March Madness is almost here

CCTAU · « **Reply #60 on:** March 16, 2018, 04:55:59 PM »

I'm confused. Were we supposed to picking the WINNERS?

wesfau2 · « **Reply #61 on:** March 16, 2018, 05:30:53 PM »

Arky fucks up the SEC streak...and a portion of my bracket. Buuuuuuut...the woopig meltdown will be GLORIOUS.

djsimp · « **Reply #62 on:** March 16, 2018, 10:16:16 PM »

Quote from: Godfather on March 16, 2018, 12:26:44 PM

Out of all the games that were yesterday Villanova looked like a final 2 to me. They were most impressive and were shooting 75% close to the end of the 2nd.

I have Nova winning the whole damn thing. Seriously, I feel like they are the most complete team. Now that Purdues big man is out, I just don't see another team that will match up with them. Maybe Xavier but Xavier is better than Virginia imo.

CCTAU · « **Reply #63 on:** March 16, 2018, 10:29:31 PM »

Holy crap, AU played like prowler posts!

Better get it together before Sunday!

Kaos · « **Reply #64 on:** March 16, 2018, 11:04:21 PM »

Oh my GAWD!!!

No call ROBS Charleston of HISTORIC upset!!1!!

Fuck the media. Damn.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2018/03/16/ncaa-tournament-did-late-no-call-rob-charlestons-shot-historic-upset-over-auburn/434399002/

ESPN analyst Jay Bilas tweeted, "Unfortunate missed call. No question, clear from seeing it live, he was hit (on) the elbow."

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #65 on:** March 16, 2018, 11:18:03 PM »

Quote from: Kaos on March 16, 2018, 11:04:21 PM

Oh my GAWD!!!

No call ROBS Charleston of HISTORIC upset!!1!!

Fuck the media. Damn.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2018/03/16/ncaa-tournament-did-late-no-call-rob-charlestons-shot-historic-upset-over-auburn/434399002/

ESPN analyst Jay Bilas tweeted, "Unfortunate missed call. No question, clear from seeing it live, he was hit (on) the elbow."

First off, beating Auburn in basketball is never a "Historic upset". Hell, Barry beat us all by himself. Damn that Barry!

CCTAU · « **Reply #66 on:** March 16, 2018, 11:33:44 PM »

What the hell is a UMBC!

Holy crap!

djsimp · « **Reply #67 on:** March 16, 2018, 11:47:58 PM »

Quote from: djsimp on March 16, 2018, 10:16:16 PM

I have Nova winning the whole damn thing. Seriously, I feel like they are the most complete team. Now that Purdues big man is out, I just don't see another team that will match up with them. Maybe Xavier but Xavier is better than Virginia imo.

Like I said, Virginia ain't good.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #68 on:** March 17, 2018, 12:02:24 AM »

My bracket has a lot of red letters and teams with lines marked through the middle of them. It's very colorful.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #69 on:** March 17, 2018, 12:15:41 AM »

Quote from: Kaos on March 16, 2018, 11:04:21 PM

Oh my GAWD!!!

No call ROBS Charleston of HISTORIC upset!!1!!

Fuck the media. Damn.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2018/03/16/ncaa-tournament-did-late-no-call-rob-charlestons-shot-historic-upset-over-auburn/434399002/

ESPN analyst Jay Bilas tweeted, "Unfortunate missed call. No question, clear from seeing it live, he was hit (on) the elbow."

From a sports-history lens, this can't be underestimated. This is wildly historic.

Glad we were all watching.

Kaos · « **Reply #70 on:** March 17, 2018, 09:48:53 AM »

I don't watch basketball. Haven't really since the Barkley/Person days. Or, well, since I coached it for three years.

Yesterday, though, there was not much else on and I was just killing some time before I went to sleep. Scrolled by a game at the half where top seed VA was tied with 16 UMBC (who?) So I decided to watch it for a while -- I figured until Virginia imposed its will -- and then turn on a movie or something. Never got to the movie.

One of the most fun halves of basketball I've ever seen. The Retrievers could have slammed the ball off the floor and then done a spinning roundhouse kick that hit the ball. It would have flown into the stands, hit a guy eating a hotdog, bounced into the rafters and then fallen right into the basket without touching the rim. I kept thinking UVA would make a move, but UMBC had an answer -- usually in the form of an unreal drive through the lane or a three-point dagger.

The only people in the world who watched that and didn't enjoy had to be Virginia fans (or people with money in the bracket that had VA winning it all).