Elite 8 Thread

[BugsyCT]

But we still have more NCs than Kansas.

4>3

 

[Jaker]

Jaker, you have to be the worst prognosticator on this board. Will you please take my Virginia Syracuse bet I offered you last night?

LOL.

 

[White Dwarf]

Great game

 

[BlueDogs]

Glad to see the old BE teams still have some mojo. Greatest BBall conference in history.

 

[BearJWS]

Ugh, I'm down to 1 team I can root for. Go OK...

 

[Silk31]

Kansas' refusal to get Perry Ellis touches in the post was inexplicable...very reminiscent of us forgetting about Miller on the block except Ellis had been a monster for them all year/tourney long

 

[Danzz]

Wow makes our loss feel bad! We just need some more good guards. If Nova can do it with only one big we should be able to if we had more ball handlers who could create offense.

We need big who can catch and score like the Nova kid. Great defense by Nova.

 

[Stainmaster]

This one is painful. I could have really used a Kansas win. Villanova has been playing really well.

I feel sorry for you - you can't use your "Conspiracy Against the Non-P5 Schools" argument after this one.

 

[ASweet3781]

This one is painful. I could have really used a Kansas win. Villanova has been playing really well.

What? The Power 5 finally goes down with Nova carrying the torch for the NBE and you are still not happy?

 

[Danzz]

Kansas' refusal to get Perry Ellis touches in the post was inexplicable...very reminiscent of us forgetting about Miller on the block except Ellis had been a monster for them all year/tourney long

Have to give Nova credit for denying Ellis the ball and playing excellent D on him.

 

[3rdbass]

We need big who can catch and score like the Nova kid. Great defense by Nova.

Well hopefully SE develops that consistency next year. He will need to play defense to get those minutes as he has the body and moves to score down there.

 

[intlzncster]

Truly the end of an era a KU.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

I had Michigan St. over Kansas in the Final with UNC and A&M joining them in Houston. My wife has Oklahoma over West Virginia in the Final with Villanova and Virginia joining them in the Final 4. I really hate losing the pool to my wife

 

[upstater]

$300 Final Four tickets? Not bad.

 

[BUConn10]

The amount of people who blindly picked Michigan State this year to win it all shows how strong the "Izzo in March" circle jerk has gotten. Anyone that watched that team get crushed by Iowa twice knew they were good but not great.

 

[BugsyCT]

Shaky start for Virginia but they've steadied the ship.

 

[BlueDogs]

Fruit and Nova - sour and sweet. Could have been us but as an old BE diehard, good to see it. Just need ND to take down Tarheels. Next year is our year.

 

[August_West]

Fruit and Nova - sour and sweet. Could have been us but as an old BE diehard, good to see it. Just need ND to take down Tarheels. Next year is our year.

If ND takes down the TarHoles you might as well crown cuse champion right now.

 

[80shusky]

Here is where it gets better. ND upsets UNC tonight giving Syracuse and easier path to the Final, and they get there.

 

[BugsyCT]

I expect Cuse to beat Nova in the final now - that's how our luck's runnin'. And it'll happen through more epic late-game meltdowns.

 

[Jaker]

Jaker, you have to be the worst prognosticator on this board. Will you please take my Virginia Syracuse bet I offered you last night?

LOL, don't need your money, made plenty today/ :}

 

[BUConn10]

Marcus Paige is the most overrated college "star" I've ever seen. The kid doesn't do anything particularly great, and his numbers have declined significantly each year, percentages as well. See the bottom for season averages.

Freshman: 17.5 ppg on 44%

Soph: 14.1 ppg on 41%

Junior: 12 ppg on 39%

 

[80shusky]

@BUHusky10 I decided to check his other numbers as well and interestingly his assists and rebounds are down as well. Even free throw % and steals. His assist to turnover ratio is pretty good though and he is still a very good college player. I think maybe they talk about him like he is a "star" because he plays for UNC in the ACC and ESPN hypes him.

 

[BUConn10]

@BUHusky10 I decided to check his other numbers as well and interestingly his assists and rebounds are down as well. Even free throw % and steals. His assist to turnover ratio is pretty good though and he is still a very good college player. I think maybe they talk about him like he is a "star" because he plays for UNC in the ACC and ESPN hypes him.

Yea pretty much. He is shockingly unspectacular.

 

[80shusky]

and here it comes...