NCAA Tourney games

[Bone Dog]

To those griping about pro-UCONN whistle swallowing, I profoundly disagree. Yes, the refs called very few fouls in the 1st half, but, IMO, they called it the same for both UCONN and a very good, physical and defensively active UNC squad.

What the refs didn't do is fall for 4 different UNC flops. This may be what the anti-Conn crowd is reacting to.

 

[Stagnant]

If this were the national championship game, I would be for Duke. With UCLA looming though; I have to go with LSU. I think they are the team that can give UCLA more of a challenge.

 

[Stagnant]

I’m sorry Duke. I just don’t trust you guys to get the job done against UCLA.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Wait a minute. Duke put up 47...in the first half?! This is Duke we're talking about, right? This is not what I expected. I could have foreseen them winning if the final score was in the 50s.

 

[maple]

Wait a minute. Duke put up 47...in the first half?! This is Duke we're talking about, right? This is not what I expected. I could have foreseen them winning if the final score was in the 50s.

Revenge game for Duke, as the talking heads have been saying.

 

[Bone Dog]

Looks like Duke is putting a scare into LSU, up 47-40nat halftime. We’ll see if they can hold on to it.

 

[Bone Dog]

The camera work in Sacramento is a lot more dynamic than Fort Worth. Lots of tighter views and closeups. Not just in replays.

One thing that stands out is all the ‘jawboning’ from LSU. There’s a lot of stress on them in this game, I imagine. But the taunting seems extreme. I wonder if a technical is coming. I suspect this is an ongoing feature of LSU team culture.

 

[Bone Dog]

4th quarter and Duke is taking LSU to the woodshed on offense. Up by 11, 78-67. Some of it is making LSU play D for the full 30 seconds on several possessions in a row. And on defense it’s a slew of blocked shots. Duke is a tall lanky team, lots of long arms and quick hands. They look to be bigger than LSU even when Koval is on the floor.