Pete Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Watching Virginia vs Norfolk State, nothing cracks me up like random white guys playing for HBCU schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 The NCAA has, for once, acceded to logic and will call the first and second rounds the tournament the first and second round, the way every right-thinking person already does. No more pretending that the play-in games constitute a round. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandonr4s Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 In case anyone is interested, the tourney sites for '16, '17 and '18 were also announced today. http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24817188/ncaa-announces-all-mens-tourney-sites-for-2016-2017-2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I already hate college basketball. Fucking Stanford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 LOL, I think we'll be fine bro.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 KU has had more shots blocked than field goals made. Guys, I'm starting to worry they may not win this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 In case anyone is interested, the tourney sites for '16, '17 and '18 were also announced today. http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24817188/ncaa-announces-all-mens-tourney-sites-for-2016-2017-2018 Sweet - the NCAAs are coming back to Spokane. Maybe I can land a press pass and hang out with Kevin Durant in the entrance tunnel again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 (edited) For the Spokane Regional, Idaho is listed as the host. Is that so Gonzaga could possibly play there? The story also says MSG is hosting a regional final one year. When was the last time MSG hosted NCAA tournament games? Edited November 19, 2014 by Dewar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandonr4s Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 For the Spokane Regional, Idaho is listed as the host. Is that so Gonzaga could possibly play there? The story also says MSG is hosting a regional final one year. When was the last time MSG hosted NCAA tournament games? UConn just went through MSG to get to the Final Four last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 For the Spokane Regional, Idaho is listed as the host. Is that so Gonzaga could possibly play there? The story also says MSG is hosting a regional final one year. When was the last time MSG hosted NCAA tournament games? UConn just went through MSG to get to the Final Four last season. Crap, didn't remember that. In my defense, it was 53 years since the previous time they hosted. Greggulator might be able to answer this: What the hell happened to St. Joe's? They almost got tripled at Gonzaga last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandonr4s Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 No problem. That was a bit tricky on my part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 They hosted last year, I should have remembered that. Maybe I blocked it out because UConn won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 For the Spokane Regional, Idaho is listed as the host. Is that so Gonzaga could possibly play there? The story also says MSG is hosting a regional final one year. When was the last time MSG hosted NCAA tournament games? UConn just went through MSG to get to the Final Four last season. Crap, didn't remember that. In my defense, it was 53 years since the previous time they hosted. Greggulator might be able to answer this: What the hell happened to St. Joe's? They almost got tripled at Gonzaga last night. St. Joe's only really played six players last season. Four of those guys aren't on this year's team (graduation, left to play overseas, etc.). The one returnee who started is a sophomore who is really struggling. The other returnee got hurt and is red-shirting (and isn't that good anyways). They lost to Fairleigh Dickinson on opening night. They also have a pretty hard out-of-conference schedule -- they've got Villanova, Temple, and the under-the-radar Western Kentucky and Denver. The A-10 is also a consistent mine field. This is going to be a loooooong year for the Hawks. In other Philly hoops news: La Salle is hosting the next time Philly gets the regionals. That's awesome and I'm trying to figure out a way to scam free tickets. The Explorers are 2-0 in two shaky wins against Colgate and Quinnipiac. Wins are wins, but we escaped both times. We have a really good senior frontcourt, but they haven't gotten going yet, and the rest of the rotation is largely comprised of freshmen, first-year-transfers or guys who didn't get a ton of minutes last year. It's a really interesting mix of talent that hasn't come together quite yet. I think they'll end up at least decent by the end of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 I had LaSalle on the moneyline against Quinnipiac. I was cursing you out for most of that game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 I had LaSalle on the moneyline against Quinnipiac. I was cursing you out for most of that game. I think we were dogs headed into it, even? Sorry if you watched that game. It may have set basketball back 40-50 years or so. Man was it ugly. I hate the "NBA vs. NCAA" argument where you seemingly can't be a fan of either. I love both. I just love basketball. But anyone who thinks the quality of play in the NCAA is anywhere near as good as the NBA really needs to watch more basketball. The NCAA is more fun, though. Obviously the main attraction with March Madness is gambling and office pools and the like. But another aspect is that it's truly the most American sporting event. How many cities in America have professional sports teams? I think 45? 50? College football is nationally popular but doesn't have much of a following in the urban Northeast, which is the most populated part of the country. When La Salle was in the Sweet 16, we played Boise State (which I think is mostly a commuter school w/ bigtime football), the "other" state school in Kansas that has an agricultural leaning, and the bastion of the traditional south in Ole Miss. We then got bounced by a commuter school in Kansas (Wichita) that has a pro-like following. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Battle 4 Atlantis is fit to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Two games and two upsets so far. The Badgers had better come correct tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 I just high fived and said "Good luck, coach" to someone who, in retrospect, was almost certainly not Roy Williams. In my defense I'm slightly drunk and all rich white people look the same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Don't look now but Canes basketball is 6-0. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandonr4s Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I'm going to vomit a little as I type this, but Duke is the best team in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 KU was down 15 at the half to Florida, now up by 8. I've never seen them play as badly as they did the first half and rarely as well as they half in the 2nd. What a weird fuckin' game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Michigan is currently trailing something called the New Jersey Institute of Technology (in Ann Arbor) with about five minutes left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 At least UConn's off the hook for losing to Yale now. I don't think NJIT is actually a real school. It's a made up video game school because EA couldn't get the rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share Posted December 6, 2014 NJIT is the only independent team in Division I basketball 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Erotic Terrorist Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Poor poor Fowler & Tabe. A few days after losing at home to New Jersey Institute of Technology Michigan lost 45-42 at home to.. Eastern Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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