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Post by Knuckles on Apr 6, 2024 10:09:52 GMT -5
I enjoyed the game as well. I too wish the foul call hadn't been made.
I'm pretty bad with the remote watching through dead time, time outs and such. So I was going back and forth to the tennis channel where there was a great match between Jessica Pegula and Victoria Azarenka. Azarenka is a phenomenon. She was among the stars 10-15 years ago, then retired and had a family; she's returned after having a few kids. She is a warrior though, although she is a serial grunter, which bothers some.
Anyway their 3-setter was coming to a close around the same time as the UCONN/Iowa tilt. Azarenka had 4 match points during a tiebreaker, but Pegula came back and won.
Great half hour of sports.
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Post by Knuckles on Apr 6, 2024 10:12:54 GMT -5
Assuming it's a UConn/Purdue final ... Sports betting just recently arrived in NC. Guy at work--an NC State grad--is up over 10 grand riding his Alma mater. (Don't know if it's intro only, but if you bet $5, they give you $200 in your betting account, so you're into house money off the bat.) Don't know what the co-worker is doing for Purdue game, but who but him had NC State to this point. Locals are recalling when the '83 team won it all vs. the Phi Slama Jama team from Houston (Olajuwon, Drexler, et al). Me? I have no illusions, nor am I sitting on $10k in winnings. I remember the '93 game. I thought the Houston coach was SERIOUSLY out coached.
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Post by Yankin'It in Beantown on Apr 6, 2024 12:45:44 GMT -5
I enjoyed the game as well. I too wish the foul call hadn't been made. I'm pretty bad with the remote watching through dead time, time outs and such. So I was going back and forth to the tennis channel where there was a great match between Jessica Pegula and Victoria Azarenka. Azarenka is a phenomenon. She was among the stars 10-15 years ago, then retired and had a family; she's returned after having a few kids. She is a warrior though, although she is a serial grunter, which bothers some. Anyway their 3-setter was coming to a close around the same time as the UCONN/Iowa tilt. Azarenka had 4 match points during a tiebreaker, but Pegula came back and won. Great half hour of sports. i definitely favor womens tennis over the mens game and not just because of the scenery. the matches are shorter and the game is more strategic. so much of the mens game is ace dependent now. i plan to go to some matches in person soon. went to new haven a couple years ago where they have pre us open ladies tournament and it was very entertaining PLUS you can get a great meal in new haven afterwards. good eating in that town! womens bball is about to overtake the mens game in my mind as well. i be rooting for iowa to beat usc on sunday but i don’t think they have a chance unless usc’s center gets in foul trouble early.
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Post by Lefteroo on Apr 6, 2024 13:27:35 GMT -5
South Carolina's coach, Dawn Staley, was the greatest point guard in the history of the University of Virginia. How I wish we had hired her as head coach years ago.
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Post by Knuckles on Apr 6, 2024 13:35:22 GMT -5
If we had a loser's pool (ridiculous) now, I'd say the Men's and Women's champs will be UCONN and South Carolina, respectively.
I'm an fng sports genius.
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Post by NYY23 on Apr 6, 2024 14:12:09 GMT -5
Assuming it's a UConn/Purdue final ... Sports betting just recently arrived in NC. Guy at work--an NC State grad--is up over 10 grand riding his Alma mater. (Don't know if it's intro only, but if you bet $5, they give you $200 in your betting account, so you're into house money off the bat.) Don't know what the co-worker is doing for Purdue game, but who but him had NC State to this point. Locals are recalling when the '83 team won it all vs. the Phi Slama Jama team from Houston (Olajuwon, Drexler, et al). Me? I have no illusions, nor am I sitting on $10k in winnings. I'd be hedging some of that bet at this point.
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Post by my2cents on Apr 6, 2024 15:09:07 GMT -5
Assuming it's a UConn/Purdue final ... Sports betting just recently arrived in NC. Guy at work--an NC State grad--is up over 10 grand riding his Alma mater. (Don't know if it's intro only, but if you bet $5, they give you $200 in your betting account, so you're into house money off the bat.) Don't know what the co-worker is doing for Purdue game, but who but him had NC State to this point. Locals are recalling when the '83 team won it all vs. the Phi Slama Jama team from Houston (Olajuwon, Drexler, et al). Me? I have no illusions, nor am I sitting on $10k in winnings. On my ESPN bracket I have NC State going to the final. They were so much fun to watch playing in the ACCT. When they played UNC it seemed liked at the end of the game the refs were favoring UNC.
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Post by jimbue2 on Apr 6, 2024 15:12:24 GMT -5
How about the Iowa UConn game last night … tremendous game but refs ruined it with bs call on UConn with 9 seconds left …. U can’t tell me they didn’t want Iowa in the final
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Post by my2cents on Apr 6, 2024 15:19:29 GMT -5
How about the Iowa UConn game last night … tremendous game but refs ruined it with bs call on UConn with 9 seconds left …. U can’t tell me they didn’t want Iowa in the final I definitely think they shouldn’t have made the call, but I probably wouldn’t be watching the game tomorrow if Iowa lost.
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Post by NYY23 on Apr 6, 2024 16:10:23 GMT -5
How about the Iowa UConn game last night … tremendous game but refs ruined it with bs call on UConn with 9 seconds left …. U can’t tell me they didn’t want Iowa in the final If the refs wanted Iowa to win, it wouldn't have come down to that. Game seemed fairly called. It wasn't BS, it was the right call. She clearly leaned out on the screen. As I said before, I wish they didn't call it though.
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Post by Effjay on Apr 6, 2024 18:40:04 GMT -5
How about the Iowa UConn game last night … tremendous game but refs ruined it with bs call on UConn with 9 seconds left …. U can’t tell me they didn’t want Iowa in the final If the refs wanted Iowa to win, it wouldn't have come down to that. Game seemed fairly called. It wasn't BS, it was the right call. She clearly leaned out on the screen. As I said before, I wish they didn't call it though. Refs didn’t care about anything. You don’t wait until 4 seconds left to save a game. It was the right call but very tough at that point. $h!t happens. You don’t throw a moving pick and hope the refs swallow the whistle with 4 seconds left.
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Post by jimbue2 on Apr 6, 2024 18:40:34 GMT -5
How about the Iowa UConn game last night … tremendous game but refs ruined it with bs call on UConn with 9 seconds left …. U can’t tell me they didn’t want Iowa in the final If the refs wanted Iowa to win, it wouldn't have come down to that. Game seemed fairly called. It wasn't BS, it was the right call. She clearly leaned out on the screen. As I said before, I wish they didn't call it though. U wanna decide a great game like that on a ticky tack call … I can see if it was overt but it wasn’t … cheap foul terrible call with that much on line ….. and if u think ncaa didn’t want Iowa in final your kidding yourself
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Post by NYY23 on Apr 6, 2024 19:20:51 GMT -5
If the refs wanted Iowa to win, it wouldn't have come down to that. Game seemed fairly called. It wasn't BS, it was the right call. She clearly leaned out on the screen. As I said before, I wish they didn't call it though. U wanna decide a great game like that on a ticky tack call … I can see if it was overt but it wasn’t … cheap foul terrible call with that much on line ….. and if u think ncaa didn’t want Iowa in final your kidding yourself I didn't like it either. Wanted to see it settled by the players. But it was a foul. Of course NCAA wanted Iowa to win, Clark is probably the biggest thing to ever happen to the women's game. Doesn't mean it was fixed. If it was, it wouldn't have come down to the end like that.
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Post by NYY23 on Apr 6, 2024 19:21:33 GMT -5
If the refs wanted Iowa to win, it wouldn't have come down to that. Game seemed fairly called. It wasn't BS, it was the right call. She clearly leaned out on the screen. As I said before, I wish they didn't call it though. Refs didn’t care about anything. You don’t wait until 4 seconds left to save a game. It was the right call but very tough at that point. $h!t happens. You don’t throw a moving pick and hope the refs swallow the whistle with 4 seconds left. 100% what I was saying. Agree totally.
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Post by my2cents on Apr 6, 2024 19:43:31 GMT -5
So much for the NC State run. Nice well it lasted. Purdue is a really good team
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Post by jimbue2 on Apr 7, 2024 1:03:39 GMT -5
U wanna decide a great game like that on a ticky tack call … I can see if it was overt but it wasn’t … cheap foul terrible call with that much on line ….. and if u think ncaa didn’t want Iowa in final your kidding yourself I didn't like it either. Wanted to see it settled by the players. But it was a foul. Of course NCAA wanted Iowa to win, Clark is probably the biggest thing to ever happen to the women's game. Doesn't mean it was fixed. If it was, it wouldn't have come down to the end like that. Y not? Refs control game anything is possible….. I don’t put anything passed the ncaa the nba the nfl mlb after what we’ve been seeing over the last 10-15 years it’s becoming more obvious anything is possible …..
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Post by Effjay on Apr 7, 2024 9:22:27 GMT -5
I want to say good luck to Peter on Monday night. Gonna be an exciting game. I love how it came down to the final this year. Doesn’t happen too often!
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Post by JohnM on Apr 7, 2024 9:40:03 GMT -5
I didn't like it either. Wanted to see it settled by the players. But it was a foul. Of course NCAA wanted Iowa to win, Clark is probably the biggest thing to ever happen to the women's game. Doesn't mean it was fixed. If it was, it wouldn't have come down to the end like that. Y not? Refs control game anything is possible….. I don’t put anything passed the ncaa the nba the nfl mlb after what we’ve been seeing over the last 10-15 years it’s becoming more obvious anything is possible ….. Jimbue stick to WWE. 😊
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Post by jimbue2 on Apr 7, 2024 12:29:17 GMT -5
Y not? Refs control game anything is possible….. I don’t put anything passed the ncaa the nba the nfl mlb after what we’ve been seeing over the last 10-15 years it’s becoming more obvious anything is possible ….. Jimbue stick to WWE. 😊 At least they’re honest about telling us the fix is in
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Post by my2cents on Apr 7, 2024 13:08:09 GMT -5
At least they’re honest about telling us the fix is in Conspiracies always seem far fetched until they turn out to be true. Too much money in amateur sports
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