That... was an ending.

Definitely was a foul. Definitely was also a missed double dribble. Tough break for Auburn.

That’s crazy pressure.

He admitted he was terrified. Most kids would pretend they knew they'd make them. Nah. You don't *really* know.

I really want to hate Guy because he's so good. But he makes it hard.

The difference between being considered a genius and a moron for a coach is such a thin line and is often out of their control. That was all on the players/refs/luck in the final seconds and it worked out in his favor.

>The difference between being considered a genius and a moron
>for a coach is such a thin line and is often out of their
>control.

Virginia's been so close to the Final Four before, but they've also gotten the "they'll never make it due to style of play." Same with so many other teams/coaches. It's hard to get there, much less to get that close, much less to *finish.*

Lmao

Was clear as hell.

And yeah it was a double dribble.

Crazy fucking ending.

Gave up watching it.

fuck MSU

I’m so tired of this meathead cliche stuff.

>That... was an ending.
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>Definitely was a foul. Definitely was also a missed double
>dribble. Tough break for Auburn.

Texas Tech has been the best team since late January, and Virginia has been one of the best teams all year.

Almost certainly fewer for Monday. Could get as low as, like, 54.

The total in Vegas is 117 for tomorrow, and I'll be taking the under. It's going to be a rock fight the likes of which we haven't seen since Butler/UConn.

I like that it's two teams that've never won before, but man, it's going to be *brutal* basketball.

I know Tech and M State were throwing up some bricks.


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It’s gonna be a 55ish possession game with the two best defenses in basketball, so they’re likely to hold each other to under a point per possession.

uconn/butler was an all time clunker transcending all sports

>uconn/butler was an all time clunker transcending all sports

>uconn/butler was an all time clunker transcending all sports

Can't believe the under 117.5 might not hit-- I would've taken it all the way to 110.

Love his game, cerebral, chill, $$.

If I was a guard in another life I'd play like him. With a bit more Lift ideally

I don't want to have to face him again. He always has the knack for the big shot and the clutch decision.

That ball has seen no parts of that lane

Worst half time analyst I've heard, even from them.

Showing highlights of Clark passing up shots? Clark? That's what he does. What points are they trying to make? By now you'd think they'd know what this teams about

Kellogg Must have been shaking his head furiously off Camera

Jesus Christ.

That's really been the whole game so far.

The older I get the more I appreciate guys like that.

Why I got mad CB and Kenny summerjam screening him at half. He's going exactly everything your want.

He's going to be a pest for three more years.

And by senior year he’ll be in mateen cleaves college god mode

That's crazy. He must brainwash these kids

I'd take Hunter with the 4th or 5th pick, tbh. Nothing he can't do. I think they'll both go in this draft.

Outside of that, Kyle Guy could be a Diet Coke JJ Redick. He'll get drafted at some point, second rounder for sure imo, though he kind of feels like a guy who'd come back senior year.

Texas Tech doesn't have another pro imo. Maybe guys like Edwards or Moretti could develop under Beard over the next year or two into bench-riding guard types, but it's hard to bet on them right now. They'd have to *really* ball to get there. Great shooters and quality defenders as young college players, though.

Stay on your damn feet and play the game.

Not for my under, mind you. But for the enjoyability of the game.

Let's see what Bennett draws up.

Kyle Guy intentionally fouls Moretti, we can't review that.

The ball is knocked out, we can review that.

Virginia propels the ball out, but the tiniest skim of the pinky gives the ball to UVA.

That was a decisive moment right there. And much like the last couple of games of the tournament, everything is going UVA's way at the right time.

And I'm gonna win a lot of money on a UVA win, so I'm not even mad about the result-- it's just a disappointing way for a great game to conclude.

too bad it's the truth all the time with instant replay. I knew it was going bad when everybody in the booth -- including Steratore -- were fucking memorized looking for strands of cloth that hit the ball, or an extended fingernail, or whatever the fuck you see with microscopic 4k cameras.

I'm fine with replay-- but you've got 30 seconds and the players stay on the court, so it's not a proxy timeout. If it's not obvious in 30 seconds, the call stands.

...what is the point? correcting obvious no-calls or inventing shit that suddenly pops up like staring at a fucking 3D illusion painting.

the ball was knocked out of bounds by the opposing player. it wasn't reached for, or made any crazy movement, it just grazed the possessing player's hand in normal fashion as it was knocked out of bounds...by an opposing player.

like what are we even looking for anymore? a pivot foot that moved a centimeter? instant replay is actually distorting the game itself (football is just as bad).

And I suspect they called it just to get a free timeout. They probably didn't even expect to get the ball back.

Like at 1:55 it matters enough to go to super slow mo to figure out an out of bounds. But not at 6:23?

They should make them all up for review, but give the refs exactly two looks or 30 seconds.

That ref has 30 seconds. You don't even need to bring the other refs over or halt the game at all, really.

Granted, they'll never do that. But still.

That’s how ridiculous the reviews are.

fun seeing both teams play their style and come up big at the end. Hunter went off and his match-up ability on defense is absurd. Virginia going from the disgraces of history to national champions is what the tournament is all about.

* see aforementioned rant on instant replay, which through exhaustively inefficient methods we can change the definitions of competitive sports, frame by frame

That was absurd. Ruined a great game.

It was bad but honestly it wasn't like the missed double dribble Saturday. they were down 2 with 80 seconds left.

It obviously didn't ruin the game entirely, as it was still a tremendously exciting game.

But of course, after a season of awful officiating and even worse reviews, at an integral moment of an exciting overtime championship game, we get a combination of:

1. missed foul that isn't reviewable
2. needlessly lengthy review
3. review requesting by the leading team in a manner that feels more instigated to get a free timeout than anything else
4. call is reversed because when you frame by frame someone knocking a ball away from a guy, it may linger for a split millisecond on the tip of the finger of the guy who had the ball
5. ball taken away from the team on a fast break looking to tie... and given to the leading team who immediately turns it into a two-possession game

Just an incredible combination of basically every facet of review that every NCAA fan has bitched about all season long.

Virginia whacked the ball. Refs missed the Virginia foul. Just give the ball to Texas Tech. Play on. If you can't determine the call after 20 seconds of monitor review, move along.

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They were a combined 66-6 the last 2 yrs, 33-3 in the ACC, 33-3 out of conference. Haven't been ranked outside the top 6 since 1/8/18. Had the lowest opponents point avg for 3 yrs.

They're losses:
61-68 @ #18 WVU
60-61 OT loss at home to VT
54-74 tourney loss to UMBC
70-72 @ #1 Duke
71-81 at home to Duke
59-69 to FSU in the ACC tourney

They improved their offense just enough and games like UMBC were a lot less likely.

Good run by the Cavaliers. Also, a National title game that could have been boring was pretty exciting so there's that as well.

Congrats UVA. ACC brings home another one.

One of the best two-year runs I can recall.