March Madness (Other Games Thread)

[BugsyCT]

Rooting for Hawaii, N. Iowa, & Gonzaga at this point. The pickings are getting slim.

 

[80shusky]

How on earth did this team beat Michigan State?

 

[ASweet3781]

How on earth did this team beat Michigan State?

Tom Izzo, the greatest coach ever, stayed in man to man for the full 40 even though MTSU was shredding it with their athleticism. They couldn't get stops and gave up nearly 100.

Guess he should have tried some zone.

 

[superjohn]

Syracuse shouldn't have made the tournament and their reward for cheating and playing pretty lousy all season is getting one of the easiest paths you will ever see. I hate everything about the tournament this year.

 

[Jaker]

Will we ever play a tourney game in CT?

 

[Jaker]

OU has been less than impressive but the home advantage has helped tremendously.

 

[ASweet3781]

Will we ever play a tourney game in CT?

Based on how Hartford went in 1998 probably not.

But I'll take the regionals at MSG and Barclay every other year.

 

[Gurleyman]

We did in 1990. Won't happen again since XL is a home court and none of the other arenas are big enough. We did get Worcester once in '05 but lost.

 

[Jaker]

Hawaii has some nice guards

 

[BFieldHusky]

Syracuse shouldn't have made the tournament and their reward for cheating and playing pretty lousy all season is getting one of the easiest paths you will ever see. I hate everything about the tournament this year.

Agreed, but its gets harder from here. Gonzaga is playing really well right now, and I think will give the zone fits. If they get past them, they probably get Virginia who will handle them.

 

[tzznandrew]

Agreed, but its gets harder from here. Gonzaga is playing really well right now, and I think will give the zone fits. If they get past them, they probably get Virginia who will handle them.

Yeah, this was a great run for them, but I think it's over. I think it'll be Gonzaga vs. ISU/Virginia.

 

[ASweet3781]

Agreed, but its gets harder from here. Gonzaga is playing really well right now, and I think will give the zone fits. If they get past them, they probably get Virginia who will handle them.

Perhaps but if your putting your faith in Mark Few and UVA in March that's a risky spot to be in.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Based on how Hartford went in 1998 probably not.

But I'll take the regionals at MSG and Barclay every other year.

TD Garden hosting in 2018 (potentially huge year for us)

 

[ASweet3781]

TD Garden hosting in 2018 (potentially huge year for us)

Didn't realize that. Hopefully with NYC and Boston as the eastern regional sites the next 2 years we have a great season and get sent there.

 

[tzznandrew]

Perhaps but if your putting you faith in Mark Few and UVA in March that's a risky spot to be in.

You're putting faith in Jim Boeheim. They make the Final Four once a decade. Already did that in 2013. They'll be out before the Final Four.

 

[ASweet3781]

You're putting faith in Jim Boeheim. They make the Final Four once a decade. Already did that in 2013. They'll be out before the Final Four.

That's still more Final Fours than Gonzaga has made. We'll see what happens. Gonzaga, Iowa State, and UVA are certainly equipped to be able to handle the zone. But that's the weakest bracket left by far and is doable for Syracuse if they play well.

 

[Jaker]

Rainbow warriors struggling now

 

[superjohn]

Agreed, but its gets harder from here. Gonzaga is playing really well right now, and I think will give the zone fits. If they get past them, they probably get Virginia who will handle them.

Not sold on Zags or Virginia. Dayton, MTSU, Zags and possibly Virginia for a team who shouldn't have made the tournament is a ridiculously easy path.

 

[ASweet3781]

Rainbow warriors struggling now

Maryland just turned it into another gear. Kansas-Maryland will be very interesting.

 

[BUHusky]

Rainbow warriors struggling now

That's an understatement. Maryland went on a 14-0 run over the course of just 2 minutes.

 

[BFieldHusky]

If anyone thought Middle Tennessee St. was going to beat Cuse today than they are clueless. These teams who play out of their minds on Day 1 rarely come back and play a good game on Day 2. Plus, they only had 2 days to play against the Cuse zone. We make fun of it all the time, but this is one of those times where it is a huge advantage. Those guys never saw that kind of zone in C-USA.

Gonzaga has almost a full week to prepare for the zone, and has the guys to dismantle it. And if the don't, Cuse gets to play Virginia who plays against it every year, or Iowa State, who is one of the best offensive teams in the country.

I give Cuse credit...they are in the Sweet 16. But they beat an overseeded 7, and a 15 to get there. They will have to earn it next weekend more than they did this weekend.

 

[Gurleyman]

I might not watch any more of this tournament. There's nobody left worth rooting for.

 

[Matrim55]

Maryland just turned it into another gear. Kansas-Maryland will be very interesting.

Maryland doesn't protect the paint well enough to slow KU down, I don't think.

 

[Jaker]

LOL, the terps have shot 15 free throws and Hawaii has only shot one

 

[EastCoast2]

Maryland is a team I've been high on all year long. Think they underperformed half of the season, but they have a very solid starting 5. They'll be overpowered by Kansas, but I think they'd give some 2 seeds a run like Nova and Xavier.