NCAA Tournament Thread - Round 2

[Derwood]

Today I've got these 8 teams going to the Sweet 16:

 

Duke

LSU

Gonzaga

UCLA

Illinois

Tennessee

Boston College

Florida

 

I was 20-12 in Round 1 :oops: and lost 2 Sweet 16 teams yesterday (Iowa and Kansas)

 

How did y'all do?

[UK1679666180]

21-11, 3 sweet 16 teams gone (Iowa, Ark, and Kan) and one elite 8 (Kan).

[Derwood]

Some first round factoids:

 

# of upsets: 8 (25% of the games)

# of teams left by seed:

 

1 - 4

2 - 4

3 - 3

4 - 3

5 - 2

6 - 2

7 - 2

8 - 3

9 - 1

10 - 2

11 - 2

12 - 2

13 - 1

14 - 1

15 - 0

16 - 0

 

lowest seed guaranteed a Sweet 16 bid: #6 (either WVU or NWSt goes)

largest margin of victory: 34 (UCLA over Belmont)

lowest winning score: 54 (Georgetown)

highest losing score: 85 (Marquette/UNC Wilmington)

[Derwood]

Not many early games today. Duke vs. GW is the only game around 1pm (EST), two are around 3:30, three around 5:30-6, then the rest at around 8.

[Illini Iceman]

Not many early games today. Duke vs. GW is the only game around 1pm (EST), two are around 3:30, three around 5:30-6, then the rest at around 8.

 

Duke seems to always get the early Saturday game when no one else is playing since obviously EVERYONE wants to see them. Duke is to CBS as the Yankees are to ESPN.

[Derwood]

Not many early games today. Duke vs. GW is the only game around 1pm (EST), two are around 3:30, three around 5:30-6, then the rest at around 8.

 

Duke seems to always get the early Saturday game when no one else is playing since obviously EVERYONE wants to see them. Duke is to CBS as the Yankees are to ESPN.

 

as Notre Dame is to NBC, as NASCAR is to Fox, as the Spurs are to TNT, as....

[baseball7897]

I'm 22-10, I have Duke, Florida, Wichita St., Illinois, LSU, BC, Gonzaga and UCLA winning today.

[NCCubFan]

Not many early games today. Duke vs. GW is the only game around 1pm (EST), two are around 3:30, three around 5:30-6, then the rest at around 8.

That's always the way it is on Saturday of the first weekend. They show a quadrupleheader, but there's only one game during the early time. I don't really like it that way, since there's no other game to switch to if the game turns into a blowout (it wouldn't matter to me anyway; since Duke is a local team they'd stick with it regardless of how ugly it might get). Sunday is only a tripleheader, so CBS can show its usual primetime lineup.

[Derwood]

Not many early games today. Duke vs. GW is the only game around 1pm (EST), two are around 3:30, three around 5:30-6, then the rest at around 8.

That's always the way it is on Saturday of the first weekend. They show a quadrupleheader, but there's only one game during the early time. I don't really like it that way, since there's no other game to switch to if the game turns into a blowout (it wouldn't matter to me anyway; since Duke is a local team they'd stick with it regardless of how ugly it might get). Sunday is only a tripleheader, so CBS can show its usual primetime lineup.

 

who wouldn't want to watch Duke? :roll:

 

if we thank God for small miracles, one is that Vitale doesn't work for CBS

[Mizzou]

Not many early games today. Duke vs. GW is the only game around 1pm (EST), two are around 3:30, three around 5:30-6, then the rest at around 8.

That's always the way it is on Saturday of the first weekend. They show a quadrupleheader, but there's only one game during the early time. I don't really like it that way, since there's no other game to switch to if the game turns into a blowout (it wouldn't matter to me anyway; since Duke is a local team they'd stick with it regardless of how ugly it might get). Sunday is only a tripleheader, so CBS can show its usual primetime lineup.

 

who wouldn't want to watch Duke? :roll:

 

if we thank God for small miracles, one is that Vitale doesn't work for CBS

I could not put up with an entire weekend of Dick Vitale. CBS tried to convince ESPN to let him call some games this year, but they declined. Thank God.

[TruffleShuffle]

I could not put up with an entire weekend of Dick Vitale. CBS tried to convince ESPN to let him call some games this year, but they declined. Thank God.

 

No kidding, the endless stream of Crapplebee's commercials have already put me thisclose to a murderous rage.

[Jazz]

I lost 2 sweet 16 teams, and 1 elite 8 teams :(, Kansas (elite 8), cuse (sweet 16)

 

 

 

i have

 

Duke

West Virginia

Texas

Memphis

Indiana

Gonzaga

UCLA

UConn

Illinois

North Carolina

Tenesee

Villanova

Boston College

Wisconsin-Milwuakee

and Ohiostate

 

i came out 23-9

[Chocolate Milk]

I was 25-7 through the first round with only one sweet 16 team out (Iowa).

 

NICE!

[SouthSideRyan]

Horrible start at 21-11 losing 4 sweet 16(Cuse, Iowa) 2 Elite 8(Marquette, MSU)

 

Today:

 

GW

Gonzaga

Florida

BC

Wichita St.

Illinois

[Andy]

I sit at 24-8, with one Sweet 16 team gone (Cal) and nothing further.

 

Today:

 

Duke

UW-Milwaukee (Come on Panthers)

Tennessee

Illinois

BC

LSU

UCLA

Indiana

[Soul]

I'm worried about Illinois today.

[Flames24Rulz]

22-10, but 5 Sweet 16 teams out (SIU, Marquette, Michigan St, Oklahoma, Syracuse) and 2 Elite 8 teams out (Syracuse, Michigan St.)

 

Duke

Indiana

Illinois

Wichita St.

Boston College

 

hopefully A&M can upset LSU, Alabama can upset UCLA and Wisconsin-Milwaukee upsets Florida..that would help me in my pools somewhat.

[NCCubFan]

My second round picks:

 

Today:

Duke

Syracuse :oops:

Indiana

UCLA

Illinois

Tennessee

Nevada :oops:

Florida

 

Tomorrow:

Southern Illinois :oops:

Texas

Memphis

Kansas :oops:

UConn

North Carolina

Ohio State

Villanove

[UK1679666180]

My second round picks:

 

Today:

Duke

Syracuse :oops:

Indiana

UCLA

Illinois

Tennessee

Nevada :oops:

Florida

 

Tomorrow:

Southern Illinois :oops:

Texas

Memphis

Kansas :oops:

UConn

North Carolina

Ohio State

Villanove

 

Don't you mean UK? :wink:

[CuseCubFan69]

I lost 2 sweet 16 teams, and 1 elite 8 teams :(, Kansas (elite 8), cuse (sweet 16)

 

 

 

i have

 

Duke

West Virginia

Texas

Memphis

Indiana

Gonzaga

UCLA

UConn

Illinois

North Carolina

Tenesee

Villanova

Boston College

Wisconsin-Milwuakee

and Ohiostate

 

i came out 23-9

 

Hey I told you guys Syracuse stinks in the NCAA's when they win the BE tournament!

[Jazz]

I lost 2 sweet 16 teams, and 1 elite 8 teams :(, Kansas (elite 8), cuse (sweet 16)

 

 

 

i have

 

Duke

West Virginia

Texas

Memphis

Indiana

Gonzaga

UCLA

UConn

Illinois

North Carolina

Tenesee

Villanova

Boston College

Wisconsin-Milwuakee

and Ohiostate

 

i came out 23-9

 

Hey I told you guys Syracuse stinks in the NCAA's when they win the BE tournament!

 

i prbly shoulda listened, but I was drinkin cuse juice after they beat Uconn and won the big east tourney, which was enough for me to give them a sweet 16 nod. never again cuse ;).

 

my final four is still intact though, but im not as confident in Uconn making it there now.

 

Duke

Uconn

Villanova

UCLA

[CuseCubFan69]

Not many early games today. Duke vs. GW is the only game around 1pm (EST), two are around 3:30, three around 5:30-6, then the rest at around 8.

That's always the way it is on Saturday of the first weekend. They show a quadrupleheader, but there's only one game during the early time. I don't really like it that way, since there's no other game to switch to if the game turns into a blowout (it wouldn't matter to me anyway; since Duke is a local team they'd stick with it regardless of how ugly it might get). Sunday is only a tripleheader, so CBS can show its usual primetime lineup.

 

Yeah, CBS is good like that. I miss ESPN having the NCAA's, you had a couple of games at 5 EST and on Sunday you could catch more games. I don't understand why CBS doesn't do what NBC did with the Olympics and put the games on the other channels that they own.

[gflore34]

I'm worried about Illinois today.

 

I'm worried as well but, I'm encouraged by the fact that defense is somewhat of an after thought for the Huskies whereas, it's the Illini' main focus.

 

Illini FG % defense - .403

Huskies - .433

 

Illini OPP PPG - 58.1

Huskies - 69.4

 

Illini RPG - 36.0

Huskies - 37.9

 

I believe the Illini will play solid defense, if they control the boards, I like their chances by the way, Utah State killed the Huskies on the boards the other night something like a +18 rebound margin.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

The officials are doing a great job of bailing out Duke every time GW's pressure bogs them down.

[CuseCubFan69]

The officials are doing a great job of bailing out Duke every time GW's pressure bogs them down.

 

It's what they do and do well.