chris olivarez Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 Tennesee comes from ahead to lose. My heart was with the Vols but my money waas with the Buckeyes. I;m currently tied for second in my pool just two points away from the leader. The next four games could be some serious make or break stuff for me. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 23, 2007 Author Report Posted March 23, 2007 ohio state is so damn lucky greg oden looks like lebron's older uncle Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 23, 2007 Author Report Posted March 23, 2007 oden can grow a full beard, i'm gonna be 40 and still can't grown a full beard Quote
Free For All Posted March 24, 2007 Report Posted March 24, 2007 WOW! Anyone watch the Division II final? Winona State vs. Barton- it was a great game with an amazing finish (Barton won, came from behind). Check out the highlights on ESPN if you get the chance, the last minute or two was wild! Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 25, 2007 Author Report Posted March 25, 2007 i think is gonna be Fla vs UNC in the NCAA final nice win by UCLA yesterday i'd like to see oregon beat fla today, but it won't happen anyone have any old school pat ewing sr georgetown gear? Quote
Late Posted March 25, 2007 Report Posted March 25, 2007 I'd like to see Oregon beat FLA today, but it won't happen. Have faith, my brother. If Tajuan Porter goes 9/13 from behind the arc again, Florida will go DOWN! Oregon is pretty small in all the positions, which could especially hurt them in the paint, but they play with heart. May the sleeper teams prevail! :bwallace2: Quote
chris olivarez Posted March 26, 2007 Report Posted March 26, 2007 A Florida vs Georgetown final will help me immensely. Quote
Edward Posted March 26, 2007 Report Posted March 26, 2007 A Florida vs Georgetown final will help me immensely. I need UCLA over Georgetown in order to win it all. Of course, I would gladly forego any monetary gain in exchange for the Bruins winning another NCAA championship (it would be the 12th in men's hoops and the 100th overall). Both semifinal games should be great. I am, obviously, EXTREMELY interested in the UCLA-Florida game. I know that the vast majority of people are picking Florida, BUT: 1) This UCLA squad is a better defensive unit (and, with Shipp, potentially more explosive offensively) than last year's team. 2) Yes, losing Hollins hurt, but I think that Collison is an improvement over Farmar in almost every respect (except for the intangibles category - I would rather have the ball in Farmar's hands if the Bruins were down by one with time expiring), and Shipp more than offsets the loss of Bozeman. Moreover, this squad is a year more mature, and everyone on the team has had a year to think about what happened in last year's championship game. In that game, Farmar played well, Hollins and Bozeman played okay, and everyone else played horribly. Additionally, Howland was out-coached by Donovan, and that has got to be eating at him. 3) Florida just does not look as impressive as it did last year. Last year, Georgetown was the only team to lose to Florida by less than a double-digit margin, but this year, three of Florida's four opponents have been in the game until the final few minutes. If Florida beats UCLA, then I would pick them to win it all again, with all due respect to fans of Georgetown and the Ohio State University. Quote
Noj Posted March 26, 2007 Report Posted March 26, 2007 Spot-on analysis, Edward. Shipp is really an x-factor, he seems to show up at odd times in the game when the team needs someone to step up. Mata's improvement has also been notable this year. That Florida team is a monster though, they play with so much confidence. Noah and Brewer are tough players, and two of their perimeter players sank 11 three pointers last game. The Bruins will need a mammoth defensive effort to slow the Gators down. Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 27, 2007 Report Posted March 27, 2007 WOW! Anyone watch the Division II final? Winona State vs. Barton- it was a great game with an amazing finish (Barton won, came from behind). Check out the highlights on ESPN if you get the chance, the last minute or two was wild! I saw it after the fact... holy freakin' comeback! That's right up there with Reggie Miller's 8-point NBA-playoffs miracle against the Knicks a few years ago. Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 27, 2007 Report Posted March 27, 2007 I mean, that's the kind of finish you dream up as a kid when you're out shooting baskets by yourself around twilight. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 27, 2007 Author Report Posted March 27, 2007 GT really put the clamps down on UNC I bet Oden could buy beer when he was 8 YO......... Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 GT really put the clamps down on UNC I bet Oden could buy beer when he was 8 YO......... Oden looks like a 35 year old freshman. Must have flunked a few classes in grade school! Poor fellow looks like he's lived a full life already and he's just starting college. He'll be a senior citizen at 40. Damn, he's gonna be a first round pick if he stays in school one more year. Quote
chris olivarez Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 Wonder if he'll endorse Geritol when he turns pro. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted April 1, 2007 Author Report Posted April 1, 2007 florida is looking good at halftime i hate ohio state Quote
ejp626 Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 florida is looking good at halftime i hate ohio state I am really torn. I went to U Michigan, so of course I hate Ohio State, though more on the football side than on the basketball side. But do I pull for the Big Ten or not? One thing I do like about Florida is that all the starters returned which never happens. I think it is unlikely Oden will return, or at most for one more year. But I hate the entire state of Florida just for being, in an existential sense. So I guess I have to hope for a double-disqualification and they don't crown an NCAA champ this year. Quote
Noj Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 Good plan, ejp626. The officiating in this game was very one-sided in favor of the Gators, and the Bruins didn't play well in spite of it. Quote
Jim R Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 The officiating in this game was very one-sided in favor of the Gators, and the Bruins didn't play well in spite of it. From where I sit as a Pac-10 follower, it's easier to accept Florida's victory due to the weak offensive effort by UCLA. Florida is an outstanding team, and it would have taken a very strong effort for the Bruins to win. However, that first point about the officiating is key- the Bruins got too many bogus calls against them, imo. I'll tell you something else. The higher seeds/favored teams have been getting the advantage in terms of the officiating for years. No, I can't prove that, but I've been watching this tournament since I was a kid in the early 60's. When a team I'm pulling for is an underdog, they invariably have to overcome both their opponent and the zebras. This past week, I was corresponding with my older brother about this (he's an Oregon graduate, and a rabid Duck fan). After Florida beat Oregon in a game where the Ducks were hit with the expected rash of ticky-tack fouls in the first half (an inconspicuous way for the refs to put the underdog in an uphill battle later on), and where Florida had something like a 43 to 16 advantage in FT attempts for the game, I started getting curious. I decided to check the box scores from the all the games involving the top seeds (1's and 2's) in all of the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games. In about 90% of those games, the high seeds not only had far more FT attempts than their opponents- it was often lopsided to the point of being too obvious, as in that Florida/Oregon game. By the way, I'm not sure how Malik Hairston can receive a cut over his eye for his efforts going to the hoop, and that's not a foul, but Marty Leunen gets whistled more than once for touching Joakim Noah on the back as he's pivoting in the paint. And speaking of Noah, how about that play tonight where he grabs Mata by the shoulders from behind and literally throws him to the floor, then dunks... and it was all cool. Nance and Packer did a nice job of ignoring it on the replay too, probably because Packer needed to prove his point that "the next time Noah touches the ball inside, he's going to score". It's bullshit. This is the first time I've ever bothered to look up FT attempts in the box scores to see if it would bear out my suspiscions. I wasn't surprised at all by the numbers. Quote
Late Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 By the way, I'm not sure how Malik Hairston can receive a cut over his eye for his efforts going to the hoop, and that's not a foul, but Marty Leunen gets whistled more than once for touching Joakim Noah on the back as he's pivoting in the paint. No kidding. Florida is admittedly the stronger team, but I remember that call against Hairston. Maybe it's just because I'm a Duck fan, but it seemed insane to call the foul offensive. I can't stand Joke 'em Noah. Not because he's too self-congratulatory or anything ... But now maybe Oregon can have better recruiting options during the off-season, and if Taylor and Hairston come back (which I'd guess they will), and with Porter having more experience under his belt ... Quote
Noj Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 There were too many bad calls on the Bruins and ignored calls against the Gators to remember them all, but the one that stands out to me was Noah throwing Mata to the ground from behind and getting a rebound dunk. Just a blatant, obvious foul. No whistle. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted April 2, 2007 Author Report Posted April 2, 2007 I got $10 on Florida tonight Gotta give some props to Pat Summitt and Parker Quote
Noj Posted April 3, 2007 Report Posted April 3, 2007 The Gators lit it up from outside, while the Buckeyes couldn't hit water from a pier. I was hoping for a better game. Quote
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