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Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:19 pm
by Ryan
This is gonna end with a little putback that rims out for someone
ETA: By a walk-on
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:37 pm
by Sabo
The color commentator for this Wichita State-Pitt game is having a stroke over a flagrant foul call. Yes, it's an unfortunate call, but really, chill the fuck out.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:56 pm
by Shirley
BSF21 wrote:Something to remember is that Stevens is an Indy boy. His family is here. He has built a solid program here. I listen to radio interviews with him all the time. I don't think he is a guy who is going to chase the big money. And I don't think Tom Crean is going anywhere anytime in the near future. I'd put solid money down that Stevens is going to be at Butler for the foreseeable future.
Just .02 from your resident Indy guy on the board.
It's not just the money. Duke and Carolina routinely get the kind of talent that even Stevens will rarely see at Butler. Yes, they've had a couple of NBA players in the past few years. How many did Carolina and Duke have at the same time?
Any coach knows that better talent makes you a better coach.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:58 pm
by howard
Sabo wrote:The color commentator for this Wichita State-Pitt game is having a stroke over a flagrant foul call. Yes, it's an unfortunate call, but really, chill the fuck out.
It was two shots and the ball. In the first half. No ejection. What's the big deal--he elbowed his opponent in the face. Lots of words being spilled on the tv over nada.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:09 pm
by howard
Delladanova and St. Marys completely dictating pace v Memphis State so far. We'll see if/when athleticism asserts control.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:48 pm
by rass
Scottie wrote:Oddly, there are four Canadians on the New Mexico State team, including 7'5" Sim Bhullar who is surely the tallest Punjabi in the NCAA as well.
Deadspin has collected some ridiculous pictures of Bhullar in action.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:50 pm
by brian
A Trey Zeigler team chokes in a big game? What a surprise.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:10 pm
by howard
Whoa, whoa whoa, stop the clock! The Wichita State coach makes $1 million in base salary?
It wasn't that long ago that I made more than your typical mid-major hoops coach. At least that profession had their salary keep up with inflation. Shit, iirc Ben Howland's first contract in Westwood had a lower base salary than mine. That is a true shocker to me.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:12 pm
by Rex
howard wrote:Whoa, whoa whoa, stop the clock! The Wichita State coach makes $1 million in base salary?
It wasn't that long ago that I made more than your typical mid-major hoops coach. At least that profession had their salary keep up with inflation. Shit, iirc Ben Howland's first contract in Westwood had a lower base salary than mine. That is a true shocker to me.
Come join the NCAA meltdown discussion, brah!
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:26 pm
by howard
St. Marys won't go away. Playing that good ol' Judeo-Catholic ball.
ETA: Memphis settling for jump shots. Prevents you from winning.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:38 pm
by Scottie
If he makes it to the NBA, Bhullar would be the league's tallest player by about 2 inches over Hamed Haddadi. (Ilgauskas, shorter, and Ming, taller, are retired). Bhullar also lost a ton of weight; he was pushing 400 until he got it together. Bigfatpunjabi. His younger brother is 7'2" or so.
Sim'd be a natural choice for the Raptors, given that Toronto has a huge Punjabi community.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:44 pm
by howard
Dellavedova's legs are gone. Ran outta gas. Making uncharacteristic mistakes and misses. Down seven with two to play in reg.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:06 pm
by Rex
That's a mercy killing. St. Mary's could barely stand up at times in the second half. IzzoBall might have sent a few of them to the hospital.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:12 pm
by Shirley
Damn, that St. Mary's game got interesting in a hurry. Would have loved to see that last shot go in for Dellavedova.
And we're rooting for this Davidson upset, right?
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:22 pm
by Rex
Shirley wrote:Damn, that St. Mary's game got interesting in a hurry. Would have loved to see that last shot go in for Dellavedova.
And we're rooting for this Davidson upset, right?
I suppose it's an upset. Again, worst bracket ever. If your 8-seed is a 5 point favorite and your 3-seed is a 3 point favorite, you screwed up.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:54 pm
by TT2.0
cocksuckers cut me off after a 4 hour pass. i don't know my dish network id to log in. fucking fuck.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:59 pm
by Rams Fanny
If you guys ever needed an example of 'right side, wrong result' I give you my pick of Davidson.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 5:57 pm
by sancarlos
For the rest of their lives, those guys on the Davidson team are going to be mystified that they somehow lost that game.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 5:59 pm
by Rex
Thing is, it wasn't even much of a collapse. They missed one free throw (out of about 8 down the stretch) and then had that ugly turnover. The rest of the last 2:00 they did all you could expect. But then the #317 3-point shooting team hit three in a row.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:04 pm
by cerrano
i decided to be a maverick and not pick a 12/5 upset this year. after making that decision, i had to fix my bracket to reflect my thinking.
i moved oregon back and osu up. dummy.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:35 pm
by sancarlos
cerrano wrote:i decided to be a maverick and not pick a 12/5 upset this year. after making that decision, i had to fix my bracket to reflect my thinking.
i moved oregon back and osu up. dummy.
That was some strange seeding. I know the Pac-12 sucks, but Oregon finished second in the league and won the tournament, and got a #12. For comparison, Colorado finished fifth and got a #10. Arizona finished fourth and got a #6.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:01 pm
by Sabo
Akron is on pace to allow 120 points. Hard to win that way.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:43 pm
by Rex
I'm too old to be laughing at the name "Wayne Tinkle". And yet....
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:14 pm
by Scottie
Yeah. I picked UNLV.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:27 pm
by BSF21
rass wrote:So is papaduff still missing, and if so did BSF21 behead him during the interregnum?
Shhhh. Don't look in the trunk.
You don't want to know what I did to SportsDoc.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:43 pm
by Shirley
Is Harvard going to win an NCAA Tournament game? Craziness.
I find it funny that Mizzou has maintained their tradition of underperforming in the tournament no matter who their coach is. (In fairness, they are only an 8 seed, but still.)
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:46 pm
by howard
Scottie wrote:Yeah. I picked UNLV.
Serves you right. Or, excellent reverse-curse.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:52 pm
by The Burglar
Shirley wrote:Is Harvard going to win an NCAA Tournament game? Craziness.
I find it funny that Mizzou has maintained their tradition of underperforming in the tournament no matter who their coach is. (In fairness, they are only an 8 seed, but still.)
9. So they technically didn't underperform in the tournament at all.
Now for the season...
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:53 pm
by howard
Shirley wrote:Is Harvard going to win an NCAA Tournament game? Craziness.
Nope. Not without any Chinese kids.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:06 pm
by Shirley
The Burglar wrote:Shirley wrote:Is Harvard going to win an NCAA Tournament game? Craziness.
I find it funny that Mizzou has maintained their tradition of underperforming in the tournament no matter who their coach is. (In fairness, they are only an 8 seed, but still.)
9. So they technically didn't underperform in the tournament at all.
Now for the season...
Gah, you're right. I misread that. I guess I always assume the power conference team is the higher seed.
Back in the Norm Stewart days, Mizzou's tournament failings were a regular column feature in the STL Post-Dispatch.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:08 pm
by Shirley
howard wrote:Shirley wrote:Is Harvard going to win an NCAA Tournament game? Craziness.
Nope. Not without any Chinese kids.
I don't know. The smart kids are looking pretty damn poised right now.
Amaker can get revenge for Alford ending his college playing days in '87.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:10 pm
by howard
Lobos are trying their best to give this one away. Not to take away from Harvard--they are playing great, taking full advantage.
ETA: absolutely poised. Cool and calm.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:11 pm
by Rush2112
Had Bairstow in there way to long. Love his energy but not a great defender coming off screens at the perimeter.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:12 pm
by Rush2112
Oh, and Gotlieb can suck it.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:12 pm
by Scottie
Quite a feat, and quite a first, if the smart guys win. They've never won an NCAA game (they also went 66-years without even making the tournament), never won in the NIT, never won in the CIT.
Good recall on the 1987 tournament, Dave. I sure as heck had to look up that reference.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:17 pm
by Johnny Hotcakes
howard wrote:Dellavedova's legs are gone. Ran outta gas. Making uncharacteristic mistakes and misses. Down seven with two to play in reg.
Dellavedova didn't look a day over 38. He was a dead ringer of the plumber that fixed my shitter last week.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:18 pm
by Rush2112
and wouldn't call Harvard "the smart kids" the administration removed a lot of entrance obstacles (and smart kids wouldn't have been caught cheating on a take home open book test.)
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:18 pm
by degenerasian
Seth Davis isn't going to be able to sleep tonight.
Montana is down by 40.
19 points scored!
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:20 pm
by Shirley
Scottie wrote:Good recall on the 1987 tournament, Dave. I sure as heck had to look up that reference.
I read about it a little before I posted. Watching, it dawned on me that their careers overlapped (Amaker was point on that great '86 Duke team and Alford won the title in '87), so a quick Google search turned up a reference to that game.
Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:20 pm
by howard
wow.