NCAA Tournament - Evening Games Open Thread
I didn't see one yet, and I thought having a forum for general discussion of the evening games suvh as Butler / Marquette and Gonzaga / Wichita State (among others) might be convenient for all.
Buy a vowel and get a haircut.
Every band has played bad romance. The more you know...
On how to break the press.
Could be the first one today......
Butler won't give it up. Ha!
plays very good 'positional' defense.They're also the only team from the State of Indiana I ever root for.
since I've been out of the house ( a personal best)
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:16 PM ^
Man this Butler/Marquette game is really good back and forth action. After a day of blowouts its nice to have a good game.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:25 PM ^
Why the hell didn't Butler call a time out? Wtf?
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:19 PM ^
is a team full of players with epic names
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:19 PM ^
So first thing they do is leave a guy wide open for three. Sigh.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:24 PM ^
Here we go Butler!
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:30 PM ^
(EDIT: EDIT: EDIT: NOT) gonna lose the same way
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:26 PM ^
You needed the thirty foot off balance three.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:30 PM ^
And yet they have another shot at life!
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:27 PM ^
Whoa.
Hold the phone.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:30 PM ^
That was a great playcall.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:31 PM ^
Ever
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:34 PM ^
Which one? Obviously the second one was worse, but the first air ball 3 was HORRIBLE
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:39 PM ^
but I hear ya on the 3 pointer
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:39 PM ^
Of potential game winning shots ever. They should both be very embarrassed. Haha
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:37 PM ^
Fucking angry...
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:32 PM ^
Why do some Nike schools have "Jordan" uniforms and some just have Nike?
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:34 PM ^
Stevens and Shaka can be losers together.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:35 PM ^
And the rest of tonight's games suck.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:38 PM ^
Shit man
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:46 PM ^
Gonzaga-Wichita is actually a really good game.
March 23rd, 2013 at 11:02 PM ^
I'm not going to get drawn into another game only to have them blow it at the end.
Edit: oh who am I kidding, of course I am.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:36 PM ^
Just fuct me. Well whatever.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:38 PM ^
Butler need? Sheesh
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:38 PM ^
First time ever Michigan and MSU are both in the Sweet 16 at the same time.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:39 PM ^
Gottlieb is just an awful announcer. I think I would rather just have this game on mute.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:40 PM ^
So much for the great tournament the A-10 was having, they are now 0 for 3 on the day.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:45 PM ^
Down 4 with 4.9 seconds to go, the ONLY chance a team has is to save the clock by inbounding the ball the length of the court near the bucket to score w/ some time left. Nine times out of ten, you see teams implicitly concede by inbounding the ball in the back court and taking a zero-chance-to-win game-ending perfunctory three-point heave.
Yes, the length of the court pass is much harder to complete than the path-of-least-resistance ordinary back court inbound, but IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO WIN. Why haven't most coaches/teams figured that out?
Butler almost pulled it off where most teams would have thrown in the towel.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:50 PM ^
or a pass to mid-court if it's a 1 possession game.My rule was if opp. scores (usually a FT) to tie or take the lead with 6 seconds or less call time-out.More than 6 seconds just go with it because you usually get a better look than if you call time out and def. can get organized.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:44 PM ^
Anybody know where to find a video of the game today?
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:49 PM ^
You can find the replay here - (LINK) - on the NCAA March Madness site. MGoVideo will not be up until tomorrow per a tweet earlier - audio problems being worked out.
As for the Gonzaga-Wichita State game, am I the only one that wonders if Kelly Olynyk is where Bjorn Borg's hair went?
March 23rd, 2013 at 11:25 PM ^
Awesome. Thank you so much.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:46 PM ^
The crushing hits not being called in this gonzaga game.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:48 PM ^
I'm watching the Wichita State vs. Gonzaga game, and they have been trading ridiculous threes.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:47 PM ^
Travel by Wichita State. No call.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:53 PM ^
Just before, goldy locks was clearly fouled, and no call. But im not complaining, go wichita st!
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:48 PM ^
It is raining 3's in the Gonzaga game!
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:51 PM ^
Shockin' Ya'll!! Witchita St., take these fools down! (Note: I think Gonzaga is a very good team but I'm in this at this point for the upsets!)
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:51 PM ^
but that doesn't mean he has no heart!"
gotta love the lame commentary in this game.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:52 PM ^
On the cheesy side.
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:53 PM ^
combined Gonz/Wichita St
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:57 PM ^
TWENTY ONEEEEEE & TWENTY TWOOOOOO
March 24th, 2013 at 12:01 AM ^
The crazy part is that the bulk of them came near the end of the game
March 23rd, 2013 at 10:55 PM ^
where John Stockton stands on his son's gross facial