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The Good, The Bad and The UglyBy Gene HuhThe NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Regionals provided many exciting moments last weekend. However, the teams didn't always play the most attractive basketball at all times. To recap the good and the not-so-good performances from the Regionals, we present the following: The GoodLonnie Baxter and Juan Dixon, MarylandBaxter performed a low post clinic on the highly touted Collins twins of Stanford, negating his height disadvantage with a spectacular combination of low post fundamentals and brute force. Dixon, who is one of the gutsiest players in basketball, totally outplayed Stanford's All-American shooting guard Casey Jacobsen. David Thomas, Michigan State No Wendy's jokes please. Thomas finally justified Tom Izzo's decision to start him over stellar freshman guard Marcus Taylor by blowing up for 19 points. His zone-busting shooting from the wing exploited the biggest weakness of the vaunted Temple matchup zone. Jason Williams, Duke Shane "I Get Really Really Geeked Up" Battier may get all the hype and love from Dick "Dookie" Vitale, but Williams showed why he is the best player in country. His ability to get his shot at will and drive to the hoop against any defender makes him the most unstoppable player in the nation. Robert Archibald, Illinois Backup center Archibald put on a clinic from the free throw line in scoring a game high 25 points against Arizona. In fact, the physical Archibald was so effective that Olson did not allow his super soft center Loren Woods to defend him at all. The BadJason Collins, Stanford Jason Collins, one half of the Collins twins, came into the game with a reputation for being one of the most fearsome power players in the country. However, while getting dominated by Maryland's Lonnie Baxter on Saturday, Collins looked like nothing more than a 6-11 guy who enjoys flopping like a Latin American soccer player trying to draw a penalty. Red Card! Casey Jacobsen, Stanford Jacobsen came into the game against Maryland touted as potentially the best player in the country. However, after Maryland's Juan Dixon thoroughly dominated him during the West Regional Final, Jacobson looks a lot more like a slow outside shooter more than a player on the level of a Battier or Jason Williams The UglyRuben Boumtje Boumtje, Georgetown Although John Thompson is no longer coaching the Hoyas, his offensive philosophies appear to have been kept completely intact by Craig Esherick. Boumtje displayed less than rudimentary offensive abilities on the way to a 0 point, 5 personal foul performance against Maryland. Obviously, nobody can develop big men like Georgetown. Pro prospect? Perhaps there is some team in Istanbul that can use his services. The Fouling Illni Illinois' excessive fouling during its loss to Arizona resulted in the disqualifications of Marcus Griffin, Brian Cook, Sergio McClain, Robert Archibald, Lucas Johnson and Damir Krupalija. This is the reason why Brett Melton and Nate Mast were out on the court during the final moments of the game. Overall, the Illini committed 36 team fouls, allowing the Wildcats to ice the game from the free throw line. Frankie Williams, Illinois The Big Ten Player of the Year shot 3 of 15 from the field and committed 5 turnovers against Illinois on Sunday. Those 12 misses included an embarrassing missed open dunk during the closing minutes of the game and numerous airballs. Williams' knuckleball three-point shot looked more like a Phil Niekro pitch than a Tim Hardaway special. |
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