The true most wonderful time of the year (Ncaa mens Basketball tournament) - Page 3

cincyreds · 03-18-2004, 03:22 PM

65-64 Bama 5 secs left

Neuqua · 03-18-2004, 03:24 PM

Damnit!

Bama wins.

cincyreds · 03-18-2004, 03:24 PM

Hey. How about VCU and BYU eh?

VCU tied at 49-49 13:00 left and

BYU tied 42-42 at the half against defending champs the Cuse.

JonInMiddleGA · 03-18-2004, 03:24 PM

Brooks off-balance won't go down. That's a doggoned shame

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 03:24 PM

SIU couldn't make it. Good last chance, but no dice. My bracket now resembles a wedge of Swiss cheese.

Ksyrup · 03-18-2004, 03:24 PM

Dammit!

Edit (in Stewie voice): Blast!

cincyreds · 03-18-2004, 03:25 PM

IT'S OVER!!

Bama moves on!

cincyreds · 03-18-2004, 03:25 PM

Hold your trouts if you got'em lol!!

Ksyrup · 03-18-2004, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by cincyreds

Hey. How about VCU and BYU eh?

VCU tied at 49-49 13:00 left and

BYU tied 42-42 at the half against defending champs the Cuse.

I picked BYU and am sweating WF.

cthomer5000 · 03-18-2004, 03:27 PM

I had Bama. I'm worried over the Cuse game (although I have them getting knocked out next round anywa), and certainly the Wake game... i have them losing to st Joes in the regional.

Neuqua · 03-18-2004, 03:27 PM

Two of my Sweet 16s are out already.

Ragone · 03-18-2004, 03:29 PM

First Heartbreaking ending of the tournament.. many more to come!

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Ragone

First Heartbreaking ending of the tournament.. many more to come!

Actually, IMO, the only heartbreaking moment of the tournament is when the buzzer goes off to end the championship game. At least this year, since my alma mater didn't make the field.

k0ruptr · 03-18-2004, 03:39 PM

MOfo wake better wake up

mckerney · 03-18-2004, 03:40 PM

Wake Forest could absolutely kill my bracket if they lose now....

Radii · 03-18-2004, 03:40 PM

Wake is going to destroy my bracket if they can't pull this one out.

k0ruptr · 03-18-2004, 03:45 PM

they have awoken!

Ragone · 03-18-2004, 03:46 PM

man is liberty planning on guarding jameer anytime today? 35 points with 6 minutes left

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 03:46 PM

BYU and VCU continue to hang.

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 03:48 PM

Oops. BYU's center Araujo (who has been a big thorn in the side of Syracuse all game) just got his fourth foul with 14 minutes left. Stupid move by BYU to leave him out there, as he'd just picked up his third like 30 seconds before.

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Ragone

man is liberty planning on guarding jameer anytime today? 35 points with 6 minutes left

From what I've seen of Liberty, it wouldn't have helped them all that much if they'd bound and gagged Jameer.

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 03:52 PM

The good news is that there's gonna be a hole in just about everybody's bracket if VCU hangs on.

NAIWF · 03-18-2004, 04:08 PM

Speaking of poor coaching, how could VCU not know they needed to foul there? They just wasted about 20 precious seconds, and all but killed any chance they had of tying the game.

k0ruptr · 03-18-2004, 04:12 PM

yea that was horrid.

oh well good game.

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by NAIWF

Speaking of poor coaching, how could VCU not know they needed to foul there? They just wasted about 20 precious seconds, and all but killed any chance they had of tying the game.

Yep. Apparently taking a cue from UTEP.

Ragone · 03-18-2004, 04:15 PM

I don't expect any coaching clinic's headlining gillespie and capel this summer

Ragone · 03-18-2004, 04:18 PM

ah.. moved over to Byu game.. with their 32 year old seniors!

NAIWF · 03-18-2004, 04:20 PM

The refs are trying to screw the 'Cuse now, damnit! That ball clearly went off of the BYU player.

Neuqua · 03-18-2004, 04:24 PM

How many of the games have gone to the last possesion already?

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by NAIWF

The refs are trying to screw the 'Cuse now, damnit! That ball clearly went off of the BYU player.

yeah, I'm sure they really want to prevent that match up of the last 2 champs on Saturday.

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 04:28 PM

looks like Syracuse survived.

ice4277 · 03-18-2004, 05:48 PM

Great start to the tourney, six of the eight games were pretty interesting. Even UTSA managed to keep it close with Stanford for a few minutes

Hopefully tonights games will be just as good. I am especially looking forward to Michigan State/Nevada and DePaul/Dayton. I think the Texas/Princeton game could be interesting, as well.

Ragone · 03-18-2004, 06:56 PM

Texas not looking too good.. this could be another one of those princeton grind em out upset's

Easy Mac · 03-18-2004, 08:26 PM

And basketball finally got interesting this evening. Thank you Nevada for curing an otherwise boring night.

Easy Mac · 03-18-2004, 08:27 PM

dola, though I have to say... LETS GO DUKE!

sterlingice · 03-18-2004, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Neuqua

How many of the games have gone to the last possesion already?

For as close as all of the games have been, the only game where I really felt the underdog had a legit shot of winning was UTEP (not including 8-9 games). Sure, Manhattan pulled the upset, but it was the worst kept secret all week. It was the pick that even the conservative bracket makers had. In the second half, BYU was in it, but not really. You knew Syracuse could just bang it underneath on them once they got in all the foul trouble. VCU kept Wake close, but it just didn't seem like they were ever going to win. Texas-Princeton was a 10 point game most of the second half. Even among the 8-9s, that Charlotte game was close for them but Texas Tech was always in control. The underdogs just never felt like they were in it. Most years, you can feel when that higher seed is in trouble, and only the Maryland game smacked of that feel.

SI

Easy Mac · 03-18-2004, 08:36 PM

61% of America picked Florida to win. America picked 2 upsets: Southern Illinois and Western Michigan.

Make that 1 upset, I didn't notice Southern Illinois was a 9, I don't consider that an upset.

sterlingice · 03-18-2004, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy Mac

61% of America picked Florida to win. America picked 2 upsets: Southern Illinois and Western Michigan.

Go read all the regional reviews by ESPN, CNNSI, CBS, TSN, and any other outlet of so-called experts (I say that just because the NCAA tourney is so hard to pick). You have to pick a 12 over a 5 and a few other upsets. You know that by the end of the weekend, there will have been some upsets: picking those is the challenge. If you just fill out your brackets with all the top seeds, why do you even bother playing in pools. You won't win and you won't even have fun.

Remember. ESPN poll. Overwhelmining masses of stupid people. Even 40% of them picked that 12 over a 5.

SI

Glengoyne · 03-18-2004, 10:13 PM

I feel stupid in that I knew Florida was headed home early . I just thought that Manhattan was still not good enough to take them.

The truly bad thing is that I didn't even look at Florida's second round opponent. I just picked Florida to lose to anyone that got that far.

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 11:02 PM

I called Arizona-Seton Hall right, didn't I?

sterlingice · 03-18-2004, 11:03 PM

You know, if Dayton and DePaul just want to keep playing overtimes all night, I'd be fine with that.

SI

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

You know, if Dayton and DePaul just want to keep playing overtimes all night, I'd be fine with that.

SI

Yep. Even better than a first round NCAA Tournament game is a double overtime first round tournament game.

sterlingice · 03-18-2004, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by WussGawd

Yep. Even better than a first round NCAA Tournament game is a double overtime first round tournament game.

I need a big shot here from Dayton. There haven't been too many "big shots" today. And all of them so far today have been made by the teams leading to put teams away, "the stake in the heart". I want the "I can't believe he just made that shot to tie the game!"

SI

mckerney · 03-18-2004, 11:11 PM

Many overtimes would be cool, just as long as Dayton pulls it out in the end.

sterlingice · 03-18-2004, 11:14 PM

QUIT FOULING THE GUY WHO SHOOTS LIKE JOHN STOCKTON!

SI

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

QUIT FOULING THE GUY WHO SHOOTS LIKE JOHN STOCKTON!

SI

Hmm. I was thinking Jeff Hornacek, or Larry Bird myself. Yeah, that guy isn't even drawing iron hitting those free throws.

sterlingice · 03-18-2004, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by WussGawd

Hmm. I was thinking Jeff Hornacek, or Larry Bird myself. Yeah, that guy isn't even drawing iron hitting those free throws.

Yeah, actually Hornacek would be a better comparison. I was thinking Stockton after seeing him in the Zags game.

SI

WussGawd · 03-18-2004, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Yeah, actually Hornacek would be a better comparison. I was thinking Stockton after seeing him in the Zags game.

SI

I was just remembering those insanely good games he had hitting free throws with the Suns, and later the Jazz. He was the best pure shooter I've ever seen.

Butter · 03-19-2004, 09:12 AM

Dayton crushed my spirit with that game.

I've been a lifelong Dayton fan, and will continue to be, but that was a hard loss to take. Unbelievably harder still to watch that 2nd OT. Ugh.

Neuqua · 03-19-2004, 11:37 AM

Alright, the Illini better not mess around. Let's try to make quick work of Murray St.

03-18-2004, 03:22 PM	#101
cincyreds High School Varsity Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Mississippi	65-64 Bama 5 secs left __________________ The Dallas Cowboys!! America's Team will rise again.

03-18-2004, 03:24 PM	#102
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	Damnit! Bama wins. __________________ 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, 03:24 PM	#103
cincyreds High School Varsity Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Mississippi	Hey. How about VCU and BYU eh? VCU tied at 49-49 13:00 left and BYU tied 42-42 at the half against defending champs the Cuse. __________________ The Dallas Cowboys!! America's Team will rise again.

03-18-2004, 03:24 PM	#105
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	SIU couldn't make it. Good last chance, but no dice. My bracket now resembles a wedge of Swiss cheese. __________________ "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.

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JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Brooks off-balance won't go down. That's a doggoned shame

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cincyreds High School Varsity Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Mississippi	IT'S OVER!! Bama moves on! __________________ The Dallas Cowboys!! America's Team will rise again.

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cincyreds High School Varsity Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Mississippi	Hold your trouts if you got'em lol!! __________________ The Dallas Cowboys!! America's Team will rise again.

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Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	Two of my Sweet 16s are out already. __________________ 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, 03:29 PM	#112
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	First Heartbreaking ending of the tournament.. many more to come!

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Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Wake is going to destroy my bracket if they can't pull this one out.

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03-18-2004, 03:46 PM	#118
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	man is liberty planning on guarding jameer anytime today? 35 points with 6 minutes left

03-18-2004, 03:46 PM	#119
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	BYU and VCU continue to hang. __________________ "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, 03:48 PM	#120
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	Oops. BYU's center Araujo (who has been a big thorn in the side of Syracuse all game) just got his fourth foul with 14 minutes left. Stupid move by BYU to leave him out there, as he'd just picked up his third like 30 seconds before. __________________ "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, 03:52 PM	#122
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	The good news is that there's gonna be a hole in just about everybody's bracket if VCU hangs on. __________________ "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, 04:08 PM	#123
NAIWF College Prospect Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New York, NY	Speaking of poor coaching, how could VCU not know they needed to foul there? They just wasted about 20 precious seconds, and all but killed any chance they had of tying the game. Last edited by NAIWF : 03-18-2004 at 04:08 PM.

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k0ruptr Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Las Vegas	yea that was horrid. oh well good game. __________________ Xbox Live Gamertag: k0ruptr My Favorite Teams : Chicago White Sox - Carolina Panthers - Orlando Magic - Phoenix Suns - Anaheim Ducks - Hawaii Warriors - Oregon Ducks

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Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	I don't expect any coaching clinic's headlining gillespie and capel this summer Last edited by Ragone : 03-18-2004 at 04:16 PM.

03-18-2004, 04:18 PM	#127
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	ah.. moved over to Byu game.. with their 32 year old seniors!

03-18-2004, 04:20 PM	#128
NAIWF College Prospect Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New York, NY	The refs are trying to screw the 'Cuse now, damnit! That ball clearly went off of the BYU player.

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Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	How many of the games have gone to the last possesion already? __________________ 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, 04:28 PM	#131
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	looks like Syracuse survived. __________________ "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, 05:48 PM	#132
ice4277 Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!	Great start to the tourney, six of the eight games were pretty interesting. Even UTSA managed to keep it close with Stanford for a few minutes Hopefully tonights games will be just as good. I am especially looking forward to Michigan State/Nevada and DePaul/Dayton. I think the Texas/Princeton game could be interesting, as well.

03-18-2004, 06:56 PM	#133
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Texas not looking too good.. this could be another one of those princeton grind em out upset's

03-18-2004, 08:26 PM	#134
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	And basketball finally got interesting this evening. Thank you Nevada for curing an otherwise boring night.

03-18-2004, 08:27 PM	#135
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	dola, though I have to say... LETS GO DUKE!

03-18-2004, 08:36 PM	#137
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	61% of America picked Florida to win. America picked 2 upsets: Southern Illinois and Western Michigan. Make that 1 upset, I didn't notice Southern Illinois was a 9, I don't consider that an upset. Last edited by Easy Mac : 03-18-2004 at 08:39 PM.

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Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	I feel stupid in that I knew Florida was headed home early . I just thought that Manhattan was still not good enough to take them. The truly bad thing is that I didn't even look at Florida's second round opponent. I just picked Florida to lose to anyone that got that far.

03-18-2004, 11:02 PM	#140
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	I called Arizona-Seton Hall right, didn't I? __________________ "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.

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03-18-2004, 11:11 PM	#144
mckerney Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Many overtimes would be cool, just as long as Dayton pulls it out in the end.

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sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	QUIT FOULING THE GUY WHO SHOOTS LIKE JOHN STOCKTON! 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!"