NCAA Tournament Day 2 Game Thread

[Jeff Van GULLY]

A good start to the tournament yesterday. Some great games early and that Providence-USC game last night was fun to watch as someone who isn't a fan of either team. Congrats to Providence.

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Really like the early slate today. Cal without their leading scorer, Tyrone Wallace, going against the Rainbow Warriors will be fun and we'll see if Syracuse really belongs in the tournament. I like that VCU upset over Oregon St. today too but I think everyone else does as well; 201 picked VCU in Murphy's pool to only 55 picking Oregon St.

 

[canderson]

SO PUMPED. I'm going to watch this all day.


I'm terrified of WVU's size and Meech HAS to be shooting lights out for SFA to pull off the upset. Here's hoping for another shocker.

 

[DJnVa]

I really could use a Hawaii win today.

Really, really, really. They're a good team but Cal has some legit NBA talent to throw at them.

 

[MillarTime]

Go NOVA

 

[CoRP]

I prefer this one:

 

[DanoooME]

I miss Rollie. That was an amazing game.

 

[HomeRunBaker]

I miss Rollie. That was an amazing game.

I miss Gary McLain.

 

[Jeff Van GULLY]

Ugly start to this Syracuse-Dayton game.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Watching the zone is kind of like watching read-option. Teams that run it really well -- and Syracuse does -- can be interesting to watch, but in the end after 40 minutes it gets a little boring. It's just not how basketball should look.

 

[CoRP]

I miss Gary McLain.

I lived in the same dorm as Gary. Yes, we all knew he sold coke.

I miss Rollie. That was an amazing game.

he's STILL coaching.

 

[EastCoasterOutWest]

SO PUMPED. I'm going to watch this all day.


I'm terrified of WVU's size and Meech HAS to be shooting lights out for SFA to pull off the upset. Here's hoping for another shocker.

I hate you.

I'll watch these to make myself feel better:

 

[tims4wins]

I watched a decent amount of Syracuse this year in the ACC - did not see this kind of performance coming

 

[DukeSox]

Syracuse didn't deserve a bid!

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

I watched a decent amount of Syracuse this year in the ACC - did not see this kind of performance coming

It seems like it happens quite often that a team that is supposedly on the bubble and gets everyone all worked up about whether they should be in or not comes out and plays tough in the first round. Or at least I remember thinking this has happened before, but I can't really remember who I'm thinking of.

 

[shawnrbu]

It seems like it happens quite often that a team that is supposedly on the bubble and gets everyone all worked up about whether they should be in or not comes out and plays tough in the first round. Or at least I remember thinking this has happened before, but I can't really remember who I'm thinking of.

UCLA last year is a recent example.

George Mason in 2006 and VCU in 2011 might be the best examples. Jay Bilas was offended that VCU got an at large bid in 2011.

 

[shawnrbu]

Sparty down 15-2.

 

[tims4wins]

wow

 

[yeahlunchbox]

I'm at work and couldn't watch. How much of that was Syracuse and how much was Dayton? Dayton was pretty bad the last month or so.

 

[johnmd20]

I'm at work and couldn't watch. How much of that was Syracuse and how much was Dayton? Dayton was pretty bad the last month or so.

Syracuse was all over the court. Dayton didn't have a chance. It was a combo of Cuse playing well and Dayton playing horribly.

 

[shawnrbu]

Fun game in OKC between VCU and Oregon St. Two teams going up and down the court. VCU has led most of the way. The Beavers went on a 10-0 run to take a brief lead, but VCU has countered and currently lead by 5 with under 7 minutes to play.

 

[DanoooME]

The two games I hemmed and hawed on the most for my pick were Yale/Baylor and Cal/Hawaii and it's looks like I'll get both wrong.

 

[RIrooter09]

The two games I hemmed and hawed on the most for my pick were Yale/Baylor and Cal/Hawaii and it's looks like I'll get both wrong.

Still plenty of time left and Hawaii is in serious foul trouble.

Edit: Although so is Cal...

 

[troparra]

Middle Tennessee is outrebounding MSU. Now up 6 with 3 min left in half. This is not some fluke, or at least it doesn't look like it (though MTSU is shooting 64% from three).

 

[Jeff Van GULLY]

Nice and-1 for VCU to go up 11 with 1:30 left. May be the back-breaker.

 

[troparra]

MSU is going down.

 

[tims4wins]

VCU is pretty good at this March Madness thing

 

[BigSoxFan]

Disastrous game for Jaylen Brown

 

[EastCoasterOutWest]

Yeah. We (They ) have made the tourney 6 straight years now and have the experience to handle big runs by their opponents.

 

[soxhop411]

Solid effort... Whoever you are

 

[RIrooter09]

I was going to say Brown needs to sit, but he took care of that himself.

 

[shawnrbu]

Jaylen Brown looks horrible. How fast is he going to fizzle out of the NBA?

 

[The Big Red Kahuna]

Solid effort... Whoever you are

Have to imagine that goes to 0 left if Cal/Michigan St. both lose...?

 

[E5 Yaz]

The Pac 12 is, umm ...

 

[wibi]

The Pac 12 is, umm ...

Having a terrible tournament?

 

[DJnVa]

MTSU holding on for dear life.

#CUSA

 

[E5 Yaz]

Having a terrible tournament?

Politely said

 

[Greg29fan]

MTSU has answered every Michigan State run with one of their own up to this point.

 

[tims4wins]

MSU losing would have to be one of the biggest first round upsets of all time, no? There have been other number 2 seeds that have lost, but no one nearly as good as Sparty. Like the Duke team that lost to Mercer or Lehigh (can't remember which team beat the 2 seed Duke as opposed to the 3 - ugh) was clearly a flawed team. Tons of people have MSU winning it all.

 

[Greg29fan]

MSU losing would have to be one of the biggest first round upsets of all time, no? There have been other number 2 seeds that have lost, but no one nearly as good as Sparty. Like the Duke team that lost to Mercer or Lehigh (can't remember which team beat the 2 seed Duke as opposed to the 3 - ugh) was clearly a flawed team. Tons of people have MSU winning it all.

We were talking about it on another board - KenPom ratings say the biggest one is Norfolk St over Missouri.

 

[NJ_Sox_Fan]

Man my brackets are shit.

Also, I am doing just as poorly betting.

Some great games though.

 

[DanoooME]

MSU losing would have to be one of the biggest first round upsets of all time, no? There have been other number 2 seeds that have lost, but no one nearly as good as Sparty. Like the Duke team that lost to Mercer or Lehigh (can't remember which team beat the 2 seed Duke as opposed to the 3 - ugh) was clearly a flawed team. Tons of people have MSU winning it all.

Michigan St IS the past #1 seed that came closest to losing (beat Murray St in OT in 1990)

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

This is going to be one of those games where Michigan State leads for like 4 seconds of the 40 minutes and it's the last 4 second of the game.

 

[johnmd20]

MSU losing would have to be one of the biggest first round upsets of all time, no? There have been other number 2 seeds that have lost, but no one nearly as good as Sparty. Like the Duke team that lost to Mercer or Lehigh (can't remember which team beat the 2 seed Duke as opposed to the 3 - ugh) was clearly a flawed team. Tons of people have MSU winning it all.

It was Lehigh who crushed Duke.(lehigh grad here) And that wasn't a colossal upset, not like MSU losing would be. Lehigh had a really good team that year because of CJ McCollum.

 

[tims4wins]

It was Lehigh who crushed Duke.(lehigh grad here) And that wasn't a colossal upset, not like MSU losing would be. Lehigh had a really good team that year because of CJ McCollum.

Lehigh and Mercer both took down top 3 seeded Duke teams.

But yeah your point is dead on. NO ONE could have predicted this one today.

 

[johnmd20]

Lehigh and Mercer both took down top 3 seeded Duke teams.

But yeah your point is dead on. NO ONE could have predicted this one today.

Yes, Mercer was a 14(2014) and Lehigh was a 15. (2012)

 

[Greg29fan]

nm

 

[DukeSox]

It was Lehigh who crushed Duke.(lehigh grad here) And that wasn't a colossal upset, not like MSU losing would be. Lehigh had a really good team that year because of CJ McCollum.

Lehigh was the most under-seeded team that year - they should have been a few spots higher. Agree it wasn't colossal.

My brother went to Lehigh so i will never hear the end of that game for the rest of my life, but I was happy for him - that Duke team wasn't going anywhere in the tourney.

 

[The Big Red Kahuna]

This would be 3rd biggest upset in history in terms of size of point spread for favorite losing... 2012: Norfolk St over Missouri was 21.5 and 1997: Coppin St. over S. Carolina (19 spread)... but, yeah, this feels bigger.

Except that M. Tenn St. is playing amazing. Answering every run with some huge plays.

 

[tims4wins]

nm

All I got is... Weber St??

 

[shawnrbu]

Lehigh and Mercer both took down top 3 seeded Duke teams.
But yeah your point is dead on. NO ONE could have predicted this one today.

According to Taurean Prince, you hover over the name Middle Tennessee on your online bracket and you click their name.