Butler fouls! Pitt fouls! Weirdest NCAA ending ever? Yep
OK, you’re asking: Have I ever seen anything like the end of Pitt-Butler? And the answer is:
No, because nobody has ever seen anything like it.
The silliest foul in the history of the Big Dance followed by an even sillier one. An absolutely great game that had an ending to make even the winning coach feel sheepish. And here’s the weirdest part: The refs weren’t wrong either time. Both the goofball fouls — first Shelvin Mack’s, committed 45 feet from the goal, and then Nasir Robinson’s, committed 90 feet from the other goal — were fouls.
If it was unfortunate that such a game was decided by back-and-forth lapses of sense, it nonetheless proves yet again that the NCAA tournament cannot be handicapped or scripted. You can’t write stuff like this. Butler is the most resourceful team in the land and possibly the best-coached, and it messed up. Then Pitt messed up worse. Amazing. But not really.
Because that’s the thing about the Big Dance: These guys aren’t pros, and many of them will never be. They’re amateurs trying really hard with millions of us watching. The wonder isn’t that these guys sometimes have brain blips; the wonder is that they manage to function as well under pressure as they do.
That said: Is Butler amazing? Is Brad Stevens the best? (Actually, no. Krzyzewski is. But Stevens might be second-best.) And did I not warn you against picking Pitt because this proud team invents ways to lose in March?
Great tournament. Great game. Wildest ending ever. Wilder even than Michigan beating Western Kentucky in 1966 on a foul on a jump ball. (Ref Steve Honzo said Western’s Greg Smith jumped into the All-American Cazzie Russell on a toss with 11 seconds left, and Russell made the tying and winning free throws.) I never thought that ending could be topped for sheer lunacy. Wrong again.
(Speaking of which: Here, courtesy of YouTube, are the final few minutes of that game from 45 years ago. The jump ball comes at the 8:51 mark. Judge for yourself.
(As for the principals: Russell would become a famous sixth man with the championship-winning New York Knicks, Smith a starting forward for the championship-winning Milwaukee Bucks. And the Hilltopper who misses the free throw ahead of the jump ball is Wayne Chapman, who would have a son named Rex.)
By Mark Bradley
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SpiderBill
March 19th, 2011
10:20 pm
Spiders are first!
Mark Bradley
March 19th, 2011
10:25 pm
Kudos, SpiderBill.
And there’s not one thing weird about Richmond.
Coach(sic) Paul Johnson
March 19th, 2011
10:30 pm
Georgia Tech has lost 5 of their last 6 football games, only beating Duke.
Jim Burr
March 19th, 2011
10:31 pm
I beg to differ. Did you see my work at the end of the Arizona/Memphis game. I felt like the last two fouls on AZ in the last 1.8 seconds did not give the defense an advantage. Even though I called the same plays fouls earlier in the game. I really don’t suck, my momma said so.
5150 UOAD
March 19th, 2011
10:35 pm
Next to Bull Ridings 8 seconds that game had to be the wildest ride ever in an NCAA Tourney Game. It also had to be the longest 7.2 seconds ever. Butler coach was very classy in the post game interview too.
cattle dawg
March 19th, 2011
10:36 pm
Must be a Michigan video camera because theres no way any one in Kentucky had one back in 66.
Legend of Len Barker
March 19th, 2011
10:39 pm
While I’m happy that the officials didn’t take the final seconds off like the Big East crew did in the St. John’s game in the conference tournament, must they be so deliberate about getting the clock right?
Neither squad has a timeout, yet they essentially get one while the refs spend an eternity trying to figure out how much time is left. Well, at least it wasn’t at the Macon Coliseum. Not only does that clock not have tenths, to reset the clock, you have to count it down (from the one minute mark) and pray you shut it off in time.
The Legend is currently watching the annual Fiasco bid go up in smoke. In many of years of playing, the Legend has survived the first weekend exactly twice.
5150 UOAD
March 19th, 2011
10:40 pm
The Big East is looking like the Big Least or the SEC Least in football. How many Big East make it to the Sweet 16?3 Elite 8?1 Final 4? 0
5150 UOAD
March 19th, 2011
10:43 pm
Coach(sic) this is about basketball and UGA went 10-10 in their last 20 games but made the NCAA tourney why exactly?
5150 UOAD
March 19th, 2011
10:48 pm
Mark other than the results of the game did you have a nice time in Charlotte?
Najeh Davenpoop
March 19th, 2011
10:51 pm
Both those fouls were legit. Don’t blame the refs. Just dumb fouls by each team.
Glad I only had Pitt in the Elite 8, and not in the Final Four like most people I know.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 19th, 2011
10:53 pm
Pretty big hit for President Obama’s nearly all-chalk bracket too, for that matter.
Hewitt Fan
March 19th, 2011
10:56 pm
@ Mark Bradley
how is coach K amazing?..you and I both know the refs have gave this guy everything he has won…UNLV vs Duke was sad..Leattner stomped a kid and was not ejected, then hit the winning shot against Kentucky..The refs stole the Maryland game and then the Arizona game…Last year the refs carried Duke against Purdue,Baylor and Butler and you call the guy amazing…you are sad my friend!
5150 UOAD
March 19th, 2011
11:04 pm
Hewitt Fan give it a rest. The REF are after you. The refs are out to get you. Coach K sold his soul to the sneaky Imp for sure. It is all the refs nothing Coach K has done is enough to get his teams to win a basketball game. Why don’t you become an ACC ref just so you can make sure DUKE and coach K never win another game just like you will make sure Tech never gets another Atl Celtic.
cattle dawg
March 19th, 2011
11:07 pm
How come my ranking never comes up?
Legend of Len Barker
March 19th, 2011
11:21 pm
Lives to see another day. But will probably lose tomorrow.
JSS
March 19th, 2011
11:41 pm
Oh snap, the legendary 1966 25-3 Hilltoppers team that was supposedly better than “Rupps Runts!” That was Oldham’s famous color barrier breaking team that sent shock waves across the South… I heard the stories, but had never seen them before now… They were on a collision course to see who would advance to the Final Four (UK or WKU)…
Hewitt Fan
March 19th, 2011
11:45 pm
@5150 UOAD Everything that i post is always true!..Mark Bradley is an idiot…I hate when he praises a guy who teams get the benefits of the calls..You can ignore it all you want to, but you and I know that Coach K is helped by the refs!
Mark Bradley
March 19th, 2011
11:46 pm
Western in ‘66 had Clem Haskins and Greg Smith, who would play in the NBA, and Greg Smith’s twin brother Dwight, who was killed in a car accident and who was considered the best of the Hilltoppers.
Bill
March 19th, 2011
11:55 pm
Hewitt fan is crazy. Same BS over and over.
Mark any news on GT’s coaching position? Stevens are Mooney ?
JSS
March 19th, 2011
11:59 pm
Didn’t Haskins break his wrist the next year? I know Bobby Jones (the former SW Macon/Hilltopper star) told me once that there was a story that Oldham used to put two players on Dwight Smith in practice because he was such a skilled ball hander that 6 on 5 was the only way they could practice. And he’d still beat the double team!
5150 UOAD
March 20th, 2011
12:00 am
Hewitt Fan everything you post is always true? Can you give me the #’s for Tuesday’s $277 mil Lotto drawing? Is everybody at your job against you? WHY and HOW could the REFS make/ allow Coach K win 700 something games? You are just a crybaby. I guess non of the Atl Celtics are enough like Grant Hill to get coach K to recruit and offer any of your kids a shot and going to DUKE.
Delta Stewardess
March 20th, 2011
12:22 am
Hewitt Fan is the smartest Basketball Blogger in the entire USofA. Where did this guy come from? Sir you really need some new material.
That was a wild ending.
I can’t believe BYU is doing as well as they are without the Horny player still on the team. Good go BYU for sticking to their Morals and Rules of Conduct standards.
Beast from the East
March 20th, 2011
4:37 am
That was one wild ending. The refs did get both calls right, but I would have preferred they refrain from making either call with only 2.2 seconds left on the clock. Either way, it was a great game.
Mark, I thought I was doing bad on my bracket until I looked at yours. LOL. My Gators looked pretty good again yesterday. UCLA played well, but so did UF. Go Gators!
Mark Bradley`s Booster
March 20th, 2011
4:54 am
Delta Stewardess: The Delta Flight Attendants would like
to know why you have a job different title. Would you please answer. Thanks.
Paddy
March 20th, 2011
6:45 am
Mark Bradley’s Booster……….The ans to the above is Delta Stewardess is realy old and looks like Rene Richards before the sex change. Delta worked when they were known as pursars and were not allowed to fly over water.
T-Bone
March 20th, 2011
7:08 am
MB, why do you not have the Butler coach on your possible list for the Tech coaching job?
kaput
March 20th, 2011
7:23 am
Go Gators!!
(Where are the Dogs?)
Ted Striker
March 20th, 2011
8:16 am
Chris Webber’s 1993 timeout against North Carolina — with none available — was fairly wild as well.
Saturdaygolfer
March 20th, 2011
8:19 am
What kind of article doesn’t even say who won the game? And what happened after the fouls? Did they make the free throws? What was the final score? Some of us don’t sit around and watch 20 hours of TV basketball on a beautiful Saturday.
Tom Hughes
March 20th, 2011
8:26 am
Thanks for reminding me of Steve Honzo. I went to Villanova in the early 60’s and did radio BB. Honzo was the worst and backed that up with the kind of swashbuckling arrogance that no one could get away with today. Good times.
fla dawg
March 20th, 2011
8:38 am
delta stewardess wins the award for today’s stupidest post. I feel confident that no later entries will top that stupidity.
Larry
March 20th, 2011
8:38 am
Here’s the link for the last few seconds…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/19/butler-vs-pittsburgh-stun_n_838050.html
Jake
March 20th, 2011
8:58 am
Agreed, Mark: I’ve never seen so much stupidity concentrated into such a short period of time. And I think it speaks to a bigger issue: the overall lack of intelligence on the court at any given time. There are a lot of great athletes, but very few players at any level who understand the game beyond dribble and shoot.
Which is why I haven’t watched an entire game all year. Texas coach Rick Barnes told SI in the current issue “College teams overdribble” — and then they fire away from 25. There’s just not enough of the teamwork, flow, fundamentals and intelligence that used to make the game a joy to play and to watch.
Thus you get plays like those by Mack and Robinson. Astounding, but not really that surprising.
Saturdaygolfer
March 20th, 2011
9:02 am
Thanks, Larry, now I know.
FJR
March 20th, 2011
9:08 am
I’m really glad refs are actually calling legitimate fouls at the ends of games now. I had really begun to hate how at the end of a close game you could essentially mug a player and the refs wouldn’t make the call because they were scared to call anything in the last 20 seconds of a tight game.
Jake – Those plays weren’t about lack of intelligence, those plays were about getting caught up in the pressure of the moment. Both players 100% knew those fouls were dumb and said as much after the game, but people do stupid things under pressure, when they’re not used to that kind of pressure. If you’ve watched both of those guys this year, they both have pretty good court intelligence.
bill
March 20th, 2011
9:10 am
at least he didn’t swallow his whistle like Bruce Benedict did here in atlanta to give Indiana a pass into the worst played championship game. noone can say duke got the call in that game
sportzfan
March 20th, 2011
9:12 am
Hewitt Fan….you’re an idiot. I’m definately not a Duke fan, but you’re absolutely insane if you think Coach K isn’t one of the two or three best coaches in college basketball. Just go back several years and look at his team when he became ill and he didn’t coach….the team sank quickly. When he returned the following year, the team immediately moved to the top again. Why is it that the refs are always to blame when a team doesn’t win? Fouls happen on both teams that doesn’t get called, but people tend to forget about the ones that went their way.
Rabun Dawg
March 20th, 2011
9:34 am
Did you see the shot Walker of Fla. put up in the last few minutes of their game? Unbelievable that it went in, and no foul was called! Probably was a good no call against the big fellow from UCLA. And, Walker personally put the Gators on his back to win the game. Mr. Hewitt fan, I find it hard to believe that you think that Duke only wins because of the refs. And as someone earlier said, if coach K isn’t one of the best, just who is on the top of your list, besides Hewitt? You need to give it up friend, Hewitt is gone from Tech, and just who are all of these Celtic superstars you refer to?
Jim Burr
March 20th, 2011
9:43 am
Just because I didn’t call two of the fouls committed by Arizona against Memphis as the Memphis guy went for the game tying layup in the last 1.5 secs doesn’t mean you shouldn’t call the same foul in the first 39:58 min:secs of a game. After all I had just called the same foul against memphis….
Delta Stewardess
March 20th, 2011
10:04 am
Rabun Dawg
Crittendon, Favors, Lewal, and Morris are a few of the Atl Celtics that HEWITT FAN personally made sure signed with Tech. If he responds latter he will give you a complete list, but NO MORE Celtics for TECH. Tech fans didn’t yell at the REFS enough to get calls like Coach K at DUKE according to Hewitt Fan. fla dawg Thanks for caring.
country boy
March 20th, 2011
10:23 am
Hello Marky boy. I think both calls were correct. My question is why were the Pitt players even at the lane during the foul shot. Seems like most coaches pull their players into the defensive end so that even if the shooter misses the best an opponent can hope for with seconds remaining is a long sling of a shot attempt. What was the Pitt coach thinking??? An offensive rebound was less important than the possibility of a needless foul – which happened.
collegeballfan
March 20th, 2011
10:40 am
“Butler is the most resourceful team in the land and possibly the best-coached,…”
“But Stevens might be second-best.”
So, Mark would you agree that the folks at Georgia Tech are gonna look like a bunch of dummies if they do not make Brad Stevens an offer?
FJR
March 20th, 2011
11:00 am
“What was the Pitt coach thinking??? An offensive rebound was less important than the possibility of a needless foul – which happened.”
The Pitt coach said that he believed pulling his players from the line would psych his player out at the line.
Mitzymy
March 20th, 2011
11:02 am
Brad Stevens is not going anywhere. We all know that after he took his Bull Dogs to the final 4 last year for the first time in school history, he got a BIG RAISE!! He will get one this year also. He is not even 30 yet, and he is set for life financially. Butler is a private school in the middle of Indianapolis Indiana in a neighborhood called Broad Ripple, and they support the school. Most of the players are 4.0 scholars.
gtne80
March 20th, 2011
11:09 am
I loathe referees, umpires, and other game officials who believe themselves to be as big a part of the game as the players. The NFL has been ruined by overly officious referees looking for every twitch of an offensive lineman or every marginal block on kick returns. The same disease is seeping into the college football game that I love. Similarly, the NBA has become a contest of which superstar will get the marginal touch foul as he steams toward the hoop on nearly every possession. Even baseball is now no longer immune, with umps reviewing and re-reviewing marginal calls.
Yes. Both instances were technically correctly called as fouls. Those who argue that point miss the point entirely. Sports are NOT clinical. Dragging the games into the realm of having to be perfectly and flawlessly officiated, with every potential infraction called and punished, removes the humanity of the games and turns them over to the hands of the regulators. I don’t wish to spend my time and money watching referees make calls. I want to see the athletes perform.
I once heard a football referee say that “We’re just here to call the fouls that are “train wrecks.” That comes close to my sentiment. I don’t care that a wide receiver 15 yards away from the play forgot to step one yard closer to the line of scrimmage when the team re-shifted for the third time.
Let them play. I’ll take the imperfections if it restores the thrill of the game. In my opinion, yesterday’s Butler-Pitt game was significantly marred by the need for the officials to step in and make the technically correct calls at the crucial times.
FJR
March 20th, 2011
11:09 am
“Most of the players are 4.0 scholars.”
LOL
country boy
March 20th, 2011
11:09 am
Thanks FJR. I hadn’t heard that explanation. Still bad coaching in my opinion.
FJR
March 20th, 2011
11:13 am
“Let them play. I’ll take the imperfections if it restores the thrill of the game. In my opinion, yesterday’s Butler-Pitt game was significantly marred by the need for the officials to step in and make the technically correct calls at the crucial times.”
The problem with that philosophy is that when the refs do take that philosophy, the players take advantage of it. That is, the players will mug you on defense, because they know its not going to be called. If over the past few years you watched the end of close NCAA games, especially in the big east, the final minute or so resembled a rugby match more than basketball, with the players draped all over one another. You have to call end game fouls to avoid players constantly fouling at the end of the game. That is unless you just like watching basketball where defenders are allowed to mug guys and over the back is fine.
JacketLady
March 20th, 2011
11:16 am
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JacketLady
March 20th, 2011
11:24 am
I guess the majority of bloggers don’t actually read anything, they just troll the blogs to criticize everyone else. Mitzymy is right, Stevens signed a 12 year contract and isn’t interested in going anywhere else. Family in the area etc.. …great coach but without the ego many coaches have. TEch needs someone with the philosophy of Stevens, back to fundamentals which Tech desperately needs. Mark Price would probably fill that bill. Stevens was in businessman just a few years ago with virtually no coaching experience, just a deep appreciation and love for the game.
Calvin
March 20th, 2011
11:36 am
Refreshing to see refs actually call fouls, instead of ignoring them, during the last few seconds of a game.
Buzzzed
March 20th, 2011
11:55 am
The ACC refs do love to make non-existent foul calls against Duke’s opponents. I’d love to see the flop drills the Duke coaches run in practice. Coack K is still a great coach, but he would not have quite so many ACC championships without the ACC refs/NC good ole boys running the ACC. We need to go independent in basketball but it is hard now since ESPN has a bball contact with the ACC and we get a chuck of change from that.
OldTimer
March 20th, 2011
12:01 pm
The referees are the game.
Steve
March 20th, 2011
12:26 pm
Weirdest ending ever … maybe. Perfect example of the state of basketball today .. definitely.
Sorry, but as the game tilts more and more to the ‘athletic over intelligence’ side, them more idiotic finishes like this you will see. The Fab Five started the slow downfall of intelligent, team basketball. The trend continues to worsen.
The current state of basketball is really tough on the eyes. The dunks are fun to watch. The crazy 1 on 3 spinning challenges that actually result in a made basket once or twice a game are fun to watch. The absolute isiocy and lack of disclipline that pervades the other 90% of each and every game are not fun to watch. This is a perfect example. This shouldn’t have even needed to be coached. I can’t begin to blame the coach for this, because this is thestate of basketball today. Absolutely horrendous.
Old Fashioned
March 20th, 2011
12:27 pm
I’m glad the refs called those actual fouls. Now if they enforced the rules against traveling and palming the ball we’d probably see much more and much better passing and ball movement,and team play! But wait,that would eliminate the chances for making millions and being jiving superstars of THE GREAT ATLANTA CELTICS!
TURD FERGUSON
March 20th, 2011
12:36 pm
GO BIG BLUE!!! sorry Dawgs,you suck and Bradley, you are worse than Hullinger.
gtne80
March 20th, 2011
1:00 pm
FJR – I hear you and you make a valid counterpoint. I don’t want to see a wrestling match.
Neither of the fouls that were called at the end of the Pitt-Butler game fell into that category. Actually, if neither was called, Butler probably wins the game anyway. The call against Pitt was technically the correct call, but in actuality there was no way that Butler was getting that ball up-court in time for any sort of shot without the foul call.
My overall point still is that sports, not just basketball, are becoming dominated by game officials. This is partially the fault of fans watching 24 hours of sports from every angle and with the benefit of super slow motion. We dissect the calls and no-calls to the point where the refs/umps have to eagle-eye everything to protect themselves. I still maintain that the overall result makes the games less enjoyable.
Jackets 2011
March 20th, 2011
1:07 pm
Only 2 fouls on UNC in a half?
Maybe Hewitt fan isn’t totally crazy.
Thought the foul called on Washington with 47 seconds left was a call on Zeller.
Reminds me of the Clemson/UNC game in ACC tourney.
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
March 20th, 2011
1:13 pm
what an ending…too bad it cost me a team in the final four…ok as long as duke/kansas stay in the mix
D man
March 20th, 2011
1:16 pm
Can someone explain how Georgia got in the tournament and Alabama didn’t? I’m a Georgia fan but don’t understand what happened to Bama…
Jackets 2011
March 20th, 2011
1:34 pm
The NCAA committee chooses teams: Heads in, tails out.
That explain it.
Jackets 2011
March 20th, 2011
1:38 pm
I thought Virginia Tech ought to get in after beating Duke and winning 2 ACC tourney games. Plus it’s Malcoln Delaney last shot.
He’s a very good player who has been relagated to NIT for 4 years in a row.
I’m not even a VT fan.
Can’t stand their coach.
Maybe the committee members don’t like him either but the player should not get punished too.
Jackets 2011
March 20th, 2011
1:39 pm
Huskies/Dawgs could have been a much better game if both teams had gotten over their first game gitters.
Some players on each team did but not all.
Jackets 2011
March 20th, 2011
1:42 pm
To be more logical, I guess RPI rules the decision-making process.
Dodge tough games in the preseason and you aren’t likely to get in.
That was the knock on both Bama and VT.
Maybe Colorado too.
Jackets 2011
March 20th, 2011
1:52 pm
BTW the two silly fouls canceled each other out and the game ended the way it should have before the lunacy took over.
Hewitt Fan's top 10 list of bizarre statements...
March 20th, 2011
2:20 pm
10. He is financially set for life (comment – “who cares”)
9. He “knows people who know people” so he is the ultimate insider
8. Gary Williams has a losing record in the ACC
7. The ATLANTA CELTICS determine which college teams are good
6. Derrick Favors wanted to come back for his SO year (nevermind the $4MM a year contract)
5. Duke always wins the ACC regular season (never mind that UNC won it in 2011 or MD in 2010)
4. Kyrie Irving is not a good player
3. Mike Krzyzewski is not a good coach and has had everything handed to him by the refs (comment – 899 times???)
2. Paul Hewitt is a great coach
1. Everything I post is true
wildbill
March 20th, 2011
2:58 pm
I’m glad Carolina beat the basketBRAWLERS from Washington. Washington thought they could bull their way and win. NOT!
Buzz 2010
March 20th, 2011
3:20 pm
I thought the Dawgs were dancing? Guess they did a couple of steps and done.
Back to the mighty SEC basement go the Dawgs as Tree Thompson gone & probably
Lesley..You had your one year and now time to sleep the Dog..
Too bad they couldn’t just play 20 minute games..
ACC will stay at the top again..
DawgVoiceofReason
March 20th, 2011
3:30 pm
I haven’t yet seen the Pitt – Butler game but I watched the video of the 1966 WKU – Michigan game. While unusual, I hope Mark isn’t implying that the call was wrong or shouldn’t have been made. The replays clearly showed that the player who won the jump ball fouled his opponent by jumping into and blocking him. Great call by the Ref of that time. I look forward to seeing the calls made in the current game.
Tallahasse Jacket
March 20th, 2011
3:38 pm
the 2 plays by Henson at the end of today’s game were just as silly. especially the goal tending. I don’t care if it wasn’t a 3 – what was he thinking???
Jackets 2011
March 20th, 2011
3:48 pm
Is Mark Bradley rallying from 5461st place?
Maybe into the top 5000.
Ben
March 20th, 2011
3:51 pm
If either of those plays were legitimate fouls, then the basketball rule book as completely lost all credibility. They may have been the correct call by the letter of the law, but a referee cannot make those calls. By making those two calls, the referee turns himself into the primary reason either team wins/loses and that is the cardinal sin of refereeing. I agree that a foul is a foul regardless of the game clock, but the referee completely negated 59 minutes and 58 seconds of basketball by taking the game out of the players’ hands and putting it in his own. It’s a travesty that a 60 minute games comes down to the whim of a person who isn’t even playing in it.
Delta Stewardess
March 20th, 2011
3:53 pm
FOR FUN how about stopping the clock when a basket is made, the ball bounces around FREE until the Ref or another player hits the ball to the inbounding team. There are seconds lost every game from made baskets until the ball is back in play.
DawgVoiceofReason
March 20th, 2011
4:14 pm
For those who want to ignore the rules and fouls at the end of the game, what do you think would happen it that were to be done on a regular basis or be made official? If you did that, what fouls would count and which would not? How much time would be left in the game when this happens? Two minutes, three minutes, maybe 30 seconds?
DawgVoiceofReason
March 20th, 2011
4:17 pm
D Man,
It apparently came down to RPI ranking. Georgia’s was much better than Alabama’s.
Mid Town
March 20th, 2011
4:25 pm
Mark,
Nothing weird, just two dumb plays made by two players with no self composure, understanding of game.
You could see this happen on any play ground on any day.
Coaches, players, fans put no importance on score and time. Only thing that matters is self gratification
of a single play.
It will happen again and almost did in the NC/Washington game.
5150 UOAD
March 20th, 2011
4:27 pm
The DAWGS are gone and NOBODY (Dawg Lovers and Haters) wants to post. SEE DAWG fans if you don’t run your stupid mouths about crap then the Blogs stop. PLEASE MUT fans run your mouths about how great UGA is so the blog will get Bradley some more hits.
5150 UOAD
March 20th, 2011
4:29 pm
DawgVoiceofReason
March 20th, 2011
4:17 pm
D Man,
It apparently came down to RPI ranking. Georgia’s was much better than Alabama’s.
the dawgs were 10-10 in their last 20 games. WE didn’t deserve to be in the DANCE.
Delta Stewardess
March 20th, 2011
4:36 pm
No crazy stupid DAWGS making comments and the BLOG dies. Mark Bradley ain’t selling advertising to good with this blog.
MARK BRADLEY say something bad about RICHT or how A. Murray can’t win a game that matters and you will get the CRAZY Dawg Fans back on the blog real fast.
Skeezix
March 20th, 2011
5:51 pm
It was a quirky ending but a great game and I thought Butler played their butts off. Butler is one well coached team (Pitt is too, it just wasn’t their day).
Bammer Jammer
March 20th, 2011
8:21 pm
Alabama’s Mark Barron arrestedEmail Print Comments255 Associated Press
MOBILE, Ala. — University of Alabama safety Mark Barron has been arrested on charges of hindering prosecution, a misdemeanor charge.
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The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday on its website that Barron was booked on the charge. His bond was listed at $500.
No additional details were available, and it could not immediately be determined if Barron had an attorney.
The arrest comes as the football team is set to begin spring practice Monday.
Barron led the team with 75 tackles last season. He has been rehabilitating from a torn pectoral muscle he suffered in November.
Hoosier Aaron
March 20th, 2011
8:52 pm
Just for the record, Matt Howard (Butler via Connersville, Indiana) is a two-time First Team Academic All-American with a 3.77 GPA – Finance.
Gordon Hayward, best player on Butler last year & first round pick of the Utah Jazz had a 3.31 GPA – Computer Engineering (3rd Team Academic All-American) – (From Brownsburg, Indiana).
Another tidbit – Thad Matta, Head Coach of Ohio State, was the Head Coach at Butler (his alma mater) before coaching at Xavier and OSU.
Another tidbit of information: Tyler Zeller from Washington, Indiana (UNC Tarheels) is also a First Team Academic All-American – 3.56 GPA Business Administration.
Zeller has nothing to do with Butler but he is from Southern Indiana as is Howard..proving what I’ve always said – kids from Southern Indiana are the best combination of basketball and brains in the nation.
Just kiddin’ on that part…but the facts are the facts.
Butler marches on!
Bammer Jammer
March 20th, 2011
9:01 pm
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida cornerback Janoris Jenkins has accepted a plea deal on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge.
The State Attorney’s Office agreed to withhold adjudication and ordered Jenkins to pay $316 in various court costs and fines Friday.
Jenkins, considered one of the top cornerbacks in the Southeastern Conference, was arrested in a Gainesville nightclub in January. Gainesville Police officers said they spotted Jenkins in a public bathroom rolling a marijuana cigarette. Jenkins was charged with possession of marijuana less than 20 grams. He was released after signing a notice to appear in court.
It was the football program’s first arrest under new coach Will Muschamp, who said he would handle the matter internally.
Old Fashioned
March 20th, 2011
9:16 pm
Maybe Butler is showing that one can be both a great basketball player and actually be literate! Wow! This is an eyeopener after looking at some of the thugs on other teams.
MS Bully
March 20th, 2011
10:06 pm
Where do these teams find such stupid players. North Carolina’s player goaltended the last shot against Washington and it wasn’t called. I know the shot was a 2-pointer but the stupid player didn’t know that.
kral
March 20th, 2011
10:07 pm
just like to..excuse me bloggers…but shultzie has wrote another one…disgusting…wonderlic…stoop low ajc housewife..cannot go there banned for life…again apologize…but that was crap at its highest level
kral
March 20th, 2011
10:19 pm
that delta stew at 4:36,, has obviously played football before…seems she has taken one to many hard hits…concussion I’m thinking..or maybe she frustrated…no frequent flyer-miles wink wink…oh sometimes you have to go low with people…wink…think about it ds if you read this…catch a train
kral
March 20th, 2011
11:08 pm
dang girl fixing to go to bed…southern euphanism ..oh heck you know what I mean…stupid UGA fans…better question your pharmiscist maybe UGA grad,,,,check out your lawyer…if you need one…maybe a UGA fan and…checck your doc…may have left GA med,,,school went to Agusta med schoool and now takes care of you maybe…maybe they are a stupid UGA fan
kral
March 20th, 2011
11:12 pm
do not get in to politickin…am a compremizer…believe smart mines should work together,,,for betterment of us all…but they…all included do not seem to get that
kral
March 20th, 2011
11:15 pm
dang that 11:05 was impresive
kral
March 20th, 2011
11:19 pm
passs out some peanuts…go through the safety precautions…and smile…you the girl nothing wrong with your carreer…just do not call out teachers inGA or ALA…until you walk a few days in their shoes
IL Jacket
March 20th, 2011
11:23 pm
ACC, ACC, ACC!!!!
kral
March 20th, 2011
11:41 pm
last word little darlin…you have a stressful job at times I am sure…you would have not lasted 2-weeks at mine I am also sure…keep feeling superior…look in the mirror every morning say it 5x,,it will keep boosting that laughfty self-esteem..and that is important for a person
Poll on coach K
March 20th, 2011
11:42 pm
People who think Coach K is a good coach
Every current and former Duke player
Every current and former UNC player
USA Basketball
USA Basketball Team (Wade, James, Melo, etc)
Atlantic Coast Sportswriters Association
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Mark Bradley
Dick Vitale
Dean Smith
Bobby Knight
Roy Williams
Gary Williams
Paul Hewitt
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.
.
People who think Coach K is not a good coach
Hewitt Fan
kral
March 20th, 2011
11:51 pm
WAS on the FIRST tribunal in the state of GA…stepped in-between a student with a razor-blade and a preg teacher..believe it are not ..itch..could be ripley’s in ST AGUSTINE
Delta Stewardess
March 20th, 2011
11:52 pm
@kral
just post a full response that has a start and finish in paragraph form. Prove that you are smart enough to actually earn a paycheck as a teacher. I never called you a liar. I just called you TOO STUPID to be a College Graduate and a Teacher.
kral
March 20th, 2011
11:57 pm
Enter your comments here
JSS
March 20th, 2011
11:58 pm
I never thought anyone could make POAD’s and DAUUG’s little spats seem like Shakespeare In The Park; but Kral and DS have come close!
JSS
March 21st, 2011
12:00 am
Notre Dame, SMDH!!!
JSS
March 21st, 2011
12:03 am
That close to going 15 for 16…
kral
March 21st, 2011
12:05 am
YOU are hilarious…read our conversations over 2 days..look in the mirror..and be honest..you have got me into a pssy-in contest…that is fine..let’s all think we are superior..who knows…I just know by what you blog..that you should not call anyone out for….short-sidedness..gestilating mispelled for you..you girl have proved to have depth of character…do not dive shallow on this end…darling condescending…you
Delta Stewardess
March 21st, 2011
12:07 am
FSU FSU FSWHO? Catholics now know the Convicts. Wait the Priest are the convict child molesters. What does that make FSU? Free Shoes U just beat the Catholic Convicts. Congrats S Tiutt your mommy made a great choice for you to go to ND. The BIG Least Basketball is as good as the SEC Least in football.
kral
March 21st, 2011
12:17 am
haaaad dang …haff to be careful ..you are so smart you are stupid as I have been called…darling darling..where the H do you get off being so arrogant to call out anyone…dang doo you wear a chastidy belt..dang that was low kral..you will feel bad in the morn.. for saying that…ohhh..but tom..is another day…and if you meet one you have to greet one…itch flying high…just a little to high..
Paul in RDU
March 21st, 2011
12:30 am
The Tourney so far for the big 6 conferences
ACC 7-1 – all 4 teams won at least 1 game – 3 of 4 still alive
SEC 4-3 – 3 one and dones – 2 of 5 still alive
Big East 9-2 – 2 of 11 still alive
Big 10 7-5 – 2 of 7 still alive
Big XII 4-3 – 1 of 4 still alive
Pac 10 4-3 – 1 of 4 still alive
I wonder if Jeff Schultz still thinks that the SEC has surpassed the ACC in basketball
Paul in RDU
March 21st, 2011
12:31 am
Oops
Big East is 8-9
JSS
March 21st, 2011
12:50 am
@ Paul in RDU…
Think people are going to still keep disrespecting the Colonial, A-10, and the Horizon?
Paul in RDU
March 21st, 2011
1:23 am
@JSS
I hope not. The A-10 has been good for a long time – heck, I took Xavier in my bracket to win a couple of games.
Football Guy
March 21st, 2011
6:16 am
Seems like I saw this same article on ESPN. Videos and all.
Buckeye
March 21st, 2011
8:10 am
DawginLex,
We’ve got your game. Can’t wait! Don’t like the late start time.
Rickster
March 21st, 2011
8:38 am
To borrow the ending line from “Apocalypse Now” – “The horror…. the horror.”
After going 27-7 in the first round (a .781 batting average) I went 8-8 and then 4-4 in the next two.
From ranking 140th, I’m not down to 1,370th.
“Oh the humanity!”
Rickster
March 21st, 2011
8:40 am
But at least all four of my final 4 picks are still in the running.
And even better, I’ve got 82 points to MB’s 58!
gatorref
March 21st, 2011
8:44 am
Did anyone see the end of the Syracuse game yesterday – The Orange had a throw in late in the game near midcourt – called for an over and back. What actually happenned was after the throw in was released from out of bounds a ‘Cuse player became airbore from the front court and caught the ball – then landed on the division line. An over and back was called – there is an exception on this during a throw in. Huge play because MU hit a three on the following possesion – ref missed this one bad.
Jim Bob
March 21st, 2011
9:07 am
The Big East only has 2 out of 11 teams in the Sweet 16, ha! Once again the ACC shows why it’s the premier basketball conference in the country. In its lowest state in 20 years, it still leads the way with 3 teams in the Sweet 16 and a 7-1 tournament record.
DawginLex
March 21st, 2011
9:16 am
Buckeye,
Should be a great one. I don’t like the late tip either.
OSU looks good. UK has enough size and length on the perimeter to disrupt. Sullinger and Lauderdale should be fine inside. Harrelson is a gamer but he is undersized. Vargas is an anomoly. Jones is not physical enough.
If Liggins, Miller and Knight can shut down the 3 ball, UK can win even though Sullinger might get 30. Up tempo favors UK too.
DawginLex
March 21st, 2011
9:18 am
buckeye,
I posted a long response that the mods didn’t apparently like.
Should be a great game
Hewitt fan
March 21st, 2011
9:32 am
All i said was the Duke-Michigan game was horribly officiated!..Why did you take it off?..lol…
5150 UOAD
March 21st, 2011
9:19 pm
Hewitt Fan
900 referee wins?
WOW I didn’t know Refs could make that many calls to let Coach K get that close to Bob Knight’s record.