UNC-Nova was very good but this game was played better overall I think.Probably, especially including the Finish.
Duke vs UK in 92 is the only one I can think of in the class, given game quality and meaning
Maybe Houston vs NC St, but that had a great finish, but it was pre shot clock, and not a tremendously well played game as both teams shot very poorly
That won’t matter at all two days from now.I think that Baylor is just fine with all the energy that Gonzaga had to expend to win this one.
Carolina only shot like 42% in that game, so yeah I'd agree that this was a better performance by both teams.UNC-Nova was very good but this game was played better overall I think.
Skip’s just going through the motions at this point.View: https://twitter.com/realskipbayless/status/1378548534060847104?s=21
“No idea how you can call that an all-time great college basketball game when it was won by a lucky shot.”
Yup. Not many close games this year and they showed a lot of toughness down the stretch. Baylor has athletes galore so I think they’re in for another grind-it-out game.I think this type of game helps Gonzaga a great deal. They knew there'd be a nail-biter somewhere along the line ... and they got past it. Now they can just go out and let it fly against Baylor.
actually, when Suggs got the wind knocked out of him and was down in the middle of the paint (I guess it's not 3 seconds if you are down like that), I thought Few should have used one of his time outs. Major blunder. They were up 5, another hoop probably ends it. Instead, they chucked up a desperation 3.I don’t know. Brad Stevens might want to take notes about how to use timeouts.
I thought it was a pretty bad call, actually...and I say that as someone who likes Nantz's basketball work more than a lot of people here. The "Suggs for the win..." part was perfect, but then he seemed to almost flat-line on "Oh yes, oh yes, unbelievable, unbelievable", like he'd run out of breath and intensity and had nowhere to go. He was getting drowned out by Raftery and Hill, and that's not a signature call. Plus, I think "Their perfect season remains on go!" is an attempt to pun "go" with the first two letters of "Gonzaga" - it's too clumsy a phrase to have come about organically - and might be the worst of the many bad puns with which Nantz has ended games over the years.Was that Nantz’s signature call?
Ow.I just want them to cut those nuts down just once let’s goooo!
Duke/Kentucky was only a Regional Final, but still a high level basketball game.Probably, especially including the Finish.
Duke vs UK in 92 is the only one I can think of in the class, given game quality and meaning
Maybe Houston vs NC St, but that had a great finish, but it was pre shot clock, and not a tremendously well played game as both teams shot very poorly
The other element here is that the game winner was by Jalen Suggs, a guy who is likely going to be a top 5 draft pick. If he reaches his potential in the NBA and becomes an all-star level talent, we’ll be looking back at this shot a lot more in the future than if it were, say, Kris Jenkins.Duke/Kentucky was only a Regional Final, but still a high level basketball game.
I quickly thought of Villanova/UNC and both UConn/Duke FF games as games that were played at that kind of level. Both UConn/Duke games didn't have that kind of dramatic finish though although the title game in 99 came pretty close. Someone else mentioned Kansas/Memphis title game which I do agree that was a great game as well.
Last night's game is pretty tough to overtake.
Duke over UNLV in '91 was unbelievable, especially given the two-season buildup to that game.Duke/Kentucky was only a Regional Final, but still a high level basketball game.
I quickly thought of Villanova/UNC and both UConn/Duke FF games as games that were played at that kind of level. Both UConn/Duke games didn't have that kind of dramatic finish though although the title game in 99 came pretty close. Someone else mentioned Kansas/Memphis title game which I do agree that was a great game as well.
Last night's game is pretty tough to overtake.
Couldn't agree more. In addition to the half court advances after time outs, the NBA would have taken 5 minutes examining the charge call at the end of regulation (assuming the offensive team still had its challenge left).I realized this morning, part of what made last night so great (beyond the play obviously) was that we didn’t have 15 minutes of time outs and replays at the end of regulation and OT.
It was refreshing to see a basketball game not end in that manner, and I’d argue the consistent flow elevated the enjoyment and the product on the court.
This is unequivocally a fact and it's incredible that basketball, in general, is moving headfirst towards slower and more boring finishes than what we got last night.I realized this morning, part of what made last night so great (beyond the play obviously) was that we didn’t have 15 minutes of time outs and replays at the end of regulation and OT.
It was refreshing to see a basketball game not end in that manner, and I’d argue the consistent flow elevated the enjoyment and the product on the court.
Just don’t Google “Gonzaga priest scandal” until after the game.Baylor covered up a murder of a basketball player and covered up untold cases of sexual assaults by football players.
GO ZAGS!
I didn't like the energy at the handshake line at all. particularly Ayayi and KispertGonzaga looking nervous as hell
After the murder they held a rally to raise school spirit. The host of that rally? Bill Cosby.Baylor covered up a murder of a basketball player and covered up untold cases of sexual assaults by football players.
GO ZAGS!
Vince Champ opened for Cos.After the murder they held a rally to raise school spirit. The host of that rally? Bill Cosby.
Gonzaga shitting the bed in yet another national championship final. Consistent at least.This feels over. Gonzaga looks like they have dead legs and no energy.
Oh this is savageI hope Adam Morrison is watching with a box of Kleenex.