Davidson/Oklahoma

[The Artist]

Anybody watch this game? I thought Oklahoma looked pretty solid and should compete in the top 10/15 all year, and Davidson stayed right with them in Norman.

I didn't watch every second of the game, but I thought both were impressive.

[tmac03]

I watched some of it. Curry's movement is just so smooth; he has to work hard to get open but it doesn't look like he is at first glance. Must be nice to have your ex-NBA-player dad to teach you how to shoot, the kid is dead-on. It makes me wonder who, if anyone, is responsible for teaching Redford his stroke, or maybe he just taught himself?

[BiggieXU]

Well, Curry was impressive even though they called it an "off" night. Davidson just couldn't get rebounds against the bigger OU team. Blake Griffin was beastly on the boards.

[The Artist]

How about the UAB/Zona game? Dude for Zona intentionally fouled a UAB guy with 1 second left and a tie game when the guy was at half court. Apparently he thought they were losing instead of tied...

[BiggieXU]

Haha no way! I didn't stay up for it. That's awesome. Good old Arizona.

[dc_x]

How about the UAB/Zona game? Dude for Zona intentionally fouled a UAB guy with 1 second left and a tie game when the guy was at half court. Apparently he thought they were losing instead of tied...

Arizona actually intentionally fouled twice with the score tied. The first time was with about 20 seconds left and the UAB guy missed the front end of the 1-and-1.

Zona rebounded the miss, missed a shot, and then intentionally fouled AGAIN with 1 second left.

It was some of the dumbest basketball I have ever seen.

[The Artist]

Arizona actually intentionally fouled twice with the score tied. The first time was with about 20 seconds left and the UAB guy missed the front end of the 1-and-1.

Zona rebounded the miss, missed a shot, and then intentionally fouled AGAIN with 1 second left.

It was some of the dumbest basketball I have ever seen.

Wow, they chose not to show the first one in the highlights. Weird.

[BiggieXU]

That's Arizona, all the talent in the world but no basketball sense or passion. My co-worker who went to grad school there is a fan but always picks them to lose 1st round of the tourney.

[xavierdude]

I just saw that whole mess on sportscenter. I would be pissed as heck as an Ariz. fan. That's just stupid basketball....twice

[Juice]

Gary Parrish has a good recap of the Arizona UAB game.




Up late, watching UAB-Arizona, and I don't know if I've ever seen a dumber ending.

Did you watch?

If not, here's the deal: After Arizona battled back from a double-digit deficit to tie the game, Kyle Fogg inexplicably (and intentionally) fouled UAB's Aaron Johnson and sent him to the line for a one-and-one because he presumably thought Arizona was behind despite the game being tied . It was a stupid, sure, but it worked out because Johnson missed the front end and Arizona actually got the ball back with the score still tied. So the clock ticked away and Nic Wise took a jumper that was perfectly timed. If it swished, Arizona would win. If not, all UAB could do was rebound and launch a halfcourt shot that would almost certainly do something besides go through the rim. So when Wise missed and the ball was rebounded by Paul Delaney it appeared the game was headed to overtime, but then Jamelle Horne did something that was both bizarre and sad.

What did Horne do?

He literally chased Delaney as fast as he could, lunged and intentionally fouled him 55 feet from the basket as if Arizona was behind and needed to stop the clock. Problem is, Arizona was not behind. The freaking game was still tied! So Delaney went to the line with 0.8 second left and made the first of two free throws to give UAB a 72-71 win.

It was unreal.

So to summarize, Arizona intentionally fouled UAB twice in the final 27 seconds despite the game being tied, which led to a loss that cost the Wildcats a trip to next week's semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-off. It gets dumber and dumber the more I think about it, and if you're into message boards -- and honestly, who isn't? -- I'd encourage you to head over to GoAzCats.com, where a thread about the insanity was started seconds after the final horn.

Here's the link.

Enjoy.

But don't laugh.

Because it really was painful to watch.


http://www.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11780241