2015 NCAA Tournament thread

He made five field goals and scored 16 points.

That's a pretty low bar for morphing into "the greatest college basketball player ever."

 

No shit he's an All-American. Duke ain't taking kids who aren't All-American, or close to it.

It's the storyline. 16 points in 21 minutes.

 

"For a few minutes ... "

 

Allen's game reminds me a little of Cole Aldrich in 2008. McDonald's All-American who didn't get a ton of playing time and averaged about two points as a freshman on a national championship team. But he was called upon in the semifinal and had a really good game, completely owning Tyler Hansbrough when they were matched up. A couple years later he was an All-American and a lottery pick. None of it was really all that shocking, but it was fun and interesting that he stepped up in a big game.

 

His haranguing ball-handlers and diving all over the place was part of it too.

In the last 20 years, name 3 other kids of his stature (low on the totem) who did what he did in the title game.

 

Oh my lord, what a load of crap. Classic example of the type of misinformed post that only gets made because of skin color.

Allen is not some Spike Albrecht style cinderella story, instead he's an immensely talented athlete who was one of the nation's most sought after recruits last year and merely won the slam dunk title at McDonald's All American game. At nearly any other school not named Duke or Kentucky he would've likely been a featured player this year, it's not the least bit shocking someone that talented could've had that performance.

 

Stop ruining a good Jimmy Chitwood fantasy!

 

Because of skin color?

You're an idiot, Stoney. Where exactly did I intimate that it's skin color?

I'm sure someone as esteemed as yourself wrote down that Grayson Allen was going to score 16 points last night.

But let's get back to your asinine assumption that you think I wrote what I wrote because I'm shocked he's white? You're a fucking idiot.

Have you not seen my posts throughout the tournament proclaiming man-crushes on Badgers? Guess I only love certain white boys. Idiot.

 

Glad he wasn't Mexican, Chinese, or Angolan. Totally would've ruined that storyline.

 

Yes, because of skin color. You don't post that nonsense if it's a black 6'4" McDonald's All American with 40 inch vertical leap having that performance. You leapt to a false assumption about the kid's talent level because of his external appearance. Whether you admit it or not.

 

This one goes back further than that, but one of my favorites was Terry Donnelly in the Magic-Bird NCAA final. Guard who averaged under 6 a game during the year, went 5-5 from the field, 5-6 from the line for 15 points.

 

A Chinese player coming out of nowhere? Unpossible!



Why, that would be ... dare I say it?... linsanity!