Brandon Paul’s Buzzer-Beater in the Big Ten Tournament Features a Screaming Gus Johnson
Brandon Paul hit a fadeaway 17-footer in front of two Minnesota defenders at the buzzer, and Gus Johnson freaked out just like you wanted him to. Illinois won, 51-49, and will advance to the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals against top-seeded Indiana. Minnesota goes home with their lofty RPI but an 8-10 mark in league play (8-11 if you count this loss). The next three days could be difficult to watch for the Gophers, depending on what else happens around the country. For instance, Minnesota will be rooting against fringe bubble teams like Maryland and Xavier, and rooting for chalk.
Minnesota’s last turnover, its 19th, came with :17 left following a timeout. How does that happen?
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March 14th, 2013 at 2:16 PM
i watch a lot of soccer on fox deportes now because of this guy.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:22 PM
Gus Johnson, we love you.
You got Duffy’s mouse in your pocket?
This was bad, but not as bad as he typically is.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:24 PM
who is this ‘you’ that you speak of?
March 14th, 2013 at 2:24 PM
KC – did you go to KU? I graduated from there in ’06.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:27 PM
KC – did you go to KU? I graduated from there in ’06.
’97. Where do you live now?
March 14th, 2013 at 2:28 PM
how does that feel minny?
/hoffarber’d
March 14th, 2013 at 2:31 PM
Jebus, you are no longer at death’s doorstep but have successfully broken into his house.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:32 PM
Gus Johnson, we love you.
i don’t.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:33 PM
Jebus, you are no longer at death’s doorstep but have successfully broken into his house.
You say that, but I’m hoping your eight steps to sobriety will give me a few more years.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:35 PM
Gus, tremendous.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:36 PM
No thanks on Gus.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:37 PM
OT…wow.
while one could criticize him for only playing a select few courses, the other side of the coin is he has 36 wins outside those venues, which is almost as much as fred couples and davis love III COMBINED.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:40 PM
Gus=March
It is awesome when someone really loves their job.
/Haters will always hate.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:41 PM
But what are the TV ratings for these exhibitions?
March 14th, 2013 at 2:42 PM
did anyone just see that charlotte vs. richmond finish?????
Charlotte is down 3 with 4 seconds left. then they win by 5!!! and cover!!!!!
March 14th, 2013 at 2:42 PM
I hope he smashes the all-time wins record but doesn’t break Jack’s record just so people can try and claim he’s not the GOAT.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:42 PM
Counterpoint – If Gus was so important to March, why did CBS send him off?
March 14th, 2013 at 2:46 PM
Anybody know of a douchier sportswriter than Pete Thamel?
His latest—http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-basketball/news/20130314/acc-madison-square-garden/?sct=hp_wr_a4&eref=sihp
is why a good number of Southern people still despise Yankees.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:47 PM
Please don’t be in the tournament, Minny.
/Saying this as a Gopher fan
March 14th, 2013 at 2:47 PM
mike tanier, but i seem to be in the minority regarding that.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:49 PM
Haters will always hate.
and fagheaded jackasses will continue to use this term.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:50 PM
Haters will always hate.
and fagheaded jackasses will continue to use this term.
YOLO
March 14th, 2013 at 2:51 PM
Feels like the standards for great play-by-play guys have been lowered tremendously. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say most memorable calls didn’t ever involve the PBP guy just screaming like an idiot.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:52 PM
Haters will always hate.
and fagheaded jackasses will continue to use this term.
Technically, that is a phrase. Agree that it needs to die.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:53 PM
Like a Boss
March 14th, 2013 at 2:53 PM
These comments have way too much swag.
/makes arcing motion with hand staring off over horizon
March 14th, 2013 at 2:53 PM
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say most memorable calls didn’t ever involve the PBP guy just screaming like an idiot.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
March 14th, 2013 at 2:53 PM
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/trevor-mbakwe-pledges-refund-scholarship-minnesota-misses-ncaa-230308692–ncaab.html
that’s a tough call to make to your parents.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:58 PM
Disagree
March 14th, 2013 at 2:58 PM
Honest question:
What is a fagheaded jackass?
March 14th, 2013 at 2:58 PM
That isn’t, and I quote, “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”
March 14th, 2013 at 2:59 PM
That isn’t, and I quote, “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Touché
March 14th, 2013 at 2:59 PM
What is a fagheaded jackass?
someone who users the term haters or the phrase hater gonna hate.
I am sure you are a nice fellow, but that phrase grinds my gears.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:00 PM
What is a fagheaded jackass?
MP III is some sort of poet. Just let him keep rolling.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:01 PM
Right here.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:01 PM
He was saying words…and even if he wasn’t, I’ll allow it because of Viking misery.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:03 PM
The Big Lead SEO Fun Time with Fagheaded Jackass Michelle Malkin.
Michelle Malkin is a fagheaded jackass.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:05 PM
Trying to piece it together for Jack, as a comparison
6 at Augusta
4 at Pebble (1 US Open)
3 at LaCosta (TofC)
2 at Portland
2 at Muirfield
2 at Baltustrol (both US Opens)
2 at St Andrews (both Open Championships)
=21 for his top 7. Am I missing anything?
Of course, he played a more varied schedule than Tiger, and more tournaments, so I don’t think the stat is a knock on Tiger.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:06 PM
I HATE PEOPLE THAT ENJOY WHAT I DON’T ENJOY DOT COM.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:08 PM
mike tanier, but i seem to be in the minority regarding that.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:08 PM
Can I write a post about Veep for that site?
March 14th, 2013 at 3:08 PM
Butter straight from the tub?
March 14th, 2013 at 3:09 PM
too long.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:09 PM
oh, it’s def not a knock on tiger since his winning % is fairly preposterous compared to anyone not named hogan.
and youre right, nicklaus played more tourneys per year at different courses and had more top end talent challenging him in those tourneys. too different to compare the two in this instance.
/rory sucks
March 14th, 2013 at 3:11 PM
IHPTEWIDEDC.com
March 14th, 2013 at 3:11 PM
I find the whole line of logic idiotic. I don’t get how you can underachieve to your talent in golf. Golf requires mental and physical talents. And if you have them, you win. If not, then you don’t.
I’d argue that if someone lost because he had great talent but no mental game, or great talent but no putting… he lost because he didn’t have the talent necessary, not because he underachieved according to some talent he had but some he didn’t.
I’m a great mental runner, but I’m slow. Doesn’t mean I ‘underachieve’… just means the sum of my talents give me less total achievement.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:12 PM
too redundant
March 14th, 2013 at 3:12 PM
it’s hard to say…DLIII had less excuses (with that flawless game, he shouldve won more) but freddie had more natural ability.
there have been a lot more underachievers than them, as well…even in this generation, based on how sterling their games are, id put adam scott and sergio in there above freddie and DLIII.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:13 PM
I’m a great mental runner
Same here. I sit in my chair and visualize myself running for 30 minutes five times a week.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:13 PM
That’s what makes it so memorable. Accepting post submissions starting …
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March 14th, 2013 at 3:14 PM
adam scott
that long putter havin assmouth.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:14 PM
It wouldn’t be March without Gus. Upset dumb work is making me miss the tourney.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:14 PM
that’s the problem…the way golf is played, those “talents” are marginalized. yes, techincally youre a more talented player if you can hit a 300 yard drive vs. 270 or hit your 5i 210 yards instead of 180, but in the end, a stroke’s still a stroke.
you can underachieve if youre DLIII because you can put together one of the most unheralded rounds in PGA history (his 64 at tpc sawgrass in BRUTAL conditions) or if you’re greg norman and THAT much better than your peers.
but honestly, simply getting to the PGA tour is an achievement in its own right.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:14 PM
Fuck Gus Johnson. That is all
March 14th, 2013 at 3:15 PM
Both those guys have pretty clear flaws in their putting. They are lacking a pretty critical talent for golf…
March 14th, 2013 at 3:15 PM
So does every sport. With this line of thinking, no one has ever underachieved, they just sucked.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:16 PM
Did you read that Eddie Pearce someone linked to earlier today?
March 14th, 2013 at 3:16 PM
never finished this thought…
he had the ability to be an all-timer and didnt end up as one. he was a sketchy short putter and, relative to his ballstriking, didnt get nearly enough out of his rounds as someone like tom kite, who had to grind the entire way there.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:16 PM
If you say that ‘consistency’ is a talent, then then everyone achieves what they should.
Otherwise I’d say that someone like Davis underachieved, while someone like Scott just doesn’t have all the necessary talents to achieve more.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:17 PM
Post 2001 Open Championship Duval
March 14th, 2013 at 3:18 PM
He was distracted by his own ennui and by the fact his wife was fucking the polo instructor.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:18 PM
I’d argue that if someone lost because he had great talent but no mental game, or great talent but no putting… he lost because he didn’t have the talent necessary, not because he underachieved according to some talent he had but some he didn’t.
further, he lost because he was a talentless loser that lost his talent, and mentally underachieved because his putter was gay.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:18 PM
Depends how you define talent/underachieving.
In general, I think most people achieve what they should. If you are onew of those kids who rationalized bad grades by saying you are “smart and just not motivated or didn’t work hard” you’re same as the dumbass who barely passed.
Arguing what could have been were you an entirely different human being seems like a waste.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:19 PM
Criticizing Sergio in front of Spencer is probably like criticizing Zappa in front of Spencer. Just don’t do it.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:19 PM
when sergio first came onto tour he was known for his putting stroke. adam scott could putt the shit out of the ball before he developed mental yips.
in the process of developing those putting yips, they became underachievers. simple.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:20 PM
Hit the music
March 14th, 2013 at 3:20 PM
My putter is the same way, it seems repulsed by every hole it gets near.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:20 PM
also, THIS is idiotic. ben hogan was a shitty putter. lee trevino was a shitty putter. sam snead was a shitty putter.
they achieved plenty.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:21 PM
Could you call my mom and explain this to her?
March 14th, 2013 at 3:21 PM
Can we keep the golf talk out of posts that are about actual sports? THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKS
March 14th, 2013 at 3:22 PM
Scott is a good one but seems to me he just has never been a good enough putter. Garcia I always thought had sort of a crappy swing.
One guy that I left out—Big John Daly. He retires the trophy now that I think about it. Could get it done with every club in his bag—-really soft hands around the greens—-before the alcohol got the best of him.
/gulps
//good thing I’m not a pro golfer
March 14th, 2013 at 3:22 PM
Nah… Zappa was a fine golfer. Better than he was at guitar at least.
I guess I can see that…
March 14th, 2013 at 3:22 PM
there isnt a bunch of giant oiled up dudes in underwear you can be watching have a scripted ticklefight to distract yourself?
March 14th, 2013 at 3:22 PM
My putter is the same way, it seems repulsed by every hole it gets near.
Pencils in permanent ink on the spreadsheet: “Nada is asexual.”
March 14th, 2013 at 3:22 PM
Tell it that the holes are buttholes then.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:23 PM
I’m assuming you missed the post today where the entire thread was overtaken by discussions of ties and shoes.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:23 PM
no. a million times no.
great call on john daly tho. he had stupid amounts of talent…totally overlooked him.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:23 PM
No…I looked. I watched what I had on my DVR..
March 14th, 2013 at 3:23 PM
They couldn’t have been THAT shitty or they wouldn’t have won. Or their other talents compensated for it. Just like if Garcia sticks all his irons to 2 feet, putting won’t matter much.
Doesn’t mean they under or overachieved though… they achieved according to the sum of their talents.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:24 PM
there isnt a bunch of giant oiled up dudes in underwear you can be watching have a scripted ticklefight to distract yourself?
Spencer not an MMA fan, I see
March 14th, 2013 at 3:24 PM
I bet that pencil is messy in an electric sharpener.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:24 PM
Well, I am old. The ladies look at you funny after a certain age.
Is Htown a golfer? I’ll run that one by him.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:25 PM
Obviously this is eye of the beholder talk but the bottom line is Couples and Love should have won a lot more than they did. Especially in Majors. Heck, there arent all that many were either really contended other than Freddie at Augusta.
Couples did hurt his back and maybe things are different if that doesnt happen.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:25 PM
Unless the talent is “stop drinking and wake up in time to fucking tee off”
March 14th, 2013 at 3:26 PM
I bet that pencil is messy in an electric sharpener.
It’s a pill for the world to give worms to ex-girlfriends.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:26 PM
snead and hogan were THAT shitty…but they are two of the 5 best ballstrikers of all time in an era where truly great ballstriking could separate you from the field, unlike today.
it’s the same reason i feel tiger’s winning is actually underappreciated since there are guys contending that would normally have no business doing so.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:26 PM
Hey, but the dude once got busy in a Hooters parking lot.
/ Well, got busted, anyway
March 14th, 2013 at 3:27 PM
they probably get less heat on them because they played in greg norman’s era…and i think we can all agree the shark shouldve won more.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:28 PM
Jay Glazer sez Matt Cassel to the Vikings.
I bet the negotiations went something like, “Listen, it’s a guarantee that you will be the most beloved player on the entire team just by virtue of backing up Christian Ponder. You can’t find that anyplace else. Every idiot slobbering Vikings fan will be talking about your 2008 season while Ponder goes 11 for 29 for 77 yards every week.”
March 14th, 2013 at 3:28 PM
I’m certainly no swing expert but Garcia lays the club way off at the top of his swing doesnt he?
March 14th, 2013 at 3:31 PM
Bill Barnwell today wrote, I think, the ONLY column supportive of letting Welker go.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:33 PM
Spencer, what’s your take on Moe Norman? Seems to me like the perfect example of a guy whose personality foiled what should have been a top-tier career.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:34 PM
I don’t think it’s the biggest loss. Greg Bedard touched on it. I was bitching about it in the playoffs last year… having 3-4 middle of the field guys really let the safeties cheat up. All comes down to keeping the TEs healthy now.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:34 PM
Is determining a golfer’s “talent” becoming the golf equivalent of the ongoing “elite” QB debate?
March 14th, 2013 at 3:39 PM
not as much as youd think, he float loads and that exaggerates it…you cannot get in any better position than in frames 4 and 5.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:40 PM
he’s on the mount rushmore of ballstriking…he was PREPOSTEROUSLY accurate.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:40 PM
Is determining a golfer’s “talent” becoming the golf equivalent of the ongoing “elite” QB debate?
Let’s hope this debate gets settled here. Today.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:40 PM
It will be, soon as ESPN comes up with its Total GBR system.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:42 PM
he’s on the mount rushmore of ballstriking
How did we get to talking about Chris Paul?
March 14th, 2013 at 3:43 PM
no because talent is fairly easy to see…like you cant tell the difference between how rory hits it and how stricker hits it. even golf novices could tell the difference with their eyes closed, judging just by sound.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:44 PM
Haha! After the morning fashion briefing with MS, Spencer, & Mole I’m getting ads for those glittery faux-snake shoes that Mole wants for his dream wedding
March 14th, 2013 at 3:48 PM
You know who isn’t accurate? Michelle Malkin that fagheaded jackass.
/Making Matt Cuts my bitch
March 14th, 2013 at 3:49 PM
Talent is much more than ballstriking, though. The way it is being used in the golf world these days, it seems to be much more of an elusive concept than it does some quantitative metric.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:50 PM
agreed…it just gets magnified on Tour where youre facing a bunch of 200+ par 3′s and 75% the field can hit every par 5 in 2 shots.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:53 PM
It’s really funny to watch some of the Masters tournaments from the 80s and 90s, where Ben Wright and Ken Venturi are aghast at Larry Mize needing only 190 for his 2nd shot into 13.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:54 PM
Man, she is definitely in your wheelhouse today. Did she say something particularly Coulter-esque to set you off?
March 14th, 2013 at 3:58 PM
Spence, I agree with you that we are talking about a very thin margin amongst the elite players in the game. That said,I am just not a fan of throwing a blanket term like “talent” over a multitude of very distinct skills and then trying to make specific comparisons.
March 14th, 2013 at 4:04 PM
oh, i get what youre saying, i just think it’s easier to say talent than “ability to hit it really far and really high which gives you a natural advantage over peers with less ability in this facet.”
prolly shoulda just said ballstriking, but even that’s not a catch-all term.
March 14th, 2013 at 4:04 PM
the last name of champions.
March 14th, 2013 at 4:05 PM
No I’m SEO’ing Michelle Malkin that fagheaded jackass for sheer randomness of it.
March 14th, 2013 at 4:17 PM
A fair point. I think that some of the golf discussions that take place here could benefit from some addition specificy at times.
March 14th, 2013 at 4:25 PM
*specificity
March 14th, 2013 at 4:27 PM
hahahaha, freal? shit man, my comments are long enough as it is.
March 14th, 2013 at 5:55 PM
This is basically the same shot and an almost identical call by Gus as the Isaiah Thomas shot in the PAC10 tourney title a few years back.