Tournament (Non-UConn) Thread - 1st Round

[Ripper32]

So they gave Northwestern a bid when they were clearly a bubble team and were not getting back one of their best players? Awesome.

Yes. They have no depth since he got hurt.

 

[superjohn]

If a ref wasnt in position to see a clean block then he wouldn’t be in position to see body contact or getting a piece of the arm or hand ( which neither was close to happening)
So riddle me this joker , what was the ref in position to see?

It's amazing that every drunk person in the bar could see in live action he wasn't touched yet the refs and HuskyHawk couldn't see it.

 

[firstnline]

Looks like the final score might be 39-38

 

[upstater]

Weird tie-up call in NW-FAU just now. Clear block and out of the offensive player's hands, yet was called a tie-up.

It was close.

Ref might've been right, but usually they wont blow the whistle on that

 

[superjohn]

We all know one of these teams will somehow shoot 50% from 3 against us Sunday

I think we'll destroy either one of them.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Weird tie-up call in NW-FAU just now. Clear block and out of the offensive player's hands, yet was called a tie-up.

It was close.

Ref might've been right, but usually they wont blow the whistle on that

They’ve been calling tie-ups super quick i’ve noticed. Couple specifically in our Marquette game too.

 

[auror]

How on earth did this Northwestern team beat Purdue and Illinois? They look like a team that would struggle with Georgetown.

2 of their starters are out: Ty Berry and Matthew Nicholson.

 

[Marat]

Both teams are playing so ugly ! Less than 20 at the half for NW.

 

[firstnline]

Gaff awful first half.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I know people make superlative statements way too often, but I am not going out on a limb when I say this is one of the worst basketball games I have ever seen in the NCAA Tournament.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Cancel the second half. You both lose. That was heinous.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Switching over to Baylor vs. Syracuse's nemesis Colgate. It is impossible to be worse than what I was just watching.

 

[Samoo]

At halftime of last year's opening round game someone started a fire Hurley thread.

Pretty sure we know what this calls for at halftime today...

 

[BGesus4]

I love gaffney but every time I watch him he’s a mistake machine

 

[7774]

These teams are fine. They both were clearly nervous. Everyone looks bad when the shots don’t go in, and they are a combined 3-21 from 3. If someone who didn’t know better watched the first 10 minutes of the Big East championship game they would think UConn and Marquette suck.

 

[Chuck]

Colgate looks like an awesome intramural team you played. They run you off the court with their size and skill and you think, "those guys could beat a legitimate college team." But you're wrong... they can't.

 

[champs99and04]

So they gave Northwestern a bid when they were clearly a bubble team and were not getting back one of their best players? Awesome.

I didn't even realize this. That makes it that much worse. Honestly they shouldn't have gotten in regardless, but now knowing this, it's even more clear that they only got in for being P2.

 

[champs99and04]

These teams are fine. They both were clearly nervous. Everyone looks bad when the shots don’t go in, and they are a combined 3-21 from 3. If someone who didn’t know better watched the first 10 minutes of the Big East championship game they would think UConn and Marquette suck.

You can explain the missed shots that way but not the turnovers. Some of the decision-making has been brutal.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Shaka and the boys have a good lane to the final Four. I really like that team and their culture and their fanbase. The most I've ever liked a team in our own conference. Let's show the committee the big east is a beast

 

[Waquoit]

Gaff awful first half.

Was Gaff an auto-correct for Gawd?

 

[GlastonTim]

Both these teams have beaten top teams. They have another level.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

lol that was just the perfect first play of the second. FAU throws a bad lob out of bounds.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Gaffney has been playing for way too long. I think he's using his Spanish Flu year.

 

[FanInNC]

NC State won 5 games in 5 days to win ACC tournament... didnt know that. Their center looks very unfit.

He was the tournament MVP. Definitely not the symbol of fitness, but can’t be stopped one on one.

 

[7774]

You can explain the missed shots that way but not the turnovers. Some of the decision-making has been brutal.

Yeah they definitely played a bad half, it doesn’t mean they’re terrible in general. Like I said UConn and Marquette were on pace for a 28-24 final score 10 minutes into the championship game.