2014 NCAA Tourney Thread

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 12:44 pm

howard wrote:This game is Dayton's for the taking. Somehow they refuse to pick it up and place it in their pocket. American had a nice 18 minutes.

It's midnight for America(n), huh?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:02 pm

I don't feel like jumping on a guys back, even during a loose ball, should be legal.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:05 pm

American is looking so bad you would think this was the Ryder Cup

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:07 pm

To be fair, tOSU keeps kicking the game right back to the Flyers. Very gritty intentional foul to set the dynamic for the last 2.5 minutes (in Dayton's favor.)

ETA: until Flyers give it right back. This is hideous, yet exciting.

ETAA: is there just no such thing is as traveling in hoops anymore? Just shuffle your feet, then take another two steps.

ETAAA: Had Dayton used the clock/ball discipline they've shown the last two possessions when tied, for the one possession they had with a four point lead, this game would be well in hand. Now, miss two FTs. My goodness, why would anyone ever want to coach college hoops?

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:09 pm

Well my Buffs fandom is not off to a good start.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:12 pm

Rush2112 wrote:Well my Buffs fandom is not off to a good start.

I'm sure they will reach double figures before the half is out. Well, kinda sure.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:13 pm

Minute to go, 66 seconds left. Five total timeouts between the two teams. 2:12 on my computer's time. O/U 9.5 minutes.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:13 pm

Rush2112 wrote:Well my Buffs fandom is not off to a good start.

They were over seeded but I hoped they would at least show up. Their best player tore his ACL a couple months ago and it's been tough since then.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:16 pm

I'm sorry, maybe my old-man-bitchiness has moved into another gear, maybe it is just first game of the tourney enthusiasm. But this tOSU-Dayton game is just chock-full of horrible basketballing.

ETA: How can you possibly allow that little ball of grit to get to the hole? Have you no pride?

ETAA: Hey, I'm a fan of this kid, despite the tough white guy hype. Aaron Craft played his ass off. Oops, and he is done. Grit don't substitute for slow feet on defense--gritty would've been to force your man to the middle on that drive, son.

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:23 pm

Hell yeah.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:24 pm

Verne's about to cry about Ohio State losing.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:25 pm

AB_skin_test wrote:Verne's about to cry about Ohio State losing.

In case you missed it, that's not a joke.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:27 pm

Nope. Dead serious.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:30 pm

I certainly don't know that the Miller brother is a good coach (and he did coach under Matta, so prob not) but Matta did nothing to dispel the notion that he mismanages things regularly.

If you have a stud offensive player to put the ball in his hands win or lose, fine. But craft ain't that kinda guy, IMO, regardless of him doing it before.

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:33 pm

This is begging for a Photoshop job.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:40 pm

Is there a rule that requires that Charles Barkley be featured in every other commercial?

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:41 pm

Saw on Twitter that the Ohio State loss eliminated 92 percent of the brackets entered into the billion dollar bracket contest.

I'm still in it until the Pitt-Colorado game wraps up.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:43 pm

Nice start to the tourney. Timed my lunch hour with the second half of Dayton/tOSU.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:44 pm

Man I hate Mick Cronin.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:49 pm

Is Bo Ryan a good game manager? (Or do we get the answer to that question this year, since these Badgers have more athleticism than past squads?)

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:52 pm

howard wrote:Is Bo Ryan a good game manager? (Or do we get the answer to that question this year, since these Badgers have more athleticism than past squads?)

He's terrible. I fully expect them to lose in the next round.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:58 pm

Sorry for talking shit about CU and their lack of first half scoring (18 points.) American scored 13 points in the second half of their game.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:01 pm

sancarlos wrote:
Rush2112 wrote:Well my Buffs fandom is not off to a good start.
They were over seeded but I hoped they would at least show up. Their best player tore his ACL a couple months ago and it's been tough since then.

They haven't really been an offensive juggernaught since he got hurt, but this is sad.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:01 pm

Nice of the Committee to give Syracuse a couple home games.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:02 pm

With the injury on the floor of the Harvard-Cinn game, all four games are in commercial.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:04 pm

sancarlos wrote:Nice of the Committee to give Syracuse a couple home games.

Following the typical ACC first/second round template. Big team that draws well? Well you have a maximum travel radius of 150 miles.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:05 pm

Rush2112 wrote:
sancarlos wrote:Nice of the Committee to give Syracuse a couple home games.
Following the typical ACC first/second round template. Big team that draws well? Well you have a maximum travel radius of 150 miles.

Eh. They do that for a lot of teams in the pod system. They typically try to keep top 3-4 seeds close to home.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:06 pm

howard wrote:With the injury on the floor of the Harvard-Cinn game, all four games are in commercial.

Made more impressive by there being only 3 games currently on air.

;)

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:19 pm

At the time I noticed, 4/4. But college hoops aren't as bad as other sports, with the q4min tv time out. The NBA annoys me much more.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:22 pm

howard wrote:At the time I noticed, 4/4. But college hoops aren't as bad as other sports, with the q4min tv time out. The NBA annoys me much more.

If the NBA didn't give you the half court bump I don't think they would bog down as often as they do.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:30 pm

Cincinnati doing some sniping at each other. Bet it was a testy locker room.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:31 pm

Doug Gottleib is a jerk.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:50 pm

If Harvard can pull this out I hope Duke loses early so people can start clamoring that Coach K is over the hill.

I mean, I hope Duke loses early no matter what.

Edit: For some reason I completely blacked out on Amaker's disappointing Michigan tenure. He's probably just set for life at Harvard at this point.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 3:10 pm

AB_skin_test wrote:Man I hate Mick Cronin.

Someday, he'll find out he can recruit players who can score.

AB_skin_test wrote:
Rush2112 wrote:
sancarlos wrote:Nice of the Committee to give Syracuse a couple home games.
Following the typical ACC first/second round template. Big team that draws well? Well you have a maximum travel radius of 150 miles.
Eh. They do that for a lot of teams in the pod system. They typically try to keep top 3-4 seeds close to home.

AB is right that the committee does their best to "protect" the top 3-4 seeds in each region.

Funny how this was not a complaint when Syracuse was a four-seed who got shipped to San Jose last year in a pod with California, who was the 12-seed, but probably got no help from the crowd when winning their opener by three.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 3:17 pm

Harvard might want to put that Quebecois kid back in, to like, you know, score some points.

ETA: And the rusty dagger, thrust by the frenchy, rattles out.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 3:42 pm

Lower seed 3-1 so far.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 3:58 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote:
AB_skin_test wrote:Man I hate Mick Cronin.
Someday, he'll find out he can recruit players who can score.

Huggins never did figure that out either.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:08 pm

AB_skin_test wrote:
Rush2112 wrote:
sancarlos wrote:Nice of the Committee to give Syracuse a couple home games.
Following the typical ACC first/second round template. Big team that draws well? Well you have a maximum travel radius of 150 miles.
Eh. They do that for a lot of teams in the pod system. They typically try to keep top 3-4 seeds close to home.

I've never heard any griping about Kansas being sent to Kansas City.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:32 pm

Let's Go Danes!

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:34 pm

Brontoburglar wrote:
I've never heard any griping about Kansas being sent to Kansas City.

I doubt anyone in the KC metro area would speak ill of this. Though if Kansas and Mizzou were both high seeds and one got sent to Spokane while the other stayed at home you hear otherwise.