March Madness Discussion (Men's Nat'l Championship Game: Mon 4/8: Purdue vs UCONN)

[jkvonny]

Purdue too one dimensional, too predictable

Ya, very similar to Virginia.

[playa-hater]

Imagine watching this game and thinking Edey didn't do enough lol.

If you take away Purdue's best player and take away UConn's best player, Purdue loses by 50 possibly..

[Chuck Everett]

Just give Dan Hurley a lot of credit. Two years ago, Teddy Allen busted them up (in the first round). He said no more. We're gonna fix the issue.

[Kurtz]

This speaks to UConn’s dominance imo. Purdue has been smacking teams all season and they’re down by almost 20.

I think that says more about the state of men’s college basketball.

Yeah, I think that is the case. All they do is just take advantage of Edey’s height.

Yes, being insanely huge is a nice asset to have in basketball - at all levels.

[Rainwater]

Purdue still feeding Edey in the post down big late in the game.

WTF.....

Said the same thing lol.

[___Rand___]

That's it. it's over. Purdue didn't have any adjustment for 2nd half. Was never impressed with that coach.

It’s true though. They don’t run any screens to get guys decent looks from beyond the arc. It’s such an archaic offense. Granted it’s worked but gotta mix it up against a juggernaut

NC State had better coaching. I've seen Keat's adjustments and half court offense through 2 tournaments. This guy, just has no imagination. His coaching ceiling was Elite 8. Where I put him. Worst of all he don't learn from watching tapes of other teams either.

[PushDaRock]

lol Edey has over 60% of their points

[Chuck Everett]

Also, Stephon Castle has basically locked every guard up this tournament (Boo Buie, Lamont Butler, Terrance Shannon, Mark Sears and now Braden Smith)

[meatball sub]

Edey looks really good when guys are 6-7 inches shorter than him

[aminiaturebuddha]

Man Hurley, stop whining about everything! He clearly stepped on the court and touched his player while the game was in play. What's he complaining about.

[Donuts83]

Purdue unable to apply any ball pressure. smh

[Rainwater]

I think that says more about the state of men’s college basketball.

Yeah, I think that is the case. All they do is just take advantage of Edey’s height.

Yes, being insanely huge is a nice asset to have in basketball - at all levels.

Sure, but when height it is your only advantage you have your current outcome.

[azcatz11]

That's it. it's over. Purdue didn't have any adjustment for 2nd half. Was never impressed with that coach.

It’s true though. They don’t run any screens to get guys decent looks from beyond the arc. It’s such an archaic offense. Granted it’s worked but gotta mix it up against a juggernaut

NC State had better coaching. I've seen Keat's adjustments and half court offense through 2 tournaments. This guy, just has no imagination. His coaching ceiling was Elite 8. Where I put him. Worst of all he don't learn from watching tapes of other teams either.

That’s been the knock on him his whole career at Purdue. He should give Edey half his paycheck lol

[Rainwater]

Edey looks really good when guys are 6-7 inches shorter than him

Yep

[CptCrunch]

This could be your offense folks! Just get rookie Zach Edey to be the center of your offense. Take your offense back to 2004 era efficiencies***

***Assuming Edey can post up for 60%+ TS in the league

[jkvonny]

Just give Dan Hurley a lot of credit. Two years ago, Teddy Allen busted them up (in the first round). He said no more. We're gonna fix the issue.

Yup.

New Mexico State Aggies were the last team to beat UConn in the tournament.

[aminiaturebuddha]

Edey looks really good when guys are 6-7 inches shorter than him

Yep

Edey has 33 points and most of those were against the 7-2 Clingan.

[LAvision]

This speaks to UConn’s dominance imo. Purdue has been smacking teams all season and they’re down by almost 20.

I think that says more about the state of men’s college basketball.

Nah, sometimes dominant teams just emerge. We've seen it before, with Florida for example. Huskies have like 4 guys who'll go in the first round. But they have no 5 star recruits for next year so unless they kill it on the transfer front, you'll see them drop down to earth next year.

Ya but that Florida team has an equal adversary, the ucla bruins. They also had a ridiculous about of nba talent which is far greater than this UConn team. They had like 8+pros.

I’m just kind of stunned how such a one trick pony team could just blow out teams and get to a finals.

[jkvonny]

Purdue still feeding Edey in the post down big late in the game.

WTF.....

Said the same thing lol.

Mind blowing.

Matt Painter is archaic and stubborn.

[playa-hater]

I am not a historian by any means, but I can imagine Purdue Has the least amount of three pointers made in a national championship game in the last few decades..