stever20 wrote:what was that final offensive possession for Xavier? That was not good in any fashion.
billyjack wrote:stever20 wrote:what was that final offensive possession for Xavier? That was not good in any fashion.
Too much time wasted, but in the end, Kanter got a wide open look from 3 to go for the tie. So it was good in that fashion, right? It just didn't go in.
billyjack wrote:I re-watched the last 6 minutes.
I can understand that XU fans don't want to blame the refs, so I'm going to do it.
Couple of things:
FSU was allowed to play Pitino defense for entire time... grab, reach in, bump the PG at every movement. Xavier guard literally hands ball to teammate, FSU is allowed to reach in and hack. This keeps the offense from running, delays movement, keeps FSU out of foul trouble, and FSU might as well keep doing it cuz they don't get whistled.
How could a team lose while being given that advantage? What was the play where the FSU guard as Goodin was taking the ball up at halfcourt, guy just hacked/ reached in, no whistle, ball rolled out of bounds, gave FSU the ball.
I only saw Macura's 5th foul. FSU guy slid over and it should've been a block. Easy foul, should have been 2 shots. I'm afraid to watch Macura's other fouls. Again, does everyone realize what an advantage that is? It's Croshere 1997 for PC. We're talking about a one possession game, and these series of calls absolutely cost the game... the FSU travel on the late layup was ignored... death by a thousand paper cuts.
Can anyone here, seriously, name *ONE* call that was 50-50 that went in the Big East's favor in any NCAA game so far this year? Not to mention t, no fuckin way any of us were allowed to play D like that in return.
And the announcers were dipshits. Lappas is the dumbest dimwit around, and will be part of my highly-anticipated announcers thread due out in early May. All of them must have been warned to not criticize the refs.
Anyway, sorry for Xavier. Shouldn't have ended like this. You got screwed.
MullinMayhem wrote:Rough game for X...expected a lot more. That said, FSU is always tough...rough matchup. On the bright side, the AAC was awful this year in the tourney and they are all gone before the Sweet 16. Wichita State fans are learning that they are much more beatable than they thought they were in the MVC. Also great seeing Cincy bounced. Seton Hall was playing Kansas, I know I know. But they never break through. They do just enough to make things interesting, but they always fail in the bright lights. We are awful in the NCAA's this year. Bad for perception. This has to change guys.
GumbyDamnit! wrote:MullinMayhem wrote:Rough game for X...expected a lot more. That said, FSU is always tough...rough matchup. On the bright side, the AAC was awful this year in the tourney and they are all gone before the Sweet 16. Wichita State fans are learning that they are much more beatable than they thought they were in the MVC. Also great seeing Cincy bounced. Seton Hall was playing Kansas, I know I know. But they never break through. They do just enough to make things interesting, but they always fail in the bright lights. We are awful in the NCAA's this year. Bad for perception. This has to change guys.
A SJU fan telling the other BE tourney teams that they fell short and things need to improve. That’s certainly an interesting take.
hoops22 wrote:GumbyDamnit! wrote:MullinMayhem wrote:Rough game for X...expected a lot more. That said, FSU is always tough...rough matchup. On the bright side, the AAC was awful this year in the tourney and they are all gone before the Sweet 16. Wichita State fans are learning that they are much more beatable than they thought they were in the MVC. Also great seeing Cincy bounced. Seton Hall was playing Kansas, I know I know. But they never break through. They do just enough to make things interesting, but they always fail in the bright lights. We are awful in the NCAA's this year. Bad for perception. This has to change guys.
A SJU fan telling the other BE tourney teams that they fell short and things need to improve. That’s certainly an interesting take.
What's your problem with it? He's probably been more critical of St. John's than any other person on this board. He's simply speaking as a fan of the conference and being frustrated things didn't go better. He knows St. johns has been disappointing, but that has nothing to do with how we've fared this post season as a conference. Maybe we shouldn't give a shit about how anyone else does. other than our own team, that way you won't be bothered when we express disappointment over other BE teams falling short.
stever20 wrote:what was that final offensive possession for Xavier? That was not good in any fashion.
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