Comments on: The Mountain Top, UConn, and Big East Pranksters http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2008/01/27/the-mountain-top-uconn-and-big-east-pranksters/ Bloggin' Big East basketball since way back (2006). Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:44:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Big East Hoops » Blog Archive » Worst call of the year - all about Big East Basketball http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2008/01/27/the-mountain-top-uconn-and-big-east-pranksters/#comment-13834 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:21:55 +0000 http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2008/01/27/the-mountain-top-uconn-and-big-east-pranksters/#comment-13834 [...] (Editor’s note: I retract my original love for ESPN. You’ll notice that if you go to this page, there is no embed text, so it seems like you can’t put it in your blog. If you look at other game highlights, you’ll notice the same thing. But, if you go to one of their videos with some fucktards (excluding Jay Bilas, of course) wanking it around a table discussing “bracketology” — well, of course then you can embed the video. Dumb.) [...] […] (Editor’s note: I retract my original love for ESPN. You’ll notice that if you go to this page, there is no embed text, so it seems like you can’t put it in your blog. If you look at other game highlights, you’ll notice the same thing. But, if you go to one of their videos with some fucktards (excluding Jay Bilas, of course) wanking it around a table discussing “bracketology” — well, of course then you can embed the video. Dumb.) […]

]]> by: Big Willie Style http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2008/01/27/the-mountain-top-uconn-and-big-east-pranksters/#comment-11808 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:54:27 +0000 http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2008/01/27/the-mountain-top-uconn-and-big-east-pranksters/#comment-11808 I agree with Coach O. So hard to tell, and you don't want the ref to decide WVU wins without a ball actually going trough the hoop. Good no-call. I agree with Coach O. So hard to tell, and you don’t want the ref to decide WVU wins without a ball actually going trough the hoop. Good no-call.

]]> by: Coach O http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2008/01/27/the-mountain-top-uconn-and-big-east-pranksters/#comment-11786 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:31:53 +0000 http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2008/01/27/the-mountain-top-uconn-and-big-east-pranksters/#comment-11786 Although it might have been a goaltend, I saw it many times and still can't decide, I am glad the ref swallowed his whistle on that one. Not that I wanted either team to win or lose, but a goaltend call there ends the game with WVU winning. You can't give a team a victory or a loss on the assumption that a shot would have gone in had the infraction not occurred. Although it might have been a goaltend, I saw it many times and still can’t decide, I am glad the ref swallowed his whistle on that one. Not that I wanted either team to win or lose, but a goaltend call there ends the game with WVU winning. You can’t give a team a victory or a loss on the assumption that a shot would have gone in had the infraction not occurred.

]]> by: Dan'l B http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2008/01/27/the-mountain-top-uconn-and-big-east-pranksters/#comment-11780 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:49:21 +0000 http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2008/01/27/the-mountain-top-uconn-and-big-east-pranksters/#comment-11780 I think we saw a combination of goaltending and swallowed whistles. The Mountaineers are very, very good and caught a pair of bad breaks in the end. Not all W's and L's are created equally. With 10 seconds left, the best Georgetown can do is a contested three-pointer off the dribble? Give Sapp credit for making it of course, but I hope that Thompson has his boys better prepared to execute when the game's on the line. There's bigger games to play. Contrast the Hoyas final possession with how West Virginia used the last six seconds. I'll grant that the timeout makes it easier, but the play the Mountaineers executed to go full court and get a layup is one of the best I've seen. I think we saw a combination of goaltending and swallowed whistles. The Mountaineers are very, very good and caught a pair of bad breaks in the end. Not all W’s and L’s are created equally.

With 10 seconds left, the best Georgetown can do is a contested three-pointer off the dribble? Give Sapp credit for making it of course, but I hope that Thompson has his boys better prepared to execute when the game’s on the line. There’s bigger games to play.

Contrast the Hoyas final possession with how West Virginia used the last six seconds. I’ll grant that the timeout makes it easier, but the play the Mountaineers executed to go full court and get a layup is one of the best I’ve seen.

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