1973 NCAA Final Four - UCLA vs Indiana

Second semifinal of the 1973 NCAA Final Four.

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[JustTrueFacts]

@RegionRatForever

There is no contradiction between my two statements.

You said "But to suggest that Indiana had weak guards from 1974-76 is blindly ignorant."

I did not say the IU backcourt was weak. I said it was weaker than UCLA's backcourt.

No team can win a NCAA title with a weak backcourt.

I'll take the Hazzard and Goodrich duo or the Allen and Warren duo over the Wilkerson and Buckner duo on defense. You take the IU duo, that's fine. All were great.

Enjoy your holiday.

[JustTrueFacts]

@RegionRatForever

And I was responding to your commment 'That's crazy. Indiana's Wilkerson and Buckner were unquestionably the greatest defensive guard duo in NCAA history."

The basis for "unquestionably"?

How do you measure the defensive of guard duos? The only statistic I can think of that has been recorded for decades to compare the defense of guards from different eras is rebounds. Sure, that would include offensive rebounds, but guards typically don't get many of them.

[JustTrueFacts]

@RegionRatForever

And I was responding to your commment 'That's crazy. Indiana's Bobby Wilkerson and Quinn Buckner were unquestionably the greatest defensive guard duo in NCAA history."

The basis for "unquestionably"?

How do you measure the defensive of guard duos? The only statistic I can think of that has been recorded for decades to compare the defense of guards from different eras is rebounds. Sure, that would include offensive rebounds, but guards typically don't get many of them.

[RegionRatForever]

@JustTrueFacts

You first wrote, "Indiana's backcourt was very much weaker than the UCLA backcourt."

You then wrote, "[T]he IU guards were great."

I was responding to your first comment. Take care.

[JustTrueFacts]

@RegionRatForever

Again, you have shown your reading skills to be quite limited.

I said, "the IU guards were great" and you equate that to "very much weaker"?

Truly a pathetic response for someone claiming to have been "taught well at both IU and UCLA"

Perhaps you should consider finding someone with a math degree (I earned 2 of them with high honors) and see if they can explain to you the meaning of ">" as it applies to the following:

9.9 RPG > 7.7 RPG

40.1 PPG > 16.7 PPG

[RegionRatForever]

@JustTrueFacts

"Indiana's backcourt was very much weaker than the UCLA backcourt."

Q.E.D.

[JustTrueFacts]

@RegionRatForever

Wilkerson and Buckner were unquestionably the greatest defensive guard duo in NCAA history.

Together they averaged 7.7 RPG (Rebounds per game) and 16.7 PPG (Points)

The 1964 UCLA guards averaged 9.9 RPG and 40.1 PPG

The 1967 UCLA guards averaged 10.3 RPG and 28.2 PPG

The UCLA guards by your own admission were outstanding defenders and used the full court press to destroy other teams defensively.

Yes, the IU guards were great, but unquestionably the greatest? Hardly

[JustTrueFacts]

@RegionRatForever

You probably were "taught well" as you claim. Too bad you didn't "learn well"!

[JustTrueFacts]

@RegionRatForever

You question my literacy?

You claim you can read?

Show me where I made any comment at all about IU's guards. Can't do it, can you !

Seems the one that is "blindly ignorant" is you.

[RegionRatForever]

@JustTrueFacts

That's crazy. Indiana's Bobby Wilkerson and Quinn Buckner were unquestionably the greatest defensive guard duo in NCAA history. Wilkerson's 19 rebounds in IU's 1976 semifinal thrashing of UCLA should have taught you that lesson years ago. Don't get me wrong: UCLA's guards and its full-court press were consistently outstanding. But to suggest that Indiana had weak guards from 1974-76 is blindly ignorant.