March Madness Round 1 Thread

[REB1094]

Let’s use this to discuss round 1, including the first four

Great start to March Madness. UMBC and Howard was a really fun game

UMBC was dead in the water, down double digits with about 2 minutes left. But Howard missed two front ends of 1 and 1s and 1/2 FTs with a few seconds left. But UMBC missed a 3 at the buzzer, Howard holds on and gets Michigan

 

[BFieldHusky]

Brian Anderson sounds terrible.

 

[Revrat]

One thing I never understood. Why are the playin games 2 16s and two 11s. Seems kind of random.

 

[HooperScooper]

They have Vitale and Barkley doing these games? And a hoarse Anderson? Good thing for the mute button.

 

[Leebo]

One thing I never understood. Why are the playin games 2 16s and two 11s. Seems kind of random.

It's not. These are the teams considered the weakest auto-bids and the weakest at-larges. The weakest auto-bids will pretty much always be 16s, but the weakest at-larges can be a range of seeds.

It's basically their way of weeding out some of the low end of both categories.

 

[JakeTheDog]

One thing I never understood. Why are the playin games 2 16s and two 11s. Seems kind of random.

The play in game should be the last four at large teams. It’s not automatic qualification if you win your conference tournament and then have to go play in Dayton.

 

[aboogieee]

Caught the Solo Ball TurboTax commercial and the Invesco QQQ commercial featuring Solo, Silas, Alex, and Tarris.

 

[HooperScooper]

Caught the Solo Ball TurboTax commercial and the Invesco QQQ commercial featuring Solo, Silas, Alex, and Tarris.

Curious how much Solo got for doing that commercial.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

 

[gsmooth]

NC State was down 8 with under 1:30 and now just down 2 with 1:06.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Inbounding is apparently hard.

 

[gsmooth]

Inbounding is apparently hard.

Misery loves company. Texas and UConn not giving clinics on how to inbound or break pressure.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Really fun ending to that Texas-NC State game. Hell of a shot to win it by UT.

 

[uconngb]

Inbounding is apparently hard.

Only if you are Uconn or Texas apparently

 

[Kolumbo]

Caught the Solo Ball TurboTax commercial and the Invesco QQQ commercial featuring Solo, Silas, Alex, and Tarris.

as if any of those guys will be using a diy software package. But hey, money talks and bs takes the bus

 

[aceboon]

I was wincing on every Texas inbound into the corner down the stretch

 

[aceboon]

Is this Vitale/Barkley experiment just for the First Four? Barkley has been doing March Madness for 15 years and seriously asked if a timeout could advance the ball to halfcourt, cmon man.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Is this Vitale/Barkley experiment just for the First Four? Barkley has been doing March Madness for 15 years and seriously asked if a timeout could advance the ball to halfcourt, cmon man.

That was so bad, keep him in the studio where he can crack jokes and be whimsical.