UCLA doesn't deserve a win. I hate them!!!
Ok. Seriously. I hate UCLA. Those little pussies don't even deserve to win anything. Last nights mediocre victory over Gonzaga was nothing but sheer luck. Gonzaga dominated those Westwood punk bitches in every aspect of the game. Well, I guess shit heads like that do come out on top every once in a while. UCLA: University of Crooks Loving An undeserving WIN!UCLA stuns Gonzaga
Outclassed for 37 minutes, Bruins score final 11 points to advance
OAKLAND, Calif. -- And for their next trick, Ben Howland will fly, Aaron Afflalo will saw Adam Morrison in two and Jordan Farmar will pull a rabbit and an Elite Eight invite out of his trunks.
Understand this, it was completely ridiculous. So jaw-dropping it was just stupid. The kind of thing that Hollywood would be embarrassed to try and pull off.
But the UCLA Bruins did.
Pulled off a comeback that defied belief, not to mention all basketball logic.
This just doesn't happen. It just isn't allowed. Logic has to play some part.
After being outplayed all night, teams just don't score the final 11 points of the game to come back and defeat a good Gonzaga team Thursday, 73-71.
They don't keep digging and scraping and act determined to find a way to win a game they had tried so hard to give away.
They don't leave Adam Morrison, the Player of the Year candidate, heaped on the floor after the final buzzer sounds, face buried in his hands, sobbing so hard Afflalo finally came over to him to help him up.
But legs are weak after they've worked so hard only to witness one of the great comebacks of this or any other postseason.
"To be a part of it is something special," Farmar said. "We kept trying to get the stops to start a run all night.
"It's unexplainable."
Just imagine how the Bulldogs were left feeling. They had been in control all night. Had frustrated the Bruins with their zone, made the shots UCLA could not.
The last frantic seconds gave the furious comeback its fitting finale.
Farmar drove to the basket with 49 seconds left and hit a short floater. Morrison, getting Farmar on a mismatch, then missed a 15-foot jumper. Ryan Hollins grabbed the rebound and was foolishly fouled by J.P. Batista with 19.7 seconds left.
Hollins made both free throws, but Gonzaga still had a 71-70 lead. Inbound the ball, get fouled, make a couple of the free throws and it's onto playing Memphis on Saturday.
The Bulldogs inbounded to Morrison, who quickly double-teamed, passed to Batista.
Bad idea.
Bozeman knocked the ball away from Batista. Farmar scooped it up and found Luc Mbah a Moute under the basket. He took the pass, scored underneath with 9.9 seconds to play and it was the comeback on steroids.
Honest to John Wooden. Goodness gracious, it happened.
"I was just trying to apply extreme pressure," Farmar said. "We were going to foul if they got the ball across half court. We were both swiping at the ball.
"Ced knocked the ball loose, I picked it up, saw Luc under the basket in a crowd, but fortunately he's 6-7 with a 7-foot wing span."
Gonzaga, out of timeouts, inbounded to Derek Raivio and he started dribbling down court, but Mbah a Moute knocked it loose from behind. A jump ball with 2.6 seconds left to UCLA and the Bruins were actually going to do this.
"I feel very fortunate to pull out this victory," Howland said, and not a soul in the interview room doubted him. "But you have to give us a lot of credit for battling back. We really gutted it up.
"Yet as happy as I am for our players and our program, I sincerely feel for (coach) Mark Few and his Gonzaga team."
After leading by as many as 17 in the first half, the Bulldogs seemed in control. For all the UCLA faithful that missed Steve Lavin, the Bruins gave you Thursday's first half.
In truth, they were confused and outplayed. They were most definitely outshot.
Mostly they looked really, really lost against the zone.
The Bruins opened the game by missing their first jumper. And then their next. And the next and the next ' until they had opened their little Sweet Sixteen adventure by missing their first nine shots. Meanwhile, they turned the ball over seven times. They went the first 9:45 without a field goal.
The Bruins had no business coming back from all this. Only they did. Believe it or not.
"It just happened in a blur," Morrison said.
Almost like it was supernatural.
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Morrison's got heart. I think he's pimp. The crying.. i could have done without but he's still the BEST.. better then the REST!