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It's Four Ones

With victories by Kansas and Memphis today, this is officially the worst NCAA tournament of all-time, as every single No. 1 seed has made the Final Four.

It could just be a statistical blip, but I think there are two reasons the tournament has played out this way. First, I think that despite the age limit enforced by the NBA in recent years, pro basketball continues to take most of the best players. And as the talent pool gets smaller and smaller, the talent gap between the haves and have-nots gets wider and wider. It's like Reaganomics, but for basketball.

And the second reason is that Davidson can't pick an end-of-game play to save its life. What the FREAK was that? Let's throw the ball to Curry, give him no help (screens, cutters, whatever), and see what kind of shot the one scorer on our team can saunter up the court and create for himself. Come on! What did they think he was gonna do?

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blaine said…
Yes I agree, that was awful to watch. So the best play they could come up with for their final play was a last-second heave from near halfcourt by someone OTHER than Curry? Why did Curry give up the ball anyway? Oh yeah, no one set a screen for him. Terrible execution.
8:27 PM
John said…
I actually think college basketball has gotten better in the last couple of years due to the NBA's new age restriction . . . now at least guys have to play one year of college (or do something else for a year after high school) before hitting the NBA. But, of course, no one with a future in basketball stays in college for more than a year, so there is a very limited talent pool.

That Davidson play with Curry at the end was ridiculous . . . he could have at least TRIED to advance the ball across half court with more than 6 seconds left . . . and his teammates were standing around like a church team waiting for him to win it all. Pathetic.

Four #1's is disappointing - but it just goes to show that in the NCAA tournament, the big boys ultimately get it done.
7:54 AM
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