2019 NCAA Tourney Thread: Nation has to watch Virginia again (5 Viewers)

[The General]

Izzo the witch

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

No ot. 

Congrats MSU & @Ilov80s

 

[NutterButter]

I'll miss you zion

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Izzo the witch

Turned Duke into a newt.

 

[facook]

WIth Tech, UVA, and Auburn in the FF there is ZERO chance Duke is losing this game.  

Never happier to be wrong.

 

[zamboni]

Great play call - I was saying chuck it down the other end.

 

[Ilov80s]

No ot. 

Congrats MSU & @Ilov80s

Not necessarily my team but Im out watching the game and am enjoying the wild atmosphere here. 

 

[NutterButter]

Love tom Izzo.  One of the great ones.  

 

[dickey moe]

Another great one.

Izzo has done more with less than any other coach in college basketball.

 

[tjnc09]

Waiting until Saturday for the next game 

 

[urbanhack]

WIth Tech, UVA, and Auburn in the FF there is ZERO chance Duke is losing this game.  

Ok

 

[Hoos First]

Well at least one #1 seed made it.

 

[James Daulton]

Holy #### Izzo is a witch. 

Damn, @The General is a witch too. 

 

[SHIZNITTTT]

Duke was playing on borrowed time the entire tournament.  

 

[whoknew]

Congratulations to Sparty. Great win. Great season.

 

[NutterButter]

Another great one.

Izzo has done more with less than any other coach in college basketball.

I'd put old roy right up there.  

 

[stlrams]

Coach k is the most over rated coach in college basketball.  Has the best players most years and can’t win when it counts most..

 

[Pipes]

Sorry Champs. Spelled Duke right this time

No spelled it wrong again.  

 

[Nipsey]

I was really surprised Duke got that foul call with 5 seconds left.

 

[Johnny Rock]

Loving that Auburn took down Kansas, North Carolina and Kentucky. Also happy that Duke lost. 

Blue Bloods . All the best players think they need to go to these schools to succeed or have the best chance at the NBA. Who wants to live in Lawrence, Durham, or Lexington?

Much better IMO when studs go elsewhere and make a team a team. More fun for fans and those other schools. 

 

[flapgreen]

Duke loses. All is right with the world. 

 

[ffmail4me]

Zion leaves Duke my all time favorite player. And he'll do for Duke recruiting what Jordan did for UNCheat for the next 2 decades. And when Brad Stevens takes over, we won't miss a beat. Suck it Duke haters

 

[JohnnyU]

Loving that Auburn took down Kansas, North Carolina and Kentucky. Also happy that Duke lost. 

Blue Bloods . All the best players think they need to go to these schools to succeed or have the best chance at the NBA. Who wants to live in Lawrence, Durham, or Lexington?

Much better IMO when studs go elsewhere and make a team a team. More fun for fans and those other schools. 

Lexington is a very nice city.

 

[JohnnyU]

How many players will Duke lose?  Williamson and Barrett for sure and probably Reddish as well.  Who else?

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Yeah baby!!!!

GoGreeeeeen!!

Great Day to be a Spartan

 

[JaxBill]

@JBeonTheHill: CBS reportedly still intends to televise Final Four next weekend even with no Zion there.

 

[facook]

I actually really like Zion, first Dookie I've really liked since Grant Hill.  There is probably less than a 1% chance he comes back next year, but I'd love it if he and the other frosh decided to come back and get their championship.  It's so weird to like one player and despise a coach and the program.

I was convinced that CBS/NCAA would make sure Zion and Duke got to the championship.  Happy to be wrong at this moment, but I will probably wish they were there next week.  Seeing UVA get ultimate redemption over Duke in the championship would have been my personal preference.

 

[Capella]

Loving that Auburn took down Kansas, North Carolina and Kentucky. Also happy that Duke lost. 

Blue Bloods . All the best players think they need to go to these schools to succeed or have the best chance at the NBA. Who wants to live in Lawrence, Durham, or Lexington?

Much better IMO when studs go elsewhere and make a team a team. More fun for fans and those other schools. 

Do you know where auburn, MSU and Texas tech are located? 

 

[JohnnyU]

Do you know where auburn, MSU and Texas tech are located? 

Auburn, East Lansing, and Lubbock?

 

[sporthenry]

Coach k is the most over rated coach in college basketball.  Has the best players most years and can’t win when it counts most..

Meh I’m sure it’s a hot take but that’s the downside of the one and done. No bench and 18 year olds playing against a bunch of 21-22 year olds.  Is Reddish a better basketball player than Winston right now?  No. 

 

[tommyboy]

I was at 99.86% on ESPN bracket challenge out of 17.2 million people until duke gagged it. 

I have two other brackets one with Virginia, one with Texas tech. I still have a small chance of winning outright with tech, maybe finish 2nd or 3rd with Virginia. Oh well.

 

[stlrams]

Meh I’m sure it’s a hot take but that’s the downside of the one and done. No bench and 18 year olds playing against a bunch of 21-22 year olds.  Is Reddish a better basketball player than Winston right now?  No. 

We have several examples before the one and done system.  Take 1994 and 2004 final four where coach K out coached by Calhoun.  

 

[ffmail4me]

How many players will Duke lose?  Williamson and Barrett for sure and probably Reddish as well.  Who else?

Quite possibly all 4, guess Tre is the only one that might but I doubt it. His left as a late 1st and he seems to be projected about the same 

 

[JohnnyU]

Coach k is the most over rated coach in college basketball.  Has the best players most years and can’t win when it counts most..

No he isn't and neither is Calipari.  Now K knows how Calipari feels after he sold his soul to the one-and-done devil, but Cal has taken KY to 4 Final Fours and 7 elite eight and 1 title in 10 years. 

 

[Nipsey]

No he isn't and neither is Calipari.  Now K knows how Calipari feels after he sold his soul to the one-and-done devil, but Cal has taken KY to 4 Final Fours and 7 elite eight and 1 title in 10 years. 

Flo from Progressive could have won a title coaching some of those Kentucky teams.

 

[shuke]

I was at 99.86% on ESPN bracket challenge out of 17.2 million people until duke gagged it. 

I have two other brackets one with Virginia, one with Texas tech. I still have a small chance of winning outright with tech, maybe finish 2nd or 3rd with Virginia. Oh well.

Keep us updated.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Fun weekend 

one alma mater wins the D2 title and the other goes to their 11th F4

GOGREEN

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Zion leaves Duke my all time favorite player. 

I feel bad for Duke fans today, having formed such an intimate bond with this young man over the past 4 months.

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

Coach k is the most over rated coach in college basketball.  Has the best players most years and can’t win when it counts most..

For all the talent they get every year they've only been to two Final Fours in the last 15 years now.  

 

[ffmail4me]

For all the talent they get every year they've only been to two Final Fours in the last 15 years now.  

Yep. But are there many programs that have more than 2 titles in that 15 year span? I know Tech has zero. 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

For all the talent they get every year they've only been to two Final Fours in the last 15 years now.  

Duke is Duke. They're on T.V. more than Leave it to Beaver reruns.

 

[scoobus]

Is that the best Elite Eight of all time?

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

Duke is Duke. They're on T.V. more than Leave it to Beaver reruns.

Pete Gillen was great.

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

Yep. But are there many programs that have more than 2 titles in that 15 year span? I know Tech has zero. 

Logoff for the night man before your Ripleys side comes out.  

 

[GoBirds]

For all the talent they get every year they've only been to two Final Fours in the last 15 years now.  

Wow I would have assumed more, that’s pretty sad when he gets probably 6 of the top 10 recruits annually. 

 

[Pipes]

Zion leaves Duke my all time favorite player. And he'll do for Duke recruiting what Jordan did for UNCheat for the next 2 decades. And when Brad Stevens takes over, we won't miss a beat. Suck it Duke haters

Lol UNCheat.  Yeah Duke is squeaky clean lol.  That’s why people hate Duke so much They pretend to be something they are not.  But hey I’m sure they didn’t have to pay Zion to go there.

 

[BassNBrew]

Lol UNCheat.  Yeah Duke is squeaky clean lol.  That’s why people hate Duke so much They pretend to be something they are not.  But hey I’m sure they didn’t have to pay Zion to go there.

Being a private school, their records are hidden.  Really easy for K to cheat and not leave any tracks behind.  Still waiting for someone to explain how all the players meet the entrance requirements the rest of the student body is held to.  

 

[facook]

Duke is Duke. They're on T.V. more than Leave it to Beaver reruns.

Certainly.

Is that the best Elite Eight of all time?

That I can remember, for sure.  Can only hope we get 3 more just like these.

 

[Payne]

Great win MSU. Proved to everyone you should have been a 1 seed like we argued all along.

 

[elguapo07]

Flo from Progressive could have won a title coaching some of those Kentucky teams.

I don't think Jaime could though