The Official 2006 NCAA Tournament thread

[Qwikshot]

Pacific seems to be hanging in there with BC too.

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by Qwikshot

Pacific seems to be hanging in there with BC too.

Yeah, kind of glad this is the game I have... pretty good, physical game..

[MylesKnight]

A bit of a Pre-Excerpt from the Duke/Southern game later on this evening from Greensboro..


Billy Packer: “Oh, God, please! Please don’t let this happen! Please, God, please – please don’t let Duke lose.”

Jim Nantz: “You know, Billy. Speaking of ‘lose’ – America can’t lose if they watch the world premiere of ‘Locusts’ right here on CBS on April 24th.”

Packer: “Fouls! Fouls! Constant fouling! Duke is getting fouled all the time, even when they’re in timeouts but the refs aren’t calling it. It’s a crime, I tell you – a crime!”

Nantz: “If you don’t like crimes, Billy, then be sure to watch ‘CSI: Miami,’ Monday at 10:00 p.m. on CBS.”

Packer: “No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! It’s over. They’ve lost.”

Nantz: “Sorry, Billy. CBS doesn’t broadcast ‘Lost.’ But I will say that Duke’s ‘Numb3rs’ just didn’t stack up tonight. It’s been an ‘Amazing Race’ for them though, but they’re ‘Gone Without A Trace.’”

Packer: “I don’t care what the scoreboard says. Duke is still the greatest team ever and Mike Krzyzewski is the greatest coach of all time.”

Nantz: “And before we go, viewers, please don’t forget to tune in to the premier of the critically-acclaimed new series here on CBS: ‘Billy Packer Has Zero Credibility, Not That I Do Either, But Why Must I Do Games With This Guy?’ hosted by me, Jim Nantz, beginning after the NCAA Tournament.”

[MylesKnight]

40-24 Wichita at the break..

[LoneStarGirl]

I want to know why people in mississippi are seeing the Seton Hall game. I'd rather watch either of the other two games. I would like to know how they decide what game to show where

[JeeberD]

33-31 UW-M over OU a the half...

[wade moore]

33-31 UWMIL over Oklahoma at half..

and right now with 3:45 left PAC and BC are tied at 28.... this is why I love march madness!

[MylesKnight]

A bit of a gripe here...

Why does there always have to be at least one 1st Round Game that basically the entire country minus the west coast does not see?

This year it is UCLA/Belmont.. Gametime is 5:10pm Eastern.. I understand the time zone issue, but still.. CBS pays all of these dollas' for this tourney and basically skips one game for the vast majority of America.

Anyone else notice this?

As much as I dislike the way ESPN does things anymore, it would be much more beneficial as a College Hoops fan if the "Family of Networks" they offer covered the First and Second Round action. Heck, CBS only offers regional coverage for the darn Regional Semis (next Thursday and Friday Evenings).. Could you imagine regional coverage for New Year's Day Bowl Games? Ridiculous.

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by duckman

Fuck, the game is blacked out because it's on TV.

I can't get the BC game! Arrrgggghhhhh. I waited in a line of 80,000 people even.

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

i've actually been moved back in line since the last refresh online.

you got virtually cut. classic.

[Easy Mac]

i've actually been moved back in line since the last refresh online.

[st.cronin]

I love timestamp bug.

[rkmsuf]

he just got cut twice. once at cbs and once at fofc.

booyah!

[Drake]

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

I can't get the BC game! Arrrgggghhhhh. I waited in a line of 80,000 people even.

That's why you should have given an Australian address/zip code (whatever) when you signed up.

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by Drake

That's why you should have given an Australian address/zip code (whatever) when you signed up.

Stupidly I used my existing CBS account used for FFL. *Slaps forehead*

I should have created another account.

[JeeberD]

It's not too late to create a new one, is it?

[Drake]

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

Stupidly I used my existing CBS account used for FFL. *Slaps forehead*

I should have created another account.

Don't feel bad. I didn't think of it either until I got my first blacked out game.

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

It's not too late to create a new one, is it?

today yes. by the time I wait in line again BC will already be back in Boston.


ps - nice smurf

[Easy Mac]

i'm in!!! (sadly not the first time i've used that phrase) I'm about to go back to work though. thank god we've got the local game on the projector in the office we're in... or i could just watch the plasma in the lobby.

[wade moore]

Seton Hall has gone on a bit of a run, it's 55-44 WSU.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by MylesKnight

This year it is UCLA/Belmont.. Gametime is 5:10pm Eastern.. I understand the time zone issue, but still.. CBS pays all of these dollas' for this tourney and basically skips one game for the vast majority of America.

Because many local affiliates in the rest of the country really don't want to lose their entire evening news and/or prime access blocks to early round basketball games.

[MylesKnight]

I understand the reasoning Jon, but am still miffed by it. This tournament is HUGE.. CBS in my opinion, doesn't give it the amount of TV time it deserves.

[st.cronin]

Originally Posted by MylesKnight

I understand the reasoning Jon, but am still miffed by it. This tournament is HUGE.. CBS in my opinion, doesn't give it the amount of TV time it deserves.

lol ... you're being sarcastic, aren't you?

[wade moore]

Wichita St. has pulled away again and UW-M has had their lead grow to 11.

BC is the only Power conference team holding it down, and this game is really good. Smith is really controlling the game down low and giving Pacific problems.

[Young Drachma]

I think CBS could schedule it better. You have to wonder when ESPN will buy it and relegate the women's tourney to CBS.

[miami_fan]

The delay in San Diego could make for an extra long night of watching basketball. We already had games scheduled til 11pm central

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

The delay in San Diego could make for an extra long night of watching basketball. We already had games scheduled til 11pm central

Yup.. I'm hoping the San Diego deal is a false alarm, but I like the fact that they aren't taking chances.

[rkmsuf]

the ever dangerous exploding hot dog

[wade moore]

tip time is 20 minutes from now and the teams are still at their HOTELS.

[miami_fan]

I am sure the authorities told them not to leave the hotel.

Louie Orr has been on thin ice this whole season. This sorry performance by SH may be enough for him to get the can.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by MylesKnight

I understand the reasoning Jon, but am still miffed by it. This tournament is HUGE.. CBS in my opinion, doesn't give it the amount of TV time it deserves.

What you're discounting, I think, (or wishing you could discount) is that CBS doesn't own most of the local affiliates & the locals do NOT want to deal with that much basketball. Like most stuff, it's a money thing.

Most markets can make same/more money selling their 5p & 6p news spots and their Entertainment Tonight/Jeopardy/whatever spots than they can make on these early round games (as the networks don't take away most of the commericial inventory). Plus they don't have to piss off their regular advertisers by bumping them out of their spots. PLUS they don't risk losing 52 week a year viewers to other stations that might decide they like if they sampled their product. PLUS there's plenty of markets where some of the basketball matchups (early rounds, non-weekend, non-prime) don't draw as many viewers as the regular programming. The option, of course, is for CBS to make the games optional & let the affiliates decide what to carry but that would create even more trouble (since special event viewers tend to be more vocal about a decision not to carry).

And if you think the affiliates have a lot of gripes there, they all pale in comparison to the uproar that CBS would create by putting the games on, say, some of the lower tier cable networks they have connections to (because the local affilliates do not want to compete with those outlets for the NCAA-BB advertising dollars that are available in their market).

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

I am sure the authorities told them not to leave the hotel.

Louie Orr has been on thin ice this whole season. This sorry performance by SH may be enough for him to get the can.

That should've been the case in here in Wyoming, given most people wanted the coach gone. But that run in the conference title game gave him momentum and now, they're going to keep his non-recruiting useless self and so...he might parlay that game into keep his job, even if they lose..because they had no business being in the tourney anyway.

[Young Drachma]

78-59....with 2:30 left, looks like the Hall is done.

[Young Drachma]

Pacific is making a run there against BC. Are they really playing well or is BC bagging it in the late going?

[miami_fan]

WTF? Last time I looked BC was up 10 now they are only up 2? What happened?

[MylesKnight]

Pacific is coming back again... Could it be three for three for the "Lower Tier"?

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

I am sure the authorities told them not to leave the hotel.

Louie Orr has been on thin ice this whole season. This sorry performance by SH may be enough for him to get the can.

I find something funny about the fans standing like 50 ft. from the entry way and the teams are told not to even leave their hotels.

[MylesKnight]

Very good post Jon. At some point in time I believe that demand from sports fans will cause the NCAA to get a cable outlet (a la ESPN) involved for 1st & 2nd Round Games (and possibly the Regional Semis as well).

I want to see more of these games.

[MylesKnight]

Oh, Seton Hall can now join Hampton in the showers. Wichita by 19 with a minute left.

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by wade moore

I find something funny about the fans standing like 50 ft. from the entry way and the teams are told not to even leave their hotels.

Yet another example of the pampered players?

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

Yet another example of the pampered players?

....

They just said the arena has been opened, no word on when tip-off will be.

They didn't state whether it was a false alarm either.

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by MylesKnight

Very good post Jon. At some point in time I believe that demand from sports fans will cause the NCAA to get a cable outlet (a la ESPN) involved for 1st & 2nd Round Games (and possibly the Regional Semis as well).

I want to see more of these games.

Doesn't Directv already have the PPV package for the first two rounds of the tourney?

[JeeberD]

OK, the OU game is pretty much over. Switch over to the Pacific/BC game already!

[MylesKnight]

Final - Wichita State 86, Seton Hall 66

One for One for the League under scrutiny by the oh so wise Billy Packer.

[ice4277]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

OK, the OU game is pretty much over. Switch over to the Pacific/BC game already!

No doubt.

[wade moore]

if BC holds on, I'll come out 2 out of 3, ugh.. I don't like starting out missing games in the first set of games.

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by MylesKnight

Final - Wichita State 86, Seton Hall 66

One for One for the League under scrutiny by the oh so wise Billy Packer.

MK, sounds like you're as much behind the mid-majors as I am...

If today pans out well and the mid-major at-larges continue to beat the power conferences, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see an interview with Packer tonight...

[MylesKnight]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

Doesn't Directv already have the PPV package for the first two rounds of the tourney?

True. Problem for me is I'm in a condo that is perfect except for one thing.. No dishes allowed. There are only a handful of occasions that I use the TV much for anyway, but this is one of them.

[wade moore]

38.3 left, 61-60 BC, BC at the line.

[wade moore]

GREAT play by Pacific. 19.8, 63-62, BC back at the foul line.