The Poojer Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 (edited) I'm surprised UNC fans were so disengaged, being the SU fan I am, while I was hoping, I really did not see that game getting too close mid-way through the first half. SU just seemed pretty 'blah' all game It was hard to estimate what the percentages were with so many lingering Nova fans and a few masochistic Oklahoma fans still in attendance but I'd have to guess it was higher than 60-40 in favor of Cuse. The UNC fans still seemed tense until under the 2 min mark. The celebration didn't really start until a minute in change left. The better team won, but there were stretches where I really thought we were going to see an encore of the UVA game. Edited April 4, 2016 by The Poojer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 I'm surprised UNC fans were so disengaged, being the SU fan I am, while I was hoping, I really did not see that game getting too close mid-way through the first half. SU just seemed pretty 'blah' all game They went nuts once it was obvious that a miracle wasn't happening. I was surprised to see that the UNC presence was by far the smallest of all the out of town fans. My area of town turned into a SU and Oklahoma class reunion. Nova fans all congregated at the bar next door. UNC fans were scarce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Holy crap....what an ending to that game. Good for Nova. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 You just knew this was coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Holy crap....what an ending to that game. Good for Nova. Good thing I unloaded my tickets for peanuts and watched an all time classic on TV. Can't say I regret it that much, but great game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Great game, congrats to Nova, but I did feel the refs played too much of a role. Really wish the Heels would have guarded that last inbounds pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 You just knew this was coming. That is the best!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maury Ballstein Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 (edited) Great game, congrats to Nova, but I did feel the refs played too much of a role. Really wish the Heels would have guarded that last inbounds pass.Refs were brutal. That last bailout call for nova guard vs hicks was the kiss of death. Paige double clutch 3 goes to waste. What a game That Jenkins kid for nova was hitting everything. I knew that shot was cash the second he let it go. The foul on the Meeks dive killed me too, what a nice hustle play from the big man. Congrats to Nova would love to see these 2 teams play a series. Edited April 5, 2016 by Ryan L Billz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Refs were brutal. That last bailout call for nova guard vs hicks was the kiss of death. Paige double clutch 3 goes to waste. What a game That Jenkins kid for nova was hitting everything. I knew that shot was cash the second he let it go. The foul on the Meeks dive killed me too, what a nice hustle play from the big man. Congrats to Nova would love to see these 2 teams play a series. I really hate blaming refs, because if the Heels just guard differently on that last play the game goes to OT and who knows what would have happened. BUT...what of the 1/2-dozen or so non-calls on blatant Nova traveling in the 1st half? They were walking all over the place. 8 straight foul calls against Carolina? Come on. Never seen a team hit so many clutch, end-of-the-shot-clock buckets as Nova. Every freaking time. The Heels weren't playing bad D. I'm too close to it to be able to appreciate the greatness of the game just yet...feels too raw right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordio Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I really hate blaming refs, because if the Heels just guard differently on that last play the game goes to OT and who knows what would have happened. BUT...what of the 1/2-dozen or so non-calls on blatant Nova traveling in the 1st half? They were walking all over the place. 8 straight foul calls against Carolina? Come on. Never seen a team hit so many clutch, end-of-the-shot-clock buckets as Nova. Every freaking time. The Heels weren't playing bad D. I'm too close to it to be able to appreciate the greatness of the game just yet...feels too raw right now. Got to agree with this. Seemed like the refs were very one sided towards the cats for most of the game. Couple travels they let go & I thought Page got hacked a few times when he went to the rack with no calls. Still if they defend better on that last shot & play defense a bit differently they go to overtime, where I would have to say they would probably come out on top since they would of had all the momentum from the unbelievable shot to tie the game. & yes I am a bit bias because I had money on UNC last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but there are plenty of folks who believed the NCAA would rather not have a program under investigation win arguably their biggest championship (or at worst, 2nd behind football). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Wish him well, hopefully he succeeds where ever he ends up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordio Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but there are plenty of folks who believed the NCAA would rather not have a program under investigation win arguably their biggest championship (or at worst, 2nd behind football). It sure seemed like that for most of the game. The call against meeks diving for the lose ball was ridiculous at best & down right criminal at worse. No way you make a call like that in a championship game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Wish him well, hopefully he succeeds where ever he ends up Capture.JPG The writing has been on the wall since January. I wish the kid the best. He handled the situation with class and dignity, and from what I have heard was a great teammate throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 The writing has been on the wall since January. I wish the kid the best. He handled the situation with class and dignity, and from what I have heard was a great teammate throughout. yes-- complete class act. I was actually hoping he stuck around. If MR leaves, I saw Kaleb maybe getting more minutes next year. I don't think JB is ready to play Howard for 30 minutes per game yet, and you never know about freshmen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 yes-- complete class act. I was actually hoping he stuck around. If MR leaves, I saw Kaleb maybe getting more minutes next year. I don't think JB is ready to play Howard for 30 minutes per game yet, and you never know about freshmen. Tyus Battle is the truth. Also, I heard that Cuse has a very good chance at landing Columbia junior transfer SG Grant Mullins. He is eligible to play immediately, and shot 45% from 3 point range last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Go Cuse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordio Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Go Cuse! I would love to see it happen. If somehow this did happen it would be the biggest upset in the history of sports. My guess is UConn beats them by 25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 UConn fillies by 30+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 @USATODAYsports NCAA title game TV viewership down 37% from last year: http://usat.ly/1RWMHuZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 @USATODAYsports NCAA title game TV viewership down 37% from last year: http://usat.ly/1RWMHuZ TBS vs. CBS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 carolina fans blaming the refs? ya don't say. big babbies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maury Ballstein Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 carolina fans blaming the refs? ya don't say. big babbies. Someone didn't watch the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Someone didn't watch the game.no. Adult swim was much better. But I don't have to in order to know that UNC fans cry and whine a lot. I went to a UNC game once against Kent state. It was a blow out. The UNC fans were so uphauling in their treatment of Kent state and Ohio fans it was pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 Wish him well, hopefully he succeeds where ever he ends up Capture.JPG Can't remember such a big time recruit fading so bad at Cuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 no. Adult swim was much better.But I don't have to in order to know that UNC fans cry and whine a lot. I went to a UNC game once against Kent state. It was a blow out. The UNC fans were so uphauling in their treatment of Kent state and Ohio fans it was pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 no. Adult swim was much better. But I don't have to in order to know that UNC fans cry and whine a lot. I went to a UNC game once against Kent state. It was a blow out. The UNC fans were so uphauling in their treatment of Kent state and Ohio fans it was pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 TBS vs. CBS I gotta say though I love the team streams. Not having to listen to Jim Nantz is such a blessing. I can't believe they let a guy who knows so little about sports call such major games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 yall ever consider your source? it looked more fun typed that way disirregardless if spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_bult Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Wow, the womans team is getting demolished. UCONN is about to win their 4th championship in a row and their coach is about to pass John Wooden for most division 1 championships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maury Ballstein Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 no. Adult swim was much better. But I don't have to in order to know that UNC fans cry and whine a lot. I went to a UNC game once against Kent state. It was a blow out. The UNC fans were so uphauling in their treatment of Kent state and Ohio fans it was pathetic. Was a great game, gotta watch the replay I'll let you get back to Duke Basketball where tripping folks and berating opposing teams players is the play, I know where you stand. Let's all say goodbye to Ingram while we are here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Was a great game, gotta watch the replay I'll let you get back to Duke Basketball where tripping folks and berating opposing teams players is the play, I know where you stand. Let's all say goodbye to Ingram while we are here i've actually got tired of rooting for duke, too much drama this season. its hard er and harder to deal with the ncaa 1 year wonder basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Wow, the womans team is getting demolished. UCONN is about to win their 4th championship in a row and their coach is about to pass John Wooden for most division 1 championships. I tried watching for 10 minutes, and it was pretty obvious what was going to happen. That one woman on Uconn (Stewart) is insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 UCONN Ladies are unreal. I don't believe in moral victories, but not losing by 50 shocked me! Congrats to UCONN and Syracuse, now I can stop pretending to like women's basketball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 no. Adult swim was much better. But I don't have to in order to know that UNC fans cry and whine a lot. I went to a UNC game once against Kent state. It was a blow out. The UNC fans were so uphauling in their treatment of Kent state and Ohio fans it was pathetic. Typical reaction from an ABCer. The bottom line is that fans of all teams complain about officiating, and yes, some fans complain more than others. The officiating Monday night was pretty poor, and pretty heavily slanted in favor of Villanova. Don't ask me, ask neutral fans. Villanova made their shots and played a hell of a game; that doesn't mean I'm wrong when I opine that it appeared the Heels were playing two opponents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordio Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 i've actually got tired of rooting for duke, too much drama this season. its hard er and harder to deal with the ncaa 1 year wonder basketball. You obviously did not pay attention to the national championship game. That game from both teams was filled with upperclassmen sticking around past one year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 You obviously did not pay attention to the national championship game. That game from both teams was filled with upperclassmen sticking around past one year. yes. That's my point. If Kansas. Kentucky. Louisville. Duke. UNC. DeVry. Michigan State. Etc etc. Had their upper class man would you have seen such miserable performances in the tourney? I watched through the final four. I couldn't believe how watered down everything was. Its sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maury Ballstein Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 yes. That's my point. If Kansas. Kentucky. Louisville. Duke. UNC. DeVry. Michigan State. Etc etc. Had their upper class man would you have seen such miserable performances in the tourney? I watched through the final four. I couldn't believe how watered down everything was. Its sad Waaaaaah. The tourney was pretty pretty good. The MSU loss, Cuse run, Seniors of NOVA and Carolina was all good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
section122 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but there are plenty of folks who believed the NCAA would rather not have a program under investigation win arguably their biggest championship (or at worst, 2nd behind football). Haven't heard this and quite frankly I don't agree at all. I don't think the reffing was egregious at all. There were a couple of questionable calls as there are in every game. Just going through Cuse I can think of 2 early fouls that clearly weren't (Malachi's strip that gave him foul #2) against UNC, the call on the Cooney steal against Gonzaga, and it goes on. There are calls in every basketball game on every level that could be wrong. Never once did I feel that they interjected themselves in the game. Typical reaction from an ABCer. The bottom line is that fans of all teams complain about officiating, and yes, some fans complain more than others. The officiating Monday night was pretty poor, and pretty heavily slanted in favor of Villanova. Don't ask me, ask neutral fans. Villanova made their shots and played a hell of a game; that doesn't mean I'm wrong when I opine that it appeared the Heels were playing two opponents. Neutral fan here and I disagree lol. Seeing a UNC fan complain about officiating is like looking at a Pats* fan complain about it. Things go in UNC's favor way more than the other way. This was a great game by both teams. It shouldn't be sullied with complaints and accusations of impropriety. UNC dominated throughout the tourney and looked excellent but they had a pretty easy road to the Championship game. They played in order a 16, 9, 6, 10 seed. Nova was by far the best team they played against. They were met with a very tough challenge for the first time in the tourney and got beat in one of the best NC games in recent history. No shame in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Haven't heard this and quite frankly I don't agree at all. I don't think the reffing was egregious at all. There were a couple of questionable calls as there are in every game. Just going through Cuse I can think of 2 early fouls that clearly weren't (Malachi's strip that gave him foul #2) against UNC, the call on the Cooney steal against Gonzaga, and it goes on. There are calls in every basketball game on every level that could be wrong. Never once did I feel that they interjected themselves in the game. Neutral fan here and I disagree lol. Seeing a UNC fan complain about officiating is like looking at a Pats* fan complain about it. Things go in UNC's favor way more than the other way. This was a great game by both teams. It shouldn't be sullied with complaints and accusations of impropriety. UNC dominated throughout the tourney and looked excellent but they had a pretty easy road to the Championship game. They played in order a 16, 9, 6, 10 seed. Nova was by far the best team they played against. They were met with a very tough challenge for the first time in the tourney and got beat in one of the best NC games in recent history. No shame in that. never attend a UNC game in chapel hill its amazing they let refs leave after they lose. I swear they are rabid fans in a bad way. They blew out Kent state and they wanted the pg from Kent ejected because he had an accidental rough foul against pretty girl haynesborough. It was clearly an accident. All you heard all game was people botching he wasn't ejected. And even after. It was... sad. Poor losers. Poor winners. Duke lives up to their rep. rich bratty idealogues. NC state is a lot more fun to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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