2 hours of rain delay baseball loaded with the same sit-down player interviews I'd seen the last rain delay game.
  • wildcats20
    I watched a lot of the Carolina women this year. It wasn't that bad.

    Obviously the athleticism isn't the same as the men's game, but it wasn't as bad as it can be. It definitely wasn't pretty to watch(in more ways than one); maybe it's just their style. Carolina women are a true run and gun, so it's uptempo.
  • KB0938
    Love em or hate em, Dickie V is a class act. Donated 250k in Laceys name to cancer today
  • vball10set
    KB0938;1603242 wrote:Love em or hate em, Dickie V is a class act. Donated 250k in Laceys name to cancer today
    Very cool.