NCAA Tournament Thursday Game Thread
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Yahoo Sports @YahooSports 24s24 seconds ago
96% of Yahoo Sports #TourneyPickEm users had No. 3 #IowaState beating No. 3 #UAB. 15% had the #Cyclones in the Final Four.
96% of Yahoo Sports #TourneyPickEm users had No. 3 #IowaState beating No. 3 #UAB. 15% had the #Cyclones in the Final Four.
Bracket killer.
Also, after much success betting on the tournament last year, I am off to an awe inspiring 0-2 on what I thought were 2 of the easier games to pick today. Great things to come I am sure.
Also, after much success betting on the tournament last year, I am off to an awe inspiring 0-2 on what I thought were 2 of the easier games to pick today. Great things to come I am sure.
ESPN Fantasy Sports @ESPNFantasy 16s16 seconds ago
We're well on #TheRoadToNoPerfectBrackets. 5.1% had UAB to advance. 1.3% of Tournament Challenge players lost their Championship pick.
We're well on #TheRoadToNoPerfectBrackets. 5.1% had UAB to advance. 1.3% of Tournament Challenge players lost their Championship pick.
Yahoo Sports @YahooSports 24s24 seconds ago
96% of Yahoo Sports #TourneyPickEm users had No. 3 #IowaState beating No. 3 #UAB. 15% had the #Cyclones in the Final Four.
96% of Yahoo Sports #TourneyPickEm users had No. 3 #IowaState beating No. 3 #UAB. 15% had the #Cyclones in the Final Four.
So my brackets are done before they started basically. Iowa State was in the finals for me. Losing to Wisconsin.
A number of the momentum calls seemed to go against NU - including all the way back from when they first cut the 10 point lead down to 2 and the blocking call against them. A couple of ticky tack calls when you consider the physical play of ND defensively. And that call on the Jackson play was beyond atrocious. The play at the end when Ford had the ball and didn't see the wide open pass into the corner was simply numbing. Not getting a shot off at the end was heart breaking given how they had competed.
Couple of thoughts:
1) The NU coach got burned there on the swapping of offense/defense to protect Eatherton at the end. He wasn't on the floor to tie the game because of it. The MMQB in me thinks with 29 seconds or so left at the last swap he probably should have gambled and left him in for the duration.
2) I haven't seen a lot of him, but Ford didn't seem to want the ball with the game on the line. I don't know if it was the bright lights or the quality of the defense or what.
Couple of thoughts:
1) The NU coach got burned there on the swapping of offense/defense to protect Eatherton at the end. He wasn't on the floor to tie the game because of it. The MMQB in me thinks with 29 seconds or so left at the last swap he probably should have gambled and left him in for the duration.
2) I haven't seen a lot of him, but Ford didn't seem to want the ball with the game on the line. I don't know if it was the bright lights or the quality of the defense or what.
Kevin Ware, he of one of the worst sporting injuries ever televised in high definition, plays for Georgia State. Good to see him out there.
Yep, me too, 9th ranked team in the country loses to the University of Alabama at Birminghamington fighting UAB something somethings.DrewDawg said:
So far it looks like five thirty eight was right that the 3 seeds are unusually shitty this year.
johnmd20 said:
I'm in three different pools, but I didn't have the University of Alabama at Birmingham whoever the fuck their called beating Iowa State in any of them and naturally, in all three I've got Iowa State going far in the tournament.
Balls.
CaptainLaddie said:
I'm in two different pools, one with a 10 dollar entry and one with a 40 dollar entry. I did 8 and 5 respectively. I had UAB in 3 of the 13. Just normal diversification luck.
Right. Some of us only did one pay-in pool, if you can believe it. Not everyone will put down nearly $300 on bracket pools.
I guess this is where only paying attention to ACC basketball helped me, because I had Iowa St losing to SMU because Larry Brown and I had no idea the Big 12 was supposedly a good conference this year.
Get Hard looks hysterical; usually in the previews, they show all the funniest bits and so far, of the three different versions I've seen, nothing looks remotely funny.
Will Ferrell should wear a mask and carry a gun, I'm stunned he makes a living as a comedic actor.
Will Ferrell should wear a mask and carry a gun, I'm stunned he makes a living as a comedic actor.
My father did an auction style draft with about a dozen people. You auction off teams and actually pay the amount of money you bid for a team. Kentucky went for $800. Yes, $800.CaptainLaddie said:
I'm surprised they didn't feed him more throughout the game. He was the CAA player of the tournament. I thought it was more of a coaching thing than anything else.RetractableRoof said:
I'm so sick of seeing this game over and over. At least we have the CAA championship.Tyrone Biggums said:
WayBackVazquez said:
I'd guess a bit lower, but either way--then they'd likely get fan favorite Gonzaga. So, yeah, if you had them to the Final 4 that sucks, but if it's Sweet 16, it's not a huge deal.
And either SMU or UCLA will be the seed line favorite in that game now (versus #14 UAB), so in a pool like Murphy's no one is getting the upset bonus anymore. We're only losing a few points.
