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Post by bobcooper84 on Mar 27, 2024 7:51:37 GMT -8
Especially freshman given a long leash to " express themselves "!
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Post by Gundo on Mar 27, 2024 9:55:15 GMT -8
I wish I weren't as OCD as I am, but could the OP please add the apostrophe to the post heading? One keystroke may make the difference. Or perhaps spell it out? Thank you. Install Grammerly (https://www.grammarly.com/)  |
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Post by NCAztec82 on Mar 27, 2024 10:03:47 GMT -8
We got this.  |
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Post by Gundo on Mar 27, 2024 10:39:46 GMT -8
Every time the Aztecs have gone to the Sweet 16 UConn has won the National Championship Game.
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Post by jcljorgenson on Mar 27, 2024 10:41:18 GMT -8
In those six minutes on the floor, Jamaal drew a charge on Kemba, scored on a put back where he came soaring in over everyone, then stole the subsequent inbounds pass and immediately got the assist on the Billy White layup that put the home crowd into a frenzy and forced UConn to call the timeout where the shoulder bump occurred. He also guarded Kemba on every possession while he was in, and aside from the technical FTs, held him scoreless without an assist. That's hardly getting clowned. Thanks for the run-down, it made me miss him, his talents and even his antics. But I'm pretty sure JF getting "clowned" was him being baited into the Technical. FYI, Kawhi Leonard also got called for a technical foul, it was his second foul early in the game so he had to sit for too long. He ultimately finished the game with four fouls, things may have been different if he was able to play 30+ minutes. |
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Post by MontezumasRevenge on Mar 27, 2024 10:42:38 GMT -8
In those six minutes on the floor, Jamaal drew a charge on Kemba, scored on a put back where he came soaring in over everyone, then stole the subsequent inbounds pass and immediately got the assist on the Billy White layup that put the home crowd into a frenzy and forced UConn to call the timeout where the shoulder bump occurred. He also guarded Kemba on every possession while he was in, and aside from the technical FTs, held him scoreless without an assist. That's hardly getting clowned. I've posted this many times over the years. I was at the SDSU-BYU MWC Championship game in Vegas and had DVR'd it back home. I've watched a particular video involving Franklin and Jimmer many times. Toward the end of that game, with SDSU well ahead and during a time out, Jimmer was walking back to his bench and Franklin made a beeline to Jimmer. Appearing to casually walk past Jimmer, Franklin suddenly veered into him and then laid a stiff shoulder shrug on the NCAA POY. The unsuspecting Jimmer was shocked as he was knocked off balance and stumbled a few steps. He turned to look at Franklin's back, giving him a WTF?!? stare. Accident? No way. Franklin completely did that on purpose. He knew exactly what he was doing. Fast forward a couple of weeks. If you don't think that the UConn coaching staff and Kemba Walker didn't notice Franklin's amateur antics, you're fooling yourself. Kemba probably watched the Franklin-Jimmer shoulder shrug as many times as I did. When the timeout was called, Franklin was all the way under the basket. His path to the SDSU bench should have taken him just inside the center of halfcourt. Instead, Franklin veers far to the right and walks along the sideline in front of the UConn bench. Kemba saw Franklin and his clown show coming a mile away. And the savvy senior was ready and loaded for bear against the rookie, too-big-for-his-britches freshman. So, yeah, did Kemba flop? Absolutely. Did he act like he'd been sniped by a Navy Seal sharpshooter? Definitely. Did Kemba's savvy gamesmanship trump Franklin's ridiculous, poorly timed and poorly thought out execution to try to get inside Kemba's head? Without a doubt. Franklin got completely owned by Kemba. If he thought for a minute he could pull one over on a dude who played h.s. ball in Harlem and grew up playing on the outdoor asphalt courts of NYC, he was sorely mistaken. So all these years later, am I still mad at Kemba? Not really. He just beat Franklin at his own game. Am I mad at the refs? No. They just called what they saw happen right in front of them. Am I p*ssed at the knuckleheaded freshman that Franklin was at the time? Totally. That incident proves the maxim that senior-laden teams do much better in the NCAA Tournament than teams with underclassmen. As talented as some freshman are, they can also be ticking time bombs. It was a 4 point game and UConn's ball with 9:19 left when "the bump" happened. In no reasonable person's mind is that game even close to being over technical foul or not. And the momentum that had been gained leading up to that incident was due in very large part to plays made by JF himself, so the narrative that he lost us that game isn't actually as strong as some people think it is. |
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Post by heuschele on Mar 27, 2024 14:35:10 GMT -8
In those six minutes on the floor, Jamaal drew a charge on Kemba, scored on a put back where he came soaring in over everyone, then stole the subsequent inbounds pass and immediately got the assist on the Billy White layup that put the home crowd into a frenzy and forced UConn to call the timeout where the shoulder bump occurred. He also guarded Kemba on every possession while he was in, and aside from the technical FTs, held him scoreless without an assist. That's hardly getting clowned. I've posted this many times over the years. I was at the SDSU-BYU MWC Championship game in Vegas and had DVR'd it back home. I've watched a particular video involving Franklin and Jimmer many times. Toward the end of that game, with SDSU well ahead and during a time out, Jimmer was walking back to his bench and Franklin made a beeline to Jimmer. Appearing to casually walk past Jimmer, Franklin suddenly veered into him and then laid a stiff shoulder shrug on the NCAA POY. The unsuspecting Jimmer was shocked as he was knocked off balance and stumbled a few steps. He turned to look at Franklin's back, giving him a WTF?!? stare. Accident? No way. Franklin completely did that on purpose. He knew exactly what he was doing. Fast forward a couple of weeks. If you don't think that the UConn coaching staff and Kemba Walker didn't notice Franklin's amateur antics, you're fooling yourself. Kemba probably watched the Franklin-Jimmer shoulder shrug as many times as I did. When the timeout was called, Franklin was all the way under the basket. His path to the SDSU bench should have taken him just inside the center of halfcourt. Instead, Franklin veers far to the right and walks along the sideline in front of the UConn bench. Kemba saw Franklin and his clown show coming a mile away. And the savvy senior was ready and loaded for bear against the rookie, too-big-for-his-britches freshman. So, yeah, did Kemba flop? Absolutely. Did he act like he'd been sniped by a Navy Seal sharpshooter? Definitely. Did Kemba's savvy gamesmanship trump Franklin's ridiculous, poorly timed and poorly thought out execution to try to get inside Kemba's head? Without a doubt. Franklin got completely owned by Kemba. If he thought for a minute he could pull one over on a dude who played h.s. ball in Harlem and grew up playing on the outdoor asphalt courts of NYC, he was sorely mistaken. So all these years later, am I still mad at Kemba? Not really. He just beat Franklin at his own game. Am I mad at the refs? No. They just called what they saw happen right in front of them. Am I p*ssed at the knuckleheaded freshman that Franklin was at the time? Totally. That incident proves the maxim that senior-laden teams do much better in the NCAA Tournament than teams with underclassmen. As talented as some freshman are, they can also be ticking time bombs. In one of the two subsequent years at a home game, the ball was going out of bounds. Franklin “saved” it by throwing it off an opposing player’s face. Refs called a T. I have no way to know if it was intentional, but the one Aztec on that team that I think would do it intentionally was Jamaal. For his antics, including in that UConn game, he is one of my least favorite Aztecs. Aztec fans dislike House; JF was our House. We typically recruit fine people. Someone that would intentionally throw a basketball off someone’s face does not meet my definition of fine people. Go Aztecs. |
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Post by aztecvatar on Mar 27, 2024 14:45:04 GMT -8
I think the chances of winning the previous two vs UCONN were better than this time around. Those respective Aztecs rosters were better than this year's version, while UCONN remains a powerhouse. The odds aren't in our favor.
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Post by smoothcat on Mar 27, 2024 17:05:50 GMT -8
Hurley is so cocky, it would be beyond sweet to take them down.
Let's GO!
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Post by aztekker on Mar 28, 2024 10:27:35 GMT -8
"Great moments are born from great opportunity and that's what you've earned here tonight. One game. If we played 'em ten times, they might win nine. But not this game. No tonight."
- Miracle On Ice
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Post by bnastyaztecs on Mar 28, 2024 12:13:41 GMT -8
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