Unc shoots 64% from 3 and looses

[luckyc1423]

Villinova is simply better

Unc weakness was 3's and they went nuts from 3 and lost.

 

[BlackwellSooner]

Give it up to Nova. Knocked off the #1 and #2 overall seeds, (#1KU & #1 NC) and embarrassed a #2 OU, due to unreal shooting ability. Happy for them, wish that we could have played like we usually do.

Glad to see Roy and the Heels bite the dust.

 

[bgrch1350]

Give it up to Nova. Knocked off the #1 and #2 overall seeds, and embarrassed a #2 OU, due to unreal shooting ability. Happy for them, wish that we could have played like we usually do.

Glad to see Roy and the Heels bite the dust.

I don't know how they got a 2 seed and Oregon got a one

 

[BlackwellSooner]

After watching tonight's game and the semifinal game, I just have to say that Nova is the better team, they deserved to win the NC. Nothing will make OU's loss hurt any less, but at least we can take some comfort in the fact that we were beaten by the National Champions.

 

[SilliSooner]

Nova has scored some impressive upsets in the NC final history. In 1985 they upset Georgetown, a team filled with pros and Player-of-the-year Patrick Ewing. They missed only one shot in the second half in what many consider the most efficient shooting in Tournament history. Here's the wiki from that game:

Georgetown was the heavy favorite to defeat Big East rival Villanova and win a second-straight national championship. Exceeding expectations, Villanova had had a storybook tournament, advancing from a No. 8 seed in the Southeast Region and upsetting Michigan, Maryland, and North Carolina to reach the championship game. Wingate had a team-high 16 points in the game and Reggie Williams scored 10 but turned his ankle late in the first half, an injury which slowed him for the rest of the game. Overall Georgetown shot 29-for-53 (55%) from the field, which might have been good enough to win most games. Villanova, however, set an NCAA record that still stands for team shooting percentage from the field in a single game, shooting 22-for-28 (78.6%) from the field as well as 22-for-27 (81.5%) from the free-throw line; after halftime, the Wildcats shot 90% from the field, missing only one field goal attempt in the entire second half. The record-breaking performance earned Villanova a two-point victory, defeating the Hoyas 66-64 in what many observers regard as perhaps the biggest upset in American sports history.

 

[skyvue]

In 1985 they upset Georgetown, a team filled with pros and Player-of-the-year Patrick Ewing. They missed only one shot in the second half in what many consider the most efficient shooting in Tournament history.

I was cheering much more robustly for Villanova that night than I was last night.

 

[sperry]

Nova was a good team who got hot in the tournament. That tends to be how you win the NCAA tournament, it's not that often that a team is just better than everyone else and cruises through the tournament, like the Anthony Davis Kentucky team, or the Florida team where all the starters came back to repeat.


Nova went 2-4 against teams who were ranked at the time they played during the regular season. They didn't deserve a 1 seed.

 

[skyvue]

Nova was a good team who got hot in the tournament. That tends to be how you win the NCAA tournament, it's not that often that a team is just better than everyone else and cruises through the tournament, like the Anthony Davis Kentucky team, or the Florida team where all the starters came back to repeat.


Nova went 2-4 against teams who were ranked at the time they played during the regular season. They didn't deserve a 1 seed.

That's why the focus on the part of some fans and some members of the media on the tourney above all else is frustrating to me. One poster here stated that the tournament is "the truth," compared to the regular season. The tournament's great and Nova won it fair and square and in impressive fashion, but no particular truth was revealed in their doing so -- except the they were the hottest team the past three weeks.

 

[sooner 1234]

Nova was a good team who got hot in the tournament. That tends to be how you win the NCAA tournament, it's not that often that a team is just better than everyone else and cruises through the tournament, like the Anthony Davis Kentucky team, or the Florida team where all the starters came back to repeat.


Nova went 2-4 against teams who were ranked at the time they played during the regular season. They didn't deserve a 1 seed.

Nova plays great defense , efficient basketball and has an inside offensive game .


Ou played average at best on defense , was efficient some games and not efficient others , and had no legit low post scoring .

That was the difference . Our defense was the only thing in our control . We had no legit big men and not a true Pg .

The most disappointing thing to me this season was our defense .

 

[Soonerinkc]

so, lose by a last second 3 (or shot) or get blown out?

I'd say last second shot...

 

[sooner 1234]

so, lose by a last second 3 (or shot) or get blown out?

I'd say last second shot...

To me making a final four is alway like a mini championship. So it was a great season and probably as good as this team could hope for .

I just don't know if I could ever get over a buzzer beater to lose a NC game .

 

[sdcloud9]

Jay Wright said the other night the NCAA Tournament does not crown the best team but the team that is playing the best at the time.

He is right and his team was the hottest.

Props to them, they played great over the six game stretch.

Wright is a total class act.

 

[Northbase]

Saw this on Brainiacs:

"Whatever you were doing on Saturday night, 11 should have been your lucky, or in OU's case, unlucky number. First of all, OU took 11 more shots than Villanova (60 to 49). Villanova was 36 of 49; OU was 19 of 60) So, if Villanova makes exactly 11 fewer shots, they would have shot "50%" (they would have been 25 of 49 so just over 50%). If all 11 would have been 3's, OU would have still lost by 11! If OU makes 11 more shots, they would have shot exactly 50% (30 of 60). If all 11 would have been 3's, they would have still lost by 11!! I didn't make any of this up! This process started when I was wondering what the outcome would have been if the other team shot 50% instead of 74% and 32%. Hats off to Villanova. 74% free throw shooting as a team would be excellent; from the field it's unbelievable and unbeatable!"

 

[WTSooner]

Jay Wright said the other night the NCAA Tournament does not crown the best team but the team that is playing the best at the time.

He is right and his team was the hottest.

Props to them, they played great over the six game stretch.

Wright is a total class act.

That goes for any sport though that has an end of year tournament.

 

[DenverSooner]

I don't agree with MLB, NBA and NHL. All have tournaments but the series formats pretty much eliminates the possibility of a less talented team getting hot and surviving through the play offs. I think this is especially true for NHL and NBA. In baseball you don't get to participate if you were not very good all season.

 

[thebigabd]

NBA has the most perfect playoff system ever.

 

[skyvue]

I don't agree with MLB, NBA and NHL. All have tournaments but the series formats pretty much eliminates the possibility of a less talented team getting hot and surviving through the play offs. I think this is especially true for NHL and NBA. In baseball you don't get to participate if you were not very good all season.

We've seen a number of wild card teams win the World Series, which contradicts your point a bit, but generally no worse than a second-place divisional finish gets a team into the playoffs so those teams aren't dark horses to the degree that a championship team could potentially be in college basketball.

 

[bgrch1350]

Jay Wright said the other night the NCAA Tournament does not crown the best team but the team that is playing the best at the time.

He is right and his team was the hottest.

Props to them, they played great over the six game stretch.

Wright is a total class act.

It crowns the best team. The best team wins 6 games in a row. If you can do that then you are the best.

Its the best sporting event b/c it doesn't matter who the AP voters vote for as the top 2 or who BCS votes for or ESPN and so on...68 teams get a shot to see who the best is and its proven on the hardwood.

 

[WTSooner]

I don't agree with MLB, NBA and NHL. All have tournaments but the series formats pretty much eliminates the possibility of a less talented team getting hot and surviving through the play offs. I think this is especially true for NHL and NBA. In baseball you don't get to participate if you were not very good all season.

Doesn't happen in college hoops that much either. Most titles are won by 1 and 2 seeds, I'd imagine. Maybe the occasional 3-4. Few and far between after that.

But you can't have it both ways. You can't like the excitement of March Madness, but also only want a playoff format that has series and only includes the top handful of teams.

 

[skyvue]

It crowns the best team. The best team wins 6 games in a row. If you can do that then you are the best.

Its the best sporting event b/c it doesn't matter who the AP voters vote for as the top 2 or who BCS votes for or ESPN and so on...68 teams get a shot to see who the best is and its proven on the hardwood.

Syracuse was one of the best teams for two weekends. For the previous four months, they were not. Two good weekends don't mean they were one of the best four teams overall. Not by a mile.