NCAA Tournament Thread

[L J S A]

Been offline so couldn't comment on Middle Tennessee, but those guys were in constant attack mode. Usually as soon as the little guy lets the Michigan St.-type school crawl back into it, it's just a matter of time before the mid-major is toast. But I didn't get that feeling at all watching this game.

I think they can beat Syracuse too, because the zone will allow for rebounds, and MTSU were super aggressive today and not intimidated at all.

 

[MainMan]

SFA's Thomas Walkup put on an incredible show. And to think I'd never even heard of him before.

I thought the school was named after the wrestler

Walkup would have been the quintessential Carnesecca player.

 

[redken]

Xavier up by 15 with 2:48 to go.

Edit: Game over. Four out of five for BE in first round.

 

[mjmaherjr]

Northern Iowa HOLY SHITE !!!!

Best 1st 2 days ever !!

Thank God I'm not a Cincy fan

 

[Amaseinyourface]

Northern Iowa HOLY SHITE !!!!

Best 1st 2 days ever !!

Thank God I'm not a Cincy fan

Who had it worse? Cincy or Texas? Ouuch

 

[L J S A]

SFA's Thomas Walkup put on an incredible show. And to think I'd never even heard of him before.

I thought the school was named after the wrestler

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...-stone-cold-steve-austin-to-second-round-game

 

[bobo]

SF Austin coach will get a bigger job this year.

If I hit the lottery tonight I'll kick in for us to hire him as co-associate coach. He's a flat-out winner. And he'd surely help our defense.

Brad Underwood just tied Brad Stevens' record, getting the 89th win of his career, for the most in three seasons to start a coaching career and Underwood now has two NCAA Tournament wins in three years

 

[gman]

SF Austin coach will get a bigger job this year.

If I hit the lottery tonight I'll kick in for us to hire him as co-associate coach. He's a flat-out winner. And he'd surely help our defense.

Brad Underwood just tied Brad Stevens' record, getting the 89th win of his career, for the most in three seasons to start a coaching career and Underwood now has two NCAA Tournament wins in three years

I could see him being very happy there and not wanting to move. They were talking last night about how he waited a long time for his first head coaching gig and they gave it to him.

 

[OLV72]

It's kind of strange that whenever we really suck, st joes is really good. Maybe we can merge with them to have a better basketball program.

 

[paultzman]

Per Evan Daniels;
Have a feeling Brad Underwood is a name we will hear a lot over the coming weeks. Some available jobs in his wheelhouse.

Fran F also tooting his horn for him for OSU, TCU fwiw.

 

[bobo]

Saturday and Sunday game times, channels and announcers

http://www.rumbleinthegarden.com/20...d-of-32-open-thread-times-announcers-matchups

 

[simplyred]

SFA's Thomas Walkup put on an incredible show. And to think I'd never even heard of him before.

I thought the school was named after the wrestler

Walkup would have been the quintessential Carnesecca player.

Wasn't Walkup Bobby Kelley's nickname?

 

[redken]

SFA's Thomas Walkup put on an incredible show. And to think I'd never even heard of him before.

I thought the school was named after the wrestler

Walkup would have been the quintessential Carnesecca player.

Didn't "get it" -- the Walkup/Carnesecca connection -- until I just read simplyred's reference to Bobby Kelly.

 

[bamafan]

SFA's Thomas Walkup put on an incredible show. And to think I'd never even heard of him before.

I thought the school was named after the wrestler

Walkup would have been the quintessential Carnesecca player.

Wasn't Walkup Bobby Kelley's nickname?

All of Lou's point guards could be as he even had Boo Harvey walk it up the court with Porter as a backcourt mate. I remember Boo even getting called for ten second violations.

 

[gman]

Per Evan Daniels;
Have a feeling Brad Underwood is a name we will hear a lot over the coming weeks. Some available jobs in his wheelhouse.

Fran F also tooting his horn for him for OSU, TCU fwiw.

That would be a shame for a school that took a chance on him. If SFA is smart they will reup win a new contract with a larger buyout so they can at least get paid if he leaves.

 

[gman]

It's so much fun reading the Kentucky bored and seeing them all cry. We lost to a bad team...the refs screwed us...

I was never impressed with UK this season and they inflated their win total by playing in a awful conference.

 

[bamafan]

Board is dead at tourney time which speaks to a younger demographic. My arse is in the recliner watchin hoops. Nice to see Uconn go down now let's hope Mid Tenn St knocks out the cuse.

 

[redmannorth]

Nice to CONNU go down
Nice to see Norm Roberts and Fred Q on the Kansas bench. All the best to them.
Nice to see Providence giving UNC a tough game.

 

[SJU61982]

Nice to CONNU go down

Since I stole Kansas in my office point spread pool the other day (Austin Peay covered by half a point), I was even happier to see the Huskies go down by more then 8 and a half!!

That's about all I have left going for me in this tournament. My bracket is totally shot (3 of my final 4 already gone, and the 4th doesn't play their second round game until tomorrow).

 

[gman]

Board is dead at tourney time which speaks to a younger demographic. My arse is in the recliner watchin hoops. Nice to see Uconn go down now let's hope Mid Tenn St knocks out the cuse.

I watched most of the games yesterday except the ridiculous 10pm game. Why does a game need to start so late?