Comments on: The Final Four http://beyondthearc.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/the-final-four/ Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:55:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Chris Iafolla http://beyondthearc.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/the-final-four/#comment-126 Chris Iafolla Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:24:42 +0000 http://beyondthearc.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-126 Nice work here, keep up the good work. I landed on your site as I was writing a post of my own about how the Final Four did not live up to the hype. As you so astutely noted above, the Final Four rarely lives up to the hype and last night was no exception. What I think we learned is that as always, solid guard play is the key to deep runs in the tourney. It is no coincidence that the teams with possibly the best guards in the tournament have landed in the championship game. In the end, my hunch is that the Chalmers, Rush and Collins trio will prevail over the dynamic duo of Rose and Douglas-Roberts. Nice work here, keep up the good work.

I landed on your site as I was writing a post of my own about how the Final Four did not live up to the hype. As you so astutely noted above, the Final Four rarely lives up to the hype and last night was no exception. What I think we learned is that as always, solid guard play is the key to deep runs in the tourney. It is no coincidence that the teams with possibly the best guards in the tournament have landed in the championship game. In the end, my hunch is that the Chalmers, Rush and Collins trio will prevail over the dynamic duo of Rose and Douglas-Roberts.

]]> By: » Where’s the Madness? Heard in the Cheap Seats: Sports musings and news from the cheap seats http://beyondthearc.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/the-final-four/#comment-125 » Where’s the Madness? Heard in the Cheap Seats: Sports musings and news from the cheap seats Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:58:10 +0000 http://beyondthearc.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-125 [...] So what did we learn last night?  We learned what I suspected since UNC struggled to beat Duke at the end of the regular season-the Tar Heels do not have the pure scorers needed to get past a team like Kansas.  The Achilles Heel (pun intended) of UNC turned out to be its half court offense.  Kansas had the athleticism to keep pace with UNC and force them in to a half-court offense.  The result?  An offense that looked lost and reverted to playing a game of one-on-one every time down the court.  Sounds strange that a team averaging close to 100 ppg in the tournament could be doomed by their offensive inabilities-but that was exactly the case.  Of course, their apparent disregard of defense didn’t help matters. [...] [...] So what did we learn last night?  We learned what I suspected since UNC struggled to beat Duke at the end of the regular season-the Tar Heels do not have the pure scorers needed to get past a team like Kansas.  The Achilles Heel (pun intended) of UNC turned out to be its half court offense.  Kansas had the athleticism to keep pace with UNC and force them in to a half-court offense.  The result?  An offense that looked lost and reverted to playing a game of one-on-one every time down the court.  Sounds strange that a team averaging close to 100 ppg in the tournament could be doomed by their offensive inabilities-but that was exactly the case.  Of course, their apparent disregard of defense didn’t help matters. [...]

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