NCAA Tournament - Trimming Down The Elite Eight (Open Thread)

Submitted by LSAClassOf2000 on

Two teams will make an exit tonight, but for now, you've got:

Wisconsin / Arizona - going right now on TBS. 10-2 Wisconsin with 16:09 to go in the 1st.

Later on:

Notre Dame / Kentucky - that could be intriguing

 

Michology 101

March 28th, 2015 at 11:02 PM ^

ND coach deserves some of the blame. He was just too stubborn and wouldn't double team Towns harder in the paint and force someone on Kentucky to hit more outside shots to beat them.

Michology 101

March 28th, 2015 at 11:14 PM ^

That's one way to look at things. Though you could also say one good hard double team, every now and then, might've force just ONE outside miss that could've been the difference in a close game. I don't think he should've went totally away from one on one, but a hard double team at least a couple of times would've been interesting to see.

Soulfire21

March 28th, 2015 at 11:02 PM ^

I was thinking this may be the nadir of my Michigan fandom (which began in 2008).

To recap:

  • No postseason in football
  • No postseason in basketball
  • No postseason in hockey
  • OSU wins the National Championship in football
  • MSU is on their way to what surely will be a Final Four appearance at least, they seem destined

All I have to say is if we didn't have Harbaugh I'd probably be in the fetal position somewhere rocking back and forth.  Fuckk.

Ty Butterfield

March 29th, 2015 at 12:25 AM ^

Yikes. Sorry to here that. I am glad I was able to attend the Rose Bowl on Jan 1, 1998 and have faint memories of the basketball national title. However, this losing streak Michigan is on now has gone on long enough. In Harbaugh we trust.

umchicago

March 28th, 2015 at 11:09 PM ^

they didn't set up one play on offense the last 3-4 possessions.  ran the clock down to zero and then fired up a prayer.

on D, they didn't double down on Towns at all when their center had 4 fouls, resulting in 3-4 easy buckets for him.

OccaM

March 28th, 2015 at 11:17 PM ^

Don't believe me? Just go to a basketball game with UK fans. They still call black people "boy" down there. Not to mention this crap that's been on twitter from this year... 

 

http://collegespun.com/sec/kentucky-sec/fans-tweeted-racist-remarks-at-…

http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2015/03/uk-fan-allegedly-makes-racist…

 

 

OccaM

March 29th, 2015 at 12:10 AM ^

Back then yeah Michigan fans were entitled racists. I think the documentary made that fairly clear. 

UK's history is riddled with crap that still remains to this day in a significant part of its fanbase since the days of Rupp.

Prejudices aside, the fans are MSU fans on roids. That's enough for me to root against UK.