2012 National Championship* edited by basketballhat THREAD

[mcwop23]

Gators playing decent d, can't shoot, pretty happy so far

[Durham]

Guys I'm here did I miss anything

[mcwop23]

Up 6 at the half, cannot complain

[Snatch]

If 2 of the Elite 8 games are Cincy-Syracuse and Florida-Louisville, you might as well pencil Kentucky and the Midwest winner in the title game

[Broncobama]

That camera angle makes shots look off then they swish

Probably the worst part. My friend's over and I was like "oh shit, nice shot, idio- ... fuck"

[dragon jeans]

If 2 of the Elite 8 games are Cincy-Syracuse and Florida-Louisville, you might as well pencil Kentucky and the Midwest winner in the title game

I'm not quite that confident, but I'll definitely take it.

[mcwop23]

Kentucky will beat the gators 4x this year! Fucc

[dragon jeans]

Just as I suspected. Aaron Craft is still pretty good.

[Fiver]

Sully, doin' thangs.

[the scofflaw]

Kentucky will beat the gators 4x this year! Fucc

worried about this one if we make it this far..gotta be tough to beat a very good team 4 times in a season

[dragon jeans]

UF can't win because it will prove Gottlieb right.

[mcwop23]

"very good" is subjective

[Dear You]

If 2 of the Elite 8 games are Cincy-Syracuse and Florida-Louisville, you might as well pencil Kentucky and the Midwest winner in the title game

lol

I'm not saying they could do it all the time, but Louisville can beat UK.

[Broncobama]

"very good" is subjective

"curiously hot"

[dragon jeans]

The looked great tonight, but I don't think the "can" in your statement is really statistically significant, at this point.

[the scofflaw]

plenty of teams can beat uk, we've just been fortunate to win more often than not. i'm hesitant to even think about final four matchups, we still need to get through a tough IU/Baylor/Xavier set of games. i do think we match up with louisville better than marquette/florida/michigan st. though.

[Broncobama]

"inexplicably not terrible lately"

[dragon jeans]

As bas as I hate to admit it, Baylor probably has the best shot of keeping UK out of the championship game... they just won't.

[Dear You]

plenty of teams can beat uk, we've just been fortunate to win more often than not. i'm hesitant to even think about final four matchups, we still need to get through a tough IU/Baylor/Xavier set of games. i do think we match up with louisville better than marquette/florida/michigan st. though.

Really? I guess maybe because I watched the UL/UK game and not any of the UK/UF games, but I gotta imagine in a rematch it would still be a close, tight game.

I dunno. Considering I figured it was a 50/50 chance of UL choking again in the first round, my mind is blown how well this team is playing/in the Elite Eight. I'm sort of slightly less nervous about Florida than I am MSU, but I certainly am not anticipating that game...

[the scofflaw]

i agree, hopefully the fact that they can match our athleticism will be negated by the fact the scott drew is calling plays.

[dragon jeans]

It's not so much him calling the plays, it's him not calling plays.

If they force the ball inside to PJIII, who can run Davis all around the court when he doesn't have the ball, they have a chance. Also, if Heslip makes 9 threes.

[coop]

we're all gators

[the scofflaw]

if someone comes out and gets really hot from three against us, then it was a fun ride. cal emphasizes that before a lot of our games..we can play the best d we can, if it takes someone hitting an extraordinary % from deep to win, so be it.

[the scofflaw]

plenty of teams can beat uk, we've just been fortunate to win more often than not. i'm hesitant to even think about final four matchups, we still need to get through a tough IU/Baylor/Xavier set of games. i do think we match up with louisville better than marquette/florida/michigan st. though.

Really? I guess maybe because I watched the UL/UK game and not any of the UK/UF games, but I gotta imagine in a rematch it would still be a close, tight game.

yeah, it may be close, but just like louisville, we win on the strength of our defense...and we are better at scoring than you are. mainly, though, i think it'd be easier to beat a louisville team that we match up with physically than a talented gator squad for the 4th time.

[dragon jeans]

That's pretty convenient that maybe the best defensive team of the decade gets that excuse and when it happens to Kansas everyone calls it the worst choke job of all time.

You have Anthony Davis, college basketball Messiah, and an incredibly long, athletic team. You can afford to play tight perimeter D.

[dragon jeans]

Sorry, that's just such a Cal-ism.

[Dear You]

plenty of teams can beat uk, we've just been fortunate to win more often than not. i'm hesitant to even think about final four matchups, we still need to get through a tough IU/Baylor/Xavier set of games. i do think we match up with louisville better than marquette/florida/michigan st. though.

Really? I guess maybe because I watched the UL/UK game and not any of the UK/UF games, but I gotta imagine in a rematch it would still be a close, tight game.

yeah, it may be close, but just like louisville, we win on the strength of our defense...and we are better at scoring than you are. mainly, though, i think it'd be easier to beat a louisville team that we match up with physically than a talented gator squad for the 4th time.

god, isn't that the fucking truth

[the scofflaw]

i've always thought of the UNI game against kansas as an amazing performance by UNI (fwiw, many uk fans feel this way) from the perimeter more than a KU choke job. believe me, most uk fans feel that KU was the best team of that year.

I think the point cal emphasizes is pretty valid, though..no matter how great the defense that you're playing is, if the other team happens to make shots just out of reach, you're shit out of luck. if hot perimeter shooting is why we end up losing, i'll be ok with it (eventually, hah).

[Spartacus]

this has been a really boring tourney so far

[dragon jeans]

I don't think it's entirely untrue, I just think it's a cop out, especially when you've got a once-in-a-generation good defensive team that can afford to cheat up on the three if someone gets hot.