NCAA Basketball Tournament - Halving The Final Four (Open Thread)
We'll just throw this out there now -
6:09 PM - the battle of the #2 seeds - Oklahoma vs. Villanova
8:49 PM - the #1 and the #10 - North Carolina vs. Syracuse
Both games are on TBS.
This is the first time a #10 has made it to the Final Four.
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Later on, you can catch the Syracuse feed on TruTV and the North Carolna feed on TNT, I believe. Of some note, you will get to experience Donovan McNabb on the Syracuse feed if you want to relive some memories of a rather unfortunate game in 1998.
Good catch, I should have put that information up there as well.
I think I'm rooting on for Nova to keep rolling like they have been. They're a fun team.
UNC-Syracuse jsut doesn't interest me but I think 'Cuse will fall to 0-3 against UNC...I don't see how they can win.
It's like the sun is setting through the windows.
Childish.
But I logged in to upvote it anyway.
Can't wait to watch the Rose Bowl on Food Network next January
Reminds me of playing round-the-world at my old house growing up and one corner shot faced the sky with no background at all. Whoever got those shots quickly almost always won.
Also, OU broadcast is probably the best. No glare from the court and the color guy doesn't sound like a high school kid
Need OU to win it all, so all these damn turnovers are extremely fucking frustrating.
OU's defensive strategy so far has been awful. Too many gambles and just not smart awareness.
Basketball? Spring game is on BTN!
Villanova's defense is nasty. I'm jealous.
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Something happened after that game. Injuries happened, sure, but this team lost all identity and swagger it otherwise had, and hasn't regained it since.
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I am betting Nova gets smashed in the finals. I think literally every bounce both ways has gone their way tonight. They are shooting over 70% even with a good number of attempted 3s. My gut says that doesn't happen twice in a row, and they are much more likely to revert below their mean. Which sucks because I don't like either team on the other side.
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I honestly wouldn't even bet a single person on this blog will live to see that record broken.
just...give it up dude
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Man, they've really dropped some turds in big games. It's just what they do.
This is shaping up to be the biggest margin of victory in the tournament which makes every #16 seed feel a LOT better about themselves.
I imagine this might set a final four record for point disparity. Pretty embarrasing.
Nova peaking at just the right time? March/April? Looks like it.
So that 25-0 run has to be worse than the one that IU did against us right?
Damn.
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Yeah, now I have somebody I can root for with a clear conscience.
Is anyone else concerned about the NCAA taking away the students' weekend?
NCAA doing okay on ticket sales here...
This year's Villanova team has been unreal in the tournament. Look at the boxscores.
Kansas was the only team that was able to stay with this team. Villanova has shot 60%, made 10 3s, and won by roughly 20 points in 4 of its 5 NCAAT tournament games.
And this 44 point win over Oklahoma is now the largest margin of victory in Final Four history.
You know who's loving this?
Crying Piccolo Girl.
I'd say she got her redemption.
They should interview her before the NC game on Monday. Let her have her moment in the sun, since we all got a laugh at her expense last year.