***Official 2017 NCAA Hoops Tourney thread: Congrats UNC, all the refs from NCCG should be banned for life*** (1 Viewer)

[Pipes]

Suck it selection committee!!!

 

[Eephus]

U-rah-rah Wis-con-sin

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Cut to commercial just as the Wisconsin band begins playing Varsity. #### 'em Bucky. 

 

[Eephus]

Cut to commercial just as the Wisconsin band begins playing Varsity. #### 'em Bucky. 

I'm still singing

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Besides the officiating that was a terrific game.

 

[Capella]

I'm just happy Duke finally caught a break. 

 

[Capella]

Honestly out of 68 teams how many seeds are bad? 

 

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Welp, I won't be winning the trip to Hawaii. But that was one heck of a final 3 minutes.

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

 

You're better than this

 

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Can't wait for that sweet, sweet potential 3rd-round Badgers-Hoos barnburner.

I'm a UVA alum and even I might have to find something else to do for those two hours.

 

[Capella]

You're better than this

Wisconsin is a picture perfect example of what I was talking about earlier.  

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

Wisconsin is a picture perfect example of what I was talking about earlier.  

Sure, we discussed the Big Ten seeding over the last hour.  But really, how jacked up was the overall seeding in this tournament?

 

[Mr.Pack]

Congrats on your gift run to the Final Four.  

Gift run???

 

[sporthenry]

 

You're right. KenPom overrated Nova. 

 

[jon_mx]

Pretty amazing Northwestern has never been to the dance before. 

 

[Eephus]

Sure, we discussed the Big Ten seeding over the last hour.  But really, how jacked up was the overall seeding in this tournament?

I love the first weekend of the tourney but the best thing about finishing it is that seeding arguments stop once we get to the sweet sixteen.

 

[Eephus]

Pretty amazing Northwestern has never been to the dance before. 

You haven't watched NU hoops over the years

 

[jon_mx]

You haven't watched NU hoops over the years

They have been decent the last couple of decades.  Not nearly the pushovers they were in the 70's and 80's.  

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

Illinois hired Brad Underwood from Oklahoma State after one year?  He's getting $3M/year where Oklahoma State was $1M and change/year.  Boone Pickens doesn't spend money on basketball?

Speaking of Illinois, it's ridiculous they don't win in basketball with access to talent they have.  

 

[Capella]

Sure, we discussed the Big Ten seeding over the last hour.  But really, how jacked up was the overall seeding in this tournament?

It was really bad. 

 

[otb_lifer]

which team does Ron Perlman coach?  got Zags/Northwestern on at the ####hole bar here, and i keep seeing his face 

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

It was really bad. 

What was bad besides Wichita (which no one seems to agree on where they should have been) and the half the Big Ten teams?

You were pimping KenPom the other day.  Wichita would be a 2 if he seeded the tournament and Duke a 3 seed.  Does that seem correct to you?  It's impossible to seed 68 teams without someone #####ing about it but seems like this year was better than any other year certainly not any worse.

 

[jon_mx]

Gonzaga is in the sweet 16.  

 

[Eephus]

Illinois hired Brad Underwood from Oklahoma State after one year?  He's getting $3M/year where Oklahoma State was $1M and change/year.  Boone Pickens doesn't spend money on basketball?

Speaking of Illinois, it's ridiculous they don't win in basketball with access to talent they have.  

You'd think that but none of the programs in the state of Illinois have had much recent success.

 

[Capella]

What was bad besides Wichita (which no one seems to agree on where they should have been) and the half the Big Ten teams?

You were pimping KenPom the other day.  Wichita would be a 2 if he seeded the tournament and Duke a 3 seed.  Does that seem correct to you?  It's impossible to seed 68 teams without someone #####ing about it but seems like this year was better than any other year certainly not any worse.

Wichita shoulda been a 4 at worst. Wiscy shoulda been a 5 or 6. Those are really bad and unfair to the teams they played, not to mention all the overseeded teams already mentioned. 

Villanova worked all year to get the best seed in the whole thing just to get railroaded by #### seeding. 

 

[sporthenry]

What was bad besides Wichita (which no one seems to agree on where they should have been) and the half the Big Ten teams?

You were pimping KenPom the other day.  Wichita would be a 2 if he seeded the tournament and Duke a 3 seed.  Does that seem correct to you?  It's impossible to seed 68 teams without someone #####ing about it but seems like this year was better than any other year certainly not any worse.

SMU would have been a 3. Arizona a 5. 

 

[otb_lifer]

Hipster Mountain Man on Zags bench would fit right in this here part of Queens 

 

[Mile High]

Wichita shoulda been a 4 at worst. Wiscy shoulda been a 5 or 6. Those are really bad and unfair to the teams they played, not to mention all the overseeded teams already mentioned. 

Villanova worked all year to get the best seed in the whole thing just to get railroaded by #### seeding. 

If you are the number one seed shouldn't you be expected to beat the team you are playing in any round?

 

[otb_lifer]

alley-oop to white kid was ill advised

 

[ChiefD]

Anyone ever notice that the lane with the free throw semi circle at the end looks like a big dong?

 

[Capella]

If you are the number one seed shouldn't you be expected to beat the team you are playing in any round?

That's......that's not how these things work. 

 

[Uruk-Hai]

You'd think that but none of the programs in the state of Illinois have had much recent success.

It boggles my mind. They should be able to get enough good players, even after the big boys have taken the 5-stars.

Rutgers is another school that has no excuse for not getting at least some talent.

I alternately criticized and praised Gary Williams for not rolling in the AAU pig sty, but he made a living off of 3-star guys at Maryland until he won a title.

 

[otb_lifer]

Anyone ever notice that the lane with the free throw semi circle at the end looks like a big dong?

i've really enjoyed Dickinson's wisdom in here, but this was about as pertinent an observation as i've seen ?

 

[Mile High]

That's......that's not how these things work. 

If you are the better team you beat the team you play on that day. Seeding is just a talking point for fans It shouldn't matter if you play them in the second round or the 4th round  Win the game move on to the next one. 

 

[culdeus]

If you are the better team you beat the team you play on that day. Seeding is just a talking point for fans It shouldn't matter if you play them in the second round or the 4th round  Win the game move on to the next one. 

You earn an easier path by playing well thru the year. 

 

[In The Zone]

I'm just happy Duke finally caught a break. 

I was hoping that it was my Gamecocks catching the break. 

 

[Capella]

You earn an easier path by playing well thru the year. 

ty

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

Wichita shoulda been a 4 at worst. Wiscy shoulda been a 5 or 6. Those are really bad and unfair to the teams they played, not to mention all the overseeded teams already mentioned. 

Villanova worked all year to get the best seed in the whole thing just to get railroaded by #### seeding. 

Yeah but KenPom doesn't fix the problem of bad seeds unless you're telling me Wichita is better than Duke, for example.  

 

[Capella]

There is a substantial difference between the Florida State cheerleaders and the Xavier ones. #analysis

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

If you are the better team you beat the team you play on that day. Seeding is just a talking point for fans It shouldn't matter if you play them in the second round or the 4th round  Win the game move on to the next one. 

The better team doesn't always win.  The great thing about this tournament is the one and done format and every single team has a chance to play their way into it.  But this tournament isn't 67 games of the best team winning.

 

[Mile High]

You earn an easier path by playing well thru the year. 

So it would have made the Villanova players feel better to have lost to wisconsin in the 4th round? If you are going to win a basketball tournament you beat the teams you play. No matter the path you have to win on the court. 

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

Gonzaga not looking super pretendery tonight.

 

[culdeus]

So it would have made the Villanova players feel better to have lost to wisconsin in the 4th round? If you are going to win a basketball tournament you beat the teams you play. No matter the path you have to win on the court. 

Its a bit bigger deal to be a elite 8 team than a first round winner, yeah. 

 

[sporthenry]

If you are the better team you beat the team you play on that day. Seeding is just a talking point for fans It shouldn't matter if you play them in the second round or the 4th round  Win the game move on to the next one. 

You do know that like a 7 point spread only equates to a probability of 75%. Crazy things happen. If it was as easy as the better team winning, my bracket would look much better. 

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

I also don't understand complaining about a 1 seed getting matched up with an 8 seed that should have been a 6 seed.

 

[Mile High]

The better team doesn't always win.  The great thing about this tournament is the one and done format and every single team has a chance to play their way into it.  But this tournament isn't 67 games of the best team winning.

Didn't say that. Fact is Wisconson  was a better team then Villanova today. 

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

Totally unrealistic but would love to see the bracket if the committee took the top team in each region and let them choose the bracket.  Then we'd know what the coaches think of Wichita, or Minnesota, or whoever else.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

Totally unrealistic but would love to see the bracket if the committee took the top team in each region and let them choose the bracket.  Then we'd know what the coaches think of Wichita, or Minnesota, or whoever else.

That would be awesome. They could stretch it to a two hour show that would do monster ratings.

 

[sporthenry]

I also don't understand complaining about a 1 seed getting matched up with an 8 seed that should have been a 6 seed.

Yeah at best Wisconsin is a 6. Nova got them two days after playing another decent team while they had a 16 seed. 

Probably could have been done better but Nova lost to Wisconsin fair and square. Not like they didn't get invited to the dance. 

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

That would be awesome. They could stretch it to a two hour show that would do monster ratings.

The bulletin board material afterwards would be totally worth it too.