NCAA Tournament Thread

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Earl the Pearl! What a game for Calloway! Jr. college transfers are great. 18 is the magic number. When Calloway scored his 18th point on the layup to cut the lead to 1, I said, "18 for him, 18 for Marco, need Vaden to get to 18 to win." I was expecting that if IU won, though, it would be Killer getting his 20th point to do it. When Vaden took that 3, I knew it was good when it left his hand.

 

Still, that was probably the worst defensive showing of the season for IU. Best offensive showing since the first 2 games of the season, but that was likely the worst defensive team they have seen. Thankfully, they were able to get to the hoop at will (Calloway, Wilmont), and they actually did instead of settling for the 3.

 

A couple of those finishes Calloway had yesterday were obscene.

[fiver]

Earl the Pearl! What a game for Calloway! Jr. college transfers are great. 18 is the magic number. When Calloway scored his 18th point on the layup to cut the lead to 1, I said, "18 for him, 18 for Marco, need Vaden to get to 18 to win." I was expecting that if IU won, though, it would be Killer getting his 20th point to do it. When Vaden took that 3, I knew it was good when it left his hand.

 

Still, that was probably the worst defensive showing of the season for IU. Best offensive showing since the first 2 games of the season, but that was likely the worst defensive team they have seen. Thankfully, they were able to get to the hoop at will (Calloway, Wilmont), and they actually did instead of settling for the 3.

 

WHO, WHO, WHO...HOOSIERS!!

 

Agreed. Good offense and terrible defense. Gonzaga also plays some poor defense so it should be interesting. Earl was great and Vaden gutted out a great performance considering his physical limitations. Strickland with the HUGE defensive play at the end. Killingsworth was killing me with some of those misses underneath. Good win. I wonder how Vaden's ankle is going to react and how serious Strickland's shoulder injury is.

 

Also, make free throws, please.

 

For many, many years IU consistently made more free throws than their opponent attempted. in the past>

[SeldomSeen]

Earl the Pearl! What a game for Calloway! Jr. college transfers are great. 18 is the magic number. When Calloway scored his 18th point on the layup to cut the lead to 1, I said, "18 for him, 18 for Marco, need Vaden to get to 18 to win." I was expecting that if IU won, though, it would be Killer getting his 20th point to do it. When Vaden took that 3, I knew it was good when it left his hand.

 

Still, that was probably the worst defensive showing of the season for IU. Best offensive showing since the first 2 games of the season, but that was likely the worst defensive team they have seen. Thankfully, they were able to get to the hoop at will (Calloway, Wilmont), and they actually did instead of settling for the 3.

 

WHO, WHO, WHO...HOOSIERS!!

 

Agreed. Good offense and terrible defense. Gonzaga also plays some poor defense so it should be interesting. Earl was great and Vaden gutted out a great performance considering his physical limitations. Strickland with the HUGE defensive play at the end. Killingsworth was killing me with some of those misses underneath. Good win. I wonder how Vaden's ankle is going to react and how serious Strickland's shoulder injury is.

 

Also, make free throws, please.

 

Yeah, Killer has had trouble point blank recently. He's getting position, getting the touches, just not putting it in the hoop. He would be a lot better if he could go to his right hand also. I don't know how we are gonna matchup with Morrison. I think Killer can get Batista into foul trouble, though. I say let Morrison get his, and don't let guys like Raivio beat you.

 

I don't know if I just let Morrison go off. Wilmont has been playing really well lately, and although he is at a significant height disadvantage, could give Morisson some trouble. He won't shut him down, but he could definitely make him work. I also like Ratliff and his long arms and extra fouls in a rotation. In the end it comes down to knocking down outside shots. It always does with this team.

[Mark_R]

Nice job yesterday the Big LEast.

 

Somewhere, Billy Packer is weeping.

[Andy]

Davidson is looking pretty solid so far.

 

Note: Seth Davis plugged Oral Roberts as the best 16 in tournament history.

[Chocolate Milk]

Sconsin getting torched early.

 

:(

[rawaction]

Nearly all Big Ten early. OSU, Iowa, and Wisconsin all going at it. Wonder what game is being shown in the midwest.

[Derwood]

Hill for Arkansas has 4 blocks in first 4:30 of the game vs. Bucknell! I love me some 7'0" white guys!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Hill for Arkansas has 4 blocks in first 4:30 of the game vs. Bucknell! I love me some 7'0" white guys!

 

Hill blocks = 4 = Arkansas Points

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Wisconsin getting smacked early... down 14 less than 7 minutes in.

 

OSU-Davidson tied up at the 5 minute mark.

[Mark_R]

Wisconsin appears to be no match for Arizona's athleticism.

[Chocolate Milk]

It's really dissapointing how Wisconsin has fallen apart at the end of the season here.

[rawaction]

BTW, I went 13-3 yesterday in 2 brackets (only 1 loss was the same in both). I coulda sworn I was like 10-6. Didn't realize I picked GW and TA&M.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Davidson up 4 at the half, Arizona on pace to win by about 75, Bucknell and Arkansas back and forth, NW St, hanging with Iowa.

[Mark_R]

and I picked Wisky to beat Nova!?

 

Wow, I gotta put down the red kool aid.

[LuckyPup]

man i went 14-2 yesterday-freakin sweet- Stupid Nevada and Syracuse-bastards-

 

Got Zona against sconsin-looking good right now-

[Chocolate Milk]

Big Ten is looking a little shaky here.

[cubweiser03]

Nearly all Big Ten early. OSU, Iowa, and Wisconsin all going at it. Wonder what game is being shown in the midwest.

 

yes...thanks for spreading these games out. just got online and checked the scores. STEP IT UP BIG TEN.

[fiver]

why did i pick da badgers? :cry:

[rawaction]

OSU and Iowa will win, but I don't know why anyone picked the Badgers. Slumping, overachieving team against an underachieving and athletic Zona team.

[Chocolate Milk]

Well, Wiscy cut it to 12 by the half. About as good as could be expected considering the start.

[fiver]

OSU and Iowa will win, but I don't know why anyone picked the Badgers. Slumping, overachieving team against an underachieving and athletic Zona team.

 

 

I have OSU advancing to the elite 8, so it's imperative they win today. I can somewhat stomach the Badgers losing.

[Andy]

Just OSU among my 2nd-weekend teams playing right now. Bucknell, Sconsin and Iowa are my other picks, but I'll gladly take the hit of an Iowa loss in exchange for making WV's road easier and screwing up some brackets.

 

And for those who were wondering what game is in the Midwest, the Indy affiliates were scheduled to show Davidson-OSU.

[Andy]

Wow - Terrence Dials was just OWNED by Davidson's big guy.

[rawaction]

OSU and Iowa will win, but I don't know why anyone picked the Badgers. Slumping, overachieving team against an underachieving and athletic Zona team.

 

 

I have OSU advancing to the elite 8, so it's imperative they win today. I can somewhat stomach the Badgers losing.

 

In my 2 brackets I had OSU losing in the Sweet 16, one to Oklahoma (oops), and the other to Florida.