NCAA Tournament Saturday (Day 3) Thread

[FfldCntyFan]

Without question the top item on my wish list is for us to cut down the nets once again.

Second on that list is to see Arkansas as the only member of the greatest conference ever to make it out of the first weekend of this tournament. That would be beautiful.

 

[kobe]

 

[KingAG]

St John’s doing what St John’s has historically always done somehow being bad for UConn is a stretch of logic. What a mental exercise

 

[storrsroars]

They were a 2 seed.

OK, worst of any 2 seed.

 

[cellocgg]

and suddenly the college basketball fandom in NY has been restored

 

[alexd]

If #10 Arkansas can beat #2, why can't we win tomorrow?

Yes.
Why not us?

 

[Ctrane]

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

Mostly because what the Big East refs allowed St Johns to get away with all year. Add on Pitino may be slimier than Cal.

 

[gtcam]

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

Because I stated for weeks now that St John's would not get past the 1st weekend
Team is long but not where it counts - in the head and the heart
5 guys with baggage who haven't played together can't turn out ok
And I can't stand Pitino and Arkansas is not good

 

[KingAG]

Make sure they wave at us on the way home

 

[ec33]

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

You would rather face Texas Tech?

 

[KingAG]

That SDSU team wouldn’t have stood a chance though. Lmfao

 

[giddyup]

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

 

[HCCForever]

SJU-Arkansas two lousy shooting teams trying to out-lousy each other. And two slimeball coaches trying to out-slime each other.

In the end, SJU won that battle and lost the game.

Embarrassing performance for the BE.

Pitino should stop at Electric Blue on his way back from Providence and buy the team some sympathy lap dances.

The Blue is now a juice bar with no talent. Not worth the trip or so I’m told.

 

[superjohn]

This game didn't have anything to do with St. John's being physical in the Big East and not being able to deal with tournament refs. They lost because they played horrendously bad. They missed something like 20 layups and their two best guards looked like they wanted to be anywhere other than a basketball court today.

 

[Hi-Low]

Pitino needs to buy some shooters in the Portal...D centric only gets you so far in Tourney.

 

[aceboon]

I say it every year but I really hate what they've done with the Saturday/Sunday round of 32 schedule, it used to be the first game was a standalone and then spam the rest of the games. We shouldn't have to wait until the evening for multiple games being played.

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

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

Because I'm extremely petty

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Can anyone remember the last time a coach benched his star player at the end of a winnable game when the outcome was still in doubt? I can't.

That was interesting. I wonder what Pitino knows that we don't.

 

[Brochacho]

This game didn't have anything to do with St. John's being physical in the Big East and not being able to deal with tournament refs. They lost because they played horrendously bad. They missed something like 20 layups and their two best guards looked like they wanted to be anywhere other than a basketball court today.

Looked a lot like Oklahoma last night. Played hard in a foul filled game. But if you can't score the ball, you can't score the ball.

 

[Goldenflash]

I'm not doing the research, but gonna guess that 28% shooting performance was the worst of any 1 seed in modern NCAA tourney history.

Just embarrassing for Pitino, for St John's and for the conference.

Now do #2 seeds

 

[Ripper32]

I don't think there is a comparable team to Arkansas in the BE. Cal bought a lot of raw talent to Fayetteville with the poultry money.

 

[ec33]

Getting players that can shoot still seems like a sound idea in the long run.

So does having a point guard.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

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

Yep.

 

[Pmac923]

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

Go read their posts about Uconn all year. I’ll crack one open for their failures. And the flopping Ejiofor. You worry about your own this time of year.

 

[NickDanger]

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?

 

[storrsroars]

Now do #2 seeds

Point already made and answered upthread. It helps to actually read the threads before commenting.

 

[ec33]

.....and their two best guards looked like they wanted to be anywhere other than a basketball court today.

Should have paid them on a game by game basis, I guess.

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

3 Point shots are the great equalizer in the NCAA's. St. Johns was atrocious shooting from long distance. Arkansas just got to pack it inside and shut everythign else down.

 

[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 their program for world dominance!

 

[Ripper32]

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