2008/2009 Big East Thread

[fishepa]

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Louisville just got royally screwed by the refs and should have won the game. Going to OT now.

[larrygiterdone]

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louisville fans, why do jerry smith and preston knowles not get more pt?

i am usually impressed by those two guys the most when watching louisville

[chilli311]

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Louisville just got royally screwed by the refs and should have won the game. Going to OT now.

They made up for it in OT. ND looks like they just completely gave up.

[fishepa]

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What a game. UL wins.

[fishepa]

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louisville fans, why do jerry smith and preston knowles not get more pt?

i am usually impressed by those two guys the most when watching louisville

Just too many good players really. UL is really about 10-11 deep.

[countryboy]

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louisville fans, why do jerry smith and preston knowles not get more pt?

i am usually impressed by those two guys the most when watching louisville

they are rotated for each other. Preston is the better defender and Smith is the better shooter, so they are alternated depending on the situation.

[countryboy]

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They made up for it in OT. ND looks like they just completely gave up.

ND was gassed. Its tough to only play 7 players in a game like this, especially when it goes to overtime.

[countryboy]

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Louisville just got royally screwed by the refs and should have won the game. Going to OT now.

Yes they did...I couldn't believe they made that call. I don't know how you make that determination when its that bang-bang, but he did. The house was going nuts thinking we'd went up by 2 and I thought people were going to attack the refs after they pulled the points off the board.

UofL played a tremendous game and T-Will was a man among boys. 24pts and 15rebs I think he had.

[KG]

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Louisville just got royally screwed by the refs and should have won the game. Going to OT now.

He definately got to the ball first but everyone missed his travel. He took an extra step before he went up.

Williams was the obvious game MVP but the job the Cardinals backcourt did on Jackson and Kmac at the end of regulation/OT was incredible. Jackson just flat out got hounded and turned it over a couple of times late. If Williams shoots the ball even half as well as he did last night the Cards are going to be really tough to compete with.

[crques]

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Louisville just got royally screwed by the refs and should have won the game. Going to OT now.

Upon first seeing the play I thought they got screwed too but after watching it 3 or 4 times, there's no way he would have gotten that dunk off before the clock expired. They blew the play dead and the clock stopped at 0.6 seconds. At that time, he had just crossed the foul line. Had the whistle not blown and the clock continued to run, he would have still had the ball in his hand as time expired. It didn't matter anyway as Notre Dame just ran out of gas in OT.

[fishepa]

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Upon first seeing the play I thought they got screwed too but after watching it 3 or 4 times, there's no way he would have gotten that dunk off before the clock expired. They blew the play dead and the clock stopped at 0.6 seconds. At that time, he had just crossed the foul line. Had the whistle not blown and the clock continued to run, he would have still had the ball in his hand as time expired. It didn't matter anyway as Notre Dame just ran out of gas in OT.

Yeah, you're probably right. I was just super pissed at the time.

[crques]

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Yeah, you're probably right. I was just super pissed at the time.

I completely understand that. I would have been too. At least you guys dominated overtime though so it was irrelevant.

[superjames1992]

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Well, the Capital Classic is tonight. Marshall is WVU's Achilles Heel it seems. While WVU doesn't lose every game, the game is always way too close for comfort even though Marshall is a highly inferior team. Since the 1999 season, here are the results for WVU against the Thundering Herd:

1999: 85-84 W
2000: 82-77 W
2001: 73-67 W
2002: 79-81 L
2003: 65-61 W
2004: 55-51 W
2005: 55-59 L (This was WVU's Elite Eight team. At the time, they were 10-0 after beating NC State.)
2006: 52-58 L (This was the last year of the great Pittsnogle/Gansey/Herber Era, the Sweet Sixteen team which had their season ended by a Texas buzzer beater.)
2007: 77-63 W (NIT Championship winning team.)
2008: 66-64 W (Last year's Sweet Sixteen team; game was won on a shot by Butler with five seconds remaining.)

And now ... how will 2009's game be? One paper it should be a blowout, but I fully expect it to be a close game.

[NYJets]

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I'm going to the Garden tonight for Uconn-St. Johns. Should win big, but St. John's hasn't been that bad so we'll see. Should be like a home game for UConn.

[BillsBoy]

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Well tough game for Cuse last night but were looking to rebound against Notre Dame, ill be camping out at the dome from now till saturday morning. Go ORange!!