Stadium-Armory Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Can't say I've ever seen such a clutch performance in the tournament. Purdue, Auburn and now Texas Tech all had the advantage with under 15 seconds left in regulation. This team is unlike any other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
757SeanTaylor21 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 VAAA STAND UPPPP Hunter is nasty by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Was living in DC in 02 when Maryland won. Be interesting to see what kinda buzz with a Virginia team winning it all, even if it's outside the DMV. Good game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 I don’t watch college ball and have no interest in either of these teams... but man, UVA certainly delivered on the entertainment factor. Nail biters and big memorable shots. Fun tournament. Congrats to UVA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, stevemcqueen1 said: They are absolutely going to make a 30 for 30 about this UVA team. From UMBC to this in a year? That’s like instant 30 for 30 material. I’ll also point out that for all of UVA’s tournament struggles the past few years, capped off by the UMBC debacle, that for them to win it all this year speaks volumes about Tony Bennett. What an incredible leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 5 minutes ago, skinsfan_1215 said: From UMBC to this in a year? That’s like instant 30 for 30 material. I’ll also point out that for all of UVA’s tournament struggles the past few years, capped off by the UMBC debacle, that for them to win it all this year speaks volumes about Tony Bennett. What an incredible leader. We just watched the 30 for 30 in real time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Had to watch a sport I don’t like and a team that I hate won the championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 12 minutes ago, Destino said: Culver had a horrible shooting night with a few highlights thrown in. He shot 5-22 (which is really damn bad) Hunter had a lot to do with Culver's struggles. He was trying to bully Hunter to the rim and he just couldn't get through or by him and Hunter alters release points with those extremely long arms. Culver was able to score on the other guys he was matched up on. But I also thinking coaching played a factor. UVA's defense is extremely aggressive on the perimeter and, it was just way too easy for them to key on Culver. They were doing alright when that Freshman was making big shots and offering a secondary option. But in crunch time they just tried to force everything through Culver and they got easy to defend. Hunter is the kind of wing that Culver will face at the next level. I think it's clear he's going to have to get stronger and more explosive in order to be a good scorer at the next level. But he's got the frame to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Congratulations to Hoos fans. Happy for you guys. This was a team to be proud of. Great season and great tournament. Glad to see Bennett get the validation of a championship, because he is a truly great coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Texas Tech was giving up 57 points a game. UVA laid 85 on em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 1 minute ago, TryTheBeal! said: Texas Tech was giving up 57 points a game. UVA laid 85 on em. This game was very different than people expected in terms of style. Both teams opened it up and ran the break, and I think it's because both of them knew they couldn't score on each other's half court defense. I think that UVA was more comfortable playing up tempo, and that it's largely because Jerome and Guy are better than Mooney and that Italian kid. But the flow of the game also changed quite a bit due to Owens's injury and foul trouble. He is a ferocious rim protector, but he looked diminished tonight. When he hyper extended that ankle against Michigan State I thought for sure it was a high ankle sprain. I'm surprised he was able to go at all tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammajamma Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 UVA was good enough, but man they had to be the luckiest team ever in the last 3 games. so many bad calls, or poor last-second defensive choices.. congrats i guess, but i really don't think they were the best team in the field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 1 minute ago, mammajamma said: UVA was good enough, but man they had to be the luckiest team ever in the last 3 games. so many bad calls, or poor last-second defensive choices.. congrats i guess, but i really don't think they were the best team in the field Good thing they don’t play in a field and almost ever champion gets lucky at some point. Even the Caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammajamma Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Just now, Hersh said: Good thing they don’t play in a field and almost ever champion gets lucky at some point. Even the Caps. For sure, luck is a HUGE part of sports. But i just cant remember the last champion of any sport getting SO lucky over so many games leading up to their championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, mammajamma said: For sure, luck is a HUGE part of sports. But i just cant remember the last champion of any sport getting SO lucky over so many games leading up to their championship For Sure, but they also made HUGE plays that saved their season. They were super clutch and they took the best punches each team had and never folded. The games they played in were nuts. I can’t think of another team that had three insane games in a row to win it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarpon75 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 15 minutes ago, Hersh said: Good thing they don’t play in a field and almost ever champion gets lucky at some point. Even the Caps. They did have some calls go their way but they made clutch plays when they had to,they deserved to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 We just watched a Disney movie.... from the UMBC game. Just take the press conference from that game.... that loss didn't define this team. A team that even after humiliation, were redeemed when they went further then any other UVA team in history... regardless of the result tonight. None of the games were easy... life is not going to be easy... ut What a 200th year birthday present for Mr Jeffersons U... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB452 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 7 hours ago, Fergasun said: What a 200th year birthday present for Mr Jeffersons U... ...and Mr. Jefferson's birthday is April 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHog Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Wahoowa!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozo the kKklown Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 THat Chris Culver guy is really a lottery pick? He plays with no intensity and has really low bball IQ. He is a bigger talent than De'Andre Hunter at UVa, yet Hunter kicked his butt last night on both ends of the court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 29 minutes ago, BenningRoadSkin said: THat Chris Culver guy is really a lottery pick? He plays with no intensity and has really low bball IQ. He is a bigger talent than De'Andre Hunter at UVa, yet Hunter kicked his butt last night on both ends of the court. Jarrett Culver. Both he and Hunter are projected lottery picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozo the kKklown Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, The Evil Genius said: Jarrett Culver. Both he and Hunter are projected lottery picks. whatever his name is, he could get to the basket when he wanted yet opted for bad jumpers. And I know both are projected as lottery picks. My point is Culver is more talented than Hunter yet showed zero fight yesterday along with low IQ play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Culver was huge the entire tournament for TTU... I think it's unfair to judge him on one sample size. Last night Hunter outplayed him for most of the game, but for TTU inexplicably collapsing on Jerome (Culver was one of the two, right?) and Hunter draining the 3, it is Culver's drive, spin, and left that wins TTU the game. TTU seemed to shoot better from 3 than from 2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 UVA winning displeases me but it is something I can cope with. They have been contending for some time and they finally got over the hump. So good for them I guess. I can respect that hustle. 3 straight nail biters, 2 of them won in the last seconds, respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 I root for stories and UVa winning it all a year after being the first 1 to lose to a 16 was the best story you could have, and that isn't even factoring in the absurdity of their most recent Ws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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