Duke Survives

If you saw the first game when NC State beat Louisville in Louisville the script of the game last night was going just about the same as five weeks ago until Blackshear got his fourth foul.  The team that Louisville finished the game with from that point was a better team that what the WolfPack could do.

Louisville drove almost at will because they were not making anything from outside.  State had just like Carolina that late in the game they had a minute when they to didn't have good shots in fact they had two possible slam dunks mishandled in the lane.  Game becomes catch up late and in order to catch up you need to score every time down and get stops and the Pack consistently got neither down the stretch.

Carolina fans upset with Roy Williams have to remember despite how well he played down the stretch Marcus Paige was hurt the entire year.  Most of this season Carolina didn't look very good and yet they made the Sweet 16.  State was up and down all year and yet they to made Sweet 16.  If everyone that could come back for both next year do come back both could be preseason top 10 next season.

I wish Duke had one more guy inside and they would be in right to the end in this national title race.  I just don't see Duke being as good as Zona or Kentucky.  I think they are just as good as Wisconsin because as good as their big men are outside they are slow defending a quick player driving from outside toward basket.  Duke has plenty of outside shooters who can drive.  Duke Gonzaga will be a great game but I think the Devils will win because they have better athletes just like against Utah.

The ACC has three teams in final eight.  Louisville might have caught a bracket where they may be able to sneak in the final four.  Notre Dame needs to make all their threes and only say nice things about Kentucky.  Duke will have a toughie with the Zags.

A couple of items that I have a hard time explaining .  Why when a game starts at 7:15 and another at 7:37 do both games have time outs at the same time?  I am not really sure referees even called the Duke /Utah game.  I don't understand if you are going to let it be a physical game  and let them play, why would you call fouls whe a player has all ball?  I don't understand this new college game where the team with the lead fouls and the game is extended when the team trailing gets points without the clock running.