I like to think we peaked at the right time. Frankly, we did. KO figured out what he could get out of Neils and DeAndre and used them perfectly. It was a perfect use of the tools in his tool box. Those guys started hitting some open shots and the confidence of everyone involved, especially KO, just went off the charts. They figured it out. In retrospect, there was a lot of talent out there for us too.
Didn't say we didn't beat good teams or had an easy path. We beat teams that were mostly better than us.
Yes, certainly some of that. But we weren't the best team. The best team doesn't always win, in any sport. Lots of World Series winners and Super Bowl winners that weren't the best team. There is always an element of luck in sports. Doesn't take anything away from it to acknowledge that team needed it. UConn knew how to grind out defensive games. Maybe Villanova fans don't think there was any luck involved in their team shooting 78% from the floor against the most dominant defensive team in the country.
Lucky and miracle I take to mean they had huge breaks go their way like the star player on the other team going down 10 seconds into the game, the other team completely choking it away late at the line like Memphis did against Kansas, or a wild shot going in at the buzzer. UConn had one close game in the first round where nothing fluky happened and then they controlled all the other games beating 4 Hall of Fame coaches.
I thought deleting an account wasn't a thing here. Posting is always optional though.
Ahhh, that sucks. He was pretty much Yard legacy and here longer than most of the people who probably drove him away. Thanks, Tom.
UNC vs Kansas Monday night
As much as I've always hated UNC (going back to when they beat GTown in the '82 final), kudos to them for sending K off into retirement and the Dookies into the offseason with the taste of puke in their mouths. That said, I'll be holding my nose and rooting for UNC to beat Kansas. Easy enough to...the-boneyard.com
83 days before the first whistle and you're already whining about the refs?
I had an absolute ball reminding them what happened the last time the guy whose jersey they were wearing played for them (Kawhi).
Play that tournament 100 times and somebody else wins 98 of them. That’s not true of 2004. In 1999 Duke or UConn would probably win 96 of them in equal measures. Luck includes being matched up against teams that are better or worse for you and getting refs that call games in ways that fit your playstyle. That Louisville team for example. It happens every year that some teams run into a bad matchup. I consider that bad luck. UConn has very bad luck two years ago facing NM State.
Another way of saying Self can’t get it done when it counts.
Just having fun. You’re one of the good posters so I won’t rub it in that I’m a Bison undergraduate. Went to UConn postgraduate.
If they brought back the 1912 version all would be right in the world. That's as good as it gets
Always trust ADub trolling content
Agreed. It's on point.
Absolutely! We need to hold off on those until the postseason. Preferably at halftime.
Georges Niang's broken foot doomed Iowa State, right?
