The Official 2015 "Running Commentary of Every Single Game" Thread

[ProfessaPackMan]

The Official 2015 "Running Commentary of Every Single Game" Thread

Yeah, he apologized this morning after he slept on it and probably had advice to apologize to Kamensky. It wasn't a big deal, but it wasn't the right thing to say at the moment, either.

Of course it will be a non-issue with Kamensky, he needs to move on and concentrate on Duke.

The other point still stands for me, a few of the Wildcats walking off the floor and not shaking hands after the game.

I thought I read/heard he did it last night right after he said it.

But I think it should be a non issue with everyone, even though I understand it won't.

[roadman]

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I thought I read/heard he did it last night right after he said it.

But I think it should be a non issue with everyone, even though I understand it won't.

You are right PPM, he did apologize after the game, he went on Twitter this morning and apologized. That's where I was confused.

I don't think that's as big as an issue as some players just walking off after the game.

Our son showed me the reaction of Harrison after the game, one of the top stories on ESPN. I didn't know about the apology part until after our Easter celebration early this evening.

[daflyboys]

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Are you kidding me? I can't imagine being really young and then winning that much and then losing it all. Give these guys a break. I'd have some stream to blow off too.

Then you have to give everyone a break, no? Character is character. The ability to give it your all and if you still lose, you show low class, that's on you. It shows you didn't take responsibility for the loss. You wanna blow off steam because your pissed? Then do it because your pissed at yourself.

[CaseIH]

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Saw this exact same thing said on Fox and all I did was smh. Why does this have to become a racial issue? I highly doubt Frank has that word in his vocabulary, no point in playing what if. And I haven't seen anyone patting Andrew in the back either.

If anyone thinks if the shoe was on the other foot that this wouldn't be huge deal, with all kinds of backlash, they are just fooling themselves.
Sadly it always ends up about race, I wish it didn't and people didn't look at the color of someone skin or where there from to judge, as we were all created equal. Any discrimination against ANY race is wrong.

[PhantomPain]

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If anyone thinks if the shoe was on the other foot that this wouldn't be huge deal, with all kinds of backlash, they are just fooling themselves.
Sadly it always ends up about race, I wish it didn't and people didn't look at the color of someone skin or where there from to judge, as we were all created equal. Any discrimination against ANY race is wrong.

I agree with the above bolded 100%. With that said, it wasn't a discriminatory remark. He called a white guy the n word. That is just slang and horrible slang at that. It doesn't justify his remark but to me the bigger issue is that he even said it to begin with. F.. Kaminsky, regardless of what the other word used is, was the more disrespectful thing to say.

But he shouldn't have even said anything to begin with. He, and whomever else didn't shake hands after the game, shouldn't have done that either. It is poor sportsmanship. This team, all year long, has shown a ton of class. They never stuck their chest out before or after games with the exception of a couple of games where the other team talked smack beforehand.

But to end the season with a loss and a couple of players not shaking hands, followed by an absurdly stupid comment (even though he did call Kaminsky shortly afterwards and apologize and it is behind them now), will taint an otherwise spectacular year that showed you can do great things if you play for the name on the front and not on the back, even with a ton of talent.

If you take away those last 2 classless responses (not shaking hands and f kaminsky), this year has been a great year in all. In the end, I can't be mad at 38-1. UK had a chance to make it to the final game tonight but couldn't close it out, something they did in every game all year. The refs were as bad as I have seen with horrible calls and no calls for both teams. In the end, UK still had a chance to pull it out. But when your team has 3 straight shot clock violations, and you don't call a timeout and eventually take a timeout home with you, I think a large portion of blame goes on Cal.

Don't get me wrong, love having Cal as a coach at UK. But he should have called a timeout during a very crucial part of the game so he could calm his guys down. Maybe run a play for an easy 2 points.

Unfortunately Wisconsin was the better team on Saturday night. Interesting to see who leaves or who stays and if Cal will entertain the NBA again.

Hopefully Wisconsin beats Duke tonight. Both teams deserve it but I would like to see Wisconsin win it all at this point.

[jeebs9]

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Blow it off in the locker room.

What's wrong with shaking hands with the winners and saying, good game?

Maybe I was brought up differently, you win some, you lose some. It's hard to win every game.

I'm not the only one that feels this way, as I mentioned above, Twitter world is hitting them pretty hard.

Then you have to give everyone a break, no? Character is character. The ability to give it your all and if you still lose, you show low class, that's on you. It shows you didn't take responsibility for the loss. You wanna blow off steam because your pissed? Then do it because your pissed at yourself.

Look guys... I don't know if you guys have been through the AAU system or played basketball from a very young age. But after each every game. They make everyone shake hands after the game. But Badger were celebrating on the court. And only a few players didn't shake hands. I get all the class stuff. But I could understand being very mad in that moment and walking off the court. You just lost the game to go to the Championship. You were undefeated. Some people need to cool down. What they did wasn't right. But I understand how they felt.

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[roadman]

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Look guys... I don't know if you guys have been through the AAU system or played basketball from a very young age. But after each every game. They make everyone shake hands after the game. But Badger were celebrating on the court. And only a few players didn't shake hands. I get all the class stuff. But I could understand being very mad in that moment and walking off the court. You just lost the game to go to the Championship. You were undefeated. Some people need to cool down. What they did wasn't right. But I understand how they felt.

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I understand what you are saying, but our son's HS soccer team was undefeated all the way to the playoffs. They were heavily favored to win the state championship. They lost the game before the finals. After the winning team was done celebrating, both coaches lined everyone up to shake hands after the game.

It was a tough game and a tough ride back on the bus.

You win as a team and you lose as a team, unless it's more of I before we now.

[ehh]

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Predictions for tonight?

I felt Wisconsin would beat UK but I have a bad feeling about the Evil Empire adding another trophy to their collection tonight.

[LowerWolf]

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As much as Wisconsin focused on Kentucky, I wonder if it will have anything left for Duke. I hope it does, but it wouldn't surprise me if Duke won fairly comfortably.

[dbeth]

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Now this morning I'm hearing/reading that Coach Cal didn't have his players watch any film of Wisconsin?!? Is that true?

If it as (and as a HS coach myself), that is absolutely stupid. You're playing the most efficient offense since they've been keeping track of the PPP stat, and you don't study tendencies, etc?!? Just do what you do because you're good enough.

Switching screens killed UK in the post. Kaminsky and Dekker abused Booker down low. Pick and pop? Miscommunicate how you're going to handle it and let Hayes, Koenig, Dekker rain 3s. Double Duje in the post (why anyone would do that is beyond me!)? He'll kick out to open shooters.

No solid defensive gameplan and stall ball into 1-4 iso sets resulting in 3 straight shotclock violations doomed Kentucky.

Now...can Bucky finish running the gauntlet (seriously, UNC, Arizona, Kentucky, and Duke all in a row?!? Are you insane?!?), and avenge one more loss? Honestly, I'm a bit worried tonight, but if Sconnie can pull it off, the entire state of Wisconsin (save a small area around Marquette ) will party like you've never seen before.

Go Bucky!

[ehh]

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That's Cal for you, never been a good in-game coach. Switching screens killed them in the Finals last year vs UConn too.

[Boltman]

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I'm sure this has already been mentioned in this thread before so forgive me for asking again.

A co-worker was asking/telling me about Wisconsin and Kentucky's players.

How many McDonald's All American players (or whatever they're called) did each team have?

He was telling me he thought it was something along the lines of 10+ on Kentucky to none or maybe just one in Wisconsin?

[jeebs9]

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I understand what you are saying, but our son's HS soccer team was undefeated all the way to the playoffs. They were heavily favored to win the state championship. They lost the game before the finals. After the winning team was done celebrating, both coaches lined everyone up to shake hands after the game.

It was a tough game and a tough ride back on the bus.

You win as a team and you lose as a team, unless it's more of I before we now.

Completely agree!! Thanks for sharing by the way.

I think I've finally picked a team after watching games and stats for the last 2 days. Because both teams are offensive juggernaut. This game is going to about defense. Only because I respect Bo Ryan so much. And I think he deserves this more than any coach out there. I think the Badgers will win the biggest back to back games in their school history.

Frank vs Okafor

https://youtu.be/HC7feDM8cIQ

[jeebs9]

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I'm sure this has already been mentioned in this thread before so forgive me for asking again.

A co-worker was asking/telling me about Wisconsin and Kentucky's players.

How many McDonald's All American players (or whatever they're called) did each team have?

He was telling me he thought it was something along the lines of 10+ on Kentucky to none or maybe just one in Wisconsin?

I think the number is correct. But I'm going to double check. It's sad but if the Badgers didn't make the final four last year. I wouldn't have known the players. I'm pretty sure the number is correct though.

Yea I was correct... Badgers don't have any. The Wildcats have 9 (I think not sure about one of them) But this article cleared it up about the Badgers http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/...gers/25340841/ Duke has 9 as well.

[ehh]

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UK had nine. Wisconsin had zero though Dekker was a very highly rated recruit, Top 10 in some publications.

It's not all that uncommon to see a disparity like that, the McD AA game is kind of a sham. They generally wait for kids to pick the four main bluebood schools (UK, UNC, Duke, Kansas) and then select them as an AA for marketing/ratings/etc.

UConn has 9 AA's since 1990 but has more titles than UNC, UK or Kansas during that stretch. Those three schools have a combined 109 AA's in that span.

UConn did not have any AA's on their roster for last year's championship team so if Wisconsin wins tonight that'll be two straight champs without a single AA. Wonder if that's happened in the modern era.

Fun stats to look through here...

http://statsheet.com/bhsb/mcplayers_by_college