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NCAA Tournament: Thursday Open Thread

Big day for basketball. Use this thread to discuss any and all happenings. I'll miss the first couple, be able to watch after that, plan to use this thread to share my comments.

Schedule is:

12:20 pm Florida #10 BYU #7
12:25 pm Old Dominion #11 Notre Dame #6
12:30 pm Robert Morris #15 Villanova #2
2:30 pm Murray St. #13 Vanderbilt #4
2:40 pm North Texas #15 Kansas St. #2
2:45 pm Sam Houston #14 Baylor #3
2:50 pm St. Mary's (Ca.) #10 Richmond #7
4:45 pm UTEP #12 Butler #5
7:10 pm N. Iowa #9 UNLV #8
7:15 pm East Tenn. St. #16 Kentucky #1
7:20 pm Washington #11 Marquette #6
7:25 pm Ohio #14 Georgetown #3
9:30 pm Lehigh #16 Kansas #1
9:35 pm Wake Forest #9 Texas #8
9:40 pm Montana #14 New Mexico #3
9:45 pm San Diego St. #11 Tennessee #6

Must-watch games include the first two (of course), St. Mary's and Richmond, UTEP and Butler, N. Iowa-UNLV, Washington-Marquette, and Wake-Texas.

All games are available to watch online for free at NCAA March Madness on Demand

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UTEP vs Butler is the game of the day IMO. Can’t wait to watch that one!

With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)

by John Stephens on Mar 18, 2010 11:02 AM EDT reply actions  

agree...

i think xavier and minnesota will be a neck and neck affair as well…very closely matched in terms of pomeroy numbers

by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 18, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions  

BYU is the team i'm most intersted in seeing

they have such an awesome pomeroy ranking…and look great on paper…but i want to see them in action b/c i remain skeptical

by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 18, 2010 11:47 AM EDT reply actions  

Not surprising

A lot of 13-16 seeds come out gunning and often catch the higher seeds napping. Usually the high seed wakes up after half. Then we see who wants it more.

With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)

by John Stephens on Mar 18, 2010 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wow great end to ND vs. ODU

With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)

by John Stephens on Mar 18, 2010 2:20 PM EDT reply actions  

And

BYU vs. FL tied with 18.8 left

With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)

by John Stephens on Mar 18, 2010 2:21 PM EDT reply actions  

FL misses

BYU calls a time out with no more than 2 seconds left

With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)

by John Stephens on Mar 18, 2010 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

Assuming Robert Morris holds on

it’ll be quite the inauspicious start to the tournament for the Big East.

by Jason Middlekauff on Mar 18, 2010 2:36 PM EDT reply actions  

Checking in

Got my laptop, plenty of food and drink, and I’m parked in front of the TV. Time for fun.

BYU-Florida is a great game. Fredette’s a choker.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 2:39 PM EDT reply actions  

Or not

He hit that huge 3

With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)

by John Stephens on Mar 18, 2010 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

Are you kidding me FLA?

That’s your end of game shot? That’s worse than Greivis Vasquez’s look against Wake Forest by a mile.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 2:39 PM EDT reply actions  

BYU will pull it out

Fredette’s pretty good, but they won’t get past KST.

Meanwhile, Nova misses the last second shot.

This tournament is awesome.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 2:51 PM EDT reply actions  

Not through the first slate of games

am I’m already tired of the Ivan brothers commercials online.

by Jason Middlekauff on Mar 18, 2010 2:53 PM EDT reply actions  

i know

they are bad

With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)

by John Stephens on Mar 18, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

wow...

bold

With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)

by John Stephens on Mar 18, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Murray State is pretty good

The Vandy-MSU game will be another good one. Considering these are the weak brackets, I’m pretty eager to see some of the opening Midwest games.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 2:57 PM EDT reply actions  

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Coke Zero Commercial featuring UNC and UConn. HILARIOUS

by Dave Tucker on Mar 18, 2010 3:00 PM EDT reply actions  

Scottie Reynolds!

Not a NOVA fan, but I love me some Scottie. What a shot. Iced the game.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 3:04 PM EDT reply actions  

I believe the phrase is

DAGGER! Yeah, I love Scottie too. Have you ever heard the story of how he ended up at Nova? Crazy.

by Dave Tucker on Mar 18, 2010 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

OMG

Wow. That was MD-Georgia Tech-esque.

by Dave Tucker on Mar 18, 2010 3:08 PM EDT reply actions  

Wow

How do you pull out and not dunk that?

Could cost the game.

by Dave Tucker on Mar 18, 2010 3:12 PM EDT reply actions  

This Abraham kid is one of my new favorite players

Love the mohawk, the moxie, the quickness…perfect college basketball player.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 3:14 PM EDT reply actions  

ok for now

2/3 on my picks for the first games. Nova almost gave me a heart attack though, I have them deep.

by discuit on Mar 18, 2010 3:15 PM EDT reply actions  

Me too

I have them beating Duke in almost all of my brackets. I would have cried.

by Dave Tucker on Mar 18, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Feel bad for RMU

Terrible shot, but great effort.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 3:16 PM EDT reply actions  

Similar to Nova of last year, right?

They almost lost to American in the first round last year. I don’t see another Final Four, though.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 3:17 PM EDT reply actions  

except they beat American by 13 in regulation.

by ivan24 on Mar 18, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

Correct

Just looked it up; AU was winning in the second half, though – that’s why I thought that.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

It looks like whatever they were trying to run

fell apart, but you have to tip your hat to these kids. Great game.

by machphantom on Mar 18, 2010 3:17 PM EDT reply actions  

CBS online

Is all screwy this year, i keep getting deja-vu coverage

With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)

by John Stephens on Mar 18, 2010 3:23 PM EDT reply actions  

Word

What makes them even worse is that they feature Seth Davis. ZING!

Have you seen the commerciall for Coke Zero /the NCAA tourney that features the UNC and UConn Mascots? Irony!

by Dave Tucker on Mar 18, 2010 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

This Baylor game is kinda boring

With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)

by John Stephens on Mar 18, 2010 3:41 PM EDT reply actions  

Yeah

Not feeling great about my Baylor FF pick right about now.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah I have them in a few of my FF

With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)

by John Stephens on Mar 18, 2010 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

murray state looks a lot better than vandy

With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)

by John Stephens on Mar 18, 2010 3:54 PM EDT reply actions  

Crud

Gotta take a break. Good thing there’s nothing big going on right now.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 4:02 PM EDT reply actions  

Back

MSU-Vandy is a great game.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 4:28 PM EDT reply actions  

Ogilvy is legitimately a top five strange looking player

WTF is going on with him? Frosted tips, semi-stache, overall non-ripped build, awkward…not a good combo.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 4:34 PM EDT reply actions  

What a play....I love March.

That shot is Nicholas-esque.

Sets up perfectly for 12-13 game in the next round.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 4:44 PM EDT reply actions  

you see the bracket of last-second shots that they did on SportsNation with Cowherd? As an 11 seed, that shot upset 2 others and barely lost to the N.C. State airball-dunk (I think).

by ivan24 on Mar 18, 2010 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

Anyone else find it impossible to like St. Mary's?

I want to punch Samhan in the face. And what’s with the guy with the duo-tone mouthguard?

Unfortunately, it looks like my surprise Sweet 16 team will lose to them.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 5:14 PM EDT reply actions  

yeah i had richmond too…if i would have known they would close to zero rebounds i might have said otherwise

by nroop1 on Mar 18, 2010 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Butler just screwed over my bracket

UTEP fell apart. Guess I now have two incorrect Sweet 16 teams.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 7:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Haha, I kinda hope they lose

Because then its proven that were the best team in the DC/MD/VA region.

I dont even care about hte state of my brackets anyway, because I had Richmond beating Nova in my 2nd round.

by aMo on Mar 18, 2010 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yep, same

Bracket is messed up big time now.

But yeah, I’d love to rub this in the face of my GT friends, too.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

As enjoyable as GTown losing is

it also shows what happens when the favored team takes a team lightly that was 7-9 in a weak conference but went on a tear to win their conference tourney. The Terps need intensity and execution tomorrow to avoid the same fate.

by Jason Middlekauff on Mar 18, 2010 9:00 PM EDT reply actions  

Yes, they do, but G-Town has followed the script for how to get upset in the tourney:
1) come out flat
2) let the other team take a lead into halftime
3) fail to make a good run out of the half
4) get flustered at the thought of losing while the underdog continues to play well and gain confidence

I guess in one sense it shouldn’t be too surprising since the Hoyas have been an incredibly mercurial team all year.

by Jason Middlekauff on Mar 18, 2010 9:09 PM EDT reply actions  

And now

they’re finally making a bit of a run.

by Jason Middlekauff on Mar 18, 2010 9:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Nope

Old Dominion is the best so far…

by UMD2012 on Mar 18, 2010 10:10 PM EDT reply actions  

Lehigh was beating Kansas for a few minutes

Starting to predictably fall apart, but it was encouraging.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 10:24 PM EDT reply actions  

Don't care what Duke does

but I want the rest of the ACC to play well. So Go Wake!

by GayleG on Mar 18, 2010 10:52 PM EDT reply actions  

KU pulling away

Lehigh hasn’t gone away yet, but it’s not looking good.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 11:16 PM EDT reply actions  

CJ McCollum is a monster

But Cole Aldrich would kill our front line.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 11:19 PM EDT reply actions  

Lehigh just doesn't go away

Kansas can be vulnerable defensively.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 11:29 PM EDT reply actions  

Kansas will win it

They’re good, but this has to scare them a little. When they’re focused on offense, they’ll be impossible to stop. But with enough effort, they’re beatable defensively.

by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 11:38 PM EDT reply actions  

What a finish to the Wake-Texas game. Hopefully the ACC will continue to rack up wins tomorrow (not including dook, of course)

by terp2k12 on Mar 19, 2010 12:35 AM EDT reply actions  

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