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MSU players sure can set screens!

I expect MSU to pull away 2nd 1/2 with 5 minutes left. MSU is playing quite physical and going to their bench while keeping it close. I do not see TN able to keep the same energy against MSU for the entire 40 minutes.
 
thefish7 said:
That's probably true but doesn't explain all those easy back doors that TN executed in the first half.
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TN is a team that goes for the unexpected, sometimes it work and other times it does not. Also MSU has to play TN a bit tighter which opens up those plays.
 
Well it worked out and even the announcer said fatigue had something to do with that last foul!
 
BTW If TN had 1 or 2 players more off the bench they would have won. That little car incident early in the season cost them the Final 4, IMO.
 
Awesome game, ;)

Kinda glad MSU won - Izzo is such a great coach and Bruce Pearl is a cheater...
surprising none of the players were wearing ankle bracelet monitors...
anyway the Tennessee fans thought they were robbed on every call for 2 straight hours...it got kinda old in a hurry....
sat in the row right behind Magic Johnson....really fun time....saw some great posters there -- shout out to Big Mike...

Should be a fun Final Four....
 
tornado said:
Awesome game, ;)

Kinda glad MSU won - Izzo is such a great coach and Bruce Pearl is a cheater...
surprising none of the players were wearing ankle bracelet monitors...
anyway the Tennessee fans thought they were robbed on every call for 2 straight hours...it got kinda old in a hurry....
sat in the row right behind Magic Johnson....really fun time....saw some great posters there -- shout out to Big Mike...

Should be a fun Final Four....
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Agreed! I am really glad Pearl did not make it to the Final Four.

For those who don't know the backstory, Bruce Pearl was involved in a recruiting scandal in 1989 between Illinois and Iowa when he was an assistant coach at Iowa. Deon Thomas ultimately chose Illinois, which obviously didn't sit well with Pearl. In retaliation, Pearl recorded a conversation with Thomas in which he asked Thomas if he was offered and SUV and cash by then Illinois assistant coach Jimmy Collins. Thomas stated that this was true, and then Pearl proceeded to forward the tape to the NCAA. After it was determined that the "proof" offered by Pearl was insufficient for punishment, Illinois still was hit with several recruiting restrictions and was banned from the postseason for one year after the investigation uncovered other violations. Needless to say, Pearl's attempt at retaliation blew up in his face, and caused irreparable damage in the relations between him and anyone associated with Illinois men's basketball. And Dick Vitale stated that Pearl committed "career suicide" because of this incident. At the very least, Pearl's reputation was damaged and remains one of the prime reasons why he is so disliked outside of Tennessee.

Of course Jimmy Collins has never forgiven him either as they never shook hands during the four years they coached in the Horizon League together (Collins at UIC, and Pearl at Wisc.-Milwaukee). And to aggrevate matters, the fact that Pearl has cheated in obtaining other recruits is the other big factor on why he is disliked so much.

Now on the surface I could take Pearl's side if he sincerely wanted to report a recruiting violation at another school which in most cases would be a good thing. But it's quite clear that wasn't his intent. He only ratted out Illinois out of spite because he was upset that his team didn't snatch this prize recruit, and since then he himself has violated far more rules than Illinois ever did! So not only is he a rat, he's a downright cheat and a liar. So thankfully we won't have to see him in the Final Four for at least this year!

I'm sure Les Grobstein on the Score in Chicago will have some choice words about Pearl (and Kentucky as well) tonight as he hates that guy with a passion!
 
Bruce Pearl also cheated & tampered with and lured Bradley's Joah Tucker from Molinari's last team to leave BU and transfer to UW-M.
He also seems to have the most players with arrests for drugs and guns...up there with Calipari, and Huggins.
 
tornado said:
Bruce Pearl also cheated & tampered with and lured Bradley's Joah Tucker from Molinari's last team to leave BU and transfer to UW-M.
He also seems to have the most players with arrests for drugs and guns...up there with Calipari, and Huggins.
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Oh, forgot about Tucker. Well, another reason to hate this guy!

And while I'm glad Huggins knocked Calipari and Kentucky out of the tourney, I'm hoping Duke does the same to Huggins this upcoming weekend.
 
Bravesfan said:
Oh, forgot about Tucker. Well, another reason to hate this guy!

And while I'm glad Huggins knocked Calipari and Kentucky out of the tourney, I'm hoping Duke does the same to Huggins this upcoming weekend.
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I'm going for WVU in this one! Huggins never did anything to me personally. The guys that play and played for him do love him. I also prefer to see his mug on the side lines then old rat face! Also A WVU win gets me closer to winning the challenge.;-)
 
SFP said:
I'm going for WVU in this one! Huggins never did anything to me personally. The guys that play and played for him do love him. I also prefer to see his mug on the side lines then old rat face! Also A WVU win gets me closer to winning the challenge.;-)
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Well rooting for WVU for bracket purposes is perfectly acceptable and allowable. :D I just believe that Huggins is another one of those coaches that will break any rule to recruit players and he does not care whether or not any of his players graduate. And while he has never done anything to me personally either, I just think it would be nice if a few of these type of coaches at least try to stress the importance of an education, even if only for a semester or two.
 
Here's what I mean...

at BU, if even one player is arrested, even if it's just an underage drinking, then the place is a renegade program and coaches need to be fired!

But if your entire freakin' team has a list of drug and gun arrests as long as your arm, then the press covers the story and talks endlessly about how the team has OVERCOME SUCH DIFFICULT ADVERSITY!!
They need to be applauded and the coach has done a GREAT job bringing the team together and making outstanding citizens of everyone, and the whole thing should go down in HISTORY as a monumental achievement!!!!
http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9021786
 
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