NCAA Tournament Day One Open Thread
by Pete Rossman on Mar 18, 2010 10:00 AM CDT
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PrintAfter what seems like years of waiting, one of the best days of basketball of the year is finally here. The good folks at CBS Sports have been kind enough to partner with SB Nation to provide us with links to watch the games online. Here it is:
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Enough tech talk. LET THE GAMES...BEGIN!
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I'll be here all day.
Hoping for BYU vs Florida to start the day out
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Update on contest prizes
UGP will be providing prizes for both TOC bracket contests. And you’ll get more than just one t-shirt: $50 gift certificate to each winner.
May the best men (or women) win.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 11:05 AM CDT reply actions
Intro to CBS coverage
ends with Evan Turners dagger against Michigan. That play is going to make basketball painful for them for years.
Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
*more painful
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
there goes my BYU game
ND game oh boy
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
ODU needs to stop giving up 2nd chances
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Come on ODU
Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Were they our first round match up last year?
Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
To quote Lucretius
It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves about, to watch from the shores the struggles of another
Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Lucretious
Sounds like someone Izzo would recruit to play point guard.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions
ODU down 6 at half
It’s possible
Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
rexrode picked Nova all the way
he better hope they pick it up a notch to get out of the 1st round!
http://noise.typepad.com/hey_joe/2010/03/novas-winning-this-thing.html
Also
If you have time, vote for Sparty in this mascot contest.
Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Sparty only gets a #4 seed?
And Brutus the Buckeye is a #1 seed?
You’ve gotta be kidding me.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions
My friend's fiancee
Has ‘Nova winning the tournament. I’ve never seen a bracket go up in smoke before 3 PM Thursday before.
Wow, Harangody really out to prove the Ewing Theory correct
0-7 for the game.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 1:12 PM CDT reply actions
ODU up 3, 25 secs left, ND with the ball
Timeout ND, ball is in the half court. ODU just missed the front end of a 1 and 1
Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
ND
narrowly misses committing a technical by hanging on the rim, gets a 2 pointer to go with 12 left.
Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Replay shows he touched the ball while hanging on rim
No call. Luck of the Irish.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Harangody finally scores on a put back
ND down 1 with 12 to go.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 1:16 PM CDT reply actions
ODU makes their free throws
3 point game with a bit under 10 seconds to go
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Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
HA! Luck of the Irish?
Ball was halfway down for the tie and it popped out.
Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
UF and BYU to OT
Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Boynton coughs it up
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
I've been a little confused here
since I’d trained myself to root for Florida during the regular season to boost our non-conference SOS.
But definitely Go BYU.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 1:53 PM CDT reply actions
WOO
Come on RM
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
game ends with
66 free throws shot , 50 fouls and 36 turnovers
by The Baron Von Tito on Mar 18, 2010 2:17 PM CDT reply actions
Can't help but feel
that Robert Morris deserved that one.. feel really bad for them.
refs
Hate to harp on the refs, but Nova got every single call for the last ten minutes of that game, and basically won it at the foul line.
refs
Nova had 18 baskets the entire game, 31 out of 40 from the foul line…
O7n to the next 15 seed
Lets go North Texas
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Wanna see Pomeroy's bracket?
True to his recent blog post (“Kansas Will Not Win It All”) he has West Virginia over Georgetown in the final. At least he has the Spartans in the Sweet 16. It can be found here.
I can’t believe it’s not 5:00 yet. . .
WV
Glad to see him high on WV. I picked them to make the final.
Was it just me or was that "Kansas Will Not Win It All" post kinda odd?
For a change of pace
It’s nice to see a rout. K-State is destroying North Texas. Vanderbilt still trailing Murray St., and I will be screwed if Baylor loses to Sam Houston.
Understatement
Amazing buzzer beater. Falling away, looked out of control, swish.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Felt like the 1940s to me
Had to follow by the equivalent of telegraph – “live” game feeds. Still, the drama was great.
Missed out
When they inbounded, it looked like he was bottled up. But two passes later… Boosh! fadeaway at the buzzer. Soooooo goood!
Baylor's pulled away
I can breathe easy again, as can anyone else – unless you had Vandy going to the Final 4. Then I feel sorry for you, and you got what you deserved for picking Vandy to go to Indy.
Lets go Richmond
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Yes - St. Mary's!
I’ve got them, BYU, and Old Dominion winning. I just wish they hadn’t matched St. Mary’s up with Richmond off the bat – it would have been nice to see both pull an upset over a BCSer (as long as it wasn’t us).
by TheCrestedHelm on Mar 18, 2010 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions
I did not pick the Vandy upset
Other than that I’m looking good. It will all come crashing down soon enough, I have no doubt.
by TheCrestedHelm on Mar 18, 2010 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I picked ND...
…to the Sweet 16, it felt dirty and wrong, but I convinced myself they were on a hot streak. But that was stupid and I should have followed homerism.
Nontraditional bracket entry stats are here, courtesy of SpartanDan.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 6:01 PM CDT reply actions
Ive got Ohio/GT
which ive got to live with since my cable comes out of Toledo
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
I don't live in Kentucky or Tennessee, though
Not really all that near any of the teams playing now … so you’d think they’d give me the good game instead of Kentucky.
Worst ive had so far
is KSU vs North Texas for the whole first half. Only got to see the last 2 min of the Vandy game
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Those last 2 minutes
Were amazing though
by TMadison25 on Mar 18, 2010 7:00 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
my first FF team in action
Go Marquette
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Big East
Is starting quite weak this tourney, despite the gracious seeding.
Go Ohio!
by TMadison25 on Mar 18, 2010 7:01 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Whats with people doing multi brakets on ESPN???
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Yeah, a bunch of Underwoods there
Pete will have to rule on this.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Id say your worst one is the one that counts if you do multis
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
File this under
bridges we’ll cross when we come to them. On one hand it’s a bit shady to put more than one entry in, but on the other hand I didn’t explicitly say one bracket per person.
by Pete Rossman on Mar 18, 2010 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Ive been switched to UNLV vs UNI
and really who needs to see Ohio blow out GT haha
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
I generally root for Georgetown
because I live in DC. But I have to admit that at this point I’m pulling for OHIO.
by TheCrestedHelm on Mar 18, 2010 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Im just a sucker for a team in Green and White
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Kalin is Pissed
At MSU’s presser today, Kalin Lucas called Jahmar Young’s comments from the other day “disrespectful.” Later, in the locker room, Lucas said: "We’re just gonna see tomorrow. He don’t know me now. Tomorrow he’s definitely gonna know me."
New Mexico State is up in a little bit. We’ll see what they have to say about what MSU said about what they said. Lucas is pretty fired up, I don’t think I’ve seen him ticked off like this before a game. Draymond Green showed him the comments two days, and then Lucas said he started getting calls left and right from people back in Detroit. Tom Izzo downplayed the comments and said he hopes Lucas doesn’t need something like that to be motivated. I’d say it’s definitely added some fuel.
Also today, I had a pretty good one-on-one with Durrell Summers, here’s one of his comments with more to follow:
"I just came away with stuff I need to do different, stuff I need to get better at," Summers said of his talks with Izzo. "Coach made his decision and at the time I might not have been happy with it, but in the end you see that it helped."
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
from Rexrodes blog
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Back to Ohio thats not good
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Big 3 by Ohio
Gtown had lead down to 7. Back up to 10 with less than 4 minutes to go.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 8:17 PM CDT reply actions
I am surpised by the Ohio victory but not at all shocked.
I’ve watched them many times this season and their talent is for real. When Bassett, Cooper, and Freeman are hitting like that, they are tough. I thought one of the keys was keeping DeVaughn Washington out of foul trouble and he only picked up two all night. Huge for OU.
Again, picking my second team for the Sweet Sixteen wasn’t purely delusional bias. They’re hot, playing their best, and can flat-out ball. I’d watch out if I were Tennessee or SDSU.
not me
I haven’t watched them at all, so this one caught me way off guard. luckily I only had G’town winning 1 more game. 1st team out of the sweet 16 for me.
should clarify...
I started 10-0 in my bracket at work
I had picked Notre Lame in my bracket for TOC
Lets!! Go!! Bobcats!! Clap Clap Clap-Clap-Clap!!!!!
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
UNI!!!!!!!!!!!!
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
From DOWNTOWN
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Could it be
that the MIGHTY big east is overrated?
Kind of feels like every major conference is overrated this year
Evidence, as tweeted by Gary Parrish:
Number of BCS schools that have advanced: 4 Number of non-BCS schools that have advanced: 7
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Big Ten has not lost a game yet
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Was just thinking (and tweeting)
that the bar will be low for the Big Ten when they start play tomorrow.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions
One problem with that statement
Number of BCS schools that have been eliminated: 4.
Number of non-BCS schools that have been eliminated: 7.
Good point
So .500 for both groups so far. Schedule front-loaded with non-BCS teams.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Totally tweeted that back at Parrish on your behalf
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Washington-Marquette is a good argument for some sort of rule change
Four timeouts called without the ball being inbounded.
One of Gasaway's 12 proposals to improve game from earlier today
Reduce number of timeouts.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions
There goes my bracket
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Just a Sweet 16 for me
Though I’m suddenly extremely nervous about my Syracuse and West Virginia Final Four picks.
I'm nervous about mine too
I had Georgetown to the sweet 16 along with Villanova, and Syracuse and West Virginia making it to the final weekend (but neither in the final game). Given the Big East’s performance so far, those picks are looking iffy. If I had to guess I’d say it’s going to be a Big 12 year.
by TheCrestedHelm on Mar 18, 2010 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Nervous about all picks except Kansas
I don’t even have that “after staring at my bracket for a couple days, I’m convinced this is how it has to play out” feeling.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions
not even Kansas is gonna make it easy it looks
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
You'd think so
But the Syracuse Memorial Ridiculously Overseeded Big East Team of the Year (usually due to a late run, often in the conf tourney) is a tradition that goes back at least to 2006.
Ya mean when Syracuse...
went from like a bubble team to a 3 seed because of the big east tournament?
But yes, that was why it's named for Syracuse
Don’t remember if Pitt’s adventure with that category was the year before or the year after – think the year after.
no defense
Georgetown did not play any defense. They almost gave up 100 points! the talking heads keep talking about Marquette’s toughness, but they barely defended. all the big eats teams I saw today seemed overconfident, and then played tight once it was a game.
You know, that last part makes sense
Haven’t seen too much Big East action, but “overconfident and playing tight” certainly describes Louisville last year. Once we got up more than one basket in the second half, I knew the game was over – Louisville expected to run us off the floor and when that didn’t happen it seemed as though they were saying “Wait, we actually have to work for this? Screw that.”
I think it's a function of the bottom of the league
which is just atrocious. When you play against the likes of St. Johns, Depaul, Rutgers, etc. on a regular basis it is easy to rack up pretty gaudy efficiency margins and get a little full of yourself.
by TheCrestedHelm on Mar 18, 2010 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions
No defense in the Big East
Check out the conference efficiency numbers. Every team except Syracuse (at .99) over 1 PPP. Despite the horrible bottom of the conference. That’s got to raise some questions.
Is it good offense or bad defense?
Hard to say in a vacuum. (Unless it’s Providence. Then it’s abysmal defense.)
Good question
There are several offenses at or below 1 point per trip but only one defense. Would seem that there is not a culture of D as the Big Ten has.
Emphatic finish to the half for Wake
Missed three, thunderous put-back. Texas up one at the break. And Lehigh hanging with Kansas still.
Why did I put Marquette in the FF
goes to hang self
Stupid
Stupid
Stupid
Stupid
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Could be worse
One year in the dorms, we had a guy who lost two Final Four teams on day 1 (think it was Syracuse and Southern Illinois).
Yea O well
Brackets are really more of a side bonus anyhow. End up rooting for the underdog even if it hurts me most of the time
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
MMOD high quality..
.This working for anyone? I was using it this afternoon fine.. now it keeps saying it has reached capacity (for the last few hours).
Haven't had it on since the first set of games ended
Was working fine then.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions
anyone else got tenn/sdsu???????
and see that chism kicking?
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Game preview for tomorrow night is up.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 10:51 PM CDT reply actions
Horrible call against SDSU
he got bumped down by the Tenn guy
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Wretched..
SDSU getting hosed on several posessions here now i thought.
Nice friendly roll on the 3 for Texas there
67-67
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 11:03 PM CDT reply actions
This has been an insanely good first day.
Plenty of upsets and close games, few unexpected blowouts (Kentucky, K-State, and Kansas don’t count).
Looked like a foul on the Texas shot that got blocked
Follow-through on the block clocked the guy across the face.
WF turns it over on travel by in-bounds passer
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 11:08 PM CDT reply actions
WF by 1
12 seconds left
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions
CBS pissin me off
they keep switching back and forth!
I finally pulled up the CBS thing on the computer to watch both games
Foul on Wake
That one looked like a travel first – he palmed the ball, took two steps, decided against dribbling, took another step, and shot.
Agree
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow..
crazy end to regulation in the Texas game.
Pulling for Texas
Have them beating Kentucky. Can at least come close in the athleticism department.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 11:13 PM CDT reply actions
I have Wisconsin over Kentucky
I know Bo’s history as “Mr. February”, but Wisconsin is exactly the sort of team that can give an undisciplined Kentucky squad fits.
I had sdsu
but I also had G-town winning 2 games, so that little piece of the pie was already screwed
Anyone else find it irritating that you can't switch games during the commercials on MMOD?
You have to anticipate it by a second or two and switch before they do.
The important thing is that we see those dunking Vikings as many times as possible.
Hilarious!
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions
again, on ESPN360
so hate to muddy the water, but when I’m watching ESPN 360, only the ESPN commercials will play… any other commercial, the screen just goes blank
Different Texas than we saw in December
J’Covan Brown the go-to guy, Pittman a non-factor, Balbay gone. . .
Was just thinking the same thing...
sucky way to go out for Damien James… and how sucky would it be to be a Texas fan this season?
If the reactions from the guys at my office as the season went on are any indication ...
… incredibly sucktacular.
Oh well...
Barnes is more concerned about getting players to the NBA than winning these games anyways, right?
WF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
New Mexico looking positively Texasesque at the line on the day
Could be huge in the final minutes here.
You must be joking.
New Mexico guy runs full bore into a Montana defender at the top of the key. Montana guy holds his ground and gets whistled for the block because he didn’t flop.
16 games today
Three went OT (including a 2OT), five others (not even counting NM-MT yet) decided by three or less.
I love March Madness.
+1
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Good night, all
Here’s to another great day of basketball tomorrow—although I could go for a blowout by the favorite in that 5-12 game in Spokane . . .
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 18, 2010 11:50 PM CDT reply actions
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