NCAA Tourney Afternoon Game Thread
The other one's getting a little far down.
Also, Baylor went 38-48 from the line today. 48 FREE THROWS. More than half of their points came at the line, and Nebraska was called for a ming-boggling 31 fouls. This seems to be in line with the experiences of a few other Big Ten teams as well. Iowa was called for 28 in their loss to Tennessee, and MSU was called for 27 yesterday. Hopefully the whistles loosen up a bit for these afternoon games.
Teams that need to win:
Stanford
Tennessee
Arizona
Creighton
Kansas
Gonzaga
That's some funny shit. The "we just beat Dook-robot behind coach on national television"
He even looks like Dave Chappelle.
I like Rachel Nipples I mean Nichols.
I'm fine with MSU getting a tough whistle. I'm tired of their "Dare the officials to call it" style of defense.
I saw that consensus good guy, Coach Miles, got two technicals and ejected in the second half. That seems to be out of character for him. Does anyone who watched the game have any sense of whether Nebraska got jobbed?
Apparently he got tossed for telling a ref that the shot clock didn't stop.
I was surprised to see Kenpom ranks Tennessee #8 even though they had 12 losses. I guess they are balanced offensively and defensively.
They've won in blowouts, including over some good opponents, and lost close games. Means they have had good "per possession" stats. For a system like Kenpom that relies heavily on the "per possession" stats, a team like that will be ranked higher than their record would reflect.
How in the world does Tennessee jump from the mid-to-low teens (if memory serves) to #7 right now after beating Iowa? And how does Michigan fall from #11 to #16 after one meh-win over Wofford?
They each played over 30 other games.
See the link below for KenPom's March 17 Tourney advancement probabilities. Tennessee was 20th on the list. Yes, they have to win seven games to win the NC, but winning the play-in round should be too big of a deal for the #7 team. Michigan was 12th.
http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/entry/2014_ncaa_tournament_log5
Tennessee out to a 11 pt lead early.
I guess that confirms the play is way more physical in the Big Ten.
Wow Tennessee can really get out in transition.
While I wind down work for the week, I put Tennessee-UMass up on the laptop...
Stat of the half is probably UMass and their 10 TOs and maybe being 9-28 from the field as well. They are outrebounding Tennessee though, so it's a bit of a shame that they can't do much with any of them (well, I picked Tennessee in this round in all but one bracket, so not really a shame perhaps). Combined, both teams are 1-10 right now from beyond the arc.
MIGHTY OSPREYS, SOAR SOAR SOAR SOAR SOAR
I didn't get a chance to watch it but seeing that 4 of their starters fouled out made me think there was some referee shenanigans...
Dammit Stanford.... lead down to 2 with 24 to go
New Mexico - Stanford coming down to the wire..
I need to GTFO of my office already. My grill is calling my name. I will be feasting on some filet mignon-style pork chops (bacon wrapped of course) and leftover split pea soup.
So are they going to say it was off of Stanford and give the ball to NM becasue they missed the call? Happened last night, why not again.
Ban all reviews other than buzzer beaters and 3 pointer reviews.
Right. And I dunno, since these games are so fast these days and officials "can't keep track of everything", add another official or two so they CAN watch the things that need to be watched, instead of relying on shitty video.
That is a flagrant foul!! Give em the ball and free throws...
The last two reviews show everything that's wrong the NCAA's system.
Refs seem to be allowing a lot of contact so far throughout the tourney. I don't like.
Plenty of games where they've called everything (Louisville-Manhattan, Baylor-Nebraska).
It seems like each game is wildly different- either nothing is a foul or almost any contact is. A combined 47 fouls in the Nebraska- Baylor game is crazy. Only 30 in the OSU-Dayton game. That is an inane swing. Just depends on the officials mood.
Soapbox- this is why for the NCAA tournament there should be at least one additional ref and maybe two. I've seen so many missed calls. Not all of them are gamechangers, but every foul hurts differently for each team.
The refs seem to either call a million fouls or no fouls. I wish there was middle ground.
A couple things . I hate the flagrant foul call in the new mexico-stanford game, guy is practicaclly hugging the stanford player, it would have been impossible for him to get the ball up to pass it without hitting the guy.
Tennessee looks good, I hope mercere beats them too.
And lastly lousiana lafayatte has the fattest player I have ever seen on a basketball court and while I'm mentioning size umass has a midget pointgaurd, at least it looks that way with him compared to everyone.
I hate how a timeout wipes out any 10 second call. You should have to get it over half court before 25 seconds on the shot clock with or without a timeout inbetween.
time for the annual confirmation that Kansas is grossly OVERRATED!
Colorado should have been in play-in game instead of Tennessee.
Whoever the nose tackle/oompa loompa guy on ull is my one of my favorite players maybe ever.
Since when do games get played with imaginary numbers? I am so confused, is it negative 12 minutes? Haha just kidding, I know it's a typo.
Elfrid Payton
Why do I get the feeling that Marcus Smart will have a terrible game today
Wow, they look bad. I know there's plenty of time for EKU to spit the bit, but still. Wow.
McDermott having a tough go. Luckily other guys are stepping up.
Finally..Dougie Fresh hits a three-ball.
went from a 5 point game with ~3 1/2 minutes left to a 12 point game w/ 40 seconds left. I guess I didn't miss much.
Watching Kansas go down would have been entertaining, even though I have them advancing in my bracket.
(evil) heheehhehehehehe
Go EKU!! I don't think EKU can hold this, but man would it be crazy.