NCAA Basketball 24-25

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Thu Mar 27, 2025 8:11 pm

A_B wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 8:07 pm I like Stan van gindy. But man sometimes he needs to shut the fuck up.

Shades of Reggie White.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Mar 27, 2025 8:12 pm

Is it fair to question whether Willard even wants to advance at this point?

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Mar 27, 2025 8:14 pm

Wow. Bama just broke Loyola Maramount’s record for 3s in a tourney game with their 22nd with about 7 minutes left.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Mar 27, 2025 8:21 pm

mister d wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 8:12 pm Is it fair to question whether Willard even wants to advance at this point?

It’s too bad that they sent Maryland to San Francisco instead of Newark. He could’ve stopped by Radnor, PA on his way back to College Park.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 27, 2025 8:25 pm

I know Mormons have to give up alcohol and caffeine but I thought defense was allowed.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Thu Mar 27, 2025 8:51 pm

EnochRoot wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 7:23 pm How the hell is Florida a one seed.

Walk it back, self.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Mar 28, 2025 10:06 am

I like to think of Arkansas fans thought Cal would be the diamond in the rough like Aladdin, but now they see Jafar at the end.

Phenomenal recruiting powers...itty bitty coaching brain.

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Mar 28, 2025 2:49 pm

A_B wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 10:06 am I like to think of Arkansas fans thought Cal would be the diamond in the rough like Aladdin, but now they see Jafar at the end.

Phenomenal recruiting powers...itty bitty coaching brain.

His team played some mighty entertaining tournament games. On one hand, he got a 10 seed a hair's breath from the Elite Eight. On the other hand, what was that collection of talent doing as a 10 seed?

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Mar 28, 2025 2:53 pm

I know who will know this answer, but any reason why they haven't announced times for Sunday? Are they waiting to see who won? That would make sense except they had already announced Saturday times by this time yesterday.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Fri Mar 28, 2025 3:24 pm

Giff wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 2:53 pmI know who will know this answer, but any reason why they haven't announced times for Sunday? Are they waiting to see who won? That would make sense except they had already announced Saturday times by this time yesterday.

Yes, they need winners for TV to set schedule. This was the first thing I saw with tomorrow's times from very early this morning:

Basically, Duke winning clinched the late spot for that game to maximize TV audience.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Mar 28, 2025 3:48 pm

Shirley wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 2:49 pm
A_B wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 10:06 am I like to think of Arkansas fans thought Cal would be the diamond in the rough like Aladdin, but now they see Jafar at the end.

Phenomenal recruiting powers...itty bitty coaching brain.
His team played some mighty entertaining tournament games. On one hand, he got a 10 seed a hair's breath from the Elite Eight. On the other hand, what was that collection of talent doing as a 10 seed?

He can almost take a 10 seed to elite eight and he can take a two seed almost to the second round.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Mar 28, 2025 3:58 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 3:24 pm
Giff wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 2:53 pmI know who will know this answer, but any reason why they haven't announced times for Sunday? Are they waiting to see who won? That would make sense except they had already announced Saturday times by this time yesterday.
Yes, they need winners for TV to set schedule. This was the first thing I saw with tomorrow's times from very early this morning:

Basically, Duke winning clinched the late spot for that game to maximize TV audience.

They had the times for Saturday already by this time yesterday, just not the matchups. I can't find the actual times for Sunday at all.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Mar 28, 2025 4:45 pm

They usually do wait for the results, but given that they sent the #1 team to Atlanta, you can be pretty sure that game will be second.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Fri Mar 28, 2025 8:35 pm

Giff wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 3:58 pmThey had the times for Saturday already by this time yesterday, just not the matchups. I can't find the actual times for Sunday at all.

My bad. DirecTV is listing the two game windows for 2:00pm and 4:30pm Eastern on CBS. So, probably 2:09pm and 4:49pm tip-offs.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Mar 28, 2025 9:45 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 8:35 pm
Giff wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 3:58 pmThey had the times for Saturday already by this time yesterday, just not the matchups. I can't find the actual times for Sunday at all.
My bad. DirecTV is listing the two game windows for 2:00pm and 4:30pm Eastern on CBS. So, probably 2:09pm and 4:49pm tip-offs.

I knew you’d come through!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Mar 28, 2025 10:01 pm

I can’t be too mad. Think the effort wasn’t there but I also wasn’t on the court. This is a solid first year for pope. Sweet 16 should be the absolute minimum expectation and yes I know how arrogant that is and also fuck it go big blue!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:10 pm

Mark Poop.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:27 pm

A #1 seed playing a Sweet Sixteen game against a #4 seed 65 miles from the latter’s campus is absurd.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:43 pm

Agree with the announcers. Always guard the inbounds guy. Always.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:46 pm

Let’s give Purdue a free timeout while the refs check the clock to add .1 seconds.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:47 pm

Beautiful fucking play to win it for UH.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Sat Mar 29, 2025 12:02 am

I dropped my wife and M-I-L off at the airport yesterday to travel to TX. They're in The Woodlands, TX this weekend catching up with my brother-in-law's children who are either home on spring break, or visiting their parents. My brother-in-law is a PoliSci professor at UH.

^ that's truth. I'm not some delusional fool suffering from a TBI over a decade ago.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Sat Mar 29, 2025 9:10 am

Giff wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 9:45 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 8:35 pm
Giff wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 3:58 pmThey had the times for Saturday already by this time yesterday, just not the matchups. I can't find the actual times for Sunday at all.
My bad. DirecTV is listing the two game windows for 2:00pm and 4:30pm Eastern on CBS. So, probably 2:09pm and 4:49pm tip-offs.
I knew you’d come through!

It's more like 2:20pm and 5:09pm, so a little more wiggle room before the tips.

Yeah, you like that.

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Sun Mar 30, 2025 3:21 pm

Refs working hard to get Tennessee to cover the spread.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sun Mar 30, 2025 4:27 pm

UH is an underrated tortured fanbase so I really hope this is the year.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sun Mar 30, 2025 6:40 pm

Oof. Technically, Maryland is the Big Ten’s most recent national champ

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Sun Mar 30, 2025 8:51 pm

In the ESPN Bracket Challenge, I went from being ranked 990 out of over 24.4 million entries to 2,048,919. This, after I lost both Sunday’s games.

Prior to that, I had 28/32, 14/16, 8/8, and well I had 2/2 on Saturday. 0/2 on Sunday.

Ouch.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:28 pm

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:42 pm

Willard to Nova official.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 7:13 pm

JFC this fell to the second page, I posted in the football thread originally!

Dudes are thus far providing a more competitive Final Four than the ladies did last night. Had to get up early this morning so wasn’t too upset that UConn dominated the first half of the late game. Good night.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 7:29 pm

That totally went off his inner thigh

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 7:44 pm

That was a slop fest.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 7:52 pm

rass wrote: Sat Apr 05, 2025 7:29 pm That totally went off his inner thigh

I agree. Seemed so obvious to me.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 8:34 pm

Should have changed that digital board to say “And then they were 3” for this second game

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 9:06 pm

rass wrote: Sat Apr 05, 2025 8:34 pm Should have changed that digital board to say “And then they were 3” for this second game

I said same! We are the amsame. Me and you. Identical. How does that make you feel?

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 9:16 pm

Flagg only got hit in the head there, not the face. Typical Duke bias from Grant Hill.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 10:47 pm

Well this got interesting.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 10:53 pm

FUCK YES GO COOGS!!!!!!!!

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 10:56 pm

My bro-in-law just got interesting over Xmas.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 10:59 pm

Do it for Andre Ware!