March Madness Thread

[PZiv]

Going with Wisconsin on this one. Harrison twins are just going to choke UK out of F4.

requote.

[Grits n Gravy]

It was always obvious that if Kentucky was going to lose, it was going to be because of the Harrison twins, and that definitely ended up being the case.

What? They played really well?

[Calinks]

Big Ten is truth!

[Calinks]

Also any decent Minnesota player that was even flirting with the idea of staying here to play for the Gophers to be close to home instead of going to Wisconsin just threw those notions out the window. XD

[PZiv]

It was always obvious that if Kentucky was going to lose, it was going to be because of the Harrison twins, and that definitely ended up being the case.

What? They played really well?

When you get into crunchtime finish. All previous stuff is erased, doesn't count.

[AQuintus]

What? They played really well?

Jacking up bad shots instead of playing through their bigs. They're both super selfish players. Kentucky had a stretch of something like 6 minutes without a bucket in large part because of the Harrison twins' inability to run the offense.

Edit:

They were a combined 25 points on 22 shots, and 18 of those 25 came in the 1st half. In the 2nd half, they were horrific.

[PZiv]

What? They played really well?

Jacking up bad shots instead of playing through their bigs. They're both super selfish players. Kentucky had a stretch of something like 6 minutes without a bucket in large part because of the Harrison twins' inability to run the offense.

If they both declare. I am really afraid for Towns decision on draft.

[Grits n Gravy]

What? They played really well?

Jacking up bad shots instead of playing through their bigs. They're both super selfish players. Kentucky had a stretch of something like 6 minutes without a bucket in large part because of the Harrison twins' inability to run the offense.

I think that's very short sigthted pinning the loss on them. The combined for 21 shots and only turned the ball over once between them. Their scoring single handily kept them in the game. It's not their fault WCS can't play offense or that Wisconsin packed the paint to protect against KAT. Wisconsin had a game plan and executed it well. Their bigs struggled to guard Kaminsky.

[AQuintus]

Their scoring single handily kept them in the game.

B.S. Their jacking up shots (25 points on 21 shots), really hurt Kentucky, especially in the 2nd half where they weren't hitting anything. There were 3 or 4 possessions in that 6 minute scoreless period when Towns had deep post position but one of the Harrison twins (probably Andrew) looked him off only to jack up a horrible, off-balance, contested floater a few seconds later.

[Worm Guts]

If I didn't know anything about the players in this Duke-Mich St game, I wouldn't even think Okafor was the arguable #1 pick.

He reminds me of Eddy Curry. I wouldn't even pick him if three teams jump in front of us.

Unless he eats like Eddy Curry, he's still going to score 20+ ppg in NBA, and probably super efficiently.

[Grits n Gravy]

Their scoring single handily kept them in the game.

B.S. Their jacking up shots (25 points on 22 shots), really hurt Kentucky, especially in the 2nd half where they weren't hitting anything. There were 3 or 4 possessions in that 6 minute scoreless period when Towns had deep post positions but one of the Harrison twins (probably Andrew) looked him off only to jack up a horrible, off-balance, contested floater a few seconds later.

So you pin none of the loss on WCS who went scoreless over the last 39 minutes and 30 seconds and had no offensive rebounds. It's complete BS to blame the loss on those two guys and look off the other 7 guys who played or give credit to Wisconsin.

[AQuintus]

So you pin none of the loss on WCS who went scoreless over the last 39 minutes and 30 seconds and had no offensive rebounds.

No, because WCS's job is to play defense, and he played great defense. It's the Guards' job to set him up with looks at the rim to finish, and they completely failed to do that because they were too busy jacking up their own shots.

It's complete BS to blame the loss on those two guys and look off the other 7 guys who played or give credit to Wisconsin.

They weren't the sole reason for the loss, but they were the biggest.

Booker not showing up hurt, the gameplan to switch on every screen hurt, and the refusal to shoot 3s when Wisconsin was packing the paint also hurt (which could also be put on the Harrisons ball-hogging instead of passing to shooters).

[Grits n Gravy]

So you pin none of the loss on WCS who went scoreless over the last 39 minutes and 30 seconds and had no offensive rebounds.

No, because WCS's job is to play defense, and he played great defense. It's the Guards' job to set him up with looks at the rim to finish, and they completely failed to do that because they were too busy jacking up their own shots.

It's complete BS to blame the loss on those two guys and look off the other 7 guys who played or give credit to Wisconsin.

They weren't the sole reason for the loss, but they were the biggest.

Booker not showing up hurt, the gameplan to switch on every screen hurt, and the refusal to shoot 3s when Wisconsin was packing the paint also hurt (which could also be put on the Harrisons ball-hogging instead of passing to shooters).

OK we COMPLETELY disagree so I'll leave it there.

[LordBaldric]

If I didn't know anything about the players in this Duke-Mich St game, I wouldn't even think Okafor was the arguable #1 pick.

He reminds me of Eddy Curry. I wouldn't even pick him if three teams jump in front of us.

Unless he eats like Eddy Curry, he's still going to score 20+ ppg in NBA, and probably super efficiently.

Even if that's true, I don't really care. Even before he got fat, Curry had little impact. Your center being a poor rebounder and poor defender = the kiss of death.

[FargoWolf]

Harrison twins and Cauley-Stein left floor before the handshake line. #weak

https://twitter.com/leefitting/status/584564541431930880

[LordBaldric]

Harrison twins and Cauley-Stein left floor before the handshake line. #weak

https://twitter.com/leefitting/status/584564541431930880

Who cares? This is the type of thing my dimwitted uncle cares about.

[FargoWolf]

Harrison twins and Cauley-Stein left floor before the handshake line. #weak

https://twitter.com/leefitting/status/584564541431930880

Who cares? This is the type of thing my dimwitted uncle cares about.

Well then Andrew Harrison followed that up with this...

[tweet]https://twitter.com/RKalland/status/584566323868528640[/tweet]

[Klomp]

I had Wisconsin over Gonzaga in my bracket.

1 out of 2!

[Worm Guts]

He reminds me of Eddy Curry. I wouldn't even pick him if three teams jump in front of us.

Unless he eats like Eddy Curry, he's still going to score 20+ ppg in NBA, and probably super efficiently.

Even if that's true, I don't really care. Even before he got fat, Curry had little impact. Your center being a poor rebounder and poor defender = the kiss of death.

As long as you get him to care about defense he'll be good enough. He's got length, strength, and he's not a dumb player. And I think we're probably a good place for that, particularly if KG comes back.

[LordBaldric]

Unless he eats like Eddy Curry, he's still going to score 20+ ppg in NBA, and probably super efficiently.

Even if that's true, I don't really care. Even before he got fat, Curry had little impact. Your center being a poor rebounder and poor defender = the kiss of death.

As long as you get him to care about defense he'll be good enough. He's got length, strength, and he's not a dumb player. And I think we're probably a good place for that, particularly if KG comes back.

Effort is a skill. You are telling me Ok won't give full effort in the frigging NCAA Tournament, but he will for Flip in the 82 game NBA Season grind? Take a look at Bazz. That guy's whole game is based on relentless effort and I applaud him for it. It's rare. And you assume Ok will just flip the switch.