Gonzaga vs North Carolina

[Mickey34jb]

My prediction for Monday night

N.C. 71
'Zags 78

[oujour76]

Apr 2, 2017 10:03:52 GMT -5 Mickey34jb said:

My prediction for Monday night

N.C. 71
'Zags 78

Hope you're right...

[daleko]

Apr 2, 2017 10:03:52 GMT -5 Mickey34jb said:

My prediction for Monday night

N.C. 71
'Zags 78

It'd be a nice event for CBB. I see a 3-5 pt game. They certainly have enough size.

[Deleted]

Not going to try to predict the score, but I've had Gonzaga to win it all since they beat UF 77-72 back in December when UF was putting it together with a fully available starting lineup. The bulldogs can go big or small without missing a beat. Their talent and depth is phenomenal. North Carolina will have to play their best game of the season to win the national championship over Gonzaga.

[mscott59]

Apr 2, 2017 17:24:17 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

Not going to try to predict the score, but I've had Gonzaga to win it all since they beat UF 77-72 back in December when UF was putting it together with a fully available starting lineup. The bulldogs can go big or small without missing a beat. Their talent and depth is phenomenal. North Carolina will have to play their best game of the season to win the national championship over Gonzaga.

the key for unc will be berry. he played horribly vs uo, not just shooting (2-14) but his ball handling/defense too. he must pick up his game. meeks/jackson shot a combined 17-26 from the field (meeks 11-13, which is walton-like). the rest of the heels? a combined 8-42. less than 20%. gonzaga's overall size will likely diminish unc's advantage on the boards, but the zags are also not as quick on d as oregon is... which i'd think would help carolina improve on saturday night's 38% shooting from the field. i think it will. north carolina 81-78 in ot. but i certainly wouldn't be disappointed if gonzaga wins. that would be a fantastic achievement for that program, and great for college hoops.

[Buckeye Dale]

Just heard a good one... pre-game song...
SHOULD be....
Dude, Dude,
Dude looks like a GRANNY...

[mscott59]

Apr 3, 2017 9:46:57 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Apr 2, 2017 17:24:17 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

Not going to try to predict the score, but I've had Gonzaga to win it all since they beat UF 77-72 back in December when UF was putting it together with a fully available starting lineup. The bulldogs can go big or small without missing a beat. Their talent and depth is phenomenal. North Carolina will have to play their best game of the season to win the national championship over Gonzaga.

the key for unc will be berry. he played horribly vs uo, not just shooting (2-14) but his ball handling/defense too. he must pick up his game. meeks/jackson shot a combined 17-26 from the field (meeks 11-13, which is walton-like). the rest of the heels? a combined 8-42. less than 20%. gonzaga's overall size will likely diminish unc's advantage on the boards, but the zags are also not as quick on d as oregon is... which i'd think would help carolina improve on saturday night's 38% shooting from the field. i think it will. north carolina 81-78 in ot. but i certainly wouldn't be disappointed if gonzaga wins. that would be a fantastic achievement for that program, and great for college hoops.

if you're unc you have to feel like you dodged a bullet. Shot just 31% from the field, got outrebounded and still you're only down 3 at the break. Gonzaga has done a nice job on Jackson making him rush shots but they should be up by 10.

[Mickey34jb]

Zags gone cold shooting...down only one point 47-46....10 minutes to go

[Mickey34jb]

The terrible officiating is keeping this game down!

[AlaCowboy]

Great game. Two fine teams playing their hearts out on both ends of the court.
Congrats to the Tarheels.

[Mickey34jb]

Congrats to N.C.__Gonzaga imploded that final minute...still a great run by them

[mscott59]

Apr 3, 2017 21:17:06 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Apr 3, 2017 9:46:57 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

the key for unc will be berry. he played horribly vs uo, not just shooting (2-14) but his ball handling/defense too. he must pick up his game. meeks/jackson shot a combined 17-26 from the field (meeks 11-13, which is walton-like). the rest of the heels? a combined 8-42. less than 20%. gonzaga's overall size will likely diminish unc's advantage on the boards, but the zags are also not as quick on d as oregon is... which i'd think would help carolina improve on saturday night's 38% shooting from the field. i think it will. north carolina 81-78 in ot. but i certainly wouldn't be disappointed if gonzaga wins. that would be a fantastic achievement for that program, and great for college hoops.

if you're unc you have to feel like you dodged a bullet. Shot just 31% from the field, got outrebounded and still you're only down 3 at the break. Gonzaga has done a nice job on Jackson making him rush shots but they should be up by 10.

I said berry would be the key. And he turned it around tonite. 22 pts, 6 assists, most outstanding player. Unc picked up their shooting a little (41%) in the 2nd half, they took care of the ball (just 4 turnovers; zags had 14) plus had 8 blocks and 7 steals.

Gonzaga will be back. They will win this thing someday. Few is a great coach. Certainly a disjointed flow in the 2nd half with all the fouls but unc proved to be the better team tonite. Congrats to coach Williams and the heels.

[Deleted]

Apr 3, 2017 22:08:31 GMT -5 Mickey34jb said:

The terrible officiating is keeping this game down!

Agree 110%. I wonder if these were the same refs John Calipari complained about? It was a fugly game to watch. UF could have used them in the second half against USCe.

[Mickey34jb]

Apr 4, 2017 8:21:06 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

Apr 3, 2017 22:08:31 GMT -5 Mickey34jb said:

The terrible officiating is keeping this game down!

Agree 110%. I wonder if these were the same refs John Calipari complained about? It was a fugly game to watch. UF could have used them in the second half against USCe.

I checked the box scores__different trio of refs for the uk/unc game