Yes, we’ve now got 3 out of 4 under 10 (fuck Duke) which is much more enjoyable.The Auburn - Iowa game is entertaining.
Yes, we’ve now got 3 out of 4 under 10 (fuck Duke) which is much more enjoyable.The Auburn - Iowa game is entertaining.
Major danger. Or… not.This year has the potential to be an epic ACC post-season. Maryland snuck out a win but Duke is in danger tonight against a real good Oral Roberts team.
He's going to be 90 next month. Crazy. I thought he was 90 forty years ago.Willie Nelson is a welcome addition to those otherwise unwatchable Capital One ads.
Born about 8 months before old Willie Nelson. How's that for crazy? And died before JFK did.
Still enough to win by 20. Colgate really got pasted.Texas mostly has played like garbage. They shot well early but way too many turnovers and dumb play.
Texas completely locked Colgate up down the stretch. 2 points in final 6 min and I think 4 pts over the final 9. When they defend like that they look like a Final Four team……they don’t always defend like that.Still enough to win by 20. Colgate really got pasted.
Many of the top seeds went through the motions today against inferior teams yet only Arizona got caught. Tennessee is an interesting look…..were they coasting today or did they really miss Ziegler that much? Either way, this has to be the most brutal draw that a 4-seed could imagine.Tennessee survived. I won’t be surprise if they lose Saturday.
Three in a row after Geo. Mason and PC. 3 different shades of orange.Why does Rick Barnes only coach orange colored schools
Absolutely true. Everyone overreacts to the first game. Similar thing happens in week 1 to week 2 in the NFL. Margin of victory matters not a lick.Lots of times teams make deep runs after barely surviving their opening round game. Right off the top of my head:
2003 - Marquette went to the Final Four after barely surviving 14 seed Holy Cross in the first round, 72-68.
2014 - UConn won it all but barely got by 10 seed St. Josephs, 89-81 in OT, but UConn needed a putback in the last seconds to send that to OT.
1995 - Arkansas (defending champs) went to the title game, but barely got by 15 seed Texas Southern 79-78 in the first round.
There are more, but it happens. Just get by that first round and then you can put it in gear. Survive and advance.
NC State needed double OT to beat Pepperdine in the opening round in 1983. Of course they were a 6 seed and most of their wins that year were close.Lots of times teams make deep runs after barely surviving their opening round game. Right off the top of my head:
2003 - Marquette went to the Final Four after barely surviving 14 seed Holy Cross in the first round, 72-68.
2014 - UConn won it all but barely got by 10 seed St. Josephs, 89-81 in OT, but UConn needed a putback in the last seconds to send that to OT.
1995 - Arkansas (defending champs) went to the title game, but barely got by 15 seed Texas Southern 79-78 in the first round.
There are more, but it happens. Just get by that first round and then you can put it in gear. Survive and advance.
Correct. Tennessee had major offensive issues without their PG.Tennessee and Houston seem to have serious concerns due to injuries though. Probably not an overreaction.
Duke hasn't won a tourney game as the worse seeded team since 1994. Kind of amazing.
Gave him until 12:20@DJnVa we getting a new thread for today or rolling with this one? Given the UVA-Furman ending and the Princeton win, I'd put yesterday in the W category, so I think you've earned the right.