2024 NCAA Tournament Thread

[jesmu84]

Depends on who you are rooting for.

Isn't that an objective call?

[lawdog77]

Is it me, or is Samson Johnson a constant moving screen? Also, I dont think Jay Wright goes to Great Clips.

[tower912]

Many things confusing tonight.  What is a foul?   What does it take to be called for a travel?  Samson moving screen? 

[jesmu84]

Many things confusing tonight.  What is a foul?   What does it take to be called for a travel?  Samson moving screen?

Refs sure look like they're guessing/anticipating a ton

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Some ghost calls the last couple minutes here.

[tower912]

And big hits not called.

[MuggsyB]

UCONN can beat you in so many different ways. The fact that they have 4 turns tonight is amazing. 

[tower912]

UConn v Purdue.  Clingan v Edey.

[MuggsyB]

UConn v Purdue.  Clingan v Edey.

Purdue's others (except Jones) will have to play much better than they did today. 

[tower912]

That has been the question and challenge since Purdue lost to FDU.

[NickelDimer]

Not even sure Purdue keeps it close

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Sears is punk.

[jesmu84]

Not even sure Purdue keeps it close

Edey>Clingan.

Otherwise, UConn>Purdue.

We'll see

[jesmu84]

Sears is punk.

That was weird

[tower912]

In the last two seasons, UConn has lost 1 game outside the Big East.

[MuggsyB]

Not even sure Purdue keeps it close

Edey has to totally dominate.  That means getting Clingan off the floor with fouls and Purdue winning big at the FT line. 

[Johnny B]

In the last two seasons, UConn has lost 1 game outside the Big East.

Kansas wohooohoo yay trivia

[MuggsyB]

I'm guessing UCONN will be favored by 7.5. 

[NickelDimer]

UConn is going to make Edey's life hell and they have the size to matchup 1 v 1. Unless UConn has some horrific shooting night they win by 15+

[MuggsyB]

UConn is going to make Edey's life hell and they have the size to matchup 1 v 1. Unless UConn has some horrific shooting night they win by 15+

Braden Smith will need to wake up. 

[DoctorV]

You're missing the fact that we weren't in the game essentially until a little bit of a run late.  Kam scored most of his points   when we were down substantially, including buckets in the paint.  We essentially got zilch from 3 starters and 2 bench players.  And if we were so effective from 2, why did we take more threes?

Muggs-

It seemed that, from very early in this season, Marquette would be destined to have a horrific 3P shooting night in a must win elimination game.

Maybe it was just me, but I brought it up several times leading up to March. I said that there would come a day in an elimination game where Marquette would run into a very cold night from the outside and would need to get creative and find a way to survive and advance.

It did not find that way.

I felt that it would come because we had seen it so many times before, albeit moreso earlier in the season than later.
Credit to NCSt and its coach here- it was almost as if they were daring Marquette to continue to shoot from 3 by playing them in a way that gave MU the outside shot, and Marquette continued to take the dare to no avail. Reminded me of how coach Shaka seemed to successfully game plan against Illinois in Champaign.

I had higher hopes as the season went on that
A) the cold shooting night wouldn't be AS cold as we had seen on several occasions early in the season and
B) that Marquettes role players were ready to step up in this exact scenario to help the team survive and advance.
I especially felt very confident in this because of the larger roles many guys saw due to injuries in the last month of the season.

Alas, some of them didn't even get the chance to help, and the ones that did weren't able to help much.
Instead, clank, x misses yet another open 3.

All you can do it try to become more well rounded as a team for the next time around, in the next elimination game when things aren't going your way and you have to get creative and use all the, dare I say medieval weapons you've got in your arsenal to pull out the dub.

[Zog from Margo]

Edey>Clingan.

Otherwise, UConn>Purdue.

We'll see

Edey is better than Clingan in some respects, but there's a reason clingan will get drafted before Edey. Clingan is much more mobile.

[forgetful]

The Purdue v. NC State game had interesting statistics.

NC State did what they did all season, dared teams to shoot open 3's. It bit them this time. Purdue hits 40%

Purdue also had Edey, who went 9-14 from 2.

They did stop others from scoring 2's though, Purdue players not name Edey went 3-16 from 2.

NC State had a lucky run, where other teams weren't hitting on 3's they normally do. Luck ran out.

[MUDPT]

Muggs-

It seemed that, from very early in this season, Marquette would be destined to have a horrific 3P shooting night in a must win elimination game.

Maybe it was just me, but I brought it up several times leading up to March. I said that there would come a day in an elimination game where Marquette would run into a very cold night from the outside and would need to get creative and find a way to survive and advance.

It did not find that way.

I felt that it would come because we had seen it so many times before, albeit moreso earlier in the season than later.
Credit to NCSt and its coach here- it was almost as if they were daring Marquette to continue to shoot from 3 by playing them in a way that gave MU the outside shot, and Marquette continued to take the dare to no avail. Reminded me of how coach Shaka seemed to successfully game plan against Illinois in Champaign.

I had higher hopes as the season went on that
A) the cold shooting night wouldn't be AS cold as we had seen on several occasions early in the season and
B) that Marquettes role players were ready to step up in this exact scenario to help the team survive and advance.
I especially felt very confident in this because of the larger roles many guys saw due to injuries in the last month of the season.

Alas, some of them didn't even get the chance to help, and the ones that did weren't able to help much.
Instead, clank, x misses yet another open 3.

All you can do it try to become more well rounded as a team for the next time around, in the next elimination game when things aren't going your way and you have to get creative and use all the, dare I say medieval weapons you've got in your arsenal to pull out the dub.

Marquette shot 11 more free throws, despite being down the entire game. This is nonsense.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Edey>Clingan.

Otherwise, UConn>Purdue.

We'll see

Edey ~ Clingan
UConn guards >>> Purdue guards