2015 NCAA Tournament

[SouthSideRyan]

Can't even see Lou Holtz's mouth moving.

[Guest]

Judging by the first 8 minutes, the WVU-Maryland game should be entertaining.

[Careless]

I don't know if it's just because I'm not used to rooting for 1 seeds and am a pessimist, but I'm terrified of every game Wisconsin plays this year.

[SouthSideRyan]

West Virginia fouls 3 times on every defensive position and more than that when they offensive rebound.

[Guest]

West Virginia fouls 3 times on every defensive position and more than that when they offensive rebound.

 

The original Murderball

[mul21]

West Virginia fouls 3 times on every defensive position and more than that when they offensive rebound.

 

Glad I'm not the only one who feels this way.

 

And Maryland needs to stop chucking from three. Also, the head shots to Trimble should probably be stopped.

[SouthSideRyan]

If Trimble is concussed, they're going to lose by 20

[Guest]

If Trimble is concussed, they're going to lose by 20

 

Doesn't look like he's coming back.

[mul21]

Officiating in this WVU-Maryland game is a joke. Tackle basketball!

[SouthSideRyan]

Gottlieb is so [expletive] good. Probably too critical to ever get a Sweet 16 assignment

[Guest]

Gottlieb is so [expletive] good. Probably too critical to ever get a Sweet 16 assignment

 

Yeah, he definitely doesn't hold back or say it nicely if he thinks an official blew a call.

[SouthSideRyan]

Kentucky will get the calls Maryland didn't. It's gonna be on the level of Illinois-Arizona '01

[snoodmonger]

West Virginia fouls 3 times on every defensive position and more than that when they offensive rebound.

 

It sucks. They just dare the refs to call fouls.

[Derwood]

What's amazing is that Mike and Mike were comai ing this morning about how the refs were calling too many fouls and it was killing the pace of the games. I've seen the exact opposite

[Guest]

No there's definitely too many fouls, it used to be if you got to 40 fouls called in a game it meant something went terribly wrong or you were playing somebody like Huggins. Now it's the norm to hit 40 fouls with 5 minutes to play in the game. The bigger problem is that the increase in fouls isn't disincenting players and coaches, so the game gets more and more bogged down into the 40 minute army crawl it is now.

[RynoRules]

No there's definitely too many fouls, it used to be if you got to 40 fouls called in a game it meant something went terribly wrong or you were playing somebody like Huggins. Now it's the norm to hit 40 fouls with 5 minutes to play in the game. The bigger problem is that the increase in fouls isn't disincenting players and coaches, so the game gets more and more bogged down into the 40 minute army crawl it is now.

 

Agreed - the officiating has been as close to horrendous as it gets. I usually don't notice the refs during the NCAA tourney.

 

Also, check this out:

 

http://deadspin.com/bob-hugginss-daughters-call-dez-wells-a-rapist-1693065370

[RynoRules]

Gottlieb is so [expletive] good. Probably too critical to ever get a Sweet 16 assignment

 

He's smarter than the lot of them and doesn't seem to care what it costs him.

[Smack]

No there's definitely too many fouls, it used to be if you got to 40 fouls called in a game it meant something went terribly wrong or you were playing somebody like Huggins. Now it's the norm to hit 40 fouls with 5 minutes to play in the game. The bigger problem is that the increase in fouls isn't disincenting players and coaches, so the game gets more and more bogged down into the 40 minute army crawl it is now.

 

Agreed - the officiating has been as close to horrendous as it gets. I usually don't notice the refs during the NCAA tourney.

 

Also, check this out:

 

http://deadspin.com/bob-hugginss-daughters-call-dez-wells-a-rapist-1693065370

 

I think it's time for daddy to take her twitter away. If she's actually an employee of the university she should be terminated.

[imb]

college basketball blows and is unwatchable. basically sports is bad.

[Andy]

college basketball blows and is unwatchable. basically sports is bad.

I'm not sure why one would come into a thread about this subject and say this.

[NonProfitCow]

No there's definitely too many fouls, it used to be if you got to 40 fouls called in a game it meant something went terribly wrong or you were playing somebody like Huggins. Now it's the norm to hit 40 fouls with 5 minutes to play in the game. The bigger problem is that the increase in fouls isn't disincenting players and coaches, so the game gets more and more bogged down into the 40 minute army crawl it is now.

Here's a really good Grantland article about it I read a couple days ago

 

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/college-basketballs-scoring-problem/

[seanimal]

college basketball blows and is unwatchable. basically sports is bad.

I'm not sure why one would come into a thread about this subject and say this.

 

i'm surprised it took so long. this sentiment should be expressed as quickly as possible in any thread involving collegiate athletics imo

[imb]

college basketball blows and is unwatchable. basically sports is bad.

I'm not sure why one would come into a thread about this subject and say this.

 

I think I posted it in response to the discussion about all the fouls being called. Have you watched any of these games? They're horrific.

[Guest]

No there's definitely too many fouls, it used to be if you got to 40 fouls called in a game it meant something went terribly wrong or you were playing somebody like Huggins. Now it's the norm to hit 40 fouls with 5 minutes to play in the game. The bigger problem is that the increase in fouls isn't disincenting players and coaches, so the game gets more and more bogged down into the 40 minute army crawl it is now.

Here's a really good Grantland article about it I read a couple days ago

 

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/college-basketballs-scoring-problem/

 

Yeah that was a good read. I wasn't 100% on board with the conclusions, but it does a very good job of illustrating the problem and how things have devolved to where they are now.

[Andy]

college basketball blows and is unwatchable. basically sports is bad.

I'm not sure why one would come into a thread about this subject and say this.

 

I think I posted it in response to the discussion about all the fouls being called. Have you watched any of these games? They're horrific.

I've watched a good amount, and I think it is not news that college basketball is worse than the NBA and that if you are a Basketball Purist you definitely want to watch the NBA and not college basketball.

 

They need a 30-second shot clock, to go from 5 timeouts to 3, and to do something meaningful about flopping. The games don't seem much more 'horrific' than they are every year.

 

i'm surprised it took so long. this sentiment should be expressed as quickly as possible in any thread involving collegiate athletics imo

You might be surprised to find that the people on this board generally know college athletics is objectively inferior to the pros in terms of level of play and are aware that that is just one of many issues with it, and just happen to like it anyway. And that the handful that don't realize the former are not the sort of well-meaning people that are going to be convinced by a drive-by "COLLEGE SPORTS Sox" post on a message board.

 

Also, I'm amused by the fact that 'sucks' with an x substituted for the 'cks' autocorrects to Sox.