Cobra Commander Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 There has to be a way to give college basketball refs less power without turning the game over to teams that try to win every game 40-39. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Man, the last couple minutes so far in Duke-Michigan State has been highest level college b-ball. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 On 3/17/2022 at 1:27 AM, Cobra Commander said: I have Auburn losing to USC. Auburn's a 2 seed that narrowly avoided losses to some bad SEC teams shockingly, an Auburn team that had to grit out a road win over Mizzou was not long for the actual tournament Looking at KenPom, here's the remaining teams ranked by Adjusted Tempo (out of 358 schools total) Gonzaga 5, Arizona 6, Arkansas 28, UNC 31, Kansas 63, Miami 153, Duke 169, Michigan 202, Texas Tech 215, Iowa State 236, Saint Peter's 240, Purdue 246, TCU 248, UCLA 271, Providence 284, Houston 333, Texas 338, and Villanova 345 So one possible title game is Gonzaga (72.4 possessions per 40 minutes) vs Villanova (62.6 possessions per 40 minutes). 7 teams are above 67 possessions per 40 minutes and the other 11 are below 67 per 40. Depending on the outcomes of TCU/Arizona and Purdue/Texas, it'll either be 6 vs 10 or 7 vs 9 for that split in the Sweet 16. It's been a good tournament for slow tempo basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 TCU/Arizona real exciting stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 75-75 Arizona just hit a 3 to Tie with 12.6 left! TCU & Big Ed trying to pull the upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 wow, Terry should have laid that up to win the game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 With Arizona making it past TCU, despite trying to do a buzzer-beater dunk, The sweet 16 will have 5 teams in the top 63 (and 5 in the top 100 and 5 in the top 150) in adjusted tempo and 5 teams in the bottom 100 (and 8 in the bottom 150) for tempo. There'll be a rockfight of teams daring refs to call fouls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Belmont almost pulled off the monster upset on Tennessee's floor last night and I was getting serious Mizz Georgia Hase vibes from their original (1968!) coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister TV Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 I’m assuming that the NCAA thinks Duke has better chance at beating Arkansas on Saturday, the Zags are getting hosed big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 although Duke has at least one win over Gonzaga over the last few seasons and Duke/Gonzaga would be a bit stronger of a draw than Duke/Arkansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 3 hours ago, Mister TV said: I’m assuming that the NCAA thinks Duke has better chance at beating Arkansas on Saturday, the Zags are getting hosed big time. Yeah, the officiating was pretty terrible - the missed out-of-bounds that was seen and not called and became a 3 and the trip on Nembhard being particularly egregious - but Gonzaga played poorly. You can't have your guards go 5-22 with 4 assists and hope to win. Hard to say how much of it was the Arkansas defense - Gonzaga missed a TOOOOOOOON of open shots. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Well, I didn't think Michigan had much of a chance to win it all, so I'm pretty content with "surprisingly kept the sweet sixteen streak going." Bad day for number 1 seeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 Oh man... they may pull this off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Meanwhile Kansas is back to shittjng the bed once they get to Sweet 16. Providence looked awful in 1st half and only down 2 late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 God damn, they did it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Holy shit there is actually a National Peacock Day too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Jesuits, man. "JC energy" in more ways than one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 The kids... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cobra Commander Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 we're two results away from a long awaited NCAA tournament clash.... North Carolina vs ... Arkansas! (UNC played Arkansas in the tournament in 1990, 1993, 1995, 2008, 2015, and 2017) The last 3 Arkansas/UNC games were all in the 2nd round (one 1/8, one 5/4, and one 1/9) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 Well I think it's safe to say that this Canes team is among the most under-seeded teams in the last 25 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 between the Canes and the Tar Heels, there was a lot of disrespect to the ACC in the seeding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) Gotta love how ho-hum it feels that a ten and an eight are in the Elite Eight. And even it being the first elite eight in Miami history. There's just no oxygen for those stories next to St. Peter's (and some old dude retiring.) Actually, can you imagine how little attention a potential Kansas/Villanova game would get if the other side is Duke/St. Peter's? Edited March 26, 2022 by Brian Fowler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pete Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 8 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: Gotta love how ho-hum it feels that a ten and an eight are in the Elite Eight. And even it being the first elite eight in Miami history. There's just no oxygen for those stories next to St. Peter's (and some old dude retiring.) Actually, can you imagine how little attention a potential Kansas/Villanova game would get if the other side is Duke/St. Peter's? And could you imagine if K's final game was a loss to St Peter's? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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