***Official 2017 NCAA Hoops Tourney thread: Congrats UNC, all the refs from NCCG should be banned for life*** (2 Viewers)

[East Coast Bias]

Virginia is done. UNCW with the first upset of the tournament.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Virginia is done. UNCW with the first upset of the tournament.

I've got UNCW in the Sweet 16 in my bracket @Bruce Dickinson

Thought you'd be interested in that. Also, have them beating ETSU in the next round.

 

[Rich Conway]

Love hearing the talking heads pick Duke to win it all and give Kansas no chance because Kansas has a "history of flame-outs" in the tourney. Umm...Lehigh anyone??? or maybe Mercer?????

Not saying I can't see taking Duke or not liking Kansas, but to use historical early tournament exits as a criteria for one but not the other (heck, using an upset from a decade ago as a measure of any current team for that matter) is pretty laughable

Agreed.  Just last year, I remember people attacking Jay Wright because of Villanova's history of early flameouts.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

My pick for team that is so underrated they're overrated ... NC Wilmington. Seems to be the vogue 12-over-5 upset that everyone tries to peg every year. Of course, if they score 40 they probably win going away.

Look at this dummy.

However, the last part of that still could be true.

 

[need2know]

Virginia is done. UNCW with the first upset of the tournament.

not done yet

 

[lod001]

I've got UNCW in the Sweet 16 in my bracket @Bruce Dickinson

Thought you'd be interested in that. Also, have them beating ETSU in the next round.

Yes we are. I have them beating Florida in the next round.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Heading down to the arena for ND/Princeton and West Va/Bucknell shortly.

Have tickets to the Villanova/Mt. St. Mary's and Wisconsin/Va Tech games later, but I think I'm gonna go back to the office instead of the Nova game and probably go home rather than being stuck at the arena until midnight for an 8/9 game.  There's no chance in hell Nova gets upset tonight, right?

Last time I walked into an arena thinking that, I watched the Georgetown-Princeton classic in '89. We almost couldn't stay awake for the Notre Dame-Vanderbilt (Barry Goheen, baby!) nightcap we had gone to see, we were so drained.

 

[East Coast Bias]

Virginia closes out the first half on a 19-3 run to take a 1 point lead.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Yes we are. I have them beating Florida in the next round.

Nobody cares about your bracket, we're here solely to hear @Bruce Dickinson discuss the performance of the announcers. 

 

[need2know]

Virginia closes out the first half on a 19-3 run to take a 1 point lead.

i think thats the best stretch of offense i have seen from Virginia all year

 

[Phase of the Game]

Virginia is done. UNCW with the first upset of the tournament.

Why do people post things like this when the game was in the middle of the 1st half?

 

[East Coast Bias]

Why do people post things like this when the game was in the middle of the 1st half?

Good question.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Why do people post things like this when the game was in the middle of the 1st half?

I'd assume a jinx and he wants Virginia to win.

 

[Phase of the Game]

Good question.

Drinking already?

 

[East Coast Bias]

I'd assume a jinx and he wants Virginia to win.

Me having Virginia in the Elite 8 had nothing to do with my post.

 

[East Coast Bias]

Drinking already?

Only Cherry Coke.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Only Cherry Coke.

So delicious.

 

[In The Zone]

 trojans    

   pull out.  

Does not compute.

 

[Jayded]

Notre Dame/Princeton has to be the 1st round matchup with the highest tuition cost on the floor, right? Maybe Northwestern/Vanderbilt.

 

[fantasycurse42]

UNCW coming out in the 2nd half. Closing 1H like they did, good to see they aren't flat in the first 5.

 

[tdoss]

Typhoid Wilkins spreads that flu...UVA will be an early out this year.

I haven't been sick in years, but this year's flu is bad, bad thing...had it for two full weeks, with a third week of coughing it out.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

Notre Dame/Princeton has to be the 1st round matchup with the highest tuition cost on the floor, right? Maybe Northwestern/Vanderbilt.

Gotta be one of those two. 

Southern Cal / Southern Methodist probably gets the bronze.

Trying to figure out the cheapest matchup... maybe Florida State / Florida Gulf Coast (FL residents only) on Kentucky / Northern Kentucky (KY residents only).

 

[TobiasFunke]

Verne is openly rooting for Princeton at this point.  Cries of anguish when they got called for a travel before a layup to pull within two.  God bless him.

 

[East Coast Bias]

I'm not sure why I hate Gonzaga but I do.  Hope they are the first 1 seed to lose to a 16.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

Appreciate the different trim colors on the courts this year.  Remember when every court opening weekend was trimmed black with blue?

 

[Nugget]

I'm not sure why I hate Gonzaga but I do.  Hope they are the first 1 seed to lose to a 16.

User name checks out.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

 

 

[Courtjester]

Great game---everything you would want from a first round game.....

 

[Prince Myshkin]

Wow that was a great look at the 3.  

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

After getting creamed for their inbounds play by the announcers' table, they run the exact same play mirrored and get a wide-open three-pointer.  Missed it, but still great play design.

 

[Capella]

Damn

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

Well, bummer.

 

[General Malaise]

Wilmington fighting hard to get back into this one.  Up 14 at one point, they went ice cold.  Would love an upset here.

 

[Jayded]

Thank goodness. ND is traditionally horrible in the 1st round. Just survive and recoup for the next game.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

Damn

I did like the "you want this guy on the foul line to ice it" 

[BRICK so hard it doubles as a breakout pass for Princeton]

"Whoa!"

 

[Willie Neslon]

Last 20 seconds of that ND game were ridiculous. Enough with the checking of the clock after every stoppage.

 

[East Coast Bias]

The big Albino isn't very good at layups.

 

[General Malaise]

Wilmington fighting hard to get back into this one.  Up 14 at one point, they went ice cold.  Would love an upset here.

But you HAVE to make your free throws.

 

[Scoresman]

Zags doing what they can to maintain their stereotype.  

 

[Courtjester]

That was pretty sweet--chance for 3 here...

 

[General Malaise]

3 point game!  Wilmington pressed and stole!  7-0 run.

 

[need2know]

Would be so awesome if gonzaga would be the first 1 to lose to a 16.  Wow

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

Virginia might get to 80 points here. 

 

[fantasycurse42]

Is anyone rooting for the Zags here? I'd love them to lose in the 1st round. 

Then they can go undefeated next year and wind up with an 8 seed.

 

[East Coast Bias]

Is anyone rooting for the Zags here? I'd love them to lose in the 1st round. 

Then they can go undefeated next year and wind up with an 8 seed.

And lose again.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

I just want Virginia to lose because one of their players has a bun in his hair. 

 

[fantasycurse42]

Gonzaga sucks so bad.

 

[General Malaise]

I just want Virginia to lose because one of their players has a bun in his hair. 

I had to do a double take.  What on earth possesses men to do this?

 

[Penguin]

Seems like Perrantes has been there for 10 years

 

[Courtjester]

I just want Virginia to lose because one of their players has a bun in his hair. 

THANK YOU!!

This is like the "All ##### Hair" team