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To be honest if you'd told me UK would score close to 100 I would have told you this game would have been a serious blowout...I think IU has a lot to look forward to in the coming years but this years Big Blue team was too much this time....IU has nothing to hang their head about....At this time we will be marching on to the Elite 8...GO Cats
Nothing but props from me for a great season and great effort tonight by the Hoosiers...
Looking forward to what will become an even bigger rivalry between two huge programs and two coaches that are fierce in their profession. Some epic battles in the years to come...
But for now, GO BIG BLUE!! The Hoosiers will have to watch from home while we go take #8 after beating Baylor, Louisville, and Kansas.
I agree with everything except I think it's UK and Syracuse even without Melo....They're a deep team that'll make it to UK....Think UK beats them by 7 in the final
Entertaining to watch. Hopefully Kansas will meltdown in the last minute!
Nevermind doesn't look like it.
[QUOTE=psprowler;485257]Entertaining to watch. Hopefully Kansas will meltdown in the last minute!
Nevermind doesn't look like it.[/QUOTE]
Our electric went off with 3 minutes to play and I had a stroke....
The ref's cost ALL basketball fans a true first half with those BS fouls on Davis, Hull, and Zeller. Putting what the whole world wanted to see on the bench for the most in the1st half. In the second half Zeller mugs Davis twice and bull rushes Jones knocking him down....No Call....Then Zeller gets clotheslines by Davis no call....Then Zellar gets called for a touch foul on Davis...
Point is, those six fouls in the first half on those 3 players were BS...touch fouls...but those hard obvious second half no calls
Refs, IMHO, dictated this game more than the players. Not sure how Crean and Calipari kept thier cools like they did..
It was like they missed all the obvious calls and then realized it with thousands of makeup calls. They'd miss a few on KY, then make up for it. They'd go on a run missing some on IU, then make up for it. KY was in the bonus for more of the game than they weren't, but understand it DID NOT affect the outcome.
Davis was totally affected by those two early fouls, and I think the officiating let to a lot of the "matador defense" that allowed all the layups by both teams.
In the end though the talent gap was evident and the 12 point win was about how it should have played out.
Ole "Rhoderick Rhodes" Terrance Jones had quite a different game than the first go around that's for sure.
UK took 20 more foul shots than IU and that determined the score. I wish the coaches could issue a challenge and go to the replay and if it doesnt go your way you are charged a timeout. After saying that I believe UK would have found a way to win this one.
[QUOTE=parker;485282]UK took 20 more foul shots than IU and that determined the score. [/QUOTE]
What determined the score was UK was the better team.
If they weren't fouled so often, they would have scored more field goals and the free throw differential would've been much smaller. It was a good game plan for the Hoosiers to try to be as physical as possible; no way they could hang with UK athletically.
[QUOTE=redneckshadrap;485267]Our electric went off with 3 minutes to play and I had a stroke...[/QUOTE]
Dag gone Billy...I feel your pain on that one...talk about some perfect timing, sheesh!! There you were, having your popcorn, maybe a beer or three, all fired up into the game, slapping the sofa cushion ever now and then, clapping your hands, high-fiving the better half, fidgeting in your seat when suddenly and without warning...darkness!!! LOL...Makes you wanna call and raise hell with someone don't it, lol...
I hope when you were walking to school while growing you you didn't sing that Hee Haw song "If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all...Gloom, Despair and Agony on me! lol...
[QUOTE=parker;485282]UK took 20 more foul shots than IU and that determined the score. I wish the coaches could issue a challenge and go to the replay and if it doesnt go your way you are charged a timeout. After saying that I believe UK would have found a way to win this one.[/QUOTE]
UK is extremely quick.......QUICKER than Indiana.......
With that being said, the BS touch fouls on both sides did get out of hand. I still don't see how UK shot 20 more foul shots than Indiana. They did drive quite a bit, but the officiating was so inconsistent, it was really hard for EITHER team to get a read on how the game would be called. When they started calling the game "right", UK already was in the bonus, and shooting foul shots.
I'm NOT BITCHING.......UK was clearly faster, and had a great game plan.
Who would have thought an Indiana team that shot 52% and scored 90 points would lose the game..........
WOW.
Later,
Geo