College Hoops Thread '09-'10

The Poet · 03-30-2010, 02:25 PM

OK, I'm gonna try this again today, but I'll do these one atta time, in an attempt to avoid the crap I had to deal with yestiddy.

Butler 63 - Kansas State 56 = Lesson #1: Practice, and execute. There are two main ways in which a team can earn a bid into the NCAA Tournament. One, they can have athletes with talent and ability who are able to win games on that basis. Two, they can have a collection of players who are willing to work and learn precise team basketball, and thus can win games by outplaying their opponent, even though that opponent may be bigger, faster, and stronger. You may think that K-State should have learned a lesson about this type of play during their squeeker battle with Xavier just two days prior to this matchup, but apparently one class was insufficient to the task at hand. Thus, the Bulldogs handed them a clinic on how to execute crisp team basketball, and sent these Wildcats back to that other Manhattan. They had a great season, and I give them credit for that. And perennial Horizon contender Butler at last gets to don that slipper, both for them and for their league. Congratulations to the Bulldogs.

03-30-2010, 02:25 PM	#11
The Poet Il megglior fabbro Join Date: Jun 2009 First Name: Thomas Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 8,420 Trading: (2)	Re: College Hoops Thread '09-'10 OK, I'm gonna try this again today, but I'll do these one atta time, in an attempt to avoid the crap I had to deal with yestiddy. Butler 63 - Kansas State 56 = Lesson #1: Practice, and execute. There are two main ways in which a team can earn a bid into the NCAA Tournament. One, they can have athletes with talent and ability who are able to win games on that basis. Two, they can have a collection of players who are willing to work and learn precise team basketball, and thus can win games by outplaying their opponent, even though that opponent may be bigger, faster, and stronger. You may think that K-State should have learned a lesson about this type of play during their squeeker battle with Xavier just two days prior to this matchup, but apparently one class was insufficient to the task at hand. Thus, the Bulldogs handed them a clinic on how to execute crisp team basketball, and sent these Wildcats back to that other Manhattan. They had a great season, and I give them credit for that. And perennial Horizon contender Butler at last gets to don that slipper, both for them and for their league. Congratulations to the Bulldogs.