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OT: March Madness Basketball Bracket Challenge

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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,666
    tarheelmatt said:
    Son of a ****.  What a game. I have no finger nails left. 
    Has One Shining Moment ever featured 4 straight missed free throws before?
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,662
    @JohnInCarolina - I do believe the BBN (Big Blue Nation for the non basketball junkies here) would agree til the game is played.  Then the above has come up short a few times in the recent past.  That's why they play the game.  
    BTW- I am so old that I recall listening to the mens B'ball final game on the radio.  And yes that was in the early 1960's.  A few years before UCLA started the run.  (I did catch the great 1966 game as it happened.)
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    JohnInCarolina said:
    The final usually comes down to whichever team has the most future NBA players, and, well...
    If that were true Kentucky would be in the final.  Next year.
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,666
    lousubcap said:
    @JohnInCarolina - I do believe the BBN (Big Blue Nation for the non basketball junkies here) would agree til the game is played.  Then the above has come up short a few times in the recent past.  That's why they play the game.  
    BTW- I am so old that I recall listening to the mens B'ball final game on the radio.  And yes that was in the early 1960's.  A few years before UCLA started the run.  (I did catch the great 1966 game as it happened.)
    I refer you to my use of "usually," my friend ;)
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Go Cat's!
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  • JohnnyTarheel
    JohnnyTarheel Posts: 6,629
    bgebrent said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    The final usually comes down to whichever team has the most future NBA players, and, well...
    If that were true Kentucky would be in the final.  Next year.
     ;) 
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  • westernbbq
    westernbbq Posts: 2,490
    UNC did what winners do....they answered adversity and never stopped wantimg it more than the ducks.  I dont know if they took oregon lightly but if the ducks didnt get stage fright, if they could rebound on a unc free throw when ou has advantage and if they didnt take stupid shots like a 2 pt layup rather than going for the tie on a 3 that game wouldve gone to oregon, all else being equal.  Now if unc had to deal with an oregon team that didnt make so many mistakes, maybe they play like unc

    Charles Barkley predicted gonzaga to win nc..  I am not sure about that. NC might step up and be more serious against zaga than they took oregon

    Great games though yesterday and this tourney so far has been one of the most thrilling i ever have seen
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  • StillH2OEgger
    StillH2OEgger Posts: 3,893
    edited April 2017
    I humbly disagree about taking the layup. Oregon would have had plenty of time to get a final shot off and based on UNC's poor free throw shooting they wouldn't have even needed a three at the buzzer. Boxing out was the problem, not clock management. UNC also did plenty to try and give that one away, so I'm not sure I'd say they made "winning" plays (without suggesting all those missed FTs were "losing" plays) as much as they survived a tense finish. Having said that, I think they will beat the Zags.
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  • westernbbq
    westernbbq Posts: 2,490
    i dont know enough about basketball to really assess whether the layup or 3 pt attempt was called for with so little time left.   To me taking the layup was more of a playing not to lose instead of playing to win move.  

    I do know a lot about body language in competitive sports and it sure appeared like oregon was a deer in the headlights late in that game and UNC was like,"Uh, we have been here before so its something we can handle..."   Oregon seemed overwhelmed to make it this far and they choked on the big stage...and its really too bad because had they been able to uncover a killer instinct, last nights game was theirs for the taking.
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  • StillH2OEgger
    StillH2OEgger Posts: 3,893
    Berry will need to play better on Monday. Will be tough going in the lane for both teams.
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,224
    So, does anybody in our group have Gonzaga winning it all?

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  • JohnnyTarheel
    JohnnyTarheel Posts: 6,629
    I don't....  :o
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    I enjoyed March Madness this year. I tip my hat to Gonzaga...they look solid. Should be a great final. My ladies won it all, and our men fell a game short. Exceeded my expectations this year. Good luck to the Heels and Zags. 
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  • ibanda
    ibanda Posts: 553
    Foghorn said:
    So, does anybody in our group have Gonzaga winning it all?
    I picked Gonzaga to win it all. I successfully picked the 2 teams in the Championship game, not that crazy of a pick as they were both #1 seeds. My biggest bracket buster was my own team SMU that I had picked going to the Final 4 getting knocked out in the 1st round! Ahhh!
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
    Going to be a tough game.  The Zags are ridiculously good and BIG.  The way Joel Berry and Isaiah Hicks have been playing, I'm not too confident.  They need to step up HUGE for this game to be close.  
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    s'pose Carolina has practiced free throws in the last day or two?

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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Go Zags!  That being said, with NC's big game and coaching experience, I expect a great game.
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
    Carolina Q said:
    s'pose Carolina has practiced free throws in the last day or two?
    Jesus, don't get me started.  I hope so.  
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    Huge game tonight. Thinking tailgating food for the game.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

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  • blind99
    blind99 Posts: 4,974
    Foghorn said:
    So, does anybody in our group have Gonzaga winning it all?
    Yep. But it's entirely possible that UNC will manhandle the zags. Esp if big guys eye is not good. 

    For the first and probably last time I am leading. In my office pool I think I'm second to last. 



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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,666
    Carolina is favored to win tonight - by a single point.  
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Carolina is favored to win tonight - by a single point.  
    Crap!  Bad FT shooting again.  My fingernails cannot take another like Sat, John.  
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    I thought the winner of the UNC - UK game would win it all. Still do.
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  • JohnnyTarheel
    JohnnyTarheel Posts: 6,629
    edited April 2017
    YukonRon said:
    I thought the winner of the UNC - UK game would win it all. Still do.
    This is why I still like you....   ;)
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,666
    JohnnyTarheel said:
    YukonRon said:
    I thought the winner of the UNC - UK game would win it all. Still do.
    This is why I still like you....   ;)
    Wait until you find out he registered for the Butt Blast under kentuckyisthegreatestandcarolinablows@gmail.com
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Neither team playing very well in the first half.  Whoever gets a rhythm in half 2 and controls the glass wins.  Go Zags.  Oh, and free throws...terrible.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    JohnInCarolina said:
    JohnnyTarheel said:
    YukonRon said:
    I thought the winner of the UNC - UK game would win it all. Still do.
    This is why I still like you....   ;)
    Wait until you find out he registered for the Butt Blast under kentuckyisthegreatestandcarolinablows@gmail.com
    I thought I used:
    Kentuckyisthegreatestanddukeblows@gnail.com
    Sorry.
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Gonna come down to foul trouble and FT's.
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,666
    YukonRon said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    JohnnyTarheel said:
    YukonRon said:
    I thought the winner of the UNC - UK game would win it all. Still do.
    This is why I still like you....   ;)
    Wait until you find out he registered for the Butt Blast under kentuckyisthegreatestandcarolinablows@gmail.com
    I thought I used:
    Kentuckyisthegreatestanddukeblows@gnail.com
    Sorry.
    I KNEW IT WAS YOU RON!!!
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Gonna have to look into this gnail.
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