Zion will dominate Tacko

[Chin Diesel]

Travesty. Zion should have been called for an offense charge on that last drive. Thank you UCF for representing the AAC well.

Tacko had a foot clearly inside the semicircle. That is a clear block blocking foul.

 

[gsmooth]

It was an easy alley oop dunk, he just blew it.

Yeah, you might be right, I would have to look at it again. I just remember when it happened I said to myself, "damn that could've been the nail in the coffin".

Damn, I really wish UCF won that. That would have brought instant credibility to the AAC, almost on the level of UConn winning it in 2014.

 

[uconngb]

They deserve to lose with giving duke 4 points ok that position by not blocking out

Barrett pushed the guy blatantly in the back. Two no-calls that gave Duke the game.

 

[superjohn]

Yeah it is you got better??

You take Barrett #1?

 

[the Q]

Of course we knew it was coming, it’s Duke. Doesn’t make it right tho. Using that logic they should have called Ricky Moore for a foul instead of calling traveling on Langdon.

But that’s what happens

Those big teams get the absurd calls

The unc guy with his hand out of bounds

Mich st basically tackling players on the court

This game.

Those schools are just given calls that they don’t earn

 

[intlzncster]

Duke losing is a national holiday.

And it was just unnaturally talent from us

Plus, we aren't in it. And Cuse already lost. I've got nothing left.

 

[superjohn]

Tacko had a foot clearly inside the semicircle. That is a clear block blocking foul.

What, he's talking about the Zion charge not Tacko fouling him at the rim.

 

[mauconnfan]

You take Barrett #1?

I don’t love either if them but Barrett really knows how to finish in the paint again another no so great shooter but can improve. JA may be the player....

 

[uconngb]

It is hard for casual fans to take college basketball seriously when there is a sequence like that. It is not a missed call if everyone knows which way the call will go before it happens.

Excellent point

 

[jayteeman]

It's a freakin foul shot and the 3 refs are all watching the players on the lines.....HOW DO YOU MISS THAT PUSH OFF!!!!!

 

[ASweet3781]

We have such a trash fan account on twitter. Trashing UCF after they played their hearts out against the ordained program and lost an absolute gut punch of a game. Makes me sick this account has some of the most followers of any UConn fan account which leaves the impression he represents the entire fanbase with his nonsense sentiments.

I am crushed for UCF.

 

[intlzncster]

I don’t love either if them but Barrett really knows how to finish in the paint again another no so great shooter but can improve. JA may be the player....

Mau, you are way over thinking this. It's Zion by a mile.

He's 4 games back from a knee injury no less.

 

[superjohn]

I don’t love either if them but Barrett really knows how to finish in the paint again another no so great shooter but can improve. JA may be the player....

You think Barrett knows how to finish in the paint as well as Zion?

 

[Travelman6]

A liberty win, if it were to happen would now feel so hollow....could you imagine a ucf/liberty s16. Now not so sure I wanna cheer for liberty, VTech has a much better chance at an upset vs duke. Ugh.

 

[Hurleyman216]

Zion threw Taylor like a rag doll. Any other player in the country gets a charge called on that. I also just wish UCF was smart enough to back off of him on the drive and let him dunk it. You’re then up 1 with the ball amd 15 seconds left and Duke has to foul.

 

[superjohn]

Guys, UCF didn't lose that game because of Duke home cooking. They played a stellar game but had several chances to close it out and didn't. It really sucks but it is what it is.

 

[the Q]

Zion threw Taylor like a rag doll. Any other player in the country gets a charge called on that. I also just wish UCF was smart enough to back off of him on the drive and let him dunk it. You’re then up 1 with the ball amd 15 seconds left and Duke has to foul.

Tacko just stood there.

It was good d.

It was bad or biased officiating

 

[the Q]

Guys, UCF didn't lose that game because of Duke home cooking. They played a stellar game but had several chances to close it out and didn't. It really sucks but it is what it is.

The tape says otherwise.

Video don’t lie.

Posters do.

 

[superjohn]

Tacko just stood there.

It was good d.

It was bad or biased officiating

Good lord, you don't think Tacko fouled him...

You don't even know what you're watching.

 

[ASweet3781]

Guys, UCF didn't lose that game because of Duke home cooking. They played a stellar game but had several chances to close it out and didn't. It really sucks but it is what it is.

Both can be true.

 

[Hoophound]

When you think back to how we won so many big games, it becomes obvious when watching UCF/Duke. We always had role players that could come in and fill a need when called upon. Zion? We’d put Ed Saunders on him and contain him enough to win. Duke getting to the rim and creating open looks by penetrating? Put Boat on him.

We always had guys to solve a specific problem even if they weren’t stars game in and game out. The last few years, nobody could completely handle any assignment.

 

[the Q]

Good lord, you don't think Tacko fouled him...

You don't even know what you're watching.

He walled up. Zion jumps into him creating all the contact.

 

[uconnell]

I saw it the other way, Zion's drive was clearly a charge. Barrett's guy just didn't box him out. UCF has no excuses, they outplayed them and had the game in hand.



Amazing people are calling this Duke team an all-time basketball team, they would get smoked by teams from the past.

They said the same thing about the 99 Duke team. Yawn!

 

[intlzncster]

Both can be true.

God I hate goodman but I love him here. "both can be true" that way too.

 

[Devland]

Zion is s really good player who’s stronger than hell but can’t shoot or handle the ball in traffic. the team that drafts him # 1 loses.

He'll be a good not elite NBA player. My big concern would be his knees holding up. 285 lbs. running on a hardwood floor is murder on the knees and most likely he will be around 320-325 a couple years in to his pro career. Only Ray Allens playing weight goes down during his NBA career.

 

[intlzncster]

We always had guys to solve a specific problem even if they weren’t stars game in and game out. The last few years, nobody could completely handle any assignment.

Role players? We barely had starters the last few years. haha

 

[superjohn]

Both can be true.

Zion absolutely charged but there was a charge before that they called on Zion that certainly was debatable. It didn't look like Barrett pushed off to me but I only saw it once.

Also, Goodman is an idiot.

 

[huskyrob1]

I dont think this will be close.

Nice call. Refs were Duke cheerleaders when it came down to game deciding calls. Is there a ref out there who has the guts to call a foul on Zion Williamson?

 

[Horatio]

I’ve never seen a basketball player run over two people to make a basket and it wasn’t called. It’s highly unusual

 

[tzznandrew]

UCF played well. Refs make mistakes here and there. Anyone watching that game and thinking the refs are why UCF lost is just out of their minds. They were as good as they're going to be in college basketball.