Re: 2009 NCAA Tournament thread

[Prior4CyYoung]

He would have had to make 2 free throws then miss the last and hope to get the rebound which would be highly unlikely.

[SouthSideRyan]

marquette's coach made an ass out of himself. i don't even think he knew what he was complaining about.

 

I think he knows that you can't tackle shooters.

 

come on, the marquette guy clearly jumped into the defender trying to buy a call. i don't care if you hate mizzou, try to show some objectivity here.

theres nothing more irritating than when an offensive player does this. good no call.

 

I don't like it either, but it's always called.

 

Except for when Mizzou's playing I guess.

[Andy]

marquette's coach made an ass out of himself. i don't even think he knew what he was complaining about.

 

I think he knows that you can't tackle shooters.

 

come on, the marquette guy clearly jumped into the defender trying to buy a call. i don't care if you hate mizzou, try to show some objectivity here.

theres nothing more irritating than when an offensive player does this. good no call.

 

I don't like it either, but it's always called.

 

Except for when Mizzou's playing I guess.

Or if it's Illinois doing it.

[SouthSideRyan]

marquette's coach made an ass out of himself. i don't even think he knew what he was complaining about.

 

I think he knows that you can't tackle shooters.

 

come on, the marquette guy clearly jumped into the defender trying to buy a call. i don't care if you hate mizzou, try to show some objectivity here.

theres nothing more irritating than when an offensive player does this. good no call.

 

I don't like it either, but it's always called.

 

Except for when Mizzou's playing I guess.

Or if it's Illinois doing it.

 

That doesn't even make any sense.

[TruffleShuffle]

marquette's coach made an ass out of himself. i don't even think he knew what he was complaining about.

 

I think he knows that you can't tackle shooters.

 

come on, the marquette guy clearly jumped into the defender trying to buy a call. i don't care if you hate mizzou, try to show some objectivity here.

theres nothing more irritating than when an offensive player does this. good no call.

 

I don't like it either, but it's always called.

 

Except for when Mizzou's playing I guess.

 

or if it's a competent referee crew who knows the difference between a defender jumping into the offensive player, and the offensive player desperately flinging himself sideways and then falling to the ground in order to draw a bogus call.

 

these grapes sure are sour.

[Butterscup1679666578]

marquette's coach made an ass out of himself. i don't even think he knew what he was complaining about.

 

I think he knows that you can't tackle shooters.

 

come on, the marquette guy clearly jumped into the defender trying to buy a call. i don't care if you hate mizzou, try to show some objectivity here.

theres nothing more irritating than when an offensive player does this. good no call.

 

I don't like it either, but it's always called.

 

Except for when Mizzou's playing I guess.

 

It always happens at the end of games and is never called then either.

[SouthSideRyan]

I was rooting for Missouri.

[SouthSideRyan]

 

It always happens at the end of games and is never called then either.

 

It always happens at the end of games?? Most games end without the team up by 4 playing in your face defense with 3 seconds while the guy is shooting.

[TruffleShuffle]

I was rooting for Missouri.

 

i wasn't rooting for anybody. regardless, that would have been a God-awful foul call and fortunately the refs were not stupid enough to fall for it.

[Sosa21MVP]

I don't think the Marquette kid got fouled on that final 3 point attempt. The defender was moving sideways and the Marquette player tried to jump into him and tripped himself. At least that is how it looked to me. Good no call.

[UMFan83]

Is it just me or has this been one of the crappier NCAA tournaments in recent memory in terms of drama? Obviously those with horses still in the race are thinking differently, but the rest of the tourney has been blah.

[SouthSideRyan]

Is it just me or has this been one of the crappier NCAA tournaments in recent memory in terms of drama? Obviously those with horses still in the race are thinking differently, but the rest of the tourney has been blah.

 

Weird to say that after 3 games just ended that went down to the final minute.

[bukie]

So, the biggest round 2 upset was a 5 seed over a 4 seed. Also the only round 2 upset.

[Exile on Waveland]

The Sweet 16's by bracket:

 

1-2-3-12

1-2-3-5

1-2-3-4

1-2-3-4

 

And the 12 is Arizona. No Cinderella's here.

[SouthSideRyan]

Conference Breakdown

 

Big East: 5

Big 12: 3

Big Ten: 2

ACC: 2

Pac 10: 1

A-10: 1

West Coast: 1

C-USA: 1

[bukie]

Conference Breakdown

 

Big East: 5

Big 12: 3

Big Ten: 2

ACC: 2

Pac 10: 1

A-10: 1

West Coast: 1

C-USA: 1

Expected by seeding:

 

Big East: 5

Big 12: 3

ACC: 3

Pac 10: 1 (but Washington, not Arizona)

Big Ten: 1

A-10: 1

West Coast: 1

C-USA: 1

[Butterscup1679666578]

 

It always happens at the end of games and is never called then either.

 

It always happens at the end of games?? Most games end without the team up by 4 playing in your face defense with 3 seconds while the guy is shooting.

 

Come on, you're smarter than that. The score has nothing to do with it. I'm talking about players taking the last shot trying to jump into the defense to draw a foul, and it's never called.

[CubColtPacer]

I thought it was an obvious no-call even though the Missouri defender was silly for getting anywhere close to him. The offensive player had to jump way out of his way to initiate the contact. Refs are already hesitant to call it when the person is jumping forward a little too far. Sideways is really pushing it.

 

That does remind me though. Apparently the getting the guy in the air call on the perimeter is not being consistently called anymore. I've seen 3 different plays this tournament where the player ball faked, got the defender in the air, then jumped forward in taking the shot and got drilled and had no call made. I have no idea why they aren't calling it anymore.

[chuckywang]

Is it just me or has this been one of the crappier NCAA tournaments in recent memory in terms of drama? Obviously those with horses still in the race are thinking differently, but the rest of the tourney has been blah.

 

Totally agree ... Selection committee should select more mid-majors.

[CubColtPacer]

Is it just me or has this been one of the crappier NCAA tournaments in recent memory in terms of drama? Obviously those with horses still in the race are thinking differently, but the rest of the tourney has been blah.

 

Totally agree ... Selection committee should select more mid-majors.

 

I'd tend to agree with that but this year the committee is somewhat justified with their last few at-large teams by their performance.

 

Arizona-Sweet 16

Wisconsin-won first game, competitive in 2nd

Dayton-won first game

Maryland-won first game

Michigan-won first game, competitive in 2nd

Minnesota-lost first game

 

The problem this year is that all the minor conference winners (plus Miss. State) couldn't pull off enough upsets. The only 2 conference winners in the last 5 seeds (12-16) that won a game were Western Kentucky and Cleveland State.

 

I do agree that the tournament is infinitely more interesting when you have a bunch of major conference-minor conference matchups than two middle tier major conference teams going at it. The committee though can't think about what will be the most interesting for the fans..they have to have a combination of who deserves to go/who is most likely to succeed in the tournament. And this year, it's become hard to argue against any of the teams that made it even though there were also deserving mid majors that were left out.

[SouthSideRyan]

Is it just me or has this been one of the crappier NCAA tournaments in recent memory in terms of drama? Obviously those with horses still in the race are thinking differently, but the rest of the tourney has been blah.

 

Totally agree ... Selection committee should select more mid-majors.

 

Mid-Majors shouldn't be selected for the sake of selecting mid-majors. The best teams should be selected.

[Derwood]

4 days in a row, the day games were mostly boring, and the final games of the day paid off at the end.

[Guest]

[expletive] off cbs tyus edney has nothing to do with this.

 

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[Prior4CyYoung]

Is it just me or has this been one of the crappier NCAA tournaments in recent memory in terms of drama? Obviously those with horses still in the race are thinking differently, but the rest of the tourney has been blah.

 

Totally agree ... Selection committee should select more mid-majors.

 

Mid-Majors shouldn't be selected for the sake of selecting mid-majors. The best teams should be selected.

 

Agreed, taking the best teams is what the goal of the committee is. Some times we disagree with who they take but usually there pretty spot on.

[TruffleShuffle]

That does remind me though. Apparently the getting the guy in the air call on the perimeter is not being consistently called anymore. I've seen 3 different plays this tournament where the player ball faked, got the defender in the air, then jumped forward in taking the shot and got drilled and had no call made. I have no idea why they aren't calling it anymore.

 

maybe it was because the defensive player went straight up? if the defensive player goes straight up in the air and the offensive player jumps into him, it shouldn't be called. if the defender goes into the offensive player then it should be called.