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Trey Ball
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posted 03-18-2019 01:28 PM
Like I said you guys can discount them all you want because of their "name" but Houston and Iowa State are both legit Top 10 teams this year. Luckily UK only has to play one of them.
Iowa State or Houston could easily make the Final Four. Iowa State has 5 future pros on their roster and they are every bit as talented as UK.
Wofford is only concerning because they are capable of making 20-25 threes in a game. Their entire team can flat out shoot the ball. Should UK handle them if they match up? Sure, I'm just saying they can be dangerous because of the way they shoot the three. That is how the "David's" beat the Goliath's.
I just think it is funny that UK may have to play Seton Hall in round 2. I didn't think the committee could make rematches of a regular season game until the Sweet 16. I guess not anymore. So let's have UK play a team that has already proven they can beat them. That gives Seton Hall confidence and should give UK motivation.
And I wills say it one more time. The West Region is a cakewalk for Gonzaga. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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handycat
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posted 03-18-2019 01:39 PM
Does Elvin Hayes still play for Houston? That's the last time I can remember them being relevant in college basketball.😉
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Tiptree
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posted 03-18-2019 01:41 PM
Can't forget Phi Slamma Jamma! That was one hell of a team.
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posted 03-18-2019 01:45 PM
Handy/Tip If I were Roy Williams I would be saying:
Dag gummit Not Ky again!!
That's the game I want to see!
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Trey Ball
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posted 03-18-2019 02:14 PM
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Originally posted by handycat:
Does Elvin Hayes still play for Houston? That's the last time I can remember them being relevant in college basketball.😉
As Tip pointed out Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler were pretty damn good, but remember last year Houston was up on Michigan 63-61 with 2.5 seconds to play and going to the foul line for two shots to salt the game away. Houston player missed both free throws and Michigan threw in a desperation 3 point heave for the 64-63 win.
Oh yeah, Michigan went on to the Final game last year. Houston lost Evans, but that entire team came back. On top of that they have one of the better coaches in Division 1 in Kelvin Sampson. His only fall back is he likes to text recruits during the no contact period , but the guy can flat out coach. He took Oklahoma to the Final Four and had IU trending in the right direction until his texting was caught.
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Wife's Mad. Told me we never talk anymore. And just last nite while watching super bowl told her 2 or 3 times to get me a coke and popcorn. Also told her not to forget to take out trash in the morning. Ain't that something. Also told me I was too indecisive. Can't figure out what to do about that. One nice thing I guess. She called me a pro crastinator. Don't know what a crastinator is but I guess I'm a good one for her to call me a pro. Gonna wait til tomorrow to look that up though. I love her but somrtimes can't help but thinking I should have told uncle Junior to keep his coon hound pup and stevens double barrel and also his youngest daughter.
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Trey Ball
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posted 03-18-2019 02:58 PM
And just to point out because I probably haven't said it quite like this. I'm not upset with UK's path to a Regional Final. I think it is manageable. I just think it may be the most difficult of all the two seeds and as the #7 seed it should be close to that.
I think UNC has by far the toughest path of any #1 Seed to get to a Regional Final. I could see Utah State easily knocking UNC off in the second round, same for Auburn or Kansas in the Sweet 16. Kansas has lost games, but they are not getting blown out. That is still a very dangerous team and Bill Self can coach.
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Wife's Mad. Told me we never talk anymore. And just last nite while watching super bowl told her 2 or 3 times to get me a coke and popcorn. Also told her not to forget to take out trash in the morning. Ain't that something. Also told me I was too indecisive. Can't figure out what to do about that. One nice thing I guess. She called me a pro crastinator. Don't know what a crastinator is but I guess I'm a good one for her to call me a pro. Gonna wait til tomorrow to look that up though. I love her but somrtimes can't help but thinking I should have told uncle Junior to keep his coon hound pup and stevens double barrel and also his youngest daughter.
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posted 03-18-2019 05:27 PM
Trey, I picked kansas over UNC in that game. I just don't think UNC matches up too well vs them, plus KU is playing basically a home game.
I really wish the region assignments made more sense. Every year the committee seems to contradict itself from the prior year. Whole body of work, keep teams close to home, no re-matches until the Sweet 16, etc...
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posted 03-19-2019 05:52 PM
As I said before I still like the midwest because we don't have Duke first of all. I would have liked to be with Gonzaga or virginis but Gonzaga is in the west which I didn't want and I would have taken the south but we couldn't beat TN so they took it instead of us.
I've got Fl St and MI going forward from west with Fla St beating Gonzaga. I'e got KS St and Purdue going forwarsd from the East and UK and UNC from the midwest. My final 4 is Duke beating MI St, Mich beating FL St, KS St beating Purdue and UNC beating UK. Duke beats Mich and UNC to win another one. And they are getting closer to our total championships.
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