Friday 1st Round (non-UConn games) thread

[gsmooth]

Hopefully UConn emulates Duke from yesterday

 

[kobe]

life is pain

 

[Blueballer]

Great game though!

 

[jibsey]

Spanarkle has turned to crap. He used to be OK.

 

[87Xfer]

Big East 1-0

 

[UCTitleTown]

Kennesaw's Coach Abdur-Raheem will get a better job soon. If he can win there, he needs to coach at a better school.

 

[Waquoit]

Big East 1-0

Let the mocking begin!

 

[Ripper32]

 

[UCTitleTown]

I hope St. Mary's beats VCU if we beat Iona. Not impresses by St. Mary's. I think we could eat them up. VCU has some players that could present challenges.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Xavier won but Kennesaw got hosed with some bad calls.

 

[superjohn]

It's really strange to me we had UConn fans in this thread rooting for Xavier to lose.

 

[JCSuperstar]

First Jones is gifted free throws for nothing, then KS clearly fouled on the drive, then on the rebound. Congrats Xavier. Looks just like our first loss to them.

The announcer tried to talk about it, but the replay team would only show the block and rebound which were clean and close but not a must call respectively. They never showed the drive again.

 

[Rocktheworld]

It's really strange to me we had UConn fans in this thread rooting for Xavier to lose.

People just like seeing upsets. I hear you though. We want the conference to do well and certainly not lose a 3-14 matchup.

 

[PChoops]

Kennesaw's Coach Abdur-Raheem will get a better job soon. If he can win there, he needs to coach at a better school.

PC lol

 

[Waquoit]

I didn't think X would do it. Good comeback for them.

 

[navery12]

It's really strange to me we had UConn fans in this thread rooting for Xavier to lose.

Upsets are more fun than any sense of Big East pride

 

[UCfor3]

These 13, 14,15 seeds are pretty good. The gap seems to get narrower every year. 30 years ago, these high seed mid-majors had trouble getting the ball over half court at times. Almost anyone can get knocked off if they don't play well.

 

[gsmooth]

Upsets are more fun than any sense of Big East pride

it's not just pride, though. when a BE team wins the in the NCAAT, win share money gets distributed to all the teams. I personally root for BE teams, but if others want to root for the upset that is their perogative (spelling).

 

[HuskyHawk]

St. Marys is also the Gaels. That’s interesting. This game is tied and yet feels boring. The pace is just excruciating.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Upsets are more fun than any sense of Big East pride

It will be sweet when Xavier runs through Texas and Houston

 

[gsmooth]

St. Marys is also the Gaels. That’s interesting. This game is tied and yet feels boring. The pace is just excruciating.

that's St. Mary's for you.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

They won so it means they are both just tough competitors. If they had lost, then they were both malcontents. Scoreboard solves everything.

 

[navery12]

it's not just pride, though. when a BE team wins the in the NCAAT, win share money gets distributed to all the teams. I personally root for BE teams, but if others want to root for the upset that is their perogative (spelling).

Yeah I'm aware. If my rooting for Kennesaw State had any tangible effect on them not winning until the last seconds I apologize for the money I tried to take out of UConn's pockets

 

[REB1094]

Damn that was close. Glad Xavier pulled it out. The low seeds came to play this year

 

[auror]

These 13, 14,15 seeds are pretty good. The gap seems to get narrower every year. 30 years ago, these high seed mid-majors had trouble getting the ball over half court at times. Almost anyone can get knocked off if they don't play well.

Play in 16 seeds bumps 2 teams up to 13/14/15 that would previously have been 12/13/14. That and COVID 5th year seniors helps offset some of the underclassmen talent advantage of high majors, especially because it seems less likely for high majors to get the 5th years to stay (more opportunities to play professionally).