I can't believe Gaines actually leads Georgia in points,assts,rebs&steals. That's just stoopid! You have to go to a "Jordan rules" defense against Uga down the stretch, right?
and Wow! what a layup by Brown!
JUMP? How was that not a foul? Jeez, talk about terrible officiating.
Note: this is awful broadcasting. Previously a Georgia player got called for a foul
wanted a clean block, and replay showed a clean block.
The commentators go :"he wanted a clean block" *sees the replay* *silence*
So bad.
Not that Georgia was going to win (and it's not over as I type this), but they have had a couple of tough calls go against them, including a great block of a breakaway. If Xavier wins this thing by only a couple of points I'm going to be sick.
Gary
P.S. I agree with loran16. I kinda got the vibe that the announcers were pulling for Xavier more so than Georgia. Not blatant or anything, but when either team would score they seemed much more animated with a Xavier bucket. A big "Yes!!!" each time.
Game over. i dont understand the Georgia strategy at the end. It was just like they were fouling with no strategy whatsoever. Ugh.
And people say this Xavier team is going to beat us and UCLA? Ridiculous.
Xavier had an awful lot of help from the black and white at the end of the game.
I have gone on record as saying Duke will emerge victorious out of this West Region, but I'm not about to down this Xavier team. They were the superior team today and their defense was flat out fantastic. Looks like a real threat to me. Nevertheless, they did get the benefit of several bad calls in the last 4 minutes of the game.
When X was down and the offense didn't look so good they picked up the defense. And it worked.
Xavier made 81.8% of their free throws. Shooting over 80% as a team is impressive.
Bob Green
Yeah, that too. Although they did miss early.
I don't know what we'd do if we wind up facing Purdue: they're basically a poor man's Duke. They turn you over on defense, have half a dozen guys who can shoot, and execute their offense really well.
More "Duke's going down" chatter:
No Country for Coach K
Having seen the movie, I thought this was pretty funny at least. Where is Carla Jean, I wonder?
I was mulling over the possibility of Phoenix (if we were to make it into next weekend) being a sort of "Meadowlands out West" for Duke, with Grant Hill and Mike D'Antoni sitting behind the Duke bench, getting the crowd on the Blue Devil's side. Unfortunately, checking the Sun's schedule, it looks like they'll be in the middle of an East coast road trip at the time. It makes sense that they'll be away, since they don't want to be be playing NBA games with the tourney in town, but I thought maybe the team would be close by enough for those two guys to fly home and sit behind the Duke bench in between their pro games.
Oh well...
I would hope that Arizona wins tonight as while they are very talented they don't play up to their potential. Playing West Virginia with the way they have been playing could be a dangerous game.
I wouldn't want to play Xavier as they have a number of good players who can beat you. Remember back in 04 when we had a great team and still barely beat Xavier.
Remember Ohio State with Greg Oden last year took a last second shot by Lewis to beat Xavier in the second year.
can i change my vote based on tonight's game?