College Basketball 2016-17: Destination Phoenix

[MissThundercat]

In honor of UNC's trip to the final four, I'm going to read nothing.

I thought you would take a class in underwater basket weaving.

[dxmnkd316]

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Magadeath? That's ****ing brilliant.

[FreshFish]

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UNC survives against Kentucky.

What a remarkable ending!

Roy Williams makes a genius call at the end for not calling time out; it was Louisville's disorganization on defense that led to the wide-open game winner.

[Proud2baLaker]

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Actually, if North Carolina wins out, I win the bracket pool with Fake Bracket.

I win the other yahoo pool I am in as well if North Carolina wins it all...by one point.

[MissThundercat]

Another interesting bit of Final Four trivia:

So far, there have been twelve instances in which both men's and women's teams made it to the Final Four in the same year. South Carolina and Oregon now have a chance to make it thirteen or fourteen.

Division I schools where both men’s and women’s basketball teams made it to the Final Four in the same year (absence of parenthetical comment means that team lost in Final Four):
1983 Georgia
1999 Duke (men beaten by UConn in Final, women beaten by Purdue in Final)
2002 Oklahoma (women beaten by UConn in Final)
2003 Texas
2004 UConn (only Div I school to win both basketball titles in same year)
2005 Michigan State (women beaten by Baylor in Final)
2006 LSU
2009 UConn (women win)
2011 UConn (men win)
2013 Louisville (men win, women beaten by UConn in Final)
2014 UConn (only Div I school to win both basketball titles in same year, now twice)
2016 Syracuse (women beaten by UConn in Final)
2017? South Carolina? Oregon?

Four times have both the men’s and women’s teams reached the Final:
1999 Duke (both beaten)
2004 UConn (both won)
2013 Louisville 2013 (men won, women beaten)
2014 UConn (both won).

Well, the Oregon women got steamrolled by UCONN.

[joecct]

Well, the Oregon women got steamrolled by UCONN.

Clinic on how to play. Cuts, picks, jumpshots and hit the open cutter. We played like that back in the 70s.

[MissThundercat]

Clinic on how to play. Cuts, picks, jumpshots and hit the open cutter. We played like that back in the 70s.

They play Mississippi State next.

So Car women also advance, and they play Stanford next.

[FreshFish]

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Well, the Oregon women got steamrolled by UCONN.

UConn had 11 steals in the first half; Oregon did not have 11 field goals in the first half.

Clinic on how to play. Cuts, picks, jumpshots and hit the open cutter. We played like that back in the 70s.

They set an all-time record for assists in a season. Almost every basket was off either an assist or a steal and breakaway layup.




Meanwhile, South Carolina women won; add their names to the list of Division I schools where both genders* teams made the Final Four in the same year.






* as far as I know, the NCAA still only recognizes two genders.....

[FreshFish]

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Detailed back story on UConn women training and fitness regimens. They coaches make the information public so that any other program can use the same ideas and techniques, if they want to.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/s...ent-uconn.html

During the tournament, the team's nutritionist designs the players' meals, which are then catered to her specifications. That's part of the reason you see them fresh in the 4th quarter when the other team starts to lag.

[SonofSouthie]

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Kansas' Frank Mason III becomes the first player from that school to win the AP POY. A little surprised he was the first considering they've had some pretty good players there over the years. Wilt, Jo Jo White, Paul Pierce and Danny Manning come to mind.

[dxmnkd316]

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Kansas' Frank Mason III becomes the first player from that school to win the AP POY. A little surprised he was the first considering they've had some pretty good players there over the years. Wilt, Jo Jo White, Paul Pierce and Danny Manning come to mind.

Is that for real?

[SonofSouthie]

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Is that for real?

Yup. I was watching the scroll on the bottom of SC this am and I had to see it twice to believe it.

[French Rage]

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MissSt and UConn heading to OT! Since Stanford lost earlier in the day, that probably means MissSt will win, since Stanford a history of losing in the semis when the main power loses the other semifinal game.

[MissThundercat]

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According to Geno, there's been a decrease in the number of female basketball coaches because "women just don't want to coach."

http://deadspin.com/geno-auriemma-on...hes-1793876637

[unofan]

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missst and uconn heading to ot! Since stanford lost earlier in the day, that probably means missst will win, since stanford a history of losing in the semis when the main power loses the other semifinal game.

UCONN loses! Hahahahahaha!!!!!