I'd be interested in everyone's opinions of the game itself. For me, this had to be one of the worst exhibitions of basketball I've seen from two supposed top teams, with so many athletic players.
Connecticut was quicker. Shabazz is a clone of Kemba Walker. Are Shabazz and Boatwright a married couple? They sure were arguing with each other a lot. Maybe they haven't played together too much. Connecticut had the better defense. If they hadn't missed so many threes, or turned the ball over so much with unforced errors, they would have won by 15 or 20. Their bigs went three plus quarters without trying a pump fake. I was beginning to think they did not know how to do that, because they kept shooting with no fake first, and getting their shots stuffed time after time by Kentucky. Finally in the 4th quarter, they figured it out and tried a fake or two.
50% of Kentucky's offense was passing the ball around the perimeter deciding which one on one player was going to shoot a three or drive to the basket. How boring is that? At least they shared the ball. The other 50% of Kentucky's offense was crashing the boards to get offensive rebound putbacks. Or at least that was how it appeared.
In the end, the quicker team with the better defense, and an offense with a little complexity, won out over the one on one, one and done players. Still, those kids kept it close. All in all, not very good basketball.
Connecticut was quicker. Shabazz is a clone of Kemba Walker. Are Shabazz and Boatwright a married couple? They sure were arguing with each other a lot. Maybe they haven't played together too much. Connecticut had the better defense. If they hadn't missed so many threes, or turned the ball over so much with unforced errors, they would have won by 15 or 20. Their bigs went three plus quarters without trying a pump fake. I was beginning to think they did not know how to do that, because they kept shooting with no fake first, and getting their shots stuffed time after time by Kentucky. Finally in the 4th quarter, they figured it out and tried a fake or two.
50% of Kentucky's offense was passing the ball around the perimeter deciding which one on one player was going to shoot a three or drive to the basket. How boring is that? At least they shared the ball. The other 50% of Kentucky's offense was crashing the boards to get offensive rebound putbacks. Or at least that was how it appeared.
In the end, the quicker team with the better defense, and an offense with a little complexity, won out over the one on one, one and done players. Still, those kids kept it close. All in all, not very good basketball.