NCAA Tourney Opening Night Thread

[Plum Street]

Tournament about to tip in Dayton with Howard (-3) vs wagner . This seems like a Schiano dream matchup

let’s go Seahawks !

 

[fatsam98]

Hopefully the oolala girls made the trip

 

[fatsam98]

Howard ice cold

 

[RU206]

Why does Wagner only have 7 players

 

[fatsam98]

Wagner up 13, pretty impressive given the lack of depth. As is Donald Copeland, has come off really well during the interviews

 

[BigEastPhil]

Tournament about to tip in Dayton with Howard (-3) vs wagner . This seems like a Schiano dream matchup

let’s go Seahawks !

Told some friends of mine the same thing. lol.
Winner gets a 2025 game vs Schiano.

 

[fatsam98]

Why does Wagner only have 7 players

Injuries. They said they've been this short-handed for 2 months! Wild

 

[BigEastPhil]

Rooting for Wagner !

Allen of Wagner is an ex Monmouth player.

I don’t care for Seth Towns. Him, of all people, in school for 8 years, kneeled for the National Anthem , when we played them earlier this year.

Surprised the MAAC hasn’t poached Wagner. They’ve poached Mt St Mary’s / Merrimack / Sacred Heart.

 

[Altrev]

What channel is the game on? Thanks

 

[Plum Street]

What channel is the game on? Thanks

Tru tv

 

[Altrev]

Thanks.

 

[fatsam98]

Lead down to 3, one minute left

 

[fatsam98]

Wagner survives. Howard three chances to tie it from deep in last few seconds. Fun game.

 

[Nycrusupporter]

Awesome for Wagner, very cool

 

[Plum Street]

Good for Wagner .
I thought Howard should have went for an easy 2 . But 3 chances to tie ! Wagner moves on

 

[RUHotTrumpetMonkeyLove]

If UVA wins they get to play in Charlotte. That would suck for #7 Texas.

 

[Brisket and Bourbon]

My first live tournament game at home since 2013…Max actually useful for something!

 

[fatsam98]

Colorado St - Virginia a painful watch

 

[ClassOf02v.2]

UVA offense is dreadful.

We can say that here on the Rutgers board. We know!

 

[bac2therac]

Nothing surprises me about this one thus far

 

[fatsam98]

UVA with zero points the last 9 minutes of the half.

 

[RUtrumpet92_rivals498139]

Oklahoma and other bubble snubs are yelling at their TV with UVA only putting up 14 in the first half.

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

Virginia stole our offense.

 

[Rutgers25]

UVA offense looks like RU!

 

[bitnez]

Imagine being an RU fan and UVA is your second team because your daughter goes there…I’m not sure what I did to deserve this torture

 

[G- RUnit]

Every left out team screaming at tv and UVA.

Justifiably.

 

[fatsam98]

Oklahoma and other bubble snubs are yelling at their TV with UVA only putting up 14 in the first half.

Bac vindicated with the only one he got wrong. Oklahoma should def be in over this garbage team

 

[King of S]

Nothing surprises me about this one thus far

Virginia should not be in the tournament as many have stated. Bad pick committee.

 

[fatsam98]

This is incredible. Virginia have been stuck on 14 points for 12 minutes now.

Airball a 3 as I type this

 

[fatsam98]

They score!!!! Huge cheers from the Dayton crowd

 

[cicero grimes]

UVA will fit right into the B1G with that offense.

 

[fatsam98]

6-35 from the field

 

[biazza38]

I get Virginia doesn’t have any “bad losses,” but they have zero wins over top 25 opponents. Yea, I know that’s a very arbitrary stat, but I really don’t want to hear about how many combined quad 1 & 2 wins they have. It’s nonsense.
All this week all I’ve heard about is how a team’s Net ranking doesn’t necessarily matter. If a team has a NET ranking of 30 it doesn’t mean they’re 30th in the committees eyes. If that’s true, then someone needs to explain to me why NET ranking matters when it comes to grouping Quad 1 and Quad 2 victories.
Virginia beat TAMU and Florida. That’s it. Okay, they also won at Clemson, but this is a joke.
Providence had wins over Wisconsin, Marquette, and twice over Creighton. This is laughable.

 

[cicero grimes]

UVA with 18 points at the under 16 minute break in the 2nd half. This is reminiscent of the pre shot clock era of college bball.

 

[RUtrumpet92_rivals498139]

Will we see any portal transfers between Rutgers and UVA?

 

[The RUT]

How did UVA make the tournament. They look horrible.

 

[cicero grimes]

Will we see any portal transfers between Rutgers and UVA?

Simpson would become their best offensive weapon.

 

[fatsam98]

It's seriously like watching us. Mid range bricks. Air balls from 3. Can't finish drives

 

[cicero grimes]

If Greg Schiano coached a bball team, it would be this Virginia team.

 

[fatsam98]