NCAA Basketball Tourney March Madness Sweet 16 Thursday March 23 Game Thread
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Timme’s going to be doing this in men’s leagues for the next 30 years. Such a great great college basketball player.
Odds to win the NC at the moment.
Alabama +320
Houston +360
UConn +500
Gonzaga +550
Everyone else +1000 or above.
Alabama +320
Houston +360
UConn +500
Gonzaga +550
Everyone else +1000 or above.
I cannot recall a year when the Championship was this wide open. Not only once we’re down to 12 teams but really all season long! Between one-and-done and protocol, this product is better than ever from a competitive balance place.
Hoping for the same result. I remember this game vividly. UConn punched their first ticket to the final 4 by taking out Gonzaga. I had never heard of Gonzaga before and had an irrational fear that UConn were going to get knocked out by Cinderella. This of course was before Gonzaga become Gonzaga and UConn handled them relatively easily.
Edit: Maybe not that easily. UConn won 67-62. Closer than I remembered. Mark Few was the assistant coach for Gonzaga and took over HC duties the following season.
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Yeah. There was nothing easy about that game. It was a one-point game under a minute. The Zags led most of the game. It was tight the whole way. UConn went into that game 0-4 in regional finals. They had lost three in nine years and Calhoun was in danger of being labeled the best coach not to make the final four.
That game was supposed to be a coronation. UConn was one of the two best teams in the country all year and after losing three classic regional finals had drawn a 10 seed Cinderella. It was supposed to be easy. But they easily could have lost. El Amin was 0-12. But he hit the big free free throws late.
That was an incredible night of college hoops, truly special game by Nowell even with the 30 foot flings.
View: https://twitter.com/CardChronicle/status/1639071144077668353?s=20
View: https://twitter.com/CardChronicle/status/1639071144077668353?s=20
Tennessee vs Duke: 9-21 from 3, 11 fouls called
Tennessee vs FAU: 6-23 from 3, 18 fouls called
Ugh
Edit fuck Tennessee
View: https://twitter.com/gottliebshow/status/1639105533729976322?s=46&t=aFAz1RsCoRVemxzn4YoX8g
Tennessee vs FAU: 6-23 from 3, 18 fouls called
Ugh
Edit fuck Tennessee
View: https://twitter.com/gottliebshow/status/1639105533729976322?s=46&t=aFAz1RsCoRVemxzn4YoX8g
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Still have 3 of my 4 Final Four teams alive: Alabama, Houston, and UConn. Thanks, Duke, for ruining my perfect Final Four.
5 of my 8 Elite Eight teams still alive:
South: Alabama, Arizona
East: Duke, Marquette
Midwest: Houston, Texas
West: UConn, Gonzaga
I have Houston beating Alabama in the final, but honestly, UConn is the best team going right now.
5 of my 8 Elite Eight teams still alive:
South: Alabama, Arizona
East: Duke, Marquette
Midwest: Houston, Texas
West: UConn, Gonzaga
I have Houston beating Alabama in the final, but honestly, UConn is the best team going right now.
Same here, same teams only I had Purdue and Marquette meeting for the East regional final, which shows I know nothing.
I should have gone with my gut and took UConn to get to the final vs Alabama, I have Alabama winning it vs Gonzaga, I think UConn is going to take the prize, we'll see.
It actually wasn't a dumb shot. It was a play call. Few said they call it Jay Wright, it was the 2017 Kris Jenkins play that won the title against Carolina
Good call but about 15’ too far away from the basket imo. That’s not a high percentage shot for any one not named Curry basically.
I'll defer to the basketball experts here, but I don't know why UCLA just sat back and did not pressure the ball at all, let Gonzaga come to them, they just collapsed down and left the guy wide open.
Reminded me of the classic NFL prevent defense which never works.
Again; I'm sure someone here will explain what UCLA was doing and why that was the correct way to defend that.