Round 1 Thursday Thread

Cicero · Post by **Cicero** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:34 pm

Your boys better wake up Indy. I think 75% of the population has A&M in the Final Four.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:40 pm

don't give up Indy, you guys are flagging right now....but you have the two best players on the floor in Law and Jones. lot of time left.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:41 pm

2 straight baskets by Jones....

Terry in Crapchester · Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:57 pm

Cicero wrote:I think 75% of the population has A&M in the Final Four.

I don't know if that's true, but if it is . . .

GO PENN!!!

Sorry, Indy, but it would benefit my brackets greatly, since I'm in the other 25%. I could handle a first round loss if that's the case.

Cicero · Post by **Cicero** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:00 pm

A&M UP by 10 w/under 5 to go.

Terry in Crapchester · Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:03 pm

Butler beat ODU. My first loss so far.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:03 pm

Shine wrote:I won't argue long over things that are already in the rearview mirror but a couple quick things. First is how everyone wants to talk about how KSU beat TT in the B12T but overlook that TT beat KSU on their homecourt. Second is that TT was 7-9 versus the RPI top 100 (using Pomeroy). Other teams with much better seeds that nobody argued about include:

8-6, Texas A&M 3 seed
9-11, Michigan St 9 seed
8-9, Texas 4 seed
7-10, IU 7 seed
7-9, Louisville 6 seed

Simply put, TT won enough games against top competition to be among the top 34 at-large teams and were seeded correctly near the bottom of that group.

Looks like ORU is playing like well uh, ORU.

top 100? nobody uses that as a criterion. OK State went 8-8 top 100, did they belong over Tech?

c'mon Shine, you wouldn't be defending Tech if James Dickey was still their coach (who did have a better year than RMK has ever had at TT).

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:16 pm

Ok, glad that's over with. Like I said, I'd rather us lay an egg in round 1 vs. a much weaker team where you can still wint he game. We did just that. If we play like that against Louisville, it'll be a long drive home. Billie G. will right this ship by Saturday.

Cicero · Post by **Cicero** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:18 pm

Aggies v Louisville is going to be a fun game to watch.

How can anyone not like the Tournament?

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:35 pm

IndyFrisco wrote:Ok, glad that's over with. Like I said, I'd rather us lay an egg in round 1 vs. a much weaker team where you can still wint he game. We did just that. If we play like that against Louisville, it'll be a long drive home. Billie G. will right this ship by Saturday.

Gotta admit, after looking at the contrasting performances today in A&M and Louisville, I'm a bit worried about this game. A&M tends to rise to its competition though, so I think it'll be a close one either way.

Cicero · Post by **Cicero** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:46 pm

If Vandy holds on(45-20 @ Half), I'll be 8-0. Which means I will probably go 3-5 tonight.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:53 pm

Roll Vandy!

Johnny Cakes · Post by **Johnny Cakes** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:03 pm

Anybody who picked ODU to beat Butler knows nothing about CBB. They are headed to the Sweet Sixteeen after they wax Maryland next. A few of the boys and I are going to catch it at the Bing.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:01 am

What if you picked GW to beat Vandy?

btw, I do have Butler over the terps next.

the_ouskull · Post by **the_ouskull** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:22 am

Duke is fuckin' killin' me right now. I never thought I'd be sitting here saying, "Well, I sure hope that Duke wins this game." Does this make me a bad college basketball fan? I mean, since most Duke fans didn't start being Duke fans until around '89-'90 or so, and Crown's logic, I just kinda figured that whoever wanted to root for them could...

...and I love rooting for an underdog. Without Demarcus Nelson, Duke loses this game by 15-20. White guys suck at breaking presses. Certainly, Duke is Duke.

the_ouskull

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:39 am

Bwa!

Duck Fook!

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:44 am

Paulus was used and abused by the Maynard kid from VCU down the stretch. Nice clutch FT shooting by the Dukies--especially Paulus. 1 for 4 in the last 5 minutes. McRoberts barely drew iron. jeezo.

buckeye_in_sc · Post by **buckeye_in_sc** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:49 am

i am happy that DUKE lost...woo hoo...

just wish I would have followed through and took VCU...oh well...

living in ACC country it is sweet when an ACC team goes down since they like to ram rod how shitty everyone else is compared to them regardless of year or whatever...fuck em...

(all the acc guys on this board are cool cats, just the asses I have to deal with daily)

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:59 am

Paulus and McRoberts had good nights scoring the basketball but the best thing about this early exit should mean no one will leave early. I'd like to think this will be a more hungry team as well as wiser. Coach K doesn't work miracles...he's a better coach when he's got a team that is on auto-pilot. That Maynor dude is bad ass...great shot late in the game. That is something no one on Duke is really capable of doing...hitting a big shot in a key situation. Pittsburgh (assuming they win) with their bigs will give them problems but VCU has a very impressive group of guards.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:29 am

Johnny Cakes wrote:Anybody who picked ODU to beat Butler knows nothing about CBB. They are headed to the Sweet Sixteeen after they wax Maryland next. A few of the boys and I are going to catch it at the Bing.

No, that would be anybody who picked Marquette.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:27 am

UNC- E. Kentucky:

Hansborough knocks a guy on the ground (who beats him to the basket), no call. and UNC gets a cheap foul call on the shot next time down the floor. Heels go to the line. just terrible.

Playing on the "neutral floor" in Winston-Salem.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:50 am

Props to IU for proving me wrong. Good start for the Big 10.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:48 am

props to the hoosiers for scoring more than 50 points IN THE POSTSEASON and getting the win.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:20 pm

IU wasn't scoring 50 ppg in the regular season either, dumbass. They averaged 70 ppg.

[oldschool]WAR knowing your shit.[/oldschool]

Cicero · Post by **Cicero** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:36 pm

Duke shit the bed. No one on that team can hit a shot when it matters. Oh well. Coach K isnt at his best w/ a young team anymore. At his age he needs an older team.

13-3 so far.

Mustang · Post by **Mustang** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:55 pm

King Crimson wrote:UNC- E. Kentucky:

Hansborough knocks a guy on the ground (who beats him to the basket), no call. and UNC gets a cheap foul call on the shot next time down the floor. Heels go to the line. just terrible.

Playing on the "neutral floor" in Winston-Salem.

Hmmmmm.............and here I thought it was only Duke that knocks guys to the ground....and get cheap calls.....go to the line. Nice to see that somebody notices that it actually happens in games when Duke isn't playing!

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:23 pm

Mustang wrote:
King Crimson wrote:UNC- E. Kentucky:

Hansborough knocks a guy on the ground (who beats him to the basket), no call. and UNC gets a cheap foul call on the shot next time down the floor. Heels go to the line. just terrible.

Playing on the "neutral floor" in Winston-Salem.
Hmmmmm.............and here I thought it was only Duke that knocks guys to the ground....and get cheap calls.....go to the line. Nice to see that somebody notices that it actually happens in games when Duke isn't playing!

I think most have said Dookie Vitale teams...North Carolina and Kentucky fall in to the mix there.

Mustang · Post by **Mustang** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:42 pm

Uh......no. My point was that there are bad calls in ALL games. According to anti-Duke nation, Duke wins because they get the calls and lose when they don't get them. Talent, coaching, turnovers, injuries, etc., etc. really have nothing to do with it.