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I have to admit I'm slightly intrigued by the matchup of unbeaten teams. Otherwise I wouldn't watch any of it.
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NCAA HOOPS THREAD! -- K petitions to get Maui Jim Maui Invitational moved to Transylvania (2 Viewers)
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flapgreen
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Say it ain't so
SHIZNITTTT
Footballguy
Drake - Now a UCONN fan
Started on the bandwagon now we here!
Started on the bandwagon now we here!
Relax, just defending my team.
Louisville had their number, period and I think that game they lost made them look bad, but I think they were better than people thought. No big deal. That said, I watched that game and St. Joe's played really well, so going to OT against them in the first game really wasn't that bad. St. Joe's probably would have made some noise if they didn't play UConn, similar to Dayton.
Nipsey
Footballguy
What's crazy is if Ennis hits that 3 at the end of the Dayton game it's likely Cuse vs. Kentucky tonight and you gotta believe Cuse rolls that team. Kentucky has no half court offense, those are the teams we crush. Ennis makes that shot it's Cuse cutting down the nets, he ends up missing and UConn cuts them down. Game of inches.
rockaction
Footballguy
Still amazed Boatright didn't pop Napier after that shove. Not sure I would've been able to contain myself.
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
UK wasn't even a top 25 team. 
JohnnyU
Footballguy
wasn't uconn on probation last year?
Great win for UConn. UK's 13/24 from the line was the difference. Also, Cal was right not to foul their guards late, they never miss. A two possession stop was their only chance.
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I know, it's embarrassing, but some of the girls from that Lobo team came to GE's corporate HQ in CT when I worked there and one of them was smoking hot, so I'd watch sometimes. Also, I watched a lot with my dad when I was still in CT. He was and still is a great dad and he coached my sister a ton of times and she was the captain of her HS BBall team so he watched girl's sports.#####I actually do.I've been a fan since the Lobo days. Much bigger men's fan and their championships are a lot more important, but I'll still watch when they get in the end of the tourney.
rockaction
Footballguy
So, are we the first national champions to shoot about 90% from the line, or what? I mean, for all the talk about college vs. NBA, we learned it from Steve Nash, apparently.
What were the numbers? It had to be around 90% for the team. That's ####### ridiculous for 5'11" gym rats, never mind guys that require the athleticism to win a Nat'l Championship.
What were the numbers? It had to be around 90% for the team. That's ####### ridiculous for 5'11" gym rats, never mind guys that require the athleticism to win a Nat'l Championship.
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flapgreen
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Alright, you get a pass, but don't come around saying you love softball.I know, it's embarrassing, but some of the girls from that Lobo team came to GE's corporate HQ in CT when I worked there and one of them was smoking hot, so I'd watch sometimes. Also, I watched a lot with my dad when I was still in CT. He was and still is a great dad and he coached my sister a ton of times and she was the captain of her HS BBall team so he watched girl's sports.#####I actually do.
Grady Wilson
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LOL, either you are joking or are just ignorant. Syracuse wasn't going far in the tourney. They sucked the last half of the season.
timschochet
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Raider Nation
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identikit
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strykerpks
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TIm is a pretentious dooshbag but that was spot on 
msudaisy26
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Girl's softball or playing softball and drinking beer? I have only boys, so I should be good there.Alright, you get a pass, but don't come around saying you love softball.I know, it's embarrassing, but some of the girls from that Lobo team came to GE's corporate HQ in CT when I worked there and one of them was smoking hot, so I'd watch sometimes. Also, I watched a lot with my dad when I was still in CT. He was and still is a great dad and he coached my sister a ton of times and she was the captain of her HS BBall team so he watched girl's sports.#####I actually do.
So how does UK not lose scholarships and get banned for the APR. UCONN fell victim because the school gets penalized when athletes do not leave in good standing (withdraw from classes). Syracuse lost 2 scholarships when Flynn and 2 others declared for draft and withdrew because it affected the APR. Kentucky had a group last year leave early and withdraw and now they have potentially 7 leaving early and possibly all withdrawing from classes.
Good Posting Judge
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Good Posting Judge
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Chapman tweeted a rumor that Calipari to the Lakers is a "done deal."
Raider Nation
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Nipsey
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flapgreen
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The first one. Of course playing softball and drinking beer is cool.Girl's softball or playing softball and drinking beer? I have only boys, so I should be good there.Alright, you get a pass, but don't come around saying you love softball.I know, it's embarrassing, but some of the girls from that Lobo team came to GE's corporate HQ in CT when I worked there and one of them was smoking hot, so I'd watch sometimes. Also, I watched a lot with my dad when I was still in CT. He was and still is a great dad and he coached my sister a ton of times and she was the captain of her HS BBall team so he watched girl's sports.#####I actually do.
flapgreen
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Best Twitter account around. Love him
Bruce Dickinson
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The gang at Cats Illustrated have disowned Rex for tweeting that rumor an hour before tipoff, ruining the game for BBN.ETA: I have no idea if Chapman is a reliable source or is connected to reliable sources. However, with top assistant Orlando Antigua leaving to take the South Florida job, and UK special assistant Rod Strickland is leaving UK to be Antigua's second chair at USF. I can see why Antigua would leave to be a head coach somewhere, but Strickland following him is perplexing. Strickland has been with Cal since Memphis, and his role at USF is a lateral move at best for what he would have at UK. So maybe Calipari is considering NBA jobs.
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sporthenry
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Where is the link on UK guys withdrawing from class? My understanding is that Calipar has done very well in getting his guys to remain in class in the Spring, hence his APR is actually very good.
flapgreen
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Those people are dumb#####. Rex kicks ###.
flapgreen
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Haven't heard it mentioned.
Good Posting Judge
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Dunno if it would've won it for them given how good UConn's been at handling pressure and salting games away at the line, but Cal refusing to push the tempo coming out of the under 4 timeout down 4 was an awful mistake. With their firepower and both UConn bigs with four fouls, they missed out. UK took 13 seconds, 19 seconds, and 15 seconds on offense on their first three possessions coming out of the under 4. They scored a two on one of those possessions, and UConn scored a two on one of their three posessions, meaning the game went from a margin of 4 at 3:47 to a margin of 4 at 1:09.
It then took UK 15 seconds to foul (on the floor), and then another 24 seconds before they fouled to send UConn to the line. So they went from 1:09 to 0:25, and then they fouled, and now UConn's going to the line up 4 with 25 seconds to go. After Kromah made both (effectively ending it), it took Aaron Harrison 9 seconds to get the first shot up.
It then took UK 15 seconds to foul (on the floor), and then another 24 seconds before they fouled to send UConn to the line. So they went from 1:09 to 0:25, and then they fouled, and now UConn's going to the line up 4 with 25 seconds to go. After Kromah made both (effectively ending it), it took Aaron Harrison 9 seconds to get the first shot up.
Good Posting Judge
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The APR is pretty worthless. I don't know how UK's done with it during the Calipari era, but you can take a minimum load of joke classes (any school), and as long as you finish out the spring semester and don't blow it grades-wise you're fine.
Napier's comment about being banned "for something that we didn't do" was 100% spot-on.
Napier's comment about being banned "for something that we didn't do" was 100% spot-on.
Good Posting Judge
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Yeah, seemed like they were trying to let Aaron Harrison handle some so they didn't have to deal with Boatright. They only attempted 1 free throw combined.
Raider Nation
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Kevin Ollie and Jim Boeheim are now tied with one National Championship each.
rockaction
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^Funny. Whiny Boeheim in the ACC. It fits.
But in UConn's favor, thank God they shipped Louisville off to play a natural rival in the round of sixteen and SMU to the NIT.
Thank YOU, Committtee!
Can't believe this. Still enjoying food and drink.
Still can't believe Lousville was a four. AAC was a 5.5 over for the tourney? Forget it. Had to be around 10-4 or something like that.
But in UConn's favor, thank God they shipped Louisville off to play a natural rival in the round of sixteen and SMU to the NIT.
Thank YOU, Committtee!
Can't believe this. Still enjoying food and drink.
Still can't believe Lousville was a four. AAC was a 5.5 over for the tourney? Forget it. Had to be around 10-4 or something like that.
He does - all of his draft guys remain eligible in the spring (so far). I suspect, but don't know, that the NBA guys are enrolled in a minimum load and are taking classes online, so it's not that difficult to manage even if you are preparing for the draft.
I think Cal is leaving, but Strickland is a bit of an enigma at UK - a couple of DUIs in lexington has impacted his role on the team, so i am not sure how to read his leaving to go with Antigua.
The Commish
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Seems like you knew what I was talking about. Apparently you saw it tooflapgreen said:
Officiating seemed to break the script for this one game. I liked that it was called the old way.
The Commish
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no no....it was coaching!!!!FreeBaGeL said:
BroncoFreak_2K3
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avoiding injuries
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Vitale said he picked against UConn in all 5 of their tournament games.
fatguyinalittlecoat
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UConn only needed to play 5 games to win this thing? Clearly the fix was in from the beginning.
avoiding injuries
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I guess. He said he was 0-5.
Thanks for the confirmation. I enjoy playing softball and beer, so I was a little worried.The first one. Of course playing softball and drinking beer is cool.Girl's softball or playing softball and drinking beer? I have only boys, so I should be good there.Alright, you get a pass, but don't come around saying you love softball.I know, it's embarrassing, but some of the girls from that Lobo team came to GE's corporate HQ in CT when I worked there and one of them was smoking hot, so I'd watch sometimes. Also, I watched a lot with my dad when I was still in CT. He was and still is a great dad and he coached my sister a ton of times and she was the captain of her HS BBall team so he watched girl's sports.#####I actually do.
TheIronSheik
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I'm glad UConn won because that means Nova's record is still safe as the highest seed to ever win the tourney. I don't care if someone beats it eventually, but I don't think it should be shared with a school that was the preseason #1 team.
TobiasFunke
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If, as the poll ? suggests, Kentucky and Duke really have the worst fans, UConn is basically our saviors. Were it not for the Huskies in 1999 and 2004, Duke and Coach K would be the unquestioned kings of college basketball over the last 25 years with nobody else even in the conversation. And were it not for this year's team, obviously Cal and Kentucky would have two titles in three years.
We should all send them some sort of thank you gift or something.
We should all send them some sort of thank you gift or something.
