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Yahoo: Ugly title game won't be the lasting memory of this NCAA men's tournament

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temery said:
I don't know a lot about basketball, but isn't this what would be expected of a game between two of the top defensive teams in the country?
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Yes. It's how SDSU forces you to play because their offense is ugly. Our offense is probably one the most aesthetically pleasing and assist focused you'll see, along with Xavier and Marquette.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Yes. It's how SDSU forces you to play because their offense is ugly. Our offense is probably one the most aesthetically pleasing and assist focused you'll see, along with Xavier and Marquette.
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Only reason I wanted to play FAU rather than SDSU was because that game would have showcased our superior offense and defense as opposed to just our superior defense.

I felt we could have beaten either team but playing SDSU was going to be ugly allowing for the predictable detractors to criticize the NC game.

Doesn’t matter for the program. Potential recruits or transfers who really understand what it takes to win these games will be attracted by our program. Sports writers need stories.

The adjustments made after the losses in January proved to me we had a championship caliber team that was as good as any team in the nation.

Winning it all is another matter. A real dream come true for me. It doesn’t matter what others think. Most programs don’t have one NC. We now have five and hopefully more to come.
 
Its all about matchups. Any Title game with SDSU in it was not going to be "aesthetic". UConn played and shot fairly well and was the dominant team. They had the right game plan for the opponent. End of story. Yes, most fans would have preferred a UConn vs Alabama or Houston Final, but thats what happens with the Tourney format and there is more parity.
 
fleudslipcon said:
Only reason I wanted to play FAU rather than SDSU was because that game would have showcased our superior offense and defense as opposed to just our superior defense.

I felt we could have beaten either team but playing SDSU was going to be ugly allowing for the predictable detractors to criticize the NC game.

Doesn’t matter for the program. Potential recruits or transfers who really understand what it takes to win these games will be attracted by our program. Sports writers need stories.

The adjustments made after the losses in January proved to me we had a championship caliber team that was as good as any team in the nation.

Winning it all is another matter. A real dream come true for me. It doesn’t matter what others think. Most programs don’t have one NC. We now have five and hopefully more to come.
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UConn could've really made it look like an absolute blowout if they just hit some very easy layups (so many missed, even on the break) and one incredible dunk attempt.
 
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There is no way when your team is "slaughtering " the opposition, can you make it look pretty.
 
Is anyone talking about how wild the NCAA rep was when he was crawling all overJim nantz
 
If the writer thought this game was ugly, how would he characterize the 2011 game? I don't care what he thinks. We won this tournament in dominating fashion.
 
I love winning butt-ugly national championship games. They count as much as the pretty ones.
 
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uconnfan68 said:
It’s Yahoo. They cater to simpletons.
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Also objectively a weird take. Locking down SDSU wasn't "ugly". It was a defensive masterclass from UConn for pretty much the entire game. They blew up every single action and forced SDSU to iso on the perimeter (knowing they aren't great shooters), or iso in the post against bulldozer Sanogo and elite rim protector Clingan. It was objectively great basketball.

SDSU scored more against UConn than Saint Mary's and Gonzaga did, and scored the same amount as Miami did. It wasn't a circumstantial "ugly" game, it was UConn's defensive strategy demolishing their opponent like they have done to everybody in March

UConn themselves scored 76, which is:
  • More than Kansas in 2022
  • More than Virginia and Texas Tech in regulation in 2019 (they went to OT)
  • 3 less than Villanova in 2018
  • More than UNC in 2017
  • 1 less than Villanova in 2016
  • More than Duke in 2015
  • More than UConn in 2014
 
There's no asterisk in the win column for ugly.

We won. Who cares if it was ugly or not.

In fact, a NC is beautiful, ipso facto and not de facto. Res ipsa loquitur.

Latin words from way back when and still in the dictionary.

On to #6 next year. There is no ugly. Winning is beautiful.
 
Tex-Lager93 said:
Everyone: SDSU wins by making you play ugly. SDSU bball is physical, deliberate, boring.

Yahoo: Gasp, the National Championship was ugly.
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He must not have watched the San Diego State - Creighton game. That was a rock fight that the refs let get out of hand.
 
huskyinfl said:
Is anyone talking about how wild the NCAA rep was when he was crawling all overJim nantz
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I think they got entangled in the microphone cord and were stuck together.
 
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Some people don't understand defensive basketball. A game that is not all high flying dunks and a shower of 30 foot 3's is all they can appreciate. Pressure on the line and guarding the rim are a foreign language to these people. The brilliance of Adama goes unnoticed in their search for an NBA all star game.
 
REB1094 said:
Funnily enough I looked up the author on LinkedIn and she’s a Marquette alum lol

I’m unbothered by all the talk, though. Let’s assume that all the worst things everyone is saying is true. Let’s UConn did have a lucky road to the finals, didn’t have to play any good teams (lol), played a boring game, etc etc….at the end of the day UConn is the national champions. That’s all I care about
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Yes and now tied with DOOOOOOK (or shall we say DOOOOOK is tied with us) and Indiana for NC's (5) and only one behind North Carolina (6). Only Kentucky with (8) (now in reach) and UCLA with 11. Dan Hurley is only 50 and we are the Beast of the Big East which is undoubtedly the best conference at this time.
 
cohenzone said:
The writer is entitled to an opinion. Even if the writer is clueless about the kind of game two really good defensive teams produce. So if UConn makes 3 more bunnies they wind up with over 80. Both teams got to where they were through D. The wide open offenses got bounced in this tournament. Obviously it’s fun to see big underdogs win games or to have a last secobd shot win a game. But that was not futile basketball by a long set shot yesterday. Final score, UConn 2, KState O, UCLA 0, Kansas O, Kentucky 0, Alabama 0, Purdue O, etc. Great basketball.
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This reminds me of the picture of Timme with tear stained eyes and cheeks as the "West Coast Offense"
collided with a Big East Freight train. A lot of teams found out what Big East rock fights were in this tournament. They need to get used to it. I like watching SDSU battle. With the portal in full swing I believe a lot of teams took note of Uconn depth and this will be more evident in the future. Hats off for the staff putting these guys together and getting to jell in a very unselfish way.
 
REB1094 said:
Funnily enough I looked up the author on LinkedIn and she’s a Marquette alum lol

I’m unbothered by all the talk, though. Let’s assume that all the worst things everyone is saying is true. Let’s UConn did have a lucky road to the finals, didn’t have to play any good teams (lol), played a boring game, etc etc….at the end of the day UConn is the national champions. That’s all I care about
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indeed, so what. we won and thats that.
 
Henry said:
If the writer thought this game was ugly, how would he characterize the 2011 game? I don't care what he thinks. We won this tournament in dominating fashion.
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uconnric said:
He must not have watched the San Diego State - Creighton game. That was a rock fight that the refs let get out of hand.
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At some point you'll need to come clean and admit you didn't look at the author of the article- Nancy Armour.
 
upstater said:
While I agree, I'm struggling to find the team UConn would've lost to. Purdue? Houston? Alabama?
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Purdue? Not with that backcourt. Alabama? Who we beat by 15 and with us playing even better might have been a worse beating? No. Houston? The same Houston that lost to Alabama? No. I truly believe there was not a team in the tournament that wouldve beat Uconn last night. This team was running on all cylinders and even in a game against one of the best defensive teams in the country we still put up nearly 80 points and won by 17 points. Also our defense for the fourth time in 6 games of the tournament held a team under 60 points. How is no one talking about this in the national media? Ive heard no one mention this. Thats crazy!
 
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Defensive basketball isn't pretty, SDSU doesn't play pretty, and the zebras calling few fouls in the first half then at least 12 in the first 8 minutes of the second didn't help. At that point it was bound to be a slog.
Too many games, especially in the big east, have a similar foul calling pattern, something the ncaa should address.
 
upstater said:
I always like to say this about 2011: 4 UConn starters missed the last third of the 1st half when they all got 2 fouls. UConn went scoreless and missed every shot.

In the 2nd half, UConn shot 50% until the final seconds when they heaved one at the end of the shot clock as they killed time.

Butler shot horribly bad. But so did the super efficient offensive teams that preceded them, like Kentucky, Arizona, etc. UConn had a legendary defense that year.
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There was a great SI article about our defense that came out the day after the title game.
 
That article is total crap. lockdown hard defense was needed to beat SDSU. May not be pretty to him but to us it was a thing of beauty.
 
least watched title game ever. this is what happens when two mid major leagues get together. smh.
 
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