Originally Posted by
Gary
Of course in that game you had a player making the most bone-headed thing I've ever seen in throwing up a shot with 4+ seconds still on the clock, from half-court, with his wrong hand! How is that not a "break" for UNC. The opposite of what Duke faced last night with a team that brought it for 40 minutes and never backed down. Big difference in my book.
If you're calling a decision made by a player while down by 3 points with less than 5 seconds to go a "break" for UNC (and including it within the scope of your earlier use of "absolutely huge breaks"), I think its your own credibility, and not that of other posters, that you should be worried about.
While Washington ultimately fell apart down the stretch, they were the toughest opponent UNC could have faced in that spot. And on the other side of the bracket, the toughest two teams are still playing.
Again, they got an absolute break getting Marquette instead of Syracuse - that was like a free pass into the Elite Eight. But their second round* game was by no means easy and their games from here on out will not be easy (unlike, say, Kansas, who gets two double digit seeds and then either an 8 or a grossly overseeded 2).
*using the traditional, common sense meaning
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