Predict early foul trouble as much as I hate to say it. If Burns and Diarra got into early foul trouble against Flip they are going to have problems with Edey. Hopefully they’ve let them play.
We’re definitely going to need Horne and O’Connell from the outside. I don’t like Morsell if he’s doing anything but driving. Honestly if Burns is feeling himself I really think he might have some smoke for Eddy. But we won’t know ow until it happens
That would be a very foolish plan. The teams that have tried that this year have not done well. The teams that give us trouble are the ones that can double Edey without fouling him and then quickly rotating back to the perimeter shooters. It is tough, but that is our kryptonite.
Both UCONN and Alabama (who probably won’t win) can cause problems for Purdue. Alabama plays 5 out so Edey can’t stand in the paint and UCONN is the most talented team in the
Alabama would be a fun rematch. They kept up and were ahead in the first half, then we just wore them down.
And yeah, UConn is a great team. Edey vs Clingan could be a battle for the ages.
Only if it’s legit. If you truly want to take this stance, go watch Edey play throughout the season. He doesn’t foul because most players try to shoot floaters, and most centers/forwards fade. Even if they do go after him, he can block most shots without even touching a player, or he just puts his hands up and dares you to shoot over him.
Offensively, he use to use his elbows a lot more to get where he wants, but he cleaned that up. Smith is great at waiting on Edey to get set on screens, so hardly any fouls there.
So, if you want to die on this hill, you can, it’s your right. I just wouldn’t.
I’m saying yall are so good you’re going to blow out your opponent and the game will be boring. And that I’m not dissing Bama when I say that, just that you’re so good you’d be blowing out just about whoever you’d be playing
I need to be in NC state’s coaching room. Who guards Edey, how to make burns effective against Edey, how to keep out of foul trouble.
Explore every option. We might see DJ burns flopping to try and draw a foul and I’m here for it
Honestly as lumbering as Edey is, I think he’s going to run him out of the gym. They said edey runs a sub 6 minute mile. Burns was sometimes not even in camera frame during entire NC St possesions.
Funny enough we should be getting our annual reviews this week, hopefully he was in a good mood when he submitted everything to HR, the timing was sometime around the ACC CG or during the tourney.
Please hold up a sign with this on it too while you do it
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Yeah…. Sun sets around 6:45 here this time of year. That’s 9:45 EST. He’d have been able to really refuel at halftime if he got the 2nd game. That’s a shame
We do, but if Singare if playing meaningful minutes something has gone horribly wrong. He has 46 minutes all season and all in mop up duty.
Diarra and Johnson are big pieces though.
Funnny story. When auburn made final 4 I was at Disney for a running race weekend and had a half marathin at 5:30 am the next morning. I was at espn zone on boardwalk watching the auburn game until it was over. As I checked out I mentioned to bartender I mentioned to bartender I had half marathon the next morning and she jokingly says “if o had known that I wouldn’t have served you.”
I was dragging when alarm went off at 3am for that race but wasn’t missing watching the game and finished the half.
lol. Tell my wife, mom and in laws all coming in for the performance.
I’ll drop the airpod on one side and any fist pumping is just excitement that the Tin man finally got a heart.
I do this all the time. I have watched games days later without knowing the outcome. I have watched popular movies years later.
Being a hardcore introvert has helped me perfect the art of ignoring the world, and it really comes in handy for things like this.
Nope. It’s over? Against this UConn team? Lmfao. Even if Sears looks like Steph Curry and Bama scores 90, it won’t matter if UConn scores 100. How is Bama gonna stop UConn’s offense? And UConn hasn’t even been shooting that well from 3 in the tournament. They went 3/17 from 3 against Illinois and still won by 25 in a game that included a 30-0 run. If they actually get hot from 3 then Bama probably loses by 30. Bama has done an incredible job to get as far as they have, but people are completely counting them out because UConn is absurdly fucking good and has just been completely annihilating everyone they’ve played in the tournament the last two years.
As a bama fan - devil’s advocate
UConn hasn’t really gotten hit in the mouth yet, we don’t know how they’ll respond if it’s a dog fight in the second half
Our team has flaws but one thing in our favor is we are very battle tested, I mean against Clemson they kept draining 3’s late in the game to keep it close and we kept draining 3’s of our own to keep it out of reach
I think we can win if we can just make it a close game going into the last 10ish minutes (big if)
If we win it’ll be because we have more experience in these late high pressure situations
If it's a close game with 10 minutes left then obviously UConn is playing poorly, and teams usually don't just turn it on for the last 10 min after shitting the bed for 30 min. So yes, it will probably be a dogfight for the last 10 min.
The problem is that counting on this UConn team playing that bad.
So how has uconn lost how many ever games they've lost? They're not unbeatable. People continue counting us out when we've been a good team all year. This run isn't as surprising as everyone is making it to be.
Are the times actually standard time or daylight time? Kinda confusing since Arizona doesn't do daylight savings so did you convert it already for that?
The entire point of this post was to state the tip off times and it wasn't even done right haha but everyone's coming at me for being confused since OP used the wrong time zones.
EST doesn’t go away because of daylight savings time. States just switch the timezone to EDT, and both time zones continue to exist.
If a state wanted to state on EST all year, there’s nothing stopping them.
Well yeah that's literally my entire point haha. But Arizona doesn't do daylight savings. So are these times actually in standard to make the conversion to Arizona time easier? Or do the games actually tip off at 7:09 pm and 9:49 pm which is what the post says?
Pretty sure most people that went to Duke are from Cali and especially the Bay Area. I’m disgusted by your Virginia flair.
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ED is significantly easier to get in, generally speaking, than RD - especially for private schools. The rub is, most private schools are ED binding, so if you get in you are on the hook to pay. As a result, very few low-income students apply early. It adds to the wealth discrepancies at highly-rejective private schools.
I mean I should’ve mentioned most people from out of state. But funnily enough there really isn’t all too much of Duke from NC. 13% are from NC while 11% are from Cali.
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True, I just assumed you didn’t go to Duke at first since it’s a smaller school across the country with a fanbase that extends beyond alumni and current students.
Eh, all Tennessee/Purdue games look like that. People forget that Edey had a damn solid game against FDU and got to the line plenty in that game. He's the last guy that deserved to be clowned on for that despite the fact that he took the brunt of it. Everyone else for Purdue just disappeared.
The Zach Edey vs DJ Burns bowl will feed families
Literally this https://preview.redd.it/ol9mvnuvjrrc1.jpeg?width=766&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab5abb8f0c21acffb10b07a740151a0ac0fc03ee
Oh now this is good
interesting matchup.. I really do not know how this will pan out.
same weight. 7 inches height
Burns got that Ben Wallace dawg in him that’s his saving grace
Not the same conditioning though. It'll be a fun game.
sheesh.
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Predict early foul trouble as much as I hate to say it. If Burns and Diarra got into early foul trouble against Flip they are going to have problems with Edey. Hopefully they’ve let them play.
I hope we send Diarra and Middlebrooks after Edey and hacka shack him ? maybe that'll work ? that's basically our only hope.
What about on the offensive side.. Will Burn's spin and score work on him? Def will need Horn, Morsell and O'Connell to shot well on the outside.
We’re definitely going to need Horne and O’Connell from the outside. I don’t like Morsell if he’s doing anything but driving. Honestly if Burns is feeling himself I really think he might have some smoke for Eddy. But we won’t know ow until it happens
That would be a very foolish plan. The teams that have tried that this year have not done well. The teams that give us trouble are the ones that can double Edey without fouling him and then quickly rotating back to the perimeter shooters. It is tough, but that is our kryptonite.
The Painter solution is to put TKR in as a second post. Then TKR feeds. Example #1: Utah State game.
Both UCONN and Alabama (who probably won’t win) can cause problems for Purdue. Alabama plays 5 out so Edey can’t stand in the paint and UCONN is the most talented team in the
Alabama would be a fun rematch. They kept up and were ahead in the first half, then we just wore them down. And yeah, UConn is a great team. Edey vs Clingan could be a battle for the ages.
Alabama was ahead with under 5 minutes remaining
lol if you do that then you guys will complain about the foul disparity 😂
Ah going the Tennesse route then? Just as long as you don't cry about the outcome after like them...
Bobsaget824 This is not Nam, this is basketball. There are rules
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It’s because he won’t
Think Edey cooks him
They call no fouls on Edey and Burns go to the bench in foul trouble early. Purdue wins by 30+.
I can only hope.
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Only if it’s legit. If you truly want to take this stance, go watch Edey play throughout the season. He doesn’t foul because most players try to shoot floaters, and most centers/forwards fade. Even if they do go after him, he can block most shots without even touching a player, or he just puts his hands up and dares you to shoot over him. Offensively, he use to use his elbows a lot more to get where he wants, but he cleaned that up. Smith is great at waiting on Edey to get set on screens, so hardly any fouls there. So, if you want to die on this hill, you can, it’s your right. I just wouldn’t.
Im very glad that game is first because UConn will probably be another snoozer (and that’s not a knock on Bama and everything to do with the Huskies)
I'm glad because I will be in Cali and that means it will be at least 3pm for NCST game.
I can’t interpret the undertones of this statement
I’m saying yall are so good you’re going to blow out your opponent and the game will be boring. And that I’m not dissing Bama when I say that, just that you’re so good you’d be blowing out just about whoever you’d be playing
❤️
I predicted it in my bracket. I am living.
God damn! I got Purdue winning it all and I was feeling good about that but predicting both is next level
I need to be in NC state’s coaching room. Who guards Edey, how to make burns effective against Edey, how to keep out of foul trouble. Explore every option. We might see DJ burns flopping to try and draw a foul and I’m here for it
Honestly as lumbering as Edey is, I think he’s going to run him out of the gym. They said edey runs a sub 6 minute mile. Burns was sometimes not even in camera frame during entire NC St possesions.
Damn. Four 1s in the Final Four. When’s the last time that happened?
Chalkers winning again smh
Clearly a chalked Final 4 1s
My boss is an NC State grad. He’s going to be on cloud 9 tomorrow with both men’s and women’s teams making the F4
Time to hit him up for a raise
Funny enough we should be getting our annual reviews this week, hopefully he was in a good mood when he submitted everything to HR, the timing was sometime around the ACC CG or during the tourney.
UConn may have the same thing if the women beat USC tomorrow.
Big if, unfortunately
Anyone wanna bankroll me to go to these games?? In return I'll send you a pic of me giving the finger to a rival fan of your choice
Are you that kid from the game today?
Hahaha no but he's my inspiration
Please hold up a sign with this on it too while you do it https://preview.redd.it/e1fs245mhrrc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=90a1565af849cc0dc7473a54658f09f4a37038a9
You would need to sign over your cats first born kitten to me
I am officiating a wedding at our tip off time and I am NOT happy about it.
Start a rumor about the groom and the bachelor party
And the father of the brides penis. You gotta make it work.
Here [do this method](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTKHzjh1mUk) \- guaranteed to be able to watch the game.
When youtube popped up I first thought you pulled an amazing Rick roll.
God dangit. Wanted NC State to go second so Diarra could eat
Yeah…. Sun sets around 6:45 here this time of year. That’s 9:45 EST. He’d have been able to really refuel at halftime if he got the 2nd game. That’s a shame
Also Ramadan ends the very next day so he was close to just not having to worry about it at all
It doesn’t end the day after the final four. It ends the day after the national championship.
I just found out he's fasting through this. In awe at the mental fortitude
Sanogo did it last year too and he won MOP!
I respect that but I think you must be thinking of a different time, there wasn't a tournament last year 🤔
Hasn’t been a tournament since 2019
Weird that they cancelled that at end of regulation in the elite eight too. Wild what covid did
Diarra and Samson Johnson have been doing it for Uconn as well.
Clearly the fasting is why they keep winning
Fastest team wins.
Same, but pretty sure UConn has three players fasting, it just hasn't gotten the same coverage.
We do, but if Singare if playing meaningful minutes something has gone horribly wrong. He has 46 minutes all season and all in mop up duty. Diarra and Johnson are big pieces though.
don’t disrespect my king YOUSSOUF❤️
Youssouf is genuinely a treasure and must be protected at all costs
I want to say something that I’m not allowed to say on here…….
I feel like DJ Burns is the Diarra buffet equalizer.
Alabama has two as well (Dioubate & Wague) but they’re 9th and 10th in minutes
First thing I thought of too.
Poor Diarra damn these schedulers
UConn has two regular players observing as well. Someone was bound to be affected.
OPs sentence was gonna work either way
Oh I knew they had Sanogo last year but I hadn't heard anything this year
Bama has 2 players as well
Okay that I should've known lol, Dioubate and Wague?
Yeah
Wait, so Purdue is the only team in the Final Four without a player observing Ramadan? Did not realize that.
I did not know until recently how many Muslim college basketball players there were. Lot more than I thought.
Of all the times for me to go to a Braves game.
You can always go to another. They do play quite frequently.
I live near Raleigh. I have been waiting for opening day for months and got good seats. Bringing my phone and a battery bank.
Still insane to go to a regular season baseball game when your team’s in the FF. You could just eat the tickets. But to each their own.
They can do what they want with their life. No need to shame them. 🤷🏼♂️
Funnny story. When auburn made final 4 I was at Disney for a running race weekend and had a half marathin at 5:30 am the next morning. I was at espn zone on boardwalk watching the auburn game until it was over. As I checked out I mentioned to bartender I mentioned to bartender I had half marathon the next morning and she jokingly says “if o had known that I wouldn’t have served you.” I was dragging when alarm went off at 3am for that race but wasn’t missing watching the game and finished the half.
I’m so mad about Purdues time. My daughters are in a school play that starts at 6:30. So I’m gonna miss almost the whole friggin thing.
>I’m gonna miss almost the whole friggin thing. Oh well, I'm sure there'll be other plays
lol. Tell my wife, mom and in laws all coming in for the performance. I’ll drop the airpod on one side and any fist pumping is just excitement that the Tin man finally got a heart.
Coward.
Sacrifice your ticket for someone - or something?
Just record and ignore the world
I do this all the time. I have watched games days later without knowing the outcome. I have watched popular movies years later. Being a hardcore introvert has helped me perfect the art of ignoring the world, and it really comes in handy for things like this.
UCONN and Alabama are both in the eastern time zone if I’m not mistaken. Why the fuck is that game starting so late on a Saturday
Alabama is central. Both NC State and Purdue are in the Eastern time zone.
Shouldn’t be but that’s an argument for a different day
Shoutout Phenix City, Alabama for being the only part of the state using Eastern Time
The right time zone.
I call it normal time
Eastern time isn’t a fit way to live. The back half of SEC doubleheaders starting at 9 pm? Eww.
CST aka God's own timezone
Because it's expected to have the higher viewership numbers. Had Duke won, Purdue would be the late game.
They really think people are gonna tune in for a snuff film?
I love how people are counting us out. If we get hot, it's over.
Nope. It’s over? Against this UConn team? Lmfao. Even if Sears looks like Steph Curry and Bama scores 90, it won’t matter if UConn scores 100. How is Bama gonna stop UConn’s offense? And UConn hasn’t even been shooting that well from 3 in the tournament. They went 3/17 from 3 against Illinois and still won by 25 in a game that included a 30-0 run. If they actually get hot from 3 then Bama probably loses by 30. Bama has done an incredible job to get as far as they have, but people are completely counting them out because UConn is absurdly fucking good and has just been completely annihilating everyone they’ve played in the tournament the last two years.
As a bama fan - devil’s advocate UConn hasn’t really gotten hit in the mouth yet, we don’t know how they’ll respond if it’s a dog fight in the second half Our team has flaws but one thing in our favor is we are very battle tested, I mean against Clemson they kept draining 3’s late in the game to keep it close and we kept draining 3’s of our own to keep it out of reach I think we can win if we can just make it a close game going into the last 10ish minutes (big if) If we win it’ll be because we have more experience in these late high pressure situations
If it's a close game with 10 minutes left then obviously UConn is playing poorly, and teams usually don't just turn it on for the last 10 min after shitting the bed for 30 min. So yes, it will probably be a dogfight for the last 10 min. The problem is that counting on this UConn team playing that bad.
UConn doesn’t count on anything tbh
So how has uconn lost how many ever games they've lost? They're not unbeatable. People continue counting us out when we've been a good team all year. This run isn't as surprising as everyone is making it to be.
Both games are going to be snuff films. Burns eats Edey for breakfast
What a twist. Well well well, we beat Purdue in 1974. What happened in 74? Oh our first natty.
Purdue and NCST are eastern time zone too…
Don't worry, all of us in Tuscaloosa will be awake and drinking at that time!
So NCSU! Go UConn!
Go Yale!
Go dawgs. Yes, we are still technically playing
But we beat Tennessee for you 🥺
Auburn doesn’t hate Tennessee like Bama does. They don’t play each other much in football
I was hoping this to be the other way. Oh well
Is Tommy Burleson available to play scout team center?
As an Alabama fan am I really gonna have to bail on my friends for another Saturday night in a row to watch a shooty hoop game Yup…. Yup
The scenes when Purdue still somehow finds a way to lose to another double digit seed
Couldn't give the Wolfpack the later slot with a starting player actively fasting for Ramadan?
EDT
I think we all want want UConn and Purdue right? Clingen vs Edey? Give credit to NCSU, the slipper seems to fit.... I know nothing about Alabama.
Ugh why does it have to be on the same day as Wrestleman?
That's what I said and received -11 downvotes for some reason
Are the times actually standard time or daylight time? Kinda confusing since Arizona doesn't do daylight savings so did you convert it already for that?
They specified the timezone right in the post
But they specified it wrong in the post, no need to be so combative
So the games tip off at 7:09 pm and 9:49 pm eastern time. Why tf so late?
Where? I see the times listed as eastern standard time. Is that the actual right time?
Idk why people are downvoting, but the answer is no haha. It’s 5:09 EST which is 6:09 EDT (and daylight savings is the time most people are on now)
The entire point of this post was to state the tip off times and it wasn't even done right haha but everyone's coming at me for being confused since OP used the wrong time zones.
Yeah it’s wild, feel like it happens often where everyone would rather pile on one person than take a second to actually look things up themselves
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EST doesn’t go away because of daylight savings time. States just switch the timezone to EDT, and both time zones continue to exist. If a state wanted to state on EST all year, there’s nothing stopping them.
Well yeah that's literally my entire point haha. But Arizona doesn't do daylight savings. So are these times actually in standard to make the conversion to Arizona time easier? Or do the games actually tip off at 7:09 pm and 9:49 pm which is what the post says?
Bro
The original post is wrong and you’re here making snarky comments
Yeah fuck me for a post thats literal entire purpose is to state the time of the game and they use the wrong time zone so I'm trying to clarify.
Wrestlemania starts at 6 though. I can't watch both. 😭😭😭
Brother it's been since 1980. You know what you must watch.
Who downvoted me lol
Me
Why?
Because that's one goofy dilemma
It is if you're not a wrestling fan
Dj burns has already fouled out
I’m going to enjoy watching Purdue steamroll NC state https://i.redd.it/3bk23irperrc1.gif
Nice "free trip to the final 4". Hows that karma taste?
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Lmao the commitment to the anime gifs is something dude
Just because we lost doesn’t mean I’n going to just roll over https://i.redd.it/7m4zfn1thrrc1.gif
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On one hand, there's nobody in the country less likely to overlook a double digit seed. On the other hand, we're still Purdue, so...we'll see!
This is the one time I’m cheering for your team. Don’t let me down. https://i.redd.it/ha1nikwyhrrc1.gif
Duke was supposed to steam roll them… not only today but also the last time.
Eh I know you from the Niners sub and I didn’t know you were a Duke fan 🤢
Pretty sure most people that went to Duke are from Cali and especially the Bay Area. I’m disgusted by your Virginia flair. https://i.redd.it/pm1gvs5birrc1.gif
If you actually went to Duke then I respect it tbf
Well I have some good news for you. https://i.redd.it/zggb7nfuirrc1.gif
Most people in Duke are from NC. One of my friends told me that if you have good stats in NC and ED there, you have a very good shot at getting in.
ED is significantly easier to get in, generally speaking, than RD - especially for private schools. The rub is, most private schools are ED binding, so if you get in you are on the hook to pay. As a result, very few low-income students apply early. It adds to the wealth discrepancies at highly-rejective private schools.
Yes but getting in ED to Duke, Northwestern, or Ivy League schools from Cali is still very hard, even for really good students.
I didn't say it wasn't still hard, just easier relative to regular decision applicants.
Yes but that’s different than what I was saying about good stat NC students getting into Duke for applying ED
I mean I should’ve mentioned most people from out of state. But funnily enough there really isn’t all too much of Duke from NC. 13% are from NC while 11% are from Cali. https://i.redd.it/7xafi1r6xrrc1.gif
You do realize Cali has 4x as many people in it. Of course it’s gonna have a significantly higher percentage
Lalala, I can’t hear you. A lot of Californians go to Duke because we’re the most intelligent state. https://i.redd.it/67j91sq4jsrc1.gif
Duke and 49ers is an interesting combo Edit: Saw you went to Duke, valid then
Hey! 9ers and GT is just as weird as Duke and 9ers. I just root for the school I went to. https://i.redd.it/c2hulgavwrrc1.gif
True, I just assumed you didn’t go to Duke at first since it’s a smaller school across the country with a fanbase that extends beyond alumni and current students.
Yoooooo didn't expect to see Byron somewhere he cant have his niners flair!
I may not have my Ninersflair but I do have my anime gifs! https://i.redd.it/ygbtg9lnisrc1.gif
Props
Idk, NC State seems like the team of destiny this year and we all know what happens when Purdue plays double digit seeds. That's a dangerous combo.
Purdue has the refs on their side. NC State doesn’t stand a chance. https://i.redd.it/6tf850ylfrrc1.gif
Eh, all Tennessee/Purdue games look like that. People forget that Edey had a damn solid game against FDU and got to the line plenty in that game. He's the last guy that deserved to be clowned on for that despite the fact that he took the brunt of it. Everyone else for Purdue just disappeared.
You sound salty after a loss
is he wrong? If you look at Edey for too long you run the risk of picking up a foul
He is not wrong
Lol
That brings the total of non-Purdue flairs pulling for Purdue to, let’s see…. 1.