Final Four Games Thread - 2025
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Let’s see if Houston can take Duke out of their half court offense. Unfortunately for them, I don’t think they match up that well with Duke, think they could have taken either Auburn or Florida.
How did Pitino not grab Clayton over Florida ?
He would have clinched the title for him
If Houston made some shots it would be leading... started 5-for-25 before making its final four shots of the half
So I guess having no Cinderella in final 4 didn’t ruin the final 4 games,no matter what experts said.
I know a lot of people didn’t like having four 1 seeds in the Final Four, but those were two awesome basketball games.
All of their players run a sub 6mins mile for an average of 5:19 mile
As I mentioned before their hustle, commitment to defense, toughness makes playing rock fight basketball look cool
How can you not get behind a team that plays that way
They do what pike wanted to do here 100x better than we could
Think about the trajectory of the two schools since that tournament game in 2021
Down goes Duke that’s all I care about
They rebound like demons, defend to the death, and shoot 40% from 3. Sampson is one of the best coaches working.
These games were both electric, best Final Four in a very long time.
If you take away the almost killer mistake by the Houston kid reaching across and knocking the ball away on the inbounds play, Duke was not getting clean looks. They scored 1 FG in the last 10+ minutes.
A lot of Jon Scheyer fans have to be asking the question about winning a national title....if Cooper Flagg is really that guy, is Duke going to win a title after this type of meltdown??
Purdue had 2 epic failures in the last 3 to 4 years and rallied to make the final games, but fell short with a rare player like Zach Edey. If you're Duke is there another Cooper Flagg or freshman class like this, capable of getting you this far??
The portal guys for Duke, did enough most of the year, but hurt them in big spots tonight down the stretch.....Sion James can't inbound the ball cleanly a couple of times....Mason Gillis with a flagrant foul. Add in a veteran Duke guard like Proctor, still hovering around 65% from the FT line. Duke guards did not come through in their losses this year.
Tough way to lose, but Houston was resilient enough to hang in there for all 40 minutes.....ton of credit to Kelvin Sampson, for keeping Houston connected AFTER the technical foul and NOT fouling down SIX with under a minute left.....they get the stop, rebound and take their time and get the 3......elite coaching down the stretch to stay that disciplined.
If you take away the almost killer mistake by the Houston kid reaching across and knocking the ball away on the inbounds play, Duke was not getting clean looks. They scored 1 FG in the last 10+ minutes.
A lot of Jon Scheyer fans have to be asking the question about winning a national title....if Cooper Flagg is really that guy, is Duke going to win a title after this type of meltdown??
Purdue had 2 epic failures in the last 3 to 4 years and rallied to make the final games, but fell short with a rare player like Zach Edey. If you're Duke is there another Cooper Flagg or freshman class like this, capable of getting you this far??
The portal guys for Duke, did enough most of the year, but hurt them in big spots tonight down the stretch.....Sion James can't inbound the ball cleanly a couple of times....Mason Gillis with a flagrant foul. Add in a veteran Duke guard like Proctor, still hovering around 65% from the FT line. Duke guards did not come through in their losses this year.
Tough way to lose, but Houston was resilient enough to hang in there for all 40 minutes.....ton of credit to Kelvin Sampson, for keeping Houston connected AFTER the technical foul and NOT fouling down SIX with under a minute left.....they get the stop, rebound and take their time and get the 3......elite coaching down the stretch to stay that disciplined.