Tournament (Non-UConn) Thread - 1st Round

[Edward Sargent]

I scheduled a hernia surgery yesterday so I can sit at home for the next four days watching basketball and hopped up on opiates…

You won’t need opiates besides they will bind you up.

 

[aceboon]

That Morehead St steal at halfcourt needed to be converted into points

 

[WhereistheDove?]

You won’t need opiates besides they will bind you up.

This is the second time I’ve had the surgery. The first time I didn’t fill my oxy prescription and ended up on the floor in excruciating pain at 3 am.

 

[auror]

Dana Altman putting on a clinic right now.

They weren't doing their switching defense thing earlier in the year, and then they pulled it out during the Pac12 tournament. He's got a great record in tournament games for a reason.

 

[BGesus4]

As always, morehead is the best state of all

 

[aceboon]

Illinois backup big doesn't miss at the rim

 

[AllHusky]

They are under so much pressure. If Matt Painter tucked some coal up his posterior it could prove very lucrative.

That is quite a picture you painted there Siberian!

 

[aceboon]

Dainja pretty much winning Illinois this game now

 

[uconnfan68]

Dainja pretty much winning Illinois this game now

And they don’t foul!??!

 

[auror]

Dainja pretty much winning Illinois this game now

 

[CTBasketball]

Can anyone in the SEC defend a pick and roll?

 

[LStudfellow]

Illinois is the one team who gives me pause. They will matchup better against us than anyone else in our region. They have the best guard in the tournament, they have active bigs, they have a top notch Stretch 4 in Coleman and they can shoot the 3. Yes, they will beat Iowa St., and yes, I believe they will be our biggest test in this tournament.

And when they turn it on like they have here in the 2nd half... WOW, they are really good.

 

[JayKoz]

Can we please come up with another phrase besides "lets gooooo"? Its all anybody says.

I wish I could like this post more than once. It’s something that’s always annoyed me.

 

[Hurleyman216]

Good thing they put 8 SEC teams in this tourney so most of them can crap the bed in the first round. Total no show so far

 

[HuskyHawk]

Dana Altman putting on a clinic right now.

They weren't doing their switching defense thing earlier in the year, and then they pulled it out during the Pac12 tournament. He's got a great record in tournament games for a reason.

South Carolina looking like so many old Syracuse opponents did in round 1. They don’t know how to solve this.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

There are times I miss playing basketball, but then I see #1 on Oregon getting a forearm to the chin and I remember why I stopped playing.

 

[HuskyHawk]

South Carolina finally figuring out the zone. Oregon still shooting lights out.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Oregon's offense can look kind of grinding at times.

 

[mussels]

There are times I miss playing basketball, but then I see #1 on Oregon getting a forearm to the chin and I remember why I stopped playing.

After play announcer said he was holding his hand.

 

[navery12]

Illinois is the one team who gives me pause. They will matchup better against us than anyone else in our region. They have the best guard in the tournament, they have active bigs, they have a top notch Stretch 4 in Coleman and they can shoot the 3. Yes, they will beat Iowa St., and yes, I believe they will be our biggest test in this tournament.

And when they turn it on like they have here in the 2nd half... WOW, they are really good.

They don't scare me, their defense is atrocious. We might put up 125 against them

 

[CTBasketball]

Duke’s first (and only) guard off the bench Caleb Foster is out for the NCAAT.

 

[August_West]

You won’t need opiates besides they will bind you up.

They only bind up noobs.commit and be regular.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

They only bind up noobs.

Gummies > Opiates

 

[August_West]

I wish I could like this post more than once. It’s something that’s always annoyed me.

The worst is “ wild” if I see one more tweet or reddit post having to do with college hoops , where the overall descriptor is “ wild” I’ll choke someone out.

That big goof Hotballs recently on the topdogs podcast with Dauster used the word “ wild” 47 times.*

* Yeah I’m a big enough loser to count. Isn’t that wild?

 

[August_West]

Gummies > Opiates

I would recommend just that.

 

[Samoo]

Illinois is the one team who gives me pause. They will matchup better against us than anyone else in our region. They have the best guard in the tournament, they have active bigs, they have a top notch Stretch 4 in Coleman and they can shoot the 3. Yes, they will beat Iowa St., and yes, I believe they will be our biggest test in this tournament.

And when they turn it on like they have here in the 2nd half... WOW, they are really good.

Don't get too excited, it was Morehead State they turned it on against.

 

[That Guy]

Miss St. and South Carolina both out in the 1st round. 4 of Auburn's 6 best wins on the season came against those teams. Just saying.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I scheduled a hernia surgery yesterday so I can sit at home for the next four days watching basketball and hopped up on opiates…

Pay attention to the post-surgery lifting limits, and it's likely to be a 'speed bump' of an experience before you get back to normal on a relatively predictable schedule.

Lift too much too soon, and you could be dealing with a re-do or a mess.

 

[Leebo]

Take that Mountain West!

Was that meant to be about BYU?

 

[mike012]

Sec hasn’t impressed much so far. Both teams were beaten badly.