Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:10 pm
Safe to assume I'm the only one here who had their best NCAA experience happen today? Halftime should be optional if you're winning.
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NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
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Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:40 pm
Live it up, Mr. D.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:46 pm
Got an alert from my March Madness app about the Illinois game, so I turned it on.
I have now watched about one minute of Illini basketball this year. Two possessions, two turnovers.
I have now watched about one minute of Illini basketball this year. Two possessions, two turnovers.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:09 pm
Well, I gotta do it.
#EMLOL
#EMLOL
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:35 pm
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 7:05 pm
Love Florida Gulf Coast and their Mavs throwbacks.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 7:22 pm
It is a nice color combo.Rex wrote:Love Florida Gulf Coast and their Mavs throwbacks.
So slow night in here, or are we all trying to avoid jinxing the upset?
Oops?
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 7:23 pm
Holy christ just checked the scores.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 7:25 pm
4-0 since Rass comment
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 7:30 pm
Reggie miller spent too much time as an nfl rb apparently.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 7:46 pm
apparently I'm logged in on my laptop under my temporary handle
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 7:47 pm
Georgetown is in DEEEEEP trouble...
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 7:55 pm
I had my best NCAA experience last year, so it's still fresh in my mind. It's a great feeling, isn't it?mister d wrote:Safe to assume I'm the only one here who had their best NCAA experience happen today? Halftime should be optional if you're winning.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 7:57 pm
I'm think Coach Thompson's dad might be calling the game on the radio, if you can't take Reggie.AB_skin_test wrote:Reggie miller spent too much time as an nfl rb apparently.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 7:57 pm
ruh-oh.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:01 pm
That seemed like the perfect time for an And-1 Mixtape play.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:01 pm
That was great.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:03 pm
Me too!Sabo wrote:I had my best NCAA experience last year, so it's still fresh in my mind. It's a great feeling, isn't it?mister d wrote:Safe to assume I'm the only one here who had their best NCAA experience happen today? Halftime should be optional if you're winning.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:04 pm
Assuming you mean that dunk in the FGCU/Georgetown game, that was sick. I thought for sure the lob was too high, and it was going to go off his finger tips.rass wrote:That was great.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:06 pm
It was actually the free throw in the UNC/Nova gameAussieDave wrote:Assuming you mean that dunk in the FGCU/Georgetown game, that was sick. I thought for sure the lob was too high, and it was going to go off his finger tips.rass wrote:That was great.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:08 pm
We wullbr seeing that in one shining moment. If.......AussieDave wrote:Assuming you mean that dunk in the FGCU/Georgetown game, that was sick. I thought for sure the lob was too high, and it was going to go off his finger tips.rass wrote:That was great.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:08 pm
I love this florida gulf team. Dont blow it!
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:09 pm
Actually meant the lingering shots of the FGCU coach's wife.The Burglar wrote:It was actually the free throw in the UNC/Nova gameAussieDave wrote:Assuming you mean that dunk in the FGCU/Georgetown game, that was sick. I thought for sure the lob was too high, and it was going to go off his finger tips.rass wrote:That was great.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:12 pm
Smash....smash....SMASH!
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:17 pm
Okay . . . NOW your brackets are a bloodbath with Georgetown losing to a school that only started holding classes in 1997.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:23 pm
Georgetown has lost in the first round the last five times they've played a double-digit seeded team.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:24 pm
I love when this happens to my brackets...I generally go with lowerish seeds to go far because I think it's easier to win that way than to pick all big favorites. I have GTown losing next round. Georgetown hurts a lot of people in my pool, though.
But I'd rather see the upset. And yinz guys can call me a homo, but that dunk made me harder than the coach's wife.
But I'd rather see the upset. And yinz guys can call me a homo, but that dunk made me harder than the coach's wife.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:25 pm
That's crazy. They also alllllmost became the first 1 seed to lose to a 16 back in the day.Sabo wrote:Georgetown has lost in the first round the last five times they've played a double-digit seeded team.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:27 pm
The Hoyas numbers weren't great by any means today but they weren't exactly hideous. Teams have won many a game with those %'s. But, damn, it's hard not to think they didn't spend the entire week watching film of San Diego State and Oklahoma.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:30 pm
Yeah, didn't Princeton take them to overtime or something like that? I remember that one coming right down to the wire.Grasspenis wrote:That's crazy. They also alllllmost became the first 1 seed to lose to a 16 back in the day.Sabo wrote:Georgetown has lost in the first round the last five times they've played a double-digit seeded team.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:34 pm
Scottie wrote:Yeah, didn't Princeton take them to overtime or something like that? I remember that one coming right down to the wire.Grasspenis wrote:That's crazy. They also alllllmost became the first 1 seed to lose to a 16 back in the day.Sabo wrote:Georgetown has lost in the first round the last five times they've played a double-digit seeded team.
You might be mixing that memory with another. From Wiki (I didn't see any of those games, obviously - but I did have Iowa State winning it all in 2001. I also remember Holy Cross hanging tough against Kansas for awhile).
Two 16-seeds have come within one point of upsetting a #1 seed, both in 1989. In the East Regional, Georgetown hung on to win 50-49 against a Princeton squad who were 30 point underdogs. Princeton had the opportunity to win the game with the last shot, but Alonzo Mourning blocked the last two attempts to secure the victory. In the Southeast Regional, Oklahoma fought back from a first-half 17-point deficit to take the lead over East Tennessee State with 1:21 remaining. ETSU also had a chance at a last-second win, but Alvin West's shot from halfcourt was deflected and Oklahoma defeated ETSU 72-71.[1] Sixteenth-seeded Murray State took top seeded Michigan State to overtime in 1990, but eventually lost 75-71. In 1996, Western Carolina missed a three-pointer to win and a two-pointer to tie in the final seconds, losing 73-71 to Purdue.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:35 pm
Just so we're clear, I was referring to the dunk.Grasspenis wrote:I love when this happens to my brackets...I generally go with lowerish seeds to go far because I think it's easier to win that way than to pick all big favorites. I have GTown losing next round. Georgetown hurts a lot of people in my pool, though.
But I'd rather see the upset. And yinz guys can call me a homo, but that dunk made me harder than the coach's wife.
Homo.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:47 pm
Ah, that's it. Thanks Slolz. Lehigh knocking off Duke remains my favorite of the long-range upsets but the one I remember seeing, because the entire game was televised, first game of the day maybe, was Richmond knocking off Syracuse 20-some-odd years ago.
I haven't looked up the numbers but #1s are something like 120-0 versus #16 seeds all-time. Wouldn't ya' think that at some point that's gotta break? The #1s can't stay undefeated forever and the kids that play this game get more athletic every year. Some day I hope to see it happen.
ETA: Well, I did just now look up the numbers. This is a pretty cool breakdown of how every seed has ever done against every other seed: http://mcubed.net/ncaab/seeds.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I haven't looked up the numbers but #1s are something like 120-0 versus #16 seeds all-time. Wouldn't ya' think that at some point that's gotta break? The #1s can't stay undefeated forever and the kids that play this game get more athletic every year. Some day I hope to see it happen.
ETA: Well, I did just now look up the numbers. This is a pretty cool breakdown of how every seed has ever done against every other seed: http://mcubed.net/ncaab/seeds.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:53 pm
Don't remember Cleveland State(14) beating Indiana(3) back in '86? The first one I really remember was St Joe's beating DePaul, who was the #1 team in the country.Scottie wrote:Ah, that's it. Thanks Slolz. Lehigh knocking off Duke remains my favorite of the long-range upsets but the one I remember seeing, because the entire game was televised, first game of the day maybe, was Richmond knocking off Syracuse 20-some-odd years ago.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:17 pm
What's funny (statistically) is that the women's game has much less parity and talent depth than the men's game, but yet a 16 has beaten a 1 in their tournament.Scottie wrote:I haven't looked up the numbers but #1s are something like 120-0 versus #16 seeds all-time. Wouldn't ya' think that at some point that's gotta break? The #1s can't stay undefeated forever and the kids that play this game get more athletic every year. Some day I hope to see it happen.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:24 pm
Oooh. That's right. St Joe made it all the way to a regional final. Caught a few minutes of that '81 final (Indiana with Isiah Thomas beating North Carolina with James Worthy and Sam Perkins) on ESPN Classic a few days ago. Great stuff.
I don't know if "the law of averages" is an appropriate way to look at it. But one of these years we're bound to see an over-confident, under-prepared, poorly played game, from a #1 going up against a #16 with some kid who goes all Larry Bird 1979 Indiana State Sycamores on them.
I don't know if "the law of averages" is an appropriate way to look at it. But one of these years we're bound to see an over-confident, under-prepared, poorly played game, from a #1 going up against a #16 with some kid who goes all Larry Bird 1979 Indiana State Sycamores on them.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:27 pm
Yikes. I had to look that one up. #16 Harvard defeating #1 Stanford in 1998. I would have guessed that was the debating societies or chess clubs.Shirley wrote:What's funny (statistically) is that the women's game has much less parity and talent depth than the men's game, but yet a 16 has beaten a 1 in their tournament.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:31 pm
The one I remember was #14 Weber State beating #3 North Carolina in 1999. By sheer fluke I happened to be in Ogden Utah that night staying in a Motel 6 on my way to Los Angeles. We caught the 2nd half in the motel lobby and enjoyed it with the locals. Unforgettable experience.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:48 pm
IIRC, DePaul lost as a #1 two years in a row, and three times in 3-4 years. They were ranked #1 or #2 at the time, too.AussieDave wrote:Don't remember Cleveland State(14) beating Indiana(3) back in '86? The first one I really remember was St Joe's beating DePaul, who was the #1 team in the country.Scottie wrote:Ah, that's it. Thanks Slolz. Lehigh knocking off Duke remains my favorite of the long-range upsets but the one I remember seeing, because the entire game was televised, first game of the day maybe, was Richmond knocking off Syracuse 20-some-odd years ago.
Just a few of the postseason disasters that made me the pessimist I am today.
But those were before the tourney expanded to 64 teams.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:00 pm
how much would odds have been for Western Kentucky to win the first half!?