2011 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP THREAD: Butler Vs. UConn
by Craig Powers on Apr 4, 2011 6:00 PM PDT
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PrintThe final game of the 2010-2011 season is here and it is your run-of-the-mill 3 vs. 8 match-up for the championship. Matt Howard and Kemba Walker will be locked in a battle of basketball stars who don't really look like they should be so awesome at what they do (I'm referencing Kemba's size and Howard's...everything).
It's so strange that Butler is here again. If Gordon Heyward would have came back I would have said there is still no chance they make it back to the title game. Apparently they didn't need him, because Shelvin Mack has been on fire and he is as important to his team (maybe even moreso during the tournament) as Walker is for Connecticut.
Technically, UConn is actually the the more surprising of the pair. They were not even ranked in the preseason (Butler was). So who really is the underdog here?
If Butler is involved, it seems that it is likely to be a close game. They are always in close games.
I'm sad college basketball is about to leave us. I'll miss you, buddy.
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This game is giving me hope for next year if D and Klay come back.
Apparently you can put a couple of truly awful basketball players in your starting lineup and still make the final.
by Coug Friendly Canuck on Apr 4, 2011 6:34 PM PDT reply actions
DECIDING POINT
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by Craig Powers on Apr 4, 2011 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I burned my thumb on my pot pie.
I need that thumb to play Killzone 3!
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use your pinky to test the pot pie not your thumb
Good! That’s good; when you get in a fight with a pot pie you don’t hit it with your shooting finger. God, I can’t keep giving you these free lessons so quit screwin’ around and help me up
by woolybugger on Apr 4, 2011 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Someone remade the "I can feel it coming in the air tonight" song?
But why?
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Because there needs to be a crap rock version of every song ever made.
It’s the law.
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I couldn't watch the game
but a band called Nonpoint did a cover of that song…for the remake of Miami Vice.
I'm pretty sure "Hop" is exactly the reason Jesus rose from the dead.
by BigWood! on Apr 4, 2011 6:44 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Actually, He did it for Toy Story 3
Jesus loves that Randy Newman
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Has anyone ever seen Randy Newman and Jesus in the same room?
Just saying…
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by Craig Powers on Apr 4, 2011 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
can I show it to her and say
you can have one if you get rid of the cat? The dog would prefer it as well
To Jim Nantz, there is only one type of foul.
The reach around.
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A foul unlike any other.
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by Grady Clapp on Apr 4, 2011 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
So I took the Butler moneyline tonight at 140% payout
it was the only thing that was giving decent odds
Did they just catch Matt Howard strokin' it on the sideline?
That was an odd celebration.
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Looks like someone's trying to circumvent the law
The ol’ reach around
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A free rec to anyone who gets that reference
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by Grady Clapp on Apr 4, 2011 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
GOB boom!
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by Craig Powers on Apr 4, 2011 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I just told my wife she can get a giant bulldog if I can get that F150
this should go over well
As long as they don't ban it in the U-disctrict they'll be fine
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by Grady Clapp on Apr 4, 2011 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The combination or Gus Johnson and BWW commercials.
Where does it rank as far as human achievements?
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"Fast Five" may be a terrible movie.
But that commercial was amazing.
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Can we kill the low scoring = crappy basketball mem
Screw all y’all CBS commentators
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This has been pretty terrible basketball
Butler has been rushing shots all over the place, and UCONN hasn’t been playing anything like they did in their run up to this point.
Kenpom drops a Friel reference!
This gritty affair reminds me of the ball played by Bud Foster’s and Jack Friel’s cagers back in the ‘41 title game. T’was one for the ages!
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The Best Rec League team from a major corporation
They get winner.
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by Grady Clapp on Apr 4, 2011 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
"I thought that was great about fans"
thanks Chuck
Blossom guest appearance on the Big Bang Theory?
CBS goin for the throat in the sweeps
That's what I'll show my grandkids when they ask what the 90s was like.
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"What were the '90's like grampa?"
“In my opinionation…they were amazing”
"The officials agree no husky touched it"
How the UW stays out of trouble
He would be WSU's leader in 3 point percentage
[sad trombone]
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Its a block party!
How many more Chappelle references can we get in tonight?
part of me doesn't blame them
they’re trying to draw fouls and the refs aren’t calling anything.
If Butler loses
Does Matt Howard go all Adam Morrison on us?
this is how I'd imagine Wazzu would play UConn
if they didn’t have Klay
I wonder if he pulls a full Tony Bennett and leaves for NC State
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Is it possible for Stevens to pull a Tony Bennett?
Would anyone have hated Tony for leaving after back to back title games?
I would like this more if Jim Calhoun wasn't a total douche
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Oriakhi's Nigerian!?!?!
I wonder if he knows the Prince that’s going to make me rich…..
32 points in 35 minutes
NOT A TOURNAMENT TEAM
Kerr and Kellogg are talking about the holes in Butler's defense?
Defense is fine, morons.
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Just wondering if I am remembering this right...
Didn’t they have someone else sing “One Shining Moment” last year?
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Do you think Brad Stevens actually needs glasses?
Or does he just wear them to look like a smarter basketball coach?
Bring on Luther....
I want to see a Husky cry!
Washington State.
Even at our best, famous for being the worst.
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Win a tourney in Hawaii = Make the title game.
WE WERE SO CLOSE.
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He travelled and got away with it
hopping around at the end there
by woolybugger on Apr 4, 2011 8:26 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
those No.1 hats are awful
these however, are brilliant
wait, guys, do you think i have time to take a shower before this comment gets rec'd?
by Rochestie4ever on Apr 4, 2011 8:36 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I'd say you have plenty of time
But that’s just me
by ASMcCoug on Apr 4, 2011 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
"What a Wonderful Championship game this was"
Lie #496 by Mark Emmert
We're only at 496???
Oh that must be since he has been at his new job.
This means we don't have to hand over ownership of the blog to Nuss' wife!
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So close.
Would have been amazing to have Nuss get last and his wife get first.
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"So Coach, this is a high point in your career and I'd like to remind you your family is dead...."
by BigWood! on Apr 4, 2011 8:39 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Have we ever seen Jim Calhoun and John Wooden's corpse in the same room?
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by Grady Clapp on Apr 4, 2011 8:40 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
indeed
I’m pretty sure America would rather see Blue II drop a deuce in the tunnel than UConn cut down the nets
Some kids in Africa will believe Butler went back-to-back
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by Grady Clapp on Apr 4, 2011 8:44 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
until one shining moment comes on, i'm just going to cute the hell out of this thread
by BigWood! on Apr 4, 2011 8:48 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
VCU was here because Butler was here last year?
Die in a fire Kenny Smith.
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Evacuating the dancefloor, presumably
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by Grady Clapp on Apr 4, 2011 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Pretty sure soccer is the only sport
that truly crowns a World Champion. Not sure how that equates to “everyone winning”
by B-Lot tailgater on Apr 5, 2011 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
yada yada yada
Ok… You guys do a great job covering sports, but I am sick of coming to this web page and not seeing updates about my Cougars. Spring ball is going on and I wanna know how our boys are doing on the field. That’s a lot more important to Coug fans than the NCAA tournament. Hell even our baseball updates would be better. Please keep up with what your site says, it’s COUG CENTER, not NCAA center!
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