2014 OFFICIAL NCAA Tournament Thread: Connecticut wins the title - Page 4

SirFozzie · 03-20-2014, 02:20 PM

First final, first upset.

sterlingice · 03-20-2014, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Aaron Craft can do no wrong in the eyes of announcers.

But he did just miss that. Ohio State needed another driver because everyone knew it was coming

SI

Glengoyne · 03-20-2014, 02:21 PM

THE Dayton Flyers

Easy Mac · 03-20-2014, 02:22 PM

I enjoyed that sequence. Aaron Craft can do not wrong... except that his guy drives for the leading basket. Then, he drives wildly, not kicking it over to 2 wide open guys.

BishopMVP · 03-20-2014, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Aaron Craft can do no wrong in the eyes of announcers.

Flagrant-1 in the last 3 minutes, the Dayton guy he's defending hits the winning shot, he misses the potential game-winner, and their postgame highlight package highlights Craft because "he's a winner" and Bill Raftery "has never respected a player more".

A-10 1-0, Aaron Craft out of our lives forever, 75% of brackets no longer perfect... A good start imo.

Coffee Warlord · 03-20-2014, 02:24 PM

And in one game, my billion dollar bracket is busted.

SirFozzie · 03-20-2014, 02:24 PM

Wisconsin is anti-American.

Jas_lov · 03-20-2014, 02:26 PM

Craft also cost them the game late in the Big 10 Tourney when he missed a couple FTs and the last shot slipped out of his hands. Pass it to someone else and give yourself a chance to win.

Warhammer · 03-20-2014, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

And in one game, my billion dollar bracket is busted.

+1

That said, I thought this was the toughest game to pick in the first round. Was a great game to watch with the punch-counterpunch.

Logan · 03-20-2014, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Warhammer

+1

That said, I thought this was the toughest game to pick in the first round. Was a great game to watch with the punch-counterpunch.

Agreed. I flip flopped a bunch of times on my pick, ended up wrong of course. Happy to be, as always, when it means we get a great finish.

Coffee Warlord · 03-20-2014, 02:31 PM

My Alma Mater (Colorado) is getting obliterated too.

Kodos · 03-20-2014, 02:33 PM

Wish I'd stuck with my gut and picked the Flyers. Oh well. Still happy!

Butter · 03-20-2014, 02:33 PM

Yeeeeeahhhhh!!!! My heart can't take it! So glad the Flyers pulled it out!

SirFozzie · 03-20-2014, 02:33 PM

Cincy gets a T for putting a player in who wasn't in the scorebook. *facepalm*

MizzouRah · 03-20-2014, 02:36 PM

I'm glad Ohio St, even if my bracket has one loss.

Keep it up Pittsburgh!!!

Vince, Pt. II · 03-20-2014, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Logan

Agreed. I flip flopped a bunch of times on my pick, ended up wrong of course. Happy to be, as always, when it means we get a great finish.

Me too. I need to remember to start picking the dog when I feel like either team is losing in the next round anyway.

Ragone · 03-20-2014, 02:38 PM

Wow is Aaron craft overrated.. I so wanted to take Dayton..

sterlingice · 03-20-2014, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Glengoyne

THE Dayton Flyers

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SirFozzie · 03-20-2014, 02:43 PM

I should say that I've seen this situation before (a team assessed a T for playing a player who wasn't in the scorebook before a game).. twice actually.

However those two games were JV High School games (and that was in a decade of doing scorebook and then scoreboard/announcing for Franklin High School)

HerRealName · 03-20-2014, 02:51 PM

I don't get the hate for Aaron Craft. We should all be so fortunate to have sons that turn out to be just like him.

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Yeeeeeahhhhh!!!! My heart can't take it! So glad the Flyers pulled it out!

Congrats. It was a good (but incredibly frustrating) game.

Kodos · 03-20-2014, 02:53 PM

Because he's a fouling machine who rarely gets called for fouls?

EagleFan · 03-20-2014, 02:54 PM

lol, my Billion Dollar Bracket gets blown up on the first freaking game.

TRO · 03-20-2014, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

And in one game, my billion dollar bracket is busted.

I managed to change to picking Dayton in every bracket I had this morning EXCEPT the billion dollar challenge since it locked last night.

Matthean · 03-20-2014, 02:58 PM

sterlingice · 03-20-2014, 02:58 PM

Retweeted by Burke is damn funny

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molson · 03-20-2014, 03:00 PM

I still have a perfect FOFC pool bracket! . I don't expect a billion dollars after another 61 or so more correct picks there, but maybe you guys could all chip in and get me a nice gift card or something.

Ragone · 03-20-2014, 03:00 PM

Even Harvard player are flopping..

Matthean · 03-20-2014, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Glengoyne

THE Dayton Flyers

Within the list of things that infuriate me about OSU is I have always heard it as Thee and yet people write THE.

BishopMVP · 03-20-2014, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

Because he's a fouling machine who rarely gets called for fouls?

No, because he's "scrappy" and "an overachiever" and "deceptively quick" and whatever other euphemisms announcers and fans want to use for an undersized white guy.

nol · 03-20-2014, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

Because he's a fouling machine who rarely gets called for fouls?

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Originally Posted by BishopMVP

No, because he's "scrappy" and "an overachiever" and "deceptively quick" and whatever other euphemisms announcers and fans want to use for an undersized white guy.

Kind of the same thing if you assume referees are also human and have implicit biases that come into play when making split-second decisions.

Suicane75 · 03-20-2014, 03:22 PM

So glad that the bringing officials in as analyst has spilled over to the tournament. So glad. So so glad. I can't think of anything more exciting in sports than officials as talking heads and endless replays.

Butter · 03-20-2014, 03:30 PM

Both my boys just got home and said all their afternoon classes just showed the OSU-Dayton game during school today.

Butter · 03-20-2014, 03:31 PM

Harvard maintaining their lead early 2nd half. Let's go Crimson.

stevew · 03-20-2014, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Suicane75

So glad that the bringing officials in as analyst has spilled over to the tournament. So glad. So so glad. I can't think of anything more exciting in sports than officials as talking heads and endless replays.

Yeah, it was horrible when they did a Steve Javie booth in the nba a few weeks ago. I also hate perriera in the NFL booth.

Buccaneer · 03-20-2014, 03:56 PM

Just saw the Dayton highlights (woo hoo!). Those were some the worst shots I had ever seen (re: Craft). Does he always do crap like that?

molson · 03-20-2014, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Suicane75

So glad that the bringing officials in as analyst has spilled over to the tournament. So glad. So so glad. I can't think of anything more exciting in sports than officials as talking heads and endless replays.

I hear ya, but if this board is any indication, people love to talk about officiating as much or more than they do the actual game.

Glengoyne · 03-20-2014, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthean

Within the list of things that infuriate me about OSU is I have always heard it as Thee and yet people write THE.

So are you more bothered by me mocking OSU or by the pompous marketing that put THE in their name?

Glengoyne · 03-20-2014, 04:17 PM

I need Harvard to come through to keep my bracket intact.

Matthean · 03-20-2014, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Glengoyne

So are you more bothered by me mocking OSU or by the pompous marketing that put THE in their name?

OSU. Always OSU. If they did it correctly in the first place it wouldn't be spread around like it has.

Glengoyne · 03-20-2014, 04:24 PM

So who are these announcers that think that should have been Harvard ball?

BishopMVP · 03-20-2014, 04:25 PM

I don't like Chambers pulling that ball out. 40 secs left, 3-pt lead and an open layup, just hit it instead of wasting 4 more seconds and getting fouled.

Poor call by the officials before that. If you're going to go to the monitor, at least get it right.

Glengoyne · 03-20-2014, 04:27 PM

I agree with scoring rather than running clock,

But I really didn't see that as Harvard ball.

EagleFan · 03-20-2014, 04:27 PM

Looks like we have a second upset of the day.

EagleFan · 03-20-2014, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Glengoyne

I agree with scoring rather than running clock,

But I really didn't see that as Harvard ball.

It was off the Cincy player last.

Matthean · 03-20-2014, 04:34 PM

I think the OSU lose killed roughly 80% of brackets on ESPN. I have to wonder how many are still alive now, and it isn't even 5pm.

Kodos · 03-20-2014, 04:34 PM

Go Albany?

Scoobz0202 · 03-20-2014, 04:35 PM

As an Ohio State fan I went to Milano's on the Dayton Campus to watch the game so I was cool to see Ohio State lose in that atmosphere

Was fun to watch

OldGiants · 03-20-2014, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by EagleFan

lol, my Billion Dollar Bracket gets blown up on the first freaking game.

I heard on a Sports Talk radio show that the Billion dollar contest announced that 80% of the entries were eliminated by that first result.

Jas_lov · 03-20-2014, 04:38 PM

Dayton-OSU and Harvard-Cinci seemed more like toss ups to me than upsets.

OldGiants · 03-20-2014, 04:38 PM

The Big East sure looks good with Pitt and Syracuse winning by 20+.

Wait..what was that?

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03-20-2014, 02:26 PM	#158
Jas_lov College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Craft also cost them the game late in the Big 10 Tourney when he missed a couple FTs and the last shot slipped out of his hands. Pass it to someone else and give yourself a chance to win. Last edited by Jas_lov : 03-20-2014 at 02:27 PM.

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03-20-2014, 02:33 PM	#163
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Yeeeeeahhhhh!!!! My heart can't take it! So glad the Flyers pulled it out! __________________ My listening habits

03-20-2014, 02:21 PM	#153
Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	THE Dayton Flyers

03-20-2014, 02:22 PM	#154
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	I enjoyed that sequence. Aaron Craft can do not wrong... except that his guy drives for the leading basket. Then, he drives wildly, not kicking it over to 2 wide open guys.

03-20-2014, 02:24 PM	#156
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	And in one game, my billion dollar bracket is busted.

03-20-2014, 02:31 PM	#161
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	My Alma Mater (Colorado) is getting obliterated too.

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SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Cincy gets a T for putting a player in who wasn't in the scorebook. facepalm __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

03-20-2014, 02:36 PM	#165
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	I'm glad Ohio St, even if my bracket has one loss. Keep it up Pittsburgh!!!

03-20-2014, 02:38 PM	#167
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Wow is Aaron craft overrated.. I so wanted to take Dayton..

03-20-2014, 02:43 PM	#169
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	I should say that I've seen this situation before (a team assessed a T for playing a player who wasn't in the scorebook before a game).. twice actually. However those two games were JV High School games (and that was in a decade of doing scorebook and then scoreboard/announcing for Franklin High School) __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

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molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	I still have a perfect FOFC pool bracket! . I don't expect a billion dollars after another 61 or so more correct picks there, but maybe you guys could all chip in and get me a nice gift card or something. Last edited by molson : 03-20-2014 at 04:13 PM.

03-20-2014, 03:00 PM	#177
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Even Harvard player are flopping..

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Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	So glad that the bringing officials in as analyst has spilled over to the tournament. So glad. So so glad. I can't think of anything more exciting in sports than officials as talking heads and endless replays.

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Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Both my boys just got home and said all their afternoon classes just showed the OSU-Dayton game during school today. __________________ My listening habits

03-20-2014, 03:31 PM	#183
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Harvard maintaining their lead early 2nd half. Let's go Crimson. __________________ My listening habits

03-20-2014, 03:56 PM	#185
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	Just saw the Dayton highlights (woo hoo!). Those were some the worst shots I had ever seen (re: Craft). Does he always do crap like that?

03-20-2014, 04:17 PM	#188
Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	I need Harvard to come through to keep my bracket intact.

03-20-2014, 04:24 PM	#190
Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	So who are these announcers that think that should have been Harvard ball?

03-20-2014, 04:25 PM	#191
BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	I don't like Chambers pulling that ball out. 40 secs left, 3-pt lead and an open layup, just hit it instead of wasting 4 more seconds and getting fouled. Poor call by the officials before that. If you're going to go to the monitor, at least get it right.

03-20-2014, 04:27 PM	#192
Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	I agree with scoring rather than running clock, But I really didn't see that as Harvard ball.

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03-20-2014, 04:38 PM	#199
Jas_lov College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Dayton-OSU and Harvard-Cinci seemed more like toss ups to me than upsets.

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