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Headed to Hawai'i (big island) in a couple weeks any must do's/see's/eats?
Staying on the Waikoloa side plan to do a helicopter tour, skydive, manta ray snorkel, VNP hiking.
I don't necessarily feel bad for Hurley per se but after last year's Final officiating was openly criticized on EPSN by Bilas and Jay Williams (the refs called like 4 total fouls in 1st Half and let Houston play absolute BullyBall, then completely changed it up and called almost 20 in the 2nd Half)--I was hoping it would be a better called game this year.
Barring atypical circumstances, there is no way you can justify a 3:1 Foul Ratio. Michigan's #21 could have probably been called for 12-14 fouls on Rebound attempts and the refs swallowed whistles time and again.
But can he stay out of foul trouble?
I should just shut my stupid mouth shouldn't i
I'd be more worried about his demeanor than anything else. He's a bit of a hardass. I can see him being successful but I could also see him wearing out his welcome very quickly.
Yeah, modern NBA defenses are actually quite intensive and requires A LOT of communication. If anyone has the time, dive into NBA youtube to watch a lot of film breakdowns. There's way more going on than what one thinks. They cover a ton of space for some of the reasons you laid out. And of course, these are NBA players after all. A team can defend 3 passes, switch everything perfectly and the player still hits the shot.
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If it wasn't UConn and Hurley I might feel bad but UConn gets plenty of love from officials and a bit of the rub of the green to be crying about that
What a dud of a final four and title game. Only reason I stayed up is the infant was hungry.
Maybe I'm not the sophisticated basketball fan that appreciates what we saw in the last three games of the tourney but that was a forgettable series of games.
Conferences that swept football and men's and women's basketball nattys in same school year:SEC 2006-07 with Florida, Florida and Tennessee.Big Ten 2025-26 with Indiana, Michigan and UCLA.— David Teel (@ByDavidTeel) April 7, 2026
..or you're a joke franchise like the Wizards aiding Bam Adebayo and making you look like clowns
Unless you're playing hack-a-Shaq
That style and defense lite in the NBA is a result of structural differences between the NBA and college:
1) Longer games - 46 minutes vs. 40 minutes
2) Longer seasons - 82 games vs. 30ish
3) Shorter shot clock equals higher pace - 24 seconds vs. 30 seconds
4) Defensive 3 seconds in the NBA opens up the paint
5) Bigger 3 point arc makes the space you have to defend larger, and opens up the paint even more. As the college arc has moved out this has been less of difference but it is still a factor.
All of that combines to do three things. First the pace and length of games and the season forces players to conserve energy which is usually done on the defensive end, the extreme is of course load management. Secondly having the paint so open forces more rotations and allows for more open shots, making it look like defense isn't being played. Third, the pace creates an ability to score quickly combined with the length of game makes each individual possession less valuable. You can take off a few possessions without harming your chance to win in a way you can't in college.
Well, ads are showing a buffaloe's ass and that he didnt skip leg day.
There's that....
Fitz has been playing great. He could do it, but this course is an equalizer. Great week!
I always love the wed par 3 day. The families are great!
1st Half Fouls:
UConn 10. 11 : Mich 4.
Chances Dan Hurley goes Postal: 98.6%
...and it continues into 2nd Half...now 14-4 Foul differential.
Michigan is probably the superior team, but there's no basketball game ever played where a > 3:1 foul advantage is reasonable
There's one. Keep Hammond in house, find a few guys who can shoot a three and actually stay in front of a guard, you got yourself a stew going.
THANK JEEBUS!!!
It's a terrible hire unless Jokic has eligibility. Dude was not a good coach without the best player in the NBA
Apparently D3 mens basketball is legit in Virginia
3 National Championships since 2022 and 1 runner-up.
🏆 Randolph-Macon (2022)
🏆 Christopher Newport (2023)
🏆 Mary Washington (2026)
🥈 Hampden-Sydney (runner-up)
(2024)
Just saw Tenn has zero rostered players right now. Hahaha.
We ended up playing The Club at Savannah Harbor a couple of times. When checking into the hotel, the receptionist let us know that after 4pm they have $35 twilight golf. Hell of a deal.
Yeah all these old guys calling out the current players wouldn't make it a season with these rules and not just because they're old. The amount of movement is so much more in today's game. At no point in the 90s did you ever see all 5 players shift based on a single pass.