NCAA FINAL FOUR: Championship Game Thread
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Not sure if this is supposed to be insulting me or Rutgers or just a joke or what, but I probably wouldn’t like the girl in that hypothetical either.
UConn is currently up by less than they won by.. last year
Just a joke. I think I am speaking for us all and how we feel.
Dannys smart enough to realize cliff isnt that level of player
Danny Hurley is the best coach in the game right now.
“They give us all the resources we need to do it in March and April.”
Good coach with money to spend. Lethal combination.
and we’re worried about finding any $ to land a big man half as good as Clingan. I don’t think we are trying hard enough
He’ll be gone from the basketball threads soon enough. Just wait it out.
If he hasn’t said it yet, “pike doesn’t run an offense”. Just to get it out of the way.
Or just maybe being put in a a position to succeed, would benefit him.. I have this funny feeling, thats what we're gonna see next year.
I don't follow basketball enough to know how UConn does it.
Dude from my town was okish in HS but then went to UConn and won a title and was a 1st round NBA pick.
Then he went to ordinary again.
UConn just seems to know how to "crack the code" as they say.
Even the women are good
Purdue only had one made three point shot. I know feeding Edey was the game plani and UConn defending the 3 to the hilt, but holy hell how does that happen?
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UConn took that away. They were perfectly okay with Edey getting his, and put all their defensive attention outside the arc.
His agent is probably screaming NOOO! I think he's the best coach in the country, but he hasn't been atop the field long enough to make Calipari or Pitino money.
Still have to shake your head knowing that we were soooo close to landing him or Jay Wright. Those guys have four national championships since then and we have one tourney win. Now that's lunacy.
The most annoying thing about last night was I knew UConn -6 1/2 was a stone cold lock, but I didn't pull the trigger because I didn't want it to keep me up until midnight watching.
Meanwhile, the women's championship, played at a much more user friendly date/time outdrew the men's game.
I get that people on the west coast and Hawaii want to watch, but they have to put this game on no later than 8 PM EST.
Meanwhile, the women's championship, played at a much more user friendly date/time outdrew the men's game.
I get that people on the west coast and Hawaii want to watch, but they have to put this game on no later than 8 PM EST.
What makes UConn unique is that they have a very demanding coaching staff where outstanding players are willing to sacrifice personal scoring totals for the goal of winning national championships.Their half court offense is outstanding and opponents don't have enough time to prepare a defense to stop all the easy baskets.Illinois,.Alabama and Purdue had outstanding seasons but UConn has the coaching and talent that wears down opponents resulting in double digit wins.Now the battles begin in the transfer portal with highly successful teams losing many of their best players.
Money factors strongly into that. Cliff was recruited/tampered with every off season. But ultimately he can't afford to give up $500k out of loyalty to Pike.
The reason they didn't come here is that we didn't have the foundation that would have enabled them to get those championships. Pike built up that foundation a little (where Hurley/Wright weren't willing to wait) but the gap with the top teams is still large.
