2023 NCAA Tournament - Second Round

[PittsburghTiger 6,239]

16 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

nSIAP-who do we prefer to face next round, Xavier or Pitt?  

Pitt, certainly Pitt. It should be, Pitt. Pitt in the Sweet 16 v Texas would be much cooler than Texas v Xavier.

[hookemATL 11,972]

Just now, PittsburghTiger said:

Pitt, certainly Pitt. It should be, Pitt. Pitt in the Sweet 16 v Texas would be much cooler than Texas v Xavier.

[PittsburghTiger 6,239]

Just now, hookemATL said:

We don’t know. We will know, tomorrow.

[Wally Pryor 5,305]

Wonder how many showers Oats has to take every day.

[Sbbruin 21,912]

9 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

A&M guy says the greatest tournament is a terrible way to crown a champion because it is single-elimination.

 

No shit.  If a 68 team tourney doesn’t crown a champ, then there’s nothing that will.  It’s fucking glorious.  And painful.  And everything in between.  It’s perfect.

[Wally Pryor 5,305]

flop? lulz

[Pato del Muerto 52,847]

7 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

No shit.  If a 68 team tourney doesn’t crown a champ, then there’s nothing that will.  It’s fucking glorious.  And painful.  And everything in between.  It’s perfect.

Double elimination is how you really find a champ. That’s why aggy has such a gloriously rich tradition in the baseball tournament and all those trips to Omaha and championships there. 

[Wally Pryor 5,305]

TCU / Zags will be fun tomorrow.

[Wally Pryor 5,305]

9 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

No shit.  If a 68 team tourney doesn’t crown a champ, then there’s nothing that will.  It’s fucking glorious.  And painful.  And everything in between.  It’s perfect.

It's the best event in all of sport.

63 game 7's. 

What else could we want...

[PittsburghTiger 6,239]

1 minute ago, Wally Pryor said:

It's the best event in all of sport.

63 game 7's. 

What else could we want...

Aggie wants a redo

[Wally Pryor 5,305]

Quinerly has quietly become the glue of Bama. In the locker room and, many times, on the floor. Makes big, big shots when needed.

[dcar00 14,597]

13 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

No shit.  If a 68 team tourney doesn’t crown a champ, then there’s nothing that will.  It’s fucking glorious.  And painful.  And everything in between.  It’s perfect.

unless you are aggy...then it is a communist plot to destroy the greatest athletic program that ever existed

[Deej 77,157]

11 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

No shit.  If a 68 team tourney doesn’t crown a champ, then there’s nothing that will.  It’s fucking glorious.  And painful.  And everything in between.  It’s perfect.

aggy wants a best of three, unless they lose twice, then it should be best of five, unless they lose three times, then it should be best of seven, unless…

[Wally Pryor 5,305]

Bama is the only pro-looking team in the tournament. Their guys, athletically, are simply above and beyond everyone else. 

We'll see what the next 2 weeks hold for them, more off the court then anything else. So far, Bama's focus has been impressive. 

[Deej 77,157]

1 minute ago, Wally Pryor said:

Bama is the only pro-looking team in the tournament. Their guys, athletically, are simply above and beyond everyone else. 

We'll see what the next 2 weeks hold for them, more off the court then anything else. So far, Bama's focus has been impressive. 

They have some killer talent, for sure.

[Pancho 45,425]

1 minute ago, Wally Pryor said:

Bama is the only pro-looking team in the tournament. Their guys, athletically, are simply above and beyond everyone else. 

We'll see what the next 2 weeks hold for them, more off the court then anything else. So far, Bama's focus has been impressive. 

Which is why I think that Alabama/SDSU game will be crazy nuts. SDSU is long and athletic, which is what you need to beat Alabama. The problem for Alabama is will they bey healthy. I thought Miller was hurt or at least not 100% this round

[Wally Pryor 5,305]

Just now, Pancho said:

Which is why I think that Alabama/SDSU game will be crazy nuts. SDSU is long and athletic, which is what you need to beat Alabama. The problem for Alabama is will they bey healthy. I thought Miller was hurt or at least not 100% this round

Strained groin, but seemed to be fine tonight. 

SDSU has what it takes to beat Bama, especially if the latter isn't shooting the 3.

[PittsburghTiger 6,239]

Pitt up first tomorrow.

 

[dcar00 14,597]

4 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

It's the best event in all of sport.

63 game 7's. 

What else could we want...

where the 76 Bucs could actually beat the 73 Dolphins

[Wally Pryor 5,305]

2 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

Pitt up first tomorrow.

 

I like Capel, a lot.

But don't count on X shooting 22% for the game.

[Pato del Muerto 52,847]

8 minutes ago, Pancho said:

SDSU is long and athletic, which is what you need to beat Alabama

Well that or the groves brothers

[Valmy77 13,431]

12 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

Bama is the only pro-looking team in the tournament. Their guys, athletically, are simply above and beyond everyone else. 

We'll see what the next 2 weeks hold for them, more off the court then anything else. So far, Bama's focus has been impressive. 

Bama is dead to me. I don't give a damn about them and I will never watch them play unless they are playing Texas, which is thankfully unlikely to happen in this tournament.

We all live in gray areas in this game but they went too far. 

[PittsburghTiger 6,239]

8 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

I like Capel, a lot.

But don't count on X shooting 22% for the game.

Believe me, NO Pitt fan ever takes anything in games as “for certain”.

The only certainties in life are Penn State fans are insufferable smug assholes and WVU fans are inbred assholes

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1,549]

are we headed for a UT-UH showdown ? Wish they were in different brackets.

Who is the best player so far? I'd say Arkie's Council guy who looks NBA ready right now.

[ztejas 43,741]

25 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

Bama is the only pro-looking team in the tournament. Their guys, athletically, are simply above and beyond everyone else. 

We'll see what the next 2 weeks hold for them, more off the court then anything else. So far, Bama's focus has been impressive. 

Starting two frosh and a soph is going to eventually bite them I think. 

[Wally Pryor 5,305]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

Starting two frosh and a soph is going to eventually bite them I think. 

I don't disagree. There's the youth and the stuff on the periphery. It could eventually get to them.

[Wally Pryor 5,305]

14 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Bama is dead to me. I don't give a damn about them and I will never watch them play unless they are playing Texas, which is thankfully unlikely to happen in this tournament.

We all live in gray areas in this game but they went too far. 

There's a ton of scum there, and in that conference 

Welcome to the SEC, Texas. 

[Huckleberry 33,514]

50 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

No shit.  If a 68 team tourney doesn’t crown a champ, then there’s nothing that will.  It’s fucking glorious.  And painful.  And everything in between.  It’s perfect.

I will grant them that a single elimination tournament is the worst way to to make sure the best team is the champion (in any sport at any level, that's just the nature of competition because upsets happen). But that's not what the tournament is about. The tournament is about crowning a champion and it's the best way to do that.

[BurntOrange&White 40,434]

Solid games today

[Wally Pryor 5,305]

Sans the Missouri abortion, indeed. 

Just amazing drama. Again, we get these one and done games and it's incredible.

Literally watching Purdue wilt in front of our eyes yesterday against a team it would beat 99 times out of 100, just can't be beat at any level of sports. 

 

[HtownHorn 14,910]

2 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

Engrish?

The Big 10 fucking sucks.

[HtownHorn 14,910]

2 hours ago, YGIFS said:

nSIAP-who do we prefer to face next round, Xavier or Pitt?  

Xavier is the much better offensive team, neither team will present Texas with problems defensively.

[Wulaw Horn 19,228]

7 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

Wulaw seems to be struggling a bit late at night.  He’s had some significant life changes recently so most of us are cutting him some slack for the time being.

It’s my damn phone. Autocorrected big 10 to if 10. Basically big 10 shit the bed. Same as it ever was. 

[Underdog 28,868]

8 hours ago, Wally Pryor said:

So far, Bama's focus has been impressive. 

This is why I thought they’d slip up, get bounced early given the off court distractions, being the bad guys of the tournament but they were methodical in their dismantling of Maryland last night. 
 

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

It’s my damn phone. Autocorrected big 10 to if 10. Basically big 10 shit the bed. Same as it ever was. 

Nothing wrong with just 10…

 

[Sbbruin 21,912]

36 minutes ago, Underdog said:

This is why I thought they’d slip up, get bounced early given the off court distractions, being the bad guys of the tournament but they were methodical in their dismantling of Maryland last night. 
 

Nothing wrong with just 10…

 

 

[LTtxfan 49,401]

So far, no ACC or B10 team in the Sweet 16

Edited March 19, 2023 by LTtxfan

[Pancho 45,425]

10 hours ago, PittsburghTiger said:

Pitt up first tomorrow.

 

I’m still confused on how a Pittsburgh/auburn bro is on a Texas message board when we really never play either team

 

[conVINCEd 21,474]

1 minute ago, Pancho said:

I’m still confused on how a Pittsburgh/auburn bro is on a Texas message board when we really never play either team

 

I’m sure that like most fans of other schools who are here, he found his way here because he saw @THUJONE ms paint masterpieces posted somewhere else, liked our particular brand of humor, and decided to stick around.

[Rickylovesweed 14,816]

Bruce Pearl had a nice final 4 run but has only made it out of the 1st weekend 1 time in the last 10 years. 

It's amazing people still haven't figured out how big of a con man he really is. 

[Underdog 28,868]

He’s done a good job at two football schools.  

[Underdog 28,868]

What can I expect from KState today?  Besides pain.  At least this time there’s no getting Weber’d or PJ Washington gacking FTs in crucial moments plenty of other Cats capable of doing that. 

[Wally Pryor 5,305]

I don't think Taing knows what to expect from K-State. 

[Wally Pryor 5,305]

Unlike Pitt's last opponent, this one is actually interested in playing.

[Horn80 6,240]

1 hour ago, conVINCEd said:

I’m sure that like most fans of other schools who are here, he found his way here because he saw @THUJONE ms paint masterpieces posted somewhere else, liked our particular brand of humor, and decided to stick around.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8,916]

I don’t remember shooting being this atrocious from deep. Have they said this new ball had anything to do with it? I know there’s been more wedgies than I can remember this first weekend…but far too many times I’ve seen teams shoot 1/19 or around that mark

[TexArcher 38,407]

13 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

 

Jesus, fuck, this has to be a troll, and I know it isn't.

I'm glad the move to the SEC is getting these weirdos more national exposure.  Our little regional joke has made the big time and it's only gonna get better from here.

[Guest]

12 hours ago, Wally Pryor said:

It's the best event in all of sport.

63 game 7's. 

What else could we want...

67 games?

 

I love March Madness, but the pursuit of  Lord Stanley's Cup is a magnificent spectacle of sport in its own right.  Not sure I would pick one over the other,  They're both great!

 

[Wally Pryor 5,305]

Just now, slorch said:

67 games?

 

I love March Madness, but the pursuit of  Lord Stanley's Cup is a magnificent spectacle of sport in its own right.  Not sure I would pick one over the other,  They're both great!

 

Yeah, I always forget about the First Four. 

[Wally Pryor 5,305]

I like the flow and continuity of X's offense - constant and with a purpose. 

[Rickylovesweed 14,816]

Zero resistance defensively from either Xavier or Pitt. Both teams getting looks they want.