NCAA Tournament Thursday Game Thread

[ScubaSteveAvery]

That was really sloppy by Harvard. 

 

[MillarTime]

Ugh.

 

[Section15Box113]

Ouch

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

Where was the foul?

 

[ifmanis5]

Terrible call. Awful.

 

[Section15Box113]

Highly questionable

 

[johnmd20]

Ohhhh. So close. They had a chance.

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

Fuck I thought he had that. 

 

[Drocca]

Never in doubt.

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

Harvard got fucked all sorts of ways with terrible foul calls. 

 

[Ed Hillel]

I thought that was banking in for sure.

 

[ifmanis5]

At least they got a shot after that call.

 

[MillarTime]

Plenty of chances to win there. Great game.

 

[johnmd20]

The shot wasn't really close.

 

[Rossox]

I fully expect Harvard to not score for the final 90 seconds after going up by 1 at some point to lose the game.  But damn UNC is letting them hang around. 

This (okay it was 75 seconds...but nice call)

 

[Ed Hillel]

How are all these games so close so consistently every year?

 

[Dehere]

So easy to say now but thought Amaker should have taken a timeout off the missed FT.

 

[Ed Hillel]

LOLOMG rolls around and falls.

 

[johnmd20]

Wow. Another buzzer beater. This one drops. Cinncy ties the game. OT

 

[DanoooME]

Ho Lee SHIT, what a drive and roll around the rim!

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

All you can ask for if you're Harvard. The moment got too big for them at the end.

 
Yep. Lots of moments in the 2 possessions before that final shot where the could have gone inside to draw fouls and get points, but instead kept trying to hit 3s. 

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

This ficking tournament. Amazing end of game time management by Cinci.

 

[johnmd20]

Got rid of the ball with .1 on the clock.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Borderline travel.

 

[Section15Box113]

Harvard got fucked all sorts of ways with terrible foul calls. 

Plenty of chances to win there. Great game.

Agree on both. And could say the same about Northeastern earlier.

 

[bankshot1]

Wow
 
I need a Boiler Maker

 

[Ed Hillel]

It would have rolled out but banked off the backboard a second time and fell.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Cinci was down 7 with :48 left.

 

[shawnrbu]

Cinci was down 7 with :48 left.

 
Scored 49 points in the first 39:15.  Scored 10 points in the final 45 seconds.

 

[Greg29fan]

great game Harvard fans.  Wesley Saunders was big time.

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

Holy shit. Cinci wants this game more. 

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Cinci takes the ball to the hoop at the end of the game, and they get the shot to tie.  Harvard settles for jumpers from three point land, and lose.  Pretty sure that's been the theme all day today.  Too many teams settling for long range jumpers or threes to win, when the lane is there to take and at least get a chance for a foul call.

 

[canderson]

SFA needs to throw moving screens on Utah's 7'45" dude. Jesus Christ.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Cinci takes the ball to the hoop at the end of the game, and they get the shot to tie.  Harvard settles for jumpers from three point land, and lose.  Pretty sure that's been the theme all day today.  Too many teams settling for long range jumpers or threes to win, when the lane is there to take and at least get a chance for a foul call.

Well, the airball from distance worked.

 

[johnmd20]

This game is nuts. Purdue is so bad. 

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

Completely insane finish. 

 

[Stevie1der]

So Purdue just flat out refuses to take a high percentage shot.

 

[DanoooME]

So Purdue just flat out refuses to take a high percentage shot.

 
And gives them up through key defensive lapses.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

I believe Purdue has the longest active streak of first round wins and the fifth longest in history at stake here.

 

[johnmd20]

I believe Purdue has the longest active streak of first round wins and the fifth longest in history at stake here.

 
14 game streak.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Wow. Still in the one and one.

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

What a crazy finish.

 

[DanoooME]

Purdue had the look there at the end.  Couldn't ask for a much better shot.

 

[johnmd20]

They just showed the replay of the end of regulation of the Purdue/Cinncy game. He pretty much blatantly traveled. But I guess they don't call those.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

LOL.  I just noticed that Kentucky is favored by 34.5 tonight.  Got to be in the vicinity of the highest spread in tournament history. 

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

The three games in Louisville have been decided by a total of three points.

 

[shawnrbu]

LOL.  I just noticed that Kentucky is favored by 34.5 tonight.  Got to be in the vicinity of the highest spread in tournament history. 

 
Highest since 2004.  Duke was a 46.5 favorite over Florida A&M in 1999.

 

[AirborneSas]

 
Highest since 2004.  Duke was a 46.5 favorite over Florida A&M in 1999.

And they didn't cover. Duke 99 FAMU 58

 

[canderson]

Shooting like 30 percent. Ugh. No points in last 4 mins is a killer, was down to 4. Picked a bad game for the offense to go bad (credit to Utah defense).

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

Have only barely pulled myself back together after the Harvard game. Just want to say I hope Wesley Saunders has a long and happy life. It's been a privilege rooting for him the last few years.