Sunday, April 01, 2007

Rematch

Well, that sucked.

It kinda looked like a replay of last year's title game. Florida was not as dominant in this game as they were last year, but they were plenty good enough.

Really, it came down to 2 keys:
1) Arron Afflalo was a nonfactor - He scored 17 points, but that was basically all in garbage time. He picked up 2 fouls within 2 minutes, and picked up a 3rd midway through the first half shortly after Ben Howland brought him back. Josh Shipp provided enough offense to keep things interesting in the first half, but with no contributions from their first team All-America, UCLA didn't have the firepower in the 2nd half.
2) Florida hit 3-pointers - After a slow start they finished 9/22, which was a good enough. UCLA almost always doubles the post, so if you can rotate the ball quickly around the perimeter and known down shots, you can beat them. Florida wasn't hitting these shots for the first 8 or 9 minutes, but after that they were real good.

Really, that was the ballgame. UCLA didn't play awful, they were just outmanned. They took care of the ball very well (only 3 turnovers), they just couldn't get shots with Afflalo being such a nonfactor. It sucks, but it was a bad time for the starting backcourt to go 8/28 from the field and 4/15 from downtown. Congratulations Gators.


As for the OSU/Georgetown game, the Buckeyes were better when Oden was out than Georgetown was when Hibbert was out. Obviously that's not the way I thought it would go down, but it did. As is becoming a theme, Mike Conley was really good and he controlled this game. Same old.

On a final note... take a good look Buckeyes fans, because I think this will be the last game Greg Oden and Mike Conley play for Ohio St. I've always kind of been of the opinion that if one was gone, the other would be too, and this Tournament has propelled Conley (most likely) into the top-ranked PG. So with that being the case, I think he'll go, and I'm betting Oden goes with him.

Buckeyes vs. Gators Monday night. We've seen that before.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mike Conley Jr. said he's already coming back next season. No word on Oden but he should be getting Social Security checks pretty soon.

From what I read UCLA shoud be awesome next year. If Affalo returns (I think he should and will) they will have most of their starters back (right?) plus they're adding that high school stud Kevin Love.

SAMO said...

Well well. I screwed up. What else do you want me to say? I thought UCLA was a different team. I was wrong. Well was I? I really wish we could go back in time and Afflalo doesn't get that 2nd and 3rd foul. I wonder how much of a difference that really makes. Who knows? I will be pulling for Ohio State. Why? I think everyone is calling Oden overrated, and also because I hate Noah.

twins15 said...

From what I read UCLA shoud be awesome next year. If Affalo returns (I think he should and will) they will have most of their starters back (right?) plus they're adding that high school stud Kevin Love.

Yeah, UCLA has no seniors so the potential to be great next year is there. The fact that Afflalo struggled so much and is not a lock for the first round leads me to believe there is a shot he'll be back, and Collison could come back as well. Kevin Love would add what they're missing (a good low post man that can be a threat offensively)... so if they get everyone back and Love comes in, they could be great.

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