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2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 8:22 am
by A_B
NEW THREAD!
Fun facts:
- Duke is the worst 3-point shooting team in the tournament
- Virginia is 0-2 in their last 2 tournament games.
- Syracuse is the only team in the field who has had a coach kill a guy in the past month
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 8:32 am
by Ryan
Just give me Zion v. Tacko in Round 2 and I'll go home happy
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 9:32 am
by brian
The pressure is all on Gardner-Webb now.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:55 am
by DSafetyGuy
A_B wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2019 8:22 am- Syracuse is the only team in the field who has had a coach kill a guy in the past month
If only Dave Bliss was still coaching Baylor...
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 1:43 pm
by A_B
First ever meeting between Tennessee and Toothpaste, allegedly.
(Kinda stolen from a few different places, including my wife last night)
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 11:13 am
by wlu_lax6
Fun article ranking playing careers of college coaches in the tourney.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... ayers-1-68
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:24 am
by A_B
I caught the last 8 minutes of the Fairleigh Dicksonson-Prairie View game. FDU was down 4 when I tuned it. It was a barnburner from that point on. It was 55-59 at that point.
Also, Maryland better come to play. Belmont looked legit.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:28 am
by Rush2112
I had some issues with the X played 2 minutes for East-West Montana being ranked higher than the dude that was the NAIA
national player of the year. (but it was fun.)
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:01 am
by Giff
A_B wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:24 am
I caught the last 8 minutes of the Fairleigh Dicksonson-Prairie View game. FDU was down 4 when I tuned it. It was a barnburner from that point on. It was 55-59 at that point.
Also, Maryland better come to play. Belmont looked legit.
Brush-lite: the FDU coach is the son-in-law of one of my parents' neighbors.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 12:51 pm
by degenerasian
something fun.
the last 33 champions in their own interactive bracket
https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/gall ... llery=votd
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:14 pm
by DSafetyGuy
Syracuse's point guard has been suspended indefinitely due to a violation of athletic department policy.
If you don't want to hear about the father-son coach-player combo, don't tune in (it'll be easy, it's a truTV game), because Boeheim's kid will probably play 30+ minutes.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 7:36 pm
by sancarlos
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:14 pm
Syracuse's point guard has been suspended indefinitely due to a violation of athletic department policy.
If you don't want to hear about the father-son coach-player combo, don't tune in (it'll be easy, it's a truTV game), because Boeheim's kid will probably play 30+ minutes.
Does that suspension materially affect their chances of a first round win?
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 7:38 pm
by A_B
It’s an 8/9 game so anything out of normal could tilt.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:03 pm
by DSafetyGuy
Their offense isn't predicated on their point guard creating, but he is a very good defender in the zone. Boeheim's kid is a much better perimeter shooter, but not nearly as good on defense, so it could go either way.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:15 am
by DaveInSeattle
Doing the fast fill-in on a bracket for my family's pool, I realized that watched almost zero college basketball this year.
So I will be Linda, the secretary in your office who picks teams based on their color, the ferocity of the mascot, and whether a relative has gone to the school.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 8:48 am
by A_B
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 8:54 am
by A_B
Also, as an aside, Tonny Bennett to UCLA seems like it would be a perfect hire. He would dominate PAc 12.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:10 am
by HaulCitgo
You can't drive a porsche like a Buick though, right?
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:28 am
by Joe K
Luke Walton will be available in 3 weeks.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:29 am
by A_B
Joe K wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:28 am
Luke Walton will be available in 3 weeks.
Arizona should call him!
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:34 am
by mister d
Two decades and counting where all four of the #3-#6 seeds I'd pick to run some upsets are sitting in the same two regions on the same side of the bracket.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:05 am
by degenerasian
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:27 am
by sancarlos
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:15 am
Doing the fast fill-in on a bracket for my family's pool, I realized that watched almost zero college basketball this year.
So I will be Linda, the secretary in your office who picks teams based on their color, the ferocity of the mascot, and whether a relative has gone to the school.
So, now you picked Gonzaga, amirite?
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:39 pm
by Nonlinear FC
Minnesota with a minor upset over L'ville.
Yale with a nice little comeback, but down 8 with 1:22 to go.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:49 pm
by A_B
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:39 pm
Minnesota with a minor upset over L'ville.
Yale with a nice little comeback, but down 8 with 1:22 to go.
4 with 12 seconds!
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:49 pm
by Joe K
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:39 pm
Minnesota with a minor upset over L'ville.
Yale with a nice little comeback, but down 8 with 1:22 to go.
I was very confident that Richard Pitino would avenge the WITCH HUNT.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:50 pm
by A_B
3 with 7!
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:52 pm
by brian
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:39 pm
Minnesota with a minor upset over L'ville.
Yale with a nice little comeback, but down 8 with 1:22 to go.
Always, always, always fade the ACC (as a whole) in the NCAA Tournament. Year after year, the most overrated conference.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:56 pm
by brian
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:45 pm
by mister d
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:34 am
Two decades and counting where all four of the #3-#6 seeds I'd pick to run some upsets are sitting in the same two regions on the same side of the bracket.
Stares at Auburn ...
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:48 pm
by L-Jam3
NM State to shoot three FT for the win after he gives up on the tying lay up. Hot damn.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:49 pm
by phxgators
L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:48 pm
NM State to shoot three FT for the win after he gives up on the tying lay up. Hot damn.
How did he pass that up??
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:50 pm
by L-Jam3
And Auburn fucks up the rebound up one. NMST ball.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:51 pm
by L-Jam3
No shit. According to wiki, Gene Steratore also officiates NCAA hoops.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:52 pm
by L-Jam3
Oh well. Never mind.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 3:08 pm
by A_B
Auburn fans won’t be able to tp roomers corner cause they need it to clean up.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 3:27 pm
by mister d
I swear you could hear a slight but still audible crowd reaction when the FSU kid passed on the layup and cost them the cover.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 3:44 pm
by Sabo
L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:51 pm
No shit. According to wiki, Gene Steratore also officiates NCAA hoops.
He's officiated MAC games seemingly forever.
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 4:08 pm
by brian
Assuming Michigan State doesn't completely shit its pants here, the Big 10 will have a team in the Sweet 16 after only five games played in the tournament which might be a record?
Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 4:41 pm
by EnochRoot
Maryland got *all* the breaks late on their way to dominating Belmont, 79-77.
Not an impressive win.