"I do not even say anything, but I think I charged there is a bit faster than I should be," said Smart, 33. "We have got to grips with the pace of my country and I move towards the officials."
Coach in the second year, then offered a pep talk word: "It was basically forget about the referees, and forget Kansas» and said, "This is everything to us, and we must do what we should not».
When it was over and the University of Virginia Commonwealth did so, he took Kansas, ranked from 0.71 to 61, in the South West Regional NCAA final. In the delirium that followed, some fans began cheering at the sight of several older men in suits. "Selection Committee", and shouted these fans in tribute. Men were in fact part of the NCAA selection committee and the sudden celebrity in the orbit of the Commonwealth of Virginia after the adoption of this sudden decision to put the Rams in the championship. Now a team of unlikely ever to reach the final four will face Butler on Saturday in a matchup of all Cinderella in Houston.
Officially, VCU (28-11) to become the third No. 11 seed to advance to the semifinals, after LSU in 1986 and another miracle Colonial Athletic Association team, George Mason, in 2006. But sources in the ICU was really the seed 12th, bumped up to 11th seed because of all the rules arc that keeps teams from playing each other. If the expansion of NCAA 65 to 68 teams this season, the Virginia Commonwealth University, the striker finished fourth in the Colonial Athletic Association, was not there.
"Players unable to play for us any day," said Bill Self Kansas coach after his team made just 2 of 21 three-pointers and only 15 of 28 free throws. "If we played shirts and skins and today, you will not have a lot of difference to the players or how they look, and it has got some good looking kids. And I got what you deserve today, which is certainly more than us."
As guards Rams drained and a barrage of threes in the first half, racing to a shock 18-point lead, there was no fear factor. VCU dropped super sub Brandon Rozzell one of his four first-half three-pointers from right in front of the Kansas bench and then ran his mouth in that group was very shocked.
I got Kansas (35-3), led by twin brothers Maurice Philadelphia North Tower, Marcus (20 points, 16 rebounds) and Markieff (13 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists), two points behind. But counterpunched VCU.
Point guard Joey Rodriguez - ignored air ball has been put up for the first time, followed by a layup attempt blocked - drained a three-pointer off the dribble, and the payment of the leadership of Virginia Commonwealth University to return to 60-52 with five minutes from the end of the game. ("I'm short - I get my shot blocked all the time," said Rodriguez.)
After Marcus and Morris on the putback, led by Rodriguez and made a return to the outside Bradford Burgess, who had made six three-pointers and shooting for the game winner Friday against Florida. Burgess and wide-open for a period of three drained from the top of the key.
"This was all a game of playing style," said Smart. "We like the way we are going in the first half, and if you watch closely, their players and tugging on the pants for much of the game.
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