Official NCAA Tournament Thread

[J.Jennings]

That sucks, Jim Nantz and CBS crew can sleep good tonight

[Joneslab]

Brutal.

UCF has a 2-on-1 and tries to throw an alley oop to go up six. Can't convert.

Zion misses the free throw and all they have to do is grab it. Dawkins doesn't even attempt to box Barrett out. Basket.

Excruciating way to lose.

Duke's shooting is atrocious but whenever Zion touches it good things happen. I'd throw it to him every possession and simply get out of his way. He's their only chance to win it all. Otherwise they're very susceptible.

[teamchemistry15]

How. In the world. Do the refs. Swallow their whistles. In the last thirty seconds. Of. That. Game.....

That should've been a charge on Zion and Barrett pushed in the back to get that rebound, and Jones bumping the last shot was called a foul all game.

[teamchemistry15]

Brutal.

UCF has a 2-on-1 and tries to throw an alley oop to go up six. Can't convert.

Zion misses the free throw and all they have to do is grab it. Dawkins doesn't even attempt to box Barrett out. Basket.

Excruciating way to lose.

Duke's shooting is atrocious but whenever Zion touches it good things happen. I'd throw it to him every possession and simply get out of his way. He's their only chance to win it all. Otherwise they're very susceptible.

The most frustrating part? I picked UCF to win...

[Joneslab]

How. In the world. Do the refs. Swallow their whistles. In the last thirty seconds. Of. That. Game.....

That should've been a charge on Zion and Barrett pushed in the back to get that rebound, and Jones bumping the last shot was called a foul all game.

I agree that's usually a charge. I didn't see the push on Barrett. We rewound it a couple of times and I don't think the guy blocked out.

He did something you see a lot of kids my son's age do: go for the ball rather than hit his guy. You gotta find a body in that situation, particularly with the way Duke shoots.

[JFCats22]

How. In the world. Do the refs. Swallow their whistles. In the last thirty seconds. Of. That. Game.....

That should've been a charge on Zion and Barrett pushed in the back to get that rebound, and Jones bumping the last shot was called a foul all game.

Don’t question the refs. A certain person here will get all bent out of shape.

Id love to see how anyone can defend the multiple blatantly missed (ignored) fouls on Duke.

Nobody can defend it except that the NCAA wants Duke to advance so the refs put the blinders on.

Pathetic and ridiculous. Absolutely insane that was just allowed to happen.

[jvpartin]

I agree that's usually a charge. I didn't see the push on Barrett. We rewound it a couple of times and I don't think the guy blocked out.

He did something you see a lot of kids my son's age do: go for the ball rather than hit his guy. You gotta find a body in that situation, particularly with the way Duke shoots.

Did you see the hook and hold on the other side of the lane?

[JFCats22]

Did you see the hook and hold on the other side of the lane?

This makes me even more mad. Unreal the amount of calls they just ignored.

Here is a link to the video - https://kentucky.forums.rivals.com/t.../#post-7814069

[teamchemistry15]

Don’t question the refs. A certain person here will get all bent out of shape.

Id love to see how anyone can defend the multiple blatantly missed (ignored) fouls on Duke.

Nobody can defend it except that the NCAA wants Duke to advance so the refs put the blinders on.

Pathetic and ridiculous. Absolutely insane that was just allowed to happen.

I don't think it's fair for you to say anything about anyone getting bent out of shape...

[Joneslab]

Just saw that video. Looked like DeLaurier hooked him up.

Still. You don't blow that two-on-one you win the game. Just throw a simple bounce pass and it's a dunk. Duke is totally on the ropes and I just don't think they come back. Instead UCF went for the home run, blew it, and lost the game.

If Duke wins the title it will be a really flukey situation. They clank virtually everything except when Reddish shoots, and even he's pretty inconsistent. They would upend a bunch of historical stats if they won it all.

[J.Jennings]

The defining moment is when your best player goes one on one with the other teams 7'6 best player and hits the trick shot, that's what super stars do. Besides that, Duke is garbage, how they beat us by 34 i don't have a clue...

[JFCats22]

Zion charge
Barrett push off
hook and hold
UCF last drive

refs ignore ALL of them because the NCAA has become more fake than WWE

[Joneslab]

I didn't think it was as bad as all that.

Some questionable things for sure, but I watched all 40 minutes of that and to me it didn't look atrocious. UCF got away with some stuff too. The shot clock violation thing could have easily gone Duke's way.

UCF just couldn't get it done and got some bad luck at the end. It's weird that Duke has won two games this year where a game-winning shot was spinning around the rim in the final second.

[lilproUK98]

Duke's luck will run out before they win 4 more. They're gonna get stomped by somebody.

[teamchemistry15]

The defining moment is when your best player goes one on one with the other teams 7'6 best player and hits the trick shot, that's what super stars do. Besides that, Duke is garbage, how they beat us by 34 i don't have a clue...

It's hard to see them winning the title, IMO. They shoot it too poorly. UCF wasn't even guarding anyone and they stunk it up. You saw tonight that foul trouble can hurt them. When they play a team that can hit 40% from three they will go down.