First 2009 March Madness thread

philcski · #1 03-12-2009, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid

All he said is they're not as comfortable as they would've been with a win last night. He says he still thinks they're in, and they are.

Agree... they are a 9-10 seed and comfortably in. Texas Tech isn't that bad of a loss that they would fall 8 spots on the bubble S-curve.

Today's news... Miami, OUT. Providence, OUT. VT, step in the right direction but not there yet. One more win would probably do it. They are only 18-13 but they have taken some brutally tough losses and that must be factored in IMO.

#2 03-12-2009, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by philcski

Agree... they are a 9-10 seed and comfortably in. Texas Tech isn't that bad of a loss that they would fall 8 spots on the bubble S-curve.

Today's news... Miami, OUT. Providence, OUT. VT, step in the right direction but not there yet. One more win would probably do it. They are only 18-13 but they have taken some brutally tough losses and that must be factored in IMO.

It may not be a bad loss but the way they lost
is inexcusable. And most of the places I look
agree with the 9 or 10 seed.

GBBob · #3 03-12-2009, 01:35 PM

Northwestern officially out

ateamstupid · #4 03-12-2009, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by pgardn

It may not be a bad loss but the way they lost
is inexcusable. And most of the places I look
agree with the 9 or 10 seed.

The way they lost? The kid scored 29 in a row and couldn't miss, and that was the only way in hell Texas Tech could've won. How is that inexcusable? How many teams would've won that game?

#5 03-12-2009, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid

The way they lost? The kid scored 29 in a row and couldn't miss, and that was the only way in hell Texas Tech could've won. How is that inexcusable? How many teams would've won that game?

Are you frggn kidding me.
Let a bench player score 29 in a row.

HOW ABOUT COVERING HIM.
IS THAT A NOVEL IDEA?

Force someone else to shoot the ball.

Texas ATM quit in that game.
They stopped playing.
Did you watch the game?

It was streaming, you could have caught it.
The question to ask is how many teams would
have lost that game? It was 50-29 at halftime
for Oden's sake.

ateamstupid · #6 03-12-2009, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by philcski

Agree... they are a 9-10 seed and comfortably in. Texas Tech isn't that bad of a loss that they would fall 8 spots on the bubble S-curve.

Today's news... Miami, OUT. Providence, OUT. VT, step in the right direction but not there yet. One more win would probably do it. They are only 18-13 but they have taken some brutally tough losses and that must be factored in IMO.

Minnesota has to be in now, and Michigan is up 16 early. If they hold on, they're in too.

declansharbor · #7 03-12-2009, 02:30 PM

I am officially off of the Kansas train.

ateamstupid · #8 03-12-2009, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by declansharbor

I am officially off of the Kansas train.

Be careful. Baylor is one of the season's biggest underachievers, with a bunch of seniors who don't want to go home. I wouldn't be shocked to see them go on to win the Big XII Tournament.

#9 03-12-2009, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Be careful. Baylor is one of the season's biggest underachievers, with a bunch of seniors who don't want to go home. I wouldn't be shocked to see them go on to win the Big XII Tournament.

I would be very surprised.

ateamstupid · #10 03-12-2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by pgardn

I would be very surprised.

Why? Did Baylor suddenly forget how to play basketball in the past year? You rail every day about how terrible the Big XII is, but now you'd be shocked to see an underachieving Tournament team from last year win two games.

And I'm done discussing A&M with you. You obviously hate them and can't be impartial. That's fine, but they're in the Tournament. Deal with it.

#11 03-12-2009, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Why? Did Baylor suddenly forget how to play basketball in the past year? You rail every day about how terrible the Big XII is, but now you'd be shocked to see an underachieving Tournament team from last year win two games.

And I'm done discussing A&M with you. You obviously hate them and can't be impartial. That's fine, but they're in the Tournament. Deal with it.

It would not be 2 games.
It would be four.
Any team having to play so many games in
a row is going to be at a disadvantage, No?
And especially a team playing as poorly as Baylor
had been compared to the beginning of the year.

And you are correct. I do not like ATM as a team this year.
If you actually watched the Tech game you would
understand what I mean by an excusable game to lose.