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[Boston Vol]

Carolina tried their damnedest to give it away.

 

[LittleCat]

Carolina tried their damnedest to give it away.

UK up five gave it away. UK got hot at the end but that Maye kid had some kind of magic going tonight.

 

[lawgator1]

In watching these games, I really feel like every team I see is highly dependent on one maybe two players. The teamwork aspect of the game seems to me to be waning as time wears on. Instead it's a couple of stars and then just a bunch of role players. No one seems to have a complete team.

 

[armchair]

In watching these games, I really feel like every team I see is highly dependent on one maybe two players. The teamwork aspect of the game seems to me to be waning as time wears on. Instead it's a couple of stars and then just a bunch of role players. No one seems to have a complete team.

plays a team game. I'm not sure what you were watching if you think they don't. Every team is dependent on scorers, and if you've got a couple of good ones as Kentucky and others do, yea, they are going to take more shots. But even there you are off as Kentucky's 7 foot center--the Aussie who I don't think even starts-- got the ball a lot in key situations and had a career high in points, made some big baskets, and kentucky passed the ball pretty well. So I saw plenty of team basketball, and it takes a team, not just one or two guys, to get to the Final Four.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

In watching these games, I really feel like every team I see is highly dependent on one maybe two players. The teamwork aspect of the game seems to me to be waning as time wears on. Instead it's a couple of stars and then just a bunch of role players. No one seems to have a complete team.

I'd say Gonzaga, but that's more because they don't any true stars, not so much that they're a great team. Kinda like the 04 Pistons, although Ben Wallace was a perennial DPOY candidate.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

I'd say Gonzaga, but that's more because they don't any true stars, not so much that they're a great team. Kinda like the 04 Pistons, although Ben Wallace was a perennial DPOY candidate.

Gonzaga is the most fundamentally sound team in college basketball. Maybe not the most talented but their chemistry and unselfishness with the basketball is what makes them great.

 

[lawgator1]

Gonzaga and SC are probably the two teams in the E8 that most displayed organized team ball, I'd agree.

I just meant big picture-wise, it seems less and less like we see sound defense and passing, set plays, etc.

Has a lot to do with the quality of the coaching. MSU, for example, under the tutelage of Izzo, plays sound basketball. Duke certainly does. Not so much Ky, imo.

 

[NashVol11]

Gonzaga and SC are probably the two teams in the E8 that most displayed organized team ball, I'd agree.

I just meant big picture-wise, it seems less and less like we see sound defense and passing, set plays, etc.

Has a lot to do with the quality of the coaching. MSU, for example, under the tutelage of Izzo, plays sound basketball. Duke certainly does. Not so much Ky, imo.

Kentucky usually plays good defense, doesn't usually rely on one or two guys, and wins in the tournament. Not sure what part of that screams poor coaching