The Official Tourney Thread

[lavuuk153]

Why did Wright call his last TO after the first make. Your only chance of winning is if he misses the 2nd...so why not save the TO to avoid exactly what happened?

 

[Travelman6]

Nova returns to being Nova.

Very tough draw getting wisconsin though, they are better than there seed and very experienced.

 

[lavuuk153]

Nova could've called their TO with like 2.8 seconds left and set up a play...that was some Bob Diaco time out management there.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Wisconsin clearing the path for Duke, just like in 2015.

Hayes vs Tatum could be a very interesting match-up

 

[Jaker]

Tough loss, nova's draw was brutal.

 

[superjohn]

Nova returns to being Nova.

Very tough draw getting wisconsin though, they are better than there seed and very experienced.

Agreed. Wisconsin has three really good players in Hayes, Happ and Koenig.

 

[4in16]

Hart was clearly fouled, college refs are terrible.

 

[geohusky]

Life is good ND, Villanova, & Syracuse lose in a span of six hours.

 

[Matrim55]

 

[jibsey]

Why did Wright call his last TO after the first make. Your only chance of winning is if he misses the 2nd...so why not save the TO to avoid exactly what happened?

Exactly what I was thinking. Was Burrell on a timeout?

 

[UConnTrumbull]

 

[Rocktheworld]

 

[Travelman6]

Life is good ND, Villanova, & Syracuse lose in a span of six hours.

I have nothing against ND. J. Wright seems like a decent guy too. But cuse losing is always funny and now we can hope duke goes down and hopefully msu gets stomped in the second round.

 

[BugsyCT]

Bad things happen (more often than not) to non-P5 teams vs P5 teams.

 

[ivrytontusker]

I have nothing against ND. J. Wright seems like a decent guy too. But cuse losing is always funny and now we can hope duke goes down and hopefully msu gets stomped in the second round.

Duke is cheering- an easier path to the Final Four now. If you think the calls went against Wisconsin this game, just wait...a matchup with Duke will make the 2015 final look like the "fairest" of them all...

That's elite Koaching.

 

[Travelman6]

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God NC State has pulled a few second round upsets too, eh? I did not realize they beat 1 seeded Nova as an 8...They also took out 2nd seeded Uconn as a 10 in the early 2000s (ugh). As much credit as Nova gets for being choke artists with high seeds, I do not want to see a 7/8/9/10 seeded NC State if my team is seeded 1 or 2.

 

[housekeys]

Still tip my hat to Nova. They had an excellent team and played well all year long. NCAA tourney can be tough. Just goes to show what an accomplishment the 2011 and 2014 'ships where.

 

[ivrytontusker]

Still tip my hat to Nova. They had an excellent team and played well all year long. NCAA tourney can be tough. Just goes to show what an accomplishment the 2011 and 2014 'ships where.

We will look back on those even more in the future as insane, unbelievable runs. We're extremely fortunate to have seen that period of UConn basketball.

 

[superjohn]

 

[Travelman6]

D'oh, Nwestern as an 8 was my 7-10 seeded sweet 16 pick, but wisconsin as an 8 has probably made the upset gods happy for now.

 

[Mr. French]

Boy, bad things keep happening to Nova in Buffalo.

Went to Thursday's games, wore my 2014 championship hat ... No one said anything but I noticed a few cross eyed looks from Philly fan.

I feel bad, now that whole area hates my city even more, but that '14 win was wellllllll worth it.

And btw, I chose to leave my house nova up 7, def didn't think it was over but I took my chances, and my horrid luck/cosmic energy gave you guys the best game so far.

The second the radio went on in my car, I hear "7-0 run ties this game!!!" And i knew then and there, me leaving will produce a great finish.

 

[superjohn]

Bad things happen (more often than not) to non-P5 teams vs P5 teams.

Care to explain?

 

[BugsyCT]

lol that look is priceless. Loved that shot by Bazz.

 

[mauconnfan]

Nice win congrats to Badgers. Hayes played his sack off and Keonig did what he's done before. Good for them. I have eh huh......Duke to win the East so that's ok.

Bad news on a pay every game pool I had 6-2 and if he made that FT and they missed their 3 on the other end I would have had 2 bills - crap!

 

[BugsyCT]

Care to explain?

Do I need to?

 

[storrsroars]

Nova returns to being Nova.

Very tough draw getting wisconsin though, they are better than there seed and very experienced.

Four consecutive Sweet 16s for Wisky. That's hard to do.

 

[superjohn]

Do I need to?

That was a well officiated game. If any gripe I thought Nova got a few calls.

 

[BugsyCT]

That was a well officiated game. If any gripe I thought Nova got a few calls.

Wasn't implying that Nova got screwed by calls. Thought it was a clean game too.

Just was making a general comment that P5 schools generally find ways to beat non-P5 schools in this tourney even when they're lower seeds.

 

[Jaker]

Northwestern feel good story coming to end quickly in this one.

 

[superjohn]

Wasn't implying that Nova got screwed by calls. Thought it was a clean game too.

Just was making a general comment that P5 schools generally find ways to beat non-P5 schools in this tourney even when they're lower seeds.

The NCAA doesn't invite many non-P5 teams and when they do it seems more often than not they are matched up in the first round like Wichita State vs. Dayton, St. Mary's vs. VCU, Creighton vs. URI. Nova did okay for a non P5 last year and in 2014 we did okay as a non P5.