Round of 64 - Day 1 Open Thread
Louisville vs. Minnesota, 12:15 p.m. ET, CBS | Watch Live
LSU vs. Yale, 12:40 p.m., truTV | Watch Live
Auburn vs. New Mexico State, 1:30 p.m., TNT | Watch Live
Florida State vs. Vermont, 2 p.m., TBS | Watch Live
Michigan State vs. Bradley, 2:45 p.m., CBS | Watch Live
Maryland vs. Belmont, 3:10 p.m., truTV | Watch Live
Kansas vs. Northeastern, 4 p.m., TNT | Watch Live
Marquette vs. Murray State, 4:30 p.m., TBS | Watch Live
Nevada vs. Florida, 6:50 p.m., TNT | Watch Live
Kentucky vs. Abilene Christian, 7:10 p.m., CBS | Watch Live
Villanova vs. Saint Mary's, 7:20 p.m., TBS | Watch Live
Gonzaga vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, 7:27 p.m., truTV | Watch Live
Michigan vs. Montana, 9:20 p.m., TNT | Watch Live
Wofford vs. Seton Hall, 9:40 p.m., CBS | Watch Live
Purdue vs. Old Dominion, 9:50 p.m., TBS | Watch Live
Syracuse vs. Baylor, 9:57 p.m., truTV | WatchLive
March 21st, 2019 at 12:36 PM ^
It is Pitino v. the team that his father can no longer coach because he is unethical, immoral, and just overall really gross.
....and it goes to Pitino The Younger.
I listened to that game through my phone while I was out and about today. This is the time of the year I enjoy having all this technology the most.
March 21st, 2019 at 12:37 PM ^
Minnesota hanging tough but man Louisville I think will settle in and Minnesota just doesn't have an offense to consistently score enough
March 21st, 2019 at 12:54 PM ^
Minnesota looks like the better team to me so far.
Have all day. Did not see that coming helluva W for them.
March 21st, 2019 at 12:38 PM ^
Why did the committee set up a potential MSU-Minny game in round 2? I thought that was to be avoided. My guess is-- because they only played once in the regular season?
Not to mention MSU also played Louisville. There were definitely some head-scratchers this year.
I think I read the other day that avoiding rematches is less of an emphasis than it used to be.
March 21st, 2019 at 12:38 PM ^
Anyone else having audio problems? I’m in West Michigan watching via satellite in HD.
March 21st, 2019 at 12:54 PM ^
I'm having audio problems in West Michigan as well with cable. But TruTV is fine. In fact, CBS is the only channel I can find with problems.
Well I guess that confirms it’s a CBS problem then...it’s the most important thing they air every year, how can they not notice that?
Working fine for me on my spectrum stream. Maybe it's a couple of providers?
March 21st, 2019 at 12:38 PM ^
Minnesota needs to attack the hoop and not jack up threes. It's the only way they win this game.
This did not age well.
March 21st, 2019 at 12:43 PM ^
Obama has us and TN in the FF with Duke and UNC (actually his bracket is super vanilla, but its fun that we are one of his "crazy" picks).
.@BarackObama’s NCAA tournament bracket is out!!
— The Undefeated (@TheUndefeated) March 21, 2019
Men’s Final Four picks:
Duke
Tennessee
Michigan
North Carolina
National Champion:
Duke
Women’s Final Four picks:
Notre Dame
Baylor
Mississippi State
UConn
National Champion:
UConn https://t.co/tjYeM84FD0
What are Trump's Final Four?
Thought I saw he was taking Liberty, Virginia, Farleigh Dickenson, and Abilene Christian
edit: thought*
Who did you tell him were going to be his final four?
Underrated
March 21st, 2019 at 12:51 PM ^
Excellent OP.
Minnesota looks pretty good. It's almost as if their last game was against a really good team.
I was tempted to make the 5-hour trip to Des Moines, but I'm holding out for a 2.5 hour trip in two weeks.
I live 30 miles from Anaheim. Strangely, that is also a 5 hour drive.
March 21st, 2019 at 12:55 PM ^
Reggie Miller is hilarious. Early missed Minnesota three: "Minnesota isn't a great e-shooting team. They need to get it inside." Minnesota makes 5 threes in the first half. "Great gameplan by Minnesota!"
I'm emphasizing stuff for effect. Reggie's not a buffoon. The contrast is just amusing.
March 21st, 2019 at 12:57 PM ^
Go B1G! Go Yale!
March 21st, 2019 at 12:59 PM ^
God bless you and your linking skills....
thanks
I discovered recently that ncaa.com is the one site that copies and pastes exactly like that as a whole block from their daily schedule of games... no pictures, ads, etc...
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hhheeeeEEEYYYYYY GOPHERS!!!!!!!
I wonder how big of a bonus the LSU players received for making the tournament.
And Jordan Murphy makes a three.
Well then.
And then Kalscheur with the hard-core finish at the rim.
Who are these guys?
This is looking pretty solid for MSU to make the S16 if Minny pulls this off
But holy hell LSU's got dudes. They may not need a coach
I mean, we know why they have dudes. That's obvious
But their big guys are so giant and athletic
Michigan didn't need a coach in 1989 and that worked out well.
If Minnesota plays like this MSU isn't going anywhere except for home.
Some teams look really good against bad teams. Iowa and Minnesota both looked good before getting destroyed by Michigan.
Defense matters a lot.
son of satan vs satan's last ncaa team.... what a storyline.
Hard to believe that Louisville won't storm back and win, but seeing those cheating bastards go down this early would be awesome.
*L'ville's gonna have to start storming pretty quickly down 14 with 7 and change left.
Pitino vs Louisville and Bobby Hurley vs his old Buffalo team, the committee set up some good storylines in the first round this year.
Minnie up 12, rolling...
But Murphy is hurt and off the floor, Coffey just took a terrible shot, and Louisville is causing problems with the press.
And Kalscheur drains a couple of 3s and it's a 16-point game.
Wow, the ACC was just so good this year. Or something.
I picked Louisville to win, but for some reason I'm cheering for Minn. That three point celebration Kalscheur did after his last three cracked me up.
Fuck these refs and their 5 second pauses for a charge call. So dramatic.
Holy crap, Minnehaha looks great.
We've all seen the bully ball near the rim, but where did all those 3's come from?
Pitino said at halftime that it was a lot easier to shoot 3s when you had space.
You know, when you aren't playing against Charles Matthews and Zavier Simpson.
Minny is on fire!
New Mexico St giving Auburn a game thus far.
NM St within 3 at the half, so my Cinderella is in decent position.
I have them winning their first two before losing in round 3 to the TarHeels
Great game from the Gophers, but can they keep this effort up in round 2, or are they just making Sparty's job easier?
Making Sparty’s job easier.
"There have been no turnovers for the last 26 minutes. That is such a big number".
I don't know why but that's cracking me up.
I'll be on a Southwest flight for 5 hours, from 4pm eastern to 9pm eastern. Southwest offers several TV networks on each flight, but not TNT network. Southwest has wifi on each flight, but Southwest blocks all internet video streaming. I am in a tight spot. Gotta figure out how to watch that game! I havent missed a UM bball game live in two seasons. Anyone have some ideas? (Not booking a different flight.)
Well, our game is going to tip off sometime around 9:30 so you actually may not miss much.
9:20 start and that's if the game before doesn't end late.