NCAA Games Thread
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I can’t recall a tournament where lower seeded teams not only won, but blew out the higher seeded team this often. I think the limited number of non conference games were a factor in this.
Raise your hand if you’ve ever seen Kansas losing a game by 30+ points? Or 35.
seeing this result and the NCAA trouble heading Hollywood’s way, might KU and Bill part ways?
seeing this result and the NCAA trouble heading Hollywood’s way, might KU and Bill part ways?
Self is just honored he gets to shake Enfield’s hand after the game.
Seriously though this reminds me of the Woj vs Calipari days. Enfield and USC dominating Kansas in every single facet of the game. This is unreal
And then he can return to TU? Won’t ever happen but I can dream dammit.
I have been really sick this week hadn't watched much until Monday night. I didn't see any of either ORU game.
It's good to see Leonard Hamilton get his third straight Sweet 16. I've always liked him for some reason. The one problem I have with the tourney is there is still a Big 10 team left. Hopefully Leonard and his players can take care of that in the next round.
It's good to see Leonard Hamilton get his third straight Sweet 16. I've always liked him for some reason. The one problem I have with the tourney is there is still a Big 10 team left. Hopefully Leonard and his players can take care of that in the next round.
I also think with covid that this tournament really is the most neutral we’ve ever seen. Gone is KU playing in Kansas City, or Duke or UNC playing in Charlotte, with a packed home crowd advantage. I know Duke isn’t in this year, but that always used to hack me off. Initially I hated that all the games were played in Indy, now I kinda like it.
I missed the start of the game watching the end of one of the other games...and the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying.
He may have started but Self has no confidence in him on the defensive end...it's why he sits for long stretches of the game when KU is trying to dig themselves out of a hole. Then he gets reinserted with KU down 30 pts like you would see with walk ons.
So the sweet sixteen has 4 catholic schools (Gonzaga, Loyola, Villanova, and Creighton), 1 Baptist school (Baylor), and 1 holy roller AG evangelical save me Jesus school (ORU). USC was founded via an affiliation with the methodist church but no longer maintains that affiliation. Syracuse still maintains a realtionship with the UMC but identifies itself as non-sectarian.
4 are flagships of their university systems (Alabama, Arkansas, Oregon & Michigan) and 2 are primary campuses of their state university systems (Oregon State, Florida State), and one direction university (UCLA). There is 1 community college in the Sweet Sixteen: Houston
4 are flagships of their university systems (Alabama, Arkansas, Oregon & Michigan) and 2 are primary campuses of their state university systems (Oregon State, Florida State), and one direction university (UCLA). There is 1 community college in the Sweet Sixteen: Houston
Unfortunately it gives Michigan a huge advantage being only 4 hours away. But it had to be close to somebody.
When did Coog High get promoted to community college status? That’s a big step up for them.
But Illinois and Ohio State also had those proximity advantages and it didn't help them much.
BTW, I love the 3 week bubble and all the games in one locale. It reminds me of the MLS is Back tournament and the NHL and NBA bubbles when they got back to playing. I love the neutral aspect and when capacities can be ramped back up, I still think the centralized location works. The DFW Metroplex would also work. You could play games at American Airlines, Moody, TCU, Dickie's, Frisco, UNT, Globe Life, and Jerry World. You could rotate around to locations that could hold those events and capacities. Houston, Miami, NYC, San Francisco, LA. Maybe Detroit and Chicago.
Good call. And every casino resort with a concert arena has enough space to host as well. So that would give you Thomas and Mack, Orleans Arena, MGM, Mandalay Bay, and the new Sphere, the new TMobile Arena, and the Raiders Stadium. I am sure there are 3-4 other large event venues. Heck, attached to Thomas and Mack is the Cox Pavilion where UNLV Lady Rebels play (only seats about 3500 though).
And it's still not going to be easy. Syracuse will be tough because of their zone but Houston can also exploit the zone with their aggressive offensive rebounding. However, they will likely have to play Loyola Chicago to get to the FF. Loyola is tough, well-coached, and disciplined (and Houston is not always disciplined. And they have no one to defend Krutwig). Loyola is severely under-seeded, a by-product of the built-in P5 bias of the NET.
Loyola today reminded me of Tulsa vs UNC in 2000.
So frustrating. Poor shooting and missed FTs make it really hard to win the game of Basketball.
So frustrating. Poor shooting and missed FTs make it really hard to win the game of Basketball.
We would have if it weren't for UNC's sixth man wearing the zebra.
Brendan Haywood, expert flopper. David Shelton’s rear end must have really packed a punch to make someone weighing 270lbs fly like he got hit by a car
Mills needs to calm down or he will be gone by half. They can beat Arkansas.
We seemed to be intimidated by the name on the opponents jerseys that year. Probably would have beat about anyone else.
Well, wherever Mills winds up coaching next year, I imagine his two good players will enter the portal and follow him.
I was in Austin and that’s exactly what I thought, the better team lost.
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