2021 NCAA Tournament

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Oregon averaged 1.41 PPP in the first half. God damn...
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Monday hoops?
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brian wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:04 pm Oregon averaged 1.41 PPP in the first half. God damn...
7 mins to go and the over has been busted
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Siri, what's the opposite of Virginia basketball?
Totally Kafkaesque
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I think my two national title game teams being knocked out before the Sweet 16 is a personal record.
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Iowa's gonna go for 90 and still lose by 20.
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Giving up a dunk every possession probably doesn't help.
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Shirley wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:58 pm Siri, what's the opposite of Virginia basketball?
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Timme's facial hair is fantastic. Well paired with the headband. Also I know he is a forward but expect him to play more like a forward. Then I see him basically face guarding his responsibility at the 3-point line.
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Also is looking very 70s rock band member (long hair shaggy beard)...but his media guide pictures make him him appear to be doing the Larry Bird look alike contest.
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edit--apparently I am not the first person to make that comparison
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 2:26 pm Timme's facial hair is fantastic. Well paired with the headband. Also I know he is a forward but expect him to play more like a forward. Then I see him basically face guarding his responsibility at the 3-point line.
Timme's footwork is so good.
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The last minute of that game only makes sense if you know that the spread was -15.5
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Rex wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:50 pm The last minute of that game only makes sense if you know that the spread was -15.5
I did! It matters to someone!
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Having seen a bunch of it here I have to say TSNs NCAA Tournament coverage is embarrassingly good.
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It was fun while it lasted.
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It’s not a question of if Will Wade gets busted by the NCAA it’s really only a question of when and where.
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That was a regular season quit from LSU. Weird. Seldom see teams not foul down 8 with 30+ seconds left in the tournament.
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Yeah.. That was fucking weird. I mean, blah blah obvious thing I'd say...

But there was a lot of time left when they backed off.
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Is it possible Bill Walton is a prophet?
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brian wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:38 pm Is it possible Bill Walton is a prophet?
It has been estimated...
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Sweet 16 games are on Saturday/Sunday, not Thursday/Friday. Very strange.
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It’s so there aren’t any more mid-weekday games, right?
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brian wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:24 pm That was a regular season quit from LSU. Weird. Seldom see teams not foul down 8 with 30+ seconds left in the tournament.
Yeah, I questioned this in real time as well. Had to at least do one more foul there and see how it plays out.
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So when are the Elite 8 games? Next monday and Tuesday?
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tennbengal wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:40 am So when are the Elite 8 games? Next monday and Tuesday?
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:41 pm
Sweet 16 games are on Saturday/Sunday, not Thursday/Friday. Very strange.
Again, all COVID-related. Need at least five days in between each set of rounds for testing and travel protocols.
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brian wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:51 am
DaveInSeattle wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:41 pm
Sweet 16 games are on Saturday/Sunday, not Thursday/Friday. Very strange.
Again, all COVID-related. Need at least five days in between each set of rounds for testing and travel protocols.
I'm surprised only one team had to withdraw.
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Whoever runs A-10 basketball should be out over that. Just fucking embarrassing.
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Interesting. Last time this happened we got a Final Four with Penn and Indiana State.

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brian wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:51 am
DaveInSeattle wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:41 pm
Sweet 16 games are on Saturday/Sunday, not Thursday/Friday. Very strange.
Again, all COVID-related. Need at least five days in between each set of rounds for testing and travel protocols.
But teams aren't travelling.

I wonder....if the NCAA is using the Covid 'opportunity' to test out if having Sweet 16 games on the weekend, and then Regional Finals on Monday/Tuesday, will give them a bump in ratings.

Is the Final Four still set for Saturday/Monday?
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brian wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 11:06 am Interesting. Last time this happened we got a Final Four with Penn and Indiana State.
Along with DePaul and Michigan State.

One time a friend and I, on a long road trip, tried to remember as many final fours as we could. It was scary how many we could get all four teams. Those years of reading SI paid off.
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 11:12 am
brian wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 11:06 am Interesting. Last time this happened we got a Final Four with Penn and Indiana State.
Along with DePaul and Michigan State.

One time a friend and I, on a long road trip, tried to remember as many final fours as we could. It was scary how many we could get all four teams. Those years of reading SI paid off.
The famous Magic and Bird Final Four. In Salt Lake City.

That was the Final Four that got me into college hoops. But because of DePaul, not Magic and Bird

DePaul was so dominant those next few years ... and lost their opening game as a number one seed in 1980, and 1981, *and* 1982.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Yeah, but I have to believe the testing protocol is still partly to blame. Also with all surviving teams having to remain in the bubble I assume they just decided to make it a uniform five days between each set of rounds (since yes, the national semifinals/final is still on the usual Saturday/Monday schedule).
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Damn I just realized even that isn't right. Who the fuck knows then. (The semifinal/final is Saturday/Monday, but that's only three days between the final Elite 8 game and semis.)
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 11:09 am
brian wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:51 am
DaveInSeattle wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:41 pm
Sweet 16 games are on Saturday/Sunday, not Thursday/Friday. Very strange.
Again, all COVID-related. Need at least five days in between each set of rounds for testing and travel protocols.
But teams aren't travelling.

I wonder....if the NCAA is using the Covid 'opportunity' to test out if having Sweet 16 games on the weekend, and then Regional Finals on Monday/Tuesday, will give them a bump in ratings.

Is the Final Four still set for Saturday/Monday?
Probably scheduling around Passover and the impacts it will have to ratings. I mean had BYU won they would have scheduled around their game time, so it clearly is respect for religious observance.
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brian wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:51 am
DaveInSeattle wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:41 pm
Sweet 16 games are on Saturday/Sunday, not Thursday/Friday. Very strange.
Again, all COVID-related. Need at least five days in between each set of rounds for testing and travel protocols.
They set it up so if a player/coach had tested positive prior to traveling for the first round and needed to quarantine (Geno Auriemma, for example), they could do so, then be eligible to travel and join the team during the Sweet 16, should their team still be playing.
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Oregon State on pace to score 8 points in this game.
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They’re really wasting the great Kevin Harlan on this game.
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Pac 12 guaranteed at least two teams in Elite Eight.
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