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Final Fab Four, 2017 edition. :)  

hotfun_1966 57M
247 posts
3/26/2017 11:07 pm
Final Fab Four, 2017 edition. :)

Finally, the Pacific Northwest has something to celebrate in the NCAA Division I Men's College Basketball Tournament... Make that two somethings to celebrate...

The Oregon Ducks have reached the Final Four for the first time since... 1939. That's right. 1939, The very first NCAA tournament, which was hosted by Northwestern University (the Big 10 school that never even made the tournament until... this season), had the Oregon Webfoots (as they were then known) winning the championship over The Ohio State University.

And after many years of no respect in scheduling and bracketing, Spokane, Washington's Gonzaga Bulldogs have made it to their first ever Final Four. . The last team from the West Coast Conference to make the Final Four: the U. of San Francisco (1955, 1956, 1957) with future NBA star Bill Russell.

Gonzaga, the West Region's top seed, faces East Region 7th seed South Carolina, another first time Final Four school.

Oregon, the Midwest Region #3 seed, faces North Carolina, the South Region's top seed (and lucky to get a buzzer beater to stave off Kentucky), narrowly earning their 20th Final Four berth.

Of this year's Final Four, only Gonzaga won its conference's tournament.

Enjoy folks. We have an interesting trio of games Saturday and Monday.

APRIL 1 UPDATE: Gonzaga holds off a ref-enabled 16-0 rally by SC to win 77-73. And in the other game, UNC gets refs to ignore two obvious contact fouls as they prevent Oregon from rebounding missed UNC free throws TWICE in the final 12 seconds, UNC 77-Oregon 76.

Time for the Bulldogs to seal the deal Monday night.

APRIL 3 UPDATE: In one of the most obvious cases of the refs throwing a game in the second half, Gonzaga 65-UNC 71. Look at that crucial last minute jump ball that went to UNC... the UNC player was reaching for the ball with his left hand BUT HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CLEARLY ON THE OUT-OF-BOUNDS LINE!!! Should have been Gonzaga ball with a chance to tie or take the lead. How the F can the refs miss that call and then claim they can't review it?!?!?!?!? WTF?!?!?!?!?!?

hotfun_1966 57M
3677 posts
4/1/2017 3:24 pm
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Depends on the teams and the games. Close games with buzzer beaters and upsets will, like yesterday's Mississippi State upset over Connecticut in the Women's Final Four. . UConn's 111-game win streak ended in a game about to go to a second overtime when the Bulldogs hit the 2-pointer to win 66-64.


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