NCAA Tournament Friday Game Thread

[Kremlin Watcher]

Doug Gottlieb is a really annoying announcer. I can't put a finger on it, but he is just awful.

 

[DJnVa]

Doug Gottlieb is a really annoying announcer. I can't put a finger on it, but he is just awful.

 
No, you put your finger exactly on it.
 
He's a smarmy know-it-all. He's Colin Cowherd doing actual game announcing.

 

[DJnVa]

Yesterday's thread was at nearly 200 posts by this time. A lot less drama today.

 

[DukeSox]

LETS GO HURLEYS

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Huggins seems way calmer than I remember him.

 

[wibi]

BUFF v. WVU just got really interesting

 

[soxhop411]

Horrendous officiating in this IU game.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

BUFF v. WVU just got really interesting

 
It's a bummer, because it means I have to watch it, and the combined repulsiveness of Doug Gottlieb and Bobby Hurley is making my tummy upset.
 
Edit:  Ok, I don't hate Bobby Hurley.  Well, just a little.

 

[DukeSox]

DUNK THAT, YOU IDIOT

 

[tims4wins]

The dream is dead

 

[soxhop411]

Bullshit

 

[tims4wins]

Go Anteaters, Shockers, and Bruins

 

[johnmd20]

Wichita is such a solid team. I think they could make a run in this tourney.

 

[DJnVa]

Wichita is such a solid team. I think they could make a run in this tourney.

 
And it was awesome to put another iffy P5 team like Indiana in the tourney too!!!

 

[DJnVa]

So, uh, Belmont?

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

So, uh, Belmont?

 
I never get excited until after the under 8 time out.  Probably be double digits by then.

 

[tims4wins]

Belmont is seldom an easy out

 

[DukeSox]

that will do it for UVA

 

[twothousandone]

 
Did Fennis Dembo get hurt.  He'll lead them back in the second half.  
 
He still plays there, right?

He only had 14 points when they lost to Loyola-Marymount 119-115.  Second most points ever for a losing team.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

He only had 14 points when they lost to Loyola-Marymount 119-115.  Second most points ever for a losing team.

 
I'm surprised there was one higher.  The halftime score of that game was higher than probably like half the tournament games these days.
 
That was back in the day, I think, when ESPN had the tournament and Dickie Vitale would actually get on an airplane to fly somewhere other than Durham to bring you stories about players and teams you never would hear about otherwise.

 

[DukeSox]

Seems like a waste of time when you could have him in Durham and learn more about DUKE

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Seems like a waste of time when you could have him in Durham and learn more about DUKE

 
I'll just wait for Kryasdkfaseski's autobiography.

 

[StuckOnYouk]

Why waste time in Durham when you can travel to Georgia to learn more about the Mercer Bears?

 

[wibi]

UC Irvine going punch for punch with Louisville

 

[soxhop411]

Yes!!

 

[DukeSox]

Louisville...sucks.  anyone who watched them this year would know that.  their high ranking throughout the season was due to a weak ACC schedule and the shine off their recetn championship

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Tough way to lose if they do -- committing a foul 90 feet from the basket with 9 seconds left.

 

[shawnrbu]

Absolutely pathetic final 15 seconds for UCI.

 

[johnmd20]

Nice play Irvine. Well prepared.

 

[mabrowndog]

Dear God,
 
I'm agnostic. If you want any chance at all of having me believe in you, make fuckface Pitino die along with his team of fucksnots.
 
This is non-negotiable.
 
Sincerely,
Dog
 
EDIT - Well, you had your shot. Fuck off, you powerless fictional presence.

 

[RIrooter09]

Northern Iowa will get them next round.

 

[johnmd20]

Man, that looked like a foul on LVille at the end there.

 

[Greg29fan]

ACC 5-0 with Louisville, ND, UNC, and NC State winning by a combined nine points

 

[DukeSox]

All we do is win win win win win

 

[mabrowndog]

So Valpo is the last remaining vestige of hope for an early-session upset.
 
Maryland no longer being in the ACC has to be a point in the Crusaders' favor.

 

[wibi]

I get why people dont like Gottlieb 

 

[johnmd20]

I get why people dont like Gottlieb 

 
Yeah, it's because he's painfully annoying. Just a bad announcer.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

 
Yeah, it's because he's painfully annoying. Just a bad announcer.

He's equally bad in the studio

 

[DukeSox]

So Valpo is the last remaining vestige of hope for an early-session upset.
 
Maryland no longer being in the ACC has to be a point in the Crusaders' favor.

Don't forget that Maryland in general sucks. The school, the state, the teams, the fans - all worthless

 

[DukeSox]

and generally inferior

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Man, Valpo gets it down to one and jacks up a wild three. Dumb.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Three guys, zero box outs.

 

[johnmd20]

Odd replay call.

 

[Corsi]

umm wtf

 

[mabrowndog]

More blind officiating. Holy shit. That ball was so clearly off Maryland.

 

[Corsi]

STOP TALKING GOTTLIEB

 

[johnmd20]

These officials are SO bad right now. Three horrible calls in a row.

 

[DJnVa]

I get why people dont like Gottlieb 

 
He just makes it seem like he's never been wrong.
 
And based on what he did at Notre Dame that's clearly not the case.

 

[Ed Hillel]

What is Valpo doing!? Running an Iso with 30 seconds left down 3?

 

[Corsi]

13.7 seconds left.  Gottlieb is going to talk during all of them.