LET'S GO HOOS
LET'S GO HOOS
LET'S GO HOOS
Texas Tech vs. VIRGINIA
The ultimate rock fight.
Actually because TT beat us would love to see Them win it all.
TTU by 15. Won't be close. Wahoos luck has run its course
TT all the way
Tech. 10 to 7 final score.
So you have TTU in a blow out?
like both teams and their apparent cleanliness relative to the slime of college hoops. that said, i'm going to be pulling at least slightly for t-tech.
Go Texas Tech. Hope Owens (Rubber Band Man?) is ok. Looked like a bad injury but when he walked off the floor but had a feeling he would try to come back. Like both Coaches though and think they are good leaders and good for the game.
TT by 10 if Owens is near 100%, else a last possession game
Seems like Virginia has been surviving more than winning.
Why do you hate Virginia? Their coach has class and they dont engage in the 5 star AAU feeder stench. They play a very similar style to Michigan as well
Never in a million years did I think a Beilein team would be compared to a Tony Bennett team. Jesus.
Give me back our 2013 offensive juggernaut please with a dash of Donlon Michigan defense.
Lethally efficient offense with a really solid defense and great shooters who rarely turn the ball over. I'll take it any day of the week. Virginia has succeeded in a very tough conference as well.
An offense that relies THAT much on pin downs is not one that you want to have. Bennett just figured out a way to grind games to a halt benefitting his team against more high tempo teams like UNC and Duke.
"Pin downs" is very smart basketball for Virginia against a team like TT and they have the horses to do it. This makes the defensive help travel too far-and gives the shooters better looks. If I were Virginia I would sure look at a power 1-2-2 offensive set that would compromise the ability of TT to double and even triple team. That being said, I do not know who I am "for"...I have huge VA fan family members but I deeply admire TT's defensive scheme and effort.
I agree. I think Virginia will have success against the Texas Tech D if they use pin downs. You need to make your open perimeter shots against Tech. Guy and Jerome can hit those all day if Tech swarms. A power 1-2-2 will strain Tech's D.
Both Michigan and MSU got open looks from 3 and simply missed too many of them (in our case all of them that mattered). I am doubtful with shooters like Jerome and Guy that Virginia will meet the same fate.
Hmm...this hasn't double posted on me for quite a while.
This is well said.
Virginia has had a year of blah, blah, blah for losing in the opening round last year.
I hope they win.
I'm waiting for Bank of Ann Arbor to tell me who I should be rooting for.
We do all bleed red, technically.
I'm ok with either team winning but I'm slightly leaning to TX Tech because they aren't in the ACC. That conference has enough titles
Two clean programs with coaches who have turned programs from nothing into something. I like what Bennett has done and I think he has earned his due. Just hope for a good game, and either team will be incredibly deserving
Virginia 61-tt 57
They would have to play twice to get to that score.
Quadruple overtime!
TT
While Charles Barkley melting down like a toddler after the auburn loss is entirely predictable, it is unforgivingly unprofessional to expend all of his energy insulting everything that is not Auburn. His take on the Michigan State, Texas Tech game was such ridiculous sour grapes that it makes me wonder if he doesn’t actually have a degree from MSU.
Since he did visit the staee campus for a few hours, that is enough time spent to get a staee degree.
I stand by my call before the tourney. Michigan had a sweet 16 ceiling and Virginia wins out.
Izzo never misses a chance to throw his players publicly under the bus.
He’s such a douchebag.
My two seniors sucked tonight but they gave us great moments.
Ought to be a great game Monday. Like both teams and coaches
Tracy Wolfson was eating it up as he said it though. Hes such class....not!
Goins and McQuaid played far above their talent level and were amazing 4 year players for him. They also single-handedly knocked down his nemesis Duke to deliver them to the final four. They had no business winning that game without both of those guys making low percentage shots that they would miss 90% of the time. But yeah, take shots at your seniors in their final game. Typical...
I have grown in respect for Izzo as a coach--I used to think he just had his players wear football pads and hurl themselves at the offensive glass, but now I actually think he's a good practice and game coach.
BUT. This fucking guy cannot just give credit to another team or player without making it a backhanded compliment. Every time another player does well he points out how "that's not really what he usually does." In the BTN post-game interview he said that about Mooney. Come on, man. Mooney is a great college player and had a great game. Just tip your hat to him and move on.
tiny tom has a 24/7 napoleon complex!
Shocking that he even wanted to coach BB, figured him more as an equestrian coach where he would tower over the jockeys.
I honestly have no clue. This is a toss-up if I’ve ever seen one, and I don’t care who as long as it’s a good game.
But gun to my head, I say Texas Tech. UVa has gotten here on some pretty dumb luck. Tech has earned its way here through and through. And that defense.....UVa has a great defense, but Tech is on another level.
And putting a huge dent in the ACC’s reputation would be just swell.
Yup. Texas Tech beat Michigan by 19, Gonzaga by 7, and Michigan State by 10.
Virginia beat Purdue in OT in a game in which they were dead to rights.
Virginia beat Auburn by 1 in a game in which they were dead to rights.
Texas Tech has looked much better, and against top notch competition. Virginia looks like Duke who was lucky to escape against UCF and Virginia Tech.
I love that mr March Izzo is 3-7 in final fours and was lucky to play a 6 seed for a title
and state fans have the guts to talk about bos record in bowls....smh
2-6 in Final Four
1-1 in Championship game
Ahhh yes. I looked at a couple elite 8s. Even better....since coach b is 2-0
If only the ref didn’t call that phantom foul on the Trey block, Beilein would be 1-1 in finals. I’m still not over it.
He will get another shot.
If you define the final four to include the championship game, then Izzo is 3-7, but with the most recent win coming in 2009.
Of course this was a Top 4 year for MSU, but I think that gives them more of a recruiting bump than a recruiting boom. And has Izzo put any Duncan Robinsons into the league?
So many numbers. I knew I seen the 3-7 some place. But yes, he is definitely 2-6 in just final fours. Don’t forget all the early weekend exits as well. Mr March my ass.
and Izzo has put players in the NBA, but has had more players in jail, suspended, probation etc...
I work at the prison and had to pat down appling coming in to visit a family member years ago...he followed the wrong path.
*saw
Mr. March maybe, but definitely not Mr. April.
#KenyonMartin
Never forget
All I care about is Sparty not being one of the choices for Monday night. Now that they're out, I'll just sit down and enjoy a nice pitcher's duel.
Filled out one bracket. Had UVA winning it all. But like the sound of the team who knocked us out winning it all. Rooting for Tech.