2021 NCAA Tournament Open Thread

The main problem with this game is are Kispert and Timme gonna come back now?

Zags canā€™t guard them one on one. They switch screens, Timme gets hunted, they go under Baylor hits threes in their face. They play zone and itā€™s a festival of open mid rangers.

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Ayayi is the only one who can defend at this level.

Baylor winning a National Championship for some reason really pisses me off.

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Baylor money line looking so good, LFG!

This has become Iowa-Oregon. Gonzagaā€™s actually played fairly well offensively over the last 20 minutes or so but canā€™t get any stops.

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Gothca. Yea, there was a huge gap between an above average game from this years team and the few no shows they had. Because we saw that appear three or four times this year I had to leave the possiblity open, particularly without livers that it could happen again .

Also when I wrote that the Zags were getting ran out of the building, so I didnā€™t want it to come off that I was suddenly feeling cocky or overly bold due to what we were witnessing.

Baylor is balling. I keep thinking the Zags are gonna tighten it up and Baylor just keeps kicking it into high gear.

Baylor is just better in every facet of the game. Kind of tired of this ā€˜athleteā€™ narrative. They just have guards who can get to the rim with great ball handling and then knockdown 3 pointers.

Doesnā€™t that imply their guards are very athletic (because they are).

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Mitchell cooking Suggs on that drive was something. Suggs a pretty elite athlete

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Good ball handling is skill.

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I just have really wanted Baylor to win because I donā€™t think Gonzaga deserves the undefeated hype. I donā€™t think theyā€™re on that level. A lot of teams they beat in the nonconference schedule ended up being overrated. And I just donā€™t think this Gonzaga team deserves ā€œtop 5 team of all timeā€ type of hype. They are great, but not that great.

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Maybe recency bias but if I had to pick 1 Zag and say ā€œheā€™s going to be a good NBA player, itā€™s Ayayi.

Suggs has more than a little bit of inefficient volume guy for my taste.

Baylor is almost impossible to guard because they can all shoot.

They are plenty athletic but they have five guys who are basically 40% shooters. Thatā€™s what allows them to get to the rim at will.

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Man, Baylor is playing like they did before the shut down when I thought they were the best team in the NCAA.

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Livers > Kispert.

Sounds like Michigan next yearšŸ¤ž

Michiganā€™s gonna have tons of 40% shooters? That can all dribble?

A kid can dream