GDT: Jackrabbits vs Huskies 7pm Gampel Pavillion ESPN NCAA Tournament

[bigticket1]

If that injury to JuJu Watkins is as bad as it looked, UConn's chances of making the Final Four just went up greatly.

[jackdaniel]

All I can say is Brooklyn took a beating this season , nothing to do with this game. She's tough.

[bigticket1]

The inability to inbounds the ball or make the most basic of passes without turning it over was tough to watch. You could really see the difference in the majority of athletes at this level and the few elite ones. Good season. Rough but predictable finish.

Pretty telling when the announcers said that they had two national high school players of the year on the floor.

[filbert]

I told my wife I hoped the Jacks could keep it within 30. She scoffed.

* Edit: She thought the Jacks could keep it closer. That's why she's a volleyball player!

[RabbitofDT]

The inability to inbounds the ball or make the most basic of passes without turning it over was tough to watch. You could really see the difference in the majority of athletes at this level and the few elite ones. Good season. Rough but predictable finish.

[GoJacks2011]

I couldn’t be more proud of this team and these seniors. Our program just somehow finds a way to reach new heights year after year. No team I’d rather support!

[LetsGoRabbits]

anybody looking at the live stats? I DO feel like we have done a very solid job hanging with them on the boards. i would guess they are winning the boards but we have held our own. if i had to pick one thing besides Paige B just deciding to be far and away the best player on the floor, I would say our turnovers needed to be WAY WAY less

[bigticket1]

Brooklyn gutting it out, but obviously is limited, especially on the offensive end.

[filbert]

i pointed out that somehow we have the displeasure of seeing the same terrible ref in over half of our games. which i very much think could be true. we literally have her all the time

and i pointed out a bad charge call against MM, which it was

never said a word about the refs being the reason for us being behind on the scoreboard

Paige Buekers is far and away the reason we are losing the game. we were having a great game until she got tired of waiting for her teammates and decided to take over

Yup, this, pretty much. Buekers went Beast Mode in the second quarter and that was game.

[filbert]

it is pretty awesome to hear, "Lets go Rabbits" in a ncaa tourney road game with 10K fans cheering for the other team

I saw a Zimmer tweet that the SDSU band played the National Anthem before the game and got a good response from the UConn crowd.

[LetsGoRabbits]

it is pretty awesome to hear, "Lets go Rabbits" in a ncaa tourney road game with 10K fans cheering for the other team

[LetsGoRabbits]

it sure as hell isn’t refs that are causing us to lose. Good grief.

i pointed out that somehow we have the displeasure of seeing the same terrible ref in over half of our games. which i very much think could be true. we literally have her all the time

and i pointed out a bad charge call against MM, which it was

never said a word about the refs being the reason for us being behind on the scoreboard

Paige Buekers is far and away the reason we are losing the game. we were having a great game until she got tired of waiting for her teammates and decided to take over

[jackdaniel]

I've been trying to figure out the Mesa foul on Buekers. There was a momentary touch on the arm but it didn't impede Buekers at all, so where's the foul? (Shrug)

Does there have to be a real foul for them to call one ? You are 100% correct in your observation.

[jackdaniel]

ONCE AGAIN, very unfortunately, we have the short curly haired female ref. HOW does she ref 99% of our games? if we have to have one ref for every game, why couldnt it be a decent one. She is in the argument for the worst BB official I have ever seen. that includes 20 years of seeing high school refs

the charge on MM was beyond terrible. notice today that Lobo is not pointing out the bad calls that go against the Jacks

does MM have 2 fouls? we really needed her on the floor. our scoring slowed WAY DOWN when she went out

they really are only playing one big. I would move Brooklyn (if she comes back) to the elbow and let Mesa post up one of their guards

If it weren't for all the fouls, we probably would have won the first Quarter.We've had way too many key players out due to fouls or injury in the first half. What about Fox , can she get hot from 3, she seems like a streak shooter once she hits one or two ( so is Vlastuin). Don't really know how well she's (they) been playing of late though. Down 15 at half is not out normally , but against UConn, once they smell blood in the water, it might be. Expect the Jacks to fight til the end though, they always do.

[LetsGoRabbits]

it sure as hell isn’t refs that are causing us to lose. Good grief.

was making zero implication that the refs are causing us to lose. NONE at all

but it is not too much to ask for competent officials when you make it to the final 32 teams in the country