NCAA Tournament Thread

Not rooting for it, but kind of unbelievable that we could have an 11 seed playing a 12 seed in Elite 8 game on Monday..  
 
What makes Oregon State even more amazing to me is I had no clue who the heck their coach was and was shocked to see this is his 7th year and he had pretty much a mediocre tenure to date prior to this year.
 
Who would have thought 3 years later one of these teams would be in the elite 8. With a chance at the Final 4.

 
Things picked up in second half but kinda an ugly game. Bunch of missed opportunities under 6 minutes left 
 
After watching SYR and now ORE ST I wonder why more teams don’t utilize a zone defense and the increased reliance of the three point shot makes the recruitment of Smith look even more important for SJU.
 
I didn’t realise that Nova played two weak mid-majors to get to the Sweet 16
 
Acid test for Archidiacono's younger brother today. I don't discount Nova's chances here if he can survive the pressure.
 
johnny redman wrote:
How was loyola favorite by 7 in that game...I guess they thought they must be really good beating the 1 seed Illinois....

Always so easy to question spread after the game is over but this one was kind of obvious. Oregon State tied for 6th in PAC 12 with 10-10 conference record, Loyola rated #17 in country in final poll pre-tourney. If they shot even 30% from three they win that game.
 
espken post=428199 said:
Who would have thought 3 years later one of these teams would be in the elite 8. With a chance at the Final 4.


 
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I met Jack of Virginia at this game. Had a wonderful time talking and reminiscing about St Johns basketball.
 
NCJohnnie post=428205 said:
johnny redman wrote:
How was loyola favorite by 7 in that game...I guess they thought they must be really good beating the 1 seed Illinois....

Always so easy to question spread after the game is over but this one was kind of obvious. Oregon State tied for 6th in PAC 12 with 10-10 conference record, Loyola rated #17 in country in final poll pre-tourney. If they shot even 30% from three they win that game.

Teams that live by the 3, also die by the 3.  
 
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Funny, my takeaway was the only way Loyola loses that game is to play the way they did--shoot 22% from beyond the Arc and 33% from the floor. Fuhgeddaboud winning 'any' D-1 game with those stats, never mind a Sweet 16 game.
The worst time for Loyola to play its worst game of the year.
 
Monte wrote:
Teams that live by the 3, also die by the 3.  

Loyola hardly lived by the three this year. They had a lot of open looks today that they missed that they usually make, as simple as that. Sometimes it's just not your day; I know I've been there.  
 
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