March Madness Round 1 Thread

[Samoo]

Looking forward to rooting for Lehigh tonight. My dad lives 20 minutes away from campus and it’s refreshing to see a program that truly prioritizes the student-athlete experience.

Also, how may programs nowadays have a head coach whose last NCAA tournament appearance was with the same team 14 years ago when they had their own March magic, when the CJ McCollum-led Mountain Hawks defeated Duke?

You mean this CJ McCullum?

 

[aceboon]

Big news

 

[HooperScooper]

Does anyone think a First Four team advances to the S16?

Not from what I saw last night.

 

[aceboon]

Cal Baptist gets Kansas in the opening round, dude is shifty

 

[Lafayette]

And now Duke down two starters vs Sienna.

 

[superjohn]

This guy is picking Furman...

 

[HW611]

Cal Baptist gets Kansas in the opening round, dude is shifty

They have this guy and legitimate size. Sneaky sweet 16 pick.

 

[CTBasketball]

Cal Baptist gets Kansas in the opening round, dude is shifty

He’ll have trouble getting past Kansas’s guards, and then he’ll have trouble scoring over Bidunga. I anticipate a lot of blocked shots.

 

[HooperScooper]

This guy is picking Furman...

Edited once I figured out who he is:

This German actor and comedian knows his hoops. 😂

 

[superjohn]

Lol. You really want to post that from this guy? Who is he and why do we care what he predicts? Looks like he's a German actor and comedian.

He picked the entire tournament correctly last season and his picks look good for this tournament. The guy knows his college basketball.

 

[connVA]

He’ll have trouble getting past Kansas’s guards, and then he’ll have trouble scoring over Bidunga. I anticipate a lot of blocked shots.

Based on those clips it doesn’t look like he passes very much so you may just need a solid defender or two to cut off his oxygen. But if he did he’d be terrifying.

 

[sledog]

Is Furman game on TV??? Dont see it anywhere

 

[aceboon]

Is Furman game on TV??? Dont see it anywhere

Every single tournament game has been broadcasted on TV since 2011 man

 

[navery12]

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.

The issue, if you can call it that, is that nobody would be in favor of that change. The low majors like the current format because they have a chance at a tournament payout with a win in Dayton which is not happening against a 1 seed.

 

[FightOnCT]

He picked the entire tournament correctly last season and his picks look good for this tournament. The guy knows his college basketball.

I know for a fact you don’t actually believe this

 

[HooperScooper]

I know for a fact you don’t actually believe this

He's kidding around. I guess he thought it was funny and would get people riled up.

 

[DCKembaFan]

He picked the entire tournament correctly last season and his picks look good for this tournament. The guy knows his college basketball.

He appears to have Furman vs. Kennesaw St. in the final in that video, so if he really knows basketball he might be secretly picking UConn vs. Gonzaga lol

 

[HooperScooper]

He appears to have Furman vs. Kennesaw St. in the final in that video, so if he really knows basketball he might be secretly picking UConn vs. Gonzaga lol

I hope he's betting on that too. If it happened he could make a lot of money. 😀

 

[HooperScooper]

He picked the entire tournament correctly last season and his picks look good for this tournament. The guy knows his college basketball.

There's better stuff on the internet than this guy's picks. Find that something better for us.

 

[superjohn]

Edited once I figured out who he is:

This German actor and comedian knows his hoops. 😂

What gave it away?

 

[Edward Sargent]

Looking forward to rooting for Lehigh tonight. My dad lives 20 minutes away from campus and it’s refreshing to see a program that truly prioritizes the student-athlete experience.

Also, how may programs nowadays have a head coach whose last NCAA tournament appearance was with the same team 14 years ago when they had their own March magic, when the CJ McCollum-led Mountain Hawks defeated Duke?

Hope you are enjoying the game and spending time with your Dad. I’m watching the game it’s great! Thank you again for your time spent on the scout

 

[Windham4th]

3 days in the office complete. Working from home tomorrow and Friday.

 

[Deepster]

I’ve never watched a single First Four game. I don’t feel like it’s actually March Madness and it’s just a gimmick.

Anyone else feel that way or am I just weird?

 

[superjohn]

I’ve never watched a single First Four game. I don’t feel like it’s actually March Madness and it’s just a gimmick.

Anyone else feel that way or am I just weird?

I've seen some over the years but yes it sucks.

 

[navery12]

I’ve never watched a single First Four game. I don’t feel like it’s actually March Madness and it’s just a gimmick.

Anyone else feel that way or am I just weird?

Not just you. Even yesterday when both games were great I was barely invested. Tomorrow and Friday I'll be locked in for 13 hours regardless