RIPPA Posted March 2, 2021 Author Posted March 2, 2021 The NIT will be played this year (at least that's the plan) Bubble in Dallas-Fort Worth Only 16 teams and no automatic qualifiers I would say that people would bitch about the no automatic qualifiers thing but I can see so many teams opting to end their seasons instead of dealing with more COVID protocols.
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 2, 2021 Posted March 2, 2021 Might as well start the thread. Barring a catastrophe, and in this day and age... who the f knows... there will be a March Madness tournament. Whoever is playing in a tournament starts this weekend, the tournament itself starts in 2 weeks (3/18). Everyone plays in Indiana, and the finals will be at Lucas Oil Stadium. As weird as it's going to be... here we go:
Pete Posted March 2, 2021 Posted March 2, 2021 ESPN has #20 Loyola-Chicago as a lock for the dance. Realistically, they should run the table at Arch Madness to make it official because I don't trust the tourney committee any farther than I can throw them.
RIPPA Posted March 4, 2021 Author Posted March 4, 2021 Jim Boeheim is a dick. I am sure you are all shocked
Tabe Posted March 4, 2021 Posted March 4, 2021 5 hours ago, RIPPA said: Jim Boeheim is a dick. I am sure you are all shocked It must suck to have your decisions questioned by a reporter who's never played basketball and is 5'2" - and whose criticism was right. Jim Boeheim is human trash.
Pete Posted March 8, 2021 Posted March 8, 2021 On 3/2/2021 at 11:08 AM, Pete said: ESPN has #20 Loyola-Chicago as a lock for the dance. Realistically, they should run the table at Arch Madness to make it official because I don't trust the tourney committee any farther than I can throw them. The Ramblers run the table. Drake (25-4, NET 47) will be sweating the next week.
Pete Posted March 9, 2021 Posted March 9, 2021 App State upsets Georgia State to claim the Sun Belt Conference title. The Mountaineers are dancing for the first time since 2000. 1 2
Zimbra Posted March 11, 2021 Posted March 11, 2021 Duke's out of the ACC tournament after a positive COVID test on the team.
RIPPA Posted March 11, 2021 Author Posted March 11, 2021 On a similar note - the NCAA says that a team will need only 5 healthy players to compete in the tournament. When asked about the coaching staff they kinda threw up their arms and were like "we haven't figured that out yet" ALSO - if a team is selected for the tournament but then has to pull out due to COVID - they can be replaced up until sometime Tuesday evening. After that point, a team withdrawing means its opponent will get a bye
hammerva Posted March 11, 2021 Posted March 11, 2021 25 minutes ago, Zimbra said: Duke's out of the ACC tournament after a positive COVID test on the team. Well it is a good thing for them they are getting in because they are Duke. Must be nice 1
RIPPA Posted March 11, 2021 Author Posted March 11, 2021 1 hour ago, hammerva said: Well it is a good thing for them they are getting in because they are Duke. Must be nice For what its worth both Duke's AD and Coach K have said their season is over
Tabe Posted March 12, 2021 Posted March 12, 2021 Sparty decided they needed a terrible new name: https://sports.yahoo.com/michigan-state-basketball-team-msu-spartans-presented-by-rocket-mortgage-223057968.html 1
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 12, 2021 Posted March 12, 2021 Good news: G'town knocked out Villanova from the Big East tournament. Bad news: G'town HC Patrick Ewing was stopped multiple times by MSG security who didn't know who he was (!). 1
Jiji Posted March 12, 2021 Posted March 12, 2021 Were they kids? They gotta be like 20 or something and even then how do you not just have Ewing knowledge via social osmosis?
Tabe Posted March 12, 2021 Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Good news: G'town knocked out Villanova from the Big East tournament. Bad news: G'town HC Patrick Ewing was stopped multiple times by MSG security who didn't know who he was (!). Maybe the guards only remember guys who win titles. Edited March 12, 2021 by Tabe 3
Pete Posted March 12, 2021 Posted March 12, 2021 Tonight's Ga Tech/Virginia semifinal has been cancelled due to a positive UVA COVID test. Tech advances by walkover to play the Heels/Noles winner tomorrow.
Craig H Posted March 12, 2021 Posted March 12, 2021 Teams only need 5 healthy players? Fuck yeah. Hoosiers style! Coincidentally, I just watched Hoosiers two days ago before seeing that in Rippa's post.
Tabe Posted March 12, 2021 Posted March 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Craig H said: Teams only need 5 healthy players? Fuck yeah. Hoosiers style! Coincidentally, I just watched Hoosiers two days ago before seeing that in Rippa's post. I love that movie. Lately, I've been watching old Sisek & Ebert reviews on Youtube. It's been great fun. Listening to them predict things ("future star Nicole Kidman", "the bright spot of Ferris Bueller is the sister. Look out for her!") is great. Anyway, they reviewed Hoosiers and Siskel just trashed it. He's so far off the mark it's hilarious. His main criticism ended up being "I'm a basketball fan and anybody familiar with Indiana basketball knows this would never have happened in real life. They'd have gotten crushed." He was dead serious, LOL.
Zimbra Posted March 12, 2021 Posted March 12, 2021 10 hours ago, Tabe said: Maybe the guards only remember guys who win titles. How would anyone with the Knicks know what a champion looks like? 1
RIPPA Posted March 12, 2021 Author Posted March 12, 2021 UVA becomes the 2nd team that has to withdraw from the ACC tournament due to positive COVID tests. Really interesting how the local folks who were claiming that Duke faked it aren't saying the same about Virginia GA Tech moves on the final to play the winner of FSU/UNC EDIT - I should note that UVA can still play in the NCAA tournament since Quote To play in the NCAA tournament, a team needs to show seven consecutive negative daily tests before arriving in Indianapolis
Pete Posted March 12, 2021 Posted March 12, 2021 6 minutes ago, RIPPA said: UVA becomes the 2nd team that has to withdraw from the ACC tournament due to positive COVID tests. Really interesting how the local folks who were claiming that Duke faked it aren't saying the same about Virginia GA Tech moves on the final to play the winner of FSU/UNC EDIT - I should note that UVA can still play in the NCAA tournament since In a switch, @RIPPA now has me on ignore.
RIPPA Posted March 12, 2021 Author Posted March 12, 2021 I had blood in my eyes due to TABE's Patrick Ewing slander 2
Craig H Posted March 12, 2021 Posted March 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, Tabe said: I love that movie. Lately, I've been watching old Sisek & Ebert reviews on Youtube. It's been great fun. Listening to them predict things ("future star Nicole Kidman", "the bright spot of Ferris Bueller is the sister. Look out for her!") is great. Anyway, they reviewed Hoosiers and Siskel just trashed it. He's so far off the mark it's hilarious. His main criticism ended up being "I'm a basketball fan and anybody familiar with Indiana basketball knows this would never have happened in real life. They'd have gotten crushed." He was dead serious, LOL. I feel like I'm not surprised that Siskel trashed it. As someone who actually has lived in Indiana their whole life, it's not that far fetched that it wouldn't have happened. Indiana doesn't do it anymore, but we used to have a huge state-wide tournament with all of the basketball teams and you'd have smaller schools progressing. Hell, my high school was one of the biggest and wealthiest in the state and I remember our basketball team not being that good (football was and still is where it's at for that school.
Zimbra Posted March 12, 2021 Posted March 12, 2021 Now Kansas is out of the Big 12 tournament after having a player, who played against OU yesterday, test positive. They had already left two players at home due to COVID protocols. They're really gonna get 68 teams together in the same city, huh?
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