The official tournament time thread - Page 17

sterlingice · 03-22-2008, 02:33 PM

This game is starting to get fun

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MikeVic · 03-22-2008, 02:36 PM

If Duke is eliminated, I'd be very happy. I don't like UConn or Duke much. UConn I don't even remember why, but Duke because North Carolina is one of my top two favourite teams.

Noop · 03-22-2008, 02:39 PM

Pro-Active. Mr. Bulter.

Noop · 03-22-2008, 02:40 PM

These refs are calling alot of nonsense on both sides.

Jas_lov · 03-22-2008, 02:41 PM

Duke in trouble again!

sterlingice · 03-22-2008, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Noop

These refs are calling alot of nonsense on both sides.

Amen. It's not horribly biased one way or another- it just sucks.

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Jas_lov · 03-22-2008, 02:46 PM

Threes ain't falling for Duke, but they're already in the 1 and 1 thanks to the refs. Also, Joe Alexander is awesome.

MikeVic · 03-22-2008, 02:49 PM

How was that not just called on the Duke fast break? The WVU player clearly held back the Duke guy.

sterlingice · 03-22-2008, 02:53 PM

Half of WVU has 3 or 4 fouls now, don't they? Typical Duke game, I suppose.

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st.cronin · 03-22-2008, 02:55 PM

Duke seems very puny for a top 10 team.

Jas_lov · 03-22-2008, 02:56 PM

What a pick. Get up Mazulla.

Jas_lov · 03-22-2008, 03:06 PM

Live by the 3, die by the 3. Mazulla is playing great today.

Noop · 03-22-2008, 03:09 PM

Coach K really needs to change the style of play of his team. The lack of big men has been one of the reasons why they haven't really went far in the tournament.

Jas_lov · 03-22-2008, 03:13 PM

14 WV offensive rebounds to 4 for Duke. 38-19 overall on the boards in favor of WV. Duke looks to be finished. They've missed 15 threes in a row.

Noop · 03-22-2008, 03:21 PM

Henderson's air ball was the beginning of the end for Duke. Looks like Duke has given up...

Atocep · 03-22-2008, 03:21 PM

I was relatively confident about this game for WVU. I wasn't sure if they'd win, but Duke was their best matchup out of the high seeds because of their lack of interior play. WVU has really struggled against teams that are strong in the post this season.

Warhammer · 03-22-2008, 03:25 PM

I still can't figure out why Duke was a #2 seed. No one realistically expected Duke to make the Final Four, so why were they given a #2 seed? I am beginning to wonder if there isn't some big conference bias in the tournament. The fact that neither North Carolina or Texas have to leave their home state really has me hacked off.

cartman · 03-22-2008, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Warhammer

I still can't figure out why Duke was a #2 seed. No one realistically expected Duke to make the Final Four, so why were they given a #2 seed? I am beginning to wonder if there isn't some big conference bias in the tournament. The fact that neither North Carolina or Texas have to leave their home state really has me hacked off.

Little Rock is in Texas?

Warhammer · 03-22-2008, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

Little Rock is in Texas?

Arkansas is actually North Texas. Seriously.

Atocep · 03-22-2008, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Warhammer

I still can't figure out why Duke was a #2 seed. No one realistically expected Duke to make the Final Four, so why were they given a #2 seed? I am beginning to wonder if there isn't some big conference bias in the tournament. The fact that neither North Carolina or Texas have to leave their home state really has me hacked off.

Duke was 7th in the RPI, had the 8th toughest schedule, and 7th best non-conference RPI. Their play over the course of the season said 2 seed, but people who watched them knew their lack of interior play would end up hurting them in the tournament.

cartman · 03-22-2008, 03:31 PM

Texas was getting booed throughout their warm ups and during the game, due to the longstanding Longhorns-Razorbacks rivalry. Not really a pro-Texas environment at all.

Noop · 03-22-2008, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

Little Rock is in Texas?

Might as well be

INDalltheway · 03-22-2008, 03:35 PM

Dang, I have a bracket at ESPN that is dominating. I hit 27-32 in the first round, not all that great, but I had WVU over Doook.

Swaggs · 03-22-2008, 03:37 PM

Woohoo!!!

I can't wait to go out in Durham tonight!!!

INDalltheway · 03-22-2008, 03:37 PM

dola
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Arles · 03-22-2008, 03:39 PM

This WVU team is a pleasure to watch. I hope they keep it up out here in Phoenix.

Warhammer · 03-22-2008, 03:39 PM

I had WVU over Duke as well. But, I have lost two Sweet Sixteen teams in Vandy and USC.

Swaggs · 03-22-2008, 03:43 PM

I wonder what John Beilein is doing right now.

timmynausea · 03-22-2008, 03:44 PM

Awesome win for WVU. Going into the game I thought it was a pretty favorable matchup for WVU, but I was still surprised at exactly how much more athletic the Mountaineers were. Even with Wellington Smith and Da'sean Butler on the bench most of the day, Duke just couldn't hang with WVU in the post, and the guards weren't quick enough to create anything. They basically ended up chucking up a ton of long 3's.

MJ4H · 03-22-2008, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Warhammer

Arkansas is actually North Texas. Seriously.

Also, if you mean the crowd will be friendly to them, boy are you mistaken on that one.

Radii · 03-22-2008, 03:46 PM

http://sportswrap.berecruited.com/20...excuse-dukies/

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Why did the Duke Blue Devils give such a lackluster performance in their first round game against Belmont? Could it be that Duke isn’t as good as people think? Or maybe Belmont is just a solid team that deserves credit for playing a tough game.

Or, maybe the Duke team was sick and therefore unable to play up to their usual level.

The Duke was sick angle comes to us via a message board on Duke Basketball Report. Apparently, someone posted an interview with Duke player DeMarcus Nelson in which Mr. Nelson coughed a lot. Then someone else says Coach K looked really sick during a pre-game interview, and someone else says they saw Kyle Singler coughing at practice, and some one else says Jon Scheyer was sick last week and…

Well, you get the drift. The Dukies are jumping on the “our guys almost lost because they were sick” bandwagon. You knew there would have to be something. You couldn’t expect the Duke people to just give Belmont their props. Or admit that their team was overrated all year and never should’ve gotten a 2-seed.

It will be interesting to see what happens if Duke loses to West Virginia in round 2. Will they blame it on the flu, or will it be West Nile virus or bubonic plague or really bad shingles?

hahahahahaha. Make sure you point this out to any duke fans if they bring it up. Seriously if you root for a great team/successful program, NEVER make excuses. If you root for Duke, UNC, Kansas, UCLA, Kentucky, etc in basketball, never, ever, ever try to play the victim and get sympathy. It won't happen.

Grats WVU. Now UNC needs to not choke vs Arkansas and I can give my duke friends shit for years to come

MrBug708 · 03-22-2008, 03:47 PM

So now UCLA will play the 8 seed before taking on the winner of the 12/13 teams before likely facing the 7 seed in the Elite 8?

(Not to jinx it)

cartman · 03-22-2008, 03:48 PM

Duke must have been sick for a while, because they ended up the season 6-5 over their last 11 games.

INDalltheway · 03-22-2008, 04:06 PM

I wish more people could watch this Purdue team. But I know how unwatchable the Big Ten is..

Jas_lov · 03-22-2008, 04:12 PM

If Xavier doesn't pick it up my West bracket will be in shambles. K-State is playing well only down by 6 despite Wisconsin hitting 7 threes.

st.cronin · 03-22-2008, 04:15 PM

Somebody pull up Billy Packer's rant about the ACC getting screwed by the committee. hahahaha

Alan T · 03-22-2008, 04:19 PM

Outstanding, UGA and Duke are both out. Now we just need North Carolina to get upset, and the rest of the tournament is just gravy!

INDalltheway · 03-22-2008, 04:35 PM

I never thought I'd see a team play rougher than what Purdue does. Xavier is that team though.

Jas_lov · 03-22-2008, 04:38 PM

Miami is also still in it from the ACC. They play Texas tomorrow. Xavier has taken the lead!

Radii · 03-22-2008, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBug708

So now UCLA will play the 8 seed before taking on the winner of the 12/13 teams before likely facing the 7 seed in the Elite 8?

(Not to jinx it)

3 seed, 3 seed, good try though. Xavier IMO!

larrymcg421 · 03-22-2008, 04:45 PM

A Miami upset tomorrow would so make my day and completely erase the memory of last year's miserable football season.

Young Drachma · 03-22-2008, 04:45 PM

The only game that I've actually cared about in the entire tournament is on the women's side... Wyoming v. Pitt right now. Who would've thought The Pit would be a welcome place for the Cowgirls to play.

I don't know if the Cowgirls can match up with the strength Pitt has inside, but...I'm rooting for the upset. They're a great group of ladies on the court and in real life and so, it'd be great for them to make a lil' run in their first-ever tournament appearance, with some of their great seniors end their careers.

Radii · 03-22-2008, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by st.cronin

Somebody pull up Billy Packer's rant about the ACC getting screwed by the committee. hahahaha

I don't like packer and packer has said a LOT of stupid things, but that quite possibly was the single most moronic thing that Packer has ever said. I don't know if he honestly thought Virginia Tech or Maryland should have been in somehow, or if he just saw "ACC RPI #1" (how that happened I don't know either, pomeroy rankings have Pac 10 1/Big 12 2 which makes a LOT more sense) and decided it was good enough to create a controversy.

watravaler · 03-22-2008, 04:54 PM

I'm tired of the ACC homers who always seem to find themselves calling the biggest of games as well....It's a good conference, we get it...

I know the talking heads at ESPM have a good reason to rip on the B10 due to competing interests, but it's getting old...I'm sick of Bo Ryan's football esque-style of play as well, but give it a rest...

Young Drachma · 03-22-2008, 05:22 PM

54-53 Wyoming leads with just over 2 1/2 minutes to go in the 2nd half. The Cowgirls want it more, but they're going to have to keep the pressure on Pitt to make sure it stays close down the stretch here. It's winnable though and the girls are looking really good making threes from ridiculous range to keep the pressure on Pitt.

Radii · 03-22-2008, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Warhammer

I still can't figure out why Duke was a #2 seed. No one realistically expected Duke to make the Final Four, so why were they given a #2 seed? I am beginning to wonder if there isn't some big conference bias in the tournament. The fact that neither North Carolina or Texas have to leave their home state really has me hacked off.

The locations are decided years in advance. North Carolina earned the #1 overall seed(and if you dispute that fine, but they unquestionably earned a 1 seed) and thus earned the most favorable location. Some years that's Charlotte->Atlanta, Greensboro->Florida, Atlanta->East Rutheford, etc, but the 1 seeds always get the most favorable locations. I don't see how that's big conference bias!

This is also the first time in the last 20+ years that the first two rounds and a subsequent regional were in North Carolina, so this has not been possible to happen before.

Young Drachma · 03-22-2008, 05:28 PM

60-54 Pitt with 33.3 seconds.

I think that Wyoming picked the wrong time to decide to freeze up and Pitt's defense is clamping down nicely and they should get out of here with a win. Nice effort for the team's first trip to the tournament in school history, but they don't really have the personnel to really pressure a team like Pitt for a full 40 minutes.

MrBug708 · 03-22-2008, 05:30 PM

The AP preseason top 4 are all #1 seeds. That's rather amazing

Jas_lov · 03-22-2008, 05:55 PM

Don't blow this Xavier. You're much better than these freshmen!

INDalltheway · 03-22-2008, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Jas_lov

Don't blow this Xavier. You're much better than these freshmen!

Yeah, when they can get phantom foul calls like that.

03-22-2008, 02:33 PM	#801
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03-22-2008, 02:39 PM	#803
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Miami	Pro-Active. Mr. Bulter. __________________ Subby's favorite woman hater.

03-22-2008, 02:40 PM	#804
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Miami	These refs are calling alot of nonsense on both sides. __________________ Subby's favorite woman hater.

03-22-2008, 02:53 PM	#809
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Half of WVU has 3 or 4 fouls now, don't they? Typical Duke game, I suppose. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-22-2008, 02:55 PM	#810
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	Duke seems very puny for a top 10 team. __________________ co-commish: bb-bbcf.net knives out

03-22-2008, 02:36 PM	#802
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	If Duke is eliminated, I'd be very happy. I don't like UConn or Duke much. UConn I don't even remember why, but Duke because North Carolina is one of my top two favourite teams.

03-22-2008, 02:41 PM	#805
Jas_lov College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Duke in trouble again!

03-22-2008, 02:46 PM	#807
Jas_lov College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Threes ain't falling for Duke, but they're already in the 1 and 1 thanks to the refs. Also, Joe Alexander is awesome.

03-22-2008, 02:49 PM	#808
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	How was that not just called on the Duke fast break? The WVU player clearly held back the Duke guy.

03-22-2008, 02:56 PM	#811
Jas_lov College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	What a pick. Get up Mazulla.

03-22-2008, 03:06 PM	#812
Jas_lov College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Live by the 3, die by the 3. Mazulla is playing great today.

03-22-2008, 03:09 PM	#813
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Miami	Coach K really needs to change the style of play of his team. The lack of big men has been one of the reasons why they haven't really went far in the tournament. __________________ Subby's favorite woman hater.

03-22-2008, 03:13 PM	#814
Jas_lov College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	14 WV offensive rebounds to 4 for Duke. 38-19 overall on the boards in favor of WV. Duke looks to be finished. They've missed 15 threes in a row.

03-22-2008, 03:21 PM	#815
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Miami	Henderson's air ball was the beginning of the end for Duke. Looks like Duke has given up... __________________ Subby's favorite woman hater.

03-22-2008, 03:21 PM	#816
Atocep Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Puyallup, WA	I was relatively confident about this game for WVU. I wasn't sure if they'd win, but Duke was their best matchup out of the high seeds because of their lack of interior play. WVU has really struggled against teams that are strong in the post this season.

03-22-2008, 03:25 PM	#817
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	I still can't figure out why Duke was a #2 seed. No one realistically expected Duke to make the Final Four, so why were they given a #2 seed? I am beginning to wonder if there isn't some big conference bias in the tournament. The fact that neither North Carolina or Texas have to leave their home state really has me hacked off.

03-22-2008, 03:31 PM	#821
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Texas was getting booed throughout their warm ups and during the game, due to the longstanding Longhorns-Razorbacks rivalry. Not really a pro-Texas environment at all. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint Last edited by cartman : 03-22-2008 at 03:32 PM.

03-22-2008, 03:35 PM	#823
INDalltheway College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Chicago	Dang, I have a bracket at ESPN that is dominating. I hit 27-32 in the first round, not all that great, but I had WVU over Doook.

03-22-2008, 03:37 PM	#824
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Woohoo!!! I can't wait to go out in Durham tonight!!! __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

03-22-2008, 03:37 PM	#825
INDalltheway College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Chicago	dola The 99.9 percentile

03-22-2008, 03:39 PM	#826
Arles Grey Dog Software Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Phoenix, AZ by way of Belleville, IL	This WVU team is a pleasure to watch. I hope they keep it up out here in Phoenix. __________________ Developer of Bowl Bound College Football http://www.greydogsoftware.com

03-22-2008, 03:39 PM	#827
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	I had WVU over Duke as well. But, I have lost two Sweet Sixteen teams in Vandy and USC.

03-22-2008, 03:43 PM	#828
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	I wonder what John Beilein is doing right now. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

03-22-2008, 03:44 PM	#829
timmynausea College Starter Join Date: Dec 2002	Awesome win for WVU. Going into the game I thought it was a pretty favorable matchup for WVU, but I was still surprised at exactly how much more athletic the Mountaineers were. Even with Wellington Smith and Da'sean Butler on the bench most of the day, Duke just couldn't hang with WVU in the post, and the guards weren't quick enough to create anything. They basically ended up chucking up a ton of long 3's. Last edited by timmynausea : 03-22-2008 at 03:48 PM.

03-22-2008, 03:47 PM	#832
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	So now UCLA will play the 8 seed before taking on the winner of the 12/13 teams before likely facing the 7 seed in the Elite 8? (Not to jinx it)

03-22-2008, 03:48 PM	#833
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Duke must have been sick for a while, because they ended up the season 6-5 over their last 11 games. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint Last edited by cartman : 03-22-2008 at 03:49 PM.

03-22-2008, 04:06 PM	#834
INDalltheway College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Chicago	I wish more people could watch this Purdue team. But I know how unwatchable the Big Ten is..

03-22-2008, 04:12 PM	#835
Jas_lov College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	If Xavier doesn't pick it up my West bracket will be in shambles. K-State is playing well only down by 6 despite Wisconsin hitting 7 threes.

03-22-2008, 04:15 PM	#836
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	Somebody pull up Billy Packer's rant about the ACC getting screwed by the committee. hahahaha __________________ co-commish: bb-bbcf.net knives out

03-22-2008, 04:19 PM	#837
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	Outstanding, UGA and Duke are both out. Now we just need North Carolina to get upset, and the rest of the tournament is just gravy!

03-22-2008, 04:35 PM	#838
INDalltheway College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Chicago	I never thought I'd see a team play rougher than what Purdue does. Xavier is that team though.

03-22-2008, 04:38 PM	#839
Jas_lov College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Miami is also still in it from the ACC. They play Texas tomorrow. Xavier has taken the lead!

03-22-2008, 04:45 PM	#841
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03-22-2008, 04:45 PM	#842
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	The only game that I've actually cared about in the entire tournament is on the women's side... Wyoming v. Pitt right now. Who would've thought The Pit would be a welcome place for the Cowgirls to play. I don't know if the Cowgirls can match up with the strength Pitt has inside, but...I'm rooting for the upset. They're a great group of ladies on the court and in real life and so, it'd be great for them to make a lil' run in their first-ever tournament appearance, with some of their great seniors end their careers.

03-22-2008, 04:54 PM	#844
watravaler High School JV Join Date: Jun 2005	I'm tired of the ACC homers who always seem to find themselves calling the biggest of games as well....It's a good conference, we get it... I know the talking heads at ESPM have a good reason to rip on the B10 due to competing interests, but it's getting old...I'm sick of Bo Ryan's football esque-style of play as well, but give it a rest... Last edited by watravaler : 03-22-2008 at 04:55 PM.