Kansas vs North Carolina championship - Monday night 9:20pm ET, TBS

Balls Deep · Post #201 » by **Balls Deep** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 12:05 am

If you’re a consensus 1st overall draft pick AND on a #1 seed team and go out like Gonzaga I would never pick you #1. Huge red flag that shows you’re just not that guy.

Post #202 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:14 am

azcatz11 wrote:
FNQ wrote:Every time I watch Tubelis he's awful, and I think I'm around 10 Zona games so far, I just dont get it

He wasn't awful at the beginning of the season. He's just gotten considerably worse through the season. He's a poor defender and his shot is inconsistent. Teams have relegated him to a jump shooter. At the beginning of the season he was more active around the rim where he shines with his great touch.

With that said, him and Kerr have been downright bad the past month or so. Kerr has an injured ankle but the dude just keeps chucking up 3's like it's 1995. I love the dude b/c he's the heart & soul of our team but he killed us yesterday.

All in all, I'm not super disappointed with the way our season went. It sucks to lose 'early' but we never were supposed to be here in the first place and it doesn't erase a terrific regular season.

Heck, they were not even ranked going into the season or picked to finish near the top of the PAC 12. I don't think any player prior to the season was on a draft radar. There were probably about 4 polls where they continued to be unranked.

I can't believe how good the coach must be.

Anyway, I think they are in good hands going forward, though they will lose some great players. What I don't really understand is why their recruiting class is so awful. I was looking at it the other day and they don't even have like a top 25 recruiting class. Like barely anyone. But I think their coach is good at finding diamonds in the rough and I think some players would love to transfer...ones maybe on stacked teams where they could get more playing time on AZ. Also, the coach seems to be good at finding international players.

They may have had a disappointing tourney run, but they probably also had the toughest sweet 16 matchup, and I could see Houston winning it all honestly.

Post #203 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:17 am

whatisacenter wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:As a Duke fan the only team I'm terrified to see left is Houston. Purdue is a little scary as well.

Paolo has been just flat out fantastic so far in the tourney. When he limits the hero ball and just plays with the flow of the offense, he is such a joy to watch.

don't underestimate Arkansas, they thrive off of being given no chance!

They should be tough next year too. They have the #2 recruiting class https://247sports.com/Season/2022-Basketball/CompositeTeamRankings/

SkyHookFTW · Post #204 » by **SkyHookFTW** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:20 am

St. Peters is up by four with 0:38 to go over Purdue.

SkyHookFTW · Post #205 » by **SkyHookFTW** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:24 am

Never mind, St. Peters takes down Purdue 67-64!

Jeremy Lin 7 · Post #206 » by **Jeremy Lin 7** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:26 am

St. Peters!!!!! This is special

baldur · Post #207 » by **baldur** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:32 am

St. Peter's FTW!!!!!

Blame Rasho · Post #208 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:32 am

I am so happy for those kids from St. Peter’s. I mean people underrate free throw shooting in games, and because they have guards who can nail them, it made this upset a reality. Happy for the coach, he is all levels of cool.

The March madness tournament has a special element when you can see moments like these.

RookieStar · Post #209 » by **RookieStar** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:54 am

happy national peacocks day everyone. Lol

Dan33185 · Post #210 » by **Dan33185** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 4:01 am

UNC/Duke in the Final 4 would be an epic matchup.

Post #211 » by **Duke4life831** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 4:18 am

ACC showing out in this tournament

azcatz11 · Post #212 » by **azcatz11** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 4:32 am

Duke4life831 wrote:ACC showing out in this tournament

Miami is legit man...I love watching them play

RookieStar · Post #213 » by **RookieStar** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 4:38 am

Wow... can you imagine.. Coach Ks final tour and for the first time ever he meets UNC in the tourney? FINAL FOUR no less... duke and tarheel fans are wont be able to sleep going into game day

Post #214 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 6:05 am

538 chances of winning championship:

Kansas 32%
Houston 20%
Arkansas 14%
Duke 13%
Villanova 11%
North Carolina 10%
St Peters and Miami <1%

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-march-madness-predictions/

Post #215 » by **Michael Jackson** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:06 pm

RookieStar wrote:Wow... can you imagine.. Coach Ks final tour and for the first time ever he meets UNC in the tourney? FINAL FOUR no less... duke and tarheel fans are wont be able to sleep going into game day

Watch on YouTube

One of my favorite commercials as younger man.

Post #216 » by **Duke4life831** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 5:54 pm

RookieStar wrote:Wow... can you imagine.. Coach Ks final tour and for the first time ever he meets UNC in the tourney? FINAL FOUR no less... duke and tarheel fans are wont be able to sleep going into game day

Ya for my stress level, I'm hoping it doesn't come to that haha

Madhouse · Post #217 » by **Madhouse** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 5:56 pm

I like Houston to win it all.

RookieStar · Post #218 » by **RookieStar** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 8:36 pm

Duke4life831 wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Wow... can you imagine.. Coach Ks final tour and for the first time ever he meets UNC in the tourney? FINAL FOUR no less... duke and tarheel fans are wont be able to sleep going into game day

Ya for my stress level, I'm hoping it doesn't come to that haha

LOL.. well.. its a sign of the apocalypse. Just get it over with. Besides, isn't that what PB wants? Payback for K's last game in CIS?

heezyo2o · Post #219 » by **heezyo2o** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 11:39 pm

Balls Deep wrote:If you’re a consensus 1st overall draft pick AND on a #1 seed team and go out like Gonzaga I would never pick you #1. Huge red flag that shows you’re just not that guy.

Eh Gonzaga doesn't really have strength of schedule in their conference. That hurts them when the tournament comes every year.

Slim Charless · Post #220 » by **Slim Charless** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 11:59 pm

Houston is shooting a sparkling 7.2% from deep. That has to change over this last few mins right?