laughedatbytime Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Baylor adjusts at the half and quickly chips away at the big Gonzaga lead...But the comeback stalls. Meanwhile, in Des Moines, the Gophers are making an improbable comeback without Murphy. Which also stalled. I've seen more guys crying already this year than I remember for whole tournaments previously. Getting soft or just more comfortable showing their emotions? I haven't noticed more of it, but I certainly don't think it's problematic...or a sign of softness... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Kansas down 26 at the half. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Kansas down 26 at the half. Outstanding. I have a long time grudge against Bill Self. He was coaching at Illinois, who I root for in college basketball, and doing well, saying he was happy there. Literally, a few days later he defected to his current job with Kansas after Roy Williams left there and went to NC. Screw him. I hope he gets fired and ends up at some school like Knox College. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 If Auburn hangs on, Barkley will be beside himself with glee, and rightly so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Typical round 2, with not many surprises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Gaels will be the bride's maid for life and never get laid. Shite the bed again. Of course. Glad I'm used to it. Time to stop shopping Australia. Give me Olivia Newton John. She still looks fukking HOT! Signed, "XANADU" Zero relation to Rush fanboi fruits. LOL! Great fukking movie and soundtrack. ELO EarlLovesOZ "FIRE IN THE BRAIN" kids. One of the best metal albums ever made. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 If Auburn hangs on, Barkley will be beside himself with glee, and rightly so. He’s gonna blow that stupid horn constantly now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 What's with all the Sideshow Bob hairdos this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Stomach punch loss for UCF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Stomach punch loss for UCFIt was hard to watch. You figure, at worst a tie and overtime, and on Zion's drive the two doesn't really hurt you...if you don't foul. Then Zion misses and Duke gets the rebound for the go-ahead putback. But with 8 seconds left, UCF shows incredible composure, gets to the rim...but it rattles out...but wait...UCF gets the tip-in!!! And it rattles out. :banghead: Coach K was classy at the end, though, giving UCF a ton of credit and accepting that Duke got lucky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Stomach punch loss for UCFIt was hard to watch. You figure, at worst a tie and overtime, and on Zion's drive the two doesn't really hurt you...if you don't foul. Then Zion misses and Duke gets the rebound for the go-ahead putback. But with 8 seconds left, UCF shows incredible composure, gets to the rim...but it rattles out...but wait...UCF gets the tip-in!!! And it rattles out. :banghead: Coach K was classy at the end, though, giving UCF a ton of credit and accepting that Duke got lucky.One wonders, though, if the magnanimity would have been there had the opposing coach not have been a protege and friend. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 1 NCAA tournament bracket stays perfect into Sweet 16 for first time ever. https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/bracketiq/2019-03-25/1-ncaa-tournament-bracket-stays-perfect-sweet-16-first For reference, if every game were a coin toss, the odds of predicting 48 in a row are 1 in 281,474,976,710,656. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Wow. That's some crazy amount of luck. He should be buying a Powerball ticket too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted March 26, 2019 Author Share Posted March 26, 2019 (edited) 1 NCAA tournament bracket stays perfect into Sweet 16 for first time ever. https://www.ncaa.com...-sweet-16-first For reference, if every game were a coin toss, the odds of predicting 48 in a row are 1 in 281,474,976,710,656.But as you know, every game isn't a coin toss so that's a bad frame of reference. Just not picking 16 over 1 reduces those odds by a factor of 16. That's not to say what this person has done isn't remarkable; in fact allowing for differences in the quality of teams makes the odds considerably higher but the achievement much more impressive in my opinion. A couple of years ago I ran the numbers with the kenpom win probabilities and came up with odds of one in just over 2 billion for the entire tournament. Edited March 26, 2019 by laughedatbytime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Go Zags, Vols, Wolverines and Ducks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 It's been a good year for tge SEC. "[The SEC] has four teams in the Sweet 16 for only the third time. That hasn't happened for the Strength Everywhere Conference in 22 years. However, three years ago the league didn't have four teams in the NCAATournament." https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/2019-march-madness-with-four-teams-in-the-sweet-16-heres-why-basketball-is-starting-to-just-mean-more-to-the-sec/amp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) This Michigan -Texas Tech game has featured some of the worst shooting Ive seen since the mid 80s small school Illinois state semifinal game between, I kid you not, the Hoopestown Cornjerkers and the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes. Edited March 29, 2019 by laughedatbytime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 This Michigan -Texas Tech game has featured some of the worst shooting Ive seen since the mid 80s small school Illinois state championship game between, I kid you not, the Hoopestown Cornjerkers and the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes. Holy shit. I haven't thought of the Cornjerkers in years. My mom worked in a nursing home there when we lived near Rankin. What a name for a team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 This Michigan -Texas Tech game has featured some of the worst shooting Ive seen since the mid 80s small school Illinois state championship game between, I kid you not, the Hoopestown Cornjerkers and the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes. Holy shit. I haven't thought of the Cornjerkers in years. My mom worked in a nursing home there when we lived near Rankin. What a name for a team.Ever heard of the Cobden Appleknockers? Wonder what the girls sports teams in that town are called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 This Michigan -Texas Tech game has featured some of the worst shooting Ive seen since the mid 80s small school Illinois state championship game between, I kid you not, the Hoopestown Cornjerkers and the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes. Holy shit. I haven't thought of the Cornjerkers in years. My mom worked in a nursing home there when we lived near Rankin. What a name for a team.Ever heard of the Cobden Appleknockers? Wonder what the girls sports teams in that town are called? Where I used to live in SW Illinois, there are the Centralia Orphans and the Freeburg Midgets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Tennessee got screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) I don't know what the fewest points by one team in a tournament game would be, and I'm not looking it up, but Michigan is probably in the running. Total crapfest for them. Edited March 29, 2019 by Fordgalaxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) Tennessee got screwed. Are you referring to the play of Tennessee's last foul in regulation? I saw a loop of the shot and the foul. The shooter was out of bounds as a result of being fouled. Shooter's heels never touched the line during the shot. Edited March 29, 2019 by pjbear05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prog snob Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 OH GOD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Tennessee got screwed. Are you referring to the play of Tennessee's last foul in regulation? I saw a loop of the shot and the foul. The shooter was out of bounds as a result of being fouled. Shooter's heels never touched the line during the shot.The shot where the shooter kicked his foot out to initiate contact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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