NCAA National Championship: Mon April 8

[swish7]

Clingan has slowed Edeydowm a bit lately

 

[jncuse]

Caraban has been making big defensive plays this entire Final 4.

 

[MikeSU02]

Purdue is exhausted. How do you let up a tip in there? Come on.

 

[Bulldog04]

Hurley is the best play caller I’ve ever seen after a timeout. They score almost every time after timeouts. Never seen anything like it

 

[Gotothehole]

-1

I don’t know why teams never try to zone UConn. It can’t be that much worse than this. Atleast you can try to throw them off there rhythm a little.

was thinking the same

 

[djcon57]

-8.5 again at half. Not gonna pass tonight. UConn is going to blow this out

 

[PauliePeppas]

Hurley is the best play caller I’ve ever seen after a timeout. They score almost every time after timeouts. Never seen anything like it

Luke Murray the real brains

 

[MikeSU02]

Hurley is telling them to their face what he's doing.

Purdue has to win the first four minutes or else this will be over quick.

 

[690West]

Hurley is the best play caller I’ve ever seen after a timeout. They score almost every time after timeouts. Never seen anything like it

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[jncuse]

Purdue needed halftime to come ASAP. They were tired.
Hopefully they can find something in the first 4-5 minutes of the second half, to draw it closer, and give them some momentum.

 

[CuseTG2003]

Luke Murray the real brains

Crazy that Bill Murray’s kid is one of the best young offensive minds in the game

 

[hoopsupstate]

Purdue has to grind every possession to score. UCONN seems to get easy shots. Purdue has to make an adjustment defensively. Edey either needs to stop dropping or they need to go zone.

 

[upperdeck]

uconn does all the dirty work and gets no fouls called and that adds up over 40 min. screens, push offs all over but you need to be as physical or they will beat you up. most teams dont want to work that hard

 

[jordoo]

Looks like Edey burned too brightly and tired out. I thought Purdue played very well, but they’re still behind by six and UConn constantly got easier baskets.

 

[hoopsupstate]

Hurley is the best play caller I’ve ever seen after a timeout. They score almost every time after timeouts. Never seen anything like it

Hurley sucks. They’re just smart players and executing on their own. They don’t listen to that duche bag

 

[SWC75]

Edey 16p 5r 2b >>> Clingan 7p 2r 1b but Clingan has had his moments, forcing at least 3 minutes with his defense. And Clingan's teammates have out-scored Edey's 29-14.

 

[Doc5120]

All this "Edey is tired" talk - the guy is 7'4" 300 lbs and literally doesn't sit. Of course he's going to tire. He's not going to score 20 in the 1st half. He's doing everything in his power to win this game.

The problem is Uconn is too physical with Purdue's guards. Loyer and Smith can't get free to get any sort of looks. And on the other end, it's tough for Smith and Loyer to defend and slow Uconn's penetration.

 

[SWC75]

I hate Hurley but the kids love his intensity. He’s better than any coach we ever had…

Get the guys the other team hates.

 

[kcsu]

I dont see any counter moves that Purdue has. They should milk the clock slow the game way down and try to steal it at the end.
Otherwise it's going to be over.

 

[SWC75]

uconn does all the dirty work and gets no fouls called and that adds up over 40 min. screens, push offs all over but you need to be as physical or they will beat you up. most teams dont want to work that hard

John Thompson, Jim Calhoun, Jamie Dixon and Rick Pitino say: "If you can get away with it, it's not a foul". (And if you constantly foul you will get away with it.)

 

[hoopsupstate]

All this "Edey is tired" talk - the guy is 7'4" 300 lbs and literally doesn't sit. Of course he's going to tire. He's not going to score 20 in the 1st half. He's doing everything in his power to win this game.

The problem is Uconn is too physical with Purdue's guards. Loyer and Smith can't get free to get any sort of looks. And on the other end, it's tough for Smith and Loyer to defend and slow Uconn's penetration.

Their guards are just using Clingam for foul line screens and Edey is no where to help. Easy shots after easy shots.

 

[IDOC]

I cannot envision M. Brown having to go up against either of tonight’s centers.
Would have liked to see him back playing forward, but “es la vida”

 

[Bulldog04]

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My intrusive thought actually was said lol. My badddd. And for the record, I cannot stand him. I shoulda kept quiet lol

 

[kcsu]

I cannot envision M. Brown having to go up against either of tonight’s centers.
Would have liked to see him back playing forward, but “es la vida”

Edey would swallow Brown

 

[Day2]

Ballgame.