Grant Hill and Scotty Thurman went at it on Twitter over Hill’s commentary throughout the Razorbacks’ Candy 16 win within the 2022 NCAA Event final Thursday.
In an interview with KNWA-TV final Saturday, Thurman — whose Arkansas group beat Hill’s Duke group within the 1994 NCAA nationwide championship recreation, when Thurman hit a clutch 3-pointer with 51.7 seconds left — stated he believed Hill’s commentary throughout the Razorbacks’ video games in opposition to Gonzaga and Duke signaled that he was nonetheless “bitter” over the game-winning shot.
Within the preliminary interview the reporter stated, “I simply thought it was humorous that somebody put on the market that, ‘I feel he’s nonetheless a bit of bit bitter concerning the shot.’ Did you want that? What was your response to that?”
Thurman stated, “I did prefer it,” including that he was laughing over notion.
“I’ve been getting a number of textual content messages about it. I assumed it was sort of humorous,” Thurman stated. “However he did sound like he was a bit of irritated with Arkansas and the way in which that we had been taking part in. I simply felt like perhaps he was getting flashbacks from his time when he performed in opposition to us.”
Hill caught wind of Thurman’s feedback and responded Tuesday in a tweet.
“@RustonRifle Bitter? That’s humorous!!” Hill wrote, in keeping with Yahoo Sports activities. “Sure, you by no means recover from a loss, particularly in a NCAA championship recreation (UCLA?).. However to suppose I’d take that out on this present group is hilarious.. There have been some questionable calls in that Gonzaga recreation, and I've a job to offer my opinion..”
UCLA defeated Thurman’s Arkansas group within the 1995 NCAA nationwide championship recreation.
Hill was on the decision alongside Jim Nantz and Invoice Rafter for Arkansas’ Candy 16 upset of Gonzaga and their subsequent loss to Duke within the Elite Eight.
Thurman hit again, per Yahoo, tweeting, “All of us have opinions and I expressed mine within the interview. I agree that there have been some questionable calls in that recreation BUT I felt such as you wished every one in query to go Gonzaga’s means! @realgranthill33.”
In a separate tweet Tuesday, Thurman stated Hill is a “nice analyst!”
Thurman performed at Arkansas from 1992-95 after which abroad from 1995 to 2006. He at present serves as head coach of the boys basketball group at Parkview Arts and Science Magnet Excessive Faculty in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Hill performed at Duke from 1990-94. He went on to have a profitable NBA profession from 1994-2013 — incomes seven All-Star nods and an All-NBA first group choice throughout stints with the Pistons, Magic, Suns and Clippers.
Hill then riled off a sequence of three tweets, which seem to have been deleted.
“I need each participant to expertise what we had been lucky to expertise, many a few years in the past. The distinctive factor about my job is the chance to satisfy the gamers and coaches from each group. Coach Muss and his guys had been nice with us after we met them earlier than the Candy 16,” Hill tweeted, in keeping with Yahoo Sports activities.
“I might care much less about who wins. Really, I need all of them to win.. When Villanova beat Carolina within the Finals, my coronary heart went out to these guys within the Tar Heels locker room. The subsequent 12 months when UNC received, I used to be genuinely completely satisfied for them. I went and congratulated the Carolina household after the sport.. We dissect, clarify and provide our opinion on what we see within the recreation, understanding that everybody won't be in full settlement..”
Thurman merely replied, “Understood!”
When a fan tweeted that they’d wish to see an “impromptu interview” between the 2, Thurman stated he had a “great and heathy dialog” with Hill on Tuesday.
“A lot respect to @realgranthill33!!” Thurman replied to the fan. “Of us, let’s not let this platform confuse us! We're all REAL individuals!! Simple to press buttons however dialog (wholesome) STILL guidelines the Nation!!”
On Wednesday, Hill replied to the alternate, tweeting, “The eagerness that followers have for his or her respective faculties is what makes school basketball the very best.. However make no mistake, I've nothing however respect & admiration for the LEGEND @RustonRifle.. He had 1 of probably the most iconic moments within the historical past of the NCAA Finals.. #respect.”
Hill is ready to broadcast the 2022 Closing 4 and nationwide championship video games on TBS with Jim Nantz and Invoice Raftery.
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