Elite Eight Day Two Open Thread
March 30th, 2014 at 10:47 AM ^
...and basically, my brackets - save for maybe one - look like this from the air:
Is liquid water, not steam for the record....
March 30th, 2014 at 10:52 AM ^
March 30th, 2014 at 10:58 AM ^
But I had MSU beating ISU today so it doesn't hurt that much.
Up until 2 days ago I was sitting pretty, I was in the 98% range on ESPN.com with 7 of 8 Elite 8 and 4 of 4 Final Four.
However, I had Arizona beating Wisconsin. Michigan beating Louisville, MSU beating ISU and Florida beating Syracuse.
Obviously Syracuse lost early and the Louisville lost to UK and ISU lost to UConn so that put me at 5 of 8 elite teams after the other night. But I still had all 4 Final Four teams until last night.
So yea...now I'm fucked. I fell from 98.5% to 94% in like 4 games.
At this point I just want to see all B1G teams make the Final Four then Michigan beat the shit out of both.
March 30th, 2014 at 10:58 AM ^
March 30th, 2014 at 11:04 AM ^
March 30th, 2014 at 11:18 AM ^
March 30th, 2014 at 11:31 AM ^
March 30th, 2014 at 12:30 PM ^
Imagine if ESPN had been as big in '85 as it is now. Schools from DC, Philly, and New York in the Final 4 at the same time, from a conference called the Big East? You would have heard about nothing else (not even the Red Sox and Yankees) for several days.
Even then, the noise from the East Coast media was deafening.
March 30th, 2014 at 11:38 AM ^
March 30th, 2014 at 12:27 PM ^
You're just rooting for UConn to lose more than you're rooting for MSU to lose.
Get it right next time.
Touche'
Next year's tournament I'll get it right.
The Big Eight sent KSU, KU & OU to the Final Four, with Danny Manning and Kansas avenging 3 losses earlier in the year to the Sooners to win the NC.
March 30th, 2014 at 12:02 PM ^
March 30th, 2014 at 12:31 PM ^
Why not BEAT them in the National Championship game?
3 times in 1 season.
They'll have to hang a banner that says "2014 National Runner-up" while we hang "2014 National Champions"
I for the life of me can't figure of me figure out why anyone wouldn't want this.
I'm not saying root for MSU - NEVER root for MSU. But it's not the end of the world if they today and next Saturday as long as we keep winning.
It's not even about B1G Pride...I mean that's cool and all. But we get a chance to stick it to BOTH B1G schools in the Final Four. Take that opportunity.
It'll be all B1G hype about 3 of 4 teams...and then we destroy both. How amazing would that be?
#DREAMB1G
I think we see a huge advantage when we play teams who haven't "seen" us before. Wisconsin and MSU are both familiar with the crazy shit we'll throw at them on offense and the importance of that for those teams is going unnoticed by a lot of people. I'll take Florida or UCONN over MSU if we make it that far.
March 30th, 2014 at 11:54 AM ^
I'm fine with Wiscy and UM make it; I'm SOOOOO tired of this MSU team and all of the media salivation.
March 30th, 2014 at 12:34 PM ^
It's going to go away if both Michigan and MSU win...it'll be all about the B1G
If MSU loses, it'll be about their injuries for a couple days and then it'll be a UF slurpfest about their seniors and 0-3 and then to the Final Four.
No matter what it's not going to be about Michigan unless we reach the National Championship game again.
March 30th, 2014 at 12:05 PM ^
I want staee to make it to the 'ship game. I want them to play MICH, and I want them to get humiliated.
March 30th, 2014 at 12:08 PM ^
March 30th, 2014 at 12:14 PM ^
The Bo Ryan Fightin Badgers are a good basketball squad, but I think we can take them. I heard somewhere that Beilein is really really good when he has a week to prepare.
BUT FIRST we must defeat the University of Calipari Fighting Future First Rounders. My e-prediction for today's game is MICH 81 UCFFFR 79
HAIL
March 30th, 2014 at 12:22 PM ^
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March 30th, 2014 at 12:10 PM ^
March 30th, 2014 at 12:22 PM ^
March 30th, 2014 at 12:25 PM ^
Because according to his logic, if MSU wins. I don't need to watch the Michigan game.
March 30th, 2014 at 12:33 PM ^
March 30th, 2014 at 12:37 PM ^
Then you'll see it.
MSU is favored and Michigan is favored by Kenpom and -2 in Vegas...so it's not unrealistic. I mean, I guess I see your point...but they're just not mutually exclusive.
If MSU wins...it has no impact on us whatsoever.
Maybe just don't watch their game. I dunno what to tell ya brah!
March 30th, 2014 at 12:35 PM ^
March 30th, 2014 at 12:19 PM ^
March 30th, 2014 at 12:24 PM ^
When I create the Final Four (Day 1) OPEN Thread. It's going to be so cool - just wait.
March 30th, 2014 at 12:36 PM ^
That's the first game up...and hey, we're under 2 hours now from tip-off.
How do folks see this one going? MSU comfortably? I'm not so sure...
March 30th, 2014 at 12:45 PM ^
I predict Tom Izzo will bitch and complain an awful lot.
And they'll probably win but I think it will be closer than everyone seems to think.
In fact I wouldn't be surprised if UConn wins.
March 30th, 2014 at 12:47 PM ^
March 30th, 2014 at 12:42 PM ^
I'll be in the air during our game. Is airplane WiFi usually strong enough to stream a game? Delta is the airline.
March 30th, 2014 at 12:54 PM ^
Streaming audio, on the other hand, should work fine. Assuming that you don't mind paying whatever exorbitant fee the airline charges, I'd DVR the game, listen to it on the flight, and then make an informed decision after you land about whether or not you want to watch or to delete the game when you get home.
Go Blue!
The biggest key for today is a Michigan Win! And this isn't for the obvious reasons. Living in SEC country, all i've had to listen to is "SEC SEC SEC SEC! We don't get no respect in Basketball! We're good! Better than most! Look, we've got 3 in the Sweet 16, 2 in the Elite Eight!" blah blah blah.
If Michigan loses, that puts 2 SEC teams in the Final Four. They DO NOT need any additional ammo to continue to preach the SEC dominance.
Plus, I work with a ton of UT and UK fans, so coming into work tomorrow having beaten both Tennessee and Kentucky would be AMAZING!
GO BLUE! The REAL BLUE!
As this game proceeds I will hate MSU in inverse proportion to the love shown to them by these god awful announcers.