GYERO ARCHIVE

[wcc31]

Lol Cal getting after Bilas regarding Duke.

 

[IsRichieGonnaStart]

:joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy:

 

[wcc31]

Personally, I think some of the shine has worn off UCLA. They peaked at Rupp and just sort of plateaued after that. Could even say they're currently trending in the wrong direction. May not even be there by the end of next weekend.

Ain't skeered.

Until this week, they were playing better than anyone out West.

 

[catholic_back]

That was the best few minutes of television I've seen in awhile.

 

[Wrong]

Greenberg want to whip Bilas' ***. You can see it.

 

[BLUEHILLS]

Until this week, they were playing better than anyone out West.

Opponents turn them over on 16.2 percent of possessions, easily placing UCLA in the bottom third of the nation in that category (309th). And you would think that a team that pushes the pace as much as UCLA would get to the foul stripe quite a bit, but instead only 10 teams in Division I have a worse free throw rate (26.9, 341st in the nation). What’s that mean? Few easy, efficient points from the free throw line. And while the Bruins don’t put their foes at the foul line that often, they also don’t play particularly good defense, ranking just 78th in overall defensive efficiency.

 

[fatguy87]

UCLA's offensive output has dipped as their eFG% regressed to "normal." It's still among the best in the nation, but it's now not far and away the best out of any year in the past 5.

 

[wcc31]

Hope you guys are right.

 

[Hank Camacho]

Hope you guys are right.

I like my team and hate our draw.

Oh well.

 

[Bonzo_Cat]

"Some of the players were crying..." - Boeheim, talking about his teams reaction.

 

[B Rax_rivals210137]

I'm opposite. Don't like our team but the draw ain't too bad

 

[Hank Camacho]

I'm opposite. Don't like our team but the draw ain't too bad

You also like Copper River.

 

[BLUEHILLS]

Hope you guys are right.

http://thebiglead.com/2017/03/12/no...a-are-in-the-hardest-bracket-in-ncaa-history/

 

[SDcatfan13]

Only thing that really bothers me is that UNC essentially has no shot of losing before the Elite 8. We can get past UCLA but not sure about UNC.

A Stallings-less Vandy team is in position to do some real work in that spot. Michigan will beat UL. Kansas isn't getting to the Final 4. Arizona to the Championship game if Sean Miller doesn't Sean Miller.

 

[SAECATFAN]

How about a spoiler alert, SDcatfan?!

Geez...

 

[B Rax_rivals210137]

You also like Copper River.

Hand to god I had it for dinner last night.

 

[krazykats]

So Arizona is the best for the odds to bet money on today? 12-1........bet placed.

Upsets? Vandy over Gonzaga. FGCU over FSU. Maybe Bucknell over WVU as the best stunner?

Certainly could see a lot of chalk.

 

[SAECATFAN]

Copper River. Must be nice, brax.

 

[_Chase_]

If we lost to Georgia we'd be an 8 seed.

[laughing]

 

[TCPUKChamps]

Wichita favored by 6.5.

Of course.

MTSU over Minnesota is the easiest 12 over 5 in NCAA Tourney History

 

[BBdK]

Will be Hammering Marquette.


Only two lower seeds favored, Vandy -1 & Wichita, the one glaring mistake. That tells me the committee did a pretty solid job overall.

Shockers haven't beaten a single tourney team this season, btw. Zero. People are getting a little aggressive with the KenPom mentions and justifications.

UCLA is 18 on Kenpom, the same people crying about WSU being #8 (which is false, and stupid) fail to mention when it doesn't fit agenda.

 

[Strokin_Bandit]

I really thought Dunk City had a chance at an upset again this year, but they don't have a good matchup against FSU. They needed a Big 10 opponent or a PAC12/SEC also-ran. Wouldn't surprise me if they did it, but I'm not going to have the guts to pick it.

 

[wcc31]

I really thought Dunk City had a chance at an upset again this year, but they don't have a good matchup against FSU. They needed a Big 10 opponent or a PAC12/SEC also-ran. Wouldn't surprise me if they did it, but I'm not going to have the guts to pick it.

Depends upon how little you believe in Hamilton.

 

[BKH34]

Middle Tennessee
UNC Wilmington

That's all I got.

I really like Princeton, Nevada, Vermont and Bucknell too. Just not against their opponents.

 

[Mattox]

We're the late game Friday. About a 9:40 tip.

 

[Wrong]

That is kind of ******** also. The higher seed should get more rest. But WTFE.


And we get Nantz. :angry::gun:

 

[B Rax_rivals210137]

Copper River. Must be nice, brax.

I'm reaping the benefits of the trump presidency bud. Everyone can say what they want about the man but I'm absolutely bathing in disposable income. Y'all should see some of the **** I just buy now. Amazon prime every night. It's ridiculous

 

[Mattox]

CBS Sports Network guys shitting all over Gonzaga. [laughing]

 

[wildcat1973_rivals160373]

Bilas and Williams picking Duke vs UNC for it all. Lol. Ok.

 

[wildcat1973_rivals160373]

And Rece Davis. Lol. Good lord guys.

 

[SDcatfan13]

Not 1 had UK in the E8. Making it easy for Cal.

 

[TheShowKiller]

Chips, shoulders and such...thanks bracketology.

 

[catholic_back]

FWIW 538 site says most parity they've ever seen.

Going to be a number of 3-6 seeds making noise.

 

[BLUEHILLS]

Not 1 had UK in the E8. Making it easy for Cal.

People are really going to lose their sh$t when Kentucky and MTSU are playing for a trip to Phoenix.

 

[Strokin_Bandit]

BET!

 

[Ron Mehico]

We haven't flown this under the radar since 2014 and 2011. I know the SEC sucks and all that but we don't get credit when we do great in it. Only losing 2 games and barreling through the tourney doesn't get 1/10th the respect it would for other conferences. It's still a power conference with talent all over the place. I love it personally, let's shut some people up.

 

[ukguy78]

We're the late game Friday. About a 9:40 tip.

This infuriates me. Same thing happened in 2015 as the overall #1 seed. And spare me the crap about being 18 year-old college kids, not playing the next day, blah blah blah. The higher seeded team should have whatever advantage there is.

Edited to add this is the 4th straight year we've had to play the late game in the evening session. In 3 of those years (2015, 2016, 2017), we were the highest seeded team in our pod.

 

[BKH34]

The ESPN post-selection interview with Jim Boeheim was the thing we needed and deserved. What a great moment.

If Duke and North Carolina play for the national championship, I will take a crap in my hat and then eat that hat.

 

[anthonys735]

F*ck it. Only 1 thing left to do...

 

[_Chase_]

Fairness is not the primary, secondary, or even an ancillary concern for the Committee. I'm not sure we'll ever get that through our thick skulls...me included.