UConn vs Miami Final Four

[BGesus4]

Where does this kind of myth come from? According to Sports Illustrated, Miller has the wingspan of someone 6’10”. But what advantage does that give him over someone who’s 6’9” with a normal wingspan for his height? Even with those long arms, he’s still starting out from a base that’s 2-3” lower than Sanogo. The long arms compensate for him being shorter, but they don’t give him an advantage.

More important is the fact that Miller is giving away 40 pounds who plays the game the way that Shaq did except with more moves. Have you not seen Sanogo play?

The idea that Miller can be effective guarding Sanogo is just crazy.

All comes down to neck length

 

[SubbaBub]

 

[tcf15]

UConn will win.

And all the gods are powerless to stop it.

 

[housekeys]

LOL. Many talking heads point out this statistic to diminish the accomplishments of the eventual winner. They neglect to see the flip side. What does this say about the high seeds and missing "bluebloods"?

 

[The Yakk]

So, because I don’t buy into the conspiracy theory that the refs colluded to favor Providence in our loss to them, that makes me a a Providence fan? LOL. You’re an idiot.

Only here on the BY do basketball fans accept this nonsense as undisputed fact. It’s one thing to be rabid for your team, it’s something else to be delusional. If you hadn’t noticed, this year’s team had a problem of fouling too much. At one point it was in the top 50 in the country in fouls committed - out of 362 teams. That’s improved, but they’re still in the top 100. We’ve averaged 18 fouls per game whereas schools like Creighton are averaging only 13 and the national leaders are averaging 12+.

But go ahead and blame the refs. Good thing the coaches haven’t accepted that strategy. The fact that the team has improved shows that it was recognized as a problem and that it’s something they’ve worked on. Obviously the BY is the wrong place to try to be objective.

Yup, called it.

A bunch of meaningless, cherry-picked numbers followed by an emotion dump with a dollop of name-calling.

Billly Jack, I get the impression that you are somehow simultaneously 12 and 70 years old. But don't ever stop--you gotta do you.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I love this.

 

[HooperScooper]

UConn open practice. Depth perception doesn't seem to be a problem.

 

[NEforceUConn]

Not only pollen protection, more flying my colors and adding to the mojo.

 

[ctchamps]

The only way I want Jeff Anderson to be on that court is in a capacity as a drum major of a marching band.



I have spoken!

 

[WhereistheDove?]

The Miami fans are a weird bunch. If you go over to their board, just so much grievance about how UConn fans all think they’re going to roll over Miami and super confident they’ll win. Meanwhile, the percentage of their fans that think UConn has a pretty good chance to win is definitely far less than the percentage of folks on here that think Miami could win this one.

 

[elmcityboy]

do yourself a favor and watch this edit if you haven't already

 

[That Guy]

 

[FLDawg16]

do yourself a favor and watch this edit if you haven't already

Actual chills, LET’S GOOOOO

 

[FfldCntyFan]

 

[Brochacho]

Here's where our first four opponents ranked in three point distribution (offense) and adjusted efficiency (defense):

Iona: 280/74
St. Mary's 157/9
Arkansas: 358/17
Gonzaga: 306/73

Miami: 259/104

We are 68/11. 3&D is modern basketball. Anything can happen, but I'm not worried.

 

[AdamaNation]

Here's where our first four opponents ranked in three point distribution (offense) and adjusted efficiency (defense):

Iona: 280/74
St. Mary's 157/9
Arkansas: 358/17
Gonzaga: 306/73

Miami: 259/104

We are 68/11. 3&D is modern basketball. Anything can happen, but I'm not worried.

And if IF we don’t have hawk at 100% you’d figure we are around 110/30? Still dangerous. But with enough to push our offense with little to no change aside from personnel

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Here's where our first four opponents ranked in three point distribution (offense) and adjusted efficiency (defense):

Iona: 280/74
St. Mary's 157/9
Arkansas: 358/17
Gonzaga: 306/73

Miami: 259/104

We are 68/11. 3&D is modern basketball. Anything can happen, but I'm not worried.

 

[ninety-nine]

Damn, I thought we were playing Miami, not Houston. What a scoop by the Courant!

 

[navery12]

Damn, I thought we were playing Miami, not Houston. What a scoop by the Courant!

The Final Four is happening in Houston

 

[ninety-nine]

The Final Four is happening in Houston

Scroll down to the caption below the photo - it says UConn "faces No. 5 seed Houston on Saturday night," instead of Miami. That's what I was referring to.

 

[navery12]

Scroll down to the caption below the photo - it says UConn "faces No. 5 seed Houston on Saturday night," instead of Miami. That's what I was referring to.

Maybe they fixed it then because it says Miami for me

 

[ninety-nine]

Maybe they fixed it then because it says Miami for me

Huh. This text is a lot different. I didn't click on the story itself, I just viewed the Joe Arruda tweet image ThatGuy posted and quoted that. If you expand the text in my post, can you see the caption I'm referring to? It starts with, "UConn's Final Four run is a celebration of where the program once was." It's possible the Courant didn't actually write that. The formatting is a little odd.

 

[jibsey]

Philadelphia Inquirer picks Miami. I hate everything Philadelphia.

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

But don't ever stop--you gotta do you.

I disagree on 2 counts:
1. Yes, please stop
2. Do someone else. Anybody else.

 

[navery12]

Unbelievable

 

[aburks41]

Unbelievable

This is just blatantly unfair lmao

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Unbelievable

April fools?

 

[Icehawk]

Keep the train rolling the way it has and high knees won't matter.

LFGoooooooooooooOOOOOOOO!!!

 

[BGesus4]

Unbelievable

Hopefully he feels the pressure of the final 4 and everyone knowing he hates Hurley and he gives us some calls

 

[August_West]

Miami will be in double bonus 9 minutes in