The Official Tourney Thread

[Horatio]

That was a foul and interference. Should be reviewable

 

[Travelman6]

god refs are HORRIBLE THIS year.

Is this a joke? I do not even have a horse in the race. But this is getting ridiculous... (re: Zags/Nwestern).

Should be a 3 point game right now.

This is really bad. No excuse even if commentators are trying to paint that picture.

 

[gtcam]

Gonzaga doing its best to give it to NU
Collins oozes Puke aura - makes me want to puke

 

[BugsyCT]

 

[Travelman6]

Terrible. It is not even hard to see. Everyone saw it live, how do you miss that? Changes the whole complexion of the game. Gonzaga is the non P5 darling.

Why even watch?

 

[superjohn]

Gonzaga doing its best to give it to NU
Collins oozes Puke aura - makes me want to puke

I have no problem with Collins, always liked his dad.

 

[Travelman6]

wow, that missed call on what should have been a 2 for nwestern followed by a technical (absolute bs) gives the zags a 4 point swing and the win by just 6. Hope the zags bow out next round. Refs really doing a great job taking control of games this year. That and arkansas/shall. Really bad.

 

[ASweet3781]

Zags lucky it was Northwestern as their 2nd round opponent and not a program that's been there like Wisconsin or they'd probably have been toast. The last 10 mins were their usual deer in headlight postseason looks.

 

[Robertelamin]

How lucky did Xavier get with drawing Maryland and then FSU?

 

[superjohn]

wow, that missed call on what should have been a 2 for nwestern followed by a technical (absolute bs) gives the zags a 4 point swing and the win by just 6. Hope the zags bow out next round. Refs really doing a great job taking control of games this year. That and arkansas/shall. Really bad.

They play anything like that and they won't get past WVU.

 

[Rocktheworld]

DAMMIT I didn't re-check my bracket but now I do and I see I "picked" Gonzaga over WVU.

 

[gtcam]

How lucky did Xavier get with drawing Maryland and then FSU?

Xavier is a really good team who lost their PG in January - if he was still playing, they would have been top 10 - easy
Xavier and Butler are probably the most disciplined teams on both sides of the ball in the tourney

 

[BugsyCT]

Xavier tearing FSU a new one. Seems like FSU is always a paper tiger in this tourney.

 

[ASweet3781]

Xavier tearing FSU a new one. Seems like FSU is always a paper tiger in this tourney.

The greatest conference ever about to be down to 4 teams by Day 3.

 

[Robertelamin]

How unprepared is FSU? They didn't even make a run in the second half. Embarrassing.

 

[storrsroars]

Bad technical by Collins.

That was an egregious ref error that cost two points. I think any coach with a pulse probably gets T'd up there.

 

[kobe]

That was an egregious ref error that cost two points. I think any coach with a pulse probably gets T'd up there.

Yeah because costing your team another two points is the optimal response.

 

[Travelman6]

Yeah because costing your team another two points is the optimal response.

He was 100% correct in being pissed. That was already a 4 point swing (missed two + Gonzaga 2 on the other end, but the T added two more points...and that folks is your ball game).

 

[kobe]

He was 100% correct in being pissed. That was already a 4 point swing (missed two + Gonzaga 2 on the other end, but the T added two more points...and that folks is your ball game).

Not sure why college basketball coaches (including our guy Mick) are given a total free pass for acting like total loons on the sideline. Collins literally leapt a foot onto the court. It was a bad call, they were still only down what 4 or 5 points? Keep it moving.

 

[storrsroars]

Yeah because costing your team another two points is the optimal response.

Mick's head would've exploded.

 

[Travelman6]

Not sure why college basketball coaches (including our guy Mick) are given a total free pass for acting like total loons on the sideline. Collins literally leapt a foot onto the court. It was a bad call, they were still only down what 4 or 5 points? Keep it moving.

The biggest issue with college ball is there are totally different (and very clearly so) standards depending on coach. Coach K does the very same once or twice a game and almost never, if ever, gets called. But you do that once as an up and coming coach, especially vs. the wrong team (Gonzaga is the non P5 darling) and *poof* t'ed up. That was so not a T. The guy was right. Anyone with two eyes regardless of sight (20/20 or 20/200 could see that was a hand through the hoop. You let THAT go and you basically make yourself an open target for the rest of your career for horrible calls. One of the worst calls I have seen all year.

 

[BugsyCT]

Good start for St. Mary's vs Zona - up 8 late 1st half.

 

[UConnSwag11]

virginia is dogshlt offensively every year

 

[ASweet3781]

Would love for St. Mary's to win this after last weeks ESPN/Bill Walton Pac 12 infomerical and non stop smearing of Gonzaga's league as "the little sister of the poor" while hyping the "Conference of Champions."

And as I say this St. Mary's best player picks up his 4th.

 

[Jaker]

the Aussie is good for the Gaels