Paladin55 wrote:

holfresh wrote:just amazing..

..and entertaining, even though I was rooting for Xavier.

i thought Gus Johnson was gonna have a heart attack for a second there... awesome game... what a shot to take it to OT!

BRIGGS wrote:The guy in the tournament that has kind of gone unnoticed but has been sensational is Jacob Pullen. He reminds me of Chuancey Billups--maybe a couple of inches smaller but that kind of player. A guy who hits big shots plays physical D--just a tough SOB with a good deal of skill and moxie. This will be the type of kid who now only makes the NBA--although not prognosticated top--but also be a player.

Good call, I'm a fan of duke as well. Ol boy is heartless.

sebstar wrote:I dont know if I'm sold on Evan Turner being a big time NBA player. He's talented, but he seems a lil' soft.

haven't watched him all that much but from what little i've seen he sorta reminds me of Grant Hill.

TMS wrote:

sebstar wrote:I dont know if I'm sold on Evan Turner being a big time NBA player. He's talented, but he seems a lil' soft.

haven't watched him all that much but from what little i've seen he sorta reminds me of Grant Hill.

Turner had 31 & 7 tonight and had to do a lot of it all by himself - he had his team up at multiple times throughout the game, even late. He's good. Billy Raf screaming "onions" down the stretch when he hit that big 3. The Vols are lucky they didn't hit Prince with a foul at the end there on that block of Turner (it did look clean looking at a slow mo replay)...Just looking at the replay of that last 12 secs., the play was supposed to be a hand-off to Diebler for a 3 but they blanketed him perfectly. He couldn't even receive the ball. Turner then had to force something...Great game man. You got the feeling early on it was gonna go right down to the wire and it did...

sebstar wrote:

TMS wrote:

sebstar wrote:I dont know if I'm sold on Evan Turner being a big time NBA player. He's talented, but he seems a lil' soft.

haven't watched him all that much but from what little i've seen he sorta reminds me of Grant Hill.

Next micheal jordan grant hill or broken down grant hill?

who knows how durable he's gonna be but i think he's gonna be real good at the NBA level... Grant Hill in Detroit good.

TMS wrote:holy fak, John Wall was all alone tonight... fuggin' teammates failed to show up.

Do you think that if Kentucky had Jimmer Fredette playing PG instead of Wall that they wouldve won?

See it's all relative with fit but I think what fredette brings to the table wouldve been a better fit for Kentucky at PG in the big games. John Wall is not a reliable shooter and there is no way a team could bring a hard double at mid court the way K State could against BYU because all of their other athletes were superior. And it's funny because Fredette in 2-3 minutes could change that games momentum but Wall could not. Obviously Wall's top end physical talent trumps Fredette but with the right fit where he is playing with 4 good guys where you cant put extra pressure on him--you have to guard to 26 feet and that spreads the floor. While Wall can kill you on the break and he should even be better in the nBA with an open style of play--guys in the halfcourt are going to be able to exploit his jumpshot by sagging off and reducing space.