Offical NCAA Tournament thread

[CountryRoads]

2 BE teams have a very clear path to S16

[GooooMarquette]

Sam's D lost them the game.

Yep. That stretch where the guy he was guarding scored 10 straight was absolutely brutal.

[mu_hilltopper]

If they are both touching it at the same time, I think it would be a turnover.

Yes, but assume the handoff has some air.  Best a defender could do is poke it OOB.

[ATL MU Warrior]

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Yep. That stretch where the guy he was guarding scored 10 straight was absolutely brutal.

Will this be enough to kill the Sam 2 NBA narrative? 

[GooooMarquette]

Yes, but assume the handoff has some air.  Best a defender could do is poke it OOB.

As long as there is air between them, you are correct.

I'm betting teams don't do it more often because of the risk that they might touch the ball at the same time. And even if they don't, the ref might think they did.

[tower912]

Come on UConn.  A couple of turnovers and make this interesting.

[MU82]

Darn UConn.

[MuggsyB]

2 BE teams have a very clear path to S16

I wouldn't be surprised If Ohio is favored over Creighton.

[ATL MU Warrior]

Darn UConn.

Yeah I am ok with them going down.

[MU82]

Pretty damn impressive FT shooting by the Ohio kids.

[Jables1604]

i hear it every year all the time

Mine is the primal scream after making any play not matter how inconsequential.

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

[mu_hilltopper]

As long as there is air between them, you are correct.

I'm betting teams don't do it more often because of the risk that they might touch the ball at the same time. And even if they don't, the ref might think they did.

This seems easy to remedy.  Tell the inbounder to make certain he's two feet away.

Heck .. put all 4 of your players, toes in-bound shoulder to shoulder and pass it to a guy in the middle, yes, with air on the ball.   No defender can even get his hand in there.     Really, with that, 4 guys could hold that formation and any foul could be considered an intentional foul, not going for the ball.

Seems too easy.

[MU82]

Will this be enough to kill the Sam 2 NBA narrative?

Nah. Sam is a 6-8, 6-9 guy who plays hard, plays smart and most importantly can hit 3s ... assuming he is able to prove during tryouts that he has NBA range, I still think he plays in the league. There are a lot of great defenders in the NBA, but there also are plenty of guys who can't play a lick of D.

[MarquetteMike1977]

Mizzou fouls the 87% percent shooter 3 times in a row not smart. Mizzou backing off top 3 point shooters not smart either. Ugh.

[JWags85]

I wouldn't be surprised If Ohio is favored over Creighton.

Don't be silly.  OU is a decent team with one great player.  They finished mid pack in the MAC.  They would have gotten smoked by any of the other 4s

[MuggsyB]

Nah. Sam is a 6-8, 6-9 guy who plays hard, plays smart and most importantly can hit 3s ... assuming he is able to prove during tryouts that he has NBA range, I still think he plays in the league. There are a lot of great defenders in the NBA, but there also are plenty of guys who can't play a lick of D.

I can't see it unless he's a specialist.  Is Ryan Anderson still in the league?

[MU82]

Don't be silly.  OU is a decent team with one great player.  They finished mid pack in the MAC.  They would have gotten smoked by any of the other 4s

Yeah, Virginia wasn't great to begin with, and then they were very unlucky with the COVID-19.

Creighton and Nova both going to the Sweet 16.

[ATL MU Warrior]

Nah. Sam is a 6-8, 6-9 guy who plays hard, plays smart and most importantly can hit 3s ... assuming he is able to prove during tryouts that he has NBA range, I still think he plays in the league. There are a lot of great defenders in the NBA, but there also are plenty of guys who can't play a lick of D.

Sam has a way of not being able to hit 3s when it counts, Creighton game being the exception. He's slow and not athletic. Not sure NBA is in his future.

[MuggsyB]

Don't be silly.  OU is a decent team with one great player.  They finished mid pack in the MAC.  They would have gotten smoked by any of the other 4s

One great player can change everything.  They nearly beat Illinois.  But you may be right that CU will be favored.  I will say it will be 3pts or less.

[MarquetteMike1977]

70-68 one throw left

[Pakuni]

Nah. Sam is a 6-8, 6-9 guy who plays hard, plays smart and most importantly can hit 3s ... assuming he is able to prove during tryouts that he has NBA range, I still think he plays in the league. There are a lot of great defenders in the NBA, but there also are plenty of guys who can't play a lick of D.

Sam's got zero NBA future.  Maybe he gets a Jerel McNeal cup of coffee, but if he's getting abused by MAC players, no NBA coach is going to put him on the floor.
He's a good shooter, but far from elite. The NBA is loaded with better shooters who aren't traffic cones on the other end of the court.

[MarquetteMike1977]

Do not mind Counzo losing

[Mr. Nielsen]

Creighton and Nova both going to the Sweet 16.

Let's not put the cart ahead of the horse.

[MarquetteMike1977]

Further wrecks my bracket but again happy Counzo is out

[MU82]

Let's not put the cart ahead of the horse.

Just a prediction. Like anybody else, I've made bad ones and good ones.