The way that Arizona destroyed Duke in the second half. Duke could not get a rebound and could not stop Arizona in their offense. Derrick Williams looked head and shoulders the best player in the country in the first half. Uconn is playing the best ball that I have seen all year long out of them. Who would have thought with UCONN going 1-4 in its last 5 regular season games, then win 5 games in 5 days to win the Big East Tourney and now win 3 more to reach the Elite 8? UCONN and Arizona should be a fun game to watch, at least Derrick and Kemba will put on a show.
Butler lasting longer in the NCAA tourney than Duke is another amazing thing that happened. Who would have figured that Butler would be the one to get back to the Elite 8 over Duke in the matchup of last years finalist? The Butler coach, Brad Stevens, can flat out coach. He loses his best player to the NBA draft off last years team and still gets back to the Elite 8. Signed a long term contract that last until 2022 or something like that, when he could get double or triple the money at a power conference school. Butler has won as many games, 8, in the past 2 years NCAA Tourney as it had done in the past 63 years. Butler and Florida will be a heck of a game as well matching a couple of the better coaches in the country.
The NCAA tourney continues year in and year out to showcase the college basketball environment as a whole. Teams that are not in the power conferences therefore are not shown on TV as much showcase their talents. Coaches and Players come out from nowhere to put their names and faces in every basketball fan in america. It may not be the best 2 minutes in sport or the best game but it is the best sporting event EVER. A week ago the talk is about who got snubbed and did not get in and now the talk is Butler, Arizona and UCONN (Florida seeded #2 was expected to get this far). What will tonight bring, UK beating Ohio State, Ohio State blowing out UK, Marquette, Florida State, Richmond, VCU, will UNC save face for the ACC??? Who knows but it should be fun.
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Originally Posted by MsgMills
