March Madness picks thread

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by rontheman1964

Does Texas ever practice free throws??? A high school team could do better than that......

Rick Barnes is a great example of an awesome recruiter and a crappy coach. His teams should be in Final Fours with the talent they have, yet they never can even get out of the second round.

[mark2061mn]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Rick Barnes is a great example of an awesome recruiter and a crappy coach. His teams should be in Final Fours with the talent they have, yet they never can even get out of the second round.

Totally agree. I would have liked to see them face Kentucky, probably the best talent on the court between those two teams you'll see.

[kenny p]

Temple-3 220/200 GL KP

[ateamstupid]

Ahahaha 1 point in 7 minutes for WVU.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Ahahaha 1 point in 7 minutes for WVU.

Mounties doing their Purdue impression.

I had WVU winning the NC in a couple of my brackets. OOPS. I'm now a fan of Morgan State... how tight are the sphincters of BCS conference teams in this tournament so far? Every one seems like they are playing not to lose. I mean if the refs called the game fair for RMU the Big East would be 0-4 right now!!!

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by philcski

Mounties doing their Purdue impression.

I had WVU winning the NC in a couple of my brackets. OOPS. I'm now a fan of Morgan State... how tight are the sphincters of BCS conference teams in this tournament so far? Every one seems like they are playing not to lose. I mean if the refs called the game fair for RMU the Big East would be 0-4 right now!!!

Yeah, that was terrible. Touch fouls on RMU every time down the floor, and the icing on the cake was when one ref called a jump ball late in OT and the other ref overruled him and called a timeout for Nova. Mike Rice looked like he was gonna kill somebody and rightfully so.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Yeah, that was terrible. Touch fouls on RMU every time down the floor, and the icing on the cake was when one ref called a jump ball late in OT and the other ref overruled him and called a timeout for Nova. Mike Rice looked like he was gonna kill somebody and rightfully so.

Not loving the performance of the A-10 so far, either. Richmond loses convincingly, Xavier losing, Temple getting hammered. I expected MUCH better.

[kenny p]

Originally Posted by kenny p

Temple-3 220/200 GL KP

Lookin grim.

-80
3-2-1

Oakland +9.5
220/200
Missouri
+2
220/200

[ateamstupid]

Utah State +130
150/195

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Utah State +130
150/195

+230
18-13-1

Fine time to have your worst offensive game of the year across the board.

New Mexico St. +12.5
110/100

[ateamstupid]

New Mexico State +12 1/2
110/100

[ateamstupid]

I'm so goddamn sick of these refs stealing these games from the lower seeds all tournament. LANE VIOLATION IN A TWO-POINT GAME WITH 18.6 SECONDS LEFT?! ARE YOU ****ING SHITTING ME? Then, to not look at the time when it was clear a half-second ran off after the ball went out of bounds on NMSU's possession. Horseshit, awful.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

I'm so goddamn sick of these refs stealing these games from the lower seeds all tournament. LANE VIOLATION IN A TWO-POINT GAME WITH 18.6 SECONDS LEFT?! ARE YOU ****ING SHITTING ME? Then, to not look at the time when it was clear a half-second ran off after the ball went out of bounds on NMSU's possession. Horseshit, awful.

That was ****ING HORSESHIT! I could give a fvck about New Mexico State, its about what is right and fair. It shouldn't matter what the name on your jersey says, but apparently if it's Villanova or Michigan State and you are viewed as a potential ratings generator you get preferential calls, like a ****in lane violation call in a 2 point game after a bricked free throw. Call me a conspiratist but I can GUARANTEE if the situation was reversed Michigan State would NOT have been called.

And then they don't review the clock after the ball went out of bounds, forcing them into an impossible last shot?

[ateamstupid]

Maryland/Houston
Over 158
110/100

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by philcski

That was ****ING HORSESHIT! I could give a fvck about New Mexico State, its about what is right and fair. It shouldn't matter what the name on your jersey says, but apparently if it's Villanova or Michigan State and you are viewed as a potential ratings generator you get preferential calls, like a ****in lane violation call in a 2 point game after a bricked free throw. Call me a conspiratist but I can GUARANTEE if the situation was reversed Michigan State would NOT have been called.

And then they don't review the clock after the ball went out of bounds, forcing them into an impossible last shot?

Phil it WAS a violation and New Mexico State's offense seemingly revolves around impossible shots.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

I'm so goddamn sick of these refs stealing these games from the lower seeds all tournament. LANE VIOLATION IN A TWO-POINT GAME WITH 18.6 SECONDS LEFT?! ARE YOU ****ING SHITTING ME? Then, to not look at the time when it was clear a half-second ran off after the ball went out of bounds on NMSU's possession. Horseshit, awful.

While i'm sure this will send you into convulsions that was clearly a lane violation and the last 8 minutes of the game were why the quality of the college game has declined. NMS didnt take ONE GOOD SHOT the last 8 minutes of the game. They seemingly had no offensive sets or an idea of how to create a shot for another player. They didnt box out on the defensive end. They never sent a single guy to hit the offensive boards. They bailed out Mich st at least twice with bad fouls as the shot clock was running down. They missed FT's. If you want to blame the refs for them losing the game on a violation then you watched a completely different game than I did.

Michigan State wasnt much better though they did run a decent set offense which got them open looks and did dominate the defensive boards.

[Cannon Shell]

There was like zero chance that New Mexico State was getting a good shot regardless of being down 2 or 3 or if they had 30 seconds or 2. Sure the game was close and when a lower seed might upset a high seed it can be exciting. But that was a terrible display of basketball.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

While i'm sure this will send you into convulsions that was clearly a lane violation and the last 8 minutes of the game were why the quality of the college game has declined. NMS didnt take ONE GOOD SHOT the last 8 minutes of the game. They seemingly had no offensive sets or an idea of how to create a shot for another player. They didnt box out on the defensive end. They never sent a single guy to hit the offensive boards. They bailed out Mich st at least twice with bad fouls as the shot clock was running down. They missed FT's. If you want to blame the refs for them losing the game on a violation then you watched a completely different game than I did.

Michigan State wasnt much better though they did run a decent set offense which got them open looks and did dominate the defensive boards.

This situation has nothing to do with the play of NMS down the stretch, but rather if the roles were reversed the call WOULD NOT have been made. It was blatantly slobbing the knob of a "preferred" team. As for the level of play, my eyes are burning from watching this Cal-Ville game. These teams are just dreadful. I was semi-OK with expansion but with more games like this = no thanks.