2024 NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME THREAD (THURSDAY)

[Kingslayer07]

Let's go Oregon baby!! Dante is such a beast. I've got them winning 2 games.

 

[NociHTTP]

Amazing how a simple ZONE DEFENSE takes SC completely out of their game.

Who would have thunk it???

 

[ScottGreene22]

USC jr getting Dante’s inferno!!!

 

[Noahtogo24]

Oregon looking really good

 

[cathouse_rivals216755]

Cal watching Oregon shut down Carolina with a little zone.

 

[permdaddy_rivals45705]

No conference is 8 quality teams deep. Lots of middling teams get into the tournament. Some of those teams were hot back in January and suck now.

Miss St. was a middling team. S. Carolina finished tied for 2nd 1 game out of first. That's a bad sign.

 

[sammysdad05]

Amazing how a simple ZONE DEFENSE takes SC completely out of their game.

Who would have thunk it???

Dont overthink it though, if we played zone, they’d just hit 3 after 3 again us. SEC teams in February on cold Tuesday nights are just different animals against us than in March against anyone else.

 

[HenryMuto]

We lost by 17 to this South Carolina team that is getting boat raced by an Oregon team that had to win the Pac 12 tournament just to make the Big Dance.

 

[Kingslayer07]

South Carolina over achieved all season.

 

[cathouse_rivals216755]

Dont overthink it though, if we played zone, they’d just hit 3 after 3 again us. SEC teams in February on cold Tuesday nights are just different animals against us than in March against anyone else.

Well, that's Cal's excuse and we are sticking with it.

What could it have hurt to at least TRY a zone defense?

 

[howitis_rivals115807]

hilarious seeing these sec teams whose offense is basically drive the lane or shoot a 3 fall apart to zone.

 

[Blue_2_the_bone_rivals]

SEC league play is the opposite of how the NCAA is played and officiated. Grab, hold, & foul rock fights don’t do anyone any favors when the NCAAT comes around.

 

[kennyskywalker34]

Honestly I wouldn't judge the SEC based on what Miss St and USC do.
South Carolina was a bit over rated. Miss St was meh.

Lets how how UK, UT, Bama and Auburn and to a lesser degree Florida does before judging the conference.

No clue why people are already trashing the SEC. I mean they got 8 teams in. Did they really think they were going to go 8-0 round 1?
SC was good early and hasn't been very good at all lately. Anyone who watches basketball knows Izzo would beat Miss. St.

 

[ukjenning44]

Maybe Oakland’s coach should’ve wished for a different SEC team.
Or maybe he has his guys watching SC and saying those bums blew UK out.

 

[cathouse_rivals216755]

hilarious seeing these sec teams whose offense is basically drive the lane or shoot a 3 fall apart to zone.

Every middle school coach in the country.........
YESSSSS!!! In my best Marv Albert voice.

 

[kennyskywalker34]

Miss St. was a middling team. S. Carolina finished tied for 2nd 1 game out of first. That's a bad sign.

Not really. SC finished tied for 2nd with a really strong January. They haven't been good lately.

 

[Jack2936]

Blow outs. Thought they would, at least, be competitive. Guess we should know better by now. Maybe SC can best Miss st's 51 pts. Fingers crossed. Smh

 

[kennyskywalker34]

UK UT and Auburn IMO are the only sweet 16 threats. I suppose Bama could be if they shoot lights out but they are worse defensive team than UK is.
I liked Fla to maybe make sweet 16 till the big guy got injured
If two or three of the 8 SEC teams make the sweet 16. IMO that's a strong showing. Of course lot of people here would say it's not.

 

[cathouse_rivals216755]

Not really. SC finished tied for 2nd with a really strong January. They haven't been good lately.

Ms. State thrashed the league champion last week.
USC thrashed us and UT in January.

 

[TheDude73]

SEC league play is the opposite of how the NCAA is played and officiated. Grab, hold, & foul rock fights don’t do anyone any favors when the NCAAT comes around.

Yep, this is why most of the SEC flops every March.

 

[The_Answer1313_rivals]

UK UT and Auburn IMO are the only sweet 16 threats. I suppose Bama could be if they shoot lights out but they are worse defensive team than UK is.
I liked Fla to maybe make sweet 16 till the big guy got injured
If two or three of the 8 SEC teams make the sweet 16. IMO that's a strong showing. Of course lot of people here would say it's not.

I would say that if UK is a Sweet 16 threat you have to put Alabama in that category as well.

Basically the same team. Top 5 offenses with terrible defenses.

 

[ScottGreene22]

hilarious seeing these sec teams whose offense is basically drive the lane or shoot a 3 fall apart to zone.

KY plays the same way hoping for much better results

 

[GoBigBlue1224]

How’s everyone feeling? Ready to get this started!!!

 

[kennyskywalker34]

Yep, this is why most of the SEC flops every March.

I've saw a couple games so far today where they let both teams mug each other and called little.
Refs control games so much. One game they call every tic tac foul. Next game it's no blood no foul.
Zero consistency.

 

[kennyskywalker34]

I would say that if UK is a Sweet 16 threat you have to put Alabama in that category as well.

Basically the same team. Top 5 offenses with terrible defenses.

Maybe. I'm probably letting UKs game against Bama cloud my judgment some. They looked far worse than UK defensively.

 

[MidseasonTweak]

Wish we had a big like Dante

 

[kennyskywalker34]

How’s everyone feeling? Ready to get this started!!!

I feel like maybe UK is ready to make a statement with a blowout win. But with them who knows. I don't think they lose but I definitely wouldn't be shocked. Surprised? Yes. Shocked nope.

 

[TheDude73]

I've saw a couple games so far today where they let both teams mug each other and called little.
Refs control games so much. One game they call every tic tac foul. Next game it's no blood no foul.
Zero consistency.

Yep, and one I watched had Phat Adams on the call (IL vs. Morehead). He called maybe 4-5 fouls all game, and they were legit. Wonder why he changes his sensitivity during UK games??

 

[TheDude73]

Wish we had a big like Dante

I wish we just had a shot blocker supreme. Onyenso gets close but then vanishes in other games.

If we had a big like Dante, Cal would never stop feeding the post and we'd be right back where we have been the last few years. That he doesn't have a post feed big man is why we are so good from the perimeter and penetration.

 

[ScottGreene22]

Dayton down 9 at half. Coach Grant needs to let the Flyers takeoff

 

[TheDude73]

USCjr has about 7 minutes to make a run. Down 13 and we've seen plenty of teams rush back (not just against us). The game is so much different today than it was years ago. A 15 point lead with 5 to go was usually game over (although I recall our Comeback Cats and my thinking was "just get it to under 10 with 5 to go", and we did and won many times that year).

 

[kennyskywalker34]

Of course I didn't fill out a bracket. Haven't for years. But I would've actually been doing good so far if I had.
But of course had I filled one out. These games would've gone much different

 

[TortElvisII]

South Carolina seems to be going through the motions.

 

[TortElvisII]

Creighton Oregon the committee loves their games.

 

[permdaddy_rivals45705]

I've had 3 TV's running all day. They are letting teams play very physical. You could see how it affected a finesse team in the BYU game. They got bullied by a physical tough team.

 

[ScottGreene22]

Nevada Coach Steve Alford has his players ready

 

[permdaddy_rivals45705]

Creighton Oregon the committee loves their games.

But it's just a coincidence....Yeah right

 

[TheDude73]

South Carolina seems to be going through the motions.

They won their super bowl against Kentucky. That's all they care about. Same with the rest of the SEC.

Granted, they can't play push/hack/swat/shove in the NCAAT like they are allowed to do in SEC play...

 

[TheDude73]

I've had 3 TV's running all day. They are letting teams play very physical. You could see how it affected a finesse team in the BYU game. They got bullied by a physical tough team.

This ends at 7:10 pm EDT in Pittsburgh...we'll be whistled for sweat dropping off of Reeves's head onto Gohlke's sneaker.

 

[Jakerz]

Ofcourse the SEC is getting hammered today.