NCAA Tournament Day Three Open Thread
by Pete Rossman on Mar 20, 2010 11:30 AM CDT
in Michigan State Spartans Basketball
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Second round, same as the first. You know the drill. Links to watch the game online are below.
Just click on the game you want to see, and if CBS isn't showing it in your area, you'll be able to watch it. Here's the link if you want a larger version of the player in another window: Launch Player
I'll be here all day, as I have nowhere else to go.
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Izzo to be interview at halftime on CBS
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 20, 2010 12:49 PM CDT reply actions
Lady Spartans won
as a 5 over number 12 BGSU in the women’s tournament this afternoon.
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.
NMSU players didn’t exactly exude class with their post game comments.
Lane violation call “changed the whole game.” Complaining about not being able to talk trash.
Makes me that much more relived we didn’t lose to that team.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 20, 2010 1:30 PM CDT reply actions
Come on St Marys
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Go Spartans
Samhan has 28 the rest of SM has 27
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Screw the 2nd round times
OSU at 2:20
MSU at 2:30
Wisky at 2:50
Only Purdue has a diff start time at 5:00.
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Nah, I can think of a few at least as bad
But they’re up there.
Big East
Really impressing me so far.
Can you imagine if all the Big Ten teams advance tomorrow? 4/5 teams from the Big Ten making it into the Sweet 16 while over half the Big East teams are out before the end of the weekend.
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 importantly
the Big East teams lost to lower seeds: the answer to that is the selection committee’s poor job on placing teams thanks to their stupid bias to the big east.
Minnesota losing to higher seed doesn’t bother me, but Villanova, ND, Georgetown, Marq’s losses indicate that the big east is not up to what the committee has hoped for.
Not according to Seth Davis...
he still contends the big east is the best and it is about ‘match-ups’ or some such nonsense.
Well, he's right
It is about matchups. And any team that gives a damn and doesn’t let itself get intimidated is a bad matchup for the Big East.
Interview with Maryland blog Testudo Times is here.
Spectacular FAIL on that last possession by Murray State. Just can’t be that stubborn about trying to dribble out of a double team in that situation.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 20, 2010 4:40 PM CDT reply actions
So close
That was one of my two big shocks in the Sweet 16 (I don’t consider St. Mary’s a big shock), partly because I had them playing UTEP.
Now there's a fun fact
MSU the only Final Four team from last year still alive this year.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 20, 2010 4:42 PM CDT reply actions
Half of them didn't even make the tourney
But I don’t think we can claim “best of last year’s Final Four” unless we get past Maryland. Otherwise it’s a schedule quirk because Nova played first.
UNI out to a strong start
Love the Q&A’s with the Opp.
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Kansas raking up the fouls
6 on Kansas
0 on UNI
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The battle with 7 foot white guys that are built like oak trees has been good
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UNI up 36-28 at half
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I can live with losing my champion ...
… as long as we get far enough to take advantage of it.
I dont care if we lose tomorrow
Id still want UNI to take this
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Northern Iowa players with incredible court sense
Constantly running the right spot for long rebounds. Great positioning/hands on defense.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 20, 2010 5:32 PM CDT reply actions
They are a smart team
just picturing MSU trying to stop either 7 foot tree makes me shudder.
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This is Fricken AWESOME
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12 point lead, are you kidding me?!?
If they can hold this together, this would be, all things considered, the biggest tournament upset I can remember.
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Since the last time Kansas lost to a much lower seed?
Lotttttttt of time left int his game though. Things could change in a hurry.
I know Bucknell beat them a few years ago
But that Kansas team was nowhere near as dominant as this one is.
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They've shown such composure.
Fingers crossed that they can keep it together.
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Showed great composure there
And one.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 20, 2010 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Yup
one play doth not make a meltdown.
First time seeing the press caught them off gaurd a tad. 2nd time they like as composted as ever.
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I was waiting for Kansas to pull out the press before getting too excited
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Chris Allen
Strained arch. Game-time decision.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 20, 2010 6:12 PM CDT reply actions
Thats a new one
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OPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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UNI is an incredibly disciplined defensive team.
They’re hardly ever out of position, and if one of them is, the rotation and help is immediate. Really fun to watch.
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I love the aggressiveness myself
But the 3-pointers need to drop.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 20, 2010 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions
5 needs to stop chucking
I dont care how good a shooter he is
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He's not even shooting it that well right now.
5 straight misses for Farokhmanesh right now, I think.
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how is that a foul???
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Really...
he gets elbowed in the face and they call that a foul on him?
dude got fouled on that drive
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Drats...
starting to feel like I was getting my hopes up for nothing…
How was that not a foul on Aldrich
going over gigantor’s back?
I'm in stand-and-pace mode here
Normally reserved only for MSU games.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 20, 2010 6:31 PM CDT reply actions
Im in yell for a huge score mode
Normally reserved only for MSU games.
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Comment few days ago from a KU fan:
There is a theme to Kansas’ two losses this year (other than the fact that they were both on the road), and that is, the only way you can beat them is to (1) hope that their guards have an off night shooting the ball while (2) having your guards shoot your way past them from three. And we’re not talking shoot well, we’re talking shoot lights out – Tennesee shot 9-18 from three and Oklahoma St. shot 10-19. That’s really it, barring an injury to one of their star players.
Well, UNI isn’t completely shooting the lights out, but Sherron Collins is 0-5 from three.
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Could you emagine playing a team
where their Center makes Nix look small?
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should have threw that in
timeouts dont grow on trees
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+1
Too much time left to only have 1 TO left.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 20, 2010 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Another weak foul call..
At least he missed the first.
And another BS call...
that was a held ball. This game is over. Damn refs doing the same damn thing they did to Robert Morris.
Kansas Clanking FT's
fantastic Off Reb
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Made um both
Woo
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Correct call on the charge.
Can’t believe that UNI got the call, but it was the right one.
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points here would be huge
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WHAT A PUTBACK
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Make um earn it down low
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Press is killing us
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Ouch...
choking it away… this is making me sick.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE AND A CHARGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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WHAT AN IDIOT TO TAKE THAT THREE
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Ballsy move for sure.. that other dude was wide open..
could have had easy uncontested 2… got real lucky there. That said — woohoo!
IDIOT like a fox, baby
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 20, 2010 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Why call that TO
just let Kansas set up another press??
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just gotta make one
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Goodbye, bracket
Hello, legitimate chance at Elite Eight.
WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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KANSAS GOES DOWN!!!!!!!!!!
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Sherron Collins
The Anti Kalin Lucas
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This shit just got real for MSU
teams left in our bracket UNI, Maryland, Tenn, OSU, and G Tech.
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Only downside
This is going to make tomorrow’s game WAY more tense to watch.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 20, 2010 6:54 PM CDT reply actions
Indeed
The “Who Gets To Get Slaughtered By Kansas Next Bowl” doesn’t quite have the same intensity as your usual Sweet 16 game.
Argh lack of edit
Meant second-round game.
The thing is
UNI’s looking pretty freaking tough (obviously), and they’re not a great matchup for us. I think Allen/Lucas/Summers can contain their perimeter guys, but who’s going to contain their big guys inside?
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Flex Alford
getting his butt handed to him. This is a fantastic night.
LOL
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 20, 2010 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions
I almost went contrarian and picked Ohio State to win it all.
Now I wish I had.
I have the Cuse in ours
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That was never going to happen for me
Not with Onuaku out early. (Then again, that was my logic for not picking UConn in 2004. Whoops.)
Pre-bracket, I’d already decided Kansas or OSU. Then they went and stuck them in the same region.
I think Matta is the happiest man in America right now.
I like their chances against pretty much everyone left in the tournament.
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So anyone else to feel full on energy
Feel like I could build a house or something
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else still* feel
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guys...
we still have to beat Maryland. As they say, stay focused on the next game.
After all, Izzo may get his wish on a rematch against OSU.
Upsets are exciting under any circumstances
As long as they’re not happening to you, at least.
Yup
trust me this has nothing to do with looking ahead just watching Kansas loss is pleasure enough.
Also as a fan whats it matter if I look ahead. I’m not gonna be playing. If I was a player of course you dont want to.
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Anyone else just rooting for chaos at this point?
(Of course, my bracket does have BYU and it has Kentucky out the round after this, so it doesn’t hurt.)
Chao = massive 5 vs. 4 upset tomorrow, right?
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 20, 2010 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions
I meant for tonight, mainly
But yes, 5-over-4 tomorrow (to be specific, the one tipping at ~1:30 CDT in Spokane) would be nice.
Wake up 4-0
:P
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Please, Basketball Jesus
Make this happen.
It's already Armageddon there.
K-State fans are probably outnumbered at least 5:1.
80% of this year's tourney coaches played in it as well
I can’t decide whether that number sounds high or low.
What are the odds Cousins gets tossed from the Wake game
im putting it at 2-1
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2-1 He gets ejected
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Anything especially crazy happen in the first few minutes?
Forgot to fire up MMOD, was just watching BYU-KSt.
I didnt see the first couple mins cause I had the MSU game to start
But im just going by team. Word is McFarland for wake is a supreme instigator.
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Three on Aminu eight minutes in
Not good for Wake.
what a crappy dunk
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every single low post player for kentucky goes for the block
They have got to get some backdoor stuff going
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Ashley Judd
The only good thing about Kentucky
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Cousins getting pissed
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Is doesnt but at some point its a given that he is gonna blow
Just saying this game had a good setup to it happening.
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Here's hoping it happens
That way Calipari will only have a second-round trip vacated this year.
I really hate that "get a guy in the air, jump into him, get three FTs" trick
Gets called even if the shooter doesn’t go anywhere near straight up.
Late tip not going to count for BYU
Just after the horn.
Kentucky wrecking Wake
It’s a shame Texas gacked it up at the free throw line, they could have given Kentucky a game.
Yeah, about the only team in the country (plus Kansas, I suppose) with as much pure talent as Kentucky
Just did much, much less with it.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 20, 2010 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm still hoping Wisconsin frustates them...
and knocks them out of the tournament.
If my bracket is right, you'll get your wish.
Then again, if my bracket was right a lot of the stuff that’s happened today would not have.
Ooh, I don't know about that
Dodgy goaltend call.
K-St will not miss
Makes it hard for BYU to come back.
Not much of a foul there
Looked like the BYU guy just held his ground.
Well, looks like this day is full of FAIL for my bracket
Headed for 3 of 8, though Kansas (champ) is still my only Elite Eight out.
BYU just keeps doing stupid things
Passing up wide-open shots to give it to a guy who’s not open.
Uh, BYU?
You are aware that at some point you have to quit trading 2 for 2 and start shooting 3s, right?
For those interested in the women's tourney ...
MSU takes down 12 seed Bowling Green, advances to face Kentucky (4 seed).
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