NSR: Basketball 2.0

I didn't realize the HOF was such a joke, didn't really understand the process before this mockery.

That's not the point, you said Jajuan SHOULDN'T and WON'T receive any 1st place votes which was a ridiculous statement given his numbers and impact

 

Haha like your lame ass ever read it before, basketball magazine junkies have no credibility to you my bad, only guys that generalize a players career by pure stats and the amount of All Star games he's been in. They probably put together the top500 in 4 days and has no credibility right? lol

 

Sorry that I didn't know that they keep their votes hidden in privacy like the NFL owners keep their profit and accounting hidden from labor negotiations. and that they think voting for Ralph Sampson and Maurice Cheeks on the ballot makes more sense etc. I thought the HOF was worthy of its name, only thing I ever knew about it was the induction ceremonies shown on ESPN. Now I'm aware like you, and if you want feel free to join the 'Put Reggie Miller in the HOF' group on facebook if you believe the same way

 

Gus Johnson & Reggie Miller calling the Butler game tonight. If you're from Indianapolis this is so epic, chips are stacked in our favor tonight Lets go Dawgs, Arf Arf!!!!

 

HAHAHAHAHA that's so funny you mention that. I can't believe he asked if they should foul, Reggie was so disgusted but held it in well lol!!!!!

Butler is Elite again Not gunna lie, they make me really really proud to grow up and learn basketball in Indianapolis. Them Indiana boys just play hoops the right way!!

 

Yea Zona's coach is really good, Sean Miller from Xavier. His Xavier teams were REALLY good. One year they pretty much beat Ohio St with Oden/Conley the year they went to the Final but some fluke shit happened at the end of the game and they went to OT (I think Ohio St hit a crazy deep contested 3 to tie when Indiana Mr. Bball Justin Cage missed his 1-and-1 to ice the game).

Butler vs. Florida is the rematch from the 2000 1st Rd. Payback is on the way! Florida hit a buzzer beater to win by 1 and went on to win the Nat'l Title Mike Miller hit the shot I think, they also had Udonis Haslem, Matt Bonner plus Teddy Dupay hitting Jimmer 3's and another big body Weaks or something like that. They were stacked. Butler was inexperienced in the tourney back then and by all accounts and purposes beat the Nat'l Champs that game

 

this is funny

http://deadspin.com/#!5785533/white-basketball-players-are-funny-because-theyre-white

 

Probably not but I sure hope so. Hope its a good game at least. I want VCU and Richmond to win, those two would face each other in the Elite8 and their both from Richmond, VA that's so cool

 

Wow Kentucky were great and Ohio St couldn't hit any clutch shots other than Diebler. Aaron Craft almost willed them to win, he's a really smart player.

VCU mimicking Butler now wow haha. I knew they were really good when I saw them beat Wichita St in Wichita, KS on Bracketbuster weekend (Wichita St in the semi of NIT).

Last 2 games of the night made up for the first 2 being snoozers

 

Yea good call, that was played in Indy actually. Forgot the Flintstones beat them in the Title Game.

Well, Butler gets sweet sweet revenge on Florida today This team is so special, they were clearly outmatched from a matchup standpoint and still found a way to control the tempo and make just enough plays to win. So proud, Indianapolis hoops lives on, lives long

 

The BUTLER Way!!!! Going back to the Chip again its like a fairytale, just need the ending to be fitting this time!!! I was at Hinkle Fieldhouse, the holy temple of basketball with about 7k tonight to watch it go down, it was awesome will be back on 49th St. Monday night for sure! One of the fraternity houses had a banner hanging out one of its windows with an outline of Indiana with the Butler logo and the word, WITNESS...LeBron couldn't live up to it, fits better with Butler anyway

The craziest thing, I didn't even realize this until I read an article yesterday. Milan High, the story that the movie Hoosiers was based on, actually lost in State semifinal in 1953 before winning State in 1954, I never realized that the parallels between them and Butler are almost identical its really eerie....Milan had a tiny 120+ enrollment and won Indiana State title improbably, Butler's is 4k and on the path to do the same. Milan's coach was a player at Butler, Bobby Plump (Jimmy Chitwood) the guy who hit the winning buzzer beater in the State title went on to play at Butler...the real life game and the movie version both took place at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Its a fairytale I've never seen anything like it, if Butler pulls it out on Monday the sequel to Hoosiers will be a Hollywood blockbuster out in time for the holiday season of 2012 or 2013

 

Yea man, they are hoops at its purist sense. Hope the fairytale finishes the right way this time. The way they locked down VCU's influential PG and tweak their defense in game is incredible. They just battle all game and play to their tempo, all of them work as one its amazing how they overcome matchup problems. VCU was quicker and bigger than them in several positions and Florida caused bad matchup problems too, but their just too good and the other team can't take advantage of it for more than just a few spurts in the game. One of the greatest college hoops stories of all time, if they win probably all time!

No they are not equally Cinderella-esque. Just proves again that preseason polls are meaningless and its only there as a starting point for fans and media. They didn't make the tourney last year so they were dogged, Butler came off a Title Game appearance and a decent returning core so there was obviously no way to leave them out the top25. But UConn won the Maui and quickly jumped in, Butler fell out of the top25 and were thought to be out of at-large bid contention.

UConn's 12 straight tourney wins are very impressive, but by no means is this more impressive or improbable than Butler's run lol come on now...Butler averaged 69 pts a game last season, they lost 3 players who combined for 29 ppg. A tiny mid major school losing an NBA lottery pick, and also senior shut down defender and 10 ppg contributor Veasley, and another senior Jukes and coming back to the Title Game??? nothing ever like it before. Butler's success is more so to do with the coaches and how they taught the players to play a certain style and how well they are prepared for each game and how hard they play together, than it is the actual skill of the players, their a rare breed.

 

Great read

http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/04/02/the-miracle-of-butler/?eref=sihp