Offical NCAA Tournament thread

[NickelDimer]

Those kids played so hard. Well deserved. They simply outworked Texas. 20 offensive rebounds and running out guys 5'7" on a good day.

*23 turnovers. Crazy.

[MuggsyB]

Happy for the kid. That was awesome. But there's no way that should have been a 2 shot foul. He never even possessed the ball on the rebound.

I thought the same thing...could they look at that on replay?

[Mr. Nielsen]

59% free throw shooter we will see

Clutch, by that young man. Unbelievable.

[MUBBau]

16-seeds the only seed without a win in the first round

[MUeng]

Call me crazy but I think ACU matches up pretty well with UCLA. Awesome game, it's madness!

[MuggsyB]

I'm fairly certain the UCLA players were jumping up and down after that result.

[NickelDimer]

nm

[Mr. Nielsen]

I thought the same thing...could they look at that on replay?

I went back. He was going up for the shot.

[MuggsyB]

I went back. He was going up for the shot.

I thought it was a foul but was surprised they called it. 

[Mr. Nielsen]

I thought it was a foul but was surprised they called it.

It had to be called.

[Norm]

Nice win by ACU, but they were gifted the free throws at the end. That was one of the softest foul calls at the end of a game I've seen. Still not sure where the foul occurred. Especially since ACU was very aggressive on D all game and the refs didn't call much on them.

[Johnny B]

whose bracket is even worth looking at anymore? i havent checked mine since 5pm friday

[MU82]

Some impressive FT shooting by the AC kid and by the Ohio kids.

A few of them, including the AC kid, had terrible FT percentages.

Ice water.

Oh, and kudos to the ref who called that foul on Coleman. He absolutely fouled Pleasant, and it had to be called ... but there are a lot of refs who would have swallowed their whistle.

[NickelDimer]

He came down across his arm pretty hard. Had to call it

[Norm]

Sorry, I'm glad ACU won, but that call with 1.2 left was pretty weak. The shot was not affected as he was just trying to push it back to the rim. And it wasn't how the game was called the rest of the game. the refs let a lot go and then to call that was weak.

[MuggsyB]

I just watched the replay.  It was a clear foul and a two shot foul.   A lot of times they won't call that at the end of the game but it was absolutely a foul.

[Norm]

I just watched the replay.  It was a clear foul and a two shot foul.   A lot of times they won't call that at the end of the game but it was absolutely a foul.

Not compared to how they called it the previous 39.58 of the game.

[BM1090]

Pretty standard to treat a tip attempt as a shot though. Moronic foul. Don't slap downwards on a loose ball in the air

Definitely a foul and Texas deserved to lose. Easy call. Just didn't think it was a shooting foul.

[rocky_warrior]

I just watched the replay.  It was a clear foul and a two shot foul.   A lot of times they won't call that at the end of the game but it was absolutely a foul.

Not compared to how they called it the previous 39.58 of the game.

Half thinking it was a makeup call since the ref on the baseline didn't call a foul on the drive (which was clearly a foul too).

[forgetful]

Absolutely insane stat:

ACU eFG%: 32%
Texas eFG%: 54%

ACU wins. That's heart and tenacity.

[MarquetteMike1977]

Coach Cooley on TV tonight on the CBS Sports Network Desk

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Anonymous Eagle and paint touches  are throwing out some wild stats on their twitter accounts from tonights game.

[GooooMarquette]

Nice win by ACU, but they were gifted the free throws at the end. That was one of the softest foul calls at the end of a game I've seen. Still not sure where the foul occurred. Especially since ACU was very aggressive on D all game and the refs didn't call much on them.

The Texas player's arm came down onto the ACU player's left arm. I saw it clearly on the first replay.

[MuggsyB]

Is anyone giving Loyola-Chi a chance tomorrow over Illinois?

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Is anyone giving Loyola-Chi a chance tomorrow over Illinois?

I think Williamson can give Ayo some problems just because he's super long, but I have no faith in Krutwig guarding Cockburn.