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Post by AzTex on Apr 4, 2023 14:46:33 GMT -8
Big fan of the “two things can be true at once” idea: We barfed up a huge portion of the first half during which we completely shat the bed,But otherwise recovered from and made it an extremely close game (5 Pts?) with time to go. What a hell of a run for these guys. Just unbelievable March/April that will be the best of all time for a long time. Cheers! I would put the "blame" for that on UCONN. I saw how tough they were going to be against Miami on Saturday night. They were a very good team having a very good run in the Tournament, including and especially Monday night. |
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Post by Gundo on Apr 4, 2023 14:56:37 GMT -8
Big fan of the “two things can be true at once” idea: We barfed up a huge portion of the first half during which we completely shat the bed,But otherwise recovered from and made it an extremely close game (5 Pts?) with time to go. What a hell of a run for these guys. Just unbelievable March/April that will be the best of all time for a long time. Cheers! I would put the "blame" for that on UCONN. I saw how tough they were going to be against Miami on Saturday night. They were a very good team having a very good run in the Tournament, including and especially Monday night. 11:08 w/no field goal made, but we did see missed layouts, missed put-backs, a few open looks that should have dropped. I agree that UCONN put the screws on us, but Aztec shooting, confidence and decision making hit rock bottom. 11:08 is a long time and represents more than 55% of the time nothing dropped in. Our scoring droughts are typically 4 to 5 minutes at worst. Defense can play us out of that drought. 11:08 is the biggest challenge in recent history that I can remember. |
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Post by AzTex on Apr 4, 2023 14:59:47 GMT -8
just got back from Houston and had to make a few comments. the excitement and enthusiasm was way beyond my wildest imagination. aztec fans know how to travel and support the team. uconn played like a champion, Aztecs played like runner-ups with pride the aztec curse was evident with miss after miss, once 12-14 missed shots and made a couple free throws. GOTTA get some shooters, D can't win without clutch shooting.. and foul shots made proof of this is that aztecs scored 59 points. THREE uconn players scored 52. Mensa, a.g. and parish scored ONE. as smokey would say,"one more than three dead men." the dagger in the heart was when the aztecs got the lead down to 5, and the uconn player threw up a 3 and scored. you could feel the deflation 1/2 a mile from the court where our seats were. the semi-final was epic. I have bruises from SHOW hugs texas is flat now that we've had the experience, don't let it be the last time. recruit some shot makers along with players that can play D. modify the "have to want to play D to be an aztec. change that to have to want to play D and score to be an aztec most aztec fans were classy losers. sadly, a few were not. The Show creedo needs to be reviewed by the newer additions to The Show. "no one likes us and we don't care" does not mean it's acceptable to act like morons or thugs let's get back in'24. My wife and I were there with you as well. I agreely completely with your post. Didn't get any SHOW hugs, but was bruised and battered after Saturday's game from pats on the back, fist bumps and high fives. So proud of our Aztecs, players and fans, most fans at least. No question we deserved to be there and win the games we did. UCONN was just the best in the Tournament and deserved the win, sad to say.
That's was so much fun, lets do it again next year, but win one more game.
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Post by bnastyaztecs on Apr 4, 2023 15:55:26 GMT -8
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Post by RiffelBooks on Apr 4, 2023 18:23:20 GMT -8
That's a winning locker room, no matter the score. |
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Post by aztecvatar on Apr 4, 2023 18:52:03 GMT -8
Bradley's two buckets came at 16:34 in the 1st half and 19:23 in the 2nd half, didn't hit buckets when it mattered, kept firing up threes when he could have driven the ball into the paint. 16:34 Matt Bradley made Jumper. 10 to 616:15 Foul on Matt Bradley 10-6 15:53 Matt Bradley missed Three Point Jumper 10-8 9:36 Matt Bradley missed Three Point Jumper 12-16 9:05 Matt Bradley turnover 12-16 8:45 Matt Bradley missed Jumper 12-18 7:21 Matt Bradley made Free Throw. 13-227:21 Matt Bradley missed Free Throw. 13-22 7:21 Matt Bradley made Free Throw 14-222:47 Matt Bradley missed Layup, 20-36 19:23 Matt Bradley made Jumper. 26-3618:36 Matt Bradley missed Three Point Jumper. 26-38 2:36 Matt Bradley missed Three Point Jumper. 55-67 2:08 Foul on Matt Bradley. 55-67 1:29 Matt Bradley made Free Throw. 58-711:29 Matt Bradley made Free Throw. 59-710:59 Matt Bradley missed Layup. 59-75 I'll appreciate Bradley for what he did here, but he's highly overrated on this board. |
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Post by johneaztec on Apr 4, 2023 20:25:52 GMT -8
That's a winning locker room, no matter the score. Wow. Got a tear in my eye on that one. Dutcher is so classy. So proud of that team. What a dream year they had. |
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Post by cmonaztecs on Apr 5, 2023 9:36:13 GMT -8
What does this mean; "Bradley made great strides in getting paid out"
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Post by AzTex on Apr 5, 2023 9:45:09 GMT -8
Let me add the post game presser to the must view list. I'm sure it's been posted elsewhere as well, but it goes well with the above video.
I don't know how any Aztec fan could watch these two videos and have any critsism of any of our team or coaches. These are the type of young men that make me proud to be an Aztec. I wouldn't trade our team for any other team in the nation. Same for our coaching staff. They require that recruits be exceptional people as well as good athletes.
I'm so proud and so thankful for them all.
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