snoodmonger

I know he's been pretty bad this year, but would the Cubs be interested in Danny Duffy?

Best part of javy in the derby is it wouldn't mess up his swing.

michigan is a better defensive team than KU, and their smaller, mobile bigs won't be a liability on D like Dok was for KU. I think it will be a better game, but if Nova plays even 80% of their ceiling, it's probably a Nova win.

Tied for most 3 pointers made in a Final Four game and they do it in a half. Nothing you can do when Nova shoots like that. Nope. I mean, even without them shooting the ball like that, we would have had to have played one of our best games to beat them. They were a much better team with a much higher ceiling. I thought KU was a sweet 16 team all season, so I'm happy about how deep we got. Still, when you get that close....

lol, well we had a good run

Fun game. If you'd have told me we could win with Udoka only playing 20 minutes, I'd have said no way. Agree with the posters above, major fail on Duke's part to not just give the ball to Bagley.

I think Villanova and MSU are the best teams. I had Virginia deep, but I didn't realize whatshisname got injured.

ol' snood nails it again.

Wade doesn't look like he has it tonight.

This guy is just profoundly bad.

It's so dumb. I mean, Rizzo got hit by a Chapman fastball this year. If that didn't scare him off the plate, I doubt a Gibby one would.

A couple of other McCarver gems: "Lackey was run from a game last year or the year after that." The year after last year...is this year isn't it? And during a discussion of Joe Maddon: Tim McCarver: The father of actor Jack Palance used to be Joe Maddon's plumber. Go figure that out! Dan McLaughlin: That's Kevin Bacon stuff. Tim McCarver: Oh Kevin Bacon couldn't do that.

Was that McCarver today who said Contreras is a "hothead" and the Cubs are "very concerned about controlling his temper" and that "it's dangerous"? The clip is on ESPN.

Can you imagine if we got Verlander and jettisoned Lackey in the middle of a playoff chase? I know it's not gonna happen, but damn that is a funny hypothetical.

Damn it that sucks

What happened? Following on gamecast

I wish the Big 12 could/would kick Baylor out. The conference sucks anyway; who cares if you have to replace them with SMU or Rice.

Cuonzo Martin is a pretty terrible coach. Mizzou might make the tourney. It's no sure bet though.

Did the run score?

When is it okay to be worried about our starting pitching?

People are dumb. Who are you gonna get that's better? Coach K? Cal? Roy (who couldn't win here)? I feel bad for Frank too. Basically a worst case scenario game. Jackson makes two dumb fouls. Graham--who's just a hero ball chucker who happens to hit at a decent clip--can't hit anything. We force a stop and fight each other for the board, losing it to them (twice). Their guy is banking buzzer beaters. It is what it is. If I had one issue with the coaching it's that I wish Self could've gotten them to play a little smarter when when we were trying to close the gap. We had a bunch of consecutive stops, but the offensive possessions were pretty hero ball-y. But that team sorta was famous for that all season. Self let them be a little wild, and it worked. Until it didn't. I honestly hear Danning Manning a lot and they point to the work he has done developing post players. I want to bring up that Manning is struggling at Wake and that Self turned Robert Archibald and Damir Krujpalia into pro post players before he ever worked with Danny, but I realize they're irrational and no one remembers those old Illinois players. lol. Basically Carlton Bragg killed your team this year. His lack of development made your team uneven big time towards the wings. lol, manning. I mean, I thought Danny did a nice job with our bigs, too, but c'mon. And yes, Bragg was a disaster. Losing Udoka was a big blow, too.

You know I'm a huge [expletive] when it comes to cbb. ALthough the pressure feels much lighter considering the Cubs won the WS. Feel bad for Frank Mason, hell of a player. Some of your fans are insane, calling for Self to be on the hot seat..... He's, for my money, the best coach in college. People are dumb. Who are you gonna get that's better? Coach K? Cal? Roy (who couldn't win here)? I feel bad for Frank too. Basically a worst case scenario game. Jackson makes two dumb fouls. Graham--who's just a hero ball chucker who happens to hit at a decent clip--can't hit anything. We force a stop and fight each other for the board, losing it to them (twice). Their guy is banking buzzer beaters. It is what it is. If I had one issue with the coaching it's that I wish Self could've gotten them to play a little smarter when when we were trying to close the gap. We had a bunch of consecutive stops, but the offensive possessions were pretty hero ball-y. But that team sorta was famous for that all season. Self let them be a little wild, and it worked. Until it didn't.

You are, act like a blue blood FFS. You know I'm a huge puss when it comes to cbb. ALthough the pressure feels much lighter considering the Cubs won the WS.

Kentucky is going to win the whole thing again, aren't they?

That was a massive, massive choke job. Loved seeing KU take advantage, but head-to-head WVU is the better team imo. KU has been extremely fortunate this year. They are 5-2 in their last 7 games. Over the course of those seven, they and their opponents have scored the exact same amount. That they've still won at that clip is a testament to Self and the team, but they've also benefitted from some luck. I personally think the reffing stuff is overblown (I know, homer.) We are middle of the pack when it comes to foul differential in the conference. Do we get home cooking? Sure. But every team does. Overall, though, yes, Self has done an amazing job considering how bad our front court is. Lucas is a great role player. Should not be your star big. I don't have high tourney hopes for these guys, but I'm usually a KU pessimist. Don't care as much either since the Cubbies won it all.