2017 2nd Round March Madness [Day 1] (open thread)
Saturday, March 18
| MATCHUP | TIME (ET) | NAT TV | LOCATION | |
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LIVE | CBS | KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York | |
| MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - WEST REGION - 2ND ROUND | ||||
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2:40 PM | CBS | KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York | |
| MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - EAST REGION - 2ND ROUND | ||||
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5:15 PM | CBS | Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah | |
| MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - WEST REGION - 2ND ROUND | ||||
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6:10 PM | TNT | Amway Center, Orlando, Florida | |
| MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - WEST REGION - 2ND ROUND | ||||
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7:10 PM | TBS | BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - SOUTH REGION - 2ND ROUND | ||||
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7:45 PM | CBS | Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah | |
| MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - WEST REGION - 2ND ROUND | ||||
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8:40 PM | TNT | Amway Center, Orlando, Florida | |
| MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - EAST REGION - 2ND ROUND | ||||
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9:40 PM | TBS | BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - MIDWEST REGION - 2ND ROUND |
This Northwestern crowd is louder than Welsh-Ryan ever gets.
I think Northwestern is the only B1G team from whose roster I can only name one player.
cuz his parents are famous.
or does it sound like an incredibly pro-NW crowd?
is all in for Northwestern. They're the feel good story of the tourney and everyone loves a feel good story
NW is playing G's pace.
needs to make those open shots
Garbage call. Stop hating on the Big Ten, refs. Ball don't lie though.
is getting fucked by the calls too. Must be open season on the Big 10 in this tourney
but this isn't that bad. Collins needs to call TO and get these guys to settle. They're missing easy boards and box-outs.
Northwestern's getting open looks from three need to knock them down.
this is more like the team they are. They are not the team that lit up IU and MD in the B1G tournament.
body language and play looks uninspired so far today.
that should have been over the back on 33.
because he was tripped.
Game seems pretty even, NW just getting fucked by refs and nothing is dropping.
they don't need any ref assists.
McIntosh is all by himself in the lane and somehow takes a standing floater instead of just rising straight up and staying on balance. He is a maddening player. Like that guy on Texas who shot like 5/21 against us in the tournament in 2014.
This is gonna be an 80-40 game
0-9 from 3, 5-22 overall
they're getting hosed a lot on foul calls but that doesn't cause an 0-9 / 5-22 shooting spell. They're just not shooting and unlike Michigan, they can't go cold because they don't really have a light them up group like Walton, Wagner, Robinson and Irvin.
didn't realize Gonzaga was such a big team
Kept it under 20! Victory!
Xavier is up early on FSU. TNT.
I love that Chris Mack managed to draw two dubious coaches.
Would love Michigan to hire Mack as coach if Beilein were to hang it up within the next 5-6 years.
He actually believes in Xs and Os on offense too like Beilein which is always a plus.
There are so few of these teams that utterly terrify me. It's the super talented ones with good coaches I worry about. Unfortunately we drew one of thsoe tomorrow.
Refs have taken over the Gonzaga/Northwestern game.
Great shooting runs in the family.
Bryant MacIntosh is exactly who Dakich is talking about when he says "good enough to get you fired."
Damn Northwestern has had so many little things not go their way to get this game even closer.
and Taphorn right on queue.
Did they really have to show that kid crying for a good 10 seconds? Won't hear the end of it at school.
True, his only hope is Northwestern coming back and they show him cheering.
That's a dive. Gross.
CBS should leave that Northwestern kid alone.
Refs are getting too sensitive with these flagrant calls.
we'd all want an ejection.