That second weekend is just where things get special. Hoping my Orange can do this!

Also, pulling hard for Orange legend Stevie Thompson(and his son) at Oregon St, and Orange legend Jason Hart at USC. Can’t wait to settle in tomorrow afternoon.

17 minutes of playtime was summarized with 8 clips

UConn and Paige Buckets vs Iowa and Caitlin Clark
2 super freshman that should be 1&D but idk if the wnba allows it

R.I.P. Oscar Frayer, Grand Canyon player who died on Tuesday. Don’t know why this hit me so hard. Guess it’s the age. I felt like a Superman when I was 23. Also, having a son about to turn 20, you want to see these young men grow and make their mark on the world, He was just getting started, man. His sister and another passenger were also killed. Life is wild. He was just playing in the NCAA tournament, last weekend. They win and he’s not even where he was, when the accident happened. Rest well, young man.

https://twitter.com/espn/status/1375286969446502400?s=20

>R.I.P. Oscar Frayer, Grand Canyon player who died on Tuesday.
> Don’t know why this hit me so hard. Guess it’s the age.
>I felt like a Superman when I was 23. Also, having a son
>about to turn 20, you want to see these young men grow and
>make their mark on the world, He was just getting started,
>man. His sister and another passenger were also killed. Life
>is wild. He was just playing in the NCAA tournament, last
>weekend. They win and he’s not even where he was, when the
>accident happened. Rest well, young man.
>
>https://twitter.com/espn/status/1375286969446502400?s=20

..Condolences to all families impacted by this tragedy.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


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

The more I watch this game, the more I realize how much of an Achilles
Heel Cockburn was on defense.

Beavers got bigs that can move on both sides, and Loyola is struggling with it.


Anyway everyone was on Loyola’s -7, and of course it got beaten.

So that talk of Loyola should have been a top 4 seed is dead...just a matter
of styles

Pac 12 still eating.

Lol

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is from

they literally had his name on the screen.

Like, even by NBA standards, he's an incredible pull-up shooter.

I don't really know how NBA teams will use someone who can't begin to defend at this level, let alone the next... but taking him end of the second round makes sense to me, tbh. Just to see what he can do.

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But I would absolutely draft Barnes 6th or 7th and not think twice. He’s raw, but holy shit.

oddly hes almost a month younger than Barnes

Out of control

UCLA looks lucky to be here, and Bama looks unsatisfied to be here

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poor Juzang dying on the bench, who took that load right off Jones

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*skatin' the rings of saturn*


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

Baylor was bout to get them out of there, the national DPOY goes down w/ a hammy injury, Uconn goes on like a 19-0 run and now they're up 7.
Paige cooking

sidenote: I think I am in love w/ Dijonai Carrington on Baylor lol.

sidenote 2: they dont really call shit in the womens game. the refs i mean

could've came up with a better play at the end

shut the door within two or three possessions if she doesn't get hurt.


Carrington was definitely fouled. The intensity of the game was such that there were a couple of other calls like that, but based on what they were calling on UCONN's end, they had to call that and they didn't.


That said, this was probably the best college game I have watched all year, men or women.

there is really no reason *not* to run foul of the NCAA, right? take a year off doing TV and get right back in there!

... his infraction then is now legal and commonplace.

Part of the reason the NCAA’s punishments are so stupid: unless it’s something blatant like bag dropping or telling people to lie under oath, odds are it could be common practice years down the line, in which case those punishments and “voided wins” feel needlessly harsh.

6 mins in ive seen Gonzaga players legit just snatch it out of USC hands 3 times. and im not watching it all that hard either.

17-4 so far

they’re down by 19.

The only time they didn't win by double digits was against a Hall of Fame coach... and with their best NBA prospect injured for the whole first half.

If they're gonna win one this is the year.

and i have to assume Wagner is coming in to guard Juzang. everything changed after his second foul.

Really nice to see him get his shine on at Michigan after putting in so much hard work over the years. Kinda funny to hear commenters say he may not be physically gifted when he was an absolute phenom in high school. He’s got a high basketball IQ (father was a coach) and incredible work ethic.

Juwon Howard will definitely get to the final four next year though.

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15 turnovers

not gonna win many games that way. i was sure Smith's 3 was going in tho, no contest whatsoever and hes a total pull-up shooter. 3 missed pairs of FTs to go with that.

thats an L vs Nebraska, much less the 4th round of the tournament

I didn't watch every Michigan game this year, but I have to think that was his worst. He had some clean looks too.

entire game offensively. His defense is consistent. But he gets really hesitant at times until he remembers he’s a matchup nightmare because of his length and that he can get to the rim at will.

even when hes rolling he passes up a LOT of good looks for 3

checklist - it's not even a real pump fake, it's like he was actually going to shoot the 3 but his brain stops him like "you ain't gonna hit that, pull it back and drive for a lazy midrange or pass it to a real G"

>even when hes rolling he passes up a LOT of good looks for 3

Hope Bruins win it all.

3 favorites and a dog.

Committee got it right.

I don’t see how they lose but UCLA has been scrappy af this tourney.

I’m rooting for anyone but the Zags.

twice?

and if you remember correctly, in between those shots from Wagner, Mike Smith had an unbelievably good look off a pullup where the defender had dove towards the rim

AND eli brooks collected wagner's and put up a weird rushed reverse that he didnt have to put up that way

AND Dickinson missed a bunny

in short, gtfoh lol

That airball was an ill advised shot and it was ugly as fuck

some teams base their whole offense around getting that look

he shot terribly, and that was a terrible miss, but he had to take it. any of them would have had to take that shot if they found themselves that open in spot on the floor.

*shakes cane at the clouds*

throws down the stretch of that game it was embarrassing. That's on the players. Juwan had them in a position to win even though they weren't playing well.

UCLA at rim: 6/9
Michigan at rim: 13/25
UCLA midrange: 12/32
Michigan midrange: 4/15

aside from the ball actually going or not going in the hoop, thats a winning game plan

UCLA out there WhooRidin..... and duke's at home watching..

Recognize....

that's the game most everyone wants to see. UCLA and Houston, enjoy your banners and exit stage left.

not as vertical but watching him move its weird

Baylor is a fucking dump in comparison . Open the vaults back up the brinks truck and pry him away . But we will probably hire some corny fuckface Midwestern mid major coach with zero accolades .

this aint a good look for them if they make it to Baylor. Baylor the one team that can out horse them

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Freaking refs. Clean defense and strips by UCLA getting
called for fouls.

UCLA was up by 6 and had momentum, and then the whistles come out.

Will they let these kids play? Put the whistle in the pockets and let them play.

Nice palate cleanser after the blowout earlier

A flagrant when two players are battling and hooking each other?

Common foul. Nothing more

But zags get the shots and keep the ball...

i know how this feels as a UNC fan. my stomach would be in knots.

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Go zags. Gotta pull for the washington team

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not that it means anything but its the first time I picked the correct teams for the final.

they had height and length on Arizona, by seemingly a lot

I wish both teams could've gotten better shots off at the end though

It was such a streaky game and it came down to the wire as I expected it to. PAC in the building.