The official tournament time thread - Page 33

Noop · 04-07-2008, 10:34 PM

Memphis choked and Calipari got out coached.

hoopsguy · 04-07-2008, 10:34 PM

Wonder if Cronin is watching?

Galaxy · 04-07-2008, 10:35 PM

All I say is, what a great game. Two great, exciting teams.

I'm pulling for Kansas (not a fan or anything), but I like how they play and I like Self.

Noop · 04-07-2008, 10:37 PM

This game is over unless Kansas blows it. Memphis blew it.

MrBug708 · 04-07-2008, 10:38 PM

I guess you really do need FT's to win. Before the UCLA game, the Memphis players said that they've never lost because of a missed FT.

If Memphis can't pull it out, Cal is going to get it from the Press

zums · 04-07-2008, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrBug708

I guess you really do need FT's to win. Before the UCLA game, the Memphis players said that they've never lost because of a missed FT.

If Memphis can't pull it out, Cal is going to get it from the Press

well the couple of turnovers (epsecially the one that led to a 3 and the beginning of the run) didnt exactly help...

Lathum · 04-07-2008, 10:40 PM

they never lost because of a missed FT because they were always up by 20. Much harder to do with preassure.

Now you can just see them unraveling

Noop · 04-07-2008, 10:41 PM

This has to be a great season for the Jayhawk fans. Their football team was great and now they should be on their way to a national title in basketball.

zums · 04-07-2008, 10:41 PM

plenty of time left....

miami_fan · 04-07-2008, 10:41 PM

I wouldn't give the game to the Jayhawks just yet

Galaxy · 04-07-2008, 10:41 PM

Bad shot selection by Kansas with that miss.

JonInMiddleGA · 04-07-2008, 10:42 PM

What an odd sequence, great pass by Dozier, missed three, Rush blows a layup but recovers ... and then Memphis hits a three.

DaddyTorgo · 04-07-2008, 10:42 PM

lol @ that outlet by Jackson to Rush

and the fact he was able to put back his own miss

Galaxy · 04-07-2008, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noop

This has to be a great season for the Jayhawk fans. Their football team was great and now they should be on their way to a national title in basketball.

The university should see a real spike in donations and admission applications this year and into next year.

zums · 04-07-2008, 10:43 PM

Rush is lucky he got that ball back

Lathum · 04-07-2008, 10:43 PM

curious to see if KU will make their FT's

Galaxy · 04-07-2008, 10:44 PM

Do you foul yet?

Noop · 04-07-2008, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galaxy

The university should see a real spike in donations and admission applications this year and into next year.

I never understood this personally. Do regular student factor in a school's winning percentage when applying?

DaddyTorgo · 04-07-2008, 10:45 PM

super mario to make it a two possession game

YES

hoopsguy · 04-07-2008, 10:46 PM

I think I need another 5 or so overtimes to have a shot in the Top Gun challenge

DaddyTorgo · 04-07-2008, 10:46 PM

shoulda been a foul on Memphis there anyways so yay arrow to KU

DaddyTorgo · 04-07-2008, 10:47 PM

bah. Sharron that was lame. You suck

Warhammer · 04-07-2008, 10:47 PM

All I can say is that my two favorite college basketball teams are Memphis and Illinois. It sucks to be a fan of the two winningest basketball teams in a single season and neither won the championship.

DaddyTorgo · 04-07-2008, 10:47 PM

make your mofo FT's and I might forgive you

SackAttack · 04-07-2008, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noop

I never understood this personally. Do regular student factor in a school's winning percentage when applying?

Not everybody who goes to college is looking at how strong their academic curriculum is. Some are looking at extracurriculars.

Galaxy · 04-07-2008, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noop

I never understood this personally. Do regular student factor in a school's winning percentage when applying?

It's a marketing and branding strategy on part of the school. It's part the overall package that a school has to offer.

DaddyTorgo · 04-07-2008, 10:48 PM

if you shove the guy over like that shouldn't it be a flagrant or a T or something?

Noop · 04-07-2008, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SackAttack

Not everybody who goes to college is looking at how strong their academic curriculum is. Some are looking at extracurriculars.

I guess so.

JonInMiddleGA · 04-07-2008, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galaxy

It's a marketing and branding strategy on part of the school. It's part the overall package that a school has to offer.

+1

Lathum · 04-07-2008, 10:53 PM

may have been a crappy tournament but an awesome final

Buccaneer · 04-07-2008, 10:53 PM

That was AWESOME! Fundamentals rulz! SI, you got it back my friend.

miami_fan · 04-07-2008, 10:54 PM

Calipari's post game news conference has the potential to be fun.

Noop · 04-07-2008, 10:54 PM

Great Job Kansas. They actually had an offense and a coherent game plan to maximize their chances to win. The were built to win this whole thing and served noticed when they blew UNC out the water.

The Jackal · 04-07-2008, 10:54 PM

that game made me sigh.. i blame calipari

Logan · 04-07-2008, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lathum

may have been a crappy tournament but an awesome final

Eh. I found it to be pretty boring up until Memphis started choking it away. Just seemed like there was absolutely no energy in that arena.

MrBug708 · 04-07-2008, 10:56 PM

Congrats to Kansas and all of their fans...

Anyone wanna bet what Cal's first question will be about?

Scarecrow · 04-07-2008, 11:00 PM

SI (and other KU people)

The 'unofficial' headline for tomorrow's Topeka Capital-Journal: Self Gratification

GoldenEagle · 04-07-2008, 11:01 PM

I am still very proud of my team. It is heartbreaking. It really, really is. I can't even begin to understand the pressure to step up and hit a free throw in that situation. It was amazing watching this team play basketball this year. There will not be another Tiger team or another Derrick Rose for a long time.

#2 in the country, but #1 in my heart. Always.

Vegas Vic · 04-07-2008, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

Vegas VIc, how did you get 320 out of 320 in Elite 8 when you missed two of the teams? By the way, very nice job. Did most people did good on their brackets?

320 out of 320 was for picking all four winners in the elite 8. I just checked the ESPN site and even though my Kansas over Memphis final had me finishing in the top "100.0%", it was only good for 1,309th place out of 3,179,044.

vtbub · 04-07-2008, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lathum

may have been a crappy tournament but an awesome final

+1

Congrats, SI.

Swaggs · 04-07-2008, 11:11 PM

Sad loss for Memphis--unfortunate to lose that way.

Congrats to Kansas, though. Great defensive performances against a pair of amazing offensive teams in these past two games.

SackAttack · 04-07-2008, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenEagle

There will not be another Tiger team or another Derrick Rose for a long time.

Memphis is folding the hoops program?

I kid, I kid. Rough loss, GE. Get 'em next year.

MrBug708 · 04-07-2008, 11:25 PM

For Memphis, probably not

stevew · 04-07-2008, 11:52 PM

I can't believe they choked that away.

Kodos · 04-08-2008, 12:08 AM

Congrats to the Jayhawks. My wife went there, so she got a championship that she barely cares about. Meanwhile, I have yet to get one in college football or b-ball.

MrIllini · 04-08-2008, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Logan

Eh. I found it to be pretty boring up until Memphis started choking it away. Just seemed like there was absolutely no energy in that arena.

Probably because it was about 36k in half of a dome. I really hope they ditch the whole 'raised floor = full dome' plan.

Groundhog · 04-08-2008, 01:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Logan

Eh. I found it to be pretty boring up until Memphis started choking it away. Just seemed like there was absolutely no energy in that arena.

Yowzers. That game was a lot of things, but boring wasn't one of them IMO. I could have cared less about the energy in the arena, though I agree that bigger does not equal better with regards to basketball crowds.

sterlingice · 04-08-2008, 01:42 AM

I just got back from Massachusettes Street in Lawrence, which is the main street down our downtown area. It was just a giant sprawling 6-block mass of humanity. This was just something fun and amazing to go visit

GE- Memphis played an amazing game and ran into as much bad luck as anything down the stretch. We had two threes that we had no business hitting to get back into the game and it just seemed like we were destined to lose but didn't. I just don't delight in "vanquished foes" like a lot of fans because I've been on that side so many times.

Everyone should be allowed one big championship for their biggest team in their life. No Yankees winning 4 in a row when there are die hard Pirates fans out there. But I know it's just not like that.

We were dead in the water and somehow we magically pulled it off. I just can't get over it. We had a huge desperation "yes" when Sherron hit that three to make it a 4 point game. And then when Mario hit his shot- I think the entire city just exploded. I know where I was at was and there were only a few of us there.

As an aside, I love my Canon S3 IS. Considering how little light, how hard it was to get non shaky crowd pictures- quite a few of these turned out great (next post)

SI

sterlingice · 04-08-2008, 01:45 AM

SI

Lathum · 04-08-2008, 07:16 AM

wow, lucky there were no riots

04-07-2008, 10:34 PM	#1601
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Miami	Memphis choked and Calipari got out coached. __________________ Subby's favorite woman hater.

04-07-2008, 10:37 PM	#1604
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Miami	This game is over unless Kansas blows it. Memphis blew it. __________________ Subby's favorite woman hater.

04-07-2008, 10:41 PM	#1608
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Miami	This has to be a great season for the Jayhawk fans. Their football team was great and now they should be on their way to a national title in basketball. __________________ Subby's favorite woman hater.

04-07-2008, 10:41 PM	#1610
miami_fan Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Land O Lakes FL	I wouldn't give the game to the Jayhawks just yet __________________ "The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946

04-07-2008, 10:42 PM	#1612
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	What an odd sequence, great pass by Dozier, missed three, Rush blows a layup but recovers ... and then Memphis hits a three. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

04-07-2008, 10:34 PM	#1602
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Wonder if Cronin is watching?

04-07-2008, 10:35 PM	#1603
Galaxy Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2005	All I say is, what a great game. Two great, exciting teams. I'm pulling for Kansas (not a fan or anything), but I like how they play and I like Self.

04-07-2008, 10:38 PM	#1605
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	I guess you really do need FT's to win. Before the UCLA game, the Memphis players said that they've never lost because of a missed FT. If Memphis can't pull it out, Cal is going to get it from the Press

04-07-2008, 10:40 PM	#1607
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	they never lost because of a missed FT because they were always up by 20. Much harder to do with preassure. Now you can just see them unraveling

04-07-2008, 10:41 PM	#1609
zums H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Dec 2000	plenty of time left....

04-07-2008, 10:41 PM	#1611
Galaxy Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2005	Bad shot selection by Kansas with that miss.

04-07-2008, 10:42 PM	#1613
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	lol @ that outlet by Jackson to Rush and the fact he was able to put back his own miss

04-07-2008, 10:43 PM	#1615
zums H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Dec 2000	Rush is lucky he got that ball back

04-07-2008, 10:43 PM	#1616
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	curious to see if KU will make their FT's

04-07-2008, 10:44 PM	#1617
Galaxy Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2005	Do you foul yet?

04-07-2008, 10:45 PM	#1619
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	super mario to make it a two possession game YES

04-07-2008, 10:46 PM	#1620
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	I think I need another 5 or so overtimes to have a shot in the Top Gun challenge

04-07-2008, 10:46 PM	#1621
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	shoulda been a foul on Memphis there anyways so yay arrow to KU

04-07-2008, 10:47 PM	#1622
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	bah. Sharron that was lame. You suck

04-07-2008, 10:47 PM	#1623
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	All I can say is that my two favorite college basketball teams are Memphis and Illinois. It sucks to be a fan of the two winningest basketball teams in a single season and neither won the championship.

04-07-2008, 10:47 PM	#1624
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	make your mofo FT's and I might forgive you

04-07-2008, 10:48 PM	#1627
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	if you shove the guy over like that shouldn't it be a flagrant or a T or something?

04-07-2008, 10:53 PM	#1630
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	may have been a crappy tournament but an awesome final

04-07-2008, 10:53 PM	#1631
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	That was AWESOME! Fundamentals rulz! SI, you got it back my friend.

04-07-2008, 10:54 PM	#1632
miami_fan Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Land O Lakes FL	Calipari's post game news conference has the potential to be fun. __________________ "The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946

04-07-2008, 10:54 PM	#1633
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Miami	Great Job Kansas. They actually had an offense and a coherent game plan to maximize their chances to win. The were built to win this whole thing and served noticed when they blew UNC out the water. __________________ Subby's favorite woman hater.

04-07-2008, 10:54 PM	#1634
The Jackal Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Hampshire	that game made me sigh.. i blame calipari

04-07-2008, 10:56 PM	#1636
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Congrats to Kansas and all of their fans... Anyone wanna bet what Cal's first question will be about?

04-07-2008, 11:00 PM	#1637
Scarecrow College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Flatlands of America	SI (and other KU people) The 'unofficial' headline for tomorrow's Topeka Capital-Journal: *Self Gratification* __________________ Post Count: Eleventy Billion - so deal with it!

04-07-2008, 11:01 PM	#1638
GoldenEagle Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Little Rock, AR	I am still very proud of my team. It is heartbreaking. It really, really is. I can't even begin to understand the pressure to step up and hit a free throw in that situation. It was amazing watching this team play basketball this year. There will not be another Tiger team or another Derrick Rose for a long time. #2 in the country, but #1 in my heart. Always. __________________ Xbox 360 Gamer Tag: GoldenEagle014

04-07-2008, 11:11 PM	#1641
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Sad loss for Memphis--unfortunate to lose that way. Congrats to Kansas, though. Great defensive performances against a pair of amazing offensive teams in these past two games. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

04-07-2008, 11:25 PM	#1643
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	For Memphis, probably not

04-07-2008, 11:52 PM	#1644
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I can't believe they choked that away.

04-08-2008, 12:08 AM	#1645
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Congrats to the Jayhawks. My wife went there, so she got a championship that she barely cares about. Meanwhile, I have yet to get one in college football or b-ball. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

04-08-2008, 01:42 AM	#1648
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I just got back from Massachusettes Street in Lawrence, which is the main street down our downtown area. It was just a giant sprawling 6-block mass of humanity. This was just something fun and amazing to go visit GE- Memphis played an amazing game and ran into as much bad luck as anything down the stretch. We had two threes that we had no business hitting to get back into the game and it just seemed like we were destined to lose but didn't. I just don't delight in "vanquished foes" like a lot of fans because I've been on that side so many times. Everyone should be allowed one big championship for their biggest team in their life. No Yankees winning 4 in a row when there are die hard Pirates fans out there. But I know it's just not like that. We were dead in the water and somehow we magically pulled it off. I just can't get over it. We had a huge desperation "yes" when Sherron hit that three to make it a 4 point game. And then when Mario hit his shot- I think the entire city just exploded. I know where I was at was and there were only a few of us there. As an aside, I love my Canon S3 IS. Considering how little light, how hard it was to get non shaky crowd pictures- quite a few of these turned out great (next post) SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"