***The Final Four Thread***
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Block vs charge call needs some serious love in the college game. Right now it encourages lazy defense. You don't'have to commit to guarding a driving player until after he leaves his feet, them simply slide over and take the "charge"! I don't even like Cuse, but they got jobbed multiple times down the stretch.
HoopsTournament
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Another interesting tidbit: This will be the third time that a #1 seed has played a #4 seed in the Championship Game. All 3 times Rick Pitino has coached the #1 seed. HoopsTournament.Net: Final Four Postgame Facts
Charges are terrible when the guy beats you down the middle of the lane. It's just a bailout. If you get beat you should block the shot with help defense or fail.
The charge is the only thing that legitimizes the mid-range game, so of course all the the white guys that make the rules are going to love charges.
HoopsTournament
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My last ones of the night: Louisville and Michigan have to combine for more than 250 points in the championship game to avoid being the lowest scoring tournament (average score) in the shot-clock era. The only time a tournament game has had that many points was when Loyola Marymount defeated Michigan 149-115 in 1990. The most combined points in a Championship Game is 182 in 1978 when Kentucky defeated Duke 94-88. (Side fact: Duke has allowed the 3 highest scores in championship game history.) The most combined points scored in the last 3 championship games is 126. The 6 teams have averaged 56.7 points in the last 3 championship games.
Also if neither team scores 100, it will only be the second tournament in the shot-clock era where no team scored at least 100 (other was 2006). The only time a team has scored a 100 in the Championship game was 1990 by UNLV.
Also if neither team scores 100, it will only be the second tournament in the shot-clock era where no team scored at least 100 (other was 2006). The only time a team has scored a 100 in the Championship game was 1990 by UNLV.
CycloneErik
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That's pretty fascinating on its own.
Didn't Michigan beat Loyola Marymount. I seem to remember them having the sad task of ending the run.
Didn't Michigan beat Loyola Marymount. I seem to remember them having the sad task of ending the run.
HoopsTournament
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The lowest-average-score fact does not surprise me — this was a noticeably offense-inept tournament.
Almost every tournament has a muddied-up game here & there — you might even see teams that average 70-plus playing a 59-54 game. But this season, almost nobody scored more than 80 -- there weren't even any early-round, high-seed 94-60 games.
HoopsTournament
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Only one team scored 90 or more (Ohio State vs. Iona). That is the first time since 1985. In 1988 alone, there were 29 teams that scored 90 or more. In the last 6 tournaments combined, there has been 28.
My wish is that players will look at us and see that we are not one of those inept teams and want to play for us. In the last two tournaments, we have the 5th highest scoring average of all teams behind Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio State and Arizona. (Only us and Ohio State has won a game in each tournament also.)
OK, I guess I had one more. But that is it.
Thought Burke would be able to pick apart Syracuse, but they contained him well.
Great games today.
Great games today.
CycloneErik
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Too much length for Burke. I thought he would struggle. Michigan did the right thing. Got it to their post at the top of the lane and make a play from there. Championship game should be fun to watch, Burke will be going up against smaller guards and should have a much better game. Michigan matches up with Louisville, should be a great game.
Scoring is down because defense is way up. Tons of teams now have long athletic players that are playing very tough defense. It shrinks the court and makes it really hard to score. Ten years ago teams just didn't play near as tough on D as they do now.
I'm a michigan fan and that was not a charge. I said it right away. Now, that's been the call all year and that is what I have been griping about all year. That needs to change. Once a guy picks up his dribble on the way to the basket, he cannot reasonably change paths.