Tournament (Non-UConn) Thread - 1st Round

[superjohn]

I actually picked Yale. Ivies are better than people give them credit for.

Oglesby on Field of 68 had them in the sweet 16 when the brackets came out. That dude knows more about basketball than anyone who covers the sport.

 

[OceanDoggie]

He could take it and do exactly what’s Cal did.

For sure, but I was alluding to Jeff Goodman's pumping up of Pearl during this discussion on replacing Cal. I doubt they would even want him now.

 

[History Geek]

 

[Rdkid]

Fun Fact: Nebraska as an 8-seed lost to UConn as a 9-seed in 1992.

Yes, the year Rod gave the business to Laettner

 

[Mr.Aztec]

Houston is probably the most over rated team. Garbage

 

[controlfade]

Guess UK gonna jump of the Pearl for Cal bandwagon now

 

[dvegas]

Confirming Connecticut as the basketball capital of the world

 

[upstater]

Are our games against teams like Stetson and Northwestern and maybe now Yale going to hurt us in the .Net when they reshuffle the seeds after the 3rd round?

 

[CTBasketball]

All you had to do is tune into ESPN on any given night to watch how fraudulent Auburn was. They run around like they’re all on cocaine. Yale was a nightmare matchup for them.

 

[August_West]

Ken Pom has Auburn beating UConn. The person not the algorithm.

Not any longer!

 

[F101Voodoo]

Hope to see Yale v Uconn in the S16. Thatd be cool to see.

Cool but very very unlikely.

 

[August_West]

All you had to do is tune into ESPN on any given night to watch how fraudulent Auburn was. They run around like they’re all on cocaine. Yale was a nightmare matchup for them.

Unfortunately Sam Diego St is a real bad matchup for Yale

 

[UCTitleTown]

Glad they're out. That was a team that worried me a bit. Glad to see Pearl bounced. I don't like that guy.

 

[upstater]

SEC commish’s comments just get funnier and funnier.

what comments?

 

[Vowelguy]

Nice unis for VT

 

[CTBasketball]

Unfortunately Sam Diego St is a real bad matchup for Yale

Everything from here on out for Yale is gravy!

 

[Jimdish255]

Unfortunately Vermont has trouble scoring. Not seeing a miracle here but we gonna run it anyway.

 

[F101Voodoo]

SEC, SEC, SEC….

Overrated…..

As long as we are doing insults let’s add NIT NIT NIT NIT NIT. a once favorite BE fab chant

 

[Edward Sargent]

I gotta tell ya, Auburn doesn’t scare me. They are beatable.

They were beatable

 

[slepers]

Cool but unlikely.

Not really they can beat San Diego state

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

Pretty soon we will get....but uconn had the easiest bracket....whiners.

 

[tzznandrew]

Glad they're out. That was a team that worried me a bit. Glad to see Pearl bounced. I don't like that guy.

They shouldn't have worried you. They didn't worry Yale or Appalachian State.

 

[Mr.Aztec]

Not really they can beat San Diego state

Yale is the only team that can beat us.

 

[uconngb]

Have to say very happy that the two worst people in the tourney are OUT in the first round as prohibitive favorites.

 

[F101Voodoo]

Not really they can beat San Diego state

Ok they can !!

 

[Brochacho]

If Yale can meet the physicality of SDSU they will be playing a much more comfortable tempo than the Auburn game.

 

[IndyLives]

The KenPom method the biggest loser of the day.

 

[Bomber36]

Unfortunately Vermont has trouble scoring. Not seeing a miracle here but we gonna run it anyway.

 

[Brett95]

I have total confidence in our team to win it all, but now is not the time to get cocky because anything can happen at any point.

 

[aburks41]

Greg Sankey can suck it