Thursday 1st Round games thread

[Edward Sargent]

Just wow Furman! First of my upsets to come through

 

[Ripper32]

Public split with Furman and WVU.

 

[huskiesNhoos]

Clark been in college way too long to do something that stupid

I've never been so happy to see a 5th yr who won a natty finally graduate...

 

[HuskyHawk]

Even though I didn't pick Howard in any of my pools, we need @HuskyHawk and his undivided support....GO HOWARD!!!! I even pulled out my Northern Iowa shirt...lol

KU looking like UConn at times. Just throwing the ball away and wasting possessions. The pace is crazy. KU defense had been awful until the last few minutes. Norm doesn't seem to be able to get them to stop doing stupid things the way Self can. I'll take a 13 point lead at half.

 

[UCSouth]

The best part about Furman winning is that @husky429 doesn't have to endure watching UVA for the rest of the tournament.

 

[Ctedgeman]

The last UVA game I saw this year, there was 1.8 seconds left in the first half and they only had 16 points. It was for that reason I picked Furman for the upset.

 

[Exodus]

FURMAN - cojones of absolute steel. Congrats to them!

 

[Ripper32]

Clark is Bennett's pet. This has to kill him.

 

[Tommyboy]

I feel like those refs in Maryland-WVU totally used the not enough evidence to give Maryland the ball back there near the end because they missed the foul. There was plenty of evidence but the Maryland guy was hacked so they used a loophole. It 100% went out on Maryland.

 

[PNolanFan]

Love the ACC starting it off with a poop game. Nothing would make me happier than an ACC wipe out first weekend

 

[7774]

Well Tony Bennett lost in the 4/13 game 2 years ago, didn’t make the tournament last year, and just lost another 4/13.

He must be a terrible coach.

 

[NowInStorrs]

That Furman shot was so hype!

 

[firstnline]

Nice to see an ACC team go out quickly.

 

[phillionaire]

Tony Bennett collecting first round upsets as a protected seed like they’re infinity stones

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Yessir.

I had UVA higher, but once Ben Vander Plas' (7.4p, 4.6r, 1.1 3PM, 15 starts) season ended, Virginia's forward depth instantly got decimated.

Why I'm fading Charleston: they haven't seen a defense remotely close San Diego State. A grind you down team (scored in the 60s in each of their last four wins) that forces team to use clock (18.5 seconds/possession) and are elite on the perimeter (29.7 3p%).

 

[oshkosh]

I'm not picking Virginia next year to win any games

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I'm not picking Virginia next year to win any games

Not with Dante Harris as their starting point guard.

 

[dvegas]

LOL UVA. UMBC now Furman

LOL UVA. UMBC now Furman

5th year anniversary of UMBC. Perfect

 

[superjohn]

I've never been so happy to see a 5th yr who won a natty finally graduate...

He tried to throw it away to run out the clock with 8.2 seconds left, yikes. Always been an annoying player to watch but that's just a brutal way for a 5 year career to end. He'll be remembered for that and that kind of sucks, he did make the pass that led to Diakite's crazy buzzer beater which led to UVA's championship.

 

[asteinindc]

The collective outrage and depression on this board if we suffered a fate tomorrow like UVA did today would be enough to power the eastern seaboard.

 

[Waquoit]

Virginia plays elite defense. Too bad they don't have another scorer.

Yeah, too bad!

 

[BigTenFan]

The pressure is always on the higher seed. The higher the seed the greater the expectations. The transfer portal has definitely evened the playing field.
Look at Jalen Pickett Penn State...from Siena to All American. Pretty cool

 

[Blue Huskie]

Don't sleep on the 13 seeds. It could happen to us if we lose focus.

 

[Scottobot]

NCAA tournament a lot about luck, Furman makes a last second 3 and downs goes VA, West Virginia misses a decent look at end, and Maryland moves on.

 

[ctchamps]

Don't sleep on the 13 seeds. It could happen to us if we lose focus.

I promise you I will not nap during our game.

I guess my brother’s lifetime ban from stepping on the Furman campus because he went berserk trying to get other fans to cheer for the team is helping them. That’s the way you do mojo.

I have spoken!