NCCA Tournament Open Thread

[nobeastofburden]

It was wild. The refs seemed to call it more even in OT and sure enough UNC bounces back then.

Once they had started giving all these calls to Baylor, there was one specific play that just made it so beyond obvious they wanted a Baylor comeback. UNC broke the press, and then a UNC player was getting trapped with his dribble alive and he tried to go around it near the half court line. There was an obvious block on Baylor that pushed the UNC player over the half court line and they called back court violation on UNC.

I do not want to be here defending UNC lmao but that **** was bad.

Well no surprise, said this during our game with USC, just because a team is down and playing frantic defense, shouldn't mean teams are allowed to do whatever. Really drives me nuts.

 

[Notsince1985]

Baylor has nothing in the tank. The rout is on. Embarrassing #1 seed.

No one should post in the middle of any game

 

[IncaneInTheBrain]

Kansas just can't put this Creighton team away

 

[IncaneInTheBrain]

Kansas just can't put this Creighton team away

Update, they've officially been put away

 

[nobeastofburden]

This Michigan-Tenn game is about the highest energy I've seen in a game in a minute. Both teams bringing it.

 

[Memnon]

Hope Michigan wins this game.

 

[nobeastofburden]

Hope Michigan wins this game.

They are looking like the team that was ranked so high preseason. Impressive what they are doing against that UT defense.

 

[nobeastofburden]

Diabate , other than missing a couple easy looks is playing lights out.

 

[nobeastofburden]

Looks like I jinxed the wolvies. Terrible last few minutes.

 

[nobeastofburden]

Shame this is only round of 32 game. Looks like a FF game.

 

[nobeastofburden]

Heck of a game by Michigan. Tennessee fell in love with the 3 and it cost them this game. Not sure why James doesn't take the ball inside more.

 

[nobeastofburden]

Michigan looking like UCLA from last year. 11 seed to FF possibly.

 

[Memnon]

Happy for Juwan Howard, he had been catching a lot of heat this season even before the suspension, he was much maligned by his own fans & the media really made a Mountain out of molehill over the Wisconsin thing, but he’s showing everybody he can Coach with the best of’em.

 

[AmherstCane]

I only watched a bit of the game but the officiating seemed pretty skewed at the end.

 

[Memnon]

 

[Pentagon Cane]

S.E.C. S.E.C. S.E.C...Go New Mexico State.

 

[nobeastofburden]

I only watched a bit of the game but the officiating seemed pretty skewed at the end.

I thought it was one of the better officiated games, let them play for the most part. Difference in the game was Tennessee taking and missing a bunch of 3's and Barnes getting out coached. Tennessee was 28/67 overall, if you take out the 2/18 3's, they were 26/49. Why Barnes didn't stop that, I don't know.

 

[Gables Canes]

Lykes was 7/7 from the FT line to help Arkansas get into the sweet 16. He has a bit role on that team, but good for him.

 

[nobeastofburden]

Lykes was 7/7 from the FT line to help Arkansas get into the sweet 16. He has a bit role on that team, but good for him.

Arkansas made 14 shots, only 3/16 from 3 and won. Unbelievable.

 

[AmherstCane]

I thought it was one of the better officiated games, let them play for the most part. Difference in the game was Tennessee taking and missing a bunch of 3's and Barnes getting out coached. Tennessee was 28/67 overall, if you take out the 2/18 3's, they were 26/49. Why Barnes didn't stop that, I don't know.

I dunno… I only saw the last couple minutes but they called a block that looked like a charge (didn’t show replay but Tenn defender looked to have position outside the restricted area), then they called a ticky foul on Tenn and then no called clear arm contact by Michigan on tenn’s next possession… that sequence was when Michigan took the lead.