NCAA Tournament Thursday Game Thread

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canderson said:
Congrats to Utah. 5-24 from 3 was the dagger, I can remember this team ever playing so poorly on offense.
Utah is sneakily a monster on D, 7th in the nation.
 

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ScubaSteveAvery said:
The size differential between Kentucky and Hampton is hilarious.  Each Kentucky guy is at least 3-4" taller. 
 
And yet I just saw a graphic that said Kentucky had the 2nd shortest average height in the tournament, an inch bigger than Wofford.
 

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What a bullshit warning on Arkansas.  If a kid from Wofford did that, it would probably be a double technical and ejection.
 

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DanoooME said:
 
And yet I just saw a graphic that said Kentucky had the 2nd shortest average height in the tournament, an inch bigger than Wofford.
 
Really? Wow - because on TV the Kentucky guys look huge.
 

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PC Drunken Friar said:
I missed it.. What did he do
 
Arkansas kid went back on D after a basket and somehow kicked his shoe off of his foot into the stands.  Wofford goes down and scores.  As Arkansas brings the ball back up the court, one of the Arkansas players on the bench throws a shoe on the court.
 

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PC Drunken Friar said:
I missed it.. What did he do
 
Arkansas player lost his sneaker and flipped it into the crowd.  When Arkansas went back on offense, someone from the bench tossed him their sneaker (the Arkansas bench is located on the other side of the court), it landed on the court and the game was delayed about 5 minutes.
 

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Probably ended up helping Wofford since they took 5 minutes to review at a time when Wofford was looking gassed.
 

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canderson said:
Congrats to Utah. 5-24 from 3 was the dagger, I can't remember this team ever playing so poorly on offense.
 
Live by the 3 and die by the 3.  I've had many a tournaments rooting for Gonzaga where the team was awesome until they got cold beyond the arc.  SFA hits anywhere near their season average for 3 pointers and they take that game walking away.
 

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Got to give Hampton credit for hanging around for 10 minutes.  Now they are just shooting 3s from 5 feet behind the arc and haven't scored in 5 minutes. 
 

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johnmd20 said:
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.
 
Yeah, that was awful. He scooped the ball like he was a running back, took three steps and then let it go. 
 

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DanoooME said:
 
And yet I just saw a graphic that said Kentucky had the 2nd shortest average height in the tournament, an inch bigger than Wofford.
Kentucky's starting lineup is bigger than any NBA team so no idea what graphic was being shown. Two 6-6 guards, a 6-10 SF, 6-10 PF and a 7-foot center. Then they come off the bench with 6-9 and another 7-footer.

It's by far the biggest team in the history of college basketball.
 

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Now even the LSU/NCST game is getting close. No matter what the score, when it comes to nut cutting time the games get close today. This day violates the second law of thermodynamics.
 

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PC Drunken Friar said:
How was that not a travel
He took a dribble so I think the refs saw his next movement as a gather off that dribble, almost a jump stop.  Once he landed in that spot, it looked like he went off his established pivot foot for the hook.  Very close to a travel but arguably the right no call.
 

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18-3 run to end the game and take the first lead in 30 minutes with .1 seconds left on the clock.
 

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Wofford up on Arkansas with 12 to go and Eastern Washington making Rodney Stuckey proud in leading Georgetown in the 1st. The night is still young!!
 

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All world choke by LSU.  Just unbelievable.  With 8:51 left in the game, they had a 62-48 lead.  They didn't make another field goal after that point.  During that stretch, they missed, by my count, 12 shots from the field (mostly layups), and they went 3-9 from the line, but missed their last 6 in a row. 
 
Here's an amazing stat:  From the 4:12 mark left in the game, to the 22 second mark, LSU only attempted ONE shot from the field.  That was because of turnovers, and because NCS started fouling and with the one and one's and missed free throws, LSU never even had a chance to take a shot from the field.
 
This was the very definition of choking down the stretch of a game. 
 

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Eastern Washington is the 8th best 3pt% team in the country. 4th Best of the tourney teams
They also took the 9th most 3s this year (second most among tourney teams)
Georgetown is the 4th worst 3pt% defense in the tourney. (85th in the country).
 
Point being... 10 pts is not a big enough lead.
 

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Just popping in to say I went to middle school with Beejay. We talked once when he cut me in the lunch line. He turned around, dapped me up and said "we cool?"
 
We were cool.
 

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Fuck. No offense to Abs, but I really really really wanted Wofford to pull that one out. They definitely had their chances.
 

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where the darn libs live

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Papelbon's Poutine said:
Yeah, I'm not exactly chalking up victory for my school. I anticipate a dog fight second half.

Hoya Saxa.
 
More like dog shite (for EWU...)
 

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Papelbon's Poutine said:
Side note/rant: I really hate that this is now called the "second round".
 
They are changing it back to first round next year.  I heard one of the talking heads mention it a couple of days ago.
 
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The Arkansas Wofford game was the best game of the day on a purely basketball level IMHO. The Hog Press is always fun to watch, including the opponent try to break it.
 

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Haven't had the internet for a couple days, so this is a bit late, but...
 
Quincy Ford from Northeastern should be absolutely embarrassed. For those who don't know, he is the jackass who choked away the final shot, having apparently decided that all his homeboys back in the neighborhood would like to see see him win the game on his own, instead of passing to a wide open guy underneath the basket. I'll tell ya, nothing screams "basketball player" like dribbling into three guys, getting tied up, thrusting and waving the ball around like you're gonna power through it, and then still getting the ball stolen from you a half second later.
 
Has this kid gotten his requisite amount of shit from the masses/public/Northeastern fans? Because that was about the worst end-of-game basketball play I've ever seen. Hero-ball. Total hero-ball. Playground shit.
 
 

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Erik Hanson's Hook said:
Haven't had the internet for a couple days, so this is a bit late, but...
 
Quincy Ford from Northeastern should be absolutely embarrassed. For those who don't know, he is the jackass who choked away the final shot, having apparently decided that all his homeboys back in the neighborhood would like to see see him win the game on his own, instead of passing to a wide open guy underneath the basket. I'll tell ya, nothing screams "basketball player" like dribbling into three guys, getting tied up, thrusting and waving the ball around like you're gonna power through it, and then still getting the ball stolen from you a half second later.
 
Has this kid gotten his requisite amount of shit from the masses/public/Northeastern fans? Because that was about the worst end-of-game basketball play I've ever seen. Hero-ball. Total hero-ball. Playground shit.
 
Yes, I'm sure he thought to himself, I am going to blow this game instead of passing to a wide open teammate for a lay-up. Isn't it much more likely that he simply didn't see the open guy?

He was trying to impress his "homeboys" with his "playground" style? Wow.

You are an idiot.