UConn vs Miami Final Four

[BiggieSmall]

We will did you see the size of their Center? Sanogo won't be able to bully him.

Yea but that’s the only center they have. We have two. Sanogo footwork is much better that his. I’m not worried. They need to keep him out of foul trouble.

Their guards are tough but Newton and just as big and strong as Wong. Pack has to chase Hawk around. Both great shooters.

They have no bench. They have a better coach, I like Hurley but this dude is a very good coach.

 

[nomar]

Anybody can beat anybody, that’s what makes March awesome, but the amount of pantywetting I’m seeing after Miami’s win is downright incredible, given that 24 hours haven’t even gone by since we beat the best offensive team in the country by 7,000 points.

If you “don’t like matchup,” I don’t like the cut of your jib.

 

[Devland]

Have root for Miami women to lose. My late wife always made a big deal about rooting against schools that had both their men and women's teams advancing in the tourneys. She wanted UConn to remain the only school that had the men and women win in the same year. I don't usually watch women's basketball other than UConn, but I must carry the torch. Lol

 

[ninety-nine]

The only team out of top 16 seeds to make Final Four U C O N N.
Has there ever been a Final Four without a single 1, 2 or 3 seed?

Just saw a Guardian headline saying it's the first time it's ever happened.

 

[Huskyforlife]

this is what we didn't want to deal with in Houston

It’s a meme.

 

[KingAG]

The Miami team gave me strong 2014 uconn vibes. W
Jordan and Tristan are going to have to guard up or they’ll end up the Harrison twins

 

[nomar]

this is what we didn't want to deal with in Houston

What? Satirical tweets from Ohio State fans?

 

[Jaker]

We have ClingKong and they don't!

 

[BiggieSmall]

The Miami team gave me strong 2014 uconn vibes. W
Jordan and Tristan are going to have to guard up or they’ll end up the Harrison twins

Except they have to chase Hawk around on D, Harrison Twins we’re wildly overrated.

 

[AtlantaHusky]

What? Satirical tweets from Ohio State fans?

yeah my bad. couldn't delete in time.

 

[bendm]

People claiming theyd have preferred playing the big12 tourney champs in their home state is surprising, to say the least. Would we have preferred playing Houston at home too? I don’t think so. Thank you Miami for knocking both out for us.

 

[SubbaBub]

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Actually a horrible matchup as they have the guards to cause us issues with penetration and they can shoot outside. They also have a center who can neutralize Sanogo. The one thing that we have going for us is that Miami does go through lulls and we are a team who takes advantage of that. We need to do better than Texas and pull away from them when that happens.

 

[DaMuttzNutt]

We need to avenge one of our worst losses when they beat us back I think in 2003 when they stole an inbound pass to win the game when we clearly had the game one. A loss that still stings.

Darius Rice game?

 

[superjohn]

Anybody can beat anybody, that’s what makes March awesome, but the amount of pantywetting I’m seeing after Miami’s win is downright incredible, given that 24 hours haven’t even gone by since we beat the best offensive team in the country by 7,000 points.

If you “don’t like matchup,” I don’t like the cut of your jib.

What a bunch of wussy boys. We're going to have to beat someone good, it's the final 4 but we're better than them.

Everyone was terrified of having to play Texas in Texas with Disu coming back, they turned on a dime and now Miami is the big bad scary team UConn needs to be scared of.

 

[KingAG]

What a bunch of wussy boys. We're going to have to beat someone good, it's the final 4 but we're better than them.

Everyone was terrified of having to play Texas in Texas with Disu coming back, they turned on a dime and now Miami is the big bad scary team UConn needs to be scared of.

The board has done this with every opponent since Iona

 

[gsmooth]

The board has done this with every opponent since Iona

That's very true.

 

[Tex-Lager93]

Preferred to having to face Texas, in Texas. Can’t wait.

 

[UConnSwag11]

They have no height. DC should be unstoppable

Going to need him on defense a lot more than we have of late

 

[upstater]

The board has done this with every opponent since Iona

DOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEDDDDDDD!

 

[JayKoz]

The board has done this with every opponent since Iona

And we should continue to do so for the mojo.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Anybody can beat anybody, that’s what makes March awesome, but the amount of pantywetting I’m seeing after Miami’s win is downright incredible, given that 24 hours haven’t even gone by since we beat the best offensive team in the country by 7,000 points.

If you “don’t like matchup,” I don’t like the cut of your jib.

What makes me nervous is they haven't had an obvious matchup advantage against a #4, #1, and #2 seed, and beat all of them.

The matchup is fine. They have something intangible going that we're going to have to match (which, granted, we have done through 4 games so far).

 

[king conn]

Who wouldn't have signed up for a National Semifinal game with Miami as the opponent?

 

[Umami Zen]

As long as we don't settle for threes all night and let AS/DC do their thing.. We'll be fine..

 

[BugsyCT]

Who wouldn't have signed up for a National Semifinal game with Miami as the opponent?

Bingo.

Seriously, considering who we've already played & beaten this season going back to November, if we can't beat Miami and the FAU/SDSU winner on this big stage, then we don't deserve to be cutting down the nets next Monday night.

We're the best team of the four. It's up to us to play our best and make them try to beat us.

 

[DaMuttzNutt]

The Miami team gave me strong 2014 uconn vibes. W
Jordan and Tristan are going to have to guard up or they’ll end up the Harrison twins

And everyone thought KSU was giving Kemba vibes

This UCONN team is giving championship vibes

 

[Dove]

People claiming theyd have preferred playing the big12 tourney champs in their home state is surprising, to say the least. Would we have preferred playing Houston at home too? I don’t think so. Thank you Miami for knocking both out for us.

Miami is helping with our destiny.

 

[UconnPT2007]

Miami has a very similar lineup to Arkansas, and we know how that worked out.

4 guards and a 6-7 center means they are extremely small. Sanogo will feast down low. We will grab most of the rebounds. Miami will have to get one of our key guys (AJ, JH) in foul trouble and bang some 3’s to beat us.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Miami has a very similar lineup to Arkansas, and we know how that worked out.

4 guards and a 6-7 center means they are extremely small. Sanogo will feast down low. We will grab most of the rebounds. Miami will have to get one of our key guys (AJ, JH) in foul trouble and bang some 3’s to beat us.

Arkansas is a bunch of NBA and borderline NBA players that play like idiots. Miami might not have Arkansas' talent level, but they play a lot smarter and get good shots.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Miami has a very similar lineup to Arkansas, and we know how that worked out.

4 guards and a 6-7 center means they are extremely small. Sanogo will feast down low. We will grab most of the rebounds. Miami will have to get one of our key guys (AJ, JH) in foul trouble and bang some 3’s to beat us.

The difference is Miami's guys have been making those tough 2s that Arkansas couldn't.

Is our D significantly better than Texas's? The metrics say no.