NCAA Tourney Thread

[Q12543 [enjin:6621299]]

(Oh, and 5 years from now Justise Winslow may end up being the best NBA player to come out of this draft. I think he's made it into the Top 5. I'm not saying we take him with our pick, but he just keeps getting better).

[khans2k5 [enjin:6608728]]

I thought Okafor's defense at the rim last night was fine. He walls up and stays on his feet, which is why he doesn't get a ton of blocks. But he bothered a lot of interior shots this way while avoiding foul trouble for the most part.

I think he is such a tour de force offensively that the teams he's played on simply can't afford for him to be in foul trouble, so he's almost trained himself not to be too aggressive crashing the glass or challenging shots. Those habits will be hard to break when he goes into the NBA.

I'm definitely disappointed he doesn't leave the ground a little more often. Most of his rebounding last night came when he went up strong for the ball and got it much closer to it's high point. When he was doing that nobody else had a shot at it. But most of the time he stays grounded and it gives the other team a better chance to come away with the board. The same goes for challenging shots. He is so big that he just needs to jump straight up and down and the players will have a much tougher time scoring. When he walls off and stays grounded he gives them a much easier avenue to score. I'm fine with him doing it in college to stay out of foul trouble, but if you do it right you don't have to worry about foul trouble and you give the other team a much harder time. Jump straight up and down to absorb the contact legally and then find the block. That's what the best shot blocking C's do.

[Camden [enjin:6601484]]

Arizona shot better from the field, made more free throws AND won on the glass. Wisconsin just absurdly hot from three. 12-18? Yikes.

Take notes, Flip Saunders. THREE-POINTERS ARE MUY IMPORTANTE.

[BizarroJerry [enjin:6592520]]

Yeah Sam Decker was sick. Didn't hear Stanley mentioned much, only when he lost his contact

[Camden [enjin:6601484]]

Yeah Sam Decker was sick. Didn't hear Stanley mentioned much, only when he lost his contact

I'm still waiting on an answer as to why Stanley didn't play the last five minutes. Hard to win a game without your best player.

[Phenom]

(Oh, and 5 years from now Justise Winslow may end up being the best NBA player to come out of this draft. I think he's made it into the Top 5. I'm not saying we take him with our pick, but he just keeps getting better).

Yeah I'm loving what I am seeing from him. He's top 4 for me.

[TheFuture]

Yeah Sam Decker was sick. Didn't hear Stanley mentioned much, only when he lost his contact

I'm still waiting on an answer as to why Stanley didn't play the last five minutes. Hard to win a game without your best player.

He fouled out. He almost made a huge play at 5 mins, stealing a pass near mid court. Arizona had a 3 on 1 and he double dribbled. He fouled out on the next possession I believe.

I was big on Stanley halfway through the season, but hes simply gone downhill. Okafor, towns, mudiay, Russell, Winslow, WCS, hezonja are all better prospects. I think Stanley played his way to the 8-12 range. Hollis Jefferson would be my favorite pick from Arizona.

[thedoper]

Really like Grant think he will be a solid pro.

Towns has a long way to even sniff the footwork Okafor has on offense. Also very hard to see his real defensive potential with WCS bouncing all over the place.

[Camden [enjin:6601484]]

Really like Grant think he will be a solid pro.

Towns has a long way to even sniff the footwork Okafor has on offense. Also very hard to see his real defensive potential with WCS bouncing all over the place.

And the reality is, Okafor may never play P&R defense like Towns is already capable of whereas Towns can score without needing exquisite footwork like Okafor possesses.

Question: Do you think Towns can score in P&R? I do, and how often do we see that at Kentucky with Harrison at PG? Not often. In Minnesota, it'd be his bread and butter.

[TheFuture]

Really like Grant think he will be a solid pro.

Towns has a long way to even sniff the footwork Okafor has on offense. Also very hard to see his real defensive potential with WCS bouncing all over the place.

I really like Grant as well, he'd be a very nice backup here.

WCS is really growing on me as well, he is so agile for a big man, it's not very fair. If only he had some kind of offensive game...

Love what im seeing from Towns tonight. It's been one of the few times Kentucky has been behind and is forced to showcase him to provide offense, and he's delivering. Post up after post up.