Thursday Game Thread

[OurF'ingCity]

Cue all the "But I thought they were supposed to be a smart school!!!" jokes...

 

[luckysox]

Brutal, brutal, brutal.

I can't even for that poor kid.

 

[johnmd20]

Cue all the "But I thought they were supposed to be a smart school!!!" jokes...

Without a doubt.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Why did Vandy just dribble around and launch a three anyway?

 

[johnmd20]

Why did Vandy just dribble around and launch a three anyway?

Steph Curry range.

 

[Average Reds]

Somewhere Chris Webber is laughing. (Doesn't matter. He's still a bigger dumbass.)

 

[shawnrbu]

4 Vanderbilt players in the backcourt. Hilarious.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Doug Collins may seize up

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Smart guys, dumb plays

Why did Vandy just dribble around and launch a three anyway?

 

[The Big Red Kahuna]

I am a little sick for that kid. That was unreal.

 

[Average Reds]

Chris Collins must have gotten his looks from his mom.

 

[DJnVa]

Jesus. I was rooting for NW but that was brutal.

 

[DJnVa]

Chris Collins must have gotten his looks from his mom.

You know you're old when you think "Coach's wife. Nice" and then they say it's his mom.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Crying Fisher-Smith's in 3, 2, 1....

 

[Average Reds]

That was a pretty good first day game. NW is a fun team to root for. And I think they'll give Gonzaga fits.

 

[loshjott]

I watched maybe five min of the NW game and I'm already sick of the "celebrity" crowd shots.

 

[Infield Infidel]

It always seems like that on one of the days and the other day is nuts. It's early.

Yeah it always seems that way to me too, we'll see how the rest of today goes

 

[johnmd20]

Villanova on pace to score 20 points.

 

[wibi]

Nova is over rated /s

 

[Average Reds]

After a nervous start, Vermont racing out to a big early lead over Purdue.

Won't last, but fun to contemplate.

 

[czar]

After a nervous start, Vermont racing out to a big early lead over Purdue.

Won't last, but fun to contemplate.

Ionno. Purdue is pretty bad in March.

 

[Average Reds]

Ionno. Purdue is pretty bad in March.

Maybe. But they are so physically dominant compared to Vermont that they will wear them down.

 

[tims4wins]

Ionno. Purdue is pretty bad in March.

They went 14 straight tournaments winning at least game. Have bowed out first round last 2

 

[Fred not Lynn]

The Mount making the most of their 15 minutes

 

[Drocca]

After a nervous start, Vermont racing out to a big early lead over Purdue.

Won't last, but fun to contemplate.

I hope it does. I took HRB's advice and hit Vermont +9.

 

[Drocca]

The Mount making the most of their 15 minutes

Great first half. Going to be really fun to see if they can keep it up. The 16 over the 1 is one of those sports moments I hope to see in my lifetime (unless it against UNC, obviously. That would break me).

 

[mauf]

Feels like Maryland is figuring out Xavier's 2-3 zone.

Edit: And X is in M2M now.

 

[mauf]

2-point gift for Maryland. That was a clean block.

 

[Drocca]

2-point gift for Maryland. That was a clean block.

It's so hard for me to get excited about first round matchups between so-so major conference programs. The fun is the smaller schools!

 

[Drocca]

Vermont just lost Steidl.

Edit - I missed it but the announcers said they wouldn't show it again, looked like a knee. He walked gingerly with a little help to the locker room.

 

[wibi]

SMC is taking it to VCU

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Vermont just lost Steidl.

Edit - I missed it but the announcers said they wouldn't show it again, looked like a knee. He walked gingerly with a little help to the locker room.

They did show it twice at least. I switch games at every whistle so no idea if they showed it a third time but it truly didn't look bad live.

 

[mauf]

It's so hard for me to get excited about first round matchups between so-so major conference programs. The fun is the smaller schools!

Gambling. My pool pays 30% of the pot to the leader after the first weekend. Xavier is one of my few first-round upsets. (MTSU and Wichita State aren't upsets.)

 

[canderson]

nm

 

[Drocca]

Gambling. My pool pays 30% of the pot to the leader after the first weekend. Xavier is one of my few first-round upsets. (MTSU and Wichita State aren't upsets.)

Well I love the pick. Maryland was a big disappointment this year.

 

[Drocca]

SMU is the best team no one knows about imo.

What about SMC?

 

[Drocca]

They did show it twice at least. I switch games at every whistle so no idea if they showed it a third time but it truly didn't look bad live.

Did it look like an "out for the game" injury?

 

[johnmd20]

St. Mary's is completely all over VCU on offense and defense.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Xavier has quietly been a really good tournament team in the last 20 years.

I guess not so quiet when they made the final eight a few times but I just looked back at their record and they really have had some great games.

 

[tims4wins]

Good night MSM

 

[Fred not Lynn]

Good night MSM

It was fun while it lasted...

 

[tims4wins]

God I hate Maryland. I never really had much antipathy toward any other ACC teams, but I hate that program forever and always

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Just a little more on Xavier -- of their 24 tournament wins, 10 have been against lower seeds.

 

[Drocca]

I just switched to the Villanova game and saw Kris Jenkins for the first time in 11 months and felt ill.

 

[NJ_Sox_Fan]

The Mount is done. Now to just hope they cover the 26

 

[Infield Infidel]

Just a little more on Xavier -- of their 24 tournament wins, 10 have been against lower seeds.

Does this mean better seeds or worse seeds?

 

[Kliq]

Melo Trimble has to be the favorite for the annual Gerry McNamara Award for "Player who you swore was a senior last season".

 

[mauf]

Bit surprised the blood rule hasn't been relaxed, now that we realize no one is going to contract AIDS on a basketball court.

 

[mauf]

Serious bricklaying by both teams in this Xavier-Maryland game.

 

[Infield Infidel]

Bit surprised the blood rule hasn't been relaxed, now that we realize no one is going to contract AIDS on a basketball court.

Hepatitis C?