The Official March Madness 2007 Thread - Page 20

Lathum · 03-24-2007, 06:54 PM

Great game so far if anyone is watching

RedKingGold · 03-24-2007, 06:54 PM

Isn't quoting yourself bad form?

RedKingGold · 03-24-2007, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

Great game so far if anyone is watching

If you want to call 22 turnovers in the first half a great game, then sure!

Lathum · 03-24-2007, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by RedKingGold

If you want to call 22 turnovers in the first half a great game, then sure!

back and forth, good defense, crowd that;s into it.

sterlingice · 03-24-2007, 06:55 PM

We're building a tremendous house from within 5' of the basket out of all the bricks...

SI

Lathum · 03-24-2007, 06:56 PM

just because there are turnovers doesn't mean it isn't exciting.

Interceptions are exciting.

RedKingGold · 03-24-2007, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

Interceptions are exciting.

Not in a three-some

sterlingice · 03-24-2007, 06:57 PM

Geez- it's insane how badly we've played this half with regards to sloppiness. So many turnovers and missed shots right next to the basket.

SI

Lathum · 03-24-2007, 06:58 PM

yup, boring ending as well

cartman · 03-24-2007, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Neuqua

I for one am very much enjoying GE's rant...

Sorry that I apparently squelched it with the universal antiseptic called 'facts'.

RedKingGold · 03-24-2007, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

yup, boring ending as well

Hold me.

INDalltheway · 03-24-2007, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

Sorry that I apparently squelched it with the universal antiseptic called 'facts'.

If not for you I was digging them up also. I just couldn't let that go on..

MrBug708 · 03-24-2007, 07:09 PM

Man, Kansas has much better talent and depth then UCLA but that was a hella fun first half to watch. I've never seen so many teams this year miss so many easy and open shots then UCLA's opponents...

MalcPow · 03-24-2007, 07:09 PM

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Yes, but everyone makes unbelieveably stupid mistakes in their jobs on a day-to-day basis. Are we holding the referees more accountable simply because their actions are shown on live television?

I see what you're saying but... people that make unbelieveably stupid mistakes that affect thousands of people usually lose their jobs. And if I make mistakes at work my bosses don't chalk it up to "hey he's human," they start thinking about finding someone better. Officiating is definitely very difficult, and I think we all understand that an official is going to make more mistakes during a game than an equivalently skilled brain surgeon might make during an operation (there are just too many things moving at very high speeds), but that's not a bulletproof vest, if they blow something, they should be called on it.

That being said, I've actually moved to the opinion that you simply don't call a travel like that in that situation. You can step and lift your pivot to vault into a shot, and with that perspective the call moves from bad to borderline in my mind after watching more replays (especially at game speed). I see the arguments both ways, and would rather the officials let the outcome of a play decide crucial situations like that rather than make a game-changing close call. But I'm an alum, totally biased, and am seriously hoping to log in tomorrow night to read Radii's enraged rantings.

Lathum · 03-24-2007, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by RedKingGold

Hold me.

you know how I know you are gay?

cartman · 03-24-2007, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

you know how I know you are gay?

because his junk tastes like sh*t?

RedKingGold · 03-24-2007, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

you know how I know you are gay?

At least I don't have a picture of Asia on my wall.

MrBug708 · 03-24-2007, 07:24 PM

Afflalo!

sterlingice · 03-24-2007, 07:24 PM

Apparently halftime was not the cure for our sloppiness...

SI

MrBug708 · 03-24-2007, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Radii

I'm taking notes here, to make sure I offer the board a proper reaction if Georgetown beats North Carolina tomorrow. I hope for the same from MrBug or SterlingIce as well. We need this kind of reaction after each of the 4 games this weekend!

Kansas is a more talented team then UCLA is so if UCLA loses it won't be so bad but I'll be sad. Then I'll have to root against are the Ducks and the Heels.

Didn't you guys remember when Memphis lost to UCLA last year? Give GE a break though, the guy didn't want to move from Memphis a few years ago because of his love for the team.

sterlingice · 03-24-2007, 07:27 PM

Run straight at Motta...

SI

Pumpy Tudors · 03-24-2007, 07:29 PM

Maybe I'll get bitched at for this, but as a Memphis fan, I saw that they played those last several minutes like they were out of it. Down by a few points with 2:00 or 3:00 or whenever Oden had 4 fouls, they stopped going at him. Douglas-Roberts takes a dumb 5th foul when his man already had him beaten to the basket. Just let him have the layup or let Dozier commit the foul. Don't reach in badly to take your 5th. It's dumb.

I know Oden is a tough defensive player, but they had him in foul trouble and didn't take advantage of it. I don't care who has to drive the lane against him. Just go at him. If he blocks a shot or two, fine, but eventually, he's going to get that last foul or stop being aggressive. Oden wasn't scoring all the points for Ohio State, but he was making it hard for the Tigers to get rebounds. It's a disgrace that Memphis didn't even try to foul him out of the game after he picked up his 4th. It's an absolute disgrace.

Overall, give the Buckeyes credit for making their free throws. Conley has been lights out from the line in the tournament, and he was under 70% in the regular season. He's playing really well. As far as "fairness" with the free throws goes, I didn't see Ohio State players doing all the reaching in that the Tigers were doing. Maybe OSU was setting illegal screens (I really don't know), but the refs weren't calling fouls on screens. They were calling reaches and hacks, and OSU just wasn't doing much of that in the last several minutes of the game.

The officials are under no obligation to make sure that both teams shoot a similar number of free throws. If they're going to make a particular call on one end of the floor, then yes, they should make it on the other end. If one team is just committing more fouls than the other, though, where's the beef?

MrBug708 · 03-24-2007, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Run straight at Motta...

SI

I dont think Right possesses the ability

sterlingice · 03-24-2007, 07:37 PM

Hey guys, if they're going to give you this thing called the "THREE POINT FIELD GOAL", use it *sigh*

SI

MrBug708 · 03-24-2007, 07:43 PM

I've never seen Mata (

)play so active in a game

sterlingice · 03-24-2007, 07:44 PM

oof

SI

sterlingice · 03-24-2007, 07:45 PM

w00t!

SI

sterlingice · 03-24-2007, 07:47 PM

I'll say one thing, Afflalo has a really nice touch.

Just looks pretty. I hope to not see much more of it this game

SI

MrBug708 · 03-24-2007, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

I'll say one thing, Afflalo has a really nice touch

SI

That touch was gone for the last regular season game and the first game of the PAC-10 tournament. But after this game he wont be back for his senior year and that's a shame

sterlingice · 03-24-2007, 07:51 PM

Also, to be fair, a lot of that sloppiness we have has to do with those quick hands underneath. We keep trying to force it inside and getting it knocked away or stolen.

SI

sterlingice · 03-24-2007, 07:58 PM

Oh, man

SI

Lathum · 03-24-2007, 07:59 PM

Thats a back breaker

MrBug708 · 03-24-2007, 08:02 PM

Oh geez Collison...I bit my nails off after the Pitt game

sterlingice · 03-24-2007, 08:07 PM

C'mon, fine time to start calling lots of fouls...

SI

MrBug708 · 03-24-2007, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

C'mon, fine time to start calling lots of fouls...

SI

Probably best for me not to post on Phog.net? You seem nice enough SI, why is phog.net a cesspool of drivel?

sterlingice · 03-24-2007, 08:12 PM

That'll do it. Great game played by UCLA.

SI

sterlingice · 03-24-2007, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBug708

Probably best for me not to post on Phog.net? You seem nice enough SI, why is phog.net a cesspool of drivel?

We have a massive contingent of bandwagon fans and they're a lot louder.

SI

MrBug708 · 03-24-2007, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

That'll do it. Great game played by UCLA.

SI

Good game to you to

MrBug708 · 03-24-2007, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

We have a massive contingent of bandwagon fans and they're a lot louder.

SI

Fair enough. The board was calling out UNC for a matchup in Atlanta.

miami_fan · 03-24-2007, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Maybe I'll get bitched at for this, but as a Memphis fan, I saw that they played those last several minutes like they were out of it. Down by a few points with 2:00 or 3:00 or whenever Oden had 4 fouls, they stopped going at him. Douglas-Roberts takes a dumb 5th foul when his man already had him beaten to the basket. Just let him have the layup or let Dozier commit the foul. Don't reach in badly to take your 5th. It's dumb.

I know Oden is a tough defensive player, but they had him in foul trouble and didn't take advantage of it. I don't care who has to drive the lane against him. Just go at him. If he blocks a shot or two, fine, but eventually, he's going to get that last foul or stop being aggressive. Oden wasn't scoring all the points for Ohio State, but he was making it hard for the Tigers to get rebounds. It's a disgrace that Memphis didn't even try to foul him out of the game after he picked up his 4th. It's an absolute disgrace.

Overall, give the Buckeyes credit for making their free throws. Conley has been lights out from the line in the tournament, and he was under 70% in the regular season. He's playing really well. As far as "fairness" with the free throws goes, I didn't see Ohio State players doing all the reaching in that the Tigers were doing. Maybe OSU was setting illegal screens (I really don't know), but the refs weren't calling fouls on screens. They were calling reaches and hacks, and OSU just wasn't doing much of that in the last several minutes of the game.

The officials are under no obligation to make sure that both teams shoot a similar number of free throws. If they're going to make a particular call on one end of the floor, then yes, they should make it on the other end. If one team is just committing more fouls than the other, though, where's the beef?

Stop being reasonable!

sterlingice · 03-24-2007, 08:23 PM

To encapsulate the previous comment (about UCLA) with a little more exposition- the speed and defense of the Bruins won the day. We didn't utilize our depth advantage and just played sloppy- missing easy shots and turning the ball over. Also, the complete lack of 3 point attempts is baffling as your guys did a great job of clogging up the middle to create said turnovers so we should have taken what was given. This definitely wasn't one of those "we beat ourselves" games- we could have done things differently and maybe the game would have played out differently- but you guys played great and beat us.

I dunno if you guys have enough offense to win it all as it seems like the Afflalo show with some Collison mixed in but that defense is phenomenal- it's not just one or two guys but everyone is just blazing quick, especially hands. Not only that but this is one of the strongest fields, particularly after the first weekend, in recent years- I really wanted to win it this year because whoever wins this will have beaten the best.

Also, if I'm allowed to make a little niggling complaint- why again did we have to play UCLA in San Jose? I know it's a good 5 hours away from LA but I'd love to see us in St Louis or Oklahoma City or Dallas- some equivalent. I realize we got the lowest #1 but shouldn't Georgetown have been shipped out here and UCLA shipped out to Jersey to better protect the #1's?

SI

MrBug708 · 03-24-2007, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

To encapsulate the previous comment (about UCLA) with a little more exposition- the speed and defense of the Bruins won the day. We didn't utilize our depth advantage and just played sloppy- missing easy shots and turning the ball over. Also, the complete lack of 3 point attempts is baffling as your guys did a great job of clogging up the middle to create said turnovers so we should have taken what was given. This definitely wasn't one of those "we beat ourselves" games- we could have done things differently and maybe the game would have played out differently- but you guys played great and beat us.

I dunno if you guys have enough offense to win it all as it seems like the Afflalo show with some Collison mixed in. Not only that but this is one of the strongest fields, particularly after the first weekend, in recent years- I really wanted to win it this year because whoever wins this will have beaten the best.

Also, if I'm allowed to make a little niggling complaint- why again did we have to play UCLA in San Jose? I know it's a good 5 hours away from LA but I'd love to see us in St Louis or Oklahoma City or Dallas- some equivalent. I realize we got the lowest #1 but shouldn't Georgetown have been shipped out here and UCLA shipped out to Jersey to better protect the #1's?

SI

You don't ship the best team from the West out of the West. You would have been better off rooting for Kansas to get a 2 seed and have it a lesser two seed as the seeding guys thought Kansas was the 4th best team and UCLA was the 5th.

Lathum · 03-24-2007, 08:25 PM

I think UCLA being in the west was compensation for them not being a #1

sterlingice · 03-24-2007, 08:26 PM

And, man, that shot at 5 minutes left was killer. I thought we had a good chance for a comeback after Robinson got us within 5 but man, the entire shot clock and then draining the three...

SI

MrBug708 · 03-24-2007, 08:30 PM

To add...

I think the main reason they gave Kansas the 1 seed was because they knew UCLA would have the advantage and theoretically the #1 seed has a much easier path

HerRealName · 03-24-2007, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBug708

You don't ship the best team from the West out of the West.

Why not? They shipped the best team in the South to the Midwest.

sterlingice · 03-24-2007, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBug708

You don't ship the best team from the West out of the West. You would have been better off rooting for Kansas to get a 2 seed and have it a lesser two seed as the seeding guys thought Kansas was the 4th best team and UCLA was the 5th.

(Obviously, this is a moot point and goes back to my original complaints about the bracket in the selection show thread about this being the worst job of the last 5 years or so... EDIT: It's basically something for me to talk about since Kansas is gone and until opening day next week)

UCLA didn't get a #1 seed so they don't deserve to get home court against the #1. The committee has said the regional names are names only- they don't have too much of a bearing on who goes where. Just look at how Florida, the #1, got sent to the Midwest instead of South or East, closer to them.

SI

RPI-Fan · 03-24-2007, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

(Obviously, this is a moot point and goes back to my original complaints about the bracket in the selection show thread about this being the worst job of the last 5 years or so... EDIT: It's basically something for me to talk about since Kansas is gone and until opening day next week)

UCLA didn't get a #1 seed so they don't deserve to get home court against the #1. The committee has said the regional names are names only- they don't have too much of a bearing on who goes where. Just look at how Florida, the #1, got sent to the Midwest instead of South or East, closer to them.

SI

Location is DEFINITELY one of the consideration for each of the 1-4 seeds in the tourney.

MrBug708 · 03-24-2007, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

(Obviously, this is a moot point and goes back to my original complaints about the bracket in the selection show thread about this being the worst job of the last 5 years or so... EDIT: It's basically something for me to talk about since Kansas is gone and until opening day next week)

UCLA didn't get a #1 seed so they don't deserve to get home court against the #1. The committee has said the regional names are names only- they don't have too much of a bearing on who goes where. Just look at how Florida, the #1, got sent to the Midwest instead of South or East, closer to them.

SI

You can then Nitpick that UCLA should have been the #1 seed over Kansas. But again, Kansas was deemed the weakest of the top seeds. It's not fair to award the other three teams with the "best" 2 seed

MrBug708 · 03-24-2007, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by HerRealName

Why not? They shipped the best team in the South to the Midwest.

Timezones for one. You're talking about the difference of an hour compared to possible 4 hours.

03-24-2007, 06:55 PM	#955
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	We're building a tremendous house from within 5' of the basket out of all the bricks... SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 03-24-2007 at 06:55 PM.

03-24-2007, 06:57 PM	#958
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Geez- it's insane how badly we've played this half with regards to sloppiness. So many turnovers and missed shots right next to the basket. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-24-2007, 07:24 PM	#969
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Apparently halftime was not the cure for our sloppiness... SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-24-2007, 07:27 PM	#971
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Run straight at Motta... SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-24-2007, 07:29 PM	#972
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Maybe I'll get bitched at for this, but as a Memphis fan, I saw that they played those last several minutes like they were out of it. Down by a few points with 2:00 or 3:00 or whenever Oden had 4 fouls, they stopped going at him. Douglas-Roberts takes a dumb 5th foul when his man already had him beaten to the basket. Just let him have the layup or let Dozier commit the foul. Don't reach in badly to take your 5th. It's dumb. I know Oden is a tough defensive player, but they had him in foul trouble and didn't take advantage of it. I don't care who has to drive the lane against him. Just go at him. If he blocks a shot or two, fine, but eventually, he's going to get that last foul or stop being aggressive. Oden wasn't scoring all the points for Ohio State, but he was making it hard for the Tigers to get rebounds. It's a disgrace that Memphis didn't even try to foul him out of the game after he picked up his 4th. It's an absolute disgrace. Overall, give the Buckeyes credit for making their free throws. Conley has been lights out from the line in the tournament, and he was under 70% in the regular season. He's playing really well. As far as "fairness" with the free throws goes, I didn't see Ohio State players doing all the reaching in that the Tigers were doing. Maybe OSU was setting illegal screens (I really don't know), but the refs weren't calling fouls on screens. They were calling reaches and hacks, and OSU just wasn't doing much of that in the last several minutes of the game. The officials are under no obligation to make sure that both teams shoot a similar number of free throws. If they're going to make a particular call on one end of the floor, then yes, they should make it on the other end. If one team is just committing more fouls than the other, though, where's the beef? __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

03-24-2007, 06:54 PM	#951
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Great game so far if anyone is watching

03-24-2007, 06:54 PM	#952
RedKingGold College Starter Join Date: Oct 2002	Isn't quoting yourself bad form?

03-24-2007, 06:56 PM	#956
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	just because there are turnovers doesn't mean it isn't exciting. Interceptions are exciting.

03-24-2007, 06:58 PM	#959
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	yup, boring ending as well

03-24-2007, 07:09 PM	#963
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Man, Kansas has much better talent and depth then UCLA but that was a hella fun first half to watch. I've never seen so many teams this year miss so many easy and open shots then UCLA's opponents...

03-24-2007, 07:24 PM	#968
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Afflalo!

03-24-2007, 07:37 PM	#974
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Hey guys, if they're going to give you this thing called the "THREE POINT FIELD GOAL", use it sigh SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 03-24-2007 at 07:38 PM.

03-24-2007, 07:43 PM	#975
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	I've never seen Mata ()play so active in a game Last edited by MrBug708 : 03-24-2007 at 07:43 PM.

03-24-2007, 07:44 PM	#976
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	oof SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-24-2007, 07:45 PM	#977
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	w00t! SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-24-2007, 07:47 PM	#978
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I'll say one thing, Afflalo has a really nice touch. Just looks pretty. I hope to not see much more of it this game SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 03-24-2007 at 07:49 PM.

03-24-2007, 07:51 PM	#980
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Also, to be fair, a lot of that sloppiness we have has to do with those quick hands underneath. We keep trying to force it inside and getting it knocked away or stolen. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-24-2007, 07:58 PM	#981
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Oh, man SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-24-2007, 07:59 PM	#982
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Thats a back breaker

03-24-2007, 08:02 PM	#983
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Oh geez Collison...I bit my nails off after the Pitt game

03-24-2007, 08:07 PM	#984
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	C'mon, fine time to start calling lots of fouls... SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-24-2007, 08:12 PM	#986
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	That'll do it. Great game played by UCLA. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-24-2007, 08:23 PM	#991
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	To encapsulate the previous comment (about UCLA) with a little more exposition- the speed and defense of the Bruins won the day. We didn't utilize our depth advantage and just played sloppy- missing easy shots and turning the ball over. Also, the complete lack of 3 point attempts is baffling as your guys did a great job of clogging up the middle to create said turnovers so we should have taken what was given. This definitely wasn't one of those "we beat ourselves" games- we could have done things differently and maybe the game would have played out differently- but you guys played great and beat us. I dunno if you guys have enough offense to win it all as it seems like the Afflalo show with some Collison mixed in but that defense is phenomenal- it's not just one or two guys but everyone is just blazing quick, especially hands. Not only that but this is one of the strongest fields, particularly after the first weekend, in recent years- I really wanted to win it this year because whoever wins this will have beaten the best. Also, if I'm allowed to make a little niggling complaint- why again did we have to play UCLA in San Jose? I know it's a good 5 hours away from LA but I'd love to see us in St Louis or Oklahoma City or Dallas- some equivalent. I realize we got the lowest #1 but shouldn't Georgetown have been shipped out here and UCLA shipped out to Jersey to better protect the #1's? SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 03-24-2007 at 08:24 PM.

03-24-2007, 08:25 PM	#993
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	I think UCLA being in the west was compensation for them not being a #1

03-24-2007, 08:26 PM	#994
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	And, man, that shot at 5 minutes left was killer. I thought we had a good chance for a comeback after Robinson got us within 5 but man, the entire shot clock and then draining the three... SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-24-2007, 08:30 PM	#995
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	To add... I think the main reason they gave Kansas the 1 seed was because they knew UCLA would have the advantage and theoretically the #1 seed has a much easier path

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