Elite Eight Open Thread
Between the Bama.UCLA game and this, two incredibly sloppy games. Baylor will beat the winner of this game by 20+
How is that called a possession ball? Wow
Oregon State just hit a wall after coming all the way back to tie the game.
Down 4, with around 2 minutes left, it took Oregon State almost a minute of game time to get the ball back. That was brutal.
Houston just sucks a little less than Oregon St
Uhhhh how in the hell is that an intentional foul?! Am I missing and not seeing a push? Nobody is arguing it so...
I guess that the other player fell down. But he only hit his hand. By that measure, every late game foul by a losing team would be intentional.
Bad angle by that ref. The dude was already tripping and got a very small shove and dove forward and the ref bit on it.
Lol Oregon State coach drawing up plays down 6.
Come on dude.
Houston just seems like a paper tiger. I feel like the Baylor/Arkansas winner will roll these guys
Baylor would. Arkansas sucks.
Agree. Baylor will. Arkansas plays the same erratic crap style as Houston.
They suck?
Houston shooting 32/34/66 and still gonna win
It says something that OSU shot better than Houston from 2 and 3. Houstons strategy was to chuck it at the rim and send everyone to the glass. Might work in the AAC and double digit seeds, but im guessing thats their last win
Should have lost to Buttgers...
Sooooo...if they are just going to play the other game on the other court tonight, why do we have to wait so long for the next tip?
To give you time to watch the talking heads and 2-3 more commercial breaks of course
Yup 5-10 more Capital One & AT&T ads before the next game.
Kelvin Sampson...from Show-cause order to Final Four...what a dream story.
NCAA should be beaming with pride. Useless fucks.
Going from UConn/Baylor to IU/Arizona is jarring.
Yeah, not *quite* the same level of basketball...
Btw, Brenda Freese might be the Bill Self of women's basketball.
Freese and Maryland absolutely dominate the Big Ten but choke in the NCAAT. The most recent loss (as a #2 seed) to Texas was...not good. Maryland should've won that game somewhat comfortably.
Kelvin Sampson to the final four giving hope to all NCAA repeat violators!
here's a bit of detail on him. not once, but twice.
Sampson cannot remove the tarnish, however. Many will remember him as a serial NCAA violator who made hundreds of impermissible recruiting phone calls at Oklahoma and again at Indiana. For those sins, he lost a dream job with the Hoosiers in 2008 and received a show-cause NCAA penalty that effectively banned him from college basketball for five years.
and this from a 2008 ESPN article:
In its report, the NCAA committee said:
"A head coach does not promote compliance when he intentionally ignores committee penalties directed at him for intentional rules violations. A head coach also does not promote compliance when he himself commits intentional violations. This is particularly true when he commits these violations with the knowledge and assistance of a coach on his staff."
Indiana was accused of four major NCAA violations that stemmed from more than 100 impermissible phone calls to recruits by Sampson and his assistant coaches during his first season in Bloomington. Sampson resigned under pressure, short of completing his second season, after accepting a $750,000 buyout.
Sampson was still on NCAA-imposed probation as Indiana's coach for his involvement in similar offenses committed while the coach at Oklahoma. Colonial Athletic Association commissioner Tom Yeager, the chair of the NCAA infractions committee during Sampson's Oklahoma case, said a five-year show cause would not be out of line for a coach who had recently appeared in front of the committee.
hang the banners.
March 29th, 2021 at 10:06 PM ^
As much as I wanted the "Pac12 the best conference in Basketball" narrative to end, I was really hoping that Oregon St would comeback to win because of Sampson...
NCAA are a bunch of gutless pukes
Greg Gumbel is an emotionless robot.
27-23 Arizona at the half...it has been ugly.
If Arkansas wins tonight, I'll fully expect that the national champ will be one of the winners tomorrow night.
Houston was gifted a Final Four berth this year. Must be karma making up for 2018.
I just googled Kelvin Sampson sanctions and got "serial ncaa violator" banned for five years and here he is. Wonder how many puff pieces there are going to be about his redemption.
March 29th, 2021 at 10:19 PM ^
His violations pale in comparison to the violations we see today. He used a cell phone. Big fucking deal lmao.
March 29th, 2021 at 11:26 PM ^
Well, he also lied about it. That’s what got Tressel “retired.”
March 29th, 2021 at 10:11 PM ^
Baylor v Houston should be fun.
March 29th, 2021 at 10:12 PM ^
Anybody else hear that Queen Latifah song from the 90’s in your head when the camera pans to the right side of the court where it says UNITY?
March 29th, 2021 at 10:48 PM ^
I hear Rick James saying “Unity!” after punching Charlie Murphy in the head.
March 29th, 2021 at 10:13 PM ^
Wouldn't be a Baylor coach without being an utter piece of shit who doesn't care about others' safety:
“You know I want to say this to all of you. I don't think my words matter, but after the games today tomorrow — there's four teams left I think on the men's side and the women's side — They need to dump the COVID testing.” Wouldn’t it be a shame to keep COVID testing and then you got kids that end up having tested positive or something, and they don't get to play in the Final Four, so you need to just forget the COVID tests and let the four teams that are playing in each Final 4, go battle it out” - Kim Mulkey
March 29th, 2021 at 11:12 PM ^
I mean the lady supported the Baylor football team when Briles got the axe. What do you expect? She's your standard southerner.
March 29th, 2021 at 10:18 PM ^
Why did Indiana fire Kelvin Sampson again?
March 29th, 2021 at 10:19 PM ^
Illegal recruiting practices. Stupid ones (overtexting) but still.
March 29th, 2021 at 10:20 PM ^
Yeah... that seems kinda dumb in hindsight.
March 29th, 2021 at 10:21 PM ^
IIRC, he got caught doing it even after he got busted for it once before.
March 29th, 2021 at 10:22 PM ^
Yep, at Oklahoma. NCAA put the hammer down on him personally. His personal five year ban expired and then Houston hired him.
March 29th, 2021 at 10:25 PM ^
Well, Houston is from the old SWAC. They’ve never been known to turn their nose up at cheating. If they bent the rule book any further it would be a circle.
March 29th, 2021 at 10:20 PM ^
They didn’t want to put up with him cheating like a motherfucker, at least on that level.
March 29th, 2021 at 10:19 PM ^
Well, even if this does turn into a Baylor runaway, I’ve got chili in the instapot for the next 1/2 hour or so, so I’ve got something to watch in the background.
March 29th, 2021 at 10:39 PM ^
Post of the night!
March 29th, 2021 at 10:23 PM ^
Baylor just demolishing the Arkansas defense. On like a 130 point pace.
March 29th, 2021 at 10:32 PM ^
If this is a top ten defense how bad are SEC offenses?
March 29th, 2021 at 10:36 PM ^
Baylor has really impressed me so far tonight...really good shooters and they really look unselfish as well...
Arkansas was buried early, but are showing some push back...not sure if its already too late though...going to need Baylor to make mistakes.
March 29th, 2021 at 10:36 PM ^
Baylor will have the easiest path to the championship game.