NCAA Tournament Saturday (Day 3) Thread

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

F St John's. Glad they lost.

 

[Tommyboy]

That stings for Pitino. Lol

 

[ec33]

We need a 1 v 8 upset or the Big East is done

Good thing the SEC is so wildly overrated then.

 

[JeannoCT]

Bye Johnnie’s.

 

[Mike Honcho]

Not sure why SJU went away from Ejiofor. He put Arkansas's entire frontcourt in foul trouble within the first 10 minutes of the game.

 

[boog204]

Cal is the better college coach.

Ummm, no.

Karmic retribution for the SJU victory tour the last few weeks.

 

[HooperScooper]

Will St. John's fans wave to Storrs on the way home?

 

[Ripper32]

Arkansas will be scary if Thiero comes back.

 

[Palatine]

The zone killed SJU.

 

[IndyLives]

The Brandon Tierney and Spike Lee curse is real.

Lol. Whoever Spike roots for hard, they lose. 30 years and counting.

 

[geohusky]

What a shame lol

 

[HCCForever]

Well now I can set a match to my bracket.

I’m sure you’re not alone

 

[boog204]

Not sure why SJU went away from Ejiofor. He put Arkansas's entire frontcourt in foul trouble within the first 10 minutes of the game.

Yup… had a dominant big who was relegated to setting screens for contested jumpshooters. Sounds somewhat familiar.

 

[Blue Huskie]

Pitino wanted to run out of there.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Think piece idea: does Hurley need to reconsider his reconsideration of his portal strategy in light of this result?

 

[WhereistheDove?]

The St. John’s style just does not play that well outside of the BE officiating. They had to rein in the contact so much because of how the game was called and it really limits how many easy looks they get on offense. Add in the absolutely awful shooting night and they’re just not as good as they seemed. Unfortunately this was all too predictable.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

Now, the fighting Caliparis need to lose the next one.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

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.

There have been a few of these games over the last two years where the favorite lays a surprising egg, where they do a lot of the details right, but the ball just doesn't seem to go in the basket, and then there are a few weird defensive breakdowns. Hmm.

It feels like college sports is hanging by a thread.

 

[uconngb]

Bye bye slick Rick

I don’t think you can do better than this year so you are now a thing of the past

 

[Hi-Low]

Up to UConn to carry the water for the BE yet again

 

[TroyHall98]

Remember the Pitino quote about waving past the Storrs campus on the way to Providence? Maybe on the way back to Queens they can study some past UConn games to learn how to win tournament games as a high seed.

 

[NCHusky91]

Suck on that Zach Brassiere

 

[jdb50]

Arkansas had players that could really defend Luis as they were his size and quickness, and then he also missed some open looks he usually makes and it snowballed.

 

[phillionaire]

Me thinking a non UConn or creighton big east team had a shot at a tournament run

 

[shizzle787]

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