The true most wonderful time of the year (Ncaa mens Basketball tournament) - Page 2

Easy Mac · 03-18-2004, 01:47 PM

Charge!!!!!! Dammit!@

Easy Mac · 03-18-2004, 01:50 PM

Damn, cheating for Maryland.

JonInMiddleGA · 03-18-2004, 01:50 PM

Ref must have had Maryland in his bracket.

Neuqua · 03-18-2004, 01:52 PM

I LOVE MARCH MADNESS!

NAIWF · 03-18-2004, 01:53 PM

Poor Jeeber D. He was so confident UTEP would win.

sterlingice · 03-18-2004, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Ref must have had Maryland in his bracket.

Nah, CBS does.

EDIT: I mean, really, it's not quite the NBA but I wouldn't want to be a little school against a big name school. You're playing 8 on 5 in those games.

SI

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 01:53 PM

Jeeber, your boys played damn good. Too bad they couldn't pull it out.

And as usual, I have a gaping hole in my bracket.

NAIWF · 03-18-2004, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Nah, CBS does.

SI

Exactly what I was thinking. The officiating in the Manhattan/Florida game was pretty dodgy at times too. But the team from the superior state won, and that's all that matters

Ragone · 03-18-2004, 01:55 PM

Survive and advance! I think if utep makes it back next year.. i'd take them over whoever they played (in this seeding range.. unless its louisville..

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 01:57 PM

Go Salukis!

Marmel · 03-18-2004, 01:57 PM

It amazes me how some teams cannot manage the game in the last minute. UTEP made a hell of an effort, but really did not maximize their chances.

Maryland is a poor free throw shooting team (although they were making them at the end), so why not foul, go for 2, repeat. The way they played it, they only gave themselves 2 chances, when they could easily given themselves 4 chances.

Ragone · 03-18-2004, 02:00 PM

yea, that was poor end game coaching by Utep.. who clearly didn't even expect to be in that situation in the end game..

Also laziness on the defensive end hurt utep.. alot of silly fouls that could have been avoided by proper movement and footwork..

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marmel

It amazes me how some teams cannot manage the game in the last minute. UTEP made a hell of an effort, but really did not maximize their chances.

Maryland is a poor free throw shooting team (although they were making them at the end), so why not foul, go for 2, repeat. The way they played it, they only gave themselves 2 chances, when they could easily given themselves 4 chances.

I really do think they fumbled a good chance, particularly wasting 22 seconds on that last Maryland possession when it was obvious as heck they needed to foul (the possession started with 35.8 on the clock). They should have fouled in the backcourt for sure.

kingnebwsu · 03-18-2004, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

THAT'S WHAT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IS ALL ABOUT!

"Bracket be damned! Go underdog!!!"

SI

AMEN BRUTHA!!! AMEN!!! I was cheering like hell for UTEP.

Nobody's bracket is really screwed yet...unless you lose a final four or maybe an elite eight team in the first round. The first round games don't count for much.

GO SALUKIS!!!

sterlingice · 03-18-2004, 02:07 PM

Don't they have CNN or something for news like this. Get back to basketball

SI

Ragone · 03-18-2004, 02:09 PM

on a side note.. i wonder how many takes- trick photography shots were needed to do that lebron james powerade commercial

sterlingice · 03-18-2004, 02:14 PM

I still like the long Chevy commercial with all of their new line on display. But I gotta say whoever decided the 'vette should be first and that ugly yellow thing last was on crack. Close with the Corvette!!! What kind of marketing people are you?!?

SI

sachmo71 · 03-18-2004, 02:16 PM

I thought this was a thread about hockey.

cthomer5000 · 03-18-2004, 02:16 PM

I'm 3-for-3 after the early games.

Ragone · 03-18-2004, 02:17 PM

Jameer Nelson University 9
Liberty 6

hah

sterlingice · 03-18-2004, 02:22 PM

This game is making me fall asleep. I wanna see the 'bama-SIU game.

SI

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

I still like the long Chevy commercial with all of their new line on display. But I gotta say whoever decided the 'vette should be first and that ugly yellow thing last was on crack. Close with the Corvette!!! What kind of marketing people are you?!?

SI

The kind that keep losing market share to Japanese automakers, obviously.

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 02:25 PM

25-8, St Joe's. Guess we won't be hearing from Falwell how God willed his school into the second round.

Ragone · 03-18-2004, 02:29 PM

Only way Liberty wins this game is if God Smite's Jameer nelson and Delonte west before the end of this half

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ragone

Only way Liberty wins this game is if God Smite's Jameer nelson and Delonte west before the end of this half

Yep, Nelson is en fuego, from what I've seen.

sterlingice · 03-18-2004, 02:34 PM

Thankfully, we went to a much more interesting game between BYU and Syracuse.

You know, the sick sadistic side of me hopes St Joes runs the table in that region because very few "knowledgable" sports fans have them that far, trying to look smart and guess where they will get knocked off. It's almost like cheering for the underdog.

SI

Glengoyne · 03-18-2004, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Thankfully, we went to a much more interesting game between BYU and Syracuse.

You know, the sick sadistic side of me hopes St Joes runs the table in that region because very few "knowledgable" sports fans have them that far, trying to look smart and guess where they will get knocked off. It's almost like cheering for the underdog.

SI

They can't be too knowledgable if they don't consider St. Joe's a favorite because they are playing essentially "home" games the first two weekends. That said, I think I picked them to get knocked off in the sweet sixteen in one of my brackets. Seeing that in my office bracket, I picked them to advance to the final four, I guess that it's the FOFC bracket.

Ragone · 03-18-2004, 02:52 PM

i liked the commentators at half of siu/bama

Siu cannot hit threes.. they cannot make any sort of runs when they get down..

Start of 2nd half.. siu hits 4 threes to get within 2.. nice commentary

Radii · 03-18-2004, 02:52 PM

St Joes will have a much easier time advancing past the Sweet 16 if Wake Forest doesn't get itself together in the 2nd half(Texas Tech has no shot at beating St Joes, IMO).

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 02:55 PM

BYU apparently owns the Orangemen, from what I've seen. Need to put them away in the second half though.

sterlingice · 03-18-2004, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glengoyne

They can't be too knowledgable if they don't consider St. Joe's a favorite because they are playing essentially "home" games the first two weekends. That said, I think I picked them to get knocked off in the sweet sixteen in one of my brackets. Seeing that in my office bracket, I picked them to advance to the final four, I guess that it's the FOFC bracket.

You say that, but how many people have you seen over the past few days talking about how St Joes will be the first #1 seed out?

SI

Ragone · 03-18-2004, 02:56 PM

Hell i think Stanford might be first #1 out.. st joes really got a weak draw..

JeeberD · 03-18-2004, 02:57 PM

Not such a great day after all...

But hey, my Miners played hard. Props to the Terps, though. Maryland took advantage of our weaknesses and we didn't capitalize on theirs. It was still a great season for the Miners. Most folks were expecting a .500 season from them at best at the beginning of the year.

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 02:58 PM

Who'd have ever thought a BYU team would be more athletic than Syracuse.

Ragone · 03-18-2004, 02:59 PM

honestly jeeber.. utep really played poor strategic basketball at the end of the game... something that coaching should cover, they had a legimate shot at that game even with the poor ref calls down the stretch and should have had at least 2-3 chances to tie-win instead of 1

Ragone · 03-18-2004, 03:00 PM

and with Hakim warrick the 2nd pick overall in the fofc top gun thread.. eek!

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 03:01 PM

The Orangemen also have a bunch of guys in foul trouble.

Ragone · 03-18-2004, 03:02 PM

Jim Boeheim is looking like he's losing some hair over this game.. oh wait..

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ragone

and with Hakim warrick the 2nd pick overall in the fofc top gun thread.. eek!

Warrick's been on the bench with 3 fouls for about 4-5 minutes now.

Neuqua · 03-18-2004, 03:03 PM

SIU is on a roll offensively but needs a few defensive stops now on Alabama.

Go Salukies!

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ragone

Jim Boeheim is looking like he's losing some hair over this game.. oh wait..

Heck, he looks the same as he did when Rony Seikaly was playing for him, really.

Radii · 03-18-2004, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by WussGawd

Heck, he looks the same as he did when Rony Seikaly was playing for him, really.

Never mention that name. Bad bad bad memories. 1987

(he destroyed my UNC team in... I wanna say the Elite 8)

Ragone · 03-18-2004, 03:11 PM

Siu within 1.. 3 to go!

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 03:12 PM

Ought-oh. Syracuse just went on a heck of a run. Tied 42-42.

Go Salukis!

JonInMiddleGA · 03-18-2004, 03:15 PM

SIU by 1 with 1:32, but 'Bama shoots 3 FT's

Marmel · 03-18-2004, 03:18 PM

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 03:19 PM

31 seconds left, SIU with the ball. Bad shot selection on that last 'bama possession.

Neuqua · 03-18-2004, 03:21 PM

What a game!

SIU vs. Bama!

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 03:22 PM

Wow. A couple of big buckets there. 5 seconds. plenty of time for SIU to set up a quick shot.

JonInMiddleGA · 03-18-2004, 03:22 PM

I'll see your dagger ... and raise you a dagger.

03-18-2004, 01:52 PM	#54
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	I LOVE MARCH MADNESS! __________________ Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?

03-18-2004, 01:53 PM	#57
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	Jeeber, your boys played damn good. Too bad they couldn't pull it out. And as usual, I have a gaping hole in my bracket. __________________ "I guess I'll fade into Bolivian." -Mike Tyson, after being knocked out by Lennox Lewis. Proud Dumba Elect of the "Biggest Dumba of FOFC Award" Author of the 2004 Golden Scribe Gold Trophy for Best Basketball Dynasty, It Rhymes With Puke.

03-18-2004, 01:57 PM	#60
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	Go Salukis! __________________ "I guess I'll fade into Bolivian." -Mike Tyson, after being knocked out by Lennox Lewis. Proud Dumba Elect of the "Biggest Dumba of FOFC Award" Author of the 2004 Golden Scribe Gold Trophy for Best Basketball Dynasty, It Rhymes With Puke.

03-18-2004, 01:57 PM	#61
Marmel Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Manchester, CT	It amazes me how some teams cannot manage the game in the last minute. UTEP made a hell of an effort, but really did not maximize their chances. Maryland is a poor free throw shooting team (although they were making them at the end), so why not foul, go for 2, repeat. The way they played it, they only gave themselves 2 chances, when they could easily given themselves 4 chances. __________________ 81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions."

03-18-2004, 02:07 PM	#65
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Don't they have CNN or something for news like this. Get back to basketball 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!"

03-18-2004, 01:50 PM	#52
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	Damn, cheating for Maryland.

03-18-2004, 01:50 PM	#53
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Ref must have had Maryland in his bracket.

03-18-2004, 01:53 PM	#55
NAIWF College Prospect Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New York, NY	Poor Jeeber D. He was so confident UTEP would win.

03-18-2004, 01:55 PM	#59
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Survive and advance! I think if utep makes it back next year.. i'd take them over whoever they played (in this seeding range.. unless its louisville..

03-18-2004, 02:00 PM	#62
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	yea, that was poor end game coaching by Utep.. who clearly didn't even expect to be in that situation in the end game.. Also laziness on the defensive end hurt utep.. alot of silly fouls that could have been avoided by proper movement and footwork..

03-18-2004, 02:09 PM	#66
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	on a side note.. i wonder how many takes- trick photography shots were needed to do that lebron james powerade commercial

03-18-2004, 02:14 PM	#67
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I still like the long Chevy commercial with all of their new line on display. But I gotta say whoever decided the 'vette should be first and that ugly yellow thing last was on crack. Close with the Corvette!!! What kind of marketing people are you?!? 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!"

03-18-2004, 02:16 PM	#68
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	I thought this was a thread about hockey.

03-18-2004, 02:17 PM	#70
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Jameer Nelson University 9 Liberty 6 hah

03-18-2004, 02:22 PM	#71
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	This game is making me fall asleep. I wanna see the 'bama-SIU game. 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!"

03-18-2004, 02:25 PM	#73
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	25-8, St Joe's. Guess we won't be hearing from Falwell how God willed his school into the second round. __________________ "I guess I'll fade into Bolivian." -Mike Tyson, after being knocked out by Lennox Lewis. Proud Dumba Elect of the "Biggest Dumba of FOFC Award" Author of the 2004 Golden Scribe Gold Trophy for Best Basketball Dynasty, It Rhymes With Puke.

03-18-2004, 02:29 PM	#74
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Only way Liberty wins this game is if God Smite's Jameer nelson and Delonte west before the end of this half

03-18-2004, 02:34 PM	#76
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Thankfully, we went to a much more interesting game between BYU and Syracuse. You know, the sick sadistic side of me hopes St Joes runs the table in that region because very few "knowledgable" sports fans have them that far, trying to look smart and guess where they will get knocked off. It's almost like cheering for the underdog. 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!" Last edited by sterlingice : 03-18-2004 at 02:36 PM.

03-18-2004, 02:52 PM	#78
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	i liked the commentators at half of siu/bama Siu cannot hit threes.. they cannot make any sort of runs when they get down.. Start of 2nd half.. siu hits 4 threes to get within 2.. nice commentary

03-18-2004, 02:52 PM	#79
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	St Joes will have a much easier time advancing past the Sweet 16 if Wake Forest doesn't get itself together in the 2nd half(Texas Tech has no shot at beating St Joes, IMO).

03-18-2004, 02:55 PM	#80
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	BYU apparently owns the Orangemen, from what I've seen. Need to put them away in the second half though. __________________ "I guess I'll fade into Bolivian." -Mike Tyson, after being knocked out by Lennox Lewis. Proud Dumba Elect of the "Biggest Dumba of FOFC Award" Author of the 2004 Golden Scribe Gold Trophy for Best Basketball Dynasty, It Rhymes With Puke.

03-18-2004, 02:56 PM	#82
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Hell i think Stanford might be first #1 out.. st joes really got a weak draw..

03-18-2004, 02:57 PM	#83
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Not such a great day after all... But hey, my Miners played hard. Props to the Terps, though. Maryland took advantage of our weaknesses and we didn't capitalize on theirs. It was still a great season for the Miners. Most folks were expecting a .500 season from them at best at the beginning of the year. __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

03-18-2004, 02:58 PM	#84
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	Who'd have ever thought a BYU team would be more athletic than Syracuse. __________________ "I guess I'll fade into Bolivian." -Mike Tyson, after being knocked out by Lennox Lewis. Proud Dumba Elect of the "Biggest Dumba of FOFC Award" Author of the 2004 Golden Scribe Gold Trophy for Best Basketball Dynasty, It Rhymes With Puke.

03-18-2004, 02:59 PM	#85
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	honestly jeeber.. utep really played poor strategic basketball at the end of the game... something that coaching should cover, they had a legimate shot at that game even with the poor ref calls down the stretch and should have had at least 2-3 chances to tie-win instead of 1

03-18-2004, 03:00 PM	#86
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	and with Hakim warrick the 2nd pick overall in the fofc top gun thread.. eek!

03-18-2004, 03:01 PM	#87
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	The Orangemen also have a bunch of guys in foul trouble. __________________ "I guess I'll fade into Bolivian." -Mike Tyson, after being knocked out by Lennox Lewis. Proud Dumba Elect of the "Biggest Dumba of FOFC Award" Author of the 2004 Golden Scribe Gold Trophy for Best Basketball Dynasty, It Rhymes With Puke.

03-18-2004, 03:02 PM	#88
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Jim Boeheim is looking like he's losing some hair over this game.. oh wait..

03-18-2004, 03:03 PM	#90
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	SIU is on a roll offensively but needs a few defensive stops now on Alabama. Go Salukies! __________________ Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?

03-18-2004, 03:11 PM	#93
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Siu within 1.. 3 to go!

03-18-2004, 03:12 PM	#94
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	Ought-oh. Syracuse just went on a heck of a run. Tied 42-42. Go Salukis! __________________ "I guess I'll fade into Bolivian." -Mike Tyson, after being knocked out by Lennox Lewis. Proud Dumba Elect of the "Biggest Dumba of FOFC Award" Author of the 2004 Golden Scribe Gold Trophy for Best Basketball Dynasty, It Rhymes With Puke.

03-18-2004, 03:15 PM	#95
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	SIU by 1 with 1:32, but 'Bama shoots 3 FT's

03-18-2004, 03:18 PM	#96
Marmel Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Manchester, CT	GMAC __________________ 81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions."

03-18-2004, 03:19 PM	#97
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	31 seconds left, SIU with the ball. Bad shot selection on that last 'bama possession. __________________ "I guess I'll fade into Bolivian." -Mike Tyson, after being knocked out by Lennox Lewis. Proud Dumba Elect of the "Biggest Dumba of FOFC Award" Author of the 2004 Golden Scribe Gold Trophy for Best Basketball Dynasty, It Rhymes With Puke.

03-18-2004, 03:21 PM	#98
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	What a game! SIU vs. Bama! __________________ Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?