2024 NCAA Tournament Thread

[tower912]

Foul discrepancy in the Houston TAMU game is spectacular. 

[RushmoreAcademy]

Grand Canyon gonna be kicking themselves for awhile with the opportunity they had there.

[The Sultan]

So unless Yale wins tonight, the only non-power conference school surviving is Gonzaga.

Very chalky second round.

EDIT: San Diego State too, but they're a 5-seed just like the Zags.

[rocket surgeon]

GCU is 23 for 37 on free throws with four front end misses.  Thats not a good thing.

  they matter...do the math

[MuggsyB]

Nope.  The mid major lost to a better team

An Antelope's average speed is about 50-60 mph Tower.  Pronghorns in particular are tier 1AA athletes with insane endurance.  GCU did not live up to their responsibilities. 

[Badgerhater]

The Fighting Buzzards are giving Houston all they can handle.

[GB Warrior]

  they matter...do the math

Not really GCU's forte

[The Sultan]

  they matter...do the math

If they would have shot their normal FT percentage, they still would have lost.

If they would have shot their normal EFG, they win easy.

That's the math.

[MuggsyB]

  they matter...do the math

FT's matter not based on the black and white analytics.  It's about when you make or don't make them.  And it's not just at the obvious times like Jop today.  If a team is down 8 for example, and their opponent is on a 15-0 run, missing two is like missing 4 or 6.  Momentum is not a stat but absolutely plays a roll in the outcome of games.

[Lennys Tap]

FT's matter not based on the black and white analytics.  It's about when you make or don't make them.  And it's not just at the obvious times like Jop today.  If a team is down 8 for example, and their opponent is on a 15-0 run, missing two is like missing 4 or 6.  Momentum is not a stat but absolutely plays a roll in the outcome of games.

Do they count as points? If so, they matter.

[MuggsyB]

I'm sorry, and maybe it's me, but I do not find the TNT NBA crew particularly amusing or interesting with regards to college hoops.  I have thought Smith and Barkley were really bad for about a decade. 

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Not really GCU's forte

Exactly.

Math majors at CGU? Nope Lopes.

[MuggsyB]

Do they count as points? If so, they matter.

So if a team is down 10 with 8 mins left in the 2H, and they go to the line and brick 2, you don't think that matters?  If they were 14-14 before that it's okay because their percentage for the game is still really good?  When you score matters.  That's all I'm saying Lwnny. 

[MuggsyB]

That was a terrible charge call against A&M. 

[ATL MU Warrior]

I'm sorry, and maybe it's me, but I do not find the TNT NBA crew particularly amusing or interesting with regards to college hoops.  I have thought Smith and Barkley were really bad for about a decade.

It's you

[The Sultan]

Do they count as points? If so, they matter.

Of course they matter in that objective way. The point is they don't matter nearly as much as many other happenings during a game.

[MuggsyB]

Of course they matter in that objective way. The point is they don't matter nearly as much as many other happenings during a game.

I can accept that.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

A&M 11-24 from the line?  Yikes.

[MuggsyB]

A&M 11-24 from the line?  Yikes.

Ouch. 

[MuggsyB]

Yale is struggling to put it mildly. 

[MU82]

Hou-Tamu is borderline unwatchable.

[FairWeatherEagle]

IF the late scores hold the S-16 will deviate from chalk via two-5s, a 6 and an 11. The other 12 teams what you expect. Rounds seem to have a way of winnowing out the seeds.

One good omen is our region's 1 is not pounding their opponent like the others (though Duke looks tough).

Anyway, let's dispatch the last double digit and get on with it.

[MuggsyB]

Been a dud two rounds minus Marquette to tell you the truth.  The S16 match-ups should be much better. 

[Daniel]

A and M giving Houston nightmares.  Buzz hanging tough.  86-83 Houston with 42 seconds!

[Oldgym]

Buzz's bunch gonna have the ball with a chance to tie.  10 seconds left.