Offical NCAA Tournament thread

[Billy Hoyle]

Anti Climatic ending.

9-1 since it was tied at 55. Two terrible three point attempts by OSU after that. I think I've seen more air balls in this tourney that any other.

[Skatastrophy]

Oregon St. was absolutely brutal down the stretch after closing it to 3.

Their defense had Houston players yelling at each other. Surprisingly entertaining game!

[PGsHeroes32]

Oregon St. was absolutely brutal down the stretch after closing it to 3.

They tied it

[MikeDeanesDarkGlasses]

They should've lost every game they played so far. It's about time their ridiculous luck turned.

Ummm......no.  Oregon St. was severely underrated and you don't win 3 NCAA tourney games by luck. 

[BM1090]

Not a fan of that last second three, that's for sure.

[The Sultan]

Ummm......no.  Oregon St. was severely underrated and you don't win 3 NCAA tourney games by luck. 

Sure you do. Loyola missed a ton of open looks last game for instance.

[brewcity77]

Who, Oregon State?

Yes, based on shot quality, they should've lost every game. The Loyola game most notably, where Shot Quality respected expected LUC to win 92% of the time by an average margin of 17 points. The Beavers were insanely lucky shooting and insanely lucky in terms of the shots they allowed.

[MuggsyB]

What are your overall thoughts on Kelvin Sampson?  I'm all for 2nd chances but at the time I honestly didn't think he would get a college job let alone get to a F4.

[MuggsyB]

I find the trio of Nantz, Raftery, and Grant Hill extremely awkward. 

[JWags85]

What are your overall thoughts on Kelvin Sampson?  I'm all for 2nd chances but at the time I honestly didn't think he would get a college job let alone get to a F4.

As some have mentioned, the violations he committed weren't all that bad and aren't even violations anymore.  He got a reasonable penalty.

As for getting another job, it made sense.  He's a fantastic coach who has won everywhere.  He was close to back to back F4s at OU. He'd have made IU a power if he was still there

[Mr. Nielsen]

I find the trio of Nantz, Raftery, and Grant Hill extremely awkward.

Bring back Billy Packer, hey.

[Mr. Nielsen]

What are your overall thoughts on Kelvin Sampson?  I'm all for 2nd chances but at the time I honestly didn't think he would get a college job let alone get to a F4.

Ya, not sure. Things were terrible at Indiana.

[MuggsyB]

Bring back Billy Packer, hey.

I don't know but it's just a weird combo.  I get they have been the "A" team for awhile but something is way off.  Maybe it's Hill?   I feel bad for Ian Eagle and Kevin Harlan. 

[NickelDimer]

I find the trio of Nantz, Raftery, and Grant Hill extremely awkward.

Get rid of Hill. Why would you give the best color man in sports less mic time?

[MuggsyB]

Get rid of Hill. Why would you give the best color man in sports less mic time?

Agreed.

[MuggsyB]

I'm watching Matthew Mayer and reminded that hs rankings can be off.  He was in the same class as Joey Hauser and plays the same position.  If you were an NBA scout would you say that Joey does anything better than Mayer?   I'd say no and he's much slower.

[wadesworld]

Why is Mitchell in the game with 2 fouls up 15 in the first half? If they were down 15 I'd get it...

[Billy Hoyle]

What are your overall thoughts on Kelvin Sampson?  I'm all for 2nd chances but at the time I honestly didn't think he would get a college job let alone get to a F4.

Cheated. Cheated again, then lied about it.

Left a proud program as a smoking crater with sanctions, drug and academic issues

[Dr. Blackheart]

Cheated. Cheated again, then lied about it.

Left a proud program as a smoking crater with sanctions, drug and academic issues

Didn't secure his potted plants either.

[PGsHeroes32]

Butler playing like timid Carton right now and its killing Baylor

[MuggsyB]

Baylor definitely missed an opportunity to slam the door.

[rocky_warrior]

Baylor's guys have mastered selling the flop.

[wadesworld]

Baylor a totally different team with Mitchell on the floor.

[PGsHeroes32]

Baylor a totally different team with Mitchell on the floor.

Hes their best player.

Butler is too slow with it at times and doesnt know when to attack. Mitchell always on the go.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

That's one strange shooting motion by that Baylor kid who made the three. Strange, but effective.