NCAA Tournament Saturday 2nd Round Game Thread

johnmd20 · Mar 16, 2018

Man, URI beating Duke would make my year.

canderson · Mar 17, 2018

Nova has 13 shots so far, 12 have been for 3.

thehitcat · Mar 17, 2018

Really nice switching by Villanova on that last defensive sequence which led to a turnover by Alabama.

canderson · Mar 17, 2018

Wow Divencenzo.

uk_sox_fan · Mar 17, 2018

johnmd20 said:
Man, URI beating Duke would make my year.

Winning the lottery would make mine but it’s best not to count too much on these far-fetched scenarios.

uk_sox_fan · Mar 17, 2018

Bama has impressed me so far. Especially with the way Divencenzo is shooting it I would have thought they’d be getting blown out of the building but they’re hanging reasonably close.

MillarTime · Mar 17, 2018

Nova finally rounding into form after a bad half (Divincenzo aside). Getting stops.

canderson · Mar 17, 2018

Bridges woke up at halftime.

Edit: 16 points in 4 and a half minutes ... Nova suddenly up 22

MillarTime · Mar 17, 2018

He’s gonna be an awesome pro

HomeRunBaker · Mar 17, 2018

uk_sox_fan said:
Winning the lottery would make mine but it’s best not to count too much on these far-fetched scenarios.

Is it really that far fetched? Duke is only a 9.5 point favorite and has a history of coming up small in these type games. One thing URI has is shot makers and we've seen that one skill carry teams in this tournament many times.

Infield Infidel · Mar 17, 2018

johnmd20 said:
Man, URI beating Duke would make my year.

Rematch of the 89 Sweet sixteen. That game crushed me as a kid. The first round they wheeled a TV into my elementary school cafeteria and we got to watch them beat Mizzou.

johnmd20 · Mar 17, 2018

Infield Infidel said:
Rematch of the 89 Sweet sixteen. That game crushed me as a kid. The first round they wheeled a TV into my elementary school cafeteria and we got to watch them beat Mizzou.

That's a good memory, followed by a brutal one. Let's do this today. Beat those Dukies.

shawnrbu · Mar 17, 2018

Not even 90 seconds in and Coach K is already working the refs.

shawnrbu · Mar 17, 2018

Berry is a major liability.

Al Zarilla · Mar 17, 2018

That Geico ad made since the Retrievers won last night?

DennyDoyle'sBoil · Mar 17, 2018

Rhode Island appears not to have expected Duke would play zone.

shawnrbu · Mar 17, 2018

Another blowout. Having two games televised unopposed is brutal when this happens.

DennyDoyle'sBoil · Mar 17, 2018

Absolutely no idea what do with the zone. Just short passes on the perimeter. If they don’t know how to attack it, the only choice is to just shoot over it and hope.

tims4wins · Mar 17, 2018

shawnrbu said:
Not even 90 seconds in and Coach K is already working the refs.

I personally am enjoying the URI coach stomping away quickly after EVERY call against URI.

DennyDoyle'sBoil · Mar 17, 2018

Giving up 45 in a half makes the offense mostly irrelevant but it’s incredibly frustrating to watch teams that have no idea what to do against a zone.

The options are not complicated and even a little boring. Run things from the foul line or the intermediate wings and take the inside out or the path to the basket, depending on what they give. If you don’t have players who can execute it or the defense is just too long and the shot blocking too good, then your only choice is to shoot over it and try to take advantage of the fact that defensive rebounding is harder out of the zone. You can lose by 50 that way if the shots won’t go, but what’s the difference?

canderson · Mar 17, 2018

This game is so boring, I have high hopes Buffalo v Kentucky is a good one.

Edit: Buffalo is not Butler

DennyDoyle'sBoil · Mar 17, 2018

canderson said:
This game is so boring, I have high hopes Butler v Kentucky is a good one.

That game will have to be played in your head. Tell us what happens! O)

canderson · Mar 17, 2018

DennyDoyle'sBoil said:
That game will have to be played in your head. Tell us what happens! O)

Hey Butler, Buffalo .... same difference right?

johnmd20 · Mar 17, 2018

Another double digit lead. This one happened fast.

canderson · Mar 17, 2018

CBS did a nice story about CJ Massinburg playing high school basketball in California.

Um CBS, he played at Dallas’ South Oak Cliff.

shawnrbu · Mar 17, 2018

Kentucky is playing great and Buffalo is hanging with them.

DennyDoyle'sBoil · Mar 17, 2018

Buffalo looks like they can put up 80 on anyone. At a consistent pace too. Keeping the other team from doing it is the problem.

johnmd20 · Mar 17, 2018

Kentucky just can't be stopped. At least Buffalo can't stop them. Game went over with 4 minutes left in the game.

MuzzyField · Mar 17, 2018

DennyDoyle'sBoil said:
Buffalo looks like they can put up 80 on anyone. At a consistent pace too. Keeping the other team from doing it is the problem.

He’s sure building up what he inherited. His incoming recruiting class is exceptional for a ‘mid’. I wonder what P5 job he’s holding out for.

johnmd20 · Mar 17, 2018

Huge swing there. Dagger for Buffalo and it was a foul on Kentucky.

johnmd20 · Mar 17, 2018

Tennessee unraveling right now.

canderson · Mar 17, 2018

ULC is outplaying Tennessee completely. Up 9.

canderson · Mar 17, 2018

Tennessee appears to have no answer to stop the Ramblers’ offense, so upset likely here.

johnmd20 · Mar 17, 2018

How can you call an offensive foul there?

canderson · Mar 17, 2018

Seton Hall up 4 on Kansas. I have kansas losing in the next round but man I hope they get beat tonight.

DeadlySplitter · Mar 17, 2018

Loyola melting down, but one more stop could win it.

DennyDoyle'sBoil · Mar 17, 2018

Loyola Chi stopped playing. Can’t stop doing what got you there. Need to accelerate through the finish line.

BigSoxFan · Mar 17, 2018

Nice!

DeadlySplitter · Mar 17, 2018

Loyola very lucky to win that one.

DennyDoyle'sBoil · Mar 17, 2018

The Tennessee player touching the ball on its way out of bounds was a really big play.

shawnrbu · Mar 17, 2018

Kentucky might get to play a 12, 13, 16 and 11.

Greg29fan · Mar 17, 2018

shawnrbu said:
Kentucky might get to play a 12, 13, 16 and 11.

With the 16 and 11 in Atlanta, which might as well be Lexington as much support as they have there.

BigSoxFan · Mar 17, 2018

Greg29fan said:
With the 16 and 11 in Atlanta, which might as well be Lexington as much support as they have there.

Louisville fans must hate life right about now.

johnmd20 · Mar 17, 2018

BigSoxFan said:
Louisville fans must hate life right about now.

Don't worry, they recently won a title. Which was vacated, of course.

canderson · Mar 17, 2018

Two great games going on and no one is here. Bummer.

johnmd20 · Mar 17, 2018

This Ohio State game is really high energy.

johnmd20 · Mar 17, 2018

That's a crazy call against OSU there.

johnmd20 · Mar 17, 2018

Refs swallowing the whistles for Gonzaga. But not for Ohio State. Man.

johnmd20 · Mar 17, 2018

And Ohio State is falling apart, definitely frustrated.

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