2020-2021 NCAA (maybe???) basketball season thread

['stache 21915]

10 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Oral Roberts nearly blew a 25-point halftime lead, but they're going to hold on and go dancing.

They did blow the lead. NDSU tied it. ORU managed to take it back, just barely. First tourney in 13 years.

Edited March 10, 2021 by 'stache

[MNLonghornFUKM 8918]

Ahh fuck. Hell of a comeback. ORU looked immortal first half. Sucks it came down to the guy being 1-12, 8-41 in the tournament handling the ball and not even getting an decent look

Also why heave it 3 quarters court with 2.2?? Any pass to a guy running in stride gets a decent look after a few dribbles. Coach probably should’ve saved the timeout


Most of NDSU will be back next year so the Rocky Kreuser legend will live on

[PittsburghTiger 6245]

9 hours ago, PittsburghTiger said:

I didn’t have a ticket for the finals that day and in the hotel lobby I was asking around some of the Pitt administrators and staff if anyone had an extra ticket. One of the assistant coach’s wives tried to sell me their free tickets. Coach Evans, who I knew a bit, saw that and gave me his. So I was at center court for that game, about 10 rows up. In my stack of pictures, somewhere in the house, there is a picture of Ray Allen in the air hitting that shot.

That night was amazing. The Old Big East Tournament was an incredible scene. The best sporting events I have ever been able to attend. I attended 29 consecutive Big East Tournaments.

While I have been to the ACC Tournament since we switched conferences, and numerous NCAA tournaments nothing compares to the Big East in Madison Square Garden.

And another thing, since, and counting that win, UConn has won six Big East Tournaments and I think they have a good shot this year too.

Georgetown has won one BET since that night. The Hoyas won six BETs in the 1980s, and just one since 1989.

I think that was also the season that Calipari took UMass to the Final Four, beating up on the Hoyas in the regional final. I think that was the last gasp for Georgetown as far as being a threat to win a national title.

[Underdog 28878]

10 hours ago, Machinator said:

Jalen Suggs took over in the second half.

Yeah, that BYU halftime lead disappeared rather quickly.  

[Underdog 28878]

9 hours ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

Also why heave it 3 quarters court with 2.2?? Any pass to a guy running in stride gets a decent look after a few dribbles. Coach probably should’ve saved the timeout

Right... 

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[MNLonghornFUKM 8918]

I thought Of that play but thought it was less than 2.1 left...but I guess once every 70 years it works. Finding a guy in stride can get a good look in 2.2. Especially if nobody’s defending that half of the court

[Underdog 28878]

Cincy pulled this off against Duke in the Alaskan Shootout a few years later from The Shot... 

 

Edited March 10, 2021 by Underdog

[Machinator 32099]

Clemson will be a popular pick to be upset next week.

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Rick Pitino's Iona just upset top-seeded Siena in the MAAC tourney.

[PittsburghTiger 6245]

17 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Rick Pitino's Iona just upset top-seeded Siena in the MAAC tourney.

Hookers & pizza for everyone!

[Homercles 10206]

21 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Rick Pitino's Iona just upset top-seeded Siena in the MAAC tourney.

Was Siena considered at large?  Saw them as consensus auto bid so wonder if a bubble just lost a bid.  

[Machinator 32099]

16 minutes ago, Homercles said:

Was Siena considered at large?  Saw them as consensus auto bid so wonder if a bubble just lost a bid.  

No

[Underdog 28878]

18 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

Hookers & pizza for everyone!

Might want to tap the brakes on that hooker talk, did you see the quality of whores Pitino/UL were pulling?  

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Although daughter Rod-Ni wasn't all that bad...

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[PittsburghTiger 6245]

14 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Might want to tap the brakes on that hooker talk, did you see the quality of whores Pitino/UL were pulling?  

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Although daughter Rod-Ni wasn't all that bad...

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They’ve been in the Covid Bubble.  They won’t mind some skanks

[Machinator 32099]

Duke beats Louisville, which means we are subjected to another day of hearing about how they're on the cusp of making the tournament.

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[Js1 85781]

Oh darn. 

[Knoxtnhorn 6167]

"The amazing Coach K only missed one tourney in the last x years.  And that was because of Covid."

-ESPN

[Js1 85781]

Chris Mack was right - these conference tournaments are dumb and do nothing to minimize risk before the NCAA tournament.   And the NCAA already said as long as you have 5 players, you will play. 

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Just now, Machinator said:

 

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[Don Johnson 4758]

33 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

You can tell who does and doesn't want to play.  There's no doubt Duke and TAM would be putting out much more effort if they had decent teams.

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1 minute ago, Don Johnson said:

You can tell who does and doesn't want to play.  There's no doubt Duke and TAM would be putting out much more effort if they had decent teams.

Agree with A&M, but Duke had a real shot at getting in if they could have beaten FSU today. This was nothing more than a fuck-up on their part (specifically, not participating in the bubble and choosing to return to Durham).

[Don Johnson 4758]

4 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Agree with A&M, but Duke had a real shot at getting in if they could have beaten FSU today. This was nothing more than a fuck-up on their part (specifically, not participating in the bubble and choosing to return to Durham).

I'd consider that if Coach K hadn't been a pussy all season and Oats should've never apologized for correctly calling him out.  If they were better, I truly believe they would've been more careful.

Edited March 11, 2021 by Don Johnson

[Machinator 32099]

2 minutes ago, Don Johnson said:

I'd consider that if Coach K hadn't been a pussy all season and Oats should've never apologized for correctly calling him out.

No doubt that he was a little bitch during the regular season. Right now, though, they absolutely had a chance to make a run and just plain blew it.

[Juicy 729]

I definitely would not want to be the 5-6 team that ends up playing MSU in the first round, they have really turned it on these past two weeks

Edited March 11, 2021 by Juicy

[WBT 20757]

On 3/9/2021 at 10:33 PM, MNLonghornFUKM said:

Ahh fuck. Hell of a comeback. ORU looked immortal first half. Sucks it came down to the guy being 1-12, 8-41 in the tournament handling the ball and not even getting an decent look

Also why heave it 3 quarters court with 2.2?? Any pass to a guy running in stride gets a decent look after a few dribbles. Coach probably should’ve saved the timeout


Most of NDSU will be back next year so the Rocky Kreuser legend will live on

Maybe.  2.2 isn't 4.8 though

 

[Juicy 729]

1 hour ago, Juicy said:

I definitely would not want to be the 5-6 team that ends up playing MSU in the first round, they have really turned it on these past two weeks

This take did not age well. 

[Don Johnson 4758]

42 minutes ago, WBT said:

Maybe.  2.2 isn't 4.8 though

 

2.1

 

2.5

 

[Underdog 28878]

^ Fuck you. 

 

But yeah, holding these conference tourneys is some stupid shit. 

[Machinator 32099]

Syracuse just tied it up against UVA with 30 seconds remaining.

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[Underdog 28878]

Thank God!! 

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[Teryor 4558]

Georgetown just beat Villanova in a game that came down to the wire, big win for our seeding purposes

[Underdog 28878]

Shame about the injury issue with VU at the moment, was penciling them in as a FF team. 

Sparty lost to Maryland, hurt their chances for a ticket?  I know they just beat Michigan last weekend. 

And with UK and Duke out of the picture, would love to see teams like Siena/Belmont steal a bid.  

Edited March 11, 2021 by Underdog

[Machinator 32099]

39 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Sparty lost to Maryland, hurt their chances for a ticket?  I know they just beat Michigan last weekend. 

 

Sparty will probably end up on the right side of the cutline. They have three really great wins.

[Machinator 32099]

40 minutes ago, Underdog said:

And with UK and Duke out of the picture, would love to see teams like Siena/Belmont steal a bid.  

What's more likely is that bid stealers will fuck over at-large candidates from the MWC.

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[Underdog 28878]

Good job, 2A. 

[Js1 85781]

Awesome! That’s 2 teams now 

[PittsburghTiger 6245]

4 hours ago, Machinator said:

 

That is some strange stuff. I've been around Pat Ewing in Madison Square Garden, he's pretty hard to confuse with anyone else. Especially since he's been going there since 1981-82 season.

[Vic Mackey 47372]

Wut?