Im hoping for Duke vs. Butler. That will be the most fundamental game ever! Thoughts? Picks?
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Im hoping for Duke vs. Butler. That will be the most fundamental game ever! Thoughts? Picks?
Butler!
I would prefer a Butler/West Virginia final, so I suspect that it will be Michigan State/Duke instead. Funny that I picked Butler and Duke to make it to the Final Four, but choose the other two (KU, New Mexico) instead to play for the championship.
I am going to pull for izzo..I'm not jumping on the Butler bandwagon. They have two future NBA players on that team and are in a large city. While they play in a small conference as teams like Gonzaga have proved you can do this and still be a power program. I'm tired of the media calling them a cinderella story. They are a 5 seed! That said I really dont care who wins but I'm not a huge duke fan and I like the way WVU plays also.
I've been a fan of Butler ever since I watched them beat Ohio State early this season.
However, nobody squeezes more out of his team at "tournament time" than Tom Isso. Isso is a great tournament coach.
Duke is fundamentally sound again. And WVa is finally reaping the benefits of hiring former Cincinnati coach Bob Huggins.
I expect a WVA-MSU final, although my heart will be pulling for the little guy, Butler. WVA probably wins it all.
HD
Originally Posted by HogDawg
You know you are a good coach when your team can shoot 30% 6 or 7 times, and have your best player out and still win. I dont know how Izzo does it, but he does. Heck of a coach!
I lost a lot of interest once Northern Iowa and St Mary's got knocked out. I guess I can still pull for Butler though!
Butler for me.....
All my teams are out. Any of the 4 could win it all. My feeling is that the Duke spell will fall on the other 3 and Coach K will prevail. I have to say, after some of the taunting they have received, it wouldn't hurt my feelings to see it happen either. Did any of you hear that some people are upset with them because Duke expects all it's athletes to get a degree. I commend them for expecting more out of their guys than a one and done.
Butler's wins!
That first national semifinal was a battle -
Much like HD - I think Izzo is one, if not the best tournament coach there is -
One part of me wanted Butler, the other part would have been happy with Sparty, great ballgame and I love the way Magic is nothing but Sparty and has been since the moment he left campus in 1979 after his NC
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
Oh well......it's been that kind of a tournament.
BTW, Butler had a FINE looking Bulldog mascot. I gotta pull for the Bulldogs in the Final, even though I've been a Duke fan since 1985. Go DAWGS!
HD
That second half was UGLY. 12+ minutes with almost no field goals at all!
I like Butler, but I think Duke is going to do bad things to them.
It depends. Duke played their best bball of the tournament last night. If they do that again, they will be the National Champions. However, Butler calmly goes about their business. I really like their coach and players. They are there on business and getting it done. Their defense might just stifle Duke. The steals were amazing for Butler. That is how they won it. They might surprise a few by really affecting Duke's offense.
That Butler coach is 33!!!!! Wow! He put together an awesome team. I heard the term "mid major" once during that game. Sickens me. Butler is just as "major" as Duke and I hope they can pull it off.
I had picked WVU to win it all....so much for that.
Neither Meeeeechigan State or WVU could match the guard-play of Butler and Duke. Better guard-play carried the day for the winners.
Hoping Butler wins Monday. But.....
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