NCAA East/West Regional Final Open Thread
by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 27, 2010 3:00 PM CDT
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PrintRegional finals often produce the best basketball games of the tournament (although that's a tall order this year). We're down to eight teams that have proven they can play the game at a high level, but the often crushing pressure that comes with Final Four week hasn't arrived yet.
The East Regional final, Butler-Kansas State, begins at 4:30.
The West Regional final, West Virginia-Kentucky, tips off at 7:05.
We're done with keeping track of multiple games at the same time, but in case you're not in front of a TV, here's your game video:
And, here's the link to a larger video player: Launch Player.
Enjoy the action. And rest up for tomorrow afternoon.
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Think id rather play Butler. City be damned
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
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Updates from Rexrode
Allen says his foot actually feels better today.
I worry more about Roe’s knee. At some point, it just seems like the thing is going to stop working.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 27, 2010 4:10 PM CDT reply actions
at least Allen is feeling better
We knew Roe was never gonna get better and was likely going to feel a little worse on the quick turnaround. Allen was the X factor. Glad to hear he is filling good adding him at full or next to full strength would help a lot.
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"Not so fast my friend"
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
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These are a couple of really good teams
not sure id "want " to play either Butler or K State
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Gus Johnson going nuts
like that was a buzzer beater.
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Butler up 6 with 53 sec to go
I could see the KSU coach murdering someone. He just has that look to him.
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Butler first team to the Final Four
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Homestate team 2nd year in a row
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Yup Id love to get to ge the anti MSU this year
All the talk about MSU last year got sickening
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Watching Adreian Payne's team
I say his team because he hasn’t been able to stay on the floor. Picked up his fourth midway through the third quarter. He’s not especially Roe-like, as someone in another thread suggested. Doesn’t play with a lot of energy. His game is more that of a 5 than a 4. Seems to have problems playing defense in the paint without fouling. In fact, the team has played better with him on the bench.
I believe the Roe comment was because he is playing hurt
From what im hearing his team is not making much of an effort to get the ball down low to him
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Wow. The Bulldogs dance on.
That’s a hell of a 1-2 combination to beat in a 48 hour span. Kansas State and Syracuse?
I think we can strip the Mid Major label from Butler.
If Hayward stays, they’re top 5 to start next season.
Butler, yeah!
Best possible matchup for MSU. Butler has faced four uptempo teams so far (UTEP, Murray St., ’Cuse, and KSU) and forced them all to play too slow for their comfort.
(Season Avg. Posess. / vs. Butler Posess.)
UTEP (70/67)
Murray (67/58)
Cuse (70/63)
KSU (70/62ish)
Those last two games also featured two of the worst well-thought-of coaches around.
MSU would be totally fine with a 60 possession game, and has a pretty decent coach.
Tennessee and Butler are both extremely good basketball teams, and a loss to either would be wholly unsurprising. But there is a very real path to the championship game now. A truly amazing thought, given what four weeks ago looked like.
Bizzarre game
WVU leads by 2 at the half without making any field goals within the arc
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Was just about to post the same thing...
not sure I’ve ever seen that before… funky.
It's hard to "root" for either of these teams.
They feature two of the seediest, most unlikable coaches in the game. That coupled with the ridiculous Kentucky fans…If i have to choose, it’s WVU barely.
+1...
or should it be -1? I’m not rooting for WVU in this game – I am rooting against Kentucky.
How Does Calapari.....
…..Keep getting jobs?…..Umass mess puts univeristy back 10 yrs with all his violations…..memphis next with more voilations and wiins removed…..Then within 3 days is hired at kentucky?….I just dont get how he gets jobs when he puts every school behind the 8 ball then leaves beofre it gets to risky while he is there….Shafy
by BennieBladesFan on Mar 27, 2010 7:23 PM CDT reply actions
That last 3
I don’t know what Kentucky is thinking there. You can’t back off a guy like that when you know WVU will take 3s all day long on you.
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Im loving it.
Give me anyone over Cal and his NBA team
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Cousins
Goes down like a girl. He’s looking for ref help instead of playing strong.
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I just want him to snap so bad
wanna see this punk punch a guy and get tossed.
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Go Spartans
and really its not like Huggy bear is a clean recruiter
one of his guys getting popped wouldnt bum me out :P
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WVU up 11
Chalk is dead! Long live upsets!
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If Kentuckey were to pull this out id bet money they win it all
They wont shot this bad again.
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Hate both of these coaches with a passion
Huggins at least has some ability as an in-season coach. Calipari is done for the year when the recruiting class is signed. Huggins is dirty as hell, but Calipari runs a pure semi-pro team without apology.
The funny thing is watching a game knowing that in five years, it will not have happened. No matter how many games UK wins this year, the official total will be zero.
If they win it all the NCAA wont do anything
They never come down on the champs that would look to bad
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Geez WVU
make more shots please. Your misses are easy transition points for Kentucky.
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UGH
WVU STOP SUCKING
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Wow...
worst blown 1-on-nobody fast break ever.
Bledsoe should be gone after that charge
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Ball dont lie
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It doesn't
Why do you think Cal hasn’t won a title yet?
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Runs out of money by the time they get to the final four
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Go Spartans
Also
Cousins has gotten bailed out countless times this game by travels instead of charges and stuff like that. He should have fouled out 5 minutes ago.
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WOW
Refs screw WVU on that over and back
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Least Jay is giving it to them
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Liddigs went down like he got shot
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MAKE YOUR FT'S
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Apparently
Two 50%-ish players on the floor this late in the game?
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I can't believe
Bilas didn’t find something negative to say about that last sequence.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
Huggins is about to once again reap the rewards
of recruiting raw athletes with zero basketball fundamentals.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
Lesser of two evils
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Could say so to a greater extent for Cal
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He's had guys like Camby,
Padilla, Rose, etc. play for him. Van Exel is the only Huggins player I can remember with a strong grasp of the basics.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Mar 27, 2010 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions
If the shooter had been hit
by the defenders jaw, however…
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
Still can't fathom
that WVU my only Final Four pick still alive. Weird. year.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Mar 27, 2010 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I've got Baylor too
But many, many thanks to West Virginia: first for defeating Calipari, and second for ensuring that my no 0-for-4-in-the-Final-Four streak continues.
The difference between Cal and Roy "Mr. November" Williams
When Cal has 4 NBA ready players on his team he goes out in the Regional Final. When Roy has 4 NBA ready players on his team he wins the National Championship. It will be interesting to see what UK puts on the floor next year, because none of these guys are going to be back. The Coach Cal formula, “One and rebuilding.”
Contest update
Assuming I’ve done the math correctly, TMadison25 wins only if the final is Tennessee over Duke. Every other possible scenario gives it to rook34. Link is here, will be updated with today’s results shortly.
Well I had a solid run
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