NCAA men's basketball thread

[perrykemp]

I know that's what you meant, So I respect your reply.

Thanks and love the sig.

 

[kristie]

i'm just glad kentucky is no longer undefeated.

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

Hate UK all you want, but they were a good team, yes team. They went 38-0 before losing. They lost to a better team with vets last night.
Calipari lost that game last night... he played not to lose with a 4 point lead... instead of attacking.... The slower pace gave the badgers a breather, and it allowed them to force UK into poor shots... with the exception of Lyes, Townes,Ulis, and Booker... these kids fought together last year, and came up a few minutes short....... So whatever this "they weren't a real team stuff " is, its coming from a long dark alley.....

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

"Cal Blew It"

But Kentucky also almost certainly made its offense less efficient by slowing the pace down. Rather than looking for good shooting opportunities in the first half of the shot clock, it tried to rush shots near the end of possessions. (Wisconsin’s defense, to reiterate, had something to do with that. But Kentucky hadn’t had much trouble finding shots earlier in the game, shooting 60 percent in the first half.)

Exactly how much less efficient is hard to say, but efficiency declines significantly as the shot clock runs down to zero. NBA teams score about 1.12 points per possession when they shoot in the first 10 seconds of the league’s 24-second shot clock, but that efficiency declines to 0.92 points per possession in the final four seconds of a possession. These numbers aren’t perfect for any number of reasons — not least because they’re drawn from the NBA rather than college hoops — but they give us at least some sense for the magnitude of the effect.


http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/coach-cal-blew-it/

 

[burmafrd]

Hate UK all you want, but they were a good team, yes team. They went 38-0 before losing. They lost to a better team with vets last night.
Calipari lost that game last night... he played not to lose with a 4 point lead... instead of attacking.... The slower pace gave the badgers a breather, and it allowed them to force UK into poor shots... with the exception of Lyes, Townes,Ulis, and Booker... these kids fought together last year, and came up a few minutes short....... So whatever this "they weren't a real team stuff " is, its coming from a long dark alley.....

no you just have tunnel vision and cannot see it.

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

no you just have tunnel vision and cannot see it.

pot & kettles

 

[Jenky]

Insane. This is what Jahlil Okafor's hands look like:

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

Insane. This is what Jahlil Okafor's hands look like:

That guy hands, feet, & head are huge.... his ability to hold the ball over the d in the post will be big in the pros... and because of this, he's never developed that bad habit of keeping the ball too low, allowing the guards to dig and get the easy steal.

 

[Tabascocat]

That guy hands, feet, & head are huge.... his ability to hold the ball over the d in the post will be big in the pros... and because of this, he's never developed that bad habit of keeping the ball too low, allowing the guards to dig and get the easy steal.

Otis Thorpe did the same thing. I have never seen full-court passes better than his.

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

Otis Thorpe did the same thing. I have never seen full-court passes better than his.

right on!

 

[bounce]

Insane. This is what Jahlil Okafor's hands look like:

I can't bend my mind enough to make that look real.

 

[DFWJC]

Insane. This is what Jahlil Okafor's hands look like:

A long time ago, Sports Illustrated used a two page spread to show how giant Dr J's hands were. It was freakish. A lot like this photo.
It wasn't this photo, but you can kind of see what I'm saying.

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[big dog cowboy]

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Dr. J making another house call.

 

[DFWJC]

13 lead changes already
Badgers lead Devils by 2 w/ under 2 minutes before halftime.

 

[Jenky]

Duke guards came up big this game.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

Can't wait to see Duke get their 5th.

 

[Rogah]

Like I called it after seeing how Wisconsin behaved and was treated Saturday.... they were set up for the classic letdown game against Duke.

 

[jimmy40]

Like I called it after seeing how Wisconsin behaved and was treated Saturday.... they were set up for the classic letdown game against Duke.

no way dude they just got beat by a better team. Twice this year, once at home.

 

[Rogerthat12]

DUKE BABY...HATERS..SUCK IT UP! HAAA

#5 Baby!

 

[jimmy40]

Wisconsin coach blaming the refs. Pathetic