Elite Eight Thread (non UConn games)

[UCAlumDE]

What a punk, stepping over that dude he assaulted.

At first I thought he stepped on him a la Laettner.

 

[UCfor3]

NC State putting on a clinic on how to close a game. Attacking the rim off press break is WAY better than the pull it out and run clock disasters.

Yep, and it also helps Duke is truly awful at this trapping press defense. Kentucky stuck with Cal, Duke with Scheyer, and Syracuse in no mans land. All the stars are aligning.

 

[superjohn]

That Duke fan in the crowd cheering and showing off her Duke jersey, embarrassing.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

This is a great story but this team is going to get taken apart next weekend.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

The elite 8 was like watching 3 really good games and then an inferior ACC conference game.

 

[Scoe]

NC State will be the story of the FF and that’s fine with me.

 

[UCFan1513]

Grimace ain't no laughing matter anymore. This is 8 straight games in a row NC State is winning and maybe a 9th.

Indeed

 

[Bomber36]

Think Flip will trip someone in the handshake line?

What a punk, stepping over that dude he assaulted.

 

[mussels]

How soon do we get the Cooper Flag should reconsider thread?

 

[phillionaire]

Must suck to lose a huge rival in 2 of the last 3 ncaa tournaments lol

 

[superjohn]

Fouling with 2 seconds left is such a Duke move

 

[auror]

Something about NC St.’s pluckiness makes me think they have a better chance of pulling it off on Purdue than that weak sauce Tenn brought today.

If they got lucky with a random final four, they could even be the favorites.

But the Big Boys survived. And these Boys are Bigger Than Usual.

 

[JCisthegoat]

How soon do we get the Cooper Flag should reconsider thread?

He’ll be fine. He’s so good not even scheyer could ruin his stock. These other guys should be looking at other options though

 

[Vowelguy]

lol Duke with a foul with 1.9 sec

 

[caw]

So Final Four is:

Reigning NCs
Team on a mission after embarrassment
Team of destiny
And team looking to do what football couldn’t this year.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

NC State knocking off Duke is just so funny given Duke fans view them as the little brother that poses no real threat.

 

[August_West]

This is a great story but this team is going to get taken apart next weekend.

Yeah I think so. Duke would’ve had an outside chance against Purdue just on the nature of the ability to have a psycho night from three, but they would’ve most likely gone down too so in that case, I like Duke going down.

NC State has zero shot though, but what a run.

 

[jibsey]

NC State Purdue? They could do it.

 

[Ripper32]

LOL

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Hope we get the early game because this Burns/Edey matchup is about leave some dents in the floor down low.

 

[Dove]

How soon do we get the Cooper Flag should reconsider thread?

20 minutes

 

[HuskyFich]

 

[Scoe]

Hope we get the early game because this Burns/Edey matchup is about leave some dents in the floor down low.

Already announced we get the later game.

 

[Kenny11]

NC State feels like they can’t lose. That means a lot. Uconn vs nc state in the finals.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Losing to NC State really underscores Scheyer's underwhelming game coaching. It'd be one thing to lose to an unknown foe but given he has twice as much talent than NC State and they know each other very well, it shines the light on his coaching deficiency.

 

[Ripper32]

Losing to NC State really underscores Scheyer's underwhelming game coaching. It'd be one thing to lose to an unknown foe but given he has twice as much talent than NC State and they know each other very well, it shines the light on his coaching deficiency.

Especially when they get 4 on Diarra and Burns playing with 3.

 

[Leebo]

At least when Edey pushes Burns, he either won't be able to actually move him, or he'll have to put enough effort into it that it's clear enough to the refs that they call it.

 

[Improviser]

NC State feels like they can’t lose. That means a lot. Uconn vs nc state in the finals.

Wonder how Burns will deal with Edey.

Burns has bulk. Should be an interesting matchup.

 

[UCfor3]

We would've murdered them but this Duke team had no business even making it to the Sweet 16.

Yep, for a program that always accuses us of getting an easy draw, they get 2 cupcakes(and JMU's best player in early foul trouble) and a Houston team that loses it's best player to injury. Red carpet right to the elite 8.

 

[The Yakk]

Watching Filipowski whine about every single call on his way to fouling out was just beautiful. Chef's kiss.