OT - Brey's post-game quote

[ctdad]

Would this be a bigger upset than the Lake Placid 1980 US Hockey Team win?

No. The Soviet hockey team of that era was arguably the best team in the world. They were taking on and beating NHL teams, regular and all-star.

I think it was Ken Dryden, the former Canadiens goalie and color commentator on the game, who equated that win to a bunch of college all-stars beating the Pittsburgh Steelers (who had just won their 2nd straight Super Bowl and 4th in 6 years).

An ND win would not equate to that. Kentucky is good, but they are not the best team in the world.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I can't get on board with this "root for Duke over Kentucky" thing. It's madness. So an all-star team of draft picks get together to kick it in Lexington for a year and steamroll college basketball. Big deal. Everyone knows the story with that program and their recruiting success. It's a reality in this moment but in a year or two or three he's going to take his act down the road and Kentucky will be back to just another SEC program. I would much prefer this absurd team he has win than have Duke win number 5. No thanks.

 

[Woodson]

I can't get on board with this "root for Duke over Kentucky" thing. It's madness. So an all-star team of draft picks get together to kick it in Lexington for a year and steamroll college basketball. Big deal. Everyone knows the story with that program and their recruiting success. It's a reality in this moment but in a year or two or three he's going to take his act down the road and Kentucky will be back to just another SEC program. I would much prefer this absurd team he has win than have Duke win number 5. No thanks.

This is my take as well. It'll be annoying if either of them win but if Kentucky wins it doesn't really change much for us. They are still going to get any recruit they want. Duke winning means a lot more for their program with #5 and widens the gap with Calhoun.

 

[gtcam]

This is something JC would say and I expect KO would also
Christ, any coach worth anything would say it
However, with their depth and length, Kensucky would need to get into severe foul trouble, shoot less that 30% from over 5 feet from the hole and ND shoots 70% or greater from the outside