How 'bout them Noles?

too larry said:

OK guys. Almost game time. I'm going to watch the 1st half here, then hope for good traffic luck on the way home.

Hope everyone's team does well. Go Noles.

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Wooooooo !

Got damn that was fugly.

Smidge34 said:

Got damn that was fugly.

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You guys didn't get a good draw for sure. Would have liked to have seen Ja going deeper into the tourney. He is fun to watch.

Ham came up with a game plan no one had tried before. Everyone stuck to their man and left Ja's defender without help. He got his, but the rest of the team never got into the flow.

Plus it's hard to prepare for size and depth. Our bench played half the minutes. Fresh legs at the end of the game.

Here's the Gamer:

https://www.tomahawknation.com/2019/3/23/18278965/florida-state-basketball-dominates-murray-state-advances-sweet-sixteen-ncaa-tournament-march-madness

Lots of fans got pissy because our writers said the Zags were the better team. One of the great things about TN is the writers tell the truth. No garnet colored glasses.

Ham, on the special bond between the players

https://www.tomahawknation.com/2019/3/23/18279186/leonard-hamilton-florida-state-seminoles-unique-unselfish-culture-ncaa-tournament-march-madness

Ham starts about 6 minutes in.

Inside the box score.

https://www.tomahawknation.com/2019/3/24/18279585/recap-box-score-fsu-ja-morant-murray-state

Bench played half the minutes in this one.

Respect

Zags have some clout with the books. Noles open as 7 point dogs.

An interesting tidbit I saw somewhere. This year's round of 32 was the first time since we've gone to the 64 team tourney that everyone covered. Wow. {there was a seed upset, but not a gambling upset}

https://www.tomahawknation.com/2019/3/25/18280472/fsu-basketball-opens-as-a-distinct-underdog-vs-top-seeded-gonzaga-ncaa-tournament-point-spread-vegas

Sweet 16

https://www.tomahawknation.com/2019/3/25/18280386/sweet-16-bracket-reset-fsu-marches-on-into-elite-company-florida-state-seminoles-ncaa-tournament

The noles are 5-4 this season against the teams left. The Zags are 1-2.

https://www.tomahawknation.com/2019/3/25/18280506/battle-tested-fsu-boasts-a-winning-record-vs-other-2019-sweet-16-teams-ncaa-tournament-basketball

This does not make me hopeful.

https://www.tomahawknation.com/2019/3/26/18281950/fsu-head-coach-leonard-hamilton-hopeful-david-nichols-return-vs-gonzaga-ncaa-tournament-seminoles

We need all hands on deck for this one.

I like these opposing Q&A's.

https://www.tomahawknation.com/2019/3/26/18282353/ncaa-tournament-scouting-preview-gonzaga-bulldogs-fsu-basketball-florida-state-seminoles-sweet-16

The Zags are really good.

https://www.tomahawknation.com/2019/3/27/18280825/ncaa-tournament-scouting-report-gonzaga-bulldogs

It's game day. Tip is 709 Eastern on CBS. The line opened with the Noles as 7 point dogs, and it has moved to 7.5 with the news that Phil didn't make the trip west, and Nichols is doubtful. This is going to be a tough one, but we've been in tough games all season. The Zags have played in just a handful.

Game thread:

https://www.tomahawknation.com/2019/3/28/18285071/4-seed-fsu-1-seed-gonzaga-how-to-watch-preview-point-spread-game-thread-ncaa-tournament-basketball

Since Phil didn't make the trip, {due to his father's funeral in Georgia}, if we don't make it to the Final Four, he has played his last game as a Nole. Hope the guys repeat last year's outcome against the Zag's and are good for a better outcome than last year's Elite Eight match-up with Michigan. The death of Mike Cofer has made this Dance bittersweet. Seeing Phil get to suit up again in the F4 would be the stuff legends are made of.

It was a good run, but the season is over. I'll miss these guys.

Gamer is not up yet. Noles down 11 at the a half. Couldn't buy a 3, and got early fouls on the bigs. I'm a homer, but it seemed like the Zag's got a few key calls that put our guys in foul trouble, and kept theirs out of it. But anyway, the Zags are really good. They shot good and we didn't. We got it down to 4 with 4 to go. From there it got away from us. Noles lose by 14.

There is always next year.

Brutal day

Herb & Suds said:

Brutal day

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Yep. Even if my Noles had pulled it out vs the Zag's, there would have been no chance of revenge on Big Blue. This was our best chance in a long time to make F4. Hate we had to play shorthanded.

Here's the Gamer:

https://www.tomahawknation.com/2019/3/28/18285452/florida-state-seminoles-basketball-falls-to-gonzaga-sweet-16-rematch-march-madness-ncaa-tournament

See you guys next season.