2021 NCAA Tournament - Meta thread

[Underdog 29104]

^ Agreed.  My bracket needs it to happen. 

[Machinator 32102]

 

[pops 7121]

5 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

I think the Wyoming chant is -

Fuck.

You.

B Y U

Indeed it is,  which is why the pokes will always get a nod of approval from me. 

[Beau Vine 55829]

^ Agreed.  My bracket needs it to happen. 

I don't give a shit about my bracket, but I love watching OU gag on their own dicks.

Annnnd... fuck it.

[ztejas 44114]

What the fuck was Mizzou doing on that last possession? Shoot the ball!!!

[Underdog 29104]

Smart move by Boomer. 

[Beau Vine 55829]

Let's check the clock and give Missouri a timeout that they don't have.

[Underdog 29104]

Lon Kruger just knows how to win. 

[Braff Zacklin 13675]

So the Big 12 remains unbeaten? There's been some tight ones, including this 50/50 matchup between Mizzou and blowU.

Me thinks the difference is composure. If you'll forgive the drama, the teams that advanced to the tournament were forged in a crucible of intense competition. They've learned to keep their heads; close games won't faze 'em as easily as it might others.

Let's hope our 'Horns are just as well prepared. Even better, let's hope they jump out big from the start and coast to an easy W.

[ztejas 44114]

Okay we already couldn't lose but now we really can't lose.

[Brian Fantana 6856]

BlowU survives, Big 12 at 6-0, don't fuck it up Longhorns

[Underdog 29104]

2 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

I don't give a shit about my bracket, but I love watching OU gag on their own dicks.

Annnnd... fuck it.

Mine's pretty much birdcage liner by now. 

[Wulaw Horn 19560]

I mean- that might have been the dumbest fucking end of game possession I’ve ever seen from Missouri. Wtf dudes? 

[BluTechsan 393]

What happened to the notion that one of the "1st four out" would be a stand in for a team that couldn't play?

 

[BradInATX 9208]

6 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

So the Big 12 remains unbeaten? There's been some tight ones, including this 50/50 matchup between Mizzou and blowU.

Me thinks the difference is composure. If you'll forgive the drama, the teams that advanced to the tournament were forged in a crucible of intense competition. They've learned to keep their heads; close games won't faze 'em as easily as it might others.

Let's hope our 'Horns are just as well prepared. Even better, let's hope they jump out big from the start and coast to an easy W.

 

It might be the booze talking but let's hope we just fuck their shit up

[BluTechsan 393]

Congrats to OU for fouling with a 3 point lead. 

I'm baffled by teams that don't do that.

[Braff Zacklin 13675]

Just now, BradInATX said:

It might be the booze talking but let's hope we just fuck their shit up

[Pancho 46058]

1 minute ago, BluTechsan said:

What happened to the notion that one of the "1st four out" would be a stand in for a team that couldn't play?

 

That expired on Tuesday. 

 

Side note: BYU has a shitton of Black guys.  Looks like fucking Compton High School out there. 

[Homercles 10206]

2 minutes ago, BluTechsan said:

What happened to the notion that one of the "1st four out" would be a stand in for a team that couldn't play?

 

That was only before the thing kicked off and all the pre-tourney testing.  

[Underdog 29104]

BYU with a bit of stage fright? 

[Braff Zacklin 13675]

Query for the informed:

What's the deepest tourney run a play-in team has ever had?

[Underdog 29104]

PM Shaka. 

[BluTechsan 393]

1 minute ago, Homercles said:

That was only before the thing kicked off and all the pre-tourney testing.  

Why would this be different? It's still a 1st round game.

Or was a contingency in place to re-seed some teams if need be which obviously cannot occur now.

[Pancho 46058]

1 minute ago, Braff Zacklin said:

Query for the informed:

What's the deepest tourney run a play-in team has ever had?

Final Four

[clapclapclap 9000]

Gonzaga 'stache a Boogie Nights extra?

[BradInATX 9208]

2 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Final Four

A coach we know pretty well

[Machinator 32102]

I blinked and Gonzaga is up double digits.

[Braff Zacklin 13675]

3 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Final Four

 

1 minute ago, BradInATX said:

A coach we know pretty well

Oh, shit, was that Shaka's 2011 VCU team? LMAO

[Brian Fantana 6856]

Would have been hilarious if they gave that guy a flagrant for poking him in the ribs

[Pancho 46058]

1 minute ago, Braff Zacklin said:

 

Oh, shit, was that Shaka's 2011 VCU team? LMAO

 

[ztejas 44114]

9 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Side note: BYU has a shitton of Black guys.  Looks like fucking Compton High School out there. 

They have a shitton of Mexican guys too?

[LonghornSean 4072]

Haha Andy Katz was just asking Ernie and Charles Barkley why he'd never been invited on their podcast.

 

Charles is like "We have to meet you and spend time with you first."

Andy replies, "Actually we met many years ago."

Charles, "Yeah but you were a nobody then."

[clapclapclap 9000]

5 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

Would have been hilarious if they gave that guy a flagrant for poking him in the ribs

Edited March 21, 2021 by clapclapclap
Edit: first tweet got pulled

[Fudge Nuggets 19407]

1 minute ago, Brian Fantana said:

Would have been hilarious if they gave that guy a flagrant for poking him in the ribs

That was a bullshit acting job by the Gonzaga dude. If you double over in pain over something like that and it’s ruled non-flagrant you should get hit with a technical foul. 

[Pancho 46058]

2 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

 

If you’re a ref and you’re trying to move on to the next game at the tournament, you don’t leave anything on the table.  if it’s close, they gonna go even if they know they won’t upgrade.  Taking a look if you can is better than not taking a look when you could have.  Sucks for viewers/audience but...

[Brian Fantana 6856]

1 minute ago, Pancho said:

If you’re a ref and you’re trying to move on to the next game at the tournament, you don’t leave anything on the table.  if it’s close, they gonna go even if they know they won’t upgrade.  Taking a look if you can is better than not taking a look when you could have.  Sucks for viewers/audience but...

In a perfect world you'd give the other guy a foul for acting like he got stabbed.

[deadshank 24654]

2 hours ago, SDG said:

In AZ everyone has a pool.  Even Michael Phelps lives or did live here.  

Dude.  It’s a joke. You know?  Surly?

[Ridingtosunset 129]

1 minute ago, Pancho said:

If you’re a ref and you’re trying to move on to the next game at the tournament, you don’t leave anything on the table.  if it’s close, they gonna go.

I've been retired for awhile, but if I caught it I'd warn them. If I caught it again, I'd give a flagrant. 

[Pancho 46058]

3 minutes ago, Ridingtosunset said:

I've been retired for awhile, but if I caught it I'd warn them. If I caught it again, I'd give a flagrant. 

Yeah, if they fake shit like that I usually go to the player and say (or tell the captain to tell them) “knock that shit off or ya ass gonna be on that bench. I got more whistles than you have fouls. Try me.”

They usually stop.

[Underdog 29104]

Didn't realize Harms from Purdue xferred to BYU.  Hope he concentrates more on the game than on his hair. 

[Ridingtosunset 129]

4 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Yeah, if they fake shit like that I usually go to the player and say (or tell the captain to tell them) “knock that shit off or ya ass gonna be on that bench. I got more whistles than you have fouls. Try me.”

They usually stop.

I was referring to the gut poke. But absolutely on the flops too. Selling a call and flopping are easily identifiable distuingishable, IMO. 

Edited March 21, 2021 by Ridingtosunset

[LTtxfan 49912]

So upsets today so far...

• Maryland over UConn
• OhioU over UVa  

 

[ztejas 44114]

Can we just come out and beat this team's ass? Is that too much to ask?

Wrong thread. Sort of. 

Edited March 21, 2021 by ztejas

[Beau Vine 55829]

So upsets today so far...

• Maryland over UConn
• OhioU over UVa  

 

That Maryland game wasn't much of an upset, just poor seeding.

[Underdog 29104]

J&J filling it up for Bruin...  Fuck you, Cal. 

[Beau Vine 55829]

Sims needs to run this big turd to death.

[A’Dam Psycho 1490]

Smh here we go with the hero threes 

 

edit: Wrong thread

Edited March 21, 2021 by A’Dam Psycho

[Beau Vine 55829]

Sims needs to run this big turd to death.

Yeah, I don't want to go anywhere near the real game thread. I assume multiple posts have already been made about how biased the officiating is.

[Underdog 29104]

Juzang with 19 first half points.  Fuck you again, Cal. 

[BluTechsan 393]

Something else that has puzzled me during this tourney - with games being played in gyms all over Indy, why were possible 2nd round matchups not played in the same arena for 1st round? Like right now with Texas - BYU/UCLA playing at same time.

Won't it be an advantage to the team that gets to play twice in the same gym? Or is it set up so neither teams plays in the same gym? That seems awfully complicated if that's how they are doing it.