Saturday's Games
Just three things of note from the Butler upset...
1) I've had it with the 3 point shot ruining the college game.
In the Butler win over 1 seed Pitt, the Panthers outshot Butler 56% to 46%, outscored them from the line 12 to 11, outrebounded them 30 to 21, and had more assists (20 to 11). Pittsburgh outplayed Butler in every way except one: the Bulldogs made 12 of 27 from the 3 point line to Pitt's 6 of 11. It makes no sense to this basketball purist that a shot from the top of the key, for example, is worth 150% of a layup. I was always taught that the best shot in basketball was a layup and that the object of the sport was to work for the best shot on offense and prevent easy ones on defense. With the advent of the 3 point shot, especially so with the too-close line in college and high school, that strategy doesn't work. Endless jacking of 3s is mindless and boring. Give me back low post play and the elbow jumper.
2) How does a player not know the score of a 3rd Round NCAA game with a couple of seconds left in the second half?
Gilbert Brown fouled with a couple of ticks left in the game, with the score tied and Butler 80 feet from the cup. What the hell was he thinking? I'll tell you what he was thinking: "We're down one and I need to foul to put them on the line." The dude didn't know what the score was: it was tied. Shit, his teammates must want to strangle him in that locker room. What a sad end to a great season for Pitt. Gotta know the score, though. That's on Brown completely.
3) I've had it with listening to announcers who don't know what's going on.
All afternoon I've been listening to Pandora and watching my two TVs, enjoying both while concentrating on the ball games. With about a minute left in the Butler game I turned up the sound on the television. And the announcers fucked up the end of the game! They kept claiming that McGee fouled Howard when it was Gilbert Brown. Several times they told their audience that McGee was the culprit. How could they not have been paying enough attention to know the difference between a 6 foot 6 dark skinned guy and a 6 foot 10 inch mulatto? They look completely different! Bad, bad job by the announcing crew, led by the always terrible Dan Bonner. Unforgivable. I'll keep the sound down for the rest of the tournament (and on into the Red Sox season, as their announcers are equally as bad.)
1) I've had it with the 3 point shot ruining the college game.
In the Butler win over 1 seed Pitt, the Panthers outshot Butler 56% to 46%, outscored them from the line 12 to 11, outrebounded them 30 to 21, and had more assists (20 to 11). Pittsburgh outplayed Butler in every way except one: the Bulldogs made 12 of 27 from the 3 point line to Pitt's 6 of 11. It makes no sense to this basketball purist that a shot from the top of the key, for example, is worth 150% of a layup. I was always taught that the best shot in basketball was a layup and that the object of the sport was to work for the best shot on offense and prevent easy ones on defense. With the advent of the 3 point shot, especially so with the too-close line in college and high school, that strategy doesn't work. Endless jacking of 3s is mindless and boring. Give me back low post play and the elbow jumper.
2) How does a player not know the score of a 3rd Round NCAA game with a couple of seconds left in the second half?
Gilbert Brown fouled with a couple of ticks left in the game, with the score tied and Butler 80 feet from the cup. What the hell was he thinking? I'll tell you what he was thinking: "We're down one and I need to foul to put them on the line." The dude didn't know what the score was: it was tied. Shit, his teammates must want to strangle him in that locker room. What a sad end to a great season for Pitt. Gotta know the score, though. That's on Brown completely.
3) I've had it with listening to announcers who don't know what's going on.
All afternoon I've been listening to Pandora and watching my two TVs, enjoying both while concentrating on the ball games. With about a minute left in the Butler game I turned up the sound on the television. And the announcers fucked up the end of the game! They kept claiming that McGee fouled Howard when it was Gilbert Brown. Several times they told their audience that McGee was the culprit. How could they not have been paying enough attention to know the difference between a 6 foot 6 dark skinned guy and a 6 foot 10 inch mulatto? They look completely different! Bad, bad job by the announcing crew, led by the always terrible Dan Bonner. Unforgivable. I'll keep the sound down for the rest of the tournament (and on into the Red Sox season, as their announcers are equally as bad.)
posted by joe sweeney at 9:29 PM
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