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2016-2017 NCAA Men's Basketball |OT| Villanova has no fans so this is their thread
- Thread starter Randolph Freelander
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Deleted member 12837
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Did something happen to Amile to aggregate things or is it just the wear and tear of the season finally taking its toll on the existing injury?
DirtyManos
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UCLA going into McKale and beating Arizona should bode well for seeding, I hope.
sf2fanatic
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I hope so too. But we're still behind them and Oregon in the standings
unknownstranger
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Actually happy it happened. If it didn't we were going to get a ridiculous bracket like Wichita State had.
Lol. The west always has by far the easiest bracket ever since the committee started caring about geography.
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Deleted member 752119
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WVU lucky to get a one-point win at TCU yesterday. Lot's of bitching about the foul call on TCU at the end that led to the game winning FT, but thought the foul on us that let them tie it up the prior positions as similar in terms of being pretty ticky tacky late game.
Handled Texas easily I earlier in the week, so have at least one three straight after the meltdown at KU. Was worried that would tank the season.
Final week is at Baylor tomorrow night and then Iowa State at home. Hope we can get both wins as those would be good seed builders for the tourney. Would like to get off the 4 line we've been at lately and up to a 3. Maybe a 2 with a deep run or win in the conference tourney and some other teams going out early in their tourneys.
Handled Texas easily I earlier in the week, so have at least one three straight after the meltdown at KU. Was worried that would tank the season.
Final week is at Baylor tomorrow night and then Iowa State at home. Hope we can get both wins as those would be good seed builders for the tourney. Would like to get off the 4 line we've been at lately and up to a 3. Maybe a 2 with a deep run or win in the conference tourney and some other teams going out early in their tourneys.
unknownstranger
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If we stayed undefeated, UCLA would have probably been a 2 and Oregon a 4 in the West.
Exactly my point. UCLA is a 4 seed by KP and the worst 3 seed by Sagarin. Oregon would be a 5 seed by KP and a 4 seed by Sagarin.
GoldenEye 007
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UCF takes down #15 Cinci!
unknownstranger
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I still think we have our best shot ever of winning it all.
ErasureAcer
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FL State, Minnesota, Nova, UNC
Proelite
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I disagree, I think the field is more competitive this year than last. There are great teams like Gonzaga, Nova, Kansas, UNC.
Top teams are not on the level of 2015 though.
sf2fanatic
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Nova
UCLA
FLA
Zona
UCLA
FLA
Zona
That's sort of what I meant. No team has separated themselves from everyone else.
Grover Cleveland
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Carolina just scored 43 points in a game.
Forty
Three
Forty
Three
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
Randolph Freelander
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Weren't they playing Virginia? That might have been enough to win.
Mac the KNife
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That UNC boxscore sure is somethin'.
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Another shitty late game effort for WVU last night. Up 8 at Baylor with around 9 to play, and ended up losing by 11. Oh well, were underdogs anyway, would have just been nice for seeding. Hopefully we bounce back against Iowa State at home Friday.
Huggins needs to rethink the full game/full season full court press next year IMO. It wins us a lot of games, but seems to have us tired out and struggling with shooting/scoring in second half of games as the season winds on even despite having a deep bench.
Huggins needs to rethink the full game/full season full court press next year IMO. It wins us a lot of games, but seems to have us tired out and struggling with shooting/scoring in second half of games as the season winds on even despite having a deep bench.
Grover Cleveland
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This is "Senior Night" but it literally might be the last game in Cameron for the entire team minus Frank and Chase (and Vrank and em of course)
Jefferson gone
Jones gone
Giles gone
Tatum gone
Bolden honestly could stay and eat next year but he's probably gone
Allen should go before he fully JMM's himself (but it might be too late)
Kennard should go before he starts to JMM himself
Jefferson gone
Jones gone
Giles gone
Tatum gone
Bolden honestly could stay and eat next year but he's probably gone
Allen should go before he fully JMM's himself (but it might be too late)
Kennard should go before he starts to JMM himself
Speaking of Giles, what's up with him so far? I've only watched maybe two Duke games this year, but I never hear about him on like ESPN or anything and I see he's only averaging 4 and 4. Was certain he'd be really good and a top 2-3 pick next year. Is he still coming back from the injuries?
Randolph Freelander
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Giles looks like a dude that has had 3 knee surgeries, missed two plus years, and doesn't get minutes. He has flashes, but they're few and far between, and the lack of consistent minutes is likely a good part of that.
Randolph Freelander
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Jones isn't going anywhere. He's just going to slide over a chair and start holding a dry erase board.
Grover Cleveland
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Sooo it turns out Frank Jackson may be the best player in the history of Duke Basketball ...
Randolph Freelander
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Frank Jackson is trying to turn this into a senior night.
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Deleted member 12837
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It's awesome to see Amile play so well on Senior Night, but also a bit bittersweet. When Amile plays like healthy Amile, this team is very good. It's basically the team that lost to Kansas at the buzzer + Tatum + a more developed Frank. That's a Final Four-level team.
But getting Amile there requires ample rest and recovery time, and I don't think he's really going to get enough of that as the season winds down. Maybe if we lose super early in the ACC tournament.
edit: lol that dude tripped Grayson
But getting Amile there requires ample rest and recovery time, and I don't think he's really going to get enough of that as the season winds down. Maybe if we lose super early in the ACC tournament.
edit: lol that dude tripped Grayson
NaturalHigh
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One of my biased UK FB feed things said Grayson Allen appeared to fake being tripped last night, haha.
The more I look at it though...maybe he did.
Media works guys. I'm sheeped.
The more I look at it though...maybe he did.
Media works guys. I'm sheeped.
ErasureAcer
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BrianFellows clean? Wolverines are shitting on themselves. Hopefully they got none of that stank on him.
ErasureAcer
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Michigan. Jnc.
^ Just saw the winning shot.
Tie game scenario, but a rare sight for the school's team.
Still have some doubts about the team making it to the NCAA. Looks like a bubble team.
Tie game scenario, but a rare sight for the school's team.
Still have some doubts about the team making it to the NCAA. Looks like a bubble team.
ErasureAcer
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NW with no bad losses is in IMO. Congrats.
ErasureAcer
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Illinois comin through for Goldy. Goldy had to win out to get the double bye. Now they can lose a game if Maryland can hold at home vs Sparty. Goldy can get the 2 seed with 2 wins and a Wisconsin loss tomorrow.
Randolph Freelander
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THINK OF THE STREAK, NORTHWESTERN
Chicago has already lost one this year. Don't make it two.
Chicago has already lost one this year. Don't make it two.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
You'd think as a Michigan basketball fan I'd be used to these heartbreaking buzzer beater losses by now but NOPE! Still feels like someone ran over both of my dogs.
Congrats though Tekky. You guys are a lock at this point.
I don't think NU is in until after the B1G tournament. What if Northwestern drops first game?
Kinda disappointed NU students stormed the court after that game against an unranked team although admittedly I did storm the field after an Illinois football game back in the day.
I suppose they were excited about the execution + difficulty of that final shot.
https://twitter.com/ESPNCBB/status/837125534568099841
Northwestern fans used Cubs as an excuse for streaks. Now there is no excuse.
ErasureAcer
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Lol Wisconsin. What a bunch of losers. Turnover turnover...missed FTs, cant rebound, sunk by a 3. Hilarious.
ErasureAcer
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It doesnt matter NW is in. They'll be an 8-10 seed. It's not even close. Bubble is weak this year.
Yes, technically no one from the BT is in until after the BT tournament.
ErasureAcer
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Possible, of the many, BT scenarios.
NW beats Purdue. Sparty beats Maryland. Goldy beats Wisconsin. All likely, IMO, ok maybe not NW.
1. Purdue
2. Goldy
3. Sparty 3-0 tiebreaker vs next 3.
4. NW. NW, Maryland and Wisc...all 1-2. Sparty isnt taken out of equation in 4-way tie. Instead goes to record vs Purdue. NW would be 1-1 better than the other 2 at 0-1.
5. Maryland. Tie breaker w Wisconsin goes all the way down to NW. Same records vs Purdue 0-1, Goldy 1-1 and Sparty 0-1. Maryland beat NW.
6. Wisc. So even tho Wisc beat Maryland in this 4-way tie they're 6th according to procedure as NW is tiebreaker before.
Middle of the pack can be just as convoluted w scenarios. Thought this was an interesting and possible scenario tho.
Thatd leave Iowa vs OhSt in 7-10 and Mich and Ill in 8-9 assuming all of them win their games. Iowa has tiebreak over Mich heads up.
Barring other upsets in tournament by seed, QF would be this under probable scenario above.
Purdue-Mich
NW-Maryland
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Sparty-Wisc
Goldy-Iowa
Should be a crazy tournament. Great league this year. Wouldnt put it past Penn St and Indiana or whomever gets the 5 and 6 seed in 2nd rd, especially if Wisc and Maryland, to make a run.
Quite confident Rutgers and Nebraska will do nothing.
NW beats Purdue. Sparty beats Maryland. Goldy beats Wisconsin. All likely, IMO, ok maybe not NW.
1. Purdue
2. Goldy
3. Sparty 3-0 tiebreaker vs next 3.
4. NW. NW, Maryland and Wisc...all 1-2. Sparty isnt taken out of equation in 4-way tie. Instead goes to record vs Purdue. NW would be 1-1 better than the other 2 at 0-1.
5. Maryland. Tie breaker w Wisconsin goes all the way down to NW. Same records vs Purdue 0-1, Goldy 1-1 and Sparty 0-1. Maryland beat NW.
6. Wisc. So even tho Wisc beat Maryland in this 4-way tie they're 6th according to procedure as NW is tiebreaker before.
Middle of the pack can be just as convoluted w scenarios. Thought this was an interesting and possible scenario tho.
Thatd leave Iowa vs OhSt in 7-10 and Mich and Ill in 8-9 assuming all of them win their games. Iowa has tiebreak over Mich heads up.
Barring other upsets in tournament by seed, QF would be this under probable scenario above.
Purdue-Mich
NW-Maryland
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Sparty-Wisc
Goldy-Iowa
Should be a crazy tournament. Great league this year. Wouldnt put it past Penn St and Indiana or whomever gets the 5 and 6 seed in 2nd rd, especially if Wisc and Maryland, to make a run.
Quite confident Rutgers and Nebraska will do nothing.
Grover Cleveland
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I for one am glad to see future Duke head coach Chris Collins doing well at Northwestern!
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WVU bounced back from the loss to Baylor with a relatively easy win over Iowa State on senior night. Clinched second place in the Big XII. I'll take it.
I think Iowa gets on the bubble if we win our last regular season game and get one B10 tourney game... doubt we'll do it but at least it seems possible. Wasn't expecting that last week.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
You just got some help from Rutgers.
Randolph Freelander
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Some random basketball game is about to begin. Two teams that both decided to wear blue.