Selection Sunday-NCAA tournament thread

Hell of a game.

LeVert for Michigan had no business being on the floor, and the Michigan bench just fell asleep during Hancock's run in the first half.

 

A very well played final, though the officiating was erratic. Luke Hancock saved the game for Louisville with his threes late in the first half. Completely turned the game around.

Louisville was the better team, but it also had the better tactician on the sidelines. That makes no small difference in games like this.

 

Louisville wasn't the top overall seed until Kevin Ware broke his leg.

 

Steve Kerr actually did do a good job of pointing out each of the awful calls as they happened (Nantz and Kellogg considerably less so). But what they all, of course, refrained from doing was tying them together for the logicl conclusion: ie. there've been waayy too many obviously awful calls, these refs did a crappy job.

We'll see if anybody has more courage to point that out tomorrow.

 

This is awesome.

http://deadspin.com/look-out-pitino-471450243

 

The refs had a very bad game, but when you play man, the only way Hancock gets a shot off is if you forget about him. No excuse for him to make that run. That's why they kept the team manager in during the second half - he was smart enough not leave Hancock's side for any reason.

 

Probably won't be as entertaining as last year.

http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/ctid/1044/?rl=rr

 

A championship, the Hall of Fame, horse in the Derby. Some lucky Louisville lady is going to get the 15 seconds of her life tonight.

 

College basketball has never been in better shape with consecutive titles by paragons of virtue Calhoun, Calipari and Pitino.

 

Snort

 

Michigan's economy can't catch a break.

 

Bad officiating wasn't limited to the championship game. I still think Louisville would have won, but definitely some bad calls, topped by the one on Burke when he had a clean blocked shot.