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March 25, 2006R E S P E C TLSU continues its march into madness with back-to-back victories over the #1 and the #2 seeds to reach the Final Four. Read more about this phenomenal bunch of young players who might finally get the respect they deserve. It's a really interesting team. In addition to being all freshmen and sophmores (with one senior), 8 of them are from Louisiana, and 6 were born and raised right here in Baton Rouge. This could be a magic season, but I suspect it's the beginning of a 4-year dynasty. And by no means can we forget the LSU Lady Tigers, who earned a berth in the Elite Eight this morning. Head Coach Pokey Chatman is just the best in the country right now, and the team is incredible. While the men's team being in the Final Four comes as a surprise to many, at least some of the individual women players like Seimone Augustus have long gotten the respect they deserve, although many thought LSU would suffer more from the loss of last year's biggest star, Temeka Johnson. They play #3 seed Stanford on Monday for a berth in the Final Four. Oh, and consider this an open thread for tournament discussions over the weekend... UPDATE: Congratulations to George Mason on a phenomenal tournament thus far. They just knocked off U.Conn. for a spot in the Final Four. Posted by PatHMV at March 25, 2006 07:38 PMComments
Marc, sorry about your Tigers. I was looking forward to the match-up. Posted by: PatHMV at March 25, 2006 10:52 PMGrumble grumble. What can I say? The Shockers looked like they were playing morning-after-the-kegger high school offense Friday. They had 50% more shots than GMU--and hit barely 30% from the field, with only 3/24 3-pt attempts. GMU had trouble missing the basket, managing 46% from the field and 50% on 3-pt shots. Both teams played decent but unremarkable defense, but only one played good offense, and it sure wasn't the Shockers. Hey, go Tigers! Posted by: Tully at March 25, 2006 11:27 PMPat, And the Lady Tigers are now in the Final Four, too! Only the 7th time the men's and women's team from the same school have made it to the FF at the same time. Just two more games to win for both before we have 2 national championship basketball teams down here at LSU! Posted by: PatHMV at March 28, 2006 10:17 AM |
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