2023 NCAA Tournament - First Round

[Pancho 44,856]

 

[taybo20 2,877]

I took our boys to win it all. Let’s fucking go!

[PittsburghTiger 6,188]

Starts off with a pretty good one, WVU v Maryland. 

I had forgotten that Kevin Willard was now at Maryland. Should be fun.

[Helobious 9,461]

You can literally never go wrong picking UCONN to make the final four. Look at their history, look at their metrics this year. I have them winning it all. Not too late to adjust your brackets.

Edited March 16, 2023 by Helobious

[Js1 85,372]

2 minutes ago, Helobious said:

You can literally never go wrong picking UCONN to make the final four. Look at their history, look at their metrics this year. I have them winning it all. Not too late to adjust your brackets.

First round L guaranteed 

[Underdog 28,709]

3 minutes ago, Helobious said:

You can literally never go wrong picking UCONN to make the final four. I have them winning it all this year. 

This you? 

 

[Tylerocks 2,553]

8 minutes ago, Helobious said:

You can literally never go wrong picking UCONN to make the final four. Look at their history, look at their metrics this year. I have them winning it all. Not too late to adjust your brackets.

This the women's bracket thread?

[Pancho 44,856]

Christ, the Helobious kiss of death. 

You think being wrong 98.42% of the time he’d stop making claims with conviction

[Tailgate 3,022]

LFG HORNS!!!!!

[76Jayhawk 44]

BilL Self won't be coaching the first round. Might not coach this first weekend but definitely not coaching today.

[MotownHorn 1,769]

Just put in todays winning ticket 

15 way ML parlay with my bracket perfect today (can’t bet on UVA in VA)

 

76 cents to win $885

[4th&Five 41,558]

Go ahead and hold all my calls until Monday.

[Helobious 9,461]

38 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Christ, the Helobious kiss of death. 

You think being wrong 98.42% of the time he’d stop making claims with conviction

I saw on some sports page tiktok that every national champion in the past 20 years has been in a top certain kenpom threshold for offense & defense, forget what it was. They said the only 3 teams that met that criteria this season were Alabama, Houston, and UConn. Add in their consistent history of success and I think you’d be foolish to not have them be your champion. But sure go ahead and right me off.

[Sbbruin 21,858]

8 minutes ago, Helobious said:

 But sure go ahead and right me off.

[Herpa Derpa 6,126]

I'll even write you off to be safe.

[PittsburghTiger 6,188]

18 minutes ago, Helobious said:

I saw on some sports page tiktok that every national champion in the past 20 years has been in a top certain kenpom threshold for offense & defense, forget what it was. They said the only 3 teams that met that criteria this season were Alabama, Houston, and UConn. Add in their consistent history of success and I think you’d be foolish to not have them be your champion. But sure go ahead and right me off.

 

3 minutes ago, Herpa Derpa said:

I'll even write you off to be safe.

I was about to write something about that but, I see that you had the right idea, before I.

[4th&Five 41,558]

2 hours ago, PittsburghTiger said:

Starts off with a pretty good one, WVU v Maryland. 

I had forgotten that Kevin Willard was now at Maryland. Should be fun.

Packed house!!!

[TexArcher 37,950]

1 hour ago, Helobious said:

You can literally never go wrong picking UCONN to make the final four. Look at their history, look at their metrics this year. I have them winning it all. Not too late to adjust your brackets.

I think you just love the whole Northeast.  You jerked off to the Jersey Shore girls, didn't you?

[D3zii 3,705]

WVU looking good early 

[CurlyDumps 4,476]

And I'll left him off.

[Loop 1604 227]

Best day of the year...Christmas for dudes

[Js1 85,372]

Just now, Loop 1604 said:

Best day of the year...Christmas for dudes

Best 4 day stretch of the year, by far. 

[TexArcher 37,950]

Dude took so many steps they actually called traveling.  

[Loop 1604 227]

Gonna try not to be such a dipshit on here moving forward. Too many good people here.

4 months sober and it's been rough, this has been my outlet. No excuses though.

Gotta be better.

[PittsburghTiger 6,188]

15 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Packed house!!!

That’s one of the reasons the NCAA has stated that they like doing the first weekend in Pittsburgh. They were here last year and will be here next. People here go to the games, all the games. It makes it a lot more fun.

[OB3 3,628]

Hack a shaq #10 from Maryland. Holy fuck, dude looks like he’s never shot a ball before in his life

[PittsburghTiger 6,188]

Maryland looks like they were given warm milk and cookies in the locker room before coming out to play.

[HornPhD 1,368]

I’m heading to Vegas this afternoon. Hoping to place some bets and watch a few tournament games between my daughter’s soccer games. 

[PittsburghTiger 6,188]

It’d be cool if they actually called fouls on WVU due to the same amount of contact they call other team’s fouls.

[Horn Dogg 3,906]

In on page 1.  Hoping to see a deep Texas run!

[Js1 85,372]

Just now, PittsburghTiger said:

It’d be cool if they actually called fouls on WVU due to the same amount of contact they call other team’s fouls.

Press Virginia, baby!

[Deej 76,820]

48 minutes ago, Helobious said:

But sure go ahead and right me off.

[Js1 85,372]

"If you take away Toussaint's two 3s, it's a close game"

But....you can't.  They counted. 

[PittsburghTiger 6,188]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

"If you take away Toussaint's two 3s, it's a close game"

But....you can't.  They counted. 

If we made more of our shots

If we didn’t turn over the ball so often

 

etc, etc.

[kingkoopa6 8,369]

Stop fouling I guess.  Hahhaha

[PittsburghTiger 6,188]

I’m no fan of Huggins. I think he has been great for his school. But, those on the court interviews show just how pointless they are. His answers were good. He didn’t want to do the stupid interview. No coach should be made to do them.

[TexArcher 37,950]

23 minutes ago, Loop 1604 said:

Gonna try not to be such a dipshit on here moving forward. Too many good people here.

4 months sober and it's been rough, this has been my outlet. No excuses though.

Gotta be better.

I'll hit 10 years next month.

Stay the course.  It gets better and better.

Back to the hoops...

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,515]

7 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

I’m no fan of Huggins. I think he has been great for his school. But, those on the court interviews show just how pointless they are. His answers were good. He didn’t want to do the stupid interview. No coach should be made to do them.

"...maybe we shouldn't foul as much..."

I only see good basketball interviews when the interviewer has a good relationship with the coach, and the coach wants to be cool with their friend.  Think how Craig Sagar could get funny answers from Pops.

Edited March 16, 2023 by Nice Guy Eddie

[WBT 20,600]

Time for my annual post on how I miss knowing at a glance where each game was being played based on the court.  The ncaa no paint at all two-toned wood and midcourt bracket logo are lame.

[TexArcher 37,950]

18 minutes ago, Js1 said:

"If you take away Toussaint's two 3s, it's a close game"

But....you can't.  They counted. 

If Texas had scored 6 fewer touchdowns, ou would've been within one score!

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,515]

2 minutes ago, WBT said:

Time for my annual post on how I miss knowing at a glance where each game was being played based on the court.  The ncaa no paint at all two-toned wood and midcourt bracket logo are lame.

the city is out of bounds just north of the court

[Js1 85,372]

Maryland up 2 at the half

[Js1 85,372]

And Furman giving UVA a game early.  It cannot just be because they lost Vander Plas.  

Is Bennett just a tourney underachiever outside of 2019? 

[PittsburghTiger 6,188]

Got my lunch and I am ready for the day

[Gut Wagon 8,083]

In the case of WV-MD, saying it's a good matchup shouldn't be confused with saying the teams are good. 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8,817]

Death, taxes, Virginia fucking sucks

And Furman giving UVA a game early.  It cannot just be because they lost Vander Plas.  
Is Bennett just a tourney underachiever outside of 2019? 

Nobody remembers they won a natty because it’s all tainted by the year before haha

[PittsburghTiger 6,188]

4 minutes ago, Js1 said:

And Furman giving UVA a game early.  It cannot just be because they lost Vander Plas.  

Is Bennett just a tourney underachiever outside of 2019? 

My take, and we had a bit of it at Pitt under Jamie Dixon, is that UVa’s style of slow, deliberate play does not leave you much of a margin for error once you hit the NCAA Tournament. Other teams come in all jazzed up to be there. You’re playing teams you’ve never played, against a lot of guys who can really play. I think Bennett is terrific but, at times he’s got to let the guys loose. Against Duke in the ACC title game, when UVa was down 10, it seemed like they were down 20.

[Sbbruin 21,858]

4 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

In the case of WV-MD, saying it's a good matchup shouldn't be confused with saying the teams are good. 

We throttled Maryland in College Park.  They aren't good.

[Pancho 44,856]

Everyone remembers Virginia won a NC. That’s idiotic. 

How did Auburn get a home game in Birmingham as a 9 seed? Jesus. That’s horseshit. 

[Pam Cummings 9,645]

2 hours ago, Helobious said:

You can literally never go wrong picking UCONN to make the final four. Look at their history, look at their metrics this year. I have them winning it all. Not too late to adjust your brackets.

I went and adjusted for them to lose their first game based on this post.