NCAA Elite 8 Open Thread
Thats a huge stretch given the 25 a game he has put up in the tournament so far
to say this for awhile and this gives me the chance. I think Thomas is better than Sullinger.
i thought they lost to North Carolina in OT.
I want the Bucks to lose but Thomas to score 35 and grab 20 boards, prompting him to decide it's time to move on to the NBA.
Does anyone else find this to be a boring Elite 8? Aside from OSU, it's hard for me to feel strongly about any of these teams. I probably could make a case for rooting for Kansas or against Syracuse, but all in all, I just find this group boring.
Florida, Syracuse, Kentucky, North Carolina. If my teams win today, it will be huge. Virtually nobody in my pool has either FL or Syracuse.
I think you jinxed yourself.
I have Louisville, OSU, Kentucky, and N.C.
good pick on Florida, to pick them over potentially kansas, marquette, and louisville or state is a good call by you.
jdon
Wow. Amazing comeback by Louisville so far. Lets see if they can pull it off.
"for the lead" ... "for the lead"
Oops, Greg Gumble.
Amazing.
had come to Michigan instead of going to Louisville. He was seriously considering it I know, but instead we got Amaker and the rest is history as they say. But I believe our BB program would be at a higher level today if Pitino had taken the job here regardless of what you may think about him personally. The guy can definitely recruit and coach.
in NCAA tourney. It's only one game sample but they were lower seed against #2 seed Duke and Blake Griffin's OU. They were one shot from tying the game against Duke and the refs hosed Michigan with phantom foul calls when they are near Blake Griffin.
Not fair to say that JB can't lead Michigan deep into NCAA tourney. He has made it to Sweet 16 and Elite 8 with a less talented WVU teams. JB's landing quality players like McGary, Robinson, Stauskas. Sky the limit with JB's team. I firmly believe that Michigan will really take off. This year is just the beginning with a share of B1G title on a bunch of overachievers like Novak and Douglass who had zero D1 offers(technically Stu has one with Valpo but Valpo pulled the offer)..
March 24th, 2012 at 10:46 PM ^
As good as Louisville played down the stretch, I feel like Florida lost that game more than Louisville won it. Just atrocious play. Had plenty of open looks.
Watching OSU and Syracuse with Amir Williams getting extended minutes, makes me wonder why Matta didn't use Williams to bang against MSU. Williams would be a good match-up against Payne and Nix, especially after watching Payne and Nix struggle against the Louisville Big.
Congrats to OSU. Glad to see a Big Ten team in the Final Four
Congrats to the Buckeyes. Good for the BIG. I think the Buckeyes are going to win it all.
Easy for me to root for OSU over Boeheim and 'Cuse
is going to hurt them down the road. They miss Diebler to give them floor spacing. I still have them making the national championship but lose to Kentucky.
I am never glad when Ohio wins in anything. The lesser of two evils won. I believe Kentucky will beat Ohio in the final. Sullinger wont do much against Davis and Craft will not be able to mug Kentucky's bigger guards.
March 24th, 2012 at 11:09 PM ^
They still have to beat two good teams to get to the finals... (I have them losing to OSU) but I would watch for louisville, they can play.
Guys I seriously cannot stand Columbus. Work again tonight = awful. Hope the winter up north isn't TOO bad; be there soon.