it's criminal that this shit isn't on network tv. bad for the game.

i also heard that lower level tickets for this are like $75. general admission like $48. so this whole operation seems like the ncaa stretched themselves too thin.

dude must have talked for the first 2 hours about how wack the experience was, lol. I feel him, though. Dumb as hell to have hoop games in a football stadium. But like Golic said, having the Final Four in a regular hoop gym is never coming back. NCAA smelled money and it's over.

in a nice city.

Obviously they have to for the final 4, since it's played in NFL stadiums. But for all the other rounds, they put their garbage courts down. I feel like players were slipping the entire tournament. Plus you lose something from the atmosphere by not playing on the actual courts at these arenas.

was all up in the mix, but in real life they was far removed...and the court small as shit and got a crazy glare.

Unc football and basketball should have been hit with the death penalty by now for that sham they've been running for years


>the ncaa stretched themselves too thin


LOL at the ncaa being competent in anything.

They'll probably win though, and easily. (okjinx)

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It wasn't just the Oklahoma game--they've been absurdly good the first 5 games of the tournament.

But 62% on 2s and 51% on 3s have to drop off at some point.

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The weak-side guard on Nova's 1-3-1 is physically wrestling with the UNC big and there hasn't been one call...on the other side, they call a forearm in the back on the post-up. Cmon.

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He is focused and everything coming on his terms and rhythm.

He has the step and angle on the break, but instead of going up on the strong side and taking a body bump, he opts for the reverse which allows Hart to recover for the block...and then Booth hits the jumper to close the half.

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I guess the NCAA doesn't want UNC to win

Can't calm the team down, can't motivate the team to play up to its potential, and just standing there looking like Roy.
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It ain't the refs. NOVA is not LJ's UNLV. UNC should be beating these dudes. LOL. Roy is a joke.

Nova is physical as hell but also efficient and UNC is all finesse.

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Run a play to get the ball down low to open up the lanes. Call TIME OUT to get Nova out of its rhythm. GET THE BALL DOWN LOW!
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Ball pressure on every touch and fronting the post, UNC not moving the ball quickly enough to get the lob inside to their bigs. On the other end, just taking the shots UNC is giving them and making em. They are a tough, tough squad to beat over 40 minutes.

It's like Mark Aguirre/ or the microwave

Nova just continuing to play their game, consistent as can be.

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His team Keeps responding though

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After the 71% against OU, up near 60% against a UNC team that has been playing some great D for the last month or so.

Swishes everywhere

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Nova is playing so much ball pressure and fronting, you aren't going to get that initial pass inside. You have to change your angles by reversing the ball.

What they're doing is not trying

They need the patience to reverse the ball and haven't shown it at all. Just continually trying to jam a sq peg in a round hole which has led to bad possessions, including multiple turnovers. It's not as simple as "Roy, get Brice the ball!"...they aren't executing to the reverse swing entry.

What they did is not trying.

Force feed doesn't mean just throwing it no matter what. To me it means finding. Way to get it into the post whether it's off ball reversal or through setting a cross screen in the post to free him up more.

I dislike Coach K but at least he get's the refs to make some calls.
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Good grief

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exponential stupid

The coach is supposed... You know what if you actually knew anything about the subject I'd continue.
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Simpleton posting, no one else has to do anything

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Hopefully this is an act on your end. I'll leave you to simmer in your stupidity.

But you're good at it, so I'm not mad.
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Trying to kill clock and then go 1 on 1.

There's a lot of game left gentlemen

our defense is not on the same level it's been since the second Duke game. Our defense has been what had us winning like we we're and tonight it's not there

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clearly a foul but no harm done. maybe you meant a different one.

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That's the only explanation for the reffing being this one sided.

Its inexcusable that a pattern of misconduct that extensive has not been punished.

this officiating is inexcusable.

but this ain't new. it been like this all game and unc ain't adjusting their game.


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when has that *not* bit a team in the ass in the end?

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This is fantastic. I don't think I can go back to neutrally called games

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Paige entry to Brice, fade screen, ball comes right back to Paige for the corner 3.

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no calls on the other side. lmao.

shit crazy.

paige shoulda had an and 1.


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come down to this pisses me the fuck off.

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I hated that Shit.

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Class!

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No bullshit heaves

Ahh no timeouts I thought UNC called that one

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like "I'm here if yall need me"

LOL at the refs not calling the quick foul on UNC before that though.

i called it that they wasn't winning. but dayum.

that was dumb as hell.

wtf.

roy?


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Just a perfectly executed call.

If they didn't press arch, he takes the shot

aside from the guards everybody else on d was back in the lane.

got to be another defender up there.


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shit was executed to perfection

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You tell your guys to guard a man but everyone expected arch to take that shot and they just converged.

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a walk-up three??

but dude was killing them all night.

you can't leave one of their main offensive threats unguarded in that situation.


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Good for Nova!

great game, this is like the opposite of the tourney where UConn beat Butler(probably best tourney ever with the worst title game ever)

That was awesome. Great game.

Y'all should just erase this year from your memories.

i'd feel way more excited about the ending if it wasn't so.

them kids didn't deserve this shit tonight. Fuckin bullshit.

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if so, that explains everything.

Props to UNC for fighting back, incredible performance by Paige in the final 5 minutes...but then all negated by that shot by Jenkins. What a way to win or lose. Wow.

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Good for Wright and his kids tho. Main line is lit right now.

Even though they're black sheep, they're still Big Five family. I don't fuck with them but I don't hate them and I'm glad they won.

Plus they have a good program with good players for a long time. They are kind of a double-edged sword. On one hand they are a schmutz for being on the Main Line and trying to break up the Big 5. On the other, they are part of it and they are the most successful program in recent years and arguably overall. I was sure as hell pulling for them tonight.

I was a little hesitant to root for them during the tournament but I eventually did.

Unbelievable offense by both teams all game. Huge plays damn near every possession. Just incredible basketball.

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Nova stuck to their plan for 40 minutes and honestly, if not for Paige just playing lights out the final 3 minutes, that's a 6-8 pt W for Nova.

anything from 90 onward i saw live and i went back and watched some great ones (indiana over cuse, nc state over houston, unc over gtown, nova over gtown). i think this was the best i have seen offhand. incredible suspense, pace and punch-trading

for a catch-in-rhythm, walk-up three pointer. I'm physically sick to my stomach right now.

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I was hating on the white girl with the MD flag too smh

Our boys played their hearts out. All you can ask.

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Brice playing under the basket, and no one accounted for Jenkins trailing. Game.

I was smiling. I knew it was in the second it went up. You simply can't leave him of all players open.

Brice nor Jackson reacted to the numbers differential.

Downscreen by hart for Booth.

Man that shit is beautiful. My panties are wet.

rarely are you able to create a play with that much depth in 4 seconds. Wright created a perfect play for his personnel.

I knew that was game. Jenkins wide open for the 'ship. Yeah, that's going down.

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Dont know if this was quite a chess move by Wright but it accounted perfectly for what you would typically do in that situation.

1) Use Jenkins as the inbounder because there's generally very little incentive to guard that man.

2) Arch plays the role of the finisher just b-lining towards the basket looking like he's gonna heave at all costs. He never even looks anywhere else

3) they set a pick for him at halfcourt which turns Paigebut also makes Hicks commit to Arch. At that point if youre logically able to make decisions in 4 seconds Ochefu (the screener) is the only man on the court who shouldnt be guarded.

4) Jenkins jogs (by design or fatness) up the court not creating any urgency to cover him when you have a b-lining Arch. When Arch is passing to him, he's 35-40 feet away from the hoop and a seeming non-threat.

5) the brilliance of the design which I just caught on the replay is Hart sets a downscreen to free up an equally hot Phil Booth on the wing.


***That shit is the key and its waht freezes Brice Johnson and keeps him from hedging to Jenkins harder with his range. He's eyeing Arch and hedging towards Booth who seems like a more immediate threat at 21 feet away than Jenkins at 30 feet.

Man oh man...what a call. Jay Wright came up with a play that had 3 solid options in 4 seconds that woulda been a pick your poison type situation

A) Arch goes all the way and gets a pull up
B) Booth off the strong side down screen
C) hit trail man Jenkins


None of those even involved their best scorer as a real offensive threat

if you need the video link....so beaitiful

Firstly, for clarity, I think you're confusing Brice (under the basket) with Justin Jackson (who is out on the wing). Brice isn't even looking at the down screen, his eyes are in the back-court the entire way...and Jackson sees Booth but even after a minor hedge, he drops off into the lane (Archie coulda passed that ball to either Booth or Jenkins for a good look, Brice and Jackson were completely overplaying the drive). Neither of the UNC off-ball bigs react appropriately to what's in front of them (which is what good play design does, it plays on tendencies...in this case UNC likely thinking Archie is gonna drive and throwing just enough noise at Jackson for him to not recognize the trailer). This just fits with what we saw in the 2nd half from both these teams...Nova composed and executing while UNC was on pins and needles.

>Firstly, for clarity, I think you're confusing Brice (under
>the basket) with Justin Jackson (who is out on the wing).

Justin Jackson is who I mean Brice is

>Brice isn't even looking at the down screen, his eyes are in
>the back-court the entire way...and Jackson sees Booth but
>even after a minor hedge, he drops off into the lane (Archie
>coulda passed that ball to either Booth or Jenkins for a good
>look, Brice and Jackson were completely overplaying the
>drive).

Yea theoretically in that situation Jenkins is Brice's man. He shouldve been in a better position there. Cause even if he was 1 or 2 steps over he wouldve also helped shut down the driving threat of Arch while being closer to Jenkins.






Neither of the UNC off-ball bigs react appropriately
>to what's in front of them (which is what good play design
>does, it plays on tendencies...in this case UNC likely
>thinking Archie is gonna drive and throwing just enough noise
>at Jackson for him to not recognize the trailer). This just
>fits with what we saw in the 2nd half from both these
>teams...Nova composed and executing while UNC was on pins and
>needles.


It isnt a bad tendency though. A lot of people in Arch's situation just take a bad shot there with that much time.


Its so easy to Monday morning QB this.

Im thinking of all the huddles ive been in. I dont know if any of my coaches say, lets pick up the inbounder 94 feet. Maybe after halfcourt, but once Arch was full throttle all bets were off on reaction.


The beauty of the play was that it created options like you said, Booth couldve also had a good luck. With that said, all this talk is moot if the shot is an inch left and misses.

up the floor. it'd be different if jenkins were screened open. NO ONE GUARDED HIM.

they had 3 dudes in the paint.

i fault the defensive call. (not taking anything away from the offensive playcall or execution. that was great. but dude should NOT have had such an open look. he just came up like it was a casual delayed break, catch and shoot. uh uh.

terrible defensive playcall.


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>Dont know if this was quite a chess move by Wright but it
>accounted perfectly for what you would typically do in that
>situation.

It was the best decision for what was in front of Arch. I think it was the only play where someone wasn't close enough to recover and contest.

>1) Use Jenkins as the inbounder because there's generally very
>little incentive to guard that man.

Great set up, I agree.

>2) Arch plays the role of the finisher just b-lining towards
>the basket looking like he's gonna heave at all costs. He
>never even looks anywhere else

Which is what everyone thought would happen and if he had a more open lane, he might have taken it. But Brice was standing in the middle of the lane.

>3) they set a pick for him at halfcourt which turns Paigebut
>also makes Hicks commit to Arch. At that point if youre
>logically able to make decisions in 4 seconds Ochefu (the
>screener) is the only man on the court who shouldnt be
>guarded.

Joel was guarding him but yeah, the pick was there but it was a poor pick. Joel was barely affected by it and Hicks just panicked and over committed to the drive.

>4) Jenkins jogs (by design or fatness) up the court not
>creating any urgency to cover him when you have a b-lining
>Arch. When Arch is passing to him, he's 35-40 feet away from
>the hoop and a seeming non-threat.

This was Brice Johnson's fault. He's not guarding ANYONE the whole play. He plays paint protector to dissuade a drive but he SHOULD have been directing the defense.

>5) the brilliance of the design which I just caught on the
>replay is Hart sets a downscreen to free up an equally hot
>Phil Booth on the wing.

No one on the wing was free enough for an uncontested shot. Jackson and Paige switched on the downscreen. Jenkins was the ONLY guy not covered because Johnson didn't instruct Hicks to only show but still cover Jenkins on the 3. Ochefu was still at half court after the screen. Brice didn't need to cover him. Johnson tells hicks to play up and Johnson helps with an Arch drive if it happens and we go to OT likely. UNC's bigs HATE playing up to the 3. And Nova exploited the hell outta that.

> ***That shit is the key and its waht freezes Brice Johnson
>and keeps him from hedging to Jenkins harder with his range.
>He's eyeing Arch and hedging towards Booth who seems like a
>more immediate threat at 21 feet away than Jenkins at 30
>feet.

You mean Hicks, not Brice. Funny thing is, Hicks didn't need to help with Brice manning the lane. He could have hedged if needed but he overcommitted. He plays the space game to cover the shooter (Jenkins) and Arch is taking an 18 footer over Berry and Brice's extended arms. Or Jenkins has to reconsider the shot and shoots it far more uncomfortably.

>Man oh man...what a call. Jay Wright came up with a play that
>had 3 solid options in 4 seconds that woulda been a pick your
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>A) Arch goes all the way and gets a pull up - Berry and Brice contest...this is the play UNC was set to defend
>B) Booth off the strong side down screen - Jackson was there on the switch, he might have gotten a shot up but a 6'8" defender would have been close enough to contest
>C) hit trail man Jenkins - Play Brice didn't talk to Hicks about covering. Hicks blew it and Jenkins kills us.
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>None of those even involved their best scorer as a real
>offensive threat
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>if you need the video link....so beaitiful

eh...poor defensive IQ by the heels.

>>Dont know if this was quite a chess move by Wright but it
>>accounted perfectly for what you would typically do in that
>>situation.
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>It was the best decision for what was in front of Arch. I
>think it was the only play where someone wasn't close enough
>to recover and contest.

Yea but you know how many times the player in Arch's position just takes that shot, right play or not with under 5 seconds left.





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>>1) Use Jenkins as the inbounder because there's generally
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>>little incentive to guard that man.
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>Great set up, I agree.


The only thing was it couldve recognized Jenkins as the inbounder and said lets pick him up at halfcourt if hes inbounding. At that point no more timeouts left though right so you gotta play it out. I dont know if it was fair to think coming out of the huddle Jenkins would be the inbounder there.



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>>2) Arch plays the role of the finisher just b-lining towards
>>the basket looking like he's gonna heave at all costs. He
>>never even looks anywhere else
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>Which is what everyone thought would happen and if he had a
>more open lane, he might have taken it. But Brice was standing
>in the middle of the lane.


Yep. But man look where Jenkins is when Arch is in motion to flip the ball. In a lot of cases if it isnt Steph Curry, you live with that jumper to end the game.



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>>3) they set a pick for him at halfcourt which turns Paigebut
>>also makes Hicks commit to Arch. At that point if youre
>>logically able to make decisions in 4 seconds Ochefu (the
>>screener) is the only man on the court who shouldnt be
>>guarded.
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>Joel was guarding him but yeah, the pick was there but it was
>a poor pick. Joel was barely affected by it and Hicks just
>panicked and over committed to the drive.
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Yep it was Berry. The pick did its job. It turned Berry and tripped him up just enough. Hicks made the right play his decision is what makes Arch have to pass the ball like you said. The 1 principal in that case is stop ball first, and he helped that. His man was actually Ochefu-- which allowed him to hedge as hard as he wanted cause Ochefu didnt move.

If theres any one player whose fault it is--I guess its Brice cause jenkins is technically his guy since he's the Rover with no man to start the play.


>>4) Jenkins jogs (by design or fatness) up the court not
>>creating any urgency to cover him when you have a b-lining
>>Arch. When Arch is passing to him, he's 35-40 feet away from
>>the hoop and a seeming non-threat.
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>This was Brice Johnson's fault. He's not guarding ANYONE the
>whole play. He plays paint protector to dissuade a drive but
>he SHOULD have been directing the defense.


yea we can agree there. Ochefu isnt his man, as Arch dribbles right he could be 1-2 steps over to the right more to Stop Arch. If he does that, he's also closer to Jenkins- but again i dont know if i really blame him.


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>>5) the brilliance of the design which I just caught on the
>>replay is Hart sets a downscreen to free up an equally hot
>>Phil Booth on the wing.
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>No one on the wing was free enough for an uncontested shot.
>Jackson and Paige switched on the downscreen. Jenkins was the
>ONLY guy not covered because Johnson didn't instruct Hicks to
>only show but still cover Jenkins on the 3. Ochefu was still
>at half court after the screen. Brice didn't need to cover
>him. Johnson tells hicks to play up and Johnson helps with an
>Arch drive if it happens and we go to OT likely. UNC's bigs
>HATE playing up to the 3. And Nova exploited the hell outta
>that.
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I think Booth was but because of distance it wouldve been a lot more contested. Even with the switch though, that action is what freezes jackson. Whether or not Booth was open, Jackson peeks over to him as he comes off the screen and probably factors big time in his immediate decision making to stay home because of that threat




>> ***That shit is the key and its waht freezes Brice Johnson
>>and keeps him from hedging to Jenkins harder with his range.
>>He's eyeing Arch and hedging towards Booth who seems like a
>>more immediate threat at 21 feet away than Jenkins at 30
>>feet.
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>You mean Hicks, not Brice. Funny thing is, Hicks didn't need
>to help with Brice manning the lane. He could have hedged if
>needed but he overcommitted. He plays the space game to cover
>the shooter (Jenkins) and Arch is taking an 18 footer over
>Berry and Brice's extended arms. Or Jenkins has to reconsider
>the shot and shoots it far more uncomfortably.

I mean Brice on the wing, he freezes on that switch on the down screen and has to guard 2 spaces. I dont think Hicks made a bad decision. The way Brice was playing centerfield if Hicks doesnt help on Arch there, there'd be good real estate for Arch to shoot a pullup (whether it goes in is another question)


Sound defense there though says he stops ball. I mean Arch is dribbling left to right hard, what is Hicks supposed to do? Run past him and straight to Jenkins? That wouldnt have made sense in that moment.

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>>Man oh man...what a call. Jay Wright came up with a play
>that
>>had 3 solid options in 4 seconds that woulda been a pick
>your
>>poison type situation
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>>A) Arch goes all the way and gets a pull up - Berry and Brice
>contest...this is the play UNC was set to defend
>>B) Booth off the strong side down screen - Jackson was there
>on the switch, he might have gotten a shot up but a 6'8"
>defender would have been close enough to contest
>>C) hit trail man Jenkins - Play Brice didn't talk to Hicks
>about covering. Hicks blew it and Jenkins kills us.
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>>None of those even involved their best scorer as a real
>>offensive threat
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>>if you need the video link....so beaitiful
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>eh...poor defensive IQ by the heels.
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>general admission like $48. so this whole operation seems like
>the ncaa stretched themselves too thin.

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what a fucking game....

Blaming this on refs is laughable. The team that shoots 30 percent on 3s that made 65 percent of them tonight is the one that got the breaks.

I agree that the refs aren't the culprits here. UNC went 10 minutes (from 15 to 5 of the 2nd half mark) where they played right into Nova's game plan...keeping the ball on one side of the floor and trying to force passes, then they compounded that by missing shots in the lane, which you often see when a team is discombobulated. The more consistent team eventually took control of the game and if not for Paige just taking the game over with shot-making in the final 3 minutes, Nova has that game relatively easily due to their consistency over 40 minutes.

i felt like there were some cheap calls but they went both ways and sometimes in succession, makeup call style.

you look at the numbers, UNC did not do especially well on the defensive glass. that they had more rebounds overall was an offensive advantage, and in this case it mostly indicated that they missed shots. nova shot well but it was the tar heels who leaned more heavily on the three. not the way you'd have scripted the game looking at the two teams on paper.

nova deserved to win that game.

It's easy to play consistent when you don't have to worry about the refs letting you play aggressively. UNC had to be tossed on the hardwood to get half their calls.

There's a mental aspect to playing the refs AND a very good team that UNC (a bunch of 20 year old kids) wasn't expecting nor able to prepare for.

and they could never do it because the refs kept blowing the Damn whistle.

pretty sure at one point UNC was called for 9 straight fouls.

Not blaming it all on the refs but they were bad. Shit load of tick rack calls and then turned a blind eye on some serious hacks.

oh well, I picked Nova to win but still felt like the refs were in the way.

Ticky tack call in the lane against UNC, they get the ball come down on the next possession and one of their players gets ripped cleanly, foul. They were trying to tighten up the game at points and both teams were getting a little intense with extra swipes and shoves. A UNC forward gets pushed in the back on a rebound, they get the ball and score anyway. I just didn't see the officials deciding the game and while UNC does favor a more open game with more tempo, Nova can certainly play that game, too. If the UNC wanted to run more, they should have rebounded the ball better on defense.

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..kudos to Villanova and their fans.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

I would have been on the FLOOR if Duke lost like that. Props to Nova though. Kris Jenkins has an amazing story.

And yes these games look dumb in those big arenas. ESPECIALLY when the stadium isn't near the Fanfest/concert/downtown area. They need to stick with cities that all major venues are close.

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Sure the Refs set the tone early for UNC to play passive on defense and no we didn't get the calls on offense. The refs influence the play for bot teams. WITH THAT SAID. ROY WILLIAMS, should have gathered the team, steadied the ship, and motivated those boys to play though the refs BS.


In addition, Jay Wright set the tempo for the game. NOVA dictated the play on both ends of the court and UNC was too busy reacting. ROY should have push the tempo, fast breaks, run the DANG FLOOR. UNC should have been cutting to the basket, looking for the mismatches and capitalizing on them. We should have started from the inside out and opened the lanes up. But NOOOOOOOOOOOO. We let NOVA dictate the play and ROY refuses to ever call time out when a team makes a run. Roy just lets the momentum shift every-time.

I give it to NOVA, they came to ball. They played their style and forced the UNC (the Kids on the court) out of it's comfort zone.

I take my hat off to Jay and the Cats.

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we went 5 v 8 against Nova, playing their game and were right there at the end. i watched them make OU and KU play their games as well. we left it all out there given all of that i still feel that we're better and i have no reservations about that.

i thought about it and we could just as easily only have 2 championships as we could 8 given like all of our title games go down to the wire. we just didn't get the good breaks last night. it happens and it hurts. i'm not going to put that on Roy and i've never been shy of getting on him. roy actually did great this year at getting this team to compete vs styles that normally get us ran out the gym.

nova ran the gauntlet and beat the other 3 best teams in the country. good for them.

Those kids played the game that the Coach projected. Jay was playing Chess and Roy was playing Battleship
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They shot the ball better, they moved the ball better and they played more consistently. Don't feel bad, they just beat Kansas who is a better team than UNC too.

Fixed it for you
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they tried so that shit you talked about but Nova was all up in the guards denying ball entry. Nova gave them the 3 and they took advantage early.

I watched UNC fight to get 4.7 seconds from OT.

Wtf else do you want besides the W? You make it sound like they were run out the gym.

Not,blaming the refs but did you see how they missed a blatant ball interference on Nova? Shit was obvious and the announcers ignored it as well. It was a poorly called game but still a classic.

What part of coaching are you not expecting to happen. Yeah the refs sucked, but when the momentum shifted and Nova went on a 7 pt run to take the lead, why not call timeout? Why not call a play to settle the Big Men in the game? Why just stand there looking silly?

Whit 4.X seconds on the Clock, Why not deny the ball entry? We could have gotten a 5 second count or had a man on the entry passer - you know the same guy they ran the play for that hit the wining shot. You know the same cat that was killing us all game from behind the 3 pt line. It's a constant that the dude that enters the ball is often the same cat that gets the ball back to DO WHAT? You guessed it HIT THE WINNING SHOT.

I'm sorry is I love basketball and can see the game. Had me yelling at my TV last night during those 4 seconds because I could see what was gonna happen.

Man come on with all of that.

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Coach clearly wasn't saying the things or programming the players correctly, but ONLY when things were going poorly.

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