Author Topic: Offical NCAA Tournament thread (Read 151091 times)

MuggsyB · « **Reply #275 on:** March 19, 2021, 10:30:04 PM »

Quote from: MarquetteMike1977 on March 19, 2021, 10:27:56 PM

I used to not stand them until my Daughter Graduated from there. Do not hold it against me.

No worries!!

MarquetteMike1977 · « **Reply #276 on:** March 19, 2021, 10:30:18 PM »

Rutgers first tourney win since 1983.

JWags85 · « **Reply #277 on:** March 19, 2021, 10:34:43 PM »

Iffy travel call, but Brownell choosing to play it out there was moronic. Rutgers was still in the bonus. Extend the game. At very best, once you corral a rebound on a miss they would have 5 seconds to try to turn it up floor and score. Just brain dead.

MuggsyB · « **Reply #278 on:** March 19, 2021, 10:35:03 PM »

I'm impressed with Winthrop. Nova will have to earn this one.

MuggsyB · « **Reply #279 on:** March 19, 2021, 10:37:50 PM »

Quote from: JWags85 on March 19, 2021, 10:34:43 PM

Iffy travel call, but Brownell choosing to play it out there was moronic. Rutgers was still in the bonus. Extend the game. At very best, once you corral a rebound on a miss they would have 5 seconds to try to turn it up floor and score. Just brain dead.

Totally agree. Why would you risk them scoring with under 10 secs left to make it a two possession game?

forgetful · « **Reply #280 on:** March 19, 2021, 10:38:04 PM »

Quote from: MuggsyB on March 19, 2021, 10:35:03 PM

I'm impressed with Winthrop. Nova will have to earn this one.

Winthrop is focusing on just staying in front of their man and allowing sickouts. Nova shooting lots of 3's and have missed a number of wide open ones.

Nova has a fight on their hands.

MU82 · « **Reply #281 on:** March 19, 2021, 10:49:02 PM »

JRE needs to operate inside. He is nifty in there, a good passer, good at drawing fouls.

Every time he takes a 3, he does Winthrop a favor.

MuggsyB · « **Reply #282 on:** March 19, 2021, 11:22:32 PM »

Good win for Nova. They stopped settling for threes and pounded the ball inside in the 2nd half. It's never bad when you have 6 turns, only 2 live ball.

MU82 · « **Reply #283 on:** March 19, 2021, 11:24:27 PM »

Quote from: MuggsyB on March 19, 2021, 11:22:32 PM

Good win for Nova. They stopped settling for threes and pounded the ball inside in the 2nd half. It's never bad when you have 6 turns, onlt 2 live ball.

Yep. One second after the bracket was announced, a zillion talking heads screamed, "Winthrop will beat Villanova!" As if there couldn't even be debate about the subject.

Glad Nova won, played decently all night and very well down the stretch.

MarquetteMike1977 · « **Reply #284 on:** March 19, 2021, 11:33:39 PM »

Quote from: MU82 on March 19, 2021, 11:24:27 PM

Yep. One second after the bracket was announced, a zillion talking heads screamed, "Winthrop will beat Villanova!" As if there couldn't even be debate about the subject.

Glad Nova won, played decently all night and very well down the stretch.

Happy For The Big East Villanova Won!

MuggsyB · « **Reply #285 on:** March 19, 2021, 11:38:01 PM »

Congrats to Huggy on his 900th win.

GooooMarquette · « **Reply #286 on:** March 20, 2021, 12:11:03 AM »

Quote from: MU82 on March 18, 2021, 11:47:46 PM

Dear Coach Izzo,

Next season, please do something to get the ball out of the hands of all your bad players so good players like Joey can do all the shooting.

That might sound selfish, but Joey is really only thinking of all the other good players like him.

Love,
Mommy and Daddy Hauser

So you were accidentally copied on the email too, huh?

Billy Hoyle · « **Reply #287 on:** March 20, 2021, 12:47:26 AM »

Quote from: MarquetteMike1977 on March 19, 2021, 10:29:42 PM

Oral Roberts like 47 years between wins

ORU 47 years, Oregon State 38, Drake 50, Rutgers 30+, North Texas never. What a great day!

Lennys Tap · « **Reply #288 on:** March 20, 2021, 08:31:57 AM »

Two biggest upsets? ORU and NTSU. Both head coaches were assistants to Bryce Drew at Baylor. People assume he cheats because he wins at a non blue blood. Maybe he’s just that good at coaching basketball.

TAMU, Knower of Ball · « **Reply #289 on:** March 20, 2021, 08:53:16 AM »

Quote from: Lennys Tap on March 20, 2021, 08:31:57 AM

Two biggest upsets? ORU and NTSU. Both head coaches were assistants to Bryce Drew at Baylor. People assume he cheats because he wins at a non blue blood. Maybe he’s just that good at coaching basketball.

Maybe, but its not just fans who say that about Drew. His peers say that as well.

MuggsyB · « **Reply #290 on:** March 20, 2021, 11:32:49 AM »

Hoyas look overmatched early.

MU82 · « **Reply #291 on:** March 20, 2021, 12:03:59 PM »

Colorado's getting the same wide-open 3s that Cain, Elliott, Garcia and Carton were. They're hitting all theirs, we hit none of ours.

Colorado also is better at many other aspects of basketball than this season's Marquette team was ... so there's that!

MuggsyB · « **Reply #292 on:** March 20, 2021, 12:05:29 PM »

Wow. Gtown getting smoked. Colorado 11-16 from distance. But these are wide open threes. Gtown can't guard 5 out.

Mr. Nielsen · « **Reply #293 on:** March 20, 2021, 12:05:49 PM »

11 made three's by Colorado. Tough to overcome.

MuggsyB · « **Reply #294 on:** March 20, 2021, 12:07:46 PM »

Quote from: MU82 on March 20, 2021, 12:03:59 PM

Colorado's getting the same wide-open 3s that Cain, Elliott, Garcia and Carton were. They're hitting all theirs, we hit none of ours.

Colorado also is better at many other aspects of basketball than this season's Marquette team was ... so there's that!

Colorado can play 5 out AND look really good defensively. They have owned the defensive glass. Gtown looks completely lost on both ends of the floor.

MUeng · « **Reply #295 on:** March 20, 2021, 12:08:04 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Nielsen on March 20, 2021, 12:05:49 PM

11 made three's by Colorado. Tough to overcome.

two different teams playing in this one. Not competitive.

NickelDimer · « **Reply #296 on:** March 20, 2021, 12:09:42 PM »

This is not the same Georgetown team that won the BET. They don’t look nearly as hungry

MU82 · « **Reply #297 on:** March 20, 2021, 12:09:50 PM »

Georgetown is just not very good, and we all knew that. A hot month against mostly meh competition didn't suddenly make Patrick Ewing a great coach or his players world-beaters.

This was the easiest 12/5 game to pick. I didn't hesitate for one second in writing down Colorado. At least the other three made me think for a minute (and I'm 1-1 so far, obviously didn't think Tennessee would get smoked).

forgetful · « **Reply #298 on:** March 20, 2021, 12:11:43 PM »

Quote from: Lennys Tap on March 20, 2021, 08:31:57 AM

Two biggest upsets? ORU and NTSU. Both head coaches were assistants to Bryce Drew at Baylor. People assume he cheats because he wins at a non blue blood. Maybe he’s just that good at coaching basketball.

People say he cheats, because it is well known that he cheats. But that just gets players through the door. Getting them to win, also requires that he is good at coaching basketball.

One doesn't preclude the other.

MuggsyB · « **Reply #299 on:** March 20, 2021, 12:12:34 PM »

Quote from: MU82 on March 20, 2021, 12:09:50 PM

Georgetown is just not very good, and we all knew that. A hot month against mostly meh competition didn't suddenly make Patrick Ewing a great coach or his players world-beaters.

This was the easiest 12/5 game to pick. I didn't hesitate for one second in writing down Colorado. At least the other three made me think for a minute (and I'm 1-1 so far, obviously didn't think Tennessee would get smoked).

I actually changed my pick to Colorado after your advice. Ty.

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