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

[timschochet]

UCLA with great defense in the paint so far.

 

[Higgs]

UCLA with great defense in the paint so far.

I agree Tim.  Surprised how athletic these guys are.  Who's the Larry Bird looking dude?

 

[Higgs]

Wtf?  Never seen a ball get stuck on top of the rim. 

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

Don't think that's what is meant by "bad touch"

 

[timschochet]

I agree Tim.  Surprised how athletic these guys are.  Who's the Larry Bird looking dude?

Welch.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

I agree Tim.  Surprised how athletic these guys are.  Who's the Larry Bird looking dude?

Thomas Welsh. Dude looks exactly how I would expect a Thomas Welsh to look.

 

[Higgs]

Welch.

@cstu?

 

[Higgs]

Entertaining game. 

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

God Lonzo is a stud. Too bad his dad is Marinoviching him.

The Spanish word for "to wash" is "lavar".  

But since the Spanish word for "ball" is "pelota", it probably isn't right to call Lonzo's dad a "ball washer".

 

[Slapdash]

Unbelievable. The way they are playing I truly believe that the sky's the limit.

Pretty ridiculous to win by these margins...

 

[timschochet]

Bruins missing a lot of easy looks.

 

[Pipes]

Iverson has some serious hops!

 

[Rirruto]

If there was a god in heaven, this game would go into OT. We need this.

 

[shuke]

Except those are broken into two, 2 game sessions and they clear the arena in between sessions practically forcing you to find a bar for a couple hours. At least that's how Indy was Friday.

Oh.....and it was St. Patrick's Day. There was that too. A couple older Louisville fans literally left the arena about 5 minutes into their game. I said "your game's just getting going". They said "we've had 5-6 beers already and have no interest in stopping. We're going to a bar". Cracked me up.

I know, but I don't remember there being that much time in between sessions.  Last time I went with my dad, I pounded beers in the car while he sipped on one and read the paper.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

I feel like it might be fun to parallel park with the girl in the Infiniti commercial.

Now, back to regular programming.

 

[shuke]

These UK uniforms are horrific.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

So weird watching a game at MSG with the NCAA floor and markings, etc.

 

[In The Zone]

The Spanish word for "to wash" is "lavar".  

But since the Spanish word for "ball" is "pelota", it probably isn't right to call Lonzo's dad a "ball washer".

He's definitely not the balls. He's the other part.

 

[Prince Myshkin]

These UK uniforms are horrific.

and have been for a few years now.  we have a history of some pretty terrible unis though

 

[JohnnyU]

These UK uniforms are horrific.

why?  the checkerboard  on the side too much?

 

[Prince Myshkin]

UK didn't play very well in the first half, but not sure can count on two 3's from hawkins and another from briscoe in the 2nd half.  On the other hand, it would be hard for Bam, Willis, Gabriel, hell pretty much anybody not named Fox to not play better.  Doing a good job defending the 3 point line (at the cost of giving some easy baskets inside).  As good as UK can be in transition, need to keep mucking up the game and keep it at this tempo...UCLA is a rhythm offense.  

 

[Prince Myshkin]

why?  the checkerboard  on the side too much?

that and the cut of the sleeves...

 

[mquinnjr]

If there was a god in heaven, this game would go into OT. We need this.

Yeah this game is a lot of fun to watch.

 

[Prince Myshkin]

Love to see Monk drop about 20 in this 2nd half

 

[Prince Myshkin]

Ball is magnificent offensively.  He sucks about as bad as one can on the other end though.  

 

[Prince Myshkin]

mf

 

[tdoss]

UCLA got away with a push-off charge there.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

Wisconsin looked dominant out of the gate, especially Hayes, but Florida's pressure has them back in the game.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

If I didn't hate Kentucky hoops so much, I would really enjoy watching Fox.

 

[Higgs]

Ball seems to make some boneheaded plays.  Off night?

 

[Pop Tart]

Wisconsin looked dominant out of the gate, especially Hayes, but Florida's pressure has them back in the game.

So bad. LOL, I think they thought the game was over

 

[Prince Myshkin]

game is getting too free-flowing...UK needs to make it a grind

 

[Prince Myshkin]

Holy hell. Florida is ahead at the half????

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

So bad. LOL, I think they thought the game was over

Giving Allen 6 FTs by fouling him behind the line twice was really bad.

 

[Prince Myshkin]

If UK could just get Briscoe to raise his hand when guarding alford and Bam to catch the damn ball...

(apologies for the over-posting...I may have had 1 or 6 too many!)

 

[Prince Myshkin]

Willis looks like he wants to be anywhere in the world except in this game

 

[timschochet]

Bruins just making too many mistakes and Kentucky making too many big shots. Doesn't look good to me.

 

[Prince Myshkin]

Bruins just making too many mistakes and Kentucky making too many big shots. Doesn't look good to me.

UCLA is shooting 54% adn 42% from 3.  I don't know how UK is winning

 

[T J]

Willis looks like he wants to be anywhere in the world except in this game

 He's laid back but when you look at his stat line at the end of games, it's usually pretty good and you find yourself wondering how that happened. I'm not a fan of the checkerboard either but pulling for KY big time. I'm not an alum or anything but really like them annually.

 

[Prince Myshkin]

 He's laid back but when you look at his stat line at the end of games, it's usually pretty good and you find yourself wondering how that happened. I'm not a fan of the checkerboard either but pulling for KY big time. I'm not an alum or anything but really like them annually.

When he's not shooting well, he really doesn't have a whole lot else that he can provide.  Maybe that make will get him going.  He has had a TON of open looks.

 

[T J]

I know, but I don't remember there being that much time in between sessions.  Last time I went with my dad, I pounded beers in the car while he sipped on one and read the paper.

Well, we admittedly left around halftime of the 2nd afternoon game and got back right at tipoff of the first night game but it was probably 2 1/2 hrs.

 

[T J]

When he's not shooting well, he really doesn't have a whole lot else that he can provide.  Maybe that make will get him going.  He has had a TON of open looks.

Seems like he ends up 6-8 boards too. His average probably isn't that high, but in the games I've watched, he's been right there.

 

[flapgreen]

This is freaking awesome 

 

[Don't Noonan]

Would like to see UCLA come back and force overtime 

 

[flapgreen]

Willis just gets on my nerves sometimes, but he makes huge plays at the end of games a lot 

 

[T J]

Would like to see UCLA come back and force overtime 

I'll take the win in regulation for a hundred Alex.

 

[Prince Myshkin]

May take more than 20 from Monk this half to get this done...

 

[Prince Myshkin]

Doesn't hurt my feelings any to see Welsh foul out.  He has killed UK the last 2 meetings

 

[Pop Tart]

Stick a fork in whisky, they're done.

 

[sporthenry]

How was that not ruled goaltending?  Handful of calls against Wisconsin lately.