2018 NCAA Tournament thread

[brewcity77]

Xavier had three times as many turnovers (6) in the last five minutes as they did shot attempts (2). And that wasn't West Virginia.

[nyg]

Xavier had three times as many turnovers (6) in the last five minutes as they did shot attempts (2). And that wasn't West Virginia.

And Kanter took the two shots, right? 

[Eldon]

Creighton had a lousy resume and was seeded accordingly. The rest of the teams from the Big East were honestly just bracket fillers. It would have been nice for some to win a few games, but they didn't. Who cares.

It's not like there was any disrespect from the committee either. The Big East got 2 #1 seeds this year. If the teams are good, they'll get respect.

The league is fine.

It's ok to not actively want a team like X to win games in the tournament. I'll pull for Nova because they're a class bunch. But X? Creighton? No thanks, they can go home.

+1

I thought the BEast seeding was completely fair.  All of the BEast avoided Dayton, for example.

[Lennys Tap]

The alternative is he's terrible.

Well, it's a fact that he's not terrible, so I guess you honestly believe he was in on a scheme to fix the game. Sorry, but that's just whacky.

[brewcity77]

I'll say this. Blueitt could not have been worse if he was trying to throw the game. I feel that's pretty incontrovertible.

[WarriorDad]

Ugly choke by X.  And wasting 14 seconds for an air ball by Kanter.  Guess we're all in on Nova.


@jeffborzello
Crazy that JP Macura fouled out with only two fouls.


@jeffborzello
The top five teams remaining on the entire left side of the bracket are Michigan (3), Gonzaga (4), Kentucky (5), Texas A&M (7) and Nevada (7).

I have Michigan in the Final Four, feeling pretty good right now after their miracle win and how the brackets have blown up.

[Anti-Dentite]

Syracuse won with 3 total assists yesterday!? Crazy...

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

More curious than Bluitt-gate to me is what do you have to do to look like Leonard Hamilton at age 69. 

[StillAWarrior]

But I don't own any tin foil, so what do I know?

You don't own any tin foil?  Weird.  What do you do with leftovers?  Is it a religion thing?  The stuff is actually pretty useful.  You should get some and try it...just don't put it on your head.

[GGGG]

More curious than Bluitt-gate to me is what do you have to do to look like Leonard Hamilton at age 69. 

Holy crap.  He's 69?

Wow he was on the Kentucky staff when it was coached by Joe B. Hall and won the national championship over a pre-Coach K Duke team.  The year after Marquette won it.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

More curious than Bluitt-gate to me is what do you have to do to look like Leonard Hamilton at age 69.

He's been the "next big time coach" for like the last 30 years.

[chapman]

More curious than Bluitt-gate to me is what do you have to do to look like Leonard Hamilton at age 69.

I legit thought he was about 50.  The fountain of youth must be in Florida after all.

[GooooMarquette]

I'll say this. Blueitt could not have been worse if he was trying to throw the game. I feel that's pretty incontrovertible.

Yep, he was awful. If I had never seen X play before and someone asked me to guess who was first-team all-BE, he would have been about my tenth guess....

[mikekinsellaMVP]

He slipped and partially fell.  If you watch the replay, another X player is kind of near him and he also slips.

Does anybody else think there was an inordinate amount of slipping this weekend?  I dunno if I just don't notice it watching a few games per week during the regular season, but it seemed like every game I watched had at least 2-3 instances of a player losing his footing.  I remember the issue with the logos at MSG in the BET one year, but this seemed to be on open floor across eight different venues.

[StillAWarrior]

Whoever is on the city of Cincinnati's suicide hotline tonight is gonna be busy.  What a bad couple hours for the Queen City

Probably not as busy as you might think because pretty much everyone was devastated by one and elated by the other.  All the Bearcats fans were calling, but then once Xavier choked, they started feeling a lot better all of the sudden.  And the X fans still had enough residual glee from the Cinci choke that they held it together pretty well.

[PGsHeroes32]

X was overrated

[MU82]

You don't own any tin foil?  Weird.  What do you do with leftovers?  Is it a religion thing?  The stuff is actually pretty useful.  You should get some and try it...just don't put it on your head.

I use only aluminum foil.

Actually, your post made me chuckle, so thanks for that!

[Its DJOver]

For all you b-ball junkies. Jordan Howard and Central Arkansas in the CBI quarterfinals going on right now. No idea if it's on tv.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

+1

I thought the BEast seeding was completely fair.  All of the BEast avoided Dayton, for example.

I thought Seton Hall could have been a 7, but other than that no, no major gripes.  Butler and PC were actually 9s as well but had to get bumped to 10s for bracketing purposes.

[StillAWarrior]

My son asked a question last night, that I thought was fun for discussion:  "If you put LeBron on a 16-seed, could they win the tournament?"  We're in Cleveland, so hopefully you can excuse the bias.  But, it's an interesting thought:  how far could a 16 make it if you gave them the best player in the NBA (whether you think that is KD, LBJ, Russ, the Greek, Steph, etc.)?

I'm not sure that one player could carry a team to the championship, but it's not unthinkable.  Hell, there are people who think Tiger will win the Masters this year.  Curious what others think.

[MU82]

My son asked a question last night, that I thought was fun for discussion:  "If you put LeBron on a 16-seed, could they win the tournament?"  We're in Cleveland, so hopefully you can excuse the bias.  But, it's an interesting thought:  how far could a 16 make it if you gave them the best player in the NBA (whether you think that is KD, LBJ, Russ, the Greek, Steph, etc.)?

I'm not sure that one player could carry a team to the championship, but it's not unthinkable.  Hell, there are people who think Tiger will win the Masters this year.  Curious what others think.

Depends. Is Ditka the coach, my friend?

[StillAWarrior]

Depends. Is Ditka the coach, my friend?

Yes, but it'd be a mini-Ditka.

[BM1090]

Any team + LeBron would win it all, IMO.

[Its DJOver]

Any team + LeBron would win it all, IMO.

Any team - their five best players + any all star would win it all.

[brewcity77]

Add him to UMBC and they'd do some damage.