* I'm sure the basketball diehards will have an actual breakdown, but I'm not sure you can truly draw anything relevant from last night's game. They were insane. Had Arizona on the ropes, and just kept bombing 3s and hitting
everything. Banking in shots, getting every lucky break, etc. As wcc pointed out, it's hard to play like that twice in a row.
* Sorry for the drama, wcc --> but my take on the annual whinefest is that you don't really know what your draw is until the games play out. If Kentucky fans had two major gripes, it was....
#1 = drawing the criminally underseeded, ridiculously hot, insanely talented Arizona team......who lost.
#2 = a potential Sweet 16 matchup agains the #1 overall seed.....who needs 2 wins without a key player before even meeting us
Ya just never know.
* This bracket is already wide open, imo.
Question for Smart Fan --> where do Cincy and Tennessee stack up against other 2/3 seeds? I thought that was actually a fortunate break on the bottom of the bracket.
* Watched the early games at Buffalo Wild Wings yesterday. 2/3 of the tvs were on random college sports (womens softball, wrestling, etc), NFL nonsense, or the bulbs were so bad in the projector you couldn't see the screen. They sure do love basketball in the Deep South!!!
* The Matt Jones pre and post game show is
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* Hami was all over the gd place on D yesterday. Deflections stat, ftmfw.
* I did a little analysis from commentary, postgame shows, sideline interviews, and such. All 68 teams in the field....
- were playing with a chip on their shoulder
- were trying to silence the haters
- the committee screwed them over
- were playing the underdog role
- playing with nothing to lose
- everyone picked against them
. Anyone catch OSU's Chris Holtmann right after the game? Popping his collar with that shit eating grin and calling out all the sportswriters that picked against him. Gotta be tough being such an underdog!!
* Trae Young was 3-9 from deep. Really?? I swear I saw him launch at least a dozen from 35+ feet in the 2nd half alone.
* 5:15pm tip on Saturday. F'ing perfect. Go Cats!