Thanks so much Sir WJ! Much appreciated. I do love the game of 🏀 & my profession. 👊

You can also tell he loves Gonzaga! If you look closely at the Suggs block on Riley, he completely ignores the simultaneous contact Suggs makes on Riley's elbow/forearm area, despite the hands on ball being legal.

@@ubergama30 chill lmao

@@popop3981 oh wow i didnt even notice that was actually him replying here! LOL (full disclosure i am a disappointed UCLA fan let me grieve, i apologize if i offended mr clark the gonzaga part was just a joke, but stand by my amateur analysis!)

@@ubergama30 class act , much respect

One of the best by far?

@@jakeboynton lmao

Villanova was epic as well

one of the best basketball games ever to me runner up to okc vs golden state 2016

@@woahasaysusa1461 that bang call will forever be epic

so much better than ronnie nunn

Thanks Max! I was honored that Coach Nick invited me on the show. I always enjoy breaking down plays. Appreciate you! 👊

Everyone did lol

Hype af

My uncle and I were watching it. We were supposed to watch a movie, but said, "Let's give this game to halftime." But it was so good, we kept watching. I didn't expect us to watch the whole game, and to witness such an amazing ending.

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Me it was incredible

This is pain. -UCLA 3rd year student

@@codyfan4070 Welcome to the club. - UCLA Alum

We had a good year ring #12 will come sooner rather than later trust me

04 and 06 Bruin, did it hurt? Yes, I have not seen a more exhilarating game and proud our Bruins competed well.

I liked the vid fym

Gonzaga was overated

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High school ?

Nick has covered tons of NCAA games in the past.

Thanks Art! I was honored that Coach Nick invited me on the show. Glad you like it. 👊

@@jcclark1515 I hope we have you more on the show!

Same!

Thanks so much Ross! I’m glad you found it helpful. 👊

Thanks so much!!!

I appreciate you Eugene! Coach Nick does an incredible job with these vids, and I was grateful he asked me to contribute to this one! Glad you enjoyed it! 👊

@@jcclark1515 Only sorry I failed to mention you by name! I didn't recall it while typing. I trust Coach Nick will invite you back! Many thanks.

Thanks so much!

Bro is a baller.

Sick af bro I’m from the 209 Cali

@@JonahModestoCalifornia Oxnard to Stockton 🙋

Dude deserves to have his name pronounced right. lol

@@TW-nz7cx Fax

So weird he didn’t touch it for the first 2.5 mins

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Except when he allowed Juzang (their best player during the game) to only get the ball ONCE in OT...

@@a_leis7 coaching criminality

The way it ended? It ended beautifully. Nothing to be ashamed of from losing against a top-tier team in overtime on a very close game. They had their run but it's not a fairy tale. The reality is, better teams will still win in the end.

It doesn't even slightly suck. It was only absurdly accurate, totally uncharacteristic shooting that kept UCLA in the game. UCLA was shooting like they had Steph Curry playing every position. If UCLA had shot the way they normally do, they would have lost by 10+ points. UCLA was a ten loss team that really didn't even deserve to be there. Sorry to be rude, but I'm reading sore loser comments all over the place, and I'm done being nice.

@@profd65 yes UCLA basically only made it this far, and kept the game close by hitting really tough shots at a very high rate, but you can't say that they didn't deserve to be here, when they made it to the final 4, they hit tough shots time after time, game after game.

Good resume for the coach. I hope it would be for the players too.

I think Jaquez will but I don’t see Juzang returning since his stock is higher than ever. Smith will be a baller for this team next year though.

@@mervyngl smith is not coming back specially with that injury he's gonna try and prepare for the draft no doubt, so they might have 3 scholarships to give because now they might be out three players. (johnny, jalen,chris)

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One of the tenets of the triangle was quick ball movement and Gonzaga certainly does that! Can’t wait for tonight! 👍🏀💪

It’s an old trope that the underdog needs to slow it down and limit possessions. That just delays the blow out til the 2nd half. Playing unaggressive plays right into Gonzaga’s hands. Cronin should spend less time on defense and more time on offense IMO

lol

I think he would but I want him to stay for one more year and try to run it back with UCLA

Yea, he's nice. I wonder if his game will translate though. Hard to tell because the NBA talent is so incredible.

@@RomeWill I think he will translate nicely because he can shoot quite well and that always works in the nba, it's the other qualities that need work but as long as somebody can shoot great like juzang they have a spot in the league

Gather step isn’t a gather step until both hands are on the ball, or one hand underneath....

UCLA definitely lost 😅 no trophy for losers

@@RomeWill well no shit. They both won by how they played. Zaga won the game obv. Ucla won by playing toe to toe to a number 1 undefeated seed team. Everyone doubted UCLA and thought they were getting blown out.

It's funny because I personally didn't think UCLA would get blown out based on how gritty their program is. But ya know, I'm an old hard-nose dude. I hate this new age shit where everyone is kumbaya and tolerant and PC so any chance I get to shit on that rhetoric, I take it. Zags won a close game, it could have gone either way, but once cats hit a certain age, ain't no accolades in second place. Ever. I promise you them Bruins sitting at home going through it not feeling like a winner lol

@@RomeWill You and i may think they weren’t getting blown out, but many people did. Yeah yeah I know they don’t feel like winners. It’s more like the way they played felt like they were winners. It’s not like no one lost due to a stupid mistake. It was pure luck. I’m just saying that no one really “lost” that game because of how both teams played amazingly. No one really deserves to lose that game.

Nah fuck that "both won" bull shit. No sir. 1 team won and 1 team lost. Simple as that

Thanks Samir! I always enjoy Ronnie’s analysis on Coach Nick’s breakdown vids! He does a great job. I was honored to be able to contribute on this one. Hopefully you enjoyed it. 👍

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LEBEAUTIFUL UR THE GOAT COMMENTER!

@@pranith850 the legend pranith

STAY TUNED! I’ve got a weekly series coming up

@@bballbreakdown YEAHHH

It’s only the hand, which is part of the ball when it’s in contact with it

Bang bang play but he hit elbow first. Very clean.. I don't think so. Turned into a 4 point switch. 50/50 call I think.

The first point of contact is on Riley's elbow, then later, Suggs hits Riley's hand. It was a foul.

Right foot down, ball is in both hands, he’s allowed to hop back onto both feet simultaneously and then jump into the shot

Chip Clark sounds like a Gonzaga fan

Just shut your yap. Crying about the officiating--what a baby. UCLA was a ten loss team that didn't even deserve to be in the Final Four--they're a bunch of mediocre try-hards. The only reason UCLA stayed close in this game was by slowing the tempo way down, and shooting the ball with absurd, totally uncharacteristic accuracy. UCLA shot almost 50% from three point range--that's fucking preposterous, they aren't nearly that good. If they had shot the ball the way they normally do, they would have lost by at least ten points. In a seven game series, Gonzaga sweeps UCLA or wins 4-1, and you can bank on it.

5th

@@bandcgaming6954 yeah I commented this before the draft happened 🙄

There is a bias throughout this video for sure.

You only need 1 foot in inbounds to legally get the ball. Plus, Chip is a referee, I don't think you're more knowledgeable than him in analyzing replays.

Where is that in the book? Rule 4, Sect 23, Art 1&2 (the definition for player position) state that a player is considered inbound if his current (or last, if in mid air) contact with the floor is/was inbounds. So you are inbounds as soon as any part of your body touches the court inbounds, as long as you aren't simultaneously out of bounds (i.e., if you're straddling the line, you're still out). Rule 9, Sect 3, Art 1 is the rule about touching the ball when you return to the court. It only says that the player must be inbounds (as per above) before they touch the ball. Nowhere does it say anything about an extra requirement for both feet to be touching the ground inbounds. It does mention not being the first player to touch, but the video explains why that doesn't apply, because the player in question didn't leave 'of his own volition.' Unless you can find some line of text that I missed, I think you are just misremembering the rules. Feel free to look: www.ncaapublications.com/p-4613-2020-21-ncaa-mens-basketball-rules-and-interpretations.aspx

@@boosterh1113 you crushed him🤣

Frickin’ great explanation my man. He tried to make the same point on Twitter so I hope he sees this reply! 💪🏀👍

Hi Nina. I appreciate you sharing your perspective. You’re absolutely right about Suggs contacting Riley on the arm. However, when ruling on plays like this, where there are multiple points of contact, the officials must determine if the contact is Incidental or Illegal. If a player blocks a shot prior to marginally contacting the opponents arm, then that arm contact would be ruled as Incidental. This play is very close, but to me it appears that Suggs contacted the ball just prior to the arm to arm contact. That’s why I would’ve ruled this arm contact to be incidental to the blocked shot, and why I support the No-Call by the officials on the court. I completely understand how some people might not see it that way, but it’s just my perspective. Hope that helps. Either way. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the play. 🙌

Nah

Allllmost

Agreed

FIBA only accepted it in 2018. It's not that easy to change a rulebook you know.

The crazy part is you use a gather step in a normal lay up .. so technically it is allowed

they called a foul you know.

There's no ball handler's perspective. If you're not going to call that play a charge, then you should take charging out of the rulebook.

@@s_ame1135 they called a charge

@@austin5944 Which is a foul. A charging foul. The correct call.

My apologies if my analysis appeared biased toward one team or the other, in any way. That certainly wasn’t my intention, as I do not have a preference who wins or loses any game. My bias is toward the NCAAM rules. I simply enjoy watching good basketball, and both these amazing teams certainly provided us with a classic! I’m sure I could’ve provided analysis on plenty of plays that the officials got right, which favored UCLA, but I only commented on the plays I was given, and tried to provide the applicable NCAAM rules reference for every single play. I hope some found it helpful. 👍

Rules are rules. Just because the rules favored one team, that doesn’t mean there’s bias going on. You can’t change the rules just to give an equal amount of calls to both teams if the calls fairly shouldn’t be called equally for both teams.

@@jcclark1515 Is the forearm part of the ball too? gifs.com/gif/suggsfoul-k8962X

@@jrp7890 Thanks for the reply. Great point, and one that I’ve seen others make in the comments as well. The forearm is definitely not part of the ball. I wish I would’ve addressed this in the breakdown. I should’ve anticipated that many would have a question about this. What’s incredibly challenging about ruling on contested plays at the rim, at game speed, is that the Trail & Center officials must determine whether any contact up top is Illegal or Incidental. On this particular play, they first must determine if Suggs (who is approaching from behind) has a “reasonable chance to play the ball without illegally contacting” Riley (NCAAM 4-21.6). In my opinion, he does have a reasonable chance. Then, officials must rule (at game speed) whether Suggs contacted Riley’s forearm first, or contacted the ball prior to contacting the forearm. • Obviously, if he only contacted the arm, then it would be a foul. • If he contacted the arm prior to contacting the ball, then it would also be illegal contact, since that contact would’ve “hindered the opponent from participating in a normal offensive movement”(NCAAM 4-21.3) •But if he contacts the ball prior to contacting the arm, then it is ruled a legally blocked shot, and the subsequent marginal contact to the arm shall be ruled as Incidental Contact. Incredibly close play. It’s so close that some will look at in slow-mo and think he got the arm first, while others will see him touch the ball first. In the breakdown, I should not have said it was a “very clean block”. That implies that it should be obvious to everyone that it was a legal play. I should’ve said that it is close, but that I believe it’s a legally blocked shot, and that the contact to the arm is incidental to the blocked shot. I support the No-call on that play, and believe it is supported by rule, but I can understand how some folks might not see it the same way. Hope that helps. And thanks again for the reply. Have a great day Jeffrey. 👍

they were also supposed to have liangelo and lamelo ball if they never went overseas, shareef o’neal if he never had heart problems, and jalen hill if he wasn’t out for personal reasons