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

[PushDaRock]

No team can win a game hitting one 3 pointer.

[azcatz11]

Can’t wait for an incoming 50 page fresh thread debating Edey on the GB after this

[PushDaRock]

lol this press is hilarious, literally zero effort to break it

[The4thHorseman]

lol it feels like castle, cling, and Karaban have had awful games and they’re up huge

Purdue made a decision (probably a good one) not to try and run with UConn. They just couldn't get enough stops.

Or make enough open looks.

[Rainwater]

lol Edey has over 60% of their points

They really don’t do anything else, that is their only offense. If you are down 17 and you are still posting up that should tell how bad your offense is.

[KillMonger]

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.

yep

[nate33]

But Edey might be a bit more imposing defensively and better on offensive end.

Ewing might have been the best college defender of all time. The man was a total monster defensively.

Ewing spent much of his NBA career as more of a finesse player because he started having knee trouble in his early 20's, but when he was in college, he was an athletic freak.

[jkvonny]

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..

Ya, it's crazy.

[PushDaRock]

lol it feels like castle, cling, and Karaban have had awful games and they’re up huge

Purdue made a decision (probably a good one) not to try and run with UConn. They just couldn't get enough stops.

Or make enough open looks.

forget making open shots, they couldn't even get shots off

[Kurtz]

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.

I think we'll see more talent in college in the future with Ignite going out of business and guys now getting paid (and transfers demanding $1m).

[Chuck Everett]

lol it feels like castle, cling, and Karaban have had awful games and they’re up huge

Purdue made a decision (probably a good one) not to try and run with UConn. They just couldn't get enough stops.

Or make enough open looks.

On the perimeter, UConn hounded the shooters. I didn't see many open perimeter opportunities for Purdue.

[jkvonny]

Congrats UConn.

Both teams to clear out the bench soon.

[Diop]

Edey doesn't intimidate anyone defensively

[LockoutSeason]

Edey has 37 of Purdue’s 60 points.

[PushDaRock]

Edey MVP on the losing team of the Final 4? lol

[Kurtz]

Edey has 37 of Purdue’s 60 points.

And I believe UCONN hasn't allowed a C to put up 20 points on them all year.

[azcatz11]

This is the best college team since UF in 2007. Anyone disagree with that?

[TinmanZBoy]

Purdue only has 8 assists all from smith to Edey?
Terribly out rebounded too
Can’t win this way

[Wolfgang630]

Another top player not winning the championship

[SweaterBae]

UConn rolled out the Bill Belechick Thurman Thomas defense. "If Edey scores 30 we'll win".