Second Round thread

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:14 pm

This was an easy upset to pick, West Virginia over Duke. I had that on my bracket...you could see it coming from a mile away. The Devils should've lost on Thursday to Belmont and now the Mountaineers are out-Dukeing with spreading the floor and bombing it from deep and they are exploiting the Blue Devils biggest weakness...their lack of rebounders. It's 41-19 right now on the glass. This Duke team overachieved this year and were overrated going into this tournament. They miss a big man presence...thank you Huggs for putting them out of their misery.

SunCoastSooner · Post by **SunCoastSooner** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:16 pm

I'm a closet dookie fan and I certainly saw this coming...

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:37 pm

I've got Purdue in the Elite 8 out of that half of the bracket but West Virginia looks like a team capable of getting there as well. Very fun team to watch...rack them on eliminating America's team. Coach K needs to get himself a big man ASAP.

How happy is UCLAFan right now? They already had the easiest draw and Duke, Drake and Connecticut are gone...it should be a very easy road to San Antonio.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:53 pm

Wisconsin playing lights out right now against K-State, despite Beasley's best efforts. At a #3 seed, it looks to me like the Badgers were under-rated. Shouldn't the Big 10 champ get more respect?

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:17 pm

^^^ no. we all know the west coast is the BEST coast.

sin, mpoof

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:52 pm

No surprise at all with WVU over Duke. I have WVU going to the Elite 8. They are a physical team that can play inside and shoot from long range. Alexander and Ruoff are very good players. Mazzula stepped up huge today and totally outplayed that cry baby Paulus. Good job 'eers!!!

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:39 pm

Wisconsin looked sharp against Kansas State and a great game between Purdue and Xavier with the Muskateers moving on. Purdue will back next year in a big way...that was a fun young overachieving team to watch this year. Lost my first Elite 8 team with Purdue and it probably won't be the last. Great first half of the quadruple-header...

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:27 am

Shoalzie wrote:Wisconsin looked sharp...

That's quite an under statement.

With both strength and precision, not to mention playing smart, they're going to be a tough out.

Very impressive team.

socal · Post by **socal** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:36 am

Shoalzie wrote:How happy is UCLAFan right now? They already had the easiest draw and Duke, Drake and Connecticut are gone...it should be a very easy road to San Antonio.

Very. But they're only kids and you still gotta play 'em.

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:12 am

The Pac-10 get a sweep in the two game miniseries against the Big East...Washington State blows away the Irish and Marquette couldn't finish off Stanford and Lopez hits the big shot with less than 2 seconds to go to win. Kansas looking like they'll advance to Ford Field.

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:21 am

I'll be pretty much out of the pick em if Pitt and UCLA lose, which is looking likely for Pitt right now.

The Seer · Post by **The Seer** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:07 am

And a child shall lead them.....

Harvdog · Post by **Harvdog** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:17 am

Kevin Love is a good player but the guy gets away with murder on defense. He had 7 blocks and on at least 5 of them he got the guy with his body before he got the ball. The last play was clearly a foul. I watched it on slo-mo and Sloan was clearly hit on the arm.....I guess the refs missed the call because they were to busy watching Dick Enberg and Jay Bilas blow Kevin Love.

The Seer · Post by **The Seer** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:27 am

Somehow, you forgot to mention the beatings HE takes on just about every shot in the post. Contact every time...Perhaps your viewing angle was slanted....

Harvdog · Post by **Harvdog** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:41 pm

The Seer wrote:Somehow, you forgot to mention the beatings HE takes on just about every shot in the post. Contact every time...Perhaps your viewing angle was slanted....

Not slanted at all. I hate A&M. Having an ex-bruin announcer doing the game is a slanted move by CBS. Playing the game in Anaheim is slanted toward UCLA. It was a tough physical game. I thought that Love got away with a ton. But to have Enberg and Bilas suck his cock after every play was too much to take. The last time I saw the media act like this it was 2005 and the USC Trojans had just finished beating Alexander the Great and Napoleon....according to ESPN.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:48 pm

looks to me like Love sets a lot of moving picks. though, everybody does these days (Kevin Bookout may have been about the best i've seen at it). anyway, this looks like at least one foul to me.

props to the Aggies for a tough game and a nice finish to the year...when they were circling the drain a bit for a while. though, i'll never like Mark Turgeon. was a jerkoff as a player. love him if he's on your team, i guess. but, he wasn't on my team. i do think he's probably a pretty good basketball coach, in the long run.

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:12 pm

Damn, almost jinxed the Bruins...props to them on coming back late and making the big play at the end to win.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:13 pm

RACK Bob Knight for picking Pitt to win it all. Bwahaha

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:38 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:RACK Bob Knight for picking Pitt to win it all. Bwahaha

yeah, it's hard to count out Izzo in March.

Knight busted out some great insights like "the team who makes the most shots will win". while i'd much rather hear him talk about basketball than listen to Seth Davis and Clark Kellogg "make picks"....that's post-game radio show Ricardo Patton-esque insight.

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:44 pm

Props to the Sparties on their win last night. Fields and Neitzel played to a virtual draw but Neitzel hit some timely threes. Neither team really has much of a bench and I thought Panthers were better in the paint going into the game but Suton and Naymick outscored and outrebounded Young and Blair. If Memphis survives today...I think State could give them a game if they can get the same kind of contribution out Lucas like they did on Saturday night.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:00 pm

King Crimson wrote:Knight busted out some great insights like "the team who makes the most shots will win". while i'd much rather hear him talk about basketball than listen to Seth Davis and Clark Kellogg "make picks"....that's post-game radio show Ricardo Patton-esque insight.

I like how he's hunkered down with that really serious look on his face...you think he's about to say something really profound, and then breaks out with something like you suggested. It's kind of disappointing.

SunCoastSooner · Post by **SunCoastSooner** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:08 pm

Aggie got screw jobbed on that last shot!!! Period, end of story.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:08 pm

Shoalzie wrote:Props to the Sparties on their win last night. Fields and Neitzel played to a virtual draw but Neitzel hit some timely threes. Neither team really has much of a bench and I thought Panthers were better in the paint going into the game but Suton and Naymick outscored and outrebounded Young and Blair. If Memphis survives today...I think State could give them a game if they can get the same kind of contribution out Lucas like they did on Saturday night.

The "bench" is basically integrated in the starting 5. It's constantly on rotation. And guys like Walton (who's one of the best man on man defenders in the nation in my opinion) and Chris Allen make tremendous hustle plays that won't make ESPN highlight reels.

The Seer · Post by **The Seer** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:37 pm

Harvdog wrote:
The Seer wrote:Somehow, you forgot to mention the beatings HE takes on just about every shot in the post. Contact every time...Perhaps your viewing angle was slanted....
Not slanted at all. I hate A&M. Having an ex-bruin announcer doing the game is a slanted move by CBS. Playing the game in Anaheim is slanted toward UCLA. It was a tough physical game. I thought that Love got away with a ton. But to have Enberg and Bilas suck his cock after every play was too much to take. The last time I saw the media act like this it was 2005 and the USC Trojans had just finished beating Alexander the Great and Napoleon....according to ESPN.

Enberg stopped announcing Ucla games since before you were born....and he's still a homer? Ucla gets the geographic nod based on seeding...you do know that, right? Calls have a way of evening out during the course of a season/tounament. Ucla's job is not to make those calls, but to play through them. Anyway, unless Shipp and an African can pull their respective heads out of their asses, it will be a moot point in the "Elite 8"

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:44 pm

SunCoastSooner wrote:Aggie got screw jobbed on that last shot!!! Period, end of story.

that's about where i''m at.

SunCoastSooner · Post by **SunCoastSooner** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:15 pm

King Crimson wrote:
SunCoastSooner wrote:Aggie got screw jobbed on that last shot!!! Period, end of story.
that's about where i''m at.

Kind of funny watching Seer make excuses about it though...

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:09 pm

Speaking of UCLA, thanks to CBS and Coke for the commercial reminding me of the Tyus Edney 3.8 second drive and shot over the flat-footed statue that was Derek Grimm that beat Mizzou in 1995. :brad:

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:18 pm

The Seer wrote:Calls have a way of evening out during the course of a season/tounament. Ucla's job is not to make those calls, but to play through them.

right there is where you're supposed to say, yeah, we got away with one. see you next week.

Harvdog · Post by **Harvdog** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:19 pm

The Seer wrote:
Harvdog wrote:
The Seer wrote:Somehow, you forgot to mention the beatings HE takes on just about every shot in the post. Contact every time...Perhaps your viewing angle was slanted....
Not slanted at all. I hate A&M. Having an ex-bruin announcer doing the game is a slanted move by CBS. Playing the game in Anaheim is slanted toward UCLA. It was a tough physical game. I thought that Love got away with a ton. But to have Enberg and Bilas suck his cock after every play was too much to take. The last time I saw the media act like this it was 2005 and the USC Trojans had just finished beating Alexander the Great and Napoleon....according to ESPN.
Enberg stopped announcing Ucla games since before you were born....and he's still a homer? Ucla gets the geographic nod based on seeding...you do know that, right? Calls have a way of evening out during the course of a season/tounament. Ucla's job is not to make those calls, but to play through them. Anyway, unless Shipp and an African can pull their respective heads out of their asses, it will be a moot point in the "Elite 8"

You think that Enberg doesn't root for Ucla? Please. I understand the seeding process. I just think it is sad that the guy was obviously fouled and Ucla got the hometown call when Sloan was fouled not once but twice on the same play. Oh yeah...that dunk was after the buzzer.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:21 pm

Hopefully the refs will shine up their game a bit.

Hopefully A&M will learn blowing 10 point leads isn't in your best interest.

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:38 pm

honestly, how does an announcer's bias affect the outcome of a game?

Harvdog · Post by **Harvdog** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:41 pm

M Club wrote:honestly, how does an announcer's bias affect the outcome of a game?

Not at all. I just got tired of listening to the 2 jerkoffs gush over Kevin Love. Ron Franklin was the voice of Texas for years and he is completely unbiased.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:49 pm

M Club wrote:
right there is where you're supposed to say, yeah, we got away with one. see you next week.

exactly.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:16 pm

RACK! Davidson and that assasin Curry for knocking off Georgetown. That was fun to watch. Too bad Butler couldn't have done the same to Tennessee. Both were great David vs. Goliath 2 vs. 10 seed games

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:17 pm

RACK Davidson.

[shameless plug]I picked them to beat Georgetown (and Wisconsin in the Sweet 16). Stephen Curry is lights out.[/]

.m2 · Post by **.m2** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:16 pm

And 8 on 5 Continues

Cal got screwed even worse than Texas A&M and Stanford by the refs.

Either UCLA is a team of destiny, just plain lucky, or are paying off the refs.

How else can you explain the number of game deciding bad calls/no calls that went their way?

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:24 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:RACK Davidson.

[shameless plug]I picked them to beat Georgetown (and Wisconsin in the Sweet 16). Stephen Curry is lights out.[/]

I had Davidson also but I've got Wisconsin winning and going to the Elite 8. The Wildcats was a definite "it" team going into the tournament.

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:03 am

i love those refs. anything to keep alive a team that can beat unc is alright by me.

Mook · Post by **Mook** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:36 am

M Club wrote: right there is where you're supposed to say, yeah, we got away with one. see you next week.

Methinks UCLA has gotten away with THREE the last couple of weeks...

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:25 pm

I'm not going to point the finger at the refs for that bad call as the reason we lost to UCLA. We had a 10 point 2nd half lead. We blew it. Maybe next year.

We'll have a strong team coming back. Hopefully Jordan hits a big man camp and figures out when to pass out, when to take it to the hole and that 3 steps usually results in a travel call. Thanks Joseph Jones and Dominique Kirk for the years of great ball you two played. I wish they could have finshed off the game as they would likely make it to the Elite 8 had they gotten through UCLA.

Props to UCLA on their comeback. I have UCLA to win it all in my bracket. Unless they turn it up a notch or 10 though, they are done in the Elite 8.