I’m sorry. Did you say you lost your marbles? Lol
Crazy? Are you saying I'm crazy? According to my last psychiatric evaluation yes.
We didn't play anywhere near up to our potential. But we still won. And that's the mark of a talented team. It's nice to see-- if not a bit frustrating.
That was one of our best offensive games of the year. VT was the best 3 point shooting team in the country and we held them to 4/12 from behind the 3 pt line. They were the hottest team in the country and had just beat Duke to win their conference tournament. That was a good win. Purdue is going to be a huge challenge though.
Ya.... I watched Purdue and at one point early in the 2nd half they just looked like they were toying with Yale. Plus, aren't they a top 5 ranked offense?
Yup,, Purdue won’t mess around and we’ll need to play our best game of the year both defensively and offensively. We have a chance if we can keep it close up to the last 5 minutes. Jaden Ivey is the best pick and roll player in the country and will put a lot of pressure on any defense. With him, we have to pick our poison. He can shoot, pass and drive at an NBA all star level. He’s unbelievably fast and always makes the right decisions. We won’t stop him but we at least need to stay in front of him and get a hand up on every shot. He’s not the only guy that’s a problem. Their center is MASSIVE! He’s talented too but is very slow. Normally you beat a team with a slow center by running them out of the gym with lots of fast breaks but we aren’t a fast break team. We’re a half court team on offense which plays into his strength because he just takes up space around the rim blocking and altering shots. We need to force him away from the basket by making him guard the perimeter. Whoever he’s guarding needs to go outside and set a screen and make him switch to one of our guards. That’ll open up a lane for our guys to get to the rim. If we just let him sit in the paint we’re going to have to shoot lights out from outside which isn’t our strength. I expect Purdue to play a lot of zone against us. They know we won’t shoot like we did against VT. They’ll dare us to take a lot of long two’s and a bunch of threes.
Baylor looks like they weren't ready to play today. Very disappointing. That's what happens when you think you're entitled because you're the defending champ. They're getting pushed around pretty good. No physicality from them at all. Make them feel you!
Yeah I’m not surprised North Carolina is winning felt like they had a good chance, but winning by 22 right now is pretty surprising
Correct.
Yep. Texas is a perfect example of an NCAA tournament run sometimes depending on things completely out of your control. Texas drew what I think is one of the worst 2nd round matchups for them that they could of drawn, but because of what happened in the rest of the bracket if they can figure a way to win on Sunday they are going to be heavy favorites to get to the elite 8. Baylor drew what probably is the toughest 1/8 game and you see what is happening to them. Success in the tournament isn’t all skill. There is a lot of luck involved as well
Looks like they ran out of gas in OT. Still hell of an effort.
Not to sound like you, but we ain’t getting past Purdue. Y’all can forget that. Still, great first year by a potentially great coach.
I agree. It’s one of the worst matchups we could of drawn, but I guess you never know
I wish college basketball would go to 6 fouls. The officiating is so bad that with 5 fouls they have too much impact on the game
