They have 11 days and they are kids! This is a game they are playing, not going into battle. Christ, you people make me laugh thinkng these kids are doing something special by playing a game 11 days later!
Still, these are young guys, they had about 4 weeks off before that game and now have another 1.5 weeks to recover. Even if this game maybe was tougher than 90% of their games this year, that situation shouldn't be a factor for two well-conditioned teams.
They had a far longer layoff/less games in the last few weeks than during the weekly grind of regular season and in addition to that we aren't talking about Yale or Akron, where the physical level of these athletes isn't as high as it is at football programs like Ohio State, Oregon or other playoff caliber type programs. Unless a team is depleted by injuries, has depth problems and/or needs to use shorter rotations than usual, the physicality of the semi-finales shouldn't be a factor for the outcome of the NC game. But that's just my opinion
I'm well aware of what it takes for a 20 year old kid to bounce back after a physical game. I think you may be too close to the situation as a fanatic of the team. LOL
