NCAA Tournament Night Game Thread

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Dayton-Syracuse and Oregon-Wisconsin are currently playing.  Dayton led Syracuse 20-18 at the half in this one.

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alum96

March 22nd, 2014 at 10:52 PM ^

MSU has a lot of talent but are weak minded - they will win this but a close game against a team that can match them physically will be their doom.

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alum96

March 22nd, 2014 at 10:57 PM ^

A lot of teams.  Neither Harvard or Delaware are within 2 iterations of MSU athleticism.  Illinois was, Ohio State was, VA Villanova Iowa State NC - all those will.  IOwa State would beat them but they lose their 3rd leading scorer so probably not now.  I am not saying those teams will or will not beat MSU.  I am saying if its a close game at the end with a team that can physically match MSU they will lose.  If they have a 8 pt lead with 40 seconds to go vs any of those teams MSU will win.  If its a 2-4 pt type game this is not a mentally strong team

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samdrussBLUE

March 22nd, 2014 at 11:26 PM ^

I picked that as well. But not because they can match them physically. I think virginia will play a better all around team game and have fewer empty possessions. If Dawson and Payne get to 60 again, that's not good tho.

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jwschultz

March 22nd, 2014 at 10:56 PM ^

MSU getting some 1-seed calls for the last full minute. Wonder what every ESPN analyst is doing with State's Sweet 16 game in their round-by-round picks, though.

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samdrussBLUE

March 22nd, 2014 at 11:00 PM ^

Cmon? Calls were missed on both sides. Wasn't obviously favoring them. I wasn't rooting for them, but acting like the refs gifted them down the stretch in not true. Harvard didn't have enough

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UMgradMSUdad

March 23rd, 2014 at 12:29 AM ^

According to the half dozen threads complaining about the officiating at RCMB, you're wrong.  Then again, I don't think there's a game that goes by, win or lose, that Sparties don't create multiple threads whinging on and on about the officiating.

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jcouz

March 22nd, 2014 at 10:59 PM ^

when Harvard took the lead for a moment. Almost took away the National Championship that their fans and the media had already rewarded them. Fuck Sparty.

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alum96

March 22nd, 2014 at 11:03 PM ^

Of all the teams that have played 2 games, UM has been the least in danger at any moment.  Maybe UF but that's the #1 overall and had some iffy moments versus Albany.

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gwkrlghl

March 22nd, 2014 at 11:45 PM ^

This is a completely uninteresting match-up to me for some reason. I had some kind of rooting interest or something for every other game today but just can't get myself interested in this one

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