2017 ncaa

i can accept the argument that a team with that much future nba talent should have been better overall, but it never really came together with any consistency, perhaps because the freshmen got late starts due to injuries, perhaps because k's short-bench instincts never let giles or bolden emerge. wonder if bolden will transfer.

(i also think that playing four games in four days the previous weekend wasn't helpful, but hey, michigan managed okay.)

having an experienced team is an asset, but i don't think roy goes recruiting with the idea that he wants someone good, but not so good he'll leave after only a year or two. no one turns down talent, even if it results in the relatively crappy defense duke has played lately

fsu had 2 likely 1st rounders & lots of other talent and got washed by xavier

leonard hamilton is a bad coach

my bracket was particularly ruined this year by my proximity to acc basketball

yeah, it has served me so well recently. but not this year.

xxp absolutely true

I need to memorialize this for posterity (it is also really difficult to search online for), so bc the ncaa is too cheap or just doesn't want to deal w arranging halftime shows at these games, this year they did a shooting competition where I think a non athlete student from or somehow related to each school had 60-seconds to get as many pts as possible - scoring was 1 pt for layups (but you couldn't take them consecutively), 3 for free throws, 5 for 3 pts and 10 for halfcourt makes; it was run at all sights and you were competing against all other participants, top scorer for each round 1 and round 2 got $500 and a chance to be entered to win a trip to the final 4 (or something like that)

the Wichita contestant confidently ran right to a corner three pt shot and started hoisting, airballed AT LEAST ten in a row, but stubbornly would not move off that shot and ended w/ 6 points

the UK contestant confidently went to the top of the key 3 pt shot and started hoisting -- he made 16 3s in 60 seconds!! 80 points, it was impressive as hell; nb the previous highest point total we saw was 39 pts from the sacramento site

john thompson iii out at georgetown

mich/ducks is hype

ducks offense looks so smooth, escaped another 1

The Ducks would need to make a lot more of their shots to beat Kansas.

purdue def can beat ku

go purdue!

this zag/wv game is good

ugh what a tough loss for the maize and blue, felt like we should have pulled it out

that five-minute ref timeout with 1:59 left in wv-gonzaga was painful

Wowwwww

purdue def can beat ku

not today

11 seed needs to win this

yea Kansas was insane, wow

3 of 4 games within a possession, crazy

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south carolina's second half against duke was pretty damn good

they were def ballin'

Sindarius Thornwell s such a great name

20-28 is considered good in this sport

namewise i also enjoy duane notice

that final possession by AZ last night was some bad b-ball

the WV final possession (or two) was worse

wow i didn't watch but the gamecocks smoked baylor tonight didn't they

ok gonna watch lonzo ball

ucla-kentucky game is off the chain

UCLA is one of the most NBA looking offenses i've ever seen in college

and i love watching de'aaron fox, he's one of the most athletic guards i've ever seen. i think monk has been rated ahead of him for the draft but lately fox has been playing like the second coming of john wall or something.

lonzo is a sneaky good athlete and really good finisher but i think he's having trouble getting what he normally gets vs kentucky's kinda athleticism

ya imo there are major question marks abt what balls gonna do in the nba when he doesnt have an overwhelming athletic advantage

de'aaron

this game is unreal

lonzo really sees the court amazingly well tho

yeah hes an amazing passer for sure

well that was a game

that was sick

that shot was amazing

Both the shot to go to ot and the game winner were so good. Game of the tourney easily. So many reverse layups!

:(

nothin like a good ol fashioned 3pt floater to win it at the buzzer

Three SEC teams made the Elite Eight, but two west coast teams are already in the Final Four. Go ducks!

weve got a cinderella in the final four baby!

sindarius

go (south) carolina!

ducks cocks zags