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04/5 2011

DL549: Well, At Least It Was Close

Posted by Dan Levy.

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Nick and I talk first about the NCAA Title game, the commentators, the Tweeters and recap a pretty lackluster finale. We do talk about Jim Nantz’s inexplicable “dog fight” reference during the game and I pat myself on the back for almost nailing the Nantz-ism that ended the game.

Then Jon Tannenwald joins the show to talk more about the game and talk about the legacy Butler has created for itself. We use Butler to talk about the leveling of the NCAA basketball playing field, and how in now way are the Bulldogs anything like the Green Bay Packers, despite NFL PR head Greg Aiello trying to convince us of that.

Oh, yeah, I do break down the studio show in “basketball math” terms. It might be more entertaining than the game was.

Congrats to UConn. Thanks for listening.

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Posted on April 5, 2011 at 9:20AM

 

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  1. David Y.
    04/5 2011

    re your conversation with Tannenwald on Butler and what other team has had the most similar experience. I can’t think of a better one than South Korea in the 2002 World Cup semis. Dominates like Asia like Butler dominates the Horizon League. Always in the World Cup like Butler makes the NCAA Tournament every year. Caught lightning in a bottle that one time. But with more and more Koreans in Europe they are finally putting down a foundation to compete realistically with Europeans and South Americans.
    And like you said in the podcast about how Butler has figured out the Tournament like figuring out the SATs, as long as Korea is competitive in the World Cup that is what really matters. Asia will never be a top-tier soccer continent, just like the Horizon League will never be a major basketball conference. But put Korea in the World Cup and they can make the Knockout stage and hold their own (really close game with Uruguay this past WC).