NCAA Basketball Tournament - Nailing Down The Final Four (Open Thread)
Alright, folks, we've got half of the Final Four - we'll know the other half today. On CBS, we have:
2:20 PM - Michigan State vs. Louisville (line is MSU -2.5, I think)
5:05 PM - Duke vs. Gonzaga (line is Duke -2.0, last I saw)
My picks in the ESPN Bracket were Louisville and Duke, but I have MSU and Gonzaga in my yearly "chaos bracket" too.
Looks a lot like the UConn game last year, if they can't get some threes to fall they won't compete here.
The more I see all these other big time coaches whine and bitch at the refs, the more I kinda want Beilein to follow suit. It seems to work getting the refs to make 1 or 2 more calls in a team's favor...
Then again it's nice having a calm coach that rarely blows up.
I really appreciate his composure in a sport where grandstanding by coaces has become commonplace. On the rare occasion Beilein has lost it (by Beilein standards) absolutely everyone takes notice and everyone knows his team is getting royally screwed.
beilein seems to get a tech every time he complains at all. I don't get it. I certainly don't get why Ryan and Izzo get away with murder.
beilein seems to get a tech every time he complains at all. I don't get it. I certainly don't get why Ryan and Izzo get away with murder.
edit: have to neg myself when I double post
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Louisville really seemed to dominate the 2nd part of the half. Will be interesting to see what happens in crunch time when the calls start shifting to Izzo to get him to the final four.
A good ref sees everything pic.twitter.com/zzqs5CVbfu
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Blame the NBA and their drafting on "potential" instead of what can you do for me now philosophy taken to the extreme.
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And he seems like a cool dude when they interview him.
Great play by rozier.
holy shit louisville make your free throws
Tum Tum is a nickname that will easily be the most hated thing in AA for years to come.
How does no one shove something in Travis Trice's mom's mouth when she's shrieking like Al-Queda during a free throw? How would she feel if another parent did that when her son was shooting? What a rude bitch.
That's what that noise is during the free throws?
Jesus...
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If you think she's bad you should've sat near the family section when MSU came to Crisler. Good bunch that bunch was.
No wonder she's so annoying. She's from Columbus, OH
I can live with never hearing Trice's banshee mom screaming at a bball again. STOP IT!
http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/3/22/8272911/michigan-state-players…
Fun Fact: @Ttrice20 mom Julie is the amazing high-pitched catcall during opposing free throws. #MSUvsUVA #MomsRule http://t.co/8XuSfYP8rE
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Louisville should be close to the bonus by now.
Louisville has to get out of that zone, leaving a ton of holes in it. I feel like they'd dominate MSU in man.
I swear LVille just got 5 ticky tacky fouls called on them in a row.
Lol these foul calls are getting out of hand. Last 2 trips down for MSU, 4 foul calls and one bad out of bounds call going their way.
What is that, the 20th time in this one game we've heard the Tum Tum story? Enough already. He's not even a star player.
repeating Verne's lame Mariucci story. Its literally been 10 years since Mariucci was relevant.
Is it a foul every time someone goes near a Spartan?
Is that even a question?
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MSU has gotten about 6 foul calls in the last minute. Of course. We're at about 10 minutes to go and it's Izzo ref time.
This is going to be hard to watch with MSU in the bonus with 12 minutes to go and getting a whistle anytime then drive near a Louisville player.
Guessin the Duke/Gonzaga beat down of the winner of this game will be the early game on Saturday.
This run for MSU is absolutely perfect for them thus far - nobody they've faced is particularly great offensively, and they are extremely good at grinding down teams on defense. the ticky-tack fouling on Louisville is also killing them, but that's life in the conference with Izzo as a coach, I guess.
I don't know why I hate them this much, but this team in particular is just the most unlikable around.
Duke and Gonzaga will/would destroy them. Okafor would slaughter Dawson.
Payne and Appling will be the most unlikable MSU duo until MSU manages to get two guys to commit murder and continue playing.
So for another 2 years?
Louisville finally gets 2 foul calls and they each cost them an easy layup.
Both teams in the bonus halfway through the second half and all of the sudden I hate basketball again.