reggie [email] said at 10:42 PM 03-23-2006: Or was it 1999? I forgot, you tend to lose track when you've been to as many Final Fours as we have (right Ed?)
Oh but I don't suppose LSU would know that feeling would they?
reggie [email] said at 10:52 PM 03-23-2006: I don't know what's a better matchup for LSU in the next round though. I would say Texas. West Virginia's a three point shooting team and if LSU's offense is as ugly as it was tonight I'm not sure that'll be enough. On the flipside, if LSU is as physical with WVU as they appear to be then they might be able to knock them off their game too.
On the flipside, Texas is crazy-athletic just like LSU and it may turn into a track meet.
reggie [email] said at 9:02 AM 03-24-2006: No I ain't graduate from Duke but that's the team I've been following for as long as I can remember so that's why I say "we."
By the way, if either one of my original responses had gone through you would've seen that I was more upset with my team's inability to respond to LSU than I was at LSU. They came to play, my squad failed to adjust. Period.
kate [email] said at 10:49 PM 03-23-2006: OH MY GOD!!!! so, due to time constraints i spent the second half of the game in a mexican restaurant FILLED with UNC fans with the LSU game on!!! WHICH was fucking awesome because we had a support team, unlike how we were going to be in Durham, HA!!! We could freely cheer, Christina and I. DUDES, we were on our cell phones right after the game was over calling our homeland, and all our families were all going crazy.
reggie [email] said at 10:58 PM 03-23-2006: If UConn loses this weekend I will be a very very very happy man. It'll be worth Duke losing just to see UConn go down as well.
NathanK said at 4:26 AM 03-24-2006: NY Times:
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It was the first trip to the Round of 16 for L.S.U. since 2000, and the Tigers (26-8), the champions of the Southeastern Conference, were supposed to be at a disadvantage in a close game with tournament-tough Duke.
But in the final minute, the big plays were made by the L.S.U. freshman forward Tyrus Thomas.
L.S.U. led, 55-54, when the 6-foot-9 Thomas broke the Duke press and dribbled down the floor for a dunk with 34 seconds to play to make it 57-54.
"We were in the double bonus, so the objective was to get fouled, but I saw an open lane so I took it," Thomas said.
On Duke's possession, Thomas blocked the shot of Greg Paulus, who was driving the lane with 27 seconds to play.
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Temple said he finally saw Redick get frustrated in the second half when he threw the ball against the stanchion holding up the basket.
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