I'm gonna call foul on this one. Any team not named DePaul and Georgetown gets 4 wins right off the bat.
March Madness Thread
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Honestly, yes. If you can't stop a team driving to the hoop, at least put them on the line.
For the most part, the teams that looked head and shoulders above the rest of their conference throughout the season proved it this weekend. Houston and Iowa St., Duke and Carolina, Purdue and Illinois, Marquette, Creighton, and UCONN were all unquestionably at the top of their respective conferences all year. Arizona the only elite team in the PAC 12.
SEC underachieved, ACC overachieved, everyone else about where they should be. As for the Big East, you could make a case for 1 or 2 more getting in, but none of the additions would have made it past this weekend either most likely.
You post records of past two ncaa, but not this years? Hmm I wonder why?
B1G 6-4 60% record
Big 12 7-6 54%
SEC 5-6 45%
That juggernaut big east only got three teams dancing. Nebraska easily finishes fourth in that top-heavy conference
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The scouting report on Texas A&M is let them shoot the 3's and box out on their misses... Then they start the game 5 for 5 from behind the arc you have to change the game plan. Nebraska had to start coming out for the 3 and it weakened the interior defense, and Texas A&M is a more athletic team. There are very few teams that could of beat A&M on Friday. Sunday they played worse and they took Houston to overtime. There is a reason Mast looked so bad, his help was stretched out along the 3 point line
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W.Taylor 3 of 13 from 3 against Houston
W.Taylor 7 of 10 from 3 against Nebraska
If Taylor shoots anywhere near like he did against Nebraska aTm rolls Houston.
It's like you copied/pasted my posts about officiating for the past 3 years... (mostly from watching B1G refs, but it applies to NCAA games as well - unfortunately).
Nebraska was a good basketball team this year but lacked athleticism. Would be nice to get someone from the portal to help in this area. Ulis can defend well enough, nice 15 footer and can get to the rim - could be an upgrade for us and move B Will to SF.
Ulis isn’t that good of point guard, struggles shooting from the perimeter.
Have Clarkeye buddies telling me ” you can have him” and they were glad to see him leave..
Jays struggled hard with Oregon, Tennessee is a more athletic version of the Ducks. It will be interesting to see how they match up.
TN matches up well but Creighton is a better basketball team. SEC a little overrated and rarely played defense all year.
Yeah, maybe the SEC is a little overrated, it is hard to tell though, sometimes it is just the matchups you get.
Ulis would be fine as a backup point guard. I am hoping we can get JP Pegues (transfer from Furman) to be the starting point here next year.
He did have a good season this year, although he needs many more to make up for all of the previous bad seasons.
The B1G is a deep and competitive conference. The teams beat up each other week in and week out.
i believe illinois is the only quality b10 team that plays an up-tempo, guard-oriented style that works well in the tournament. the b10's typical bump & grind gets swallowed with speed once they face off with gonzaga, creighton, unc, and the like. that said, i've long had the illini as a final 4 sleeper. purdue is my overall winner but only because of their dominating big.
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That is not why they fail in the tournament. And most conferences can make same claim about being deep and beat each other up. It’s not a reason it’s an excuse
Yeah that golden oldie gets a ton of air time this time of year. It's like the Big Ten fanboys never get tired of repeating it.
Creighton shoots the ball well they win. But… if they’re not making shots Tennessee has enough athletes to frustrate Kalkbrenner. Tennessee holds Creighton to less than 70 they likely win. Should be a good game.
The B1G winning titles in football and basketball in the same year ... oh my, the fun we'll have with DingDong and his B1G hatred for B1G accomplishments.
Officials seemed to have no idea how to officiate a giant Illini team vs a small *** slappy ISU team.
Oh well...those super-hetro dudes that make the brackets put like the most top 16 Kenpom teams in the same bracket.
So now we get Illini vs Uconn in the E8.
Oh well...those super-hetro dudes that make the brackets put like the most top 16 Kenpom teams in the same bracket.
So now we get Illini vs Uconn in the E8.
The Ducks should have beat them.
Tennessee only has one worry, their coach. Dude LOVES not winning games he should in the tourny.
UCONN looks to be unstoppable.but I agree UCONN for the overall 1 had the toughest bracket IMO.
not a lot of love lost in "farmageddon" these days. good job by brad last night.