Alabama - UCLA
- Thread starter TheSpecialSauce
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Unbelievable coaching blunder. 2 UCLA defenders INSIDE THE 3 POINT LINE. WHY?
Yeah, with how bad Bama was from the line you’d think it’d be a no brainer.
Alabama had bad shot selection throughout the game. Their overall shooting was bad (field and free throw).
Huge win for UCLA and Cronin. I think this is his first Elite Eight, no? Good for him. Always liked the way his Cincy teams played.
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Bill Walton is firing up a big fatty to celebrate the conference of champions finally delivering.
Ugh - I still remember him throwing f-bombs out when one of our players were at the free throw line.
Congrats?
I did not know this... I assume he was telling at the ref and not the player at the lube? Or, no?
That little guy has coached his ass off in this tournament. I wish he was throwing F bombs out from the Pitt sideline instead of UCLA's.
The idea was to foul before he was in the act but they couldn't get to him. Probably because they didn't have all 5 guys outside the line.
Oh boy, could you imagine how much fun Quinerly would be? We think X had an extra gear, he makes X look like a Buick compared to his Ferrari speed.
They easily could have fouled the guy bringing the ball up the court, before he passed to the shooter. 2 Bruins were near him, but neither challenged him. And of course as you mentioned, they were not guarding the shooters, either. That was about the worst defense that could be played in that situation, yet UCLA still ended up winning the game.
True. They didn’t want to leave more than a second or so though. But yeah, that would have been the play. But I still can’t believe any player would defend anything other than the 3 ball.
And they also did not have anyone on the guy throwing the ball in which gave him a clear passing angle to the guy he inbounded to.
It was as if Cronin decided not to defend the play, just let Alabama do whatever they want and hope they miss the 3.
If your plan is to wait that long then you should just stop pretending that you want to foul in the first place.
Waiting that long does two things. It either means they are going to shoot the ball before you foul or it means that they will be shooting the ball when you foul.
