UConn vs Gonzaga for a Final 4 Berth

[BleedHuskyBlu]

Bring it on!

 

[4in16]

Sounds familiar

 

[BGesus4]

Bring it on!

Worked out well last time it happened

 

[UCTitleTown]

Bad match-up for Gonzaga. Feed the beast.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Sad for them, that this moment is the last of their joy.

 

[auror]

Mentioned this in the game thread, but media going to love the Sanogo vs. Timme and Hawkins vs. Strawther matchups (though we probably have Andre guard Strawther).

 

[CL82]

Take of two halves:

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

berth my guy

 

[MaxMan20]

Adama’s gonna eat timmies lunch. No match physically

 

[Jaker]

Timme had a monster game, geeze

 

[CTBasketball]

 

[auror]

Also, I have no idea why Few doesn't play Malachi Smith more than Sallis/Hickman.

 

[Spaceman213J]

The bigs need to stay on floor and wear Timme down.
The rest of the guys will need to stick their man, go over screens and just don't give up wide open looks. If they play D like they did tonight, then the team will be in good shape.

 

[SeattleHoop]

Adama’s gonna eat timmies lunch. No match physically

I hope you are right but I think Timme is going to be a real problem. Sanogo needs to avoid foul trouble against him.

Timme knows how to move his feet. He didn’t just put up 36 points against UCLA for no reason. The dude can flat out ball

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

berth my guy

I knew it looked a little funky

 

[gsmooth]

Zags have depth, UCLA does not. I wanted UCLA. But bring on Gonzaga. This is the Elite Eight it is not supposed to be easy.

 

[HuskyHawk]

The bigs need to stay on floor and wear Timme down.
The rest of the guys will need to stick their man, go over screens and just don't give up wide open looks. If they play D like they did tonight, then the team will be in good shape.

Nah. Timme is the third best big in the game. just Destroy him.

 

[gsmooth]

I hope you are right but I think Timme is going to be a real problem. Sanogo needs to avoid foul trouble against him.

Timme knows how to move his feet. He didn’t just put up 36 points against UCLA for no reason. The dude can flat out ball

yeah that is what I am worried about. That is why I wanted UCLA. I think UConn matches up better against them.

Timme is going to be real problem, like you said.

 

[Jaker]

We would have pounded UCLA, the Zags will be tough

 

[KingAG]

We’re worried about every opponent. We’re better. Let’s punch our ticket to Houston. 40 minutes til Houston!!!

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

yeah that is what I am worried about. That is why I wanted UCLA. I think UConn matches up better against them.

Timme is going to be real problem, like you said.

He’s a good player. He’s a problem for every team they play. Thank god it’s not tennis, right?

 

[auror]

Nah. Timme is the third best big in the game. just Destroy him.

I mean, no.

 

[Hurleyman216]

Gonzaga isn’t going to get 24 more rebounds than us like they did to UCLA and that’s going to be a problem for them

 

[hardcorehusky]

How is Timme going to guard Sanogo? It will be interesting to see how they try and guard us

 

[August_West]

So it’s all different now obviously, but from a universal karma point of view I would’ve preferred ucla.

Ucla in elite 8 is revenge tour stuff from 95. We are awesome on revenge tour.

Gonzaga is the flip side, in 99 Gonzaga was an upstart playing great ball, and we had been knocking on door for almost a decade. We took them out ( like a trip to dentist) for our first FF and NC

2023 Gonzaga has been knocking on door for a decade and now upstart us ( we aren’t a upstart historically but last 7 years were bad and we are just newly “ back”) is playing as the other side of that equation.

We will beat them anyway.

 

[ElGreco]

How is Timme going to guard Sanogo? It will be interesting to see how they try and guard us

They’re good with good overall size. My guess it’s close to a pick um? We win 88-82.

 

[Huskiefan23]

The good thing is I can’t envision Timme guarding Sanogo or even Clingan, the bad thing is I don’t know if our defense will hold up against the supposed best offense in the country.

 

[ElGreco]

So it’s all different now obviously, but from a universal karma point of view I would’ve preferred ucla.

Ucla in elite 8 is revenge tour stuff from 95. We are awesome on revenge tour.

Gonzaga is the flip side, in 99 Gonzaga was an upstart playing great ball, and we had been knocking on door for almost a decade. We took them out ( like a trip to dentist) for our first FF and NC

2023 Gonzaga has been knocking on door for a decade and now upstart us ( we aren’t a upstart historically but last 7 years were bad and we are just newly “ back”) is playing as the other side of that equation.

We will beat them anyway.

Reading my mind?

 

[auror]

How is Timme going to guard Sanogo? It will be interesting to see how they try and guard us

Gonzaga doesnt worry about silly things like defensive matchups. They'll try and outscore us.

Timme has the most 20+ point games in NCAAT history.

 

[ElGreco]

The good thing is I can’t envision Timme guarding Sanogo or even Clingan, the bad thing is I don’t know if our defense will hold up against the supposed best offense in the country.

I take a bit of comfort knowing they won many of their conference games by much closer margins than the norm for them.