Mens College Basketball regional semifinals day 1 open thread
Dayton vs. Stanford 7:15 CBS
Baylor vs. Wisconsin 7:47 TBS
UCLA vs. Florida 9:45 CBS
SDSU vs. Arizona 10:17 TBS
This is my sole measure of support as Florida is the only thing I got right in the South bracket.
March 27th, 2014 at 10:14 PM ^
Which isn't too hard if you picked Harvard over Cinci like I did. It's pretty much chalk other than that and Nova/UConn.
My bracket is still pretty solid, I have all Final Four teams (Florida, Arizona, Iowa St. and Michigan) left.
The South is the only region that is obliterated because I had Florida, VCU, Syracuse and Kansas and obviously only Florida made it to the Sweet 16. In the Midwest I had Duke and Wichita St. in the Sweet 16, but both losing to Louisville and Michigan respectively. In the West I had Creighton losing to Wisconsin.
So 7 of 8 Elite 8 alive and all 4 Final 4 teams alive.
March 27th, 2014 at 10:22 PM ^
I had SF Austin over UCLA (but losing in the Sweet 16 to Florida)
I had Syracuse over Dayton AND over Kansas (but losing to Florida in the Elite 8)
I had Kansas over Stanford (but losing to Syracuse in the Sweet 16)
I had Oklahoma St. over Gonzaga (but losing to Arizona in the Round of 32)
I had Creighton over Baylor (but losing to Wisconsin in the Sweet 16)
I had NC State over St. Louis (but losing to Louisville in the Round of 32)
I had Wichita St. over UK (but losing to Louisville in the Sweet 16)
I had Duke over Mercer AND over Tennessee (but losing to Michigan in the Sweet 16)
March 27th, 2014 at 10:30 PM ^
March 27th, 2014 at 10:06 PM ^
Is the Florida game ever going to start?
March 27th, 2014 at 10:09 PM ^
Dayton played a heck of a game. Only lost the board battle by 2 and won every other category. Baylor was pretty ball sucky. I think Florida is going to win pretty handily and even thoguh i picked them to win in my bracket I hope they lose. Obviously didnt have Dayton in the Elite 8 (did have em in the sweet 16 though) but the rest of my elite 8 is still playing so there's that. Tonights games seem pretty boring though.
March 27th, 2014 at 10:20 PM ^
down.
March 27th, 2014 at 10:25 PM ^
March 27th, 2014 at 10:30 PM ^
Frazier has a nice stroke!
March 27th, 2014 at 10:32 PM ^
so far.
March 27th, 2014 at 10:38 PM ^
Not sure how that was a charge...
March 27th, 2014 at 10:44 PM ^
There were many posters complaining that Wisky got basically home games in the first two rounds. They just won big a few thousand miles from Madison. San Diego State is getting a home town crowd in Anaheim.
March 27th, 2014 at 10:51 PM ^
I really hope Florida loses just because my bracket is destroyed so it doesn't matter anymore.
March 27th, 2014 at 10:53 PM ^
Prather blocks UCLA shot, ball clearly goes off Prather's shoulder, Florida gets posession....
Clearly I have misunderstood basketball for the past 20 years.
March 27th, 2014 at 11:14 PM ^
The Pac 12 could get swept out of the tournament in a matter of hours. Two of them by mid majors. Still early, but it's not a great start for them.
March 27th, 2014 at 11:21 PM ^
If Arizona loses (it's a long way from certain here) that is a real blow, but otherwise I think the Pac 12 has overperformed in the tournament and there is little for them to hang their heads about. Remember, the B1G was clearly the best conference last year, but the Sweet 16 was rather rough on it.
March 27th, 2014 at 11:28 PM ^
I don't think you can say the Pac-12 outperformed expectations if Arizona were to lose tonight. They were one of the biggest favorites to win the tournament. The Pac 12 only went 2-2 in the #8-9 and #7-10 games so not much there to really boast about.
Only Stanford outperformed expectations for the Pac-12 so far, and even some of the shine is off Stanford after losing to an #11 seed Dayton tonight. But the rest of the conference has done nothing to distinguish itself.
and lost to a team that knocked off #6 seed Ohio State & #3 seed Syracuse.
I don't think the loss to Dayton takes anything away from Stanford making the Sweet 16.
Had Arizona gone down, then yes, not having an Elite Eight team would have been a knock on the PAC 12.
March 27th, 2014 at 11:16 PM ^
Arizona is going to kick themself if they lose by 3 or less after that buzzer-almost-beater.
March 27th, 2014 at 11:22 PM ^
Ken Pomeroy went into a detailed analysis on the best in game coach yesterday on his blog. His answer: Steve Fisher.
If I had to offer up the best in-game coach among famous coaches, though, I’d go with Fisher. Yes, even over Brad Stevens. San Diego State has blown just six of 105 halftime leads against D-I teams over the past five seasons, and Fisher also happens to be 17-1 in overtime games over the past seven years.
http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/entry/whos_the_best_in_game_coach
SDSU leads Arizona at halftime.
March 27th, 2014 at 11:39 PM ^
March 27th, 2014 at 11:39 PM ^
I think UCLA's jerseys are pretty slick looking.
March 27th, 2014 at 11:43 PM ^
March 27th, 2014 at 11:53 PM ^
The kid is good
March 28th, 2014 at 12:01 AM ^
March 28th, 2014 at 12:01 AM ^
Do I want UCLA to win because Florida or do I want Florida to win because MSU...
March 28th, 2014 at 12:22 AM ^
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