NCAA Tournament Thread

CMJ · Sunday at 05:10 AM

Duke also went 7+ minutes at one point only scoring like three points off free throws. So, it's not just at NT where that kinda thing happens.

NTXCoog · Sunday at 05:46 AM

35 minutes ago, CMJ said:

Duke also went 7+ minutes at one point only scoring like three points off free throws. So, it's not just at NT where that kinda thing happens.

Duke had 1 FG in the last 10:30

greenminer · Sunday at 04:20 PM

the analytics said you have 90%+ chance of winning with 1:26 left, and you lose

you allow, like, 13 points in less than a minute of play….

Maybe you shouldn’t be national champs.

GMG_Dallas · Sunday at 04:28 PM

3 minutes ago, greenminer said:

the analytics said you have 90%+ chance of winning with 1:26 left, and you lose

you allow, like, 13 points in less than a minute of play….

Maybe you shouldn’t be national champs.

Florida allowed UConn to score 11 points in the final 28 seconds of their game, probably didn't deserve to win, yet they'll get to play for a national championship tomorrow. Any other hot takes?

greenminer · Sunday at 06:04 PM

1 hour ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Florida allowed UConn to score 11 points in the final 28 seconds of their game, probably didn't deserve to win, yet they'll get to play for a national championship tomorrow. Any other hot takes?

Sports can teach us that sometimes you do all the right things and don't get what you want. That what you "deserve" is irrelevant.

Maybe relax a little? Was just having fun with old cliches.

Edited Sunday at 06:06 PM by greenminer

CMJ · Sunday at 07:34 PM

My hot take is, you can win and not deserve it and lose and not deserve to. Both happen in sports.

Edited Sunday at 07:42 PM by CMJ

GMG_Dallas · Sunday at 07:40 PM

4 minutes ago, CMJ said:

My tot take is, you can win and not deserve it and lose and not deserve to. Both happen in sports.

Not a hot take at all. I'm sure everybody around realizes it's not about how you start, it's how you finish. Most games the past few weeks have come down to the final 5 minutes or less. If you can keep it close for about 35 minutes, you can win the game.

CMJ · Sunday at 07:49 PM

Well, generally I feel like if you're good enough to come back from a deficit to win at the end - you deserve to. That's not always the case, but 95+ percent of the time.

Last night I'm still not sure if I feel like if Houston or Duke was more responsible for how that game ended. I've seen endings like that before, but I'm not sure ever one in such a high stakes situation.

Edited Sunday at 07:49 PM by CMJ

UNTFan23 · 2025-04-07T01:52:31Z

21 hours ago, Big Z said:

Duke choked like Tech

21 hours ago, CMJ said:

I mean that was intense full court pressure Houston had, I so gotta say the Cougars had a lot to do with it. But man, I cannot believe the way that game ended.

Likely both. It had been mentioned that Duke hadn't really faced much pressure something like the last 8 to 10 games where instead they had one those games by like 10 or more points, so they weren't ready mentally for a grinder of a game against the Coogs.

BigWillie · 2025-04-07T03:37:13Z

1 hour ago, UNTFan23 said:

Likely both. It had been mentioned that Duke hadn't really faced much pressure something like the last 8 to 10 games where instead they had one those games by like 10 or more points, so they weren't ready mentally for a grinder of a game against the Coogs.

Kinda what we did against Memphis?