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.
hope they lose the rest of their games.
besides LaSalle, cuz everyone loves a cinderella.
And because Marshall Henderson is incredibly annoying.
i think he's the coolest white trash since eminem...but that's just me
also, the thought of henderson getting under the skin of wisconsin made me happy
I picked them to beat Wisconsin, they did that, and now he can go away. Plus I have a ticket for the Sweet 16 and I really don't want to see him play
gonna shocker the world
Seriously.. are all eight games going to be blowouts today?
but the zags are trailing at the half. Could turn out to be a pretty good game.
...as it relates to the evening games:
Interestingly, St. Louis was given a 67% win probability against Oregon, and Butler is favored slightly (55%) against Marquette. Gonzaga is actually getting 69% as an estimated win probability against Wichita State. California is not getting much of a chance against Syracuse - 28% for that one.
By changing the very definition of what a flagrant foul is, they changed how you have to play the game. A flagrant foul should be just that, a flagrant action taken against another player, not some arbitrary action that takes 5 minutes for 3 refs to agree upon. 95% of the time it should be able to be called live without any review. I'd rather they do something like the NBA does when reviewing these like they did with flops and penalize the players that react 3 seconds after any contact to trigger the review in the first place.
Really pulling for Oregon and Marquette right know. Would give me 6 of the Sweet sixteen picks correct.
I would be pretty screwed if Marquette does not pull it out. I had them going to the Elite Eight.
But Michael Wilbon is doing Turrible with his picks.
It's still early but I'm still right behind Al Horford near the top. Problem is only Butler and Syracuse wins can help tonight...first round misses screwed up the rest. But it's fun while it lasts.
Edit...I forgot about that other school in Kansas - Go Shockers!
Who do you all need to win tonight for your brackets?
I need St. Louis, Butler, Cuse, and the Zags (although I wouldn't mind seeing them lose as a 1 seed).
re possible flagrant in St L-Oreg game
same game,20 seconds later,flagrant review
about player safety in college basketball? i've been following cbball for a while now and i don't ever remember so many stoppages to review these mundane plays...
Often a player will drive to basket,get bodied hard to the floor with no foul being called because the defender 'got all ball'
Should have had that during my ill-fated marriage
get an extra day and a half rest because Kansas-NC game tomorrow at 5PM.Winner be get home late Sunday night while our guys have been home since saturday afternoon.I was hoping we'd play Thurs. for that reason.
Butler is 10 of 25 and shooting 53.8% (7-13) from three-point land right now, good for an effective FG% of 54%. Six Marquette turnovers are starting to sting a little.
EDIT: So, I say that and Marquette starts to narrow the deficit a little bit. Still, now it is about one turnover per minute for the last ten for Marquette.
McGary, Hardaway and Robinson have had an outstanding tournament thus far, while Stauskas, Horford, Skip and Burke (except for his shooting) have been okay. Now if Lavert could just step up his game, Morgan contribute some solid minutes and a few more shots start dropping for Trey and Nik, look out.
The coaching staff has done an outstanding job.
If today's game was any indication, number 52 will not see any serious minutes for the rest of the year. A shame, but with McGary we have a player with just too much talent to not be out there for around 70% of the game.
if there is one more stoppage of play for a flagrant foul review, i'm gonna poop on a biscuit and feed it to my computer
Gonzaga game lol I hate it to
Blind pigs and acorns and such