Congrats to Baylor. Definitely the best team this year when their guards are all playing well. Just a matchup nightmare
Congrats to the Bears! Well deserved championship. Dominated them in most every way possible. More athletic, better defensively, better offense, better 3 point shooting and even shot free throws better. It's a testament to Gonzaga that they stayed within striking distance for as long as they did.
What a game! Love how Baylor dominated them. The Coogs lost to the Champions. No shame there. Texas represents!
Let's be honest the Pac 12 was underrated going into tournament, and UCLA definitely played like at least a top 16 if not a Top 10 team against Gonzaga, Michigan, and Alabama. Gonzaga definitely had an easy road to the Final Four, but so did Cougars. Hats off to Baylor.
What’s interesting is that Baylor beat an elite defense, and then dominated an elite offense a couple days later. That’s a tough ask for any team to make those stylistic adjustments. Just extremely impressive.
In fairness to me, it did stop in the second half and they found new ways to be effective. Anyway **** Baylor and all they stand for. Great team, great game, so so fans up in Waco, and congratulations to the players. Go Rockets!
This game was a total lose lose...on one hand John Stockton was going to be happy, on the other hand John McClain and Drayton McClane would be happy. At least Stockton had the decency to name one of his kids after the bayou city, while it looks like McClain has been pregnant for the last 45 years.
I don't know about that. UCLA was playing great all tournament and took out a lot of good teams. It would be interesting to see how close of a game they would have given Baylor. Personally I think they would have kept it close most of the way and lost by 8-10 points in the end. Baylor was just lethal these last 2 games! Makes me feel a little better about the Coogs. It wasn't 3 great teams and 1 lucky team (UH), it was 3 good teams and 1 monster team!
I call within 10 at the half and within single digits at 1 point in the 2nd half "within striking distance".
They got it within 9 once in the 2nd half after being down big. Not exactly striking distance. Baylor was never worried at any point of this game
