Official 2020 College Basketball Thread - Page 6

bob · 03-19-2021, 05:07 PM

Sure. Give him a timeout as he falls and loses the ball.

Brian Swartz · 03-19-2021, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by tarcone

They were slumping at the end of the regular season. Iowa got them by 16 at Columbus.

They just didnt seem like the same team as earlier in the season.

Illinois wasn't though. They'd lost once since mid-January, and Ohio State played them even. I just don't get how you go from that to this - some variance is of course expected and only human etc., but the swings in this sport are so dramatic and unpredictable.

Lathum · 03-19-2021, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Swartz

Illinois wasn't though. They'd lost once since mid-January, and Ohio State played them even. I just don't get how you go from that to this - some variance is of course expected and only human etc., but the swings in this sport are so dramatic and unpredictable.

19 year old kids....

sovereignstar v2 · 03-19-2021, 05:33 PM

I don't fill out brackets anymore, but I would be leery of any Big Ten team the Gophers beat haha

sterlingice · 03-19-2021, 05:42 PM

Looks like /the/ OSU will be moving on. Wouldn't want to confuse them with another OSU that lost today.

SI

tarcone · 03-19-2021, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sovereignstar v2

I don't fill out brackets anymore, but I would be leery of any Big Ten team the Gophers beat haha

Im worried about Grand Canyon. They are big. Garza can struggle against big guys. And if he only gets 16 and Bohannon and Weiskamp are off, We will lose.

Brian Swartz · 03-19-2021, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by sovereignstar2

I don't fill out brackets anymore, but I would be leery of any Big Ten team the Gophers beat haha

Well that's the thing. They're the only team that beat Michigan for example prior to Michigan going on their COVID hiatus. By that logic you'd be left questioning anybody aside from Illinois, and then you'd go back to the BIG title game and be like 'yeah, don't trust them either'.

You could question anybody but Gonzaga in that way, and the last time an undefeated team went into the tournament, Kentucky lost in the Final Four.

Thomkal · 03-19-2021, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by tarcone

Im worried about Grand Canyon. They are big. Garza can struggle against big guys. And if he only gets 16 and Bohannon and Weiskamp are off, We will lose.

As well you should be...oh wait that's my Grand Canyon CJBL coach talking

Kodos · 03-19-2021, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

I don't want to get my hopes up in the IU coaching search, but folks are making that hard to avoid. But BS rumors are usually BS.

Welp, another kick in the balls for IU fans.

tarcone · 03-19-2021, 08:24 PM

Jeez Purdue may lose

tarcone · 03-19-2021, 08:26 PM

At least Iowa is going to win the nation championship in wrestling

lungs · 03-19-2021, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by tarcone

At least Iowa is going to win the nation championship in wrestling

Any WWE prospects on the team?

JonInMiddleGA · 03-19-2021, 08:48 PM

A flying start to my bracket on day 1, 10-1 (only missing tOSU, like everybody else).

Naturally North Texas and I'm sure a host of others are gonna come along and wreck me by the time the night is over

tarcone · 03-19-2021, 10:02 PM

Iowa has 3 in the finals and 2nd place PSU can top out at 124.5. Iowa has 109. and 4 in the medal round.

If the BB team loses Im still extremely excited. Iowa is a wrestling school after all.

sovereignstar v2 · 03-19-2021, 10:06 PM

Maybe you could give us an update on Iowa track and field next.

tarcone · 03-19-2021, 10:15 PM

We have a stud 110 hurdle guy. Fast as fuck

cthomer5000 · 03-19-2021, 10:30 PM

That was about the ugliest thing ever - but i am not going to complain.

RU!

molson · 03-19-2021, 10:33 PM

It's hilarious to me that Buddy Boheim was born my senior year at Syracuse, when Jim Boheim was already an old man. Now he's old enough to drink and is also the team's best player

ISiddiqui · 03-19-2021, 10:34 PM

I believe Rutgers really tried to lose that game. But, thankfully, so did Clemson. Does Pikeill seriously have no plays? Most of the second half was basically: Iso and shoot threes that almost never hit.

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jbergey22 · 03-20-2021, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Swartz

Illinois wasn't though. They'd lost once since mid-January, and Ohio State played them even. I just don't get how you go from that to this - some variance is of course expected and only human etc., but the swings in this sport are so dramatic and unpredictable.

Is it really more unpredictable than other sports though? The Clippers started this year by winning road games against the Lakers and Nuggets and then coming home to lose by 51 to the Mavs. In my opinion NBA basketball is the most unpredictable sport(regular season).

In baseball we will see random situations where the best pitcher in the league will get shelled by one of the worst teams.

In the NFL every week see head shaking upsets.

I do think the 3 point line does create more variance and the teams that arent afraid to launch 3s against better teams(Oral Roberts) will create more situations where they are in positions to upset larger schools.

Brian Swartz · 03-20-2021, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by jbergey22

Is it really more unpredictable than other sports though? The Clippers started this year by winning road games against the Lakers and Nuggets and then coming home to lose by 51 to the Mavs. In my opinion NBA basketball is the most unpredictable sport(regular season).

I would say baseball is more unpredictable than the NBA. I don't think there's any difference in teams in the NBA that is remotely comparable to Illinois-Oral Roberts.. It's orders of magnitudes larger. Great for them on winning their first tournament game in half a century, not at all saying it's a bad thing they won, but the gap just isn't the same.

jbergey22 · 03-20-2021, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Swartz

I would say baseball is more unpredictable than the NBA. I don't think there's any difference in teams in the NBA that is remotely comparable to Illinois-Oral Roberts.. It's orders of magnitudes larger. Great for them on winning their first tournament game in half a century, not at all saying it's a bad thing they won, but the gap just isn't the same.

Maybe not, however that point guard from Oral Roberts could easily start on a top tier B1G team. Motivation and momentum I am sure played a large part as well. Ohio State probably wasnt prepared to play their best game after a long week last week and maybe overlooked Oral Roberts. Once OR got the momentum, Ohio St just couldnt get it turned back around.

Vince, Pt. II · 03-20-2021, 02:00 AM

We have one win from every numerical seed except 16 and 14. Starting to hope Michigan lays an egg tomorrow.

Kodos · 03-20-2021, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by cthomer5000

That was about the ugliest thing ever - but i am not going to complain.

RU!

MizzouRah · 03-20-2021, 07:41 AM

Already down a final four team, damn you Ohio St.

Kodos · 03-20-2021, 07:58 AM

I’m okay with that!

I need to adopt a team to make the tournament interesting...

Edward64 · 03-20-2021, 08:14 AM

#3 Hogs handled Colgate coming back from a 14 pt deficit at one point. #6 Texas Tech is next. Com'on Sweet 16!

Lathum · 03-20-2021, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward64

#3 Hogs handled Colgate coming back from a 14 pt deficit at one point. #6 Texas Tech is next. Com'on Sweet 16!

I bet $100 on them at 70-1 a couple weeks ago to win the tournament. Bracket opened up beautifully for them with tOSU and Perdue going down. If they get to the elite 8 I can guarantee a profit.

Coffee Warlord · 03-20-2021, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Already down a final four team, damn you Ohio St.

I lost two on the first day. Had Tennessee in the final four on a whim along with Ohio State.

jbergey22 · 03-20-2021, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

I bet $100 on them at 70-1 a couple weeks ago to win the tournament. Bracket opened up beautifully for them with tOSU and Perdue going down. If they get to the elite 8 I can guarantee a profit.

FYI. On a tourny like this futures are wasted money. Just take the ML for 6 straight games letting that 100 ride and you will come out way better than 70-1.

JonInMiddleGA · 03-20-2021, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Had Tennessee in the final four on a whim along with Ohio State.

Damn, you shoulda asked me

That team showed a lot of ... mental/emotional instability for weeks leading up to the tournament. They were too ... fragile, that's why I had them as one of the easiest 1st round outs of the whole tournament.

Oddly, it was the older players rather than the younger ones who seemed to have the most problems adjusting as the team evolved.

sterlingice · 03-20-2021, 11:03 AM

It's 11am Day 2: Inject that music and hype straight into my veins

SI

Lathum · 03-20-2021, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by jbergey22

FYI. On a tourny like this futures are wasted money. Just take the ML for 6 straight games letting that 100 ride and you will come out way better than 70-1.

I am looking to be in a spot I can hedge. Doing a roll over parlay doesn't allow that.

JPhillips · 03-20-2021, 12:04 PM

GTown isn't playing well, but even if they were it's hard to compete with a team making threes like this.

sterlingice · 03-20-2021, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by JPhillips

GTown isn't playing well, but even if they were it's hard to compete with a team making threes like this.

Buffs couldn't miss in the 1st half

SI

tarcone · 03-20-2021, 12:58 PM

Go Eastern Washington

sterlingice · 03-20-2021, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by tarcone

Go Eastern Washington

So that's how it's going to be, huh?

Do I need to break out some Grand Canyon gear?

SI

tarcone · 03-20-2021, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

So that's how it's going to be, huh?

Do I need to break out some Grand Canyon gear?

SI

LOL

Im looking for the easiest path to Gonzaga as possible.

tarcone · 03-20-2021, 01:38 PM

Its official, Iowa is the 2021 Wrestling National Champions. That is #24 and the 1st since 2010.

Go Hawks!

Atocep · 03-20-2021, 02:08 PM

This Eastern Washington team is the most Eastern Washington looking group I could imagine.

Tanner Groves looks like the guy that shows up to the YMCA in flannel, warms up for 5 minutes, then kicks your ass up and down the court.

sterlingice · 03-20-2021, 02:14 PM

If they weren't playing aganst KU, I'd be rooting for Eastern Washington. A pair of brothers: one who looks like a lumberjack and the other Napoleon Dynamite. They need an undersized overskilled PG to complete the March fun story trifecta.

SI

tarcone · 03-20-2021, 02:27 PM

How many Mid Majors will have their Seniors come back for another year? Think about next years tourney if that happens.

sterlingice · 03-20-2021, 02:30 PM

Looks like the Groves(es) are a junior and a sophomore so this seems like a team we'll be watching next March

SI

tarcone · 03-20-2021, 04:16 PM

Michigan takes care of business

Low seed giving the higher seeds in this time slot.

Vince, Pt. II · 03-20-2021, 04:36 PM

Oof. Rough loss for UCSB there.

tarcone · 03-20-2021, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

Oof. Rough loss for UCSB there.

Missing a bunny with 2 seconds left. Ouch

Coffee Warlord · 03-20-2021, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Damn, you shoulda asked me

That team showed a lot of ... mental/emotional instability for weeks leading up to the tournament. They were too ... fragile, that's why I had them as one of the easiest 1st round outs of the whole tournament.

Oddly, it was the older players rather than the younger ones who seemed to have the most problems adjusting as the team evolved.

Yeah, that would imply I spend more than 2 minutes on a bracket.

Never been a huge college basketball guy, we do a freebie bracket for bragging rights at work every year, so not like I lost anything.

cartman · 03-20-2021, 05:54 PM

It seems like a lot of companies that skipped the Super Bowl for big ads are using them now in March Madness

cartman · 03-20-2021, 05:57 PM

First COVID cancellation. VCU has to forfeit.

We have our first lost game of NCAA Tournament. Here’s the explanation. pic.twitter.com/BZLi09sw2f
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) March 20, 2021

miami_fan · 03-20-2021, 05:58 PM

We got our first no contest.

Oregon vs. VCU has been declared a no-contest due to COVID protocols with VCU, per the NCAA. Oregon advances to the second round.

03-19-2021, 05:42 PM	#255
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Looks like /the/ OSU will be moving on. Wouldn't want to confuse them with another OSU that lost today. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-19-2021, 08:24 PM	#260
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	Jeez Purdue may lose __________________ Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15

03-19-2021, 08:26 PM	#261
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	At least Iowa is going to win the nation championship in wrestling __________________ Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15

03-19-2021, 08:48 PM	#263
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	A flying start to my bracket on day 1, 10-1 (only missing tOSU, like everybody else). Naturally North Texas and I'm sure a host of others are gonna come along and wreck me by the time the night is over __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

03-19-2021, 10:02 PM	#264
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	Iowa has 3 in the finals and 2nd place PSU can top out at 124.5. Iowa has 109. and 4 in the medal round. If the BB team loses Im still extremely excited. Iowa is a wrestling school after all. __________________ Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15

03-19-2021, 05:07 PM	#251
bob College Starter Join Date: Oct 2004	Sure. Give him a timeout as he falls and loses the ball.

03-19-2021, 05:33 PM	#254
sovereignstar v2 hates iowa Join Date: Oct 2010	I don't fill out brackets anymore, but I would be leery of any Big Ten team the Gophers beat haha

03-19-2021, 10:06 PM	#265
sovereignstar v2 hates iowa Join Date: Oct 2010	Maybe you could give us an update on Iowa track and field next.

03-19-2021, 10:15 PM	#266
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	We have a stud 110 hurdle guy. Fast as fuck __________________ Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15

03-19-2021, 10:33 PM	#268
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	It's hilarious to me that Buddy Boheim was born my senior year at Syracuse, when Jim Boheim was already an old man. Now he's old enough to drink and is also the team's best player Last edited by molson : 03-19-2021 at 10:34 PM.

03-19-2021, 10:34 PM	#269
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	I believe Rutgers really tried to lose that game. But, thankfully, so did Clemson. Does Pikeill seriously have no plays? Most of the second half was basically: Iso and shoot threes that almost never hit. Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

03-20-2021, 02:00 AM	#273
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	We have one win from every numerical seed except 16 and 14. Starting to hope Michigan lays an egg tomorrow.

03-20-2021, 07:41 AM	#275
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Already down a final four team, damn you Ohio St.

03-20-2021, 07:58 AM	#276
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I’m okay with that! I need to adopt a team to make the tournament interesting... __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

03-20-2021, 08:14 AM	#277
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	#3 Hogs handled Colgate coming back from a 14 pt deficit at one point. #6 Texas Tech is next. Com'on Sweet 16!

03-20-2021, 11:03 AM	#282
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	It's 11am Day 2: Inject that music and hype straight into my veins SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-20-2021, 12:04 PM	#284
JPhillips General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	GTown isn't playing well, but even if they were it's hard to compete with a team making threes like this. __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

03-20-2021, 12:58 PM	#286
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	Go Eastern Washington __________________ Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15

03-20-2021, 01:38 PM	#289
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	Its official, Iowa is the 2021 Wrestling National Champions. That is #24 and the 1st since 2010. Go Hawks! __________________ Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15

03-20-2021, 02:08 PM	#290
Atocep Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Puyallup, WA	This Eastern Washington team is the most Eastern Washington looking group I could imagine. Tanner Groves looks like the guy that shows up to the YMCA in flannel, warms up for 5 minutes, then kicks your ass up and down the court.

03-20-2021, 02:14 PM	#291
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	If they weren't playing aganst KU, I'd be rooting for Eastern Washington. A pair of brothers: one who looks like a lumberjack and the other Napoleon Dynamite. They need an undersized overskilled PG to complete the March fun story trifecta. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 03-20-2021 at 02:15 PM.

03-20-2021, 02:27 PM	#292
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	How many Mid Majors will have their Seniors come back for another year? Think about next years tourney if that happens. __________________ Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15

03-20-2021, 02:30 PM	#293
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Looks like the Groves(es) are a junior and a sophomore so this seems like a team we'll be watching next March SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 03-20-2021 at 02:30 PM.

03-20-2021, 04:16 PM	#294
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	Michigan takes care of business Low seed giving the higher seeds in this time slot. __________________ Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15

03-20-2021, 04:36 PM	#295
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	Oof. Rough loss for UCSB there.

03-20-2021, 05:54 PM	#298
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	It seems like a lot of companies that skipped the Super Bowl for big ads are using them now in March Madness __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

03-20-2021, 05:57 PM	#299
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	First COVID cancellation. VCU has to forfeit. We have our first lost game of NCAA Tournament. Here’s the explanation. pic.twitter.com/BZLi09sw2f — Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) March 20, 2021 __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint Last edited by cartman : 03-20-2021 at 05:58 PM.

03-20-2021, 05:58 PM	#300
miami_fan Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Land O Lakes FL	We got our first no contest. Oregon vs. VCU has been declared a no-contest due to COVID protocols with VCU, per the NCAA. Oregon advances to the second round. __________________ "The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946

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