2024 NCAA Tournament Thread

[forgetful]

I don't think Sheyer is much of a coach. One shot all day for Fillipowski? He was half a foot taller than anyone who guarded him. They doubled the post but still...

That was my first time watching Fillipowski, I wasn't impressed. He seemed slow, struggled getting up and down the court at times (maybe he's not 100%), and didn't do a great job establishing position against smaller players.

Maybe it was an off game, but not impressed, given the hype around him.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

Enjoyed watching the JMU player bounce the ball off the Badger's head. Is Floppy McNutpuncher on the Badger bench?

[MuggsyB]

Enjoyed watching the JMU player bounce the ball off the Badger's head. Is Floppy McNutpuncher on the Badger bench?

That was sweet! 

[Tyler COLEk]

Filipowski hasn't been the same since that criminal brutality against him during that court storm.

[mugrad_89]

Filipowski hasn't been the same since that criminal brutality against him during that court storm.

To be fair, he did have to get his leg amputated.

[MuggsyB]

Great ball pressure by JMU early. 

[tower912]

Speed killing the Badgers.

[Uncle Rico]

Badgers win would help the Marquette cause

[MuggsyB]

JMU should be up more.  Bricking from distance and in general. 

[Uncle Rico]

JMU should be up more.  Bricking from distance and in general.

Badgers win this by 25.  Gard gets it done in March

[cheebs09]

Gard complaining about refs already was fun.

[mugrad_89]

And here I thought Western Kentucky played helter skelter.

[MuggsyB]

Gard complaining about refs already was fun.

Lol.  That was a beauty. 

[MuggsyB]

Badgers win this by 25.  Gard gets it done in March

Very upsetting stretch for JMU. 

[Uncle Rico]

Very upsetting stretch for JMU.

JMU coach can't match up against Gard.  Gard just gets it done

[romey]

Question is off-topic, but it didn't makes sense (to me, at least) to create a new thread.

In the past, pretty much any time a player fell and hit the ground in possession of the ball, it was called a travel. And they certainly couldn't slide or roll with the ball. In recent years -- this season in particular -- this isn't getting called. It seems like they never call the falling player, and I've even seen some guys cover a fair amount of ground sliding without getting called. Was there an actual rule change? Or have refs just changed the way they are calling that?

I've noticed this a lot lately as well.  So I reached out to a buddy who has been a high school ref in Georgia for 35 years.  He said the rule is if you have possession and you fall down and slide, it's a travel because you've lost your pivot foot.  If you don't have the ball and you dive for a loose ball and slide while you have possession, it is NOT a travel because you haven't established a "pivot foot."  You can literally slide six feet, and until your momentum is stopped, there is no travel.  If you then try to get up, it's a travel.  I may not have explained as well as he did, but that's gist of it.

[GB Warrior]

JMU gets virtually every loose ball. Fun team to watch.

[GoldenEagles03]

James Madison should be winning by more.

UW should feel ok to be down just 7.

[Uncle Rico]

James Madison should be winning by more.

UW should feel ok to be down just 7.

Gard just gets it done

[MuggsyB]

James Madison should be winning by more.

UW should feel ok to be down just 7.

No doubt.  Complete lack of focus. 

[Judge Smails]

Gard is ugly

[FairWeatherEagle]

James Madison is no 12 seed.

[Tyler COLEk]

Interesting performance for the Badgers so far.

[CountryRoads]

Gard just gets it done

By far the team I'm worried the most about in South Region. They have a good chance to cut down nets in Phoenix.

[mugrad_89]

Bucky putting on an offensive clinic.