They have two projected top 5 picks who started a combined total of 6 games this year, and only then because of injuries. One was a 52% 3PT shooter that they ran no sets for to get open looks. It’s seriously like watching Lying Howard try to hang at Rail Heaven.
For comparison, if you listen to Nate Oats (Alabama), he’s frequently talking about efficiency (PPP) and lineup construction concepts. That’s how this game is played now and anyone not viewing it through that lens is the sucker. It should be nearly impossible to lose with three really good players who shoot 45%+ from 3P and can all dribble and pass effectively not to mention they’re surrounded by loads of future NBA talent including three 7-footers.
Drake should try not fouling.
Congrats WSU>UK
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Kansas is SHOOK
Congrats Wazzu fans
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Only the fourth time ever we’ve made it past the first round. Obviously Iowa State is going to be more than a bit difficult to beat, but this is a great season even if we can’t pull the upset there.
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I understand how that call gets blown, but man.
JFC Samford just got robbed. Ball lying on the first free throw too.
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Woman on the Wuhan metro is wearing an “Arizona Orangemen” sweatshirt featuring the old NCAA circle logo.
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Earth to Meekus:
I was pointing out that we thought of a win in Arizona as highly improbable, and yet! These Cougs seem to enjoy rising to the occasion.
Oh I know it, I’m way less dismissive of the possibility that we could win this one than I was of beating Arizona both times. There’s definitely a chance.
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If taking an afterthought program to one of the winningest teams in the last ten years plus a national championship is hell, I’m putting satan on speed dial.
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I was casually watching the late games last night and one image really encapsulated the first round of March Madness. Kansas had the ball ahead by 2 with 38 seconds left and all the Samford fans were excited, smiling, going nuts, while the Kansas fans looked like someone shot their dogs. Samford was losing and did not have the ball and they were the ones who were loving life.
It truly is the best sporting event in the world.
It’s so rare in sports these days to have a playoff where there are multiple teams that feel like they overachieved their goals. But even if Duquesne or Oakland lose by 30 tomorrow, their fans will look back fondly on this season.
Same thing if Purdue or Tennessee make the Final Four but ultimately flame out.
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Losing by 30 is a peaceful feeling, like going into shock while being beaten to death by a baseball bat. You don’t have to go into the offseason agonizing over the various little moments that could have made you so much happier if only.
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