NCAA Tournament: Thursday Open Thread
by Ben Broman on Mar 18, 2010 11:00 AM EDT
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PrintBig 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!)
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
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!)
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!)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This Abraham kid is one of my new favorite players
Love the mohawk, the moxie, the quickness…perfect college basketball player.
ok for now
2/3 on my picks for the first games. Nova almost gave me a heart attack though, I have them deep.
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.
It looks like whatever they were trying to run
fell apart, but you have to tip your hat to these kids. Great game.
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!)
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!
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!)
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!)
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.
What a play....I love March.
That shot is Nicholas-esque.
Sets up perfectly for 12-13 game in the next round.
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.
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.
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.
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
but Ohio is also exhibiting good guard play
which we have
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
Lehigh was beating Kansas for a few minutes
Starting to predictably fall apart, but it was encouraging.
Since I have to go to bed
I will dream of an upset. lol.
Don't care what Duke does
but I want the rest of the ACC to play well. So Go Wake!
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.
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