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The ACC was down but Miami has players. They don't have a trad center. Poplar is sorta a utility knife like AJ but a better scorer.
 
Miami plays too much one on one. Texas was more athletic. Like our chances. They do hit their foul shots though.
 
I'm pretty sure the Miami players did not line up to shake hands with the Texas players.. The Cane coaches did, but not the players. I think that is bush league and doesn't speak well for the program. You came back, you won... before you pray or do anything else, shake your opponents' hands like grown ups.
 
jorge34 said:
28 free throws made, to 11 for texas

32-15 advantage
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And Miami got away with hacking like crazy, especially on the boards. But it is what it is.
 
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EnochRoot said:
Miami knocking off Texas to prevent the Longhorns from what would amount to being a home game in the semi final is the best case scenario for the Huskies.
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Agreed. Miami is a very good team. But it's the Final Four. Every team is going to be a very good team at this point. You don't win four tournament games otherwise. However, Texas has the ability to be a truly great team, as we saw the first 30 minutes of the game. Not having to have to play a road game against them is the best option.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
Really not looking forward to a whole week of George Mason narratives.
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Any George Mason narrative needs to include George Mason's loss to Florida in the semifinal. I'm glad Texas doesn't get to have a home game next weekend.
 
Love Wong's game but he isn't the Miami team - they are athletic, long and quick
I would rather face them than Texas because I feel we match up better vs Miami but this will be UConn's most difficult opponent so far
We'll see
Let's go UConn
 
No comments from the studio crew means Charles Barkley doesn't have to admit to another bad pick.
 
gmc1055 said:
Miami plays too much one on one. Texas was more athletic. Like our chances. They do hit their foul shots though.
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I think Texas went to too much one on one with Allen. They had 20 assists but none during Miamis run. Texas didn’t look like an elite defense either. They defended the 3 that’s all
 
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uconn_jack said:
Miami makes me real nervous.
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Their guards are a handful for sure. Score at all three levels. We are better if we play the way we are capable. By no means though do I think this will be a walkover like the previous 4 games. This game could be a tight one and the only thing that scares me is in close games, the team with guards that can get their own usually have an advantage.
 
superjohn said:
Miami, has great one on one guards and they can put runs on you if you fall asleep on defense. They make their ft's. They should have no answer for our size advantage. Play good perimeter D and we should kill them down low scoring and control the boards.
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Miami's offense scares the hell out of me. Having said that, as good as Norchad Omier is, he isn't a 3pt shooter like Eric Dixon. Hopefully that means Sanogo and Clingan can provide help defense because Miami's guards are so good 1x1.
 
gtcam said:
Love Wong's game but he isn't the Miami team - they are athletic, long and quick
I would rather face them than Texas because I feel we match up better vs Miami but this will be UConn's most difficult opponent so far
We'll see
Let's go UConn
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I mean, Gonzaga was actually an elite team. UConn just disemboweled them anyway.
 
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aceboon said:
College teams love fouling when they don't have to. Alabama did it down 2 with 46 seconds left on Friday, Texas just did the same with 40+ seconds left.
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And it was double bonus with an 84% shooter, not a good decision
 
aceboon said:
College teams love fouling when they don't have to. Alabama did it down 2 with 46 seconds left on Friday, Texas just did the same with 40+ seconds left.
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I was baffled Alabama did that in their game. The announcers said something about Nate Oats being a former math teacher and playing the percentages. I don't know what percentages he was playing besides increasing your chances to lose.
 
UCfor3 said:
Their guards are a handful for sure. Score at all three levels. We are better if we play the way we are capable. By no means though do I think this will be a walkover like the previous 4 games. This game could be a tight one and the only thing that scares me is in close games, the team with guards that can get their own usually have an advantage.
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Not having Disu down low was big. They were struggling hard to stop Miami's drives. That's the only reason they were able to stay in the game with how dominant Texas was offensively for the first 30 minutes. They are great guards, so they are going to get theirs, but it shouldn't be as big of a problem for us.
 
gsmooth said:
I was baffled Alabama did that in their game. The announcers said something about Nate Oats being a former math teacher and playing the percentages. I don't know what percentages he was playing besides increasing your chances to lose.
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The guy they fouled was a 57% shooter.
 
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gsmooth said:
Miami's offense scares the hell out of me. Having said that, as good as Norchad Omier is, he isn't a 3pt shooter like Eric Dixon. Hopefully that means Sanogo and Clingan can provide help defense because Miami's guards are so good 1x1.
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They beat texas without Dylan Disu. Forget his averages, he was their most important player on both ends of the court.

Did Not want to play texas with him back next week. Miami is excellent, but so is texas, and a worse matchup if healthy
 
Blueballer said:
The guy they fouled was a 57% shooter.
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So? 57% shooter means 1 of 2 and then Bama would be down 3. And they run the risk of him making it a 2 possession game if he makes both, which is what happened. Why not just play D straight up with 16 second shot clock differential?
 
uconngb said:
If that’s the case then why do they call OOB when a guy steps on the line?? You are dead wrong.
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Wrong. If you go back and re-watch the play, Gene Steratore actually said as much (I did not know this before he said it).

It is an OUT OF BOUNDS line, not an IN BOUNDS line. Think of it this way, a guy who is IN bounds steps on the OUT of bounds line, he is then out of bounds. If he is out of bounds (and in bounding the ball) and he steps on the out of bounds line, then he is still out of bounds!
 
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