Game Day Thread 3/19

[keefe]

And not at Porcini...

Go Blue!

[jesmu84]

Superbar.

Hubris

[Hards Alumni]

Is it bad that I REALLY enjoy watching this Michigan team?

Hope they can sneak this away from Slick Rick.

[GGGG]

Always liked the way Belein's teams have played.  This is no exception.

[Nukem2]

Always liked the way Belein's teams have played.  This is no exception.

Yes.  And, he adapts to his personnel.  He won at WVU with lesser level of athleticism.

[ecompt]

Rick has his usual Louisville team: as clueless as it is athletic.

[keefe]

Superbar.

Hubris

Pitino may have been outcoached by not boxing out effectively down the stretch but the real lesson is that the Michigan players accepted the challenge. These guys aren't the most talented but they have won 7 straight through heart, grit, and will.

That was once a hallmark of Marquette basketball. 

Watching Michigan play in March has been something any true aficionado of the college game should celebrate.

[ecompt]

At least Rick can make it back to the diner for the usual Blue Plate Special. Dressing on the side optional.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

This Duke game is gonna be tough to watch tonight.  I tried to rewatch the game last night after the bar.  Got to about the 8 minutes mark in the 1H.  Decided to watch Walking Dead I was behind on instead.  Frustrating game for sure. 

Baseball cannot come soon enough.

[rocky_warrior]

This Duke game is gonna be tough to watch tonight.

Based on the way the ACC is performing, I'm giving the game a 60% chance of an upset - and I'd be happy to see Duke lose

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Based on the way the ACC is performing, I'm giving the game a 60% chance of an upset - and I'd be happy to see Duke lose

Oh, I will be pulling for SC for sure.

[jesmu84]

Pitino may have been outcoached by not boxing out effectively down the stretch but the real lesson is that the Michigan players accepted the challenge. These guys aren't the most talented but they have won 7 straight through heart, grit, and will.

That was once a hallmark of Marquette basketball. 

Watching Michigan play in March has been something any true aficionado of the college game should celebrate.

So Marquette's wins this year were only due to superior talent?

[KenoshaWarrior]

Based on the way the ACC is performing, I'm giving the game a 60% chance of an upset - and I'd be happy to see Duke lose

if duke loses there is nobody to stop UW to final 4.  I have to cheer for duke now. 

[drewm88]

At least Rick can make it back to the diner for the usual Blue Plate Special. Dressing on the side optional.

Service is extremely fast.

[nyg]

MSU has some outstanding freshmen.. Bridges, Ward, Langford and Winston. There are other teams like Kentucky with Fox and Monk, Kansas with that Jackson kid, etc, all over the tournament.

Even though they are down, have to be impressed with the freshmen play by MSU and others throughout tournament. Fun to watch the young kids.

[🏀]

Hubris.

[GGGG]

They just can't stop Kansas right now. 

[ecompt]

The officiating in this tournament is criminally bad. Arkansas get gets ousted from the tournament on two back-to-back calls that were so wrong it was laughable. NCAA continues to reward UNC for 30 years of the most blatant academic cheating in the history of the organization.

[Norm]

Shocking, but UNC gets a no-call in the last minute and a half that gives them a basket when it should have been a charge or travel. Helped UNC pull that one out.

[Nukem2]

AK got royally screwed on two calls at the end.

[GGGG]

It was a bad call.  People lose credibility when they start implying conspiracy. 

[forgetful]

It was a bad call.  People lose credibility when they start implying conspiracy.

I don't think there were any conspiracies, but in general the officiating in the tournament has been dreadful.  For the biggest games of the year, I expect better. 

[GGGG]

I don't think there were any conspiracies, but in general the officiating in the tournament has been dreadful.  For the biggest games of the year, I expect better. 

Agreed.  It's terrible.

[ecompt]

It was a bad call.  People lose credibility when they start implying conspiracy.

It's the NCAA that has zero credibility at this point. They have known about the cheating at UNC that goes back to Dean Smith and they refuse to do anything about it. On its last title team, one of its players had a 4.0 in 16 credits of courses that did not exist. When I was at the NY Post I saw the proof. One of our columnists got the transcripts and we printed the results. NCAA and has done nothing. School should have gotten the death penalty. Conspiracy?

[GoldenDieners32]

  if duke loses there is nobody to stop UW to final 4.  I have to cheer for duke now.

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