2025 NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament Discussion

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[TheWatShot]

Refs are calling fouls just for fun now. 

[TheWatShot]

Duke might get 100 tonight as well. Made 21 of its last 24 shots. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Flagg is incredible but this Duke whistle is really something. Arizona guys getting mugged, no whistle. Must be nice to be a media darling.


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[cbp4iu]

Ya we can probably write off Texas Tech… They don’t look like they have it tonight. They will be lucky to not lose by 20 when’s its all said and done 

[HinnyHoosier]

33 minutes ago, cbp4iu said:

Ya we can probably write off Texas Tech… They don’t look like they have it tonight. They will be lucky to not lose by 20 when’s its all said and done 

13-0 run to cut the lead to 3 with under 2 to play!

[HinnyHoosier]

7 minutes ago, HinnyHoosier said:

13-0 run to cut the lead to 3 with under 2 to play!

Tie ballgame. Tech started shooting. Last shot coming up for the Fightin' Cals...

[BannerVille]

2 minutes ago, HinnyHoosier said:

Tie ballgame. Tech started shooting. Last shot coming up for the Fightin' Cals...

OT

[LamarCheeks]

Duke vs. Alabama: First to 120 wins? 

[HinnyHoosier]

Just now, LamarCheeks said:

Duke vs. Alabama: First to 120 wins? 

Evidently. And don't count either out until the buzzer sounds.

[JustWinBaby]

50 minutes ago, cbp4iu said:

Ya we can probably write off Texas Tech… They don’t look like they have it tonight. They will be lucky to not lose by 20 when’s its all said and done 

you were saying...?

[str8baller]

Atta’ boy calipari. Get the worst shot imaginable to end the game.

[BannerVille]

OT was a slug fest with Ark missing at the buzzer.  TT finishes the improbable comeback.

[TheWatShot]

Arkansas had a timeout, right? Can't believe they didn't use it. 

[HinnyHoosier]

Wow. Horrrrrible last sequence by Arkansas and Calipari. I'm pretty sure they had a timeout and he just let Wagner get himself shut down.

[str8baller]

2 hours ago, HinnyHoosier said:

Right, my brain just doesn't work that way and I've always felt those ratings can be deceiving. 81 points per game makes my skin crawl lol. Obviously, slow the game down, slow the scoring opportunities down. But Alabama will never slow down.

Kind of like when a running team gets down in football and it’s hard to come back. When Alabama is rolling it’s impossible to stay with them and it forces their opponents out of their game trying to keep up. I agree with you that on a possession by possession basis their D isn’t great. 

[Asha’man]

8 hours ago, HinnyHoosier said:

I still have trouble grasping that defensive rating when I see it. I feel like every time I've watched Alabama play they were never impressing anyone with their defense/points allowed.

They were ranked lower just a month or so ago when I looked. So I didn’t pick them to win it all. But their def efficiency has climbed a lot since the last time I looked. So they have stepped up in that last of their game. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

The confident and easy FT shooting demonstrated last night, on the most basic level, we need players that can at least take advantage of the easiest points in basketball.  Guards like Leal, Galloway, Enright are not the move towards winning at the top level.  This should be clearly obvious yet we’ve not fixed our problems on the most basic, predictable, projectable stat in basketball.  
 

Also 3 point shooting is reasonably projectable.  For the love of all things, do the simple things.  

[str8baller]

5 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

The confident and easy FT shooting demonstrated last night, on the most basic level, we need players that can at least take advantage of the easiest points in basketball.

The end of the Duke game was illustrative of that. Arizona wasn’t intentionally fouling but they were going so aggressive that they fouled about every possession to end the game. Didn’t matter to Duke because they hit about 9/10 FT’s at the end and Arizona never got close despite hitting a couple 3’s. 

[Hoosier DaDa]

11 hours ago, cbp4iu said:

Texas Tech looks terrible. 

I think they heard you and took offense.