NCAA Basketball 23-24

[Giff]

The dick tweet have anyone else rooting against Houston?

Yes.

[Giff]

The dick tweet have anyone else rooting against Houston?

Ok, here’s the part where we have to inquire wtf you’re talking about.

I’ve seen several jokes like this:

[mister d]

Harcum College should go D1.

[sancarlos]

Based on the five minutes I’ve watched (and, perhaps the wine I’ve drunk), I’d say James Madison is going to beat Wisconsin.

[sancarlos]

Longwood looks a bit flaccid.

[Giff]

Based on the five minutes I’ve watched (and, perhaps the wine I’ve drunk), I’d say James Madison is going to beat Wisconsin.

I hope you’re right. Texas State played them tough til the end in the SBC tourney and that’s really all I have to hang my hat on where my alma mater’s basketball team is concerned.

[mister d]

Wisconsin is +260 which is a lot higher than I would have guessed so it seems like the books agree.

[Jerloma]

Trying to figure out whether to take NC State over Oakland in my eliminator pool tomorrow. I really only watch PC games in detail but holy fuck,,,their season is crazy! What is going on there?

[mister d]

If 20 of us went into 20 private rooms tasked to watch that JMU kid’s interview and pinpoint the exact moment he stopped himself from saying something newsworthy, I’m positive we’d all be within fractions of a fraction of a second.

[brian]

This is the 87th review in the last two minutes of the Grand Canyon game.

[Shirley]

I saw duke wearing those and though it was great cause the utility. Didn't realize it was generic. Works way better duke.

Big Duke Energy

[Shirley]

Based on the five minutes I’ve watched (and, perhaps the wine I’ve drunk), I’d say James Madison is going to beat Wisconsin.

They looked like the better team all night. Very impressive.

[A_B]

Looking forward to gohkle going 1-13 today.

[sancarlos]

[Shirley]

That's a sweet thing to do for a small school like Yale that simply doesn't have the financial resources of so many larger D-1 programs.

[A_B]

That's a sweet thing to do for a small school like Yale that simply doesn't have the financial resources of so many larger D-1 programs.

And they get their expenses covered before payouts I think. They just didn’t expect to win!

[sancarlos]

Its actually 5-0, but the point stands…

[A_B]

Was he counting the Arizona Win today? I don’t know how many bids they have.

[DaveInSeattle]

That was 20 minutes of really high level basketball, by both teams. Fun to watch.

[brian]

The word “they” is doing a lot of work in that tweet. He realizes it’s the universities themselves that did most of the “killing”.

There’s blame to be had at the commissioners office to be sure but this was more about the greed (and yes, insecurity) of the member schools who decided to bolt. There wasn’t a guy or cabal twirling their mustache.

[sancarlos]

The word “they” is doing a lot of work in that tweet. He realizes it’s the universities themselves that did most of the “killing”.

There’s blame to be had at the commissioners office to be sure but this was more about the greed (and yes, insecurity) of the member schools who decided to bolt. There wasn’t a guy or cabal twirling their mustache.

I think the biggest issue was that they never had a decent TV contract. You couldn’t see the Pac 12 network on DirecTV, Comcast, YouTubeTV and others. That really limited the money.

[EnochRoot]

Interesting how a felled Gonzaga player clearly in pain doesn’t warrant a stoppage of play like when FAU’s Goldin flopped like he was on a broadway stage yesterday. Hell, that whistle stopped a Northwestern fast break.

Good to see the rules are applied consistently, whatever they are.

[EnochRoot]

The word “they” is doing a lot of work in that tweet. He realizes it’s the universities themselves that did most of the “killing”.

There’s blame to be had at the commissioners office to be sure but this was more about the greed (and yes, insecurity) of the member schools who decided to bolt. There wasn’t a guy or cabal twirling their mustache.

I think the biggest issue was that they never had a decent TV contract. You couldn’t see the Pac 12 network on DirecTV, Comcast, YouTubeTV and others. That really limited the money.

Big East fans from back in the day would tell you ESPN wheels and deals a lot of this stuff.

[Giff]

Interesting how a felled Gonzaga player clearly in pain doesn’t warrant a stoppage of play like when FAU’s Goldin flopped like he was on a broadway stage yesterday. Hell, that whistle stopped a Northwestern fast break.

Good to see the rules are applied consistently, whatever they are.

First time watching referees in literally any sport?

[L-Jam3]

I don’t know about the rest of you, but seeing ads with collegiate players puts a smile on my face.

[brian]

The word “they” is doing a lot of work in that tweet. He realizes it’s the universities themselves that did most of the “killing”.

There’s blame to be had at the commissioners office to be sure but this was more about the greed (and yes, insecurity) of the member schools who decided to bolt. There wasn’t a guy or cabal twirling their mustache.

I think the biggest issue was that they never had a decent TV contract. You couldn’t see the Pac 12 network on DirecTV, Comcast, YouTubeTV and others. That really limited the money.

For sure, but even there the issues aren’t even necessarily the fault of the league administrators (though much of it was!)

The Pac 12 contracts in part were inherently less valuable because of things as banal as time zone issues. But the disaster that was the Pac 12 Network helped start the chain reaction that blew up the league. The insane contracts that the SEC and Big Ten earned in that time frame made competing very difficult. So if you can’t beat them join them in the case of USC and UCLA. Once the Pac 12 loses the second biggest media market that’s the ballgame.

[DaveInSeattle]

I've watched just about every Gonzaga game this year...they are NOT this good.

[EnochRoot]

I've watched just about every Gonzaga game this year...they are NOT this good.

Curious if Spokane (1843’) being an extra several hundred feet above sea level compared to Lawrence (991’) mattered, cuz Kansas looked like they were tired in the 2nd half.

[Steve of phpBB]

I had the sound off - was the crowd supporting one team over another?

[rass]

So it’s SPARTANS ENERGY and I was thinking SPARTAN STRONG would sound better but I guess they’re the Spartans so whatever but then I noticed Izzo has a SPARTAN STRONG shirt on under his pullover.

[DaveInSeattle]

I had the sound off - was the crowd supporting one team over another?

Seemed pretty even to me.

[DaveInSeattle]

I've watched just about every Gonzaga game this year...they are NOT this good.

Curious if Spokane (1843’) being an extra several hundred feet above sea level compared to Lawrence (991’) mattered, cuz Kansas looked like they were tired in the 2nd half.

Driving home just now I heard Self saying his players were totally gassed in the second half. Guys telling him they couldn't go yet after a 3 minute long time out.

[L-Jam3]

Similarly, I always thought that the Nuggets should just run-and-gun and make that their identity. Outside of the Doug Moe years, and when they had Carmelo and AI, I don’t remember them playing that way. Being up in that altitude has to be a huge advantage in terms of conditioning.

[sancarlos]

I had the sound off - was the crowd supporting one team over another?

Seemed pretty even to me.

Not surprisingly, it sounds like 98% of this crowd in Omaha is loudly cheering for Iowa State.

[EnochRoot]

Similarly, I always thought that the Nuggets should just run-and-gun and make that their identity. Outside of the Doug Moe years, and when they had Carmelo and AI, I don’t remember them playing that way. Being up in that altitude has to be a huge advantage in terms of conditioning.

The Nuggets absolutely played that way in the 80s. They'd drop 135 on you in a heartbeat. The trouble was they'd more often than not give up 145.

[EnochRoot]

I've watched just about every Gonzaga game this year...they are NOT this good.

Curious if Spokane (1843’) being an extra several hundred feet above sea level compared to Lawrence (991’) mattered, cuz Kansas looked like they were tired in the 2nd half.

Driving home just now I heard Self saying his players were totally gassed in the second half. Guys telling him they couldn't go yet after a 3 minute long time out.

Yeah that's what I was seeing. Actually come to think of it, Self was using those timeouts throughout the 2nd half I guess to stave off the exhaustion.

[Steve of phpBB]

You’d think the crowd would be behind an 11 seed in a second-round game.

[sancarlos]

You’d think the crowd would be behind an 11 seed in a second-round game.

Omaha is like a home game for Illinois (as it also was for Iowa State).

[Steve of phpBB]

You’d think the crowd would be behind an 11 seed in a second-round game.

Omaha is like a home game for Illinois (as it also was for Iowa State).

Sorry, I was talking NC State - Oakland.

But yeah, I hope Illinois gets the crowd. I really want to see them get through.

[EnochRoot]

You’d think the crowd would be behind an 11 seed in a second-round game.

Omaha is like a home game for Illinois (as it also was for Iowa State).

Sorry, I was talking NC State - Oakland.

But yeah, I hope Illinois gets the crowd. I really want to see them get through.

Oakland is more cinderella-y.