March Madness Challenge

[PhatMack19]

UCLA played great.  

[OneChance]

UCLA played just about as perfect as you can play and still lost! What a heartbreaker for them!

[Hagar]

Was in Church & missed game.  Got to see replay of the shot.  Just wow. I missed a good one.

[snakehead26]

Yep 19 lead changes and 13 ties in regulation.  2 ties in overtime.  Very well played game.

[OneChance]

Suggs and Juzang will be some special players in the NBA, both of those guys are special players

[TxHoops]

When my oldest boy was playing his last year of summer basketball, we were in NY playing on the piers of Manhattan.  After dropping the first game of the weekend, we won the next two and were playing a brand new team on our circuit in the last game of the weekend on Sunday.  The team was out of Minnesota called “Grassroots Sizzle” and had a freshman playing for them we were told was the nephew of Terrell Suggs.  He was obviously playing up in 17u and we were told he was one of the top dual threat QBs in the country.  We won the game but he was impressive for a freshman, and we assumed we might see him in the NFL someday.  However, the next couple of years, it became obvious that basketball was his future.
 

Fast forward 4 years and Jalen just hit a 45 footer at the buzzer in OT to send his Gonzaga team to the championship game.  He will also be a lock top 5 pick in this year’s NBA draft.  
 

Oh, and the next year a kid joined him for Sizzle, a 7 footer named Chet Holmgren.  Chet is even better and will almost certainly be the number one pick in the following draft.  

[PhatMack19]

Thoughts on the blocked dunk that lead to the fast break dunk for Timme?

Looks like a foul on the replay.  That was a 4 point swing 

[Hook'em]

Does that shot top Laettner's? I'm a Laettner fan and say yes. Absolutely insane game and finish!

[AggiesAreWe]

8 hours ago, PhatMack19 said:

Thoughts on the blocked dunk that lead to the fast break dunk for Timme?

Looks like a foul on the replay.  That was a 4 point swing 

It was a huge sequence.

Thought it was a foul.

 

This was one of the best games ever.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

13 hours ago, OneChance said:

I don’t know if Gonzaga vs Baylor can match that game!

Gonna be hard. Best Semifinal game I've seen in a long time. 

[OneChance]

14 hours ago, PhatMack19 said:

Thoughts on the blocked dunk that lead to the fast break dunk for Timme?

Looks like a foul on the replay.  That was a 4 point swing 

Game speed, I thought it was a legit block and play. With today’s technology and the ability for slo mo, it was a foul, but the refs don’t have that ability. Refs also probably looked away from the hands area, not thinking that Suggs is going to Superman his way up there for a block!  It’s always easier to call a foul in slo mo. I thought overall the refs were pretty consistent on their calls and non calls.

[Hagar]

How many undefeated teams have won the National Championship?

[Hagar]

Since no one knows, it’s seven.  Last done in 75-76 season by Indiana.

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[PhatMack19]

Prediction 

Baylor 72
Gonzaga 69

 

I really don’t think I can root for Baylor in anything 

[Hagar]

Didn’t realize Baylor was the only team playing.  Zaga got a guy all alone and no pass.   Can’t (won’t) rebound.  They look like 5 individuals.

[Hagar]

Baylor up 16-6

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Da Bears

[Hagar]

I know it’s early, but Zaga got to make some major adjustments.  Bears schooling them on both ends of the court.

23-8

[Hagar]

Half 47-37.  Baylor getting a few fouls & Zaga realized that 5 individuals wasn’t working.   

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Refs keeping Gonzaga in the game. 

[Hagar]

12 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Refs keeping Gonzaga in the game. 

They need all the help they can get. 

[Hagar]

Baylor up 67-51

[Hagar]

In retrospect, those Refs are hurting/helping indiscriminately.  

[AggiesAreWe]

My pick to win it all looking great.

[Hagar]

Mine too.  U of H might have beat Zaga tonight.  They appear totally out of sync.