Florida vs UCLA
ja_bruce
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I haven't really watched that much of the tournament and don't really know the rankings and all that other stuff but for the championship I'm calling Florida and my mayne Noah. We'll see.What's everyones predictions this year ?
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"What if you woke up one day, and you found yourself a Florida fan...wouldn't that suck?" Win or lose, that made me laugh.
Someone needs to tranquilize Noah and release him back into the wild
dude is runnin things
wow
he went absolutely bananas on the bruins.
anyone catch him blowing kisses to the cheerleaders? semi-sleazy. definitely raised his stock even more.
biggest fuckup of the night was CBS not replaying the bruins' inbounds dunk midway through the second half. dude dunked OVER noah...literally rested his nuts on noahs head. best dunk of the night, easy
but for real though, florida dissected that press and dunked every time down court. gotttttttttaaaaaaammm!!!
a shame that none of the final four games were competetive
don't let the suit and tie fool you. 'Tis a beast
mark my words though, if UCLA keeps its underclassmen they are fucking shit up hardcroe come next year
dont know if hollis will recover though. he got chumped
you mean hollins. dude is a senior. he is the last of lavin's crap players. i went to his first game as a freshman against some dipshit exhibition team. he got completely destroyed by this guy lamas (who played in the pros for a while, think he averaged about 1 point a game for the suns). think the bruins lost by 35 points at home! he has definatly made progress but a team with a center averaging 6 points a game during the season isn't gonna win with noah in there.
everybody is thinking ucla, florida and lsu will be good next year. i predict none of those teams make it past the second round next year. that's the way it is, just too hard to repeat a big run.
if lsu and florida dont lose guys to the pros, it would be hard not to cast them as bigdogs early on. but the tournament is so fucking unpredictable. all it takes is for one scrappy lil dude to start reigning threes and one dude like noah to catch the spirit and go apeshit on people...any team can win any one game
Replay coverage was terrible. I know its tough, because there is a lot of nonstop action in a basketball game, but that dunk was facemelt. Too bad it didn't matter...But, DEFINITELY worth another look. I've done some replay work on a variety sports events, and there is no excuse for not showing that.
maybe there was..........
Yeah you know i am not a big conspiracy theorist in any setting but there were a couple calls down the stretch that seemed real fishy - UCLA was trying to shift momentum and got two straight no-calls which enabled Florida to put the game away at that point.
However this is all kind of bullshit because Florida owned them all game.
noah's wink & kiss to the cheerleaders was obnoxious and he looked like he belonged in jurassic park when he was doing that gator chomp.
That was what we like to call a good old country ass-kicking.
2)Noah is not that good people....he should average 15pts,10rebounds and 5 block shots with his eyes closed.....he's weak,has terrible footwork(defensive & offensive) and his post game is nasty......his agressiveness is very impressive (considering he's not strong )and he has very long arms which makes him 7ft+ ..and there are very few 7ft's in the college game...he better stay put
3)the way the refs called the game in the first half was sad...they took away UCLA's agressiveness ..the Pac 10 got fucked in this tourney and it was obvious..Florida was hammering the Bruins under the basket..no calls..then they tried to close the gap by giving UCLA those same calls at the end of the game when the outcome was decided ...AND LETS NOT GET INTO THE GODDAMN TRAVELING FLORIDA DID ALL NIGHT....
4)UCLA deserved to lose...they couldn't score all year,Afflalo's butt cheeks are still glued together, and they played like they were scary bitches in the 2nd half....the rotations on defense were predictable and they got picked apart because of it.......sorry ass Mata & 5th year senior Bozeman should have just stayed home
5)Billy Donovan annoys me...but he coached his ass off this game and he's a great recruiter.....two title games in 5 years? could be trouble
Total cosign on Joakim. My wife's got better form than he does. Dude, looks like he is throwing that shit at the hoop.
As for the officiating. You could not be any more wrong in your analysis. I don't think I have ever seen so many pure caps since Oaljuwon was terrorizing the tourney. Yes, Joakim had one egregious walk that didn't get called. But FLA just manhandled them defensively. Cory Brewer put on a clinic. Note to Bruins: After he steals the ball from behind once, pay attention when bringing the ball down the court.
Really only Farmar showed to play and that just ain't gonna cut iut.
I hated that 2000 FLA team that got whooped my Mich St. Those were some dirty dudes. Teddy Douchebag undercutting Mateen Cleaves. Fuck that. I have always blamed Donovan for that but I got to admit he did a helluva job last night.
his footwork sucks, and he's a bit skinny, but he works his ass off and he's got a great NBA frame with those long arms. Think Tayshaun Prince with an extra couple inches. He'll never be a big scorer, but defense, rebounding, blocks, steals? yep.
last year he sucked so bad he didn't even play. This year he blew up. He'd be a likely lottery dud if he came out now, but if he spends another year in college putting on weight and learning how to defend properly, he's gonna be a beast.
3)the way the refs called the game in the first half was sad...they took away UCLA's agressiveness .. Fla's defense, inc. Noah's five blocks in the first half, took away UCLA's game. They don't really have any scorers to begin with (everything comes out of their defense), so when their defense was solved, they got no easy baskets.
having weak low post moves doesnt mean he has shitty footwork. i can't stand noah and think he looks like a tyranasaurus rex, but he has game and was breaking the press by himself last night. if you can dribble past a point guard at his hight, then your footwork is just fine. he reminds me of camby but with a solid handle and better athleticism.
kvhorn, why you so hung up on how he looks??? and why are you named after the corniest basketball player of all time (besides shawn bradley, who isnt really a basketball player)
so true...that shit was a sad comedy. they were sending three bodies to the middle of the paint...tripleteaming post players and getting dunked on backdoor....TEN TIMES IN A ROW!!!! uclas d was the softest ever.
and the refs meant nothing, noah was in there head from the jump and was making them completely tentative inside fifteen feet.