The Rivalry: Carolina vs Duke 8 PM EST ESPN. It's a Holiday in the Triangle.

[uncfan888]

Just now, thebigcat said:

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[usmcpanthers]

They played great in the final few minutes. In reality though, they had two huge lucky breaks in Goss rolling his ankle in the final few minutes probably had something to do with him getting his decisive shot blocked late in the game. And having Gonzaga's big dude , not karnowski the other guy Dickie V couldn't stop slurping the entire broadcast, him being out for a a huge portion of the 2nd half had to have been a huge factor as well. I mean these things happen and by no means should people say that it was simply luck that UNC won the game, but I'm just saying you have to acknowledge that these factors probably played a huge role in the victory especially in such a close game.

UNC , they shot abysmally for the most part but played hard and hit some decisisve shots that they needed to make and played incredible defense when in the last minute.

 

 

You want to talk about goss' ankle that was busted for 1 minute? C'mon man. Both of Berry's ankles were busted the whole tourney. All the games we got lucky we had 1 thing in common....great fugging defense in the last few minutes. #CLUTCH and that is why we are champs, you dont get extra points for being pretty.

 

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[4Corners]

2 minutes ago, usmcpanthers said:

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they could have called this dude for a walk at least twice (they didn't) and could have fouled him out of the game if the refs wanted. He is a big ol boy but got his lunch money taken from him today by Kennedy Meeks. 

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[usmcpanthers]

they could have called this dude for a walk at least twice (they didn't) and could have fouled him out of the game if the refs wanted. He is a big ol boy but got his lunch money taken from him today by Kennedy Meeks. 

Yep never been bodied like that before, that was why those shots were slightly off. I said that would be the case before the game.

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[Goondal]

20 minutes ago, Hogmolliesmaht said:

To me it was ugly because of all the tacky tack fouls though, and not the actual game. Anyway, congratulations to the Tar Heels. They deserve this.

For sure.  The shooting on both ends was bad but nobody had a chance to get into any rhythm with the refs controlling the game.

[Burnout189]

how the hell was joel berry the most outstanding player of the Final Four? Kennedy Meeks should have won that hands down

He was the only one who could hit a three, thankfully. The rest couldn't make one to save their lives.

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[Yaboychris28]

Lets go!! national champs. Already spent $100 on apparel 

[4Corners]

17 minutes ago, usmcpanthers said:

Yep never been bodied like that before, that was why those shots were slightly off. I said that would be the case before the game.

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agree with this post. He has some game and will get a look from NBA teams, but, he hadn't been challenged like that before and you could tell. Refs even bailed him out a couple times with foul calls that could have easily not been called. 

I was listening to a lot of national sports dudes today at work on radio, common theme was that UNC could struggle because this is a game where we wouldn't have our usual big advantage in paint. While that take isn't 100% wrong, I just thought it was ironic that they dismissed the fact that the UNC bigs would easily be the best front court that the Zags had seen all season. It's a two way street. 

 

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2 minutes ago, Yaboychris28 said:

Lets go!! national champs. Already spent $100 on apparel 

nike? where are you looking?

[Yaboychris28]

Just now, 4Corners said:

nike? where are you looking?

https://www.collegebasketballstore.com/north-carolina-tar-heels-merchandise/o-5+t-1956

[4Corners]

24 minutes ago, Goondal said:

For sure.  The shooting on both ends was bad but nobody had a chance to get into any rhythm with the refs controlling the game.

the officiating last year vs nova was entirely one sided. They let Nova play borderline street ball and were whistling UNC for every little thing. It killed us and directly influenced the game. The officiating was poor tonight AGAIN but at least the bad calls were consistent on both sides of court. But yeah, the refs made sure everyone watching knew that they were apart of the game as well. 

ACC officiating has been horrible for a while. It's my main point in why I think home teams in ACC have such a huge advantage. Refs get caught up in emotion of home crowd and feed into their energy. 

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