NCAA Tournament Open Thread

[NickelDimer]

Facts

He didn't make the tourney one year, ergo he's not a good coach. You really sound pathetic.

[rocky_warrior]

Be thankful we didn't have to play V Tech. It would have be even uglier than the game against the mid major.

Perhaps, but I'd happily have played SLU instead.  Of course, that could have been an option if MU won more games.

[Cheeks]

Buzz up 22 at halftime. Wojo blown out of the gymin the tournament. Again.

Which coach had his team better prepared to compete? You play the team the committee assigns you to play. Be thankful we didn't have to play V Tech. It would have be even uglier than the game against the mid major.

Wojo going up against the 43rd ranked team with likely the #2 pick in the NBA draft

Buzz going up against the 104th ranked team with absolutely no one that will ever sniff a NBA roster ever.

Despite MU and VA Tech being only 1 line different.  That's how absurd the seeds are.  Meanwhile, why didn't Buzzard have his team ready last year and the year before when they were knocked out both times? Weird.

[Cheeks]

Perhaps, but I'd happily have played SLU instead.  Of course, that could have been an option id MU won more games.

Being a 4 is as good as being a 6, avoid 5 at all costs.

[Dr. Blackheart]

I've watched quite a few games these past three days, but have any of you Scoopers recognized any Big East officials in these NCAA games?  I have seen one in Dayton, but many in the NIT games.  Let's hope these stripes didn't grade out and a message has been sent to Stu Jackson in NYC. 

[Lennys Tap]

Wojo going up against the 43rd ranked team with likely the #2 pick in the NBA draft

Buzz going up against the 104th ranked team with absolutely no one that will ever sniff a NBA roster ever.

Despite MU and VA Tech being only 1 line different.  That's how absurd the seeds are.  Meanwhile, why didn't Buzzard have his team ready last year and the year before when they were knocked out both times? Weird.

That's right - Buzz made the NCAA tournament 3 times in a row - first time ever in awful V Tech's basketball history. Winning is hard there. Meanwhile, at basketball rich MU, Wojo "streak" of making the tournament stands at one, tying his previous record. There was improvement, though. Only lost by 19. Only other time it was 20.

[Lennys Tap]

Being a 4 is as good as being a 6, avoid 5 at all costs.

5 seeds record in 1st and 2nd round games is better than any lower seed. The facts say the higher your seed the better your chances.

[The Sultan]

Big Ten goes 7-1 in first round. The one loss??? Lol.

[brewcity77]

Watching LSU, I can't help but think "why are they even here?" All their accomplishments will be vacated. Wade will be fired & jailed, the season will be vacated, it's a certainty. I know with Louisville, Syracuse, Memphis, etc there's the "but no one forgets the games" but in those cases we didn't know in the moment what would happen. Here we know exactly what will happen. Especially while they are still playing the player that took money from the coach. Just ridiculous.

[BM1090]

What a game. Mays and Waters are tough.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

What a game. Mays and Waters are tough.

Waters went to my high school for his senior year.  He was heavily recruited and I have no idea why he picked LSU from Connecticut.

[Cheeks]

5 seeds record in 1st and 2nd round games is better than any lower seed. The facts say the higher your seed the better your chances.

First two rounds, don't know...but overall, that is not correct.  As I stated, better to be a 4 seed or a 6 seed than a 5.  Very linear pattern until you get to the 5 seed and again the 10 & 11 seeds, the only outliers in the data. 

You have as good a chance or better as a 9 as you do a 10 or 11.  You have a BETTER chance of winning as a 6 than a 5.

Data below is BEFORE this year's tournament, and since 3 of the 5's already lost, it only gets worse.

Overall tournament record of #1  seeds:  (503-137)    78.6%
Overall tournament record of #2  seeds:  (357-153)    70.0%
Overall tournament record of #3  seeds:  (273-155)    63.8%
Overall tournament record of #4  seeds:  (231-158)    59.4%
Overall tournament record of #5  seeds:  (180-160)    52.9%
Overall tournament record of #6  seeds: (182-158)    53.5%
Overall tournament record of #7  seeds:  (146-159)    47.9%
Overall tournament record of #8  seeds:  (122-159)    43.4%
Overall tournament record of #9  seeds:   (93-160)    36.8%
Overall tournament record of #10 seeds: (100-160)    38.5%
Overall tournament record of #11 seeds:   (91-156)    36.8%
Overall tournament record of #12 seeds:   (71-156)    31.3%
Overall tournament record of #13 seeds:   (33-136)    19.5%
Overall tournament record of #14 seeds:   (23-136)    14.5%
Overall tournament record of #15 seeds:    (9-136)     6.2%
Overall tournament record of #16 seeds:    (1-136)     0.7%

[drewm88]

Waters went to my high school for his senior year.  He was heavily recruited and I have no idea why he picked LSU from Connecticut.

$ame here. $eriou$ly, what'$ $o appealing about L$U?

[The Sultan]

It's not Connecticut?

[manny31]

Making it to the Second Round not withstanding I sure am glad we didn't have play FL State. I think we would have gotten blown out😝
Too soon?

[drewm88]

Watching Murray play FSU is frustrating because it feels we really could have beaten Murray today. Offensively, the non-Ja's are missing what they hit against us (at least it feels that way; don't know the stats.) Their big boy looks a step slow, not the stud we couldn't do anything about. Obviously, FSU defense has something to do with those. Not helping as much off Ja, let him get points instead of getting everyone else involved. Way more active, and their never-ending wingspans help with that.

Offensively, FSU making the shots we couldn't hit, but also way more movement. Feels like we needed Sacar to do more there. When he's slashing, things loosen up for us. Didn't happen Thursday.

[BCHoopster]

Florida St is much bigger than most teams in all positions. Best scorer coming off the bench, impressive.  They are letting Morant get his points, but has few assists as they barely doubled him, MU big mistake on D.

[manny31]

I agree, Murray not playing as well against FSU. FSU seems longer and more athletic than MU. Maybe a telling stat is Ja has 3 assists so far today with 11 plus minutes left.

[nyg]

March Madness, this is March Blowouts.  Really only like two close games in three full days.........

[Johnny B]

Nova getting hammered. Big east looks like trash this year

[Mr. Nielsen]

March Madness, this is March Blowouts.  Really only like two close games in three full days.........

Little more than two games, but I see your point. These I believe came down to the final minute or two.
Belmont/Maryland
Iowa/Cincinnati
Maryland/LSU
New Mexico State/Auburn
Wofford/Kentucky
Liberty/Miss State
Ohio State/Iowa State

[Dr. Blackheart]

March Madness, this is March Blowouts.  Really only like two close games in three full days.........

Today is crazy bad. I was feeling bad about the Big East blowing a tire but then I see all these other teams from other conferences getting absolutely t-bagged.

[GoldenEagle323]

i might sound crazy but after watching purdue trounce nova, id take carsen edwards over howard on my team any day

[brewcity77]

i might sound crazy but after watching purdue trounce nova, id take carsen edwards over howard on my team any day

When Edwards is on, he's great. But when he's not, yeesht.

[GoldenWarrior11]

There have been a ton of blowouts and/or games that have not been close at all. Looking at the data, the average margin of victory in games played thus far is nearly 14 ppg. I have turned off more games than I can remember due to the lack of competition. There have only been four games that were decided by one possession, which is IMO, shocking.  By my count, there have been 20 games deciding by 15 points or more.  I'm not sure how this compares in other years, but would not be shocked if it was higher than usual.