quo vadis
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Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
This should be a great game. Two Texas schools. Two former conference mates, one happily ensconced in the Big 12, the other in the AAC and with a big chip on its shoulder against the P5 generally, the Big 12 more specifically, and Texas Big 12 schools most of all.
Call me silly, but I like Houston in this one. In fact, I like Houston to win the title. Partially because I like their defense. Yes, I know Baylor has the defensive POY, but I like Houston's team athleticism on defense.
Mostly though, I just think it's Houston's year. IMO a big bruising B1G team like Michigan or Illinois would have overwhelmed them, and it's telling that the one game they were lucky to win was against a B1G team, Rutgers. But there are no B1G teams left. And I like Houston's quickness vs anyone in the field.
Houston ......... 71
Baylor ............ 63
(This post was last modified: 04-03-2021 02:27 PM by quo vadis.)
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
I had Houston beating Baylor in my bracket, though losing to Michigan in the title game.
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04-03-2021 03:00 PM |
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
Makes me sick that RU had a beeline to Indy had they held on against Houston in Rd of 32. Would have easily beaten Cuse and OSU. Maybe in another 30 years we will make a similar run.
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04-03-2021 03:13 PM |
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
houston has always beaten up on baylor teams, nothing new here...
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04-03-2021 03:16 PM |
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
(04-03-2021 02:22 PM)quo vadis Wrote: This should be a great game. Two Texas schools. Two former conference mates, one happily ensconced in the Big 12, the other in the AAC and with a big chip on its shoulder against the P5 generally, the Big 12 more specifically, and Texas Big 12 schools most of all.
Call me silly, but I like Houston in this one. In fact, I like Houston to win the title. Partially because I like their defense. Yes, I know Baylor has the defensive POY, but I like Houston's team athleticism on defense.
Mostly though, I just think it's Houston's year. IMO a big bruising B1G team like Michigan or Illinois would have overwhelmed them, and it's telling that the one game they were lucky to win was against a B1G team, Rutgers. But there are no B1G teams left. And I like Houston's quickness vs anyone in the field.
Houston ......... 71
Baylor ............ 63
I like it! lol
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04-03-2021 03:34 PM |
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
(04-03-2021 03:13 PM)RUScarlets Wrote: Makes me sick that RU had a beeline to Indy had they held on against Houston in Rd of 32. Would have easily beaten Cuse and OSU. Maybe in another 30 years we will make a similar run.
Welcome to back to March Madness! We had a similar type of 2nd round game against Michigan back in 2017 and they ended up marching all the way to the finals that year. That's why the best motto to have in the tourney is just survive and advance.
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04-03-2021 03:37 PM |
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
Houston all day!!! Can the AAC win the NCAA and NIT??? Don't know but my money is on Houston.
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
Hi intensity game so far.
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
Baylor pulling away. This is "danger time" for Houston. The Cougars can't go into the half down 15.
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04-03-2021 04:37 PM |
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
Go Coogs. But Baylor is really good. They're showing it right now.
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04-03-2021 04:42 PM |
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
Only thing positive I can say about that half is that its over lol
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
Man, when Baylor is on, they are ON. 45-20 at the break.
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04-03-2021 05:06 PM |
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
(04-03-2021 05:05 PM)stever20 Wrote:
No wonder Baylor is kicking it. They got "Spider"
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04-03-2021 05:07 PM |
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quo vadis
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
Well OK maybe Houston isn't going to win.
Baylor 45 - 20 @ Half. Sigh.
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04-03-2021 05:11 PM |
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
(04-03-2021 05:11 PM)quo vadis Wrote: Well OK maybe Houston isn't going to win.
Baylor 45 - 20 @ Half. Sigh.
It was a nice thought though.
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04-03-2021 05:16 PM |
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
It was happs when they played low seeds. Being tested by 12 seeds isn’t the same as others that play higher seeds through the tournament
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04-03-2021 05:45 PM |
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
Yeah, this stinks.
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RE: Final 4 Game Thread: Houston vs Baylor
It’s Houston’s region’s fault for not adequately testing them.
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