2014 NCAA Tournament

[Ralph Turner]

Think about it for a minute.....

I guess the motto of the Williams Amherst game is that you always want to win the last game that you play against a team each season.

[Greek Tragedy]

So, 3 of the last 5 and 5 of the last 11 titles in men's basketball for the WIAC.

I heard the other 440+ member institutions will be supplying the WIAC schools with athletic scholarship money so they can move to Division 2! 

TGHIJGSTO^TM!!

[Greek Tragedy]

Just curious who made the All Tourney team

Evans - MOP?

Bryson
Robinson
Mayer
??

Edit: Read in local paper that Evans did get MOP and Young also made the All-Tourney team.

[sac]

Here's the last 20 seconds of the championship game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9dS50fvCJs

What is not shown however is a really long 3 by WW a few moments earlier to take the lead, and a terrific steal by WW a few seconds earlier that set up ft's that might have given WW a 3point lead and forced Williams to shoot a 3 to tie, instead we ended up with this.

[sac]

Just curious who made the All Tourney team

Evans - MOP?

Bryson
Robinson
Mayer
??

Edit: Read in local paper that Evans did get MOP and Young also made the All-Tourney team.

TitanQ tweeted out this

Quardell Young, Eric Bryson, Duncan Robinson, Michael Mayer, KJ Evans (M.O.P.)

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Wow.... Quardell Young's gotta be the quickest guy in the country. He did the identical thing against Stevens Point to force OT (he managed to actually miss the FT after being fouled against Point... that could have won them the game).

I had a feeling that this team could do special things... if they could get past Point. Emory helped with that though...

Interestingly, only slower than Michael Mayer who went from tipping in the rebound for the lead to getting down court and nearly stopping Young at the basket - THAT I thought was the most impressive feat considering everything going on.

[John Gleich]

Wow.... Quardell Young's gotta be the quickest guy in the country. He did the identical thing against Stevens Point to force OT (he managed to actually miss the FT after being fouled against Point... that could have won them the game).

I had a feeling that this team could do special things... if they could get past Point. Emory helped with that though...

Interestingly, only slower than Michael Mayer who went from tipping in the rebound for the lead to getting down court and nearly stopping Young at the basket - THAT I thought was the most impressive feat considering everything going on.

Q was dribbling a basketball... and weaving through all FIVE Williams players, plus he slashed through from the wing while Mayer went from basket to basket (i.e. straight line). And Mayer only tied him... didn't beat him down the court. Headsy play and great effort by Mayer to protect the basket (instead of going to the ball like the other 4 Ephs) but he's not as quick as Young my a considerable amount!


I've got to admit, from my seat at Buffalo Wild Wings, I wasn't sure if they were counting the basket or if they had called an offensive foul based on the looks on the Warhawks players both on the floor and the bench. They seemed angry, like the call had gone against them, but they were just excited.

I've been trying to track down video from SP's championship in 03-04 but I can't seem to find anything on Youtube, just to compare.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

John... considering I wouldn't say Mayer is step for step with Q normally... the fact he still got down the court and "beat him" (considering he was in front of Q when he arrived) makes the feat somewhat impressive... don't you think? Q was also about 30 feet up the court when he got the ball and wasn't on the baseline when he started like Mayer. I am not taking anything away from Q who made a heck of an effort... but I just think Mayer should get some credit for hustling back down the court to try and stop him.

[sac]

If he truly beat him down the floor, he wouldn't have fouled him.

Video evidence above has both players a the opposite FT line when Q Young gets the ball.  Mayer does a great job hustling down the floor.

[AO]

John... considering I wouldn't say Mayer is step for step with Q normally... the fact he still got down the court and "beat him" (considering he was in front of Q when he arrived) makes the feat somewhat impressive... don't you think? Q was also about 30 feet up the court when he got the ball and wasn't on the baseline when he started like Mayer. I am not taking anything away from Q who made a heck of an effort... but I just think Mayer should get some credit for hustling back down the court to try and stop him.

It's absolutely preposterous to say that was "the most impressive feat" of that play.  Mayer would get "credit" for hustling in an ordinary game situation, but it's obviously expected that he would hustle for the last play of the national championship. He wasn't able to stop the shot and he wasn't able to control his body well enough to avoid fouling.  He was merely the final victim of the play, not the hero.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

John... considering I wouldn't say Mayer is step for step with Q normally... the fact he still got down the court and "beat him" (considering he was in front of Q when he arrived) makes the feat somewhat impressive... don't you think? Q was also about 30 feet up the court when he got the ball and wasn't on the baseline when he started like Mayer. I am not taking anything away from Q who made a heck of an effort... but I just think Mayer should get some credit for hustling back down the court to try and stop him.

It's absolutely preposterous to say that was "the most impressive feat" of that play.  Mayer would get "credit" for hustling in an ordinary game situation, but it's obviously expected that he would hustle for the last play of the national championship. He wasn't able to stop the shot and he wasn't able to control his body well enough to avoid fouling.  He was merely the final victim of the play, not the hero.

Yes... I did say earlier "most impressive feat" and above I said "somewhat impressive", but let's consider something here... Mayer is 6-9 and not considered fast by anyone. I thought it was pretty impressive he got down court and he did get in front of Q because he got his entire body between Q and the basket before fouling him. You can watch the highlights here: http://www.ncaa.com/video/basketball-men/2014-03-22/mbk-diii-championship-game-wisconsin-whitewater-williams.

Again... I am taking nothing away from Q... I was just impressive on the play by Mayer as well who got what looked like the go-ahead tip-in and nearly followed it up by stopping Q. I think the play is what made the game so great... both teams never gave up from the opening tip to the end.

[AO]

John... considering I wouldn't say Mayer is step for step with Q normally... the fact he still got down the court and "beat him" (considering he was in front of Q when he arrived) makes the feat somewhat impressive... don't you think? Q was also about 30 feet up the court when he got the ball and wasn't on the baseline when he started like Mayer. I am not taking anything away from Q who made a heck of an effort... but I just think Mayer should get some credit for hustling back down the court to try and stop him.

It's absolutely preposterous to say that was "the most impressive feat" of that play.  Mayer would get "credit" for hustling in an ordinary game situation, but it's obviously expected that he would hustle for the last play of the national championship. He wasn't able to stop the shot and he wasn't able to control his body well enough to avoid fouling.  He was merely the final victim of the play, not the hero.

Yes... I did say earlier "most impressive feat" and above I said "somewhat impressive", but let's consider something here... Mayer is 6-9 and not considered fast by anyone. I thought it was pretty impressive he got down court and he did get in front of Q because he got his entire body between Q and the basket before fouling him. You can watch the highlights here: http://www.ncaa.com/video/basketball-men/2014-03-22/mbk-diii-championship-game-wisconsin-whitewater-williams.

Again... I am taking nothing away from Q... I was just impressive on the play by Mayer as well who got what looked like the go-ahead tip-in and nearly followed it up by stopping Q. I think the play is what made the game so great... both teams never gave up from the opening tip to the end.

+K for downgrading from "most impressive" to "just/pretty impressive".  I've seen enough players who don't bother to show full effort to be encouraged by Mayer's hustle, but it's still preposterous to be talking about anyone else on that play.  He literally beat all 5 Ephs.  They didn't have the lateral quickness or defensive strategy necessary to stop him.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Not sure they actually saw that play coming... that's a page out of UWW's former head coach and maybe even Phil Jackson/Michael Jordan!

[Greek Tragedy]

Again... I am taking nothing away from Q... I was just impressive on the play by Mayer as well who got what looked like the go-ahead tip-in and nearly followed it up by stopping Q. I think the play is what made the game so great... both teams never gave up from the opening tip to the end.

Technically, it was still the go-ahead tip-in, just not the winning one! 
Its gotta be better than Kalsow's winner. That was a set play. Young's was more "I got 4 seconds to get the ball down and the court and see what happens..."
Great work by the clock people, I think. Are they supposed to stop it after a made field goal? They started it up right when the ball was inbounded too. Wonder if the clock guy was inticipating a timeout.

[ronk]

 The clock stops in the final minute when the ball comes out of the net; it restarts when touched inbounds; see the end on the UNC-Iowa St game.