NCAA Tournament Saturday (Day 3) Thread

[AntG168]

I guess we have to do the heavy lifting again.

 

[IndyLives]

Wow. Pitino laid into the media in his post game press conference:

"Chris Mullins is not walking through that door folks. Walter Berry is not walking through that door. Malik Sealy is not walking through that door. And if they do, they'll be old and grey ..'

 

[gsmooth]

StJ not even losing this one because Arkansas played well, they just stunk. What an egg this one was. To not have your best player in during crunch time is wild.

St. John's didn't play well, but you can tell Arkansas' size, length, and athleticism bothered them, especially RJ Luis who is used to finishing around the rim.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Yes that’s right: the Illuminati persuaded the lizard people that a defeat for a Catholic school would advanced their program for world dominance!

Obvious troll is obvious.

 

[storrsroars]

Yep.

It would be difficult for me to believe that everyone but Zuby was in the tank. It would actually be difficult to miss that many bunnies without making some by accident.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

It would be difficult for me to believe that everyone but Zuby was in the tank. It would actually be difficult to miss that many bunnies without making some by accident.

Some of those guys just can't shoot. You will have to ask Pitino why he benched Luis.

 

[jibsey]

Close your eyes and picture St.John's grad Mike Francesca cursing at his tv screen. Beautiful.

 

[ec33]

So the ninth place team in the SEC just led wire to wire over the team that dominated the big east.
I guess the SEC isn’t overrated?

I laugh because it was one game and St. John's is better -- but it was also one game when a better Missouri team lost and that "proved" the SEC was overrated (or Georgia coming out looking like deer in headlights).

 

[Durks07]

@RuffRuff must be heartbroken.

Are you trying to tell me a team that cannot shoot basketballs into hoops isn't going to advance deep in a tournament where you have to checks notes shoot basketballs into hoops to win?

 

[AntG168]

Now all those fake St Johns fans in NY, who hadn’t watched the team in 25 years can go back to crying about the Knicks

 

[NickDanger]

“Best player” in BE goes 3 for 20 shooting? Something smells…

Yes that’s right: the Illuminati persuaded the lizard people that a defeat for a Catholic school would advanced program for world dominance!

Obvious troll is obvious.

This is not trolling. I’m making fun of the fact that someone has a bad shooting night and this guy immediately jumps to a conspiracy.

 

[superjohn]

It would be difficult for me to believe that everyone but Zuby was in the tank. It would actually be difficult to miss that many bunnies without making some by accident.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if there's something bad that happened behind the scenes. That performance was inexplicable and RJ Luis body language was beyond awful since the opening tip.

 

[Waquoit]

A week of "Coach Cal is back" is way worse than some woofing by the NY Post.

 

[navery12]

I knew St John's was losing when I saw this

 

[DawgEnjoyer]

This is really bad for the Big East. I don't know why people are celebrating this.

Because Pitino is a jerk and also a bad person, who has run his mouth about UConn numerous times.

He and the CBB media have also been doing a victory tour the last 4 weeks fawning over his “old school” style.

 

[Hoophound]

I can’t help but think the Pitino and SJU butt kissing tour going on all week went to their heads. They are a good team but maybe they started feeling a little too comfortable.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Yes that’s right: the Illuminati persuaded the lizard people that a defeat for a Catholic school would advanced program for world dominance!

This is not trolling. I’m making fun of the fact that someone has a bad shooting night and this guy immediately jumps to a conspiracy.

Right after your post dunking on the Big East.

Are you going to keep this sock going now that it has been exposed?

 

[Viet Vet]

That will shut up the New York media.

Toooooo........ Baaaad, Slick Rick.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Now all those fake St Johns fans in NY, who hadn’t watched the team in 25 years can go back to crying about the Knicks

I can still remember the "I should've seen Gonzaga coming!" rant. Speaking as if his overlooking the Zags was why St John's lost that game two and a half decades ago. I guess now he'll podcast "I should've seen Arkansas coming!".

 

[blkknight1]

Perhaps saving the lare night talk show appearances until you have actually done something would have been wise

 

[Blue Huskie]

“Best player” in BE goes 3 for 20 shooting? Something smells…

What are you saying? He's on the take?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

This is really bad for the Big East. I don't know why people are celebrating this.

Tell me, by St John's not making it to the Sweet Sixteen, how much cash did it cost UConn? Our share of that one additional tournament credit couldn't be a whole lot.

As difficult as it may be for some to accept, our current BE membership is a business arrangement, no more, no less.

 

[gsmooth]

SJU got a bad matchup. All those long bodies tormented them. You could tell early on.

That's the thing that is not being said enough here. Arkansas' blend of athleticism, length, and size bothered St. John's. It's like what Calhoun said after 2004 when reporters were saying teams like Georgia Tech, Alabama, and Vanderbilt were shooting well and suddenly did not when they played UConn, "it isn't the air conditioning blowing their shots off course".

 

[NickDanger]

What are you saying? He's on the take?

The obvious explanation is he had a very bad shooting night, which happens to everyone.
But apparently, the obvious explanation is not good enough!

 

[jibsey]

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