NCAA Tournament

[Goose]

panda

I do not remember if we bought the kids Shaq action figures, but there is no doubt in our house on how fun it was watching him play.

[PointWarrior]

Pat Kelsey is a great recruiter and a great coach with a big personality. Will dominate at his next program. I advocated for him over the  Wojo hire.

Advocated?   Did you submit his resume or write a letter of reference? 

[Judge Smails]

5-4 for the Big 10. Not too bad outside of the Purdue debacle.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

5-4 for the Big 10. Not too bad outside of the Purdue debacle.

I mean, you can’t not include that though. They probably go 0-3 today though.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

5-4 for the Big 10. Not too bad outside of the Purdue debacle.

Their seed line predicted 6-3.  Purdue lost, Iowa lost, Penn State won.

The biggest issue is that their seed line predicts 1-4 in the next round. And that 1 is a four seed Indiana playing a five seed Miami.  They will need upsets to get multiple teams through to S16.

[ATL MU Warrior]

5-4 for the Big 10. Not too bad outside of the Purdue debacle.

This is what really hurt my bracket. Other than Purdue, I had every other Big 10 team losing, which seemed reasonable given recent performance.  That’s 6 misses right there.

[muwarrior69]

This might be a nit pick, but the winner of the Tenn/Duke game will get one extra day of rest when play starts at MSG. You would expect all teams be treated the same.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

This might be a nit pick, but the winner of the Tenn/Duke game will get one extra day of rest when play starts at MSG. You would expect all teams be treated the same.

No way you can guarantee that with the pod system. And three versus four days isn’t really significant.

[tower912]

Clearly, the NCAA loves Duke and hates MU.

 

[MuggsyB]

There are some pretty wide point spreads today.  I'm not sure I'm buying it.  I will be rooting for Princeton and Tennessee first and foremost. 

[rocket surgeon]

Speaking of “tall guys” when is Chet holmgren gonna “showcase” his talent?  Apparently he had what’s called the lisfranc injury to his right foot.  Couldn’t have been from placing too much weight on it unless his bones can’t support that massive frame of his

Sorry, but I’m just not sold on this guy being worthy of a #2 pick in NBA unless he can bulk up like Giannis of which I highly doubt.  The dudes gonna break in half

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Maybe use the NBA topic in the Superbar?

[MuggsyB]

Speaking of “tall guys” when is Chet holmgren gonna “showcase” his talent?  Apparently he had what’s called the lisfranc injury to his right foot.  Couldn’t have been from placing too much weight on it unless his bones can’t support that massive frame of his



Sorry, but I’m just not sold on this guy being worthy of a #2 pick in NBA unless he can bulk up like Giannis of which I highly doubt.  The dudes gonna break in half

Rocket,

FDU beat Purdue and their tallest player is 6'6. 

[panda]

Speaking of “tall guys” when is Chet holmgren gonna “showcase” his talent?  Apparently he had what’s called the lisfranc injury to his right foot.  Couldn’t have been from placing too much weight on it unless his bones can’t support that massive frame of his

Sorry, but I’m just not sold on this guy being worthy of a #2 pick in NBA unless he can bulk up like Giannis of which I highly doubt.  The dudes gonna break in half

Any real dr will tell you that’s basically a sprained vagina am I right ?

[tower912]

SDSU just did one of my favorite plays.  An alley oop thrown from beyond mid court. 

[MuggsyB]

I'm not sure Stan Van Gundy adds much to the Harlan/Bonner broadcast.  Seems completely random.

[Jockey]

Clearly, the NCAA loves Duke and hates MU.

 

ESPN is obviously whispering in their ear.

[MuggsyB]

Furman is getting smoked by the Aztecs.  It makes me wonder how bad the ACC was this year. 

[WhiteTrash]

Furman is getting smoked by the Aztecs.  It makes me wonder how bad the ACC was this year.

The eye test and raw numbers say the ACC is not very good (for a P6).

[Badgerhater]

This might be a nit pick, but the winner of the Tenn/Duke game will get one extra day of rest when play starts at MSG. You would expect all teams be treated the same.

MU has played three games in the building.

[Uncle Rico]

Furman is getting smoked by the Aztecs.  It makes me wonder how bad the ACC was this year.

One result against a conference doesn’t mean much.

[StillAWarrior]

You’ve never seen a football bounce off a guy’s facemask and a defender recover it? Hmm. Must not watch a lot of football.

I have no real feelings positive or negative about Edey. I’m just not sure claiming the guy who was head and shoulders (literally) above everyone else in the NPOY race is terrible at basketball is very intelligent. Especially in a game where his team shot 35% from the field and had 16 turnovers where Edey was 7/11 for 21 points and 15 rebounds, just 2 turnovers despite being guarded by 5 all game. If you really believe he’s bad at basketball you aren’t very smart. Which you’ve proven with your defensive three second complaints.

I've watched a lot of Purdue basketball over the last several years. I've probably watched 40+ games since Edey's freshman year. I'm admittedly not in the "knows ball" club, but the progress Edey has made is really impressive. He is a completely different player than he was as a freshman. His footwork is much, much better and he's developed a number of shots. He's a quality big man at this point and to say he's terrible just shows a lot of ignorance (and also quite a lot of ego since he's the odds on favorite to win NPOY). There's no question that he's still a work in progress and needs to develop more skills. But, if he continues to improve at the rate he has improved over the last three seasons -- which isn't a given -- he'll make a pretty good living playing basketball for a while. He'd have been a force in the NBA about 20-30 years ago, but the game has changed quite a bit and doesn't really favor his particular skills (one of which is being an absolutely massive human being).

[mugrad_89]

First round upsets are fun, but they can make for some lousy second round games.

[Jockey]

Wades

No he didn’t.

Wades knows basketball. You don’t.

[StillAWarrior]

That’s an insane comment. Your reaction to a team losing is to blame the guy who had the best game. Not his crappy teammates. Not his garbage coach.

I've been saying for several weeks that they were in trouble. Despite being a Purdue fan -- and someone who is prone to over-optimism when filling out brackets -- I had Purdue losing in the Sweet 16. I wanted the rematch, but was pretty sure Purdue wouldn't survive to see it.

They relied heavily on a couple of freshman guards. Those two haven't been as effective in the last couple weeks.