northwestern is almost making it intersting
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 March 2017 23:29 (seven years ago) link
papists win: gonzaga, xavierpapists lose: notre dame, villanova, st. mary's
not actually papists, i guess: butler
― mookieproof, Sunday, 19 March 2017 05:26 (seven years ago) link
Purdue: 27 assists on 31 buckets in the win over ISU. Pretty amazing.
― alpine static, Sunday, 19 March 2017 08:01 (seven years ago) link
Would love to see them lose to Duke again.
BITE ME
― frogbs, Sunday, 19 March 2017 13:17 (seven years ago) link
this is karma for giving Bucky the 8 seed, btw
― frogbs, Sunday, 19 March 2017 13:18 (seven years ago) link
Man, Michigan has a team of destiny feel surrounding them. Haven't been this happy from sports in a long long time.
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Sunday, 19 March 2017 18:49 (seven years ago) link
Only made one bet in vegas. Halftime over on msu/miami at 57.5. Go boilermakers!
― Sufjan Grafton, Sunday, 19 March 2017 19:07 (seven years ago) link
Watching the ND loss at 915am with a terrible hangover might have been the saddest moment of my life
― Sufjan Grafton, Sunday, 19 March 2017 19:08 (seven years ago) link
Wisconsin/nova ending was messy and disappointing
― Sufjan Grafton, Sunday, 19 March 2017 19:09 (seven years ago) link
beilein super soak those hoes
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 19 March 2017 19:54 (seven years ago) link
"duane notice" is an outstanding name
― call all destroyer, Monday, 20 March 2017 03:03 (seven years ago) link
frank martin is probably insane but is also a very good coach
― call all destroyer, Monday, 20 March 2017 03:19 (seven years ago) link
watched the last quarter and 80% of the possessions were fouls lol that madness
― lag∞n, Monday, 20 March 2017 03:19 (seven years ago) link
the end was totally unwatchable it's true
― call all destroyer, Monday, 20 March 2017 03:22 (seven years ago) link
refs were not afraid of the big moment
― lag∞n, Monday, 20 March 2017 03:22 (seven years ago) link
lol
― mookieproof, Monday, 20 March 2017 03:24 (seven years ago) link
v mad rhode island is not in sweet 16
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 20 March 2017 03:28 (seven years ago) link
pro-duke twitter is so funny
― call all destroyer, Monday, 20 March 2017 03:31 (seven years ago) link
south carolina played way over their heads but that's still an insanely bad loss for duke
― J0rdan S., Monday, 20 March 2017 15:42 (seven years ago) link
eh, it's not as bad as the lehigh etc. losses of years past. duke was wildly inconsistent all year -- they lost to nc state at home ffs -- and were missing a point guard
will say that frank martin had south carolina better prepared tho
― mookieproof, Monday, 20 March 2017 15:56 (seven years ago) link
there was a beautiful moment when the game was clearly over but the tv guys were pretending it wasnt and one of them was all dukes got to maintain its composure have nerves of steel like their coach [cut to coach k who is literally crying]
― lag∞n, Monday, 20 March 2017 16:09 (seven years ago) link
― mookieproof, Monday, March 20, 2017 11:56 AM (twenty-four minutes ago) Bookmark
idk the duke team that lost to lehigh wasn't that great. austin rivers, seth curry and two plumlees. cj mccollum put up 30 points in that game for lehigh. losing to mercer with jabari parker and rodney hood was prob worse.
this team has a top 5 pick, another lottery pick, maybe two or three more first rounders, four of the top 16 recruits... south carolina had 1 really good player but yuck
― J0rdan S., Monday, 20 March 2017 16:28 (seven years ago) link
this is anecdotal but it does seem like going the all superstar freshman route is pretty boom or bust
ultimately i don't see top coaches turning down guys as talented as tatum or giles even if they're only going to stay for one year, but if roy williams goes to a second straight final four w/ a team that probably has no NBA players outside of maybe justin jackson it will be interesting to contrast that with coach k's newfound calipari approach to recruiting (of course if one year you get okafor, winslow & tyus jones...)
― J0rdan S., Monday, 20 March 2017 16:31 (seven years ago) link
i can accept the argument that a team with that much future nba talent should have been better overall, but it never really came together with any consistency, perhaps because the freshmen got late starts due to injuries, perhaps because k's short-bench instincts never let giles or bolden emerge. wonder if bolden will transfer.
(i also think that playing four games in four days the previous weekend wasn't helpful, but hey, michigan managed okay.)
having an experienced team is an asset, but i don't think roy goes recruiting with the idea that he wants someone good, but not so good he'll leave after only a year or two. no one turns down talent, even if it results in the relatively crappy defense duke has played lately
― mookieproof, Monday, 20 March 2017 17:06 (seven years ago) link
fsu had 2 likely 1st rounders & lots of other talent and got washed by xavier
― johnny crunch, Monday, 20 March 2017 17:11 (seven years ago) link
leonard hamilton is a bad coach
― J0rdan S., Monday, 20 March 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
my bracket was particularly ruined this year by my proximity to acc basketball
yeah, it has served me so well recently. but not this year.
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 20 March 2017 17:17 (seven years ago) link
xxp absolutely true
― johnny crunch, Monday, 20 March 2017 17:17 (seven years ago) link
I need to memorialize this for posterity (it is also really difficult to search online for), so bc the ncaa is too cheap or just doesn't want to deal w arranging halftime shows at these games, this year they did a shooting competition where I think a non athlete student from or somehow related to each school had 60-seconds to get as many pts as possible - scoring was 1 pt for layups (but you couldn't take them consecutively), 3 for free throws, 5 for 3 pts and 10 for halfcourt makes; it was run at all sights and you were competing against all other participants, top scorer for each round 1 and round 2 got $500 and a chance to be entered to win a trip to the final 4 (or something like that)
the Wichita contestant confidently ran right to a corner three pt shot and started hoisting, airballed AT LEAST ten in a row, but stubbornly would not move off that shot and ended w/ 6 points
the UK contestant confidently went to the top of the key 3 pt shot and started hoisting -- he made 16 3s in 60 seconds!! 80 points, it was impressive as hell; nb the previous highest point total we saw was 39 pts from the sacramento site
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 13:00 (seven years ago) link
john thompson iii out at georgetown
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 March 2017 17:54 (seven years ago) link
mich/ducks is hype
― johnny crunch, Friday, 24 March 2017 00:53 (seven years ago) link
ducks offense looks so smooth, escaped another 1
― johnny crunch, Friday, 24 March 2017 01:02 (seven years ago) link
The Ducks would need to make a lot more of their shots to beat Kansas.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Friday, 24 March 2017 01:05 (seven years ago) link
purdue def can beat ku
― johnny crunch, Friday, 24 March 2017 01:23 (seven years ago) link
go purdue!
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Friday, 24 March 2017 01:26 (seven years ago) link
this zag/wv game is good
― call all destroyer, Friday, 24 March 2017 01:40 (seven years ago) link
ugh what a tough loss for the maize and blue, felt like we should have pulled it out
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Friday, 24 March 2017 02:14 (seven years ago) link
that five-minute ref timeout with 1:59 left in wv-gonzaga was painful
― mookieproof, Friday, 24 March 2017 03:13 (seven years ago) link
Wowwwww
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Friday, 24 March 2017 04:50 (seven years ago) link
not today
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Friday, 24 March 2017 05:04 (seven years ago) link
11 seed needs to win this
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 24 March 2017 05:09 (seven years ago) link
yea Kansas was insane, wow
― johnny crunch, Friday, 24 March 2017 11:55 (seven years ago) link
3 of 4 games within a possession, crazy
― lag∞n, Friday, 24 March 2017 12:04 (seven years ago) link
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south carolina's second half against duke was pretty damn good
― mookieproof, Friday, 24 March 2017 17:17 (seven years ago) link
they were def ballin'
― johnny crunch, Friday, 24 March 2017 17:25 (seven years ago) link
Sindarius Thornwell s such a great name
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Friday, 24 March 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
20-28 is considered good in this sport
― lag∞n, Friday, 24 March 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
namewise i also enjoy duane notice
― call all destroyer, Friday, 24 March 2017 17:32 (seven years ago) link
that final possession by AZ last night was some bad b-ball
― nomar, Friday, 24 March 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link