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Originally Posted by mullen View Post

Not liking Gonzaga is a stain on your entire makeup as a human being. You can't overcome it with other positives.

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04-04-2021 , 12:20 AM

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How do you remember that

used to be a trivia champ and had the championship games in the major sports committed to memory, years and scores. Not so much anymore.

Good anecdote: once in a contest that I won, I missed the question "What is the nickname of University of Michigan sports teams?" I just had a brain bubble and could not come up with it.

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04-04-2021 , 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by mullen View Post

Not liking Gonzaga is a stain on your entire makeup as a human being. You can't overcome it with other positives.

Ha. He needs to search his shadow anyway for where such animosity comes from.

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04-04-2021 , 12:29 AM

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Team ends season on 4-game losing streak then goes to Final Four. Ever happened before??

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04-04-2021 , 12:44 AM

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They didn't win, but UCLA an eleventh seed, came close enough to defend the honor of their ancestors, when silly fans start to think that other teams, (such as UNLV or Kentucky in previous years) are in the running for greatest of all time.

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04-04-2021 , 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by FellaGaga-52

Be fun to rate greatest games in college hoops of TV era:

1. Duke/UK 1992 104-103 OT game.
2. Gonzaga/UCLA 2021 Final Four, 93-90 OT.
3. UNC/Georgetown 1982 NCAA Final, 63-62.
4. Villanova/UNC 2016 final game.
5. UK-Indiana 1975 Mideast Region final 92-90.
5A. Duke/UNLV rematch 1992 Final Four, 79-77.

Went by memory. Did I miss anything?

the webber timeout game :-(

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04-04-2021 , 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Shuffle

Imagine ranking a Duke victory #1

I've always felt there's a lot of psychopaths around here.

Duke-Kentucky and Zags-UCLA should be disqualified from this conversation. Can't be a "greatest game ever" when the wrong team wins and every casual fan gets punched in the gut in the end.

Same reason why Steelers-Cards SB sux donkey balls.

Edit: this is also why that Purdue-Virginia game isnt the greatest. The wrong team won.

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04-04-2021 , 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by wiper

the webber timeout game :-(

WTF is this. No just no.

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04-04-2021 , 01:39 AM

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So now the four teams to reach the Final Four undefeated since IU's perfect season, with a combined record of 135-0 going in, are 2-3 in the FF. It seems very hard for them to win, based on tonight and the only other win, which was Indiana State's wild last second semi-final win over Depaul, with Bird's near quadruple-double while shooting 16-19 from the field gaining them a 2 point win. It's hard on undefeated teams, apparently.

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04-04-2021 , 01:43 AM

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I left out UCLA loss to NC St. in 1974 Final Four. Seven time defending champion's reign comes to an end in double OT, the Walton Gang, I think 84-77. It makes my top 5 definitely.

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04-04-2021 , 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by David Sklansky

I think I'd take the '68 or '73 UCLA team as their greatest. You have an opinion?

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04-04-2021 , 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Shuffle

Surely he aimed for glass, that's really the only way to shoot half court on the run like that.

Reminds me of this (start at 8:30). My buddy lost a lot of money on this. Hardest I've ever laughed in my life.

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04-04-2021 , 02:19 AM

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04-04-2021 , 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by FellaGaga-52

I think I'd take the '68 or '73 UCLA team as their greatest. You have an opinion?

“The 1965-1966 UCLA Bruin team was national champion the previous two seasons and the preseason #1. On November 27, 1965, the freshmen team, led by Lew Alcindor, defeated the varsity team 75-60 in the first game in the new Pauley Pavilion.

Alcindor scored 31 points and had 21 rebounds in that game although the defeat had no effect on the varsity's national ranking.”

There will never be another program like Wooden’s Bruins.

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04-04-2021 , 03:09 AM

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Charging call in reg (which was totally legit) and the buzzer bank trey......heartbreaking for the Bruins.

maybe i'm alone in this. but i definitely didnt think it was a charge. the defender over slid and then leaned back off balance to the right to still get contact.

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04-04-2021 , 03:31 AM

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college refs get that call wrong probably half the time since they're just clicking buttons, but that couldn't have been a more obvious charge

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04-04-2021 , 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by FellaGaga-52

I remember thinking Villanova’s win over Georgetown was unreal; they played flawlessly to get the upset.

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04-04-2021 , 06:21 AM

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If they called it a block, i would have been disappointed to have the game end like that. But i wouldnt be too surprised.
The fact that you can slide in front of a moving player and draw a foul on him is absurd anyway

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04-04-2021 , 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by FellaGaga-52

Can confirm, sports is heavily represented in HS quiz bowl/College bowl/pub trivia

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04-04-2021 , 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by GusJohnsonGOAT

So no one's going to cheer for Baylor except Baylor fans, I assume.

I'll be cheering for Baylor.

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Originally Posted by Zimmer4141

UCLA shot 15-20 on midrange jumpers. That almost has to be some sort of record for percentage.

The 'Nova title win over G'town tho.

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Originally Posted by Fossilkid93

7. UCLA/Michigan 2021 51-49

The greatest team in the history of basketball loses a shocker to an 11 seed.

I lol'd.

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Originally Posted by NotReddBoiler

I dont know why but I really hate Gonzaga. Its too bad because their team is fun.

It's Timme. The reason you don't like the Zags is Timme. Timme. Timme is the reason.

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Originally Posted by insanity31

college refs get that call wrong probably half the time since they're just clicking buttons, but that couldn't have been a more obvious charge

Yep. Obv charge was obv.

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04-04-2021 , 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Fossilkid93

7. UCLA/Michigan 2021 51-49

The greatest team in the history of basketball loses a shocker to an 11 seed.

I can't speak for anyone else but I'm going to enjoy the butthurt of Florida State fans for the next twelve months. I'd say I'm sorry that your team got run out the building by the worst 1 seed in modern history but I'm not. Not in the slightest.