SorceressKnight Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 26 minutes ago, Beech27 said: At the rate we’ve been getting kinda dubious one-seeds, I’m just happy Kansas didn’t pick up this burden. And now I get to drive all my K-State alumni friends and family insane by insisting this should be easy for them. And who knows? Get Dean Wade healthy for next week... (They’re really more interested in ways it could go wrong, at the moment. There weren’t supposed to be expectations.) Hey. It's a hard game for K-State. No 16 seed has ever lost in the round of 32. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I would like to remind people that this is the second time a 16 seed has won in an NCAA tournament: several years back in the Women's tourney Harvard beat #1 Stanford. Given the disparities between the top women's programs and the rest that may have been a more spectacular upset than tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 37 minutes ago, sabremike said: I would like to remind people that this is the second time a 16 seed has won in an NCAA tournament: several years back in the Women's tourney Harvard beat #1 Stanford. Given the disparities between the top women's programs and the rest that may have been a more spectacular upset than tonight. Stanford's two best players missed the game with injuries though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Brian Fowler said: Stanford's two best players missed the game with injuries though. But the best player on the Harvard team wouldn't have had a prayer of getting on Stanford's roster. They were missing their top 2 players but the gulf between even the reserves of a top team and like 98% of women's teams was and still is astronomical (this is one of the reasons UCONN won over 100 games in a row). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorceressKnight Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: Stanford's two best players missed the game with injuries though. Virginia was missing DeAndre Hunter with a broken wrist, who was not only a key player for the Cavaliers, but one of their best energy guys (and considering how lethargic Virginia was, he would have been a huge help for them tonight.) Your point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 hour ago, sabremike said: But the best player on the Harvard team wouldn't have had a prayer of getting on Stanford's roster. They were missing their top 2 players but the gulf between even the reserves of a top team and like 98% of women's teams was and still is astronomical (this is one of the reasons UCONN won over 100 games in a row). I'm not trying to take anything away from Harvard's upset, but if it had been known before the committee finished the bracket that they were going to miss that game, Stanford wouldn't have gotten the 1 seed. 1 hour ago, SorceressKnight said: Virginia was missing DeAndre Hunter with a broken wrist, who was not only a key player for the Cavaliers, but one of their best energy guys (and considering how lethargic Virginia was, he would have been a huge help for them tonight.) Your point? I'm not sure "missing our sixth man" is all that similar to "missing our two best players" even when it's a very good sixth man. Plus, I mean, Virginia got flat out whupped. Harvard won by four in 98. UMBC won by twenty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 UMBC's Twitter game is strong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 March Madness is really the only form of gambling where you enjoy losing when it happen in the most nutty way possible. So safe to say that Virginia's style of play will be not be duplicated by future coaches of the NCAA when you cant even make it out of the 1st round My favorite stat is that the American East conference had more wins the tournament than the PAC 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 The best part of UMBC's win 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Savage. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 One of my friends asked if this was bigger than the Chaminade game. Tempting to say yes, since it was the tournament, but regency bias and all that ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 To me it isn't even close. Odds wise the Chaminade game was probably a bigger upset but it was early in the season and really didn't impact Virginia being a top 5 and sweet 16 team that year (I think it was in 1983). Last night the season was over with that when probably 80% of America had them at least in their final 4 brackets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Wife is currently wearing a Marshall football jersey over top a white turtleneck. As soon as I decide we're not getting icy roads this morning, I'm off to the WVU fan shop to buy NCAA Tourney gear. War has been declared. Tomorrow will be ugly. Then there will be a basketball game in the evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 hour ago, hammerva said: To me it isn't even close. Odds wise the Chaminade game was probably a bigger upset but it was early in the season and really didn't impact Virginia being a top 5 and sweet 16 team that year (I think it was in 1983). Last night the season was over with that when probably 80% of America had them at least in their final 4 brackets I asked one of my DC sports talk pals and he said the older game was a bigger upset since there was no 3 point shot then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 Winning one for granny again. Watching Candice Parker (a Tennessee grad) talking shit in the studio when they took the lead and then watching the game winning shot to lose was awesome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Live tape reactions of Candace Parker watching the end of the game. Great last 10 mins of that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 As Cubs pointed out, she is from Naperville, Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 20 minutes ago, odessasteps said: As Cubs pointed out, she is from Naperville, Illinois. Younger sister of Anthony Parker, fellow Bradley alumni and European superstar for Maccabi Tel Aviv before wrapping up his career in the NBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Gonzaga's terrible free throw shooting this weekend might end up costing them. They have let OSU come back because they can't hit free shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 Florida had a ton of great opportunities to win the game but couldn't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 You gotta be fucking kidding me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 As soon as I saw they weren't covering the in-bound guy I knew Michigan was winning. The only reason you don't cover the in-bound guy in that situation is to foul someone before they can get a shot up. Either a few Houston players had a brain fart or Kelvin "Show Cause" Sampson told them not to foul. Great ending to what has been a pretty remarkable three days of basketball. I *LOVE* that Loyola team. I saw them play a few times on ESPN3 this season. I thought they'd get a stab or two if they managed to get into the dance. They just move the ball so incredibly well. I also can get co-workers to take depositions AND have written proof that I thought UMBC would play UVA tough. I didn't pick them to win. But I thought they'd be a "tied with three to go" type of team. I saw a few UMBC games this season to because I am a crazy person. There is usually a formula behind all of the close 16-1 misses and 15-2 upsets. One of the players on the underdog teams is usually a great player (Steve Nash, CJ McCollum, Popeye Jones, Kyle O'Quinn and Keith "Mister" Jennings all had NBA careers and were all on 15 seeds or 16 seeds that came close to a big upset) and/or the favored seed plays a deliberate pace (like Georgetown vs. FGCU). Jairus Lyles on UMBC was a Top 100 recruit in high school who went to VCU but didn't get any minutes/lipped off to coaches his freshman year before ending up playing close to home. Not that he's a NBA level player, but he's been really good this year and would have gotten minutes on every team in the ACC. Virginia plays the slowest pace in all of college hoops. Also, the 5'6" kid from Puerto Rico on UMBC (and AmEast Defensive Player of the Year) got into the lane and wreaked some havoc on the pack line with kick-outs. Also, despite my amazing prognositcation skills and foresight to think UMBC had a chance, I am DEAD LAST in my office pool at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 What a wild tournament so far. UMBC's Jairus Lyles parents both went to UVA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 So I assume Syracuse run ends when Duke kills them because of course Duke needs the easiest road to the F4 every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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