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NCAA Playoffs

IdaGriz01 said:
cmtgrizzly said:
Not BSC but hoping UNI can win. SFA already won and these two programs have made big strides and are what I hope we can get to in the next few years and hopefully only go up from there
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Could go either way. Tied with a minute left.
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HOT DAMN! Buzzer beater wins it for the Panthers ... and another P-5 team goes down! And, even better, it's Texas. Life is good.

Even if my bracket is shot even more to Hell.
 
UNI -- Texas... what a great game throughout. Fitting that it was won on a half-court shot.

I really like Northern Iowa's spread dribble-enter offense. Hard to guard.
 
Bad news, lost Michigan St from my Final 4. Good news, went 25-7 in the ESPN Tournament Challenge in the 1st Round.

How about that game winning shot for Northern Iowa? I have them and Arkansas Little Rock as my sleeper picks making the Sweet 16.
 
mtgrizrule said:
Bad news, lost Michigan St from my Final 4. Good news, went 25-7 in the ESPN Tournament Challenge in the 1st Round.

How about that game winning shot for Northern Iowa? I have them and Arkansas Little Rock as my sleeper picks making the Sweet 16.
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27-9 here, including the four play-in games (or "first four" as the PC-ers say).

As for MSU, that's you and a whole bunch of people: http://espn.go.com/chalk/story/_/id/15009976/michigan-state-loss-middle-tennessee-state

Key quotes:
David Pirdum said:
More money was bet on Michigan State to win the NCAA tournament than any other team at multiple sportsbooks. That money will be staying in-house.
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The Spartans were the most popular bet to win the NCAA tournament at the Westgate SuperBook in both money and number of tickets after the bracket was released.
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The biggest decision of the early slate was the Oklahoma-Cal State-Bakersfield game. Eighty-five percent of spread bets on the game were on the Sooners -14.5. Oklahoma won 82-68. As the Sooners dribbled out the final 15 seconds, the desperate crowd yelled, "shoot" and "foul" at the Westgate SuperBook.

Middle Tennessee and Cal State-Bakersfield covering the spread produced multiple six-figure wins for Caesars.
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After a horrible start (falling behind by over 20 points), Wichita State "won" the rest of the game but still lost by 8, 65-57. Yale is already behind Duke by 8 at the official 11-min TV timeout. Not much drama so far.
 
I think LKs Utah will probably beat the Zags and couldnt ask for an bigger favor than for MSU to get beat though Middle Tenn could be for real. I am a little worries for Oregon against St Joes. Should tell us a lot about Oregon.
 
NorthEndZoneDan said:
its awesome for Pitt's band but it does not speak highly of weebs. air fare SLC to St Louis can't be that much.
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The WSU band had a "conflict", a concert this weekend, :roll: so that's why they were a no show. You would think that the schedulers would maybe think about the NCAA tournament as a possibility each year and cross those dates off the calendar. As far as the game, Xavier was legit, WSU had to take much harder shots compared to the X-men and that's rarely a good thing.
 
IdaGriz01 said:
After a horrible start (falling behind by over 20 points), Wichita State "won" the rest of the game but still lost by 8, 65-57. Yale is already behind Duke by 8 at the official 11-min TV timeout. Not much drama so far.
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OKay, finally we have some drama. Duke came out of the half "fat, dumb and happy" and Yale has made a huge run to cut the lead to 7 points. Nothing against Coach K and Duke in particular but -- since my overall bracket is shot -- why not another low-seed upset?
 
IdaGriz01 said:
IdaGriz01 said:
After a horrible start (falling behind by over 20 points), Wichita State "won" the rest of the game but still lost by 8, 65-57. Yale is already behind Duke by 8 at the official 11-min TV timeout. Not much drama so far.
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OKay, finally we have some drama. Duke came out of the half "fat, dumb and happy" and Yale has made a huge run to cut the lead to 7 points. Nothing against Coach K and Duke in particular but -- since my overall bracket is shot -- why not another low-seed upset?
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Give Yale credit. They did make a game of it, even if they lost in the end.

Aside from that, the indiana-Kentucky game was probably the best so far, going back and forth. And Butler looked promising for awhile, but they faded. Other than those, not a particularly thrilling day of BBall today.

Still: Right now, Providence is giving UNC all it can handle.

What's amazing is how Gonzaga is putting the hurt on a pretty good Utah team. I thought after the conference tournament that the coach had his team peaking just at the right time -- and it's looking more and more like he did. (And they're helping our bracket percentage, even if the overall is screwed. :) )
 
maroon said:
Zags destroyed Utah. Sabonis outplayed Poetl. Zag guards much better than Utah's.
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Have not watched a lot of Zags BBall this year, but have to say the improvement in their guards seems like the crucial factor in how this team peaked into the conference tournament and now into the NCAA run.

I read that Few has already turned offers to go elsewhere, but you wonder how longer much before some big school makes him "an offer he can't refuse."
 
IdaGriz01 said:
maroon said:
Zags destroyed Utah. Sabonis outplayed Poetl. Zag guards much better than Utah's.
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Have not watched a lot of Zags BBall this year, but have to say the improvement in their guards seems like the crucial factor in how this team peaked into the conference tournament and now into the NCAA run.

I read that Few has already turned offers to go elsewhere, but you wonder how longer much before some big school makes him "an offer he can't refuse."
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He has had Pac-12 and other Big 5 offers in the past.....the guy is very happy where he is....and Gonzaga takes care of him....

Pac-12 is so overrated......
 
Few isn't leaving Spokane.

That result really highlights how badly St Marys got screwed. I hate to say it, but they deserved the spot that Tink's OSU team got. The P12....wow.
 
EverettGriz said:
Few isn't leaving Spokane.

That result really highlights how badly St Marys got screwed. I hate to say it, but they deserved the spot that Tink's OSU team got. The P12....wow.
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Yep. Hopefully, the Gaels can go a long way in the NIT, although they struggled at home against a much weaker (by the numbers) NMSU team in the opening round. If they don't play a lot better in the next round, against Georgia, they are going to get creamed.
 
WTF? I just looked at my bracket and I'm tied for number one in my pool. I can almost hear the sounds of "One Shining Moment" playing far away. Now that I listen more closely, it sounds more like "Taps" for this poor bastard that picked Michigan State to win it all...
 
No big upsets so far today. :(

Still, SF Austin did give Notre Dame a good scare. Without a late-late tip-in by ND, SFA pulls it off. Oh well.

Hawaii is hanging with Maryland (down only 27-28) at the half.

Lot's more BBall to be played tonight. :thumb:
 
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