NCAA Tournament Day 1 Thread (Merged)

[blkknight1]

With mcneese losing their coach as soon as their run was over you expected it to go one of two ways. The team to be down and perhaps get blown off the court early or they would play inspired and leave it all out there. Of course you didn't expect Clemson to play like a Jr high school jv team.

 

[ec33]

Georgia plays in a gauntlet 2xs a week....blah blah blah

Gonzaga plays nobody....blah blah

And we all fell for that nonsense hook line and sinker.

I was the Georgia defender and I had Gonzaga all the way. Tourney experience matters. You miss a few shots early and suddenly you have 3 points 8 minutes in because you are too tight.

And obviously Georgia wasn't playing great in tourney situations, they choked and lost to Oklahoma in the first round of the SEC tournament..

 

[SoFla Steve]

I expect some more upsets tonight. Utah State, Drake and UCSD should all be able to give the lower teams their playing a good game.

I talked myself out of picking Drake to upset Missouri. I hope I don't regret it, but I'm just so bad at picking upsets.

 

[SoFla Steve]

With mcneese losing their coach as soon as their run was over you expected it to go one of two ways. The team to be down and perhaps get blown off the court early or they would play inspired and leave it all out there. Of course you didn't expect Clemson to play like a Jr high school jv team.

Or they're auditioning for their next team.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Or they're auditioning for their next team.

Basically at this moment a lot of NC St fans are saying to themselves "We're already the second best team in the conference next year!".

 

[uconngb]

Big East was severely underseeded vs. other top 5, especially ACC.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat

Same mantra every single year

 

[uconngb]

I expect some more upsets tonight. Utah State, Drake and UCSD should all be able to give the lower teams their playing a good game.

Love Drake and Utah St….Drake very well coached and Utah St, well they are going against Mick

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Apparently McNeese doesn't spend a lot of time practicing breaking the press.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Qadir Copeland stinks.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I talked myself out of picking Drake to upset Missouri. I hope I don't regret it, but I'm just so bad at picking upsets.

I definitely picked Drake. I hate Mizzou, but I also think Drake is underrated

 

[Scoe]

Ok Mcneese stop being idiots.

 

[AidanFan20]

McNeese wants to make it close for funsies.

 

[Tiamat7]

Maybe the ACC will reconsider the merger idea with the Big East

 

[Scoe]

If you have trouble handling the press then press back at them.

 

[gmc1055]

Should be a fun game to start off the day. Louisville and Creighton are 2 good teams

 

[Jimdish255]

If I'm McNeese I'm subbing in 4 guards and one big fella. Run clock and 2 banging the boards.

 

[Jimdish255]

Good grief Zags crushing Georgia.

 

[Hurleyman216]

Maybe the ACC will reconsider the merger idea with the Big East

We don’t want that league, they’re trash money

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The officiating at the end of Clemson/McNeese is ridiculous. Clemson is practically tackling McNeese in the press, and if McNeese even looks wrong at a Clemson penetrator, there is a whistle.

 

[Jimdish255]

Clemson gonna get calls for sure

 

[gsmooth]

Classless dunk aside, I love Jamiya Neal. Fun player to watch

He, like Micah Peavy or RJ Luis are of the same athletic mold that this UConn the needs.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Maybe the ACC will reconsider the merger idea with the Big East

They need to just invite UConn as a full member

 

[Scoe]

Good time out there why save it wrap up the game now.

 

[ktuck911]

Clemson is awful, ACC so overrated.

they beat Puke, I mean Duke... now get boat raced by who?????

 

[AidanFan20]

McNeese just closed this one out with that break and dunk... My brackets are busted.

That what I get for thinking the ACC is good.