Official NCAA Tourney Thread

[RBradleigh]

8-1 in tournament. How many years running in the Final Four?

Technically you could say 8-1 since UVa Colorado was a play in game

Edit, oops, meant 8-0

 

[hotshot]

I can’t put into words how badly I wanted GCU to pull that off. Goddammit

GCU had NBA (or at least G League) quality athletes (look the part, long, and can run and jump) who had very little in the way of true basketball skills, i.e., shooting and passing, to name two.

Bunch of bricklayers at the FT line and from beyond the 3 pt arc (2 for 20).

 

[Pentagon Cane]

GCU had NBA (or at least G League) quality athletes (look the part, long, and can run and jump) who had very little in the way of true basketball skills, i.e., shooting and passing, to name two.

Bunch of bricklayers at the FT line and from beyond the 3 pt arc (2 for 20).

To be fair, GCU shot 75% for the season. They shot 77% against St Mary's.

Not a great 3 shooting team but still 34% for the season. They were 28% against St Mary's.

They did not play well. Physical game.

 

[passitback]

Mississippi State and A&M got bids over St John's and Seton Hall. Disgraceful.

You see FAU's bull**** resume?

Teams are all trash. Meanwhile the Big East is 6-0. Gonna have at least two in the Elite Eight.

Total joke.

 

[AmherstCane]

You see FAU's bull**** resume?

Teams are all trash. Meanwhile the Big East is 6-0. Gonna have at least two in the Elite Eight.

Total joke.

I think honestly FAU was a tough one. OOC Wins vs Arizona, TAMU, VT, and Butler is not a bad resume. Their record in Q1&2 was tournament worthy.

They had some bad losses that would have kept them out if they weren’t a story (or if they were an ACC or Big East team)… but they weren't totally undeserving of a bid imho.

 

[Memnon]

 

[passitback]

I think honestly FAU was a tough one. OOC Wins vs Arizona, TAMU, VT, and Butler is not a bad resume. Their record in Q1&2 was tournament worthy.

They had some bad losses that would have kept them out if they weren’t a story (or if they were an ACC or Big East team)… but they weren't totally undeserving of a bid imho.

Metrics didn't apply to FAU. It's like the NCAA decided that they'd be in regardless. Witnessed it throughout the bubble fiasco.

Wasn't a surprise to see them get slapped game one. Rightfully so.

 

[Calinative]

Acc is what like 8-1 so far through the tourney?

 

[TwentySix]

This Clemson Arizona game looks empty

 

[NC_Canes_11]

Arizona getting bad a Caleb Love game and bad shooting night has a team, all in one. They might be toast.

 

[TwentySix]

Brutal swing for Clemson with the missed call leading to a transition basket, momentum swinger

 

[numbers]

Clemson executed several inbounds plays for easy baskets tonight.

 

[kmoj9kmo]

So the media portrays the ACC as a dog**** conference every year yet they always seem to have multiple teams in the elite 8. Are they ever gonna learn lol

 

[Hoyacane1620]

Well could be Clemson vs UNCfor a Final 4 berth.

 

[TwentySix]

Well could be Clemson vs UNCfor a Final 4 berth.

God it better be

 

[canesfan54]

I had Arizona winning it all in my bracket, I liked the way the bracket looked for them but they just played terrible today and only lost by 5 points

 

[IncaneInTheBrain]

I had Arizona winning it all in my bracket, I liked the way the bracket looked for them but they just played terrible today and only lost by 5 points

They were pretty good, but just like us, no true PG.

 

[IncaneInTheBrain]

Caleb Love is the absolute worst kind player to have in college basketball. Can drop 40 with ease, but will absolutely shoot you out of a game eventually.

In a sport where the postseason is single elimination, that's a recipe for disaster.

 

[canesfan54]

 

[TwentySix]

God. Dammit.