That last 90 seconds by Houston was something,.
Worse choke than Duke Saturday
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It depends on your team allegiance. Some will say yes…some will say no
I'm just happy Houston knocked off Duke. I didn't care who won tonight between them and Florida.
it's a MEH moment. Either one winning would've made me go meh at best, since Kentucky was out of it. The best team won. I picked a title game between Florida and Houston, and said florida would win. So another tournament my head aligned with what most of us thought would win.
Lotta people had the Gators this eyar. They had the look especially at the SEC tournament forward.
so grats to the Gators. It'll be interesting to see how they "reload" next year. Gonna be a lot necessary "reloading" for SEC teams next year.
we got plenty of bullets already ....
Lotta people had the Gators this eyar. They had the look especially at the SEC tournament forward.
so grats to the Gators. It'll be interesting to see how they "reload" next year. Gonna be a lot necessary "reloading" for SEC teams next year.
we got plenty of bullets already ....
Me, too. I guess I'm glad Florida won because now we can say, "Well, Coach Pope beat the national champions." But it's pretty clear that Kelvin Sampson is a very good basketball coach, and if Houston had won Sampson would have been the oldest coach ever to win the NCAA Basketball title - which would have been pretty cool.
BUT ... as you wrote UKfan215 ... there was a lot of good feelin' when Duke went down !
Sampson I’m guessing?
It’s weird. Had Florida beaten Duke tonight, I’d be celebrating. I was pulling for Sampson though. Don’t really like his style…but Houston isn’t a threat to UK in the grand scheme of things. Would have been cool to see them win their first title.
That’s some Calipari against Wisconsin **** right there.
Florida's defense got physical down the stretch and Houston couldn't handle it. They're used to being the bullies.
Combine a tough D against a 1960s-style offense and that's what happens. Houston's only shot at scoring was getting an offensive rebound. Probably would've worked out better if they just missed a couple of their patented 12-foot hooks or 15-foot runners late in the game instead of turning it over.
Combine a tough D against a 1960s-style offense and that's what happens. Houston's only shot at scoring was getting an offensive rebound. Probably would've worked out better if they just missed a couple of their patented 12-foot hooks or 15-foot runners late in the game instead of turning it over.
Best team won
Florida had their c game tonight
Houston beat them to death in the first half
You just can't keep this Florida team down. They were best team all year
Florida had their c game tonight
Houston beat them to death in the first half
You just can't keep this Florida team down. They were best team all year
Not a choke. Their just go make a play offense struggled down the stretch
Duke's collapse was one of the worst in the past decade, there's no comparison.
Crazy how hard it is to win these tournaments. I really do think a 1/3 of it is luck. If cryer gets that hybrid floater/jumper or Houston gets one of the butter finger rebounds they very well could have done it.
That's what I am saying. Dook's meltdown was something I can't ever remember seeing. Last 10 minutes or so of a second half without a field goal? Good Gawd that was bad.
The game we watched tonight was back and forth for the most part down the stretch.
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Florida was clearly playing better than anyone in the country, going into the tournament. And they matched up better against Duke than they did Houston. Florida would have RUN Duke out of the gym.
When Houston went up 11, I said, out loud, "Sampson's got the game. Houston just needs to trade baskets and not make any mistakes."
There was this E8 game in St Petersburg back in 1998 IIRC. Duke blew a 16 point lead in the 2nd half to..........UK!!!! 
Houston got ripped off. Florida was getting away with murder. The refs took over the game even the announcers commented. A real shame
I hate to say this but I could actually enjoy the championship game knowing Duke wasn’t in it. I didn’t care who won, so long as Duke didn’t. We avenged 1992 in 1998 with our come back against Duke but I hate Duke with a passion. Just seems like rich entitled “my dad’s a lawyer and we will sue” type dweebs.