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This is basically one of my greatest “irrational” fears - that I’ll be on a bridge that collapses. Just horrific and yes, thankful this happened at the time of night it did to limit casualties.
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No doubt. Kentucky had three timeouts at the time. That's the maximum they even could have because there's the one use it or lose it in the first half. So Cal at no point in the half thought it was necessary to call a timeout to talk things over. The first timeout he called in the second half was with 4 seconds left. So yes, absolutely should have called a timeout there. It was closer to 1:05 when the shot was made. Ball bounced straight to Mitchell, who chose to let it bounce off him and then lay there on the floor. Multiple other Kentucky players were around it and chose to let it sit there. The official made no move to the ball. At 58 seconds left, Gohlke flipped it to the official. At 56 seconds left, the Oakland inbounder touched the ball for the first time. Nine seconds gone for almost no reason at all. Kentucky had used the time to set their defense, but a timeout could have done that much better and with no time elapsed. At the 53 second mark the ball is inbounded, and shot clock starts. 12 seconds gone without the shot clock having to run. Oakland bled a tremendous amount of time right there. Gone was any hope of a stop and then a 2 for 1 or something of that nature, which became a pretty big deal when Oakland hit a three with less than 30 seconds left in the game, meaning Kentucky's only option became hit a shot and foul. That whole sequence really can't go anywhere but Cal. Do you know what Oakland did when the ball went through the net to put them up four? THEY CALLED TIMEOUT. (Not related to 2024-25 Kentucky, but since I rewatched the end sequence for this post, I still can't believe the shot Sheppard took on that next possession. Down 4, coming out of a timeout, they inbounded to him, he dribbled right up court, and jacked up the first deep three he got, front rimming it. No one near the basket to get a rebound or anything. Man thinking about him in that game just makes me furious.)
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I’m fairly certain Lyon County is the third to do this. Several already noted UHA in 1992. Paintsville also did this in 1996. They fell in the first round of the All A state tourney that year. UHA lost to Lexington Catholic in the semifinals of the All A state tourney in 1992 only to beat them in the actual state finals of the Sweet 16. Shelby Valley is the only team to have won both in the same year, doing so in 2010.
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I’m pulling for Harlan County but I had to pick Lyon. I think the rest advantage will come into play. And Noah has had to do an awful lot of heavy lifting. I felt there were signs of fatigue from the team down the stretch earlier today. They really need to get the game times back to where they were in 2012.
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Oakland 80 Kentucky 76 (NCAA 1st Round)
DragonFire replied to 16thBBall Fan's topic in College Basketball
Cleaning up the language for the rules, I’m reminded of the phrase “If you are walking down the street and you run into a jerk, you just ran into a jerk. If the whole day all you meet are jerks, maybe you’re the jerk.” Well this Kentucky team did nothing but run into teams that put up out of the ordinary numbers against them. So it’s them. Not many teams would overcome 15/30 from beyond the arc. But that has happened to them so many times this year, and one can only assume it’s because they repeatedly did something on defense that made that possible. -
Oakland 80 Kentucky 76 (NCAA 1st Round)
DragonFire replied to 16thBBall Fan's topic in College Basketball
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Oakland 80 Kentucky 76 (NCAA 1st Round)
DragonFire replied to 16thBBall Fan's topic in College Basketball
I despise that tagline. Of course, I don’t root for a conference in the first place. -
Oakland 80 Kentucky 76 (NCAA 1st Round)
DragonFire replied to 16thBBall Fan's topic in College Basketball
No doubt. All the more reason to go get paid. Strike while iron is hot. -
Oakland 80 Kentucky 76 (NCAA 1st Round)
DragonFire replied to 16thBBall Fan's topic in College Basketball
He’s going to go. Unless all these analysts are just flat wrong about where he’s projected. -
Oakland 80 Kentucky 76 (NCAA 1st Round)
DragonFire replied to 16thBBall Fan's topic in College Basketball
There were quite a few times this year where Reed looked like the freshman he is. He is a defensive liability. He made mind boggling turnovers. I see the talent. And I know what he's projected to be - he'll go onto the NBA. But man, he sure doesn't look ready to me. -
Oakland vs. Kentucky Predictions/Updates (NCAA Tournament)
DragonFire replied to 16thBBall Fan's topic in College Basketball
They won a national title under Cal. You can ignore anything else you want, but if that's not a positive for you, then there's no point in talking to you.