well, 3 championships this year and 3 blowouts-
Alabama/Ohio St
Tampa Bay/Kansas City
now this tonight.

(04-05-2021 10:09 PM)BewareThePhog Wrote:  If Baylor holds on, does Larry Csonka smoke a cigar?

NO!
Quinn Buckner, Scott May, Kent Benson, and Jim Crews will.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/sch.../1976.html

Now Houston should feel a lot better about themselves.

Scott Drew does what Dave Bliss could not

how about that factoid that Baylor's women won their 1st title 16 years ago tonight also in Indianapolis?

(04-05-2021 10:17 PM)stever20 Wrote:  well, 3 championships this year and 3 blowouts-
Alabama/Ohio St
Tampa Bay/Kansas City
now this tonight.

Don't fall down 9-0 or 21-6.

Baylor made Gonzaga look like Houston.

National Champs!

Yuck at that new Indiana St logo

Gonzaga didn't look very title game worthy...

Reminds me of the Giants taking down the Pats during their undefeated year.

Gonzaga looked like they were trying to recover the energy they used up in taking out UCLA....

But they could never crack that 10pt gap.... every time you thought they would the Bears go up by 15 in quick time.

(04-05-2021 08:38 PM)stever20 Wrote:  looks like Saturday Baylor/Houston right now.

Houston doesn't look so bad now.

Well congratulations to our Baylor posters on a truly outstanding performance and a national championship!

(04-05-2021 08:56 PM)JRsec Wrote:  This is what happens when both schools are well trained in defensive technique but one team is larger, faster, and stronger than the other one. Gonzaga needs free throw advantage but the pace is too quick for them.

If they can slow the pace and pick up fouls on Baylor they could slowly climb back in, but if they keep this pace the turnovers alone will blow them out.

I think part of it may have been that Gonzaga was somewhat mentally spent from the Saturday thriller.

Big win for the Big 12 conference, this all helps towards future TV deals if they decide to stay together. You can run down all 10 teams in the Big 12 this year and they were from top to bottom a great basketball conference.

Gonzaga outshot Baylor by 6.2%.

And Baylor still won by nearly 20.

Baylor was on its own level.

(04-05-2021 10:32 PM)Realignment Wrote:  Big win for the Big 12 conference, this all helps towards future TV deals if they decide to stay together. You can run down all 10 teams in the Big 12 this year and they were from top to bottom a great basketball conference.

Yep. Two football bluebloods and now two basketball powers (Kansas, Baylor).

Congrats to the Bears.

Good year for the SWC too (Baylor Big 12, Houston AAC, Arkansas SEC)-3 in the elite 8 with Arkansas and Houston losing only to Baylor.

(04-05-2021 10:32 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(04-05-2021 08:56 PM)JRsec Wrote:  This is what happens when both schools are well trained in defensive technique but one team is larger, faster, and stronger than the other one. Gonzaga needs free throw advantage but the pace is too quick for them.

If they can slow the pace and pick up fouls on Baylor they could slowly climb back in, but if they keep this pace the turnovers alone will blow them out.

I think part of it may have been that Gonzaga was somewhat mentally spent from the Saturday thriller.

(04-05-2021 10:32 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Gonzaga outshot Baylor by 6.2%.

And Baylor still won by nearly 20.

Baylor was on its own level.

Offensive Rebounding was Baylor 16 Gonzaga 5.

@bullet, that was the difference. And Gonzaga never had the lead.

(04-05-2021 10:36 PM)Renandpat Wrote:  

(04-05-2021 10:32 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(04-05-2021 08:56 PM)JRsec Wrote:  This is what happens when both schools are well trained in defensive technique but one team is larger, faster, and stronger than the other one. Gonzaga needs free throw advantage but the pace is too quick for them.

If they can slow the pace and pick up fouls on Baylor they could slowly climb back in, but if they keep this pace the turnovers alone will blow them out.

I think part of it may have been that Gonzaga was somewhat mentally spent from the Saturday thriller.

(04-05-2021 10:32 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Gonzaga outshot Baylor by 6.2%.

And Baylor still won by nearly 20.

Baylor was on its own level.

Offensive Rebounding was Baylor 16 Gonzaga 5.

@bullet, that was the difference. And Gonzaga never had the lead.

Yes, 100%. I was wondering why Gonzaga kept sending 4 back on defense with every missed 3 as they were down 12-20 the whole game.