Kentucky Basketball: Beware the Ides of March
by Glenn Logan on Mar 16, 2010 10:59 AM EDT
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PrintSo as a tired but happy Kentucky Wildcats team sashays into the post season, we are hearing a lot of rip-roaring criticism about the way this 2010 version of the NCAA tournament was put together. The sky is blue. the Pope is Catholic. I know this shocks you all.
For myself, I think the 2010 version of the Big Dance looks exciting. Yes, a few of the calls by the committee are head-scratchers, and we are even seeing a few conspiracy theories pop up. Myself, I reject all that as typical tournament talk, and I really look forward to the tournament moving forward.
Since we are talking dissatisfaction and unhappiness, how mad should the Mississippi St. Bulldogs be that a lane violation occurred during the game on the play that resulted in DeMarcus Cousins' game-tying shot? Personally, I can understand their frustration. What basketball fan has not lost a game on a controversial play that later shows some kind of violation or clear foul on replay? We have all seen it dozens of times.
So I don't blame MSU for griping about this a little. I will point out, however, that officials very rarely allow games to be decided with whistles. We have seen many travels, fouls, and other sorts of things that would have nullified a last-second shot or put the guy on the line with no time left. The fact is, basketball officials are very reluctant to blow the whistle on that last play unless there is a clear and unambiguous advantage gained by the violator, and even then they sometimes don't blow the whistle. I think it is a built-in reflexive thing for officials to let game-deciding plays be contested on the court, absent something truly egregious.
More after the jump.
Was DeMarcus Cousins fouled during the put-back attempt? Possibly. No call. Correctly, no call. Why? The officials are reluctant to interject themselves into game-ending plays like that. It is natural, and to a large degree, commendable. But UK fans are going to have to remember this the next time a buzzer-beater doesn't go our way and there is a violation that is obvious on replay. Live by the sword, die by the sword, that's the way of things. Mississippi State had a lot to lose on that play, and they are correct that there were violations (arguably by both sides) that did not get called.
Did the officials not make a call that was available? Yes. Was it the right call? Yes, regardless of whether Stansbury thinks so or not. It happens all the time. Very little is left by rule to the judgment of the officials, yet that judgment absolutely impacts every game.
So does MSU have a beef about not being selected to the tournament? Absolutely not. Rick Stansbury scheduled an extremely easy OOC schedule thinking that he would dominate the SEC West and get in on the strength of that. It was purely a misjudgment on Stansbury's part.
The strongest teams in MSU's OOC schedule was always going to be UCLA, Old Dominion, and Richmond. Now, with all due respect to the fact that UCLA had a miserable year, these teams are the highlight of your pre-conference schedule, really?
Look at Florida by comparison: Florida State, Richmond, Syracuse, Michigan State. Now that's how you schedule when you have twice been bitten by weak OOC slates. Stansbury needs to shut his yap and learn the same lesson Billy Donovan learned.
Moving along to Kentucky's draw in the tournament, there has been a lot of hand-wringing about how tough it is.
Let me just say, with all the love and affection I can muster: GET OVER IT!
Good grief, we are Kentucky, not Duke. We don't need help, and if we do lose, we should not be whining about getting beat. Nobody is entitled to an easy road, and Kansas' trip looks just as tough, to me at least, as Kentucky's. So let's stop worrying about the draw and get ready for a wild ride. These kids need to face tough teams, because if UK does get anywhere near the Final Four, they will require more battle-testing than they've had so far this year.
That's the one thing this Kentucky team lacks that it really needs before it earns the right to play for the NCAA championship -- to be more tested than they were against SEC foes. This bracket, in my mind, is very favorable to UK, particularly because the Wildcats will get to play the kinds of teams that will prepare them for what awaits them in the later rounds. Let's look at the likely opponents if the seeds win properly:
- The Texas Longhorns -- Texas is a big, strong, talented team the likes of which does not exist in the SEC this year. Kentucky has out-bulked every team they have played, but they won't out-bulk the Longhorns. This game is an excellent preparation for the Kansas Jayhawks.
- The Wisconsin Badgers -- Wisconsin is a relatively small but extremely disciplined team that loves to control the pace and execute sharply. They remind me somewhat of the Duke Blue Devils, and have many of the same characteristics -- good three point shooting and strong perimeter defense. Wisconsin would be excellent preparation for Duke.
- The West Virginia Mountaineers -- While they don't play the zone, the Mountaineers have quite a bit in common with the Syracuse Orange. Both are long, athletic teams who can shoot from the perimeter. Both have some size but relatively little bulk. Both defend very hard, and both are excellent offensive rebounding squads despite their lack of bulk. While Syracuse is more comfortable at a higher pace, both teams are equally efficient offensively and play a tough, determined game.
Does Kentucky have a tough, rocky road to the Final Four? Absolutely. But if they can win through, they will be ready to win the national crown. The tests along the way will be invaluable to preparing them for the most pressure-packed and intense of all college basketball scenarios, and will challenge their toughness and determination. Get past this bracket, and Kentucky will have made the case that they are worthy of playing in April, and taking on the rest of the best.
So don't be upset with this region. Instead, celebrate it. This is the kind of road this team needs to travel in order to have a genuine chance to win it all. They are young and have never faced this kind of pressure, but they have also shown throughout the year that they can beat good teams in tough situations. They will need to do so to get to the last weekend of college basketball season, and this bracket could not do a better job of preparing them physically and mentally for getting to Base Camp of college basketball's Mount Everest -- the Final Four. The push to the summit demands a tested and seasoned team.
Finally, I want to take the position that if UK doesn't get to the Final Four, it doesn't much matter where we fall (Except in the first round -- I don't want to make that kind of history). Kentucky's tradition does not celebrate Sweet Sixteens, or Elite Eights, and we barely acknowledge Final Fours (except to use it as a bludgeon against coaches we perceive to be underachieving). Kentucky is about championships, and if we fail to reach that objective, the particulars of that failure are somewhat irrelevant.
So here's to the bracket. I love it. Go, 'Cats!
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So the double violation would have led to going to the possession arrow
And not a re-shoot. Did Kentucky have the possession arrow?
Not that it matters.
Some say a comet will fall from the sky. Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still. Followed by millions of dumbfounded dips**ts.
Yes, but it would not have mattered, because "they are all honorable men"!
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
And if Miss. St. had beaten Rider, maybe it wouldn't have come to that
Some say a comet will fall from the sky. Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still. Followed by millions of dumbfounded dips**ts.
Western had a bad year??
what about UNC, or UCONN…..lol….we are getting beat to death by the critics who say we didnt play anyone, when our usualt OOC is littered with teams like that….each year is different….it happens
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
The way I read the rule..
the double violation would lead to possession going to the opponent of the team with the first violation — whoever was over the line first, the other team gets the ball.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
So did Wall or Bost cross the line first?
Some say a comet will fall from the sky. Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still. Followed by millions of dumbfounded dips**ts.
i do not read it that way...
if it is a double lane violation, then it goes to team with a possession arrow.
the refs would have to call it a single lane violation for it to go to the opposing team.
and therein lies the rub of going down the “what-if” path – “if” they should have called a lane violation, then you have to say they “should” have called a double lane violation or uk would have gotten the shaft (and i am SURE gotlieb would have been quick to point that out) because they were due to ball due to the lane violation.
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Mar 16, 2010 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
sorry sdd...
did not mean to pile on – had not read ahead…no response needed…as we like to say “nothing to see here, just move along”
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Mar 16, 2010 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Et Tu Brute'???
lol….this is pretty good Tru…..we can beat any and all of the teams in our bracket if we are on our game. And that is exactly what we must be for the next 6 games……no mistakes, no whining, and no prisoners……it will take 4 of the best 6 games we have played this year to win this thing. The 1st round might be an easy foe, but things tighten up immediately after that. There will be someone along the way we did not expect to see, because that always happens…..I would love to hear Jay Bilas explain our throttling of Cornell though…..lol…..
Rick Stansbury is making noise for next year, but like you said it wont help him. He needs to be in some of these pre-season tournaments where he can face a Pitt or a UCONN in the finals……or schedule Baylor and Texas Tech along with WINNING some of those tough games, then he can make a legit case for being in. Those blind resumes really do tell the tale, and it aint pretty.
Billy Donovan better get his guys ready for this tournament, because this is his chance to prove that the wheels are not completely falling off the wagon in Florida. The experts give no respect to UT or Vandy in the tournament, predicting early exits for both of them, which surprises me knowing that UT beat us and Kansas this year. I am beginning to believe they were really tired by Saturday, because everyone knows that UT team is not the one we faced earlier in the year.
So bring em on boys…….come one come all, to the “Greatest Show On Hardwood”…..6 more to go and let the chips fall where they may……Indianapolis in the springtime…..almost as nice as Lexington.
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
Here's the thing....
The comparison here could be made to the onside kick in football. That is a strategic play, in which very definite rules have to be followed. If you take the risk of potentially giving up the ball you have the chance of high reward, but the ball has to go the ten yards. Same thing here…you take the chance with the intentional miss of the free throw of giving up one point for the higher reward to be gained if you get the ball back. But…you have to follow the rules. In this instance, the rebounder, Wall, gained an unfair advantage by obviously breaking the rule. Saying this shouldn’t be reinforced because it would affect the outcome of the game in the last seconds would be like a football official allowing a team to kick an onside kick only 8 yards with a minute left in the game and saying that silly rule shouldn’t affect the outcome of the game.
That’s the way I look at it. You have to realize Mississippi State was looking at an auto-bid if they won that game. All teams want to make it to the tournament, by whatever means. Those were some pretty high stakes there for them, so yeah, I do think they got robbed. That’s not UK’s fault, it’s the official’s fault.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
The MSU player did the same thing......both were in violation.....Arrow went to UK
on alternating possession…..no way the refs make that call…..not unless they are going to start using the TV to do it…….on every call…..just dont see it happening…..not in a gmae like that, or any other for that matter
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
That is the way I read it as well
Double violoation, you go to the arrow. If the arrow was for UK, you basically ended up with the same senario that played out anyway….UK ball, less than 6 seconds to go.
Some say a comet will fall from the sky. Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still. Followed by millions of dumbfounded dips**ts.
Oddly enough...
the player moving out of the lane made the biggest (IMO) part of the play (other than Cousins make) and that was Patterson disrupting the rebound so Wall could recover.
MSU and others are welcome to whine about the missed call but if I remember correctly there were some missed free throws that would have sealed the W for them. MSU’s execution in the final minutes was not the best – turnover, missed free throws, missed rebounds, etc. Considering this, to blame the loss on a missed call seems a bit, well, whiny.
It always seems whiny..
to the team that benefits from the call.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Well, I whined...
during the game when Varnardo took Cousins’ head off and there was no call. Plus, I have two very young children so I am very familiar with whining. : )
But perhaps I used the incorrect word, so let’s call it “complaining” or as Tru put it “griping”.
So, with that hopefully out of the way, with my original point in mind, I would say that MSU let it get away, rather than being robbed.
I don't think MSU is being whiny.
The rule is the rule, and unlike “fouls” a lane violation is easier to call.
That said, didn’t MSU end up winning an SEC tourney game against UK a few years ago b/c of a called lane violation in the last 5 seconds took away a Meeks FT that would have given UK a 4 point lead? I was there, and that was the most technical of calls. Had nothing to do with a live ball. So while I understand MSU’s pain, let my friend Earl explain it to you: karma.
The rule doesn't say it's alternating possession...
It says:
When there is a marked-lane space violation by a free-thrower’s teammate and an opponent: a. When the first violation is by the free-thrower’s teammate, the ball shall become dead when the violation occurs, no point shall be awarded for that free throw. When no other free throw is to follow, play shall be resumed by awarding the ball to the opponent of the team that committed the first violation at a designated spot nearest to where the violation occurred.
So it would depend on who crossed the line first, which I don’t know. Presumably the officials are watching for the violation, since that’s their job. Also, surely someone should be watching whether the shooter was in violation, which he plainly was. Mississippi State would have regained possession on that violation alone, no matter who won the violation footrace between Bost and Wall.
Anyway, my point, which you seem to be ignoring, is not intepretation of finer points of the rule, or even who you or I think was in violation, but rather that it’s silly to throw the rule out the window on a strategic play that plainly depends on enforcement of the rule.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Well, if you can get the refs to bite on that one I have a whole list of others I would
like to discuss with them. It still doesnt matter, MSU didnt get it because they didnt play well enough to get in…..same as us last year…..it happens…..
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
The shooter's violation ...
… was by only .1 or so. That’s hard to detect. Wall’s violation was bigger, as was MSU’s player, since they are required to be outside the 3-point line until the ball hits the rim. Necessarily, they had a lot further to go, and Wall appears in the pic near the FT line about the same time Bledsoe seems to step across the line.
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 16, 2010 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think so.
No more so than any other team gets “robbed” when people find violations on replays.
It happens a lot. Officials are reluctant to make calls like that at the end of games. It’s been that way for many years.
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 16, 2010 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Whatever...
no one seems to get my point.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
actually we do get your point, but we have done enough hand-wringing here in the past
over what the refs do and do not call, that we have finally become a bit immune to the procedures they use. Would we have been more upset if we were on the other side? Possibly, but we still would have known we would never get that call. And I think Stansbury knows it too. In a perfect world it might happen, but it would take another 4 refs to see it, based upon all they have to watch.
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
Your point was, apparently ...
But…you have to follow the rules. In this instance, the rebounder, Wall, gained an unfair advantage by obviously breaking the rule. Saying this shouldn’t be reinforced because it would affect the outcome of the game in the last seconds would be like a football official allowing a team to kick an onside kick only 8 yards with a minute left in the game and saying that silly rule shouldn’t affect the outcome of the game.
That’s where we disagree. Wall did not gain an advantage there. He did not touch the ball until after at least one other person had touched it. Had he caught it and dunked it, or been the first to the rebound, well, you might have a point I would concede. But in this case, neither Wall nor Bledsoe gained any advantage because of where the ball went.
So yes, there was an enforceable violation on the part of Wall and possibly Bledsoe. Either the officials did not see the violation well enough (we are only talking about a couple hundredths of a second, whereas most lane violations that are called happen much more clearly), or they decided that enforcing the violation was not the best thing to do given the fact of where the ball went, or that the MSU player violated simultaneously creating no advantage for either team.
If it had been a basket resulting from an inside play where the player was obviously in the lane for more than three seconds, as we have seen many times go uncalled, it would be an identical situation. Overall, MSU has a right to complain, but little more. This was a bang-bang call that was hard to make correctly, and in that case, the officials usually err on the part of not making the call at the end of games.
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 16, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes we do
And I think Tru would have written the same thing about the play if we had lost the game. He sees things like this without blue shades, which is great. IMO.
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
I bet Tru sees through very Blue shades
You don’t do the work he has done here unless you are truly in love with it.
That said, he rarely drops in during the heat of the game and gives his remarks because he wants to provide the best analysis/wording that he can later. There are a ton of “traditional” journalists that could learn a lot from his approach.
oh yeah,
and as a point of order I will let you know now, he doesnt lose many of these discussions…..I have tried way too many times myself……lol…..the term Mexican standoff comes to mind…..lol
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
I would like to point out here...
That I WAS NOT ARGUING! I conceded. Gee, what do I have to do?
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
"Gee, what do I have to do?"
Confess your love of Calipari……..j/k
Some say a comet will fall from the sky. Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still. Followed by millions of dumbfounded dips**ts.
getting rid of all that orange in her wardrobe would be a big help too....lol
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
Tomorrow, I will...
Let’s all wear the green!
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
arrrhhhggggg
Yek…. bleh…..
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
I agree wholeheartedly with just about everything you wrote here Tru.
If you would have told me a week ago that the 3-6 seeds in our region would be New Mexico, Wisconsin, Temple and Marquette, I would have said hell yeah and still think the same thing. These teams do not scare me at all. As you said, the NCAA tournament is not supposed to be easy.
MSU didn’t deserve a bid. And since I have posted my feelings about this numerous times, I will leave it at that.
The only minor thing I disagree with is your statement that WVU is a good perimeter shooting team. I watched the WVU/G’twon Big East championship game with a WVU season ticket holder and he said that is their big weakness. Even Bob Huggins has said as much several times.
March Madness is here baby! Let’s get it on!!
Slower Traffic Keep Right!
Yeah ...
… They only shoot about 34%. I guess that depends upon your definition of “good.”
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 16, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
On MSU getting in ..... my solution(?)
They played a weak OOC and had some bad losses … hate to quote Dickie V, but he said a teams last 10 games should have more weight in the selection commitees choices … and in MSU’s case I think that fits. I hate to see Varnado – the all time leading shot blocker – not get a shot at the title. And we’d all have to admit that they gave us all we wanted and then some-twice.
While I’m against expanding the tournament to 96 or 128 or whatever (because I don’t want the regular season watered down), What if we went to 4 play-in games – that could add 6 additional at large bids …. The networks get the extra revenue they want … and hey we’re already playing on Wednesday anyway …
coop posted it in fanshots
I recommended it. Definitely a must read.
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Missed it
my bad coop!
thanks a2!! luv ya!
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Announcers
Looks like we get Enberg/Bilas for the opening games.
Link to the Big Lead story here.
Personally, I’m glad we don’t have Gus Johnson (my favorite announcer), since I really don’t want much excitement in those first couple games.
It's time. . .
Conspiracy theories
You could have just said it was an article by Jason Whitlock; then we’d have known it was a baseless conspiracy theory and would have had the good sense not to read it either. I’ve never read anything by Whitlock that was anything more than wild-eyed speculation and/or baiting.
If I understood the brackets correctly Seven, the #1 seeds get to play in prime time
so I would guess Saturday Evening, but I am not 100% certain.
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
Any time you have a close game
there’s a call or two along the way that would have changed the outcome. If Varnado’s mugging of John Wall on a layup had been called, Eric wouldn’t have had to miss the free throw. Speaking of Varnado, he’s a stud, but if you watch his blocked shots, you’ll see that more often than not, he’ll block with his right hand and push the shooter with his left, or vice versa. That’s what I’m talking about on the John Wall mugging. His right hand got all ball, but his left got all Wall, and we’re not talking incidental contact. Has Stansbury been whining about the non-call? I haven’t actually heard him do so and I’d like to think he has more class than that. If he’s whining about not getting a bid, then I know what he and the horse he rode in on can do. Play a decent OOC schedule, beat a few of the good ones and win a bad conference division convincingly and then you can complain if you don’t get invited to dance. But do those things and you won’t have to complain because you will get invited.
I may be paranoid, but that doesn't mean they're not out to get me.
when we beat them in starkville...
the ole miss fans were tickled because the refs “finally” started calling fouls on Varnado.
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Mar 16, 2010 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
THE BRACKET
Best read of the day and on the money. I believe though that Cornell is going to be the match up and not Wisconsin. But Cornell would be a great challenge for the Cats and would make them fight through exposed weaknesses.
Kansas potentially has the toughest road. Although we could play a #1 seed (West Virgina) before we get to the Final Four, I still believe UK’s road is better than the Jayhawks. This is the NCAA Tourney. Every game should be tough and every opponent, a challenge.
Great article and thanks for your thoughts…
Go Cats!!
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Egad!
I just re-edited that thing and found about six typos. Crap. My spell-checker must be on the blink. :-(
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Tru, a nice look at it
After my initial shock at the dookies easy draw, I was also happy that we got the road we got. We might go out in round two, or we might win it all. The foes they put in the way will lead to better things. If they don’t lead to better things, we have had a heckuva ride this year.
I think we’ll learn that this team has some more ammo in their back pockets…for example, I can see Razor getting some time, etc that folks really haven’t scouted.
Go Big Blue!
Thanks very much.
I think we’ll have as good as shot from where we are as anywhere else.
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Don't Expect the Expected Ones....
KU is tough, but I seriously think that the Jayhwaks will fall sometime before the Final Four. I expect Tennessee to make a strong showing, and perhaps knock off the Jayhawks again…or the Travis Ford-led Oklahoma State Cowboys. Kansas is tough, but they are coming into this thing pretty arrogantly (I listened to the Dan Katz-ESPN interview with their Coach, Bill Self, and he was uncharacteristically pumping Kansas up [as if he needed to]). They know that they have a tough bracket, but its almost as if KU is expecting to waltz into the Final Four. My prediction is that they will fall sometime before (the Jayhawks are notorious for choking, even when very highly ranked).
Kentucky has no easy road, either, but personally, I see a totally different attitiude with the `Cats: they know that their loss column culd have been more populous had the ball (literally) bounced one way or another. Listening to Calipari’s interview in ESPN with Katz, Coach C’s attitude was wholly different, and I thik he knows what he is up agaisnt.
In the South, Coach K of Duke was also uncharacteristically uppity about his team getting in. I figure Duke will get it handed to them by Louisville in the Second Round, showing the flaw of having them as a #1 seed (which should have goen to West Virginia)…
Syracuse will do well, too, but I believe that they will fall before the Final Four. Didn’t listen to Coach B’s interview, but they just seemed to collapse in the Big East Tourney.
My final Four picks are Murray State, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Louisville. I could be found wrong in a few weeks, but there it is….
"I will never leave you nor forsake you."
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