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<blockquote data-quote="Cymoin" data-source="post: 1505179" data-attributes="member: 582451"><p>First of all, Maryland is overrated. That's an important point to consider. MD is not a perennial blue blood so the high ranking is impacting their players as well. Also, they are undefeated...very unfamiliar territory for a team not used to winning like this...so that impacts how players play. Finally, they were supposed to win this game by double digits per the wise guys. Other than Cowan, MD is as young as Illinois (sophs and frosh). Go back and watch a replay of the game and you will see that both teams missed TONS of wide open looks. Both teams can talk about defense but, if you watch the game again, you will see that players just missed wide open shots. We also need to remember that these are not mature adults on the court. They haven't been diehard fans for years who are yearning for a string of success. Most of the players are thinking about themselves first and foremost. I actually think this year's national championship may not even be ranked yet. The polls this year don't mean a thing because this year, the whole thing is wide open. Tons of teams have a shot at the Final Four. Stop blaming the refs...this is silly and makes no sense. It's cowardly and immature to do that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cymoin, post: 1505179, member: 582451"] First of all, Maryland is overrated. That's an important point to consider. MD is not a perennial blue blood so the high ranking is impacting their players as well. Also, they are undefeated...very unfamiliar territory for a team not used to winning like this...so that impacts how players play. Finally, they were supposed to win this game by double digits per the wise guys. Other than Cowan, MD is as young as Illinois (sophs and frosh). Go back and watch a replay of the game and you will see that both teams missed TONS of wide open looks. Both teams can talk about defense but, if you watch the game again, you will see that players just missed wide open shots. We also need to remember that these are not mature adults on the court. They haven't been diehard fans for years who are yearning for a string of success. Most of the players are thinking about themselves first and foremost. I actually think this year's national championship may not even be ranked yet. The polls this year don't mean a thing because this year, the whole thing is wide open. Tons of teams have a shot at the Final Four. Stop blaming the refs...this is silly and makes no sense. It's cowardly and immature to do that. [/QUOTE]
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