Championship Sunday Open Thread
Selection Sunday is finally here! A small slate of games today as most conference tourneys are complete. The American takes over the Big Ten's annual Time Slot That Is Too Late For The Committee To Care About The Result, tipping at 3:30 and finishing mere minutes before the selection show begins. Actually, can you imagine if the game went into OT or even double OT? It's too bad that Memphis lost yesterday because that could've led to some hilarity on the set of CBS TBS and in the committee's board room if the show had to begin but the game result was still in doubt.
Anyway, here are today's matchups:
MATCHUP | TIME (ET) | NAT TV | TICKETS | LOCATION | ||
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Pennsylvania | 12:00 PM |
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Buy on Vivid Seats | The Palestra, Philadelphia, PA | ||
Davidson | 1:00 PM | CBS | 147 tickets as low as $38 | Capital One Arena, Washington, DC | ||
Kentucky | 1:00 PM |
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658 tickets as low as $44 | Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO | ||
UT Arlington | 2:00 PM |
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Buy on Vivid Seats | Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA | ||
#21Houston | 3:30 PM | CBS | 570 tickets as low as $6 | Amway Center, Orlando, FL |
Don't think it matters who wins in the SEC or the American -- Michigan isn't passing UT or UC and I think UK has too much ground to make up (Houston is pretty solidly a 6). A Davidson victory steals a bid from a bubble team so schools like Louisville, ASU, and St. Mary's are big Rhode Island fans today.
March 11th, 2018 at 10:26 AM ^
Go Houston and Kentucky. Go Harvard tommy.
March 11th, 2018 at 10:39 AM ^
Why is Pep still employed?
March 11th, 2018 at 10:57 AM ^
I don't care what region. We match up very well with most of the 1 and 2 seeds and we will have to beat them to advance anyway.
March 11th, 2018 at 10:58 AM ^
OJ did it
Side note: I've watched a ton of college hoops these last couple of weeks and I've yet to see a team that really scares me
March 11th, 2018 at 11:12 AM ^
After watching the Big East/ACC championships, the only team I thought could play with Michigan was Virginia, and solely on the strength of their defense. None of the teams have the ability to spread the floor on offense the way that we can, and that makes the Virginia/UM matchup the most intriguing. They were very tough on ball at the top of the key with their trapping off of screens, but they weren't dealing with 3 point shooters on either wing. I'm looking forward to Beilein taking apart teams on an extended tourney run.
March 11th, 2018 at 12:17 PM ^
I didn't get to watch a lot of Vriginia throughout the year, but caught all of their tournament games. Kyle Guy is a dude. If he's playing in any other offense, he's most likely a POY candidate. His shooting can take over a game if necessary, and he one of the quickest releases I've ever seen. He is the only reason Virginia is moderately scary to me.
March 11th, 2018 at 12:22 PM ^
He's playing with a sprained MCL as well. He was even scarier before the conf tourney.
Virginia is well coached and plays excellent defense. They take smart shits and work their halfcourt offense almost every possession. Anyone that says they would be happy to play Virginia does not watch a lot of CBB, or is extremely biased.
March 11th, 2018 at 12:52 PM ^
Agreed based on what I saw this week. Mostly replying to lock in "smart shits" for posterity though.
March 11th, 2018 at 12:55 PM ^
Smart shits are paramount to tournament success.
March 11th, 2018 at 12:54 PM ^
Unlike Michigan State who take dumb shits in so many ways.
March 11th, 2018 at 12:54 PM ^
UVA definitely takes the smartest shits.
March 11th, 2018 at 12:56 PM ^
Their bigs/D worry me tho.
I also think UNc, duke would be brutal matchups for us
i would love UM to carve up that weak zone D of duke's.
Brainy shits. That's how I coach!
Gonzaga scared the shit out of me and its was only party because they have a 6'10 guy named Killian who shoots 50% from three
March 11th, 2018 at 11:04 AM ^
Rhody the Ram says, "win the game"
March 11th, 2018 at 11:09 AM ^
Does the Ivy League still send their regular season champion to the NCAA tournament?
March 11th, 2018 at 11:13 AM ^
headed to the palstra now.. they started a tourney two years ago I believe, so I assume they now send the tourney champ
March 11th, 2018 at 11:14 AM ^
*palestra
March 11th, 2018 at 11:21 AM ^
Michigan can definitely still pass Tennessee.
I'm up to the task.
March 11th, 2018 at 11:28 AM ^
Would not be surprised at all that Arizona steals our 3 seed. Oh and state will probably be a 2 to really finish it off.
March 11th, 2018 at 12:15 PM ^
Not a chance. The Pac12 is a one or two bid conference. Winning the Big10 conference tourney is way more impressive.
Iowa, Nebraska, MSU, Purdue >>> Colorado, UCLA, and USC
March 11th, 2018 at 12:21 PM ^
State will be a 3 and Michigan a 4. Neither will play in Detroit. Somehow Purdue looks to get a 2. Don’t ask me why, this is just all I’m seeing and hearing.
March 11th, 2018 at 12:25 PM ^
Michigan is most likely the 3 seed in the same region as Duke (2) and Kansas (1).
I would much rather be the 4 seed in the Xavier/Cinci region, so hopefully we get knocked down the S-curve today.
March 11th, 2018 at 12:40 PM ^
Do you have some inside source you're not sharing? Most brackets I'm seeing have Michigan as a 3.
A majority of major polls have us as a three, and--if we aren't a three--which teams take our place?
It seems pretty likely that the 1-seeds are UVA, Villanova, Kansas, and likely Xavier
The 2-seeds are almost certainly UNC, Duke, Cincy, and Purdue
The 3-seeds are UTenn, UM (us), MSU, and...? (Auburn, WVU, or Arizona)
Are we going to get jumped by two of those last three schools? Seems unlikely, although I'd accept a 4-seed under the condition that it puts us in an easier region.
We won't ask.
March 11th, 2018 at 12:47 PM ^
The Pac-12 was absolute garbage this season. Arizona is their only team that was a lock for the NCAA Tournament before their conference tournament, and UCLA and USC are only barely in. ASU is the last team in the bracket in many projections and is definitely out if Davidson beats Rhode Island today.
March 11th, 2018 at 11:28 AM ^
That's where Hoffa is buried.....
March 11th, 2018 at 11:45 AM ^
Great day of entertainment. We have championship games, Tiger Woods, selection Sunday, and of course O. J. confesses.
March 11th, 2018 at 11:58 AM ^
Hunkering down to watch my Davidson Wildcats start another run to the Elite 8.
March 11th, 2018 at 12:26 PM ^
and Lefty Driesell are not sharing your confidence.
March 11th, 2018 at 12:23 PM ^
two hour show for the bracket reveal. Such a joke. Hopefully it is leaked again.
March 11th, 2018 at 12:29 PM ^
10 minutes of Gumble rattling off teams, 30 minutes of CBS hot takes, 10 minutes of committee member interviews, 10 minutes of gymnasium reactions, and an hour of commercials.
I like gumble . Tbs crew is what ruins it
March 11th, 2018 at 12:26 PM ^
I can't say I expected Amaker to turn Harvard into an Ivy powerhouse. But good for him, he's a good guy and cleaned up our program. I hope they win today.
March 11th, 2018 at 12:28 PM ^
I like it better when your snarling is more pure
March 11th, 2018 at 12:44 PM ^
I'll never forgive the man for his haircut and wardrobe choices when he was our coach ;).
March 11th, 2018 at 12:52 PM ^
Dude, the mock turtleneck and oversized blazer combo is a timeless classic.
If he were coach of UM today, might he go for the Livers/Poole look?
Either that or the 'Sideshow Bob'.
I started watching basketball during the Amaker years and his biggest problem was non conference scheduling and road games in the big ten. Always get 20 wins but only win 2 road games than play UCLA or DOOK in the non conference and lose. And other than Daniel Horton who turned out to be average his recruiting was trash. Still I’m happy for him having success at Harvard
On paper, his recruiting wasn't all that bad, but guys didn't develop under him like they have for Beilein. His halfcourt offenses were rough to watch.
with Amaker. He was a good dude and could get decent recruits. He just couldn't develop them consistently like Beilein can. Amaker's teams always charged into a season winning. Then the rest of the teams got better and his didn't. Then they'd lose a ton and miss the NCAA tournament. I hope he's developed that talent. It's what sets most great coaches apart from the average ones.
Especially considering that the program was a train wreck on the court, and on probabtion when he took over. But then it fell off a cliff, and he got nobody worth a darn until Harris and Sims. And unfortunately, he did not develop the guys he had, but the talent was there for Big Ten title contenders and tournament bids. Courtney Sims could have been one of the best centers in the conference, if not the country, but he needed a coach who would kick his ass, and Amaker wasn't it.
Never figured out what happened to his half court offense, though. In his third year, when they won the NIT, it was really quite good. After that, his teams just seemed to revert to throwing the ball around the perimeter for 30 seconds, then chucking up a wild 3.
during the Amaker era..maybe the first year we did...Coack K did not like scheduling games against teams coached by those he coached...Knight was the same way against Coach K until very late in his career
Anyone else notice the SEC advertising they have 8 Top 50 Kenpom teams and 8 top 50 RPI teams via the scorers table as sign?
Let’s go Davidson!
Great game, both teams that could be difficult opponents for someone in the tournament.