Evening NCAA Game (and adult beverage) Thread
Mates,
Its a very nice Saturday night with our Wolverines in the Sweet 16. Minny is unfortunately taking it on the chin from sparty right now, but Purdon't is showing up well. More games tonight.
Go Blue!
XM
Shitty, uncompetitive games, at the moment
Kansas and Auburn should be a doozy. I’m liking the Purdue game. Both teams taking and making an incredible amount of threes.
kansas v. auburn scheduled to start at 9:40, everybody else in progress or done.
Ugh, it won't start until 9:58pm.
Buffalo Trace, Old Forester 86, and 1792
am I the only one thinking they are protecting Gonzaga in this tourney and helping them along?
Drinking those bourbons chilled neat btw
Lol, Ward traveled right out of the paint.
probably too much to hope for, but i note that minny has closed the gap from 15 down to 9 vs. sparty. could happen....
Purdue spanking Nova.
Minnesota sucks.
yeah, now down by 19. say goodnight to the gophers.
Gonzaga has the attitude of a big bad bully due to the shit ass conference they play in. Can't wait till they cross our path. Z will go all Lima, Ohio on their asses.
FSU may take them out.
Minnesota isn't good.
Coach Beilein Court
Make it happen.
Coach Beilein Court
Make it happen.
Is there any doubt that the Big Ten is the best conference this year? Michigan blasted UNC and Nova, Minnesota destroyed Louisville the other day, Purdue is eviscerating Nova. The ACC is only getting the rep because of the Duke echo chamber. Why is Virginia supposed to be good? "They only lost to Duke." Ok, why is UNC good? "They beat Duke twice." Ok, why is Duke good? "CAUSE THEY'RE DOOK!!!"
I always root against Kansas.
“Tom Izzo is yelling at the referee and I don’t know why.”
I know why. He’s a douche bag.
March 23rd, 2019 at 10:41 PM ^
What did he have to scream about?
Honestly without Murphy, I'm not even sure Minny is a NIT caliber team
Apparently trying to idiotically break your hand on things is not exclusive to MSU athletes, extends to coaches too
At least msu gets LSU and not another Big Ten team they know inside & out. I’ll say it again, yes they got Duke, but they got 1 easy path to E8.
LSU could pose problems for them. Waters is the real deal.
I will be surprised if MSU does not dismantle them with ease.
I remain a B1G fan until Michigan faces one of their compatriots. The more conference wins the better "we" look.
'Nova is bRokEn
Purdue is absolutely demolishing Nova, wow.
Purdue embarrassing Villanova
So will Big Ten give Nova both the biggest loss at home and biggest tourney loss in one season? Edit: current worst postseason loss is to the Bonnies 94-74 in 1970.
I’m. Not sure Minnesota has made more than two baskets in the second half
Severe lack of buzzer beaters.
Yikes for Nova, down 30+ twice this season to big ten teams
Can Purdue go up 40?
March 23rd, 2019 at 10:02 PM ^
Nova ought to pack their shit and walk off the floor right now.
Oh wait, they already did.
Pretty sure Purdue did that for them ... or more precisely, to them ...
March 23rd, 2019 at 10:03 PM ^
I feel for the Minny guys, they're very emotional, you can tell they put everything into it. Losing to MSU just makes it worse.
March 23rd, 2019 at 10:04 PM ^
Enjoying an Arbor Brewing Buzz Saw IPA right now as I flip channels between the end if the spartie game and the other two games in progress.
March 23rd, 2019 at 10:05 PM ^
Classy Richard Pitino move putting Murphy back in for the curtain call.
I really have no problems with that dude despite his family tree.
March 23rd, 2019 at 11:06 PM ^
It was awesome hearing the crowd chant his name like that, too. The poor dude could barely walk out there though. Really sad to see him go out like that.
March 23rd, 2019 at 10:07 PM ^
Big Ten doing work!!
March 23rd, 2019 at 10:08 PM ^
Bulleit Bourbon and a cigar. Relaxing outside after the Sweet 16 clinching win.
March 23rd, 2019 at 10:10 PM ^
Auburn and Kansas looks like it might be a little fun.
Lots of blowouts today after LSU-Maryland coming down to the end.
Watching MSU turn the ball over 20+ times and still blowing out Minnesota should quiet any Spartan fans who claim their path is "challenging". They have one tough game in that bracket and it's Duke.
March 23rd, 2019 at 10:14 PM ^
Agree with the overall sentimental but I do think LSU could pose a decent challenge
March 23rd, 2019 at 10:21 PM ^
I mean, any team could pose a challenge to MSU. But LSU has beaten Yale and Maryland by a combined 7 points, and in both games were in dog fights to teams they should be better than.
If MSU turns the ball over 20+ times again, absolutely that's a game. But LSU always felt like a weak #3 (they're the worst per KenPom), and they just sort of feel like a very athletic team that doesn't have a whole lot of strategy. If they get into a track meet with MSU then obviously they can win, but Izzo is a good enough coach to scout a team like LSU pretty well and find their weaknesses, especially defensively.
March 23rd, 2019 at 10:31 PM ^
Yeah I get it. But it’s not like M’s path to the 16s was a gauntlet either....
March 23rd, 2019 at 11:19 PM ^
When you are a 2 seed your path shouldn’t be that difficult to make the Sweet 16. Based on % you have about a 50% chance of playing a lower seed in rd 2 than a 1 seed does
March 23rd, 2019 at 10:49 PM ^
It would be an increase in difficulty for MSU, but you're probably right, I'm told that LSU hasn't looked great defensively.
March 23rd, 2019 at 10:11 PM ^
Auburn looking to let me turn this one off early.
March 23rd, 2019 at 10:12 PM ^
Kind of a chalky tournament so far
March 23rd, 2019 at 10:15 PM ^
Big bad KU gonna get smoked.
March 23rd, 2019 at 10:39 PM ^
KU the regular season monsters!