ND vs. X

[Donnybrook]

Always rooting for the Big East in the tournament makes me throw up in my mouth whenever it involves ND.

[ATL MU Warrior]

Would love for that little b!tch Tu to go home early again though.  Gotta root for ND.

[muwarrior87]

let's get another one of those upsets! all my first round upset picks didn't happen yesterday like they were supposed to. haha

[KenoshaWarrior]

Cant cheer for ND, just cant do it.  Our team is good enough to stand on itself this year, dont need to anchor ourselves to how our conference does.  On the other hand if your DePaul or Rutgers go right ahead.

[Sir Lawrence]

I can never, ever, cheer for ND.  Ever.  Go Jesuits.

[real chili 83]

If you cheer for ND, turn in your diploma and exchange your man card for a .....card.

ND sucks.  Did I mention, ND sucks?

[Donnybrook]

BTW, there are about 500 people (if even that) in the stands right now. What is that? I don't care if this is Greensboro and two Midwestern schools playing. This is the NCAA tournament and a match-up between two very good programs.

I also don't care that it was mostly Duke and Lehigh fans there. After we got our butts whipped in Newark last year I stuck around to watch OSU/UK. After we got our butts really whipped in NOLA in '03 I stuck around to watch SU/UT.

I'm about as sore a loser as they come, but good college hoops is good college hoops.

[Norm]

There has been a lot of empty seats in almost all the locations this weekend.

[Warrior1]

I cannot stand either team, but I guess I will go for ND since they are in the BigEast. Xavier fans absolutely cannot stand loosing to a BigEast team. They despise our conference so much because they are not in it. It is absolute outrageous how much they hate us, so it would be a little funny to see them lose AGAIN to a team from our conference.

I have too many Big Ten friends to root against the Big East. Sorry Guys

[Bocephys]

There has been a lot of empty seats in almost all the locations this weekend.

There always is in the first round, save for the few ostensibly home sites for the big seeds.

[wadesworld]

BTW, there are about 500 people (if even that) in the stands right now. What is that? I don't care if this is Greensboro and two Midwestern schools playing. This is the NCAA tournament and a match-up between two very good programs.

I also don't care that it was mostly Duke and Lehigh fans there. After we got our butts whipped in Newark last year I stuck around to watch OSU/UK. After we got our butts really whipped in NOLA in '03 I stuck around to watch SU/UT.

I'm about as sore a loser as they come, but good college hoops is good college hoops.

It was like 90% Duke fans. They were a 2 seed and lost to a 15 seed. It's the first round. If MU was playing in Chicago at 6 and was a 2 seed and lost to Lehigh I'd leave and drive back. No way I'd stay. Now if I were a 3 seed and lost the 1st Final 4 game or 11 seed and lost the 1st Sweet 16 game there's a difference.

Dook fans are driving home and drinking their sorrows away. The few Lehigh fans are out at the bars partying like crazy. I'd be doing the same in either of their spots. After MU beat Xavier I stuck around for about 5 minutes of warmups for the Cuse/Indiana State game and was way too amped up to stay, so I left and went out in Cleveland last year. No way I was sitting through an entire 40 minute warmup and 2 hour game after a nice "upset."

[SoCalEagle]

60-60. Gonna be a great finish.

[Warrior1]

What a terrible call. I cannot believe it. Unspeakable. Celebrity refs.

[jesmu84]

What a terrible call. I cannot believe it. Unspeakable. Celebrity refs.

Absolutely correct call. How dumb do you have to be to repeat the exact same thing that got everyone in a fit last night?

[Warrior1]

Absolutely correct call. How dumb do you have to be to repeat the exact same thing that got everyone in a fit last night?

No way!? Who went in early? The announcers say the rule is that the man beyond the three point line cannot run in until the ball is released and he did not, but did run in before the ball hit the rim. What is the rule?

[SoCalEagle]

Xavier scores the last 7 to win it. Another Jesuit school advances.

[WildBill77RT]

No way!? Who went in early?

22.... You cannot enter the 3-point line until the ball touches the rim.

[Warrior1]

22.... You cannot enter the 3-point line until the ball touches the rim.

Ah, this explains it. Announcers stated it was until the ball is released...

[cheebs09]

I think it is you can't go past the free throw line before it hits the rim if you start beyond the three point line.

[chapman]

You don't make that call when the shot went in.  Agree with Barkley for once on his rant.

[MarquetteDano]

You don't make that call when the shot went in.  Agree with Barkley for once on his rant.

Not a big Notre Dame fan but I unfortunately have to agree.  If the shot is missed then you call it.  If it is made you take the guy aside and tell him "don't do that".

On the other hand, you have to know the rules.  Tough call.

[mu_hilltopper]

You don't make that call when the shot went in.  Agree with Barkley for once on his rant.

+1.  

[SoCalEagle]

I think they were making up for the foul call on Xavier. ND guy was way out of control on the drive, but gets bailed out with the foul call. Seems like the zebras were looking for a reason to reverse that one.

[Warrior1]

According to the article I just read about the Syracuse game, a player behind the three point line cannot cross the free-throw line before the ball hits the rim. I just watched the game in slow-motion, and it is EXTREMELY close. We are talking you could watch it 100 times and still not truly know.

Edit - Watched it again, did get one foot across.

How do you make that call?

[Coleman]

Maybe it was the right call. You still don't make it. You let the 10 guys playing the game decide the outcome. I love to see Notre Dame lose. But not like this.