2013 Derby Trail Tourney Hoopla.. Dylbert repeats!

[ateamstupid]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=i3Ixm4K-uUw

Possibly my favorite dunk ever in the Tourney considering the context. FGCU is an incredibly fun team. I'll be pulling for them on Sunday harder than I have for any other 15-seed I've seen in the Round of 32.

[keithting]

Incredibly proud of our FGCU Eagles !!

What a weekend ...

The real Derby is Friday against big brother, U of FLA Gators

Keep it go'in, guys....

[asudevil]

As fun as this time of the year has become, it's painfully obvious that the level of play is horrendous. Guys can't hit shots for sh1t. Temple had 3 starters that went 0 for 21, and 0 for 12 on 3 pointers and they still almost won!! 58-52 as a final score in a major college basketball game? A game that involved a #1 seed? Coaches over coach, and they're quick to yank players when in fact it's a lack of fundamentals that's to blame. There are a few exceptions.....Louisville comes to mind.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by asudevil

As fun as this time of the year has become, it's painfully obvious that the level of play is horrendous. Guys can't hit shots for sh1t. Temple had 3 starters that went 0 for 21, and 0 for 12 on 3 pointers and they still almost won!! 58-52 as a final score in a major college basketball game? A game that involved a #1 seed? Coaches over coach, and they're quick to yank players when in fact it's a lack of fundamentals that's to blame. There are a few exceptions.....Louisville comes to mind.

The refereeing has been awful. The Temple/Indiana game was one of the few games I saw that at least had consistent reffing, though they did let more go than what seems normal at the NCAA level now. One of the big problems with the games is that taking charges is now seemingly the goal of most defenses. You have 6'10" guys flopping in the lane trying to take charges on 5'10" guys. Of course when there is some contact and guys are falling down the refs feel the need to call something. They should consider expanding the restricted area to the entire lane and moving the three point line back to try to open up the floor. Teams are taking far too many bad 3 point shots, I dont think I have seen a single entry pass from the high post even from the teams that have decent low post players. The flopping stops the game too much, makes aggressive guards settle for bad shots when they have a few fouls and generally takes away from the flow of the game.

The tourney is still a great event with stories like FLGC which just dont exist anywhere else in big time sports and the fans interaction via the brackets but the quality of the product on the court is pretty weak.

[dylbert]

Based on my review of brackets, if Louisville wins it all, I repeat as Hoopla winner. No remaining bracket has one of remaining Final Four participants as overall winner. However, some do have either Syracuse or Michigan making NC game.

Go Cardinals!