Thursday Sweet 16 Thread

[Jakarii]

Missing shots

Good defense does that. They didn’t really struggle missing shots before but when you face a team with size, good coaching and players that aren’t giving up any room on defense, this is what you get. It’s reallt
Common sense

 

[the nail at the foul line]

If Cal stayed at UK we are a 7 seed losing to Drake.

 

[The_Answer1313]

I hate Duke as much as the next UK fan but Duke is a damn good basketball team. Saying otherwise is just being biased and silly

Duke is just example 1 of 1000 ..............you can play in a weak conference and yet still be very good yourself.

Heck we did that a TON of times in our history when the SEC wasn't very good lol.

 

[chasingwildcat]

If Cal stayed at UK we are a 7 seed losing to Drake.

We may not even make tournament

 

[BlueRunner11]

Texas Tech is awful.

 

[Pygmy Sasquatch]

If Cal stayed at UK we are a 7 seed losing to Drake.

And cal waddles back to Richmond Road to walk the dogs and watch Little House

 

[CondorCat]

Arizona just cut it to 8 points...

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Flagrant

Stupid play.

 

[Fox2monk]

Soon As Zona goes on a run they call a Tech on a hook and hold on them wow.

 

[Fox2monk]

That’s a tech on Duke then. Same play other end. The review it and get a common foul wow. So crooked.

 

[JwUKFan11]

Please have a meltdown, please

 

[crawfords corner]

Letting them play. Z fouled the crap out of him

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Stupid play by Duke

Common.

 

[kyleb740]

Well the refs just called this flagrant one way so hopefully they can put 2 and 2 together here

 

[ukbb2003]

Of course. Same exact play a flagrant on one end and a common foul on the other.

 

[noncomposmentis]

There were multiple teams who could’ve been the best in an average season that year.

Duke, Wisconsin, and Arizona were fantastic. Virginia was nipping at UK’s heal in kenpom before Anderson’s injury.

yeah, I'm sure it's no longer true (especially after this year), but at one point I think 4 of the top 10 "best" teams at kenpom were from 2015. We picked a really really bad year to try to go undefeated.

 

[kyleb740]

Haha it’s even an offensive foul so Arizona gets no FTs. You can’t make this shit up

 

[Fox2monk]

Well the refs just called this flagrant one way so hopefully they can put 2 and 2 together here

Nope they changed the whole game not calling that too.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Well the refs just called this flagrant one way so hopefully they can put 2 and 2 together here

Nope

 

[Pygmy Sasquatch]

Well you knew the zebras would ride in to save the day

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Of course. Same exact play a flagrant on one end and a common foul on the other.

Refs are always fair.

 

[Fox2monk]

Horseshit refs

 

[ukjenning44]

No way refs will let Duke lose.

 

[CrimsonCats]

Arkansas deserves some credit for defense, but Tech is also just plain having a clunker at the worst possible time. They were 35th in the country by shooting 37% as a team from 3 during the season, but they’ve missed a ton of fairly open looks tonight.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

7-0

That's Cal

 

[noncomposmentis]

Yeah, Duke looks really good, at times invincible. But I'm old enough to have seen several teams run through the tournament and look unbeatable.....until they were beaten. Ricky did that a couple of times in the 90s.

 

[Fox2monk]

Tech on a Run

 

[kyleb740]

Cooper gonna be cramping by the 2nd half of the Bama game. Built in excuse

 

[fatguy87]

If Duke weren't the beneficiary, I'd be befuddled by the hook and hold decision.

 

[Wildcat-in-STL]

How is Arkansas getting matched up with just teams that cant shoot? LoL. oh well if they make it 1 game further than us its ok. But I for sure now think Cal was sandbagging the past 4 years,

 

[catben]

CBS just stepped in on that last hook and hold on Duke and told the refs NOT to Cal a Tech on Duke.

Even the announcer said it should have been the SAME call!!! He won't get to announce another game the rest of this tournament.🤪🤪🤪

RIDICULOUS!!!!

 

[Fox2monk]

No way refs will let Duke lose.

You can tell they have orders to move Flagg on no matter what happens.

 

[Fox2monk]

7 point game, is this a classic hold the ball Cal game?

 

[kyleb740]

I don’t think the refs have been that bad in this one, but that was a head scratcher

 

[fatguy87]

Barring a meltdown by Arkansas, at least half of the teams in the Elite 8 will be SEC teams.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

You can tell they have orders to move Flagg on no matter what happens.

More chicken wings than Buffalo Wild Wings

 

[Wildcat-in-STL]

great news guys, Either Duke or Alabama will lose on Saturday. So we'll get to enjoy either Flagg or Sears having to cry that they didnt get carried by the refs to a win.

 

[Fox2monk]

Come on Wildcats!

 

[catben]

Hey Tech, Davis does NOT MISS FREE THROWS!!!!!!

STOP FOULING HIM!!!!

 

[EliteBlue]

Imagine that. Game tightens up and the same ref blows an away from the ball whistle