Kentucky vs. North Carolina: Game Thread

[40bill]

One of my favorite movies was Highlander...Like the tourney, there can be only one.
not the Cats this year. Had the opportunity despite the first half....But didn't manage to close the door.
Fine season. All of em but a few have ended sad.
This one won't haunt as bad as the Duke or Wisconsin games did.
congrats to the Tar Heel nation. They came back and took it when they needed. Could have folded but didn't.

[justford]

Go Oregon

[Katmendo]

Goodness gracious people. The refs made/didn't make about four bad calls. They didn't cost us the game. Fox and Monk got shut down and our lack of a true wing player hurt. We had no one that could check Jackson because of his size. We just had a great season and we fell a last second shot short from the final four. Congrats to the Tar Heels. They made plays when it mattered. We were up seven and let them go on a run. They made plays and we didn't. The referees didn't make us foul them, they didn't make UNC hit free throws in the last three minutes, and they didn't make UNC beat our double teams for wide open layups, and they certainly didn't make us lose our seven point lead.

And yet, even so, we can count 4 EXACT points they took from us, and those decided the game.

And I completely disagree about the officiating. There were way, way, more than 4 bad calls. Far more. Both ways.

[Friendsofcoal]

Goodness gracious people. The refs made/didn't make about four bad calls. They didn't cost us the game. Fox and Monk got shut down and our lack of a true wing player hurt. We had no one that could check Jackson because of his size. We just had a great season and we fell a last second shot short from the final four. Congrats to the Tar Heels. They made plays when it mattered. We were up seven and let them go on a run. They made plays and we didn't. The referees didn't make us foul them, they didn't make UNC hit free throws in the last three minutes, and they didn't make UNC beat our double teams for wide open layups, and they certainly didn't make us lose our seven point lead.

4 calls is all they missed? I obviously didn't watch the same game as you. That first half officiating was terrible.

[justford]

One of my favorite movies was Highlander...Like the tourney, there can be only one.
not the Cats this year. Had the opportunity despite the first half....But didn't manage to close the door.
Fine season. All of em but a few have ended sad.
This one won't haunt as bad as the Duke or Wisconsin games did.

We needed Duncan McCloud to take some heads

[Friendsofcoal]

That was one missed call for sure.

[BJD]

Goodness gracious people. The refs made/didn't make about four bad calls. They didn't cost us the game. Fox and Monk got shut down and our lack of a true wing player hurt. We had no one that could check Jackson because of his size. We just had a great season and we fell a last second shot short from the final four. Congrats to the Tar Heels. They made plays when it mattered. We were up seven and let them go on a run. They made plays and we didn't. The referees didn't make us foul them, they didn't make UNC hit free throws in the last three minutes, and they didn't make UNC beat our double teams for wide open layups, and they certainly didn't make us lose our seven point lead.

The officials cost us this game just as much as the phantom us going up 7.

Besides the bad foul calls the officials took 4 points away from us on bad goal tending calls and gave them 2 points on a bad goaltending call.

This was thievery.

[Matt Dillon]

On to the pro game, go Celtics, could care less who wins the Final Four..

I'll be pulling for So. Car. Go Game****************s, go SEC.

[BJD]

I'll be pulling for So. Car. Go Game****************s, go SEC.

Basketball season is over until Oct 15. Those SEC teams don't pull for us once they get beat.

[justford]

Good job by Humphreys. He kept us in the game.

[Friendsofcoal]

South Carolina just gained a BUNCH of fans and Oregon gained a few as well.

[thughes]

I'll be pulling for So. Car. Go Game****************s, go SEC.

Same here. I am an SEC guy. Ii don't like the NBA.

[Dwight Schrute]

There were blown calls, but the refs didn't cause us to miss 8 free throws.

[Friendsofcoal]

Basketball season is over until Oct 15. Those SEC teams don't pull for us once they get beat.

They might not but I'll be pulling for them!

[Dwight Schrute]

Go Zags!