NCAA HOOPS THREAD! -- K petitions to get Maui Jim Maui Invitational moved to Transylvania (1 Viewer)

[culdeus]

Reportedly a seven year contract at Mizzou.  He'll need much of that to turn around a program that went 8-46 in conference during Kim Anderson's tenure. 

Cuonzo hasn't stayed in any one school for seven years since grade school (maybe).

When they were good missou was way out front on the yoga pants legging thing as a dance team wardrobe. 

 

[SFBayDuck]

Alford is more likely. 

Many UCLA fans I know would wholeheartedly endorse that.

 

[jon_mx]

Many UCLA fans I know would wholeheartedly endorse that.

Probably not the best choice for Indiana.  But he would be given a chance. 

 

[Eephus]

Lorenzo Romar fired by Washington after a 15 year run.  He was able to recruit more than his fair share of elite talent (recently Fultz, Chriss, Porter) but hasn't made the tourney in 6 seasons.

Michael Porter Jr. is back on the market and his father was hired as assistant by Missouri today.  You don't have to be Georges Seurat to connect the dots.

 

[In The Zone]

I have to say the game I am struggling with is Kentucky vs UCLA. 

Where are you guys all leaning on this one as the experts appear to be all over the board?

I would go UCLA as well. 

 

[In The Zone]

I have Wichita State winning that game.  :shocker:

In one or two of my brackets with TJ I have this as well. 

 

[The Kerminator]

I'm in a different style pool this year where it is survivor style. Need to pick one team to advance each day of the first weekend. Can only pick a team once. Who do you like to advance from Thursday and Friday's games that I won't use later? This is what I have it narrowed down to so far but would welcome all and any input

Thursday's games: Notre Dame, West Virginia, Virginia or Iowa State

Friday's games: SMU, Wichita State, Michigan(?), Oregon(?), or Wisconsin(?)

Saturday:

Sunday:

After opening weekend it is one team each round as opposed to each day

Thanks

 

[In The Zone]

I'm in a different style pool this year where it is survivor style. Need to pick one team to advance each day of the first weekend. Can only pick a team once. Who do you like to advance from Thursday and Friday's games that I won't use later? This is what I have it narrowed down to so far but would welcome all and any input

Thursday's games: Notre Dame, West Virginia, Virginia or Iowa State

Friday's games: SMU, Wichita State, Michigan(?), Oregon(?), or Wisconsin(?)

Saturday:

Sunday:

After opening weekend it is one team each round as opposed to each day

Thanks

I say WV on Thursday 

SMU  on Friday 

Out of those choices. 

 

[Sammy3469]

New favorite college basketball team photo.  Robinson looks thrilled.

https://twitter.com/unc_basketball/status/842142799084568578

 

[In The Zone]

Looks like a Magic Mike convention. 

New favorite college basketball team photo.  Robinson looks thrilled.

https://twitter.com/unc_basketball/status/842142799084568578

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

I'm in a different style pool this year where it is survivor style. Need to pick one team to advance each day of the first weekend. Can only pick a team once. Who do you like to advance from Thursday and Friday's games that I won't use later? This is what I have it narrowed down to so far but would welcome all and any input

Thursday's games: Notre Dame, West Virginia, Virginia or Iowa State

Friday's games: SMU, Wichita State, Michigan(?), Oregon(?), or Wisconsin(?)

Saturday:

Sunday:

After opening weekend it is one team each round as opposed to each day

Thanks

I would avoid those 5/12 games.  Go with Butler, Purdue, or WVU on the first day.  Then Oregon or Baylor Friday.

 

[TwinTurbo]

I have to say the game I am struggling with is Kentucky vs UCLA. 

Where are you guys all leaning on this one as the experts appear to be all over the board?

UCLA by a free throw.

 

[MAC_32]

I have Wichita State winning that game.  :shocker:

The committee really hates Calipari.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

I'm in a different style pool this year where it is survivor style. Need to pick one team to advance each day of the first weekend. Can only pick a team once. Who do you like to advance from Thursday and Friday's games that I won't use later? This is what I have it narrowed down to so far but would welcome all and any input

Thursday's games: Notre Dame, West Virginia, Virginia or Iowa State

Friday's games: SMU, Wichita State, Michigan(?), Oregon(?), or Wisconsin(?)

Saturday:

Sunday:

After opening weekend it is one team each round as opposed to each day

Thanks

Maybe pick your mom?

(I think I'm in that same pool)

 

[thecatch]

So how many points are my Aggies giving Kansas?  

 

[Peak]

Maybe pick your mom?

(I think I'm in that same pool)

Makes three of us then...

 

[Good Posting Judge]

So how many points are my Aggies giving Kansas?  

KP projects KU by 22 and a 97% winning percentage, which is usually fairly close to where point spreads open.

3%!!!!

 

[Good Posting Judge]

KP projects KU by 22 and a 97% winning percentage, which is usually fairly close to where point spreads open.

3%!!!!

Always kinda looked down my nose at the dorks who just started following their alma mater's team the week of the tournament and yet here we are.

 

[Eephus]

Always kinda looked down my nose at the dorks who just started following their alma mater's team the week of the tournament and yet here we are.

I have UConn in my women's bracket

 

[thecatch]

KP projects KU by 22 and a 97% winning percentage, which is usually fairly close to where point spreads open.

3%!!!!

So you're telling me there's a chance. 

 

[Good Posting Judge]

I have UConn in my women's bracket

I walked past Taurasi once. Actually true.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Do you have to have a cable account to stream the games? I thought anyone could stream them last year, but the March Madness Live page appears to want me to sign into my cable account (I don't have one).

 

[Baloney Sandwich]

Two 5-12 games right out of the gate today, let the madness begin

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Do you have to have a cable account to stream the games? I thought anyone could stream them last year, but the March Madness Live page appears to want me to sign into my cable account (I don't have one).

bump.

Seems like the system is a little different every year.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Do you have to have a cable account to stream the games? I thought anyone could stream them last year, but the March Madness Live page appears to want me to sign into my cable account (I don't have one).

going through the cbs sports site did not require me to log in. my recollection is that last year there was a certain total time that could be watched per day without a login (tracked by device, I guess).

 

[East Coast Bias]

Two 5-12 games right out of the gate today, let the madness begin

This is the year all 5 seeds advance.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

going through the cbs sports site did not require me to log in. my recollection is that last year there was a certain total time that could be watched per day without a login (tracked by device, I guess).

Thanks. I'm not even seeing an option to watch on the CBS site

 

[BassNBrew]

Makes three of us then...

Why are you, GPJ, and his mom in the pool together? 

 

[East Coast Bias]

Thanks. I'm not even seeing an option to watch on the CBS site

The big idea: All of the games will stream on the NCAA’s March Madness site, as well as apps for many devices, including iOS and Android. Individual TV networks, like CBS, are also streaming the games via their own sites and apps.

The basics: CBS and Turner (TBS, TNT, TruTV) are sharing TV rights for the games again this year. If CBS is carrying a game, you can stream it for free. If Turner is carrying a game, you will (eventually) need to prove that you’re either a pay TV customer or someone who at least has a trial subscription to a pay TV service.

Details: CBS is carrying 24 games, including the championship and the final four playoffs, as well as many late-round games. You won’t have to log in to stream those. Turner’s channels will have the other 43 games. You will eventually have to log in with some kind of cable TV or other pay TV credential to stream those.

First important loophole: Turner is offering a free three-hour “preview period” where people who don’t have a traditional pay TV subscription can still stream the games. (I think, but can’t confirm, that you could use a new three-hour window for each new device or app you stream the games on. If so, and you have the time/ inclination/ devices, you might be able to stream all the games, gratis.)

Second important loophole: Three different streaming TV services — Sling, DirecTV Now and Sony’s PlayStation Vue — will carry some combination of CBS and Turner games, but you will need to check very carefully to see which channels they offer — and, crucially, whether they are available in your city. But all three of them offer free trials — if you’re willing to hand over your credit card numbers.

Do you have a connected TV, or a TV set top box like an Apple TV, Amazon Fire or a Roku? Then you will have a new set of rules and limits to consider if you’re trying to watch the games for free. CBS, for instance, won’t let you stream the games via connected TV devices for free — you’ll have to subscribe to its $6-a-month All Access service for that. (But that one has a free trial as well ...).

Confusing, right? It’s almost enough to make you consider ... paying for TV.

Or visiting a friend, or a bar, that does.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Thanks. I'm not even seeing an option to watch on the CBS site

if you click on a game (across the top of the ncaa tourney page) and go to the game tracker, you should then get a button at the top right that says watch live.

Like here: http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/gametracker/preview/NCAAB_20170316_PRINCE@ND/

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Awesome - thanks, guys

 

[Long Ball Larry]

The big idea: All of the games will stream on the NCAA’s March Madness site, as well as apps for many devices, including iOS and Android. Individual TV networks, like CBS, are also streaming the games via their own sites and apps.

The basics: CBS and Turner (TBS, TNT, TruTV) are sharing TV rights for the games again this year. If CBS is carrying a game, you can stream it for free. If Turner is carrying a game, you will (eventually) need to prove that you’re either a pay TV customer or someone who at least has a trial subscription to a pay TV service.

Details: CBS is carrying 24 games, including the championship and the final four playoffs, as well as many late-round games. You won’t have to log in to stream those. Turner’s channels will have the other 43 games. You will eventually have to log in with some kind of cable TV or other pay TV credential to stream those.

First important loophole: Turner is offering a free three-hour “preview period” where people who don’t have a traditional pay TV subscription can still stream the games. (I think, but can’t confirm, that you could use a new three-hour window for each new device or app you stream the games on. If so, and you have the time/ inclination/ devices, you might be able to stream all the games, gratis.)

Second important loophole: Three different streaming TV services — Sling, DirecTV Now and Sony’s PlayStation Vue — will carry some combination of CBS and Turner games, but you will need to check very carefully to see which channels they offer — and, crucially, whether they are available in your city. But all three of them offer free trials — if you’re willing to hand over your credit card numbers.

Do you have a connected TV, or a TV set top box like an Apple TV, Amazon Fire or a Roku? Then you will have a new set of rules and limits to consider if you’re trying to watch the games for free. CBS, for instance, won’t let you stream the games via connected TV devices for free — you’ll have to subscribe to its $6-a-month All Access service for that. (But that one has a free trial as well ...).

Confusing, right? It’s almost enough to make you consider ... paying for TV.

Or visiting a friend, or a bar, that does.

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[Peak]

Why are you, GPJ, and his mom in the pool together? 

I don't ask what you do on your off-time, now do I?  

 

[TobiasFunke]

So there's a bunch of writers in my twitter feed talking about how ridiculous and short-sighted and unfair it is for Indiana for fire Tom Crean.  Am I missing something?  The guy has missed the tournament completely 5 times in 9 years and has never taken the team to the Final Four. That wouldn't even cut it at a program one tier lower on the prestige scale like Maryland or Arizona or something. 

I don't care one way or another about Indiana, but it seems like their fans and boosters are right to expect a little more than that.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

Cool.  I had posted earlier I'm hoping to take my dad and son to Boise next year.  Just surprised you were able to get tickets that recently.  Thanks for the info.

I just got an e-mail alert from one of the arenas hosting opening weekend games in 2018 (Intrust Arena in Wichita) about a presale event for 2018 March Madness.  Starting tomorrow morning.  

I strongly suggest getting on the e-mail list of the host arena ASAP.

 

[East Coast Bias]

Shayok is dominating this game.

 

[RUSF18]

So there's a bunch of writers in my twitter feed talking about how ridiculous and short-sighted and unfair it is for Indiana for fire Tom Crean.  Am I missing something?  The guy has missed the tournament completely 5 times in 9 years and has never taken the team to the Final Four. That wouldn't even cut it at a program one tier lower on the prestige scale like Maryland or Arizona or something. 

I don't care one way or another about Indiana, but it seems like their fans and boosters are right to expect a little more than that.

Agree. Sampson really screwed them but that would be more than enough time to rebuild a storied football program hit with sanctions. With how quickly turnarounds can happen with a couple of key bball recruits, that timeline is really cut in half. 

 

[facook]

I just got an e-mail alert from one of the arenas hosting opening weekend games in 2018 (Intrust Arena in Wichita) about a presale event for 2018 March Madness.  Starting tomorrow morning.  

I strongly suggest getting on the e-mail list of the host arena ASAP.

Done, as well as text.  Thanks man.

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

So there's a bunch of writers in my twitter feed talking about how ridiculous and short-sighted and unfair it is for Indiana for fire Tom Crean.  Am I missing something?  The guy has missed the tournament completely 5 times in 9 years and has never taken the team to the Final Four. That wouldn't even cut it at a program one tier lower on the prestige scale like Maryland or Arizona or something. 

I don't care one way or another about Indiana, but it seems like their fans and boosters are right to expect a little more than that.

He inherited an absolute mess so not sure those first 3 years should really be held against him.  In the last six years he's won the Big Ten twice, made Sweet 16 three times, and won 27+ games three times.  It's certainly not a poor job but if Final Four is the standard then yeah he hasn't reached that.  I think the OG Anuobi (sp?) injury this year hurt them a lot.  He's not nearly as bad as the haters make him out to be but I have no problem with those that expect them to be Kentucky or Louisville either.

Side note:  Josh Pastner's last two NIT wins have gotten the opposing coach fired.

 

[heckmanm]

He inherited an absolute mess so not sure those first 3 years should really be held against him.  In the last six years he's won the Big Ten twice, made Sweet 16 three times, and won 27+ games three times.  It's certainly not a poor job but if Final Four is the standard then yeah he hasn't reached that.  I think the OG Anuobi (sp?) injury this year hurt them a lot.  He's not nearly as bad as the haters make him out to be but I have no problem with those that expect them to be Kentucky or Louisville either.

Side note:  Josh Pastner's last two NIT wins have gotten the opposing coach fired.

IU has had great shooters recently, which helped cover the fact that his teams were frequently awful defensively and on turnovers (something like 320th in TO% this season).

 

[SFBayDuck]

I thought Vanderbilt was supposed to have smart kids.  Oooof.

 

[Skoo]

That was heartbreaking.

 

[The General]

So there's a bunch of writers in my twitter feed talking about how ridiculous and short-sighted and unfair it is for Indiana for fire Tom Crean.  Am I missing something?  The guy has missed the tournament completely 5 times in 9 years and has never taken the team to the Final Four. That wouldn't even cut it at a program one tier lower on the prestige scale like Maryland or Arizona or something. 

I don't care one way or another about Indiana, but it seems like their fans and boosters are right to expect a little more than that.

His recruiting classes have been trending downward and he was not a great in game coach IMO.

He was a nice guy who came in and did a decent job but they can get a better candidate in there for sure. 

 

[In The Zone]

New Coke commercial featuring me and @Bruce Dickinson

and here are the rest of us.







 



 

 

[Baloney Sandwich]

Rhode Island looked great defensively yesterday, they will need to shoot better tomorrow but if they do I think they can take down the Ducks. Go Rhody!

 

[Nugget]

New Coke commercial featuring me and @Bruce Dickinson

If I saw a group of Kentucky fans with a six pack of Coke, I would assume it is their mixer and invite them in.  No way there is less than 2 flasks of bourbon in that group. 

 

[Long Ball Larry]

NC State hires UNC-Wilmington coach.

Dayton fans breathe a huge sigh of relief.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

If I saw a group of Kentucky fans with a six pack of Coke, I would assume it is their mixer and invite them in.  No way there is less than 2 flasks of bourbon in that group. 

I'd break out my own booze, close the shades, turn on the sprinklers, and call the cops.

 

[Rirruto]

Somebody is getting a top 10 or 15 coach in the sport with Crean available. I'm happy that Arkansas turned it around after 2 bad weeks mid-season when it looked like Mike Anderson was going to be fired, but damn it feels like we'd be a good fit for him. Fans who can't think would hate the move to Crean, but he's a stud.

I'm jealous of whatever B+ school gets him.

 

[In The Zone]

I just got an e-mail alert from one of the arenas hosting opening weekend games in 2018 (Intrust Arena in Wichita) about a presale event for 2018 March Madness.  Starting tomorrow morning.  

I strongly suggest getting on the e-mail list of the host arena ASAP.

Good info here Bruce. I just did this with the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, NC as the opening rounds are being played there next year. Only an hour and a half from the house.