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tennbengal wrote: Sat Mar 17, 2018 4:54 pm Buffalo warming up from 3. And hitting 40 footers.
Fuck, nobody told me they had another game. Oh well, it was fun caring about the tournament for a minute. How bad was Buffalo?
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They played well just didn’t have their legs insecond half. Our size disrupted a lot of shots. Very good team.
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sancarlos wrote: Sat Mar 17, 2018 7:40 pm So, as Loyola is celebrating on the TV screen, my wife walks in the room and says, "So, is March Madness finally over, now?"
has this been the longest three days of your wife's life or something
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A_B wrote: Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:41 pm They played well just didn’t have their legs insecond half. Our size disrupted a lot of shots. Very good team.
Thanks, I guess that's the best I could hope for out of a loss.
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Sick of seeing that kid with the stupid manbun. Justice.
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One of the most annoying games I've ever sat through. Amazing finish. Survive and advance, but geez louise.
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brian wrote: Sat Mar 17, 2018 11:20 pm Sick of seeing that kid with the stupid manbun. Justice.
Fuck that it’s his little brother.
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:29 am One of the most annoying games I've ever sat through. Amazing finish. Survive and advance, but geez louise.
Gave that six seed all they could handle! Plucky!
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Giff wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:13 am
brian wrote: Sat Mar 17, 2018 11:20 pm Sick of seeing that kid with the stupid manbun. Justice.
Fuck that it’s his little brother.
Doesn't mean I want to keep seeing him for another weekend.
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It fucks up my bracket, but fuck you MSU and Tom Izzo. Fucking dirtbag.
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 4:17 pm It fucks up my bracket, but fuck you MSU and Tom Izzo. Fucking dirtbag.
I just came here to post the same thing.
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Pruitt wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 4:17 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 4:17 pm It fucks up my bracket, but fuck you MSU and Tom Izzo. Fucking dirtbag.
I just came here to post the same thing.
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LOL MSU. Always.
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aTm is a bad match up for unc...until their guards get jealous of the big guys being good and start trying to do too much.
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Wow. That’s an all time comeback/collapse
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Anyone who didn't think Clemson would win this game by 40 just wasn't paying attention
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Never considered UMBCs coach was a legacy.
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Boy, that UMBC-Kansas State game was just atrocious.
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The fuck. No favorite is safe
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This tournament is dumb. Also the city of Cincinnati sports curse is a real thing.
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A_B wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:05 pm The fuck. No favorite is safe
Favorite to make the title game is now Kentucky? Gonzaga?
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degenerasian wrote: Sat Mar 17, 2018 11:55 am On one side
A bettor at Las Vegas sportsbook operator CG Technology on Friday placed a $20,000 money-line parlay on three heavy favorites in the NCAA tournament for a chance to win a net $870.

The bet: North Carolina, Purdue and ... Virginia.
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Read an article about these guys...they took the winnings each dropped $200 on roulette just for giggles and hit.
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tennbengal wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:25 pm This tournament is dumb. Also the city of Cincinnati sports curse is a real thing.
Does Mick Cronin know he can recruit players who can score?
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:16 am
tennbengal wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:25 pm This tournament is dumb. Also the city of Cincinnati sports curse is a real thing.
Does Mick Cronin know he can recruit players who can score?
Also, Xavier getting bounced early was so predictable. They had a good W/L record, based on unsustainable close game luck. But Villanova also ran them off the floor twice, so it was pretty clear Xavier was not #1 seed material. Other than Villanova, who is obviously a legit contender, I don’t think the Big East was good enough this year to warrant Xavier’s rank or seed.
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:16 am
tennbengal wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:25 pm This tournament is dumb. Also the city of Cincinnati sports curse is a real thing.
Does Mick Cronin know he can recruit players who can score?
Coming from a Syracuse fan, that's a good one. LOL. Glad my city sports pain is funny to folks.
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tennbengal wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:47 am
DSafetyGuy wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:16 am
tennbengal wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:25 pm This tournament is dumb. Also the city of Cincinnati sports curse is a real thing.
Does Mick Cronin know he can recruit players who can score?
Coming from a Syracuse fan, that's a good one. LOL. Glad my city sports pain is funny to folks.
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Those are Ken Pomeroy's adjusted offense ratings for Cincinnati each year under Cronin. Average is 92.6.

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Those are Syracuse's (average 45, even being down a couple scholarships the last few years). But, I guess our gimmick defense is enough to carry a mediocre offense when needed.

And my mockery of Cronin's offensive awareness isn't new.
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And for the record, I think the thread to check in on Shirley after Friday night's loss by Virginia was lame. I don't remember all the threads to check on brian when the Lions went 0-16... or for AB and Sabo when the Browns did the same.

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Joe K wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:35 am
DSafetyGuy wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:16 am
tennbengal wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:25 pm This tournament is dumb. Also the city of Cincinnati sports curse is a real thing.
Does Mick Cronin know he can recruit players who can score?
Also, Xavier getting bounced early was so predictable. They had a good W/L record, based on unsustainable close game luck. But Villanova also ran them off the floor twice, so it was pretty clear Xavier was not #1 seed material. Other than Villanova, who is obviously a legit contender, I don’t think the Big East was good enough this year to warrant Xavier’s rank or seed.

(As someone with a very parochial interest in this part of the bracket, part of the reason MI fans were happy to be shipped out west was the reality that Xavier was the softest #1 seed. The fact that UNC got knocked off last night is a pretty remarkable turn of events. Not that folks should be cocky, because the Wolverines have played two pretty shitty games (offensively) to this point.)
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Besides, isn’t half of Cincinnati happy when UC loses and the other half happy when Xavier loses?

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My God, people are fucking stupid.
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:13 pm And for the record, I think the thread to check in on Shirley after Friday night's loss by Virginia was lame. I don't remember all the threads to check on brian when the Lions went 0-16... or for AB and Sabo when the Browns did the same.

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DSafetyGuy wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:13 pm And for the record, I think the thread to check in on Shirley after Friday night's loss by Virginia was lame. I don't remember all the threads to check on brian when the Lions went 0-16... or for AB and Sabo when the Browns did the same.

If you can't handle a joke (or in this case, a joking question) at the expense of your preferred sports team, maybe sports fandom isn't for you.

we're comparing a one and done loss by a top team in a 64-team tournament to a terrible football team losing 16 times?
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I would also have made a support thread for Donald Trump if the miracle on ice happened Friday night so
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Brontoburglar wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 5:06 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:13 pm And for the record, I think the thread to check in on Shirley after Friday night's loss by Virginia was lame. I don't remember all the threads to check on brian when the Lions went 0-16... or for AB and Sabo when the Browns did the same.

If you can't handle a joke (or in this case, a joking question) at the expense of your preferred sports team, maybe sports fandom isn't for you.

we're comparing a one and done loss by a top team in a 64-team tournament to a terrible football team losing 16 times?
I was going for "groundbreaking sports failure that will live on forever", but I doubt there is any accurate comparison to merit Swamp sympathy, as usually the really good teams are not in positions to have that happen because almost every other competition requires "being a very good team" to be in the competition.

In any case, it's just a fucking game and not something with "real life" consequences for him, like losing his job.
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Is he not right though? Maybe I'm just used to a lifetime's worth of dumb jokes about the Lions, but it is just a game and if you can't suck it up during the bad times, especially the REALLY bad times, then you don't deserve to celebrate during the good times.
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