College Basketball Thread - Page 719

GB12 · 03-16-2011, 06:33 PM

I have no idea what to do with the South East. I have the first round down, and most of the second, but after that I'm lost. I do not like putting Pitt in the Final Four. I had St. John's for a while, but my confidence with them has disappeared, and I now have BYU beating them round 2. BYU would be the easy choice with Davies, but I don't think they can make it that far without him. So it usually comes down to Florida and Wisconsin, neither of which I feel great about either.

derza222 · 03-16-2011, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RaiderNation

I finished my bracket 2 days ago, and everyday since I seem less confident that St John's can make it to the elite 8. I have them upsetting BYU that I am going to stick with because I dont see BYU going far unless Jimmer is playing outstanding(40 point games), and St John's is too athletic for a BYU team that has only 2 or 3 quality wins over quality opponents. So I have them against Florida in the elite 8 who I dont like at all.

They'd be playing Florida to get to the Elite Eight right? Also worth remembering that DJ Kennedy, pretty important player for St. Johns, is out for the year with a torn ACL.

iowatreat54 · 03-16-2011, 06:36 PM

I still don't understand why play-in games are featuring automatic qualifiers. I know that most times the teams are probably worse than most at large teams, but doesn't that technically defeat the purpose of automatically qualifying?

At least with the expansion they now had teams like Clemson, UAB, VCU, and USC, but I still think if teams win their tournament they shouldn't have to play in a play-in game. Play-in games should be for at large bids fighting to get in, not teams that already qualified.

/rant.

yo123 · 03-16-2011, 06:36 PM

And that St. John's was pretty damn dependent on the home court advantage throughout the year. Seriously some of their road games were never even games. I have Gonzaga beating them.

yo123 · 03-16-2011, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by iowatreat54

I still don't understand why play-in games are featuring automatic qualifiers. I know that most times the teams are probably worse than most at large teams, but doesn't that technically defeat the purpose of automatically qualifying?

At least with the expansion they now had teams like Clemson, UAB, VCU, and USC, but I still think if teams win their tournament they shouldn't have to play in a play-in game. Play-in games should be for at large bids fighting to get in, not teams that already qualified.

/rant.

100% agree. The reward for winning your conference tournament should be a birth in the tourney, not another game to tire you out more before getting slaughtered by a 1 seed.

JRTPlaya21 · 03-16-2011, 06:42 PM

Blame the committee for that blunder like always. Can't wait to watch my VCU Rams play tonight. Trying to rage tonight in Richmond if we win.

RealityCheck · 03-16-2011, 06:45 PM

UTSA looks dominant so far.

iowatreat54 · 03-16-2011, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by yo123

100% agree. The reward for winning your conference tournament should be a birth in the tourney, not another game to tire you out more before getting slaughtered by a 1 seed.

Yea, I mean a great majority of the time most of these small schools are often worse than the at larges, but then give them the 14, 15, 16 seed. The at large teams should be the "last 8" or "last 4 in", and should have to play eachother for like the 13 or 12 seed, and then have to turn around and play their next game.

The auto qualifiers earned their place, an at large team didn't and should have to earn it by playing in. Sigh...

diabsoule · 03-16-2011, 07:09 PM

It's being reported that Bruce Pearl is out as head coach of Tennessee. As an LSU fan I'll take him down in Baton Rouge in a heartbeat.

prock · 03-16-2011, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by RaiderNation

I finished my bracket 2 days ago, and everyday since I seem less confident that St John's can make it to the elite 8. I have them upsetting BYU that I am going to stick with because I dont see BYU going far unless Jimmer is playing outstanding(40 point games), and St John's is too athletic for a BYU team that has only 2 or 3 quality wins over quality opponents. So I have them against Florida in the elite 8 who I dont like at all.

Wofford over BYU allllll day.

The Southeast Region is sooo bad. I don't like a single team in it. Not one.

GB12 · 03-16-2011, 07:16 PM

I really wish Syracuse or UNC were in the Southeast instead. They'd easily be my pick no matter where they were seeded.

SeanTaylorRIP · 03-16-2011, 09:07 PM

People can hate on them all day but VCU is such a scrappy team. They make you play their ugly fast paced game. Honestly even though USC is a better team I think G'town would rather play USC. Georgetown is so efficient in the half court and have the bodies to play down low. VCU however would force them to speed things up and G'town struggles mightily when they can't control the pace of the game. They start chucking up 3's and playing lazy defense.

MidwayMonster31 · 03-16-2011, 09:22 PM

What a display we are seeing here from two teams that have no damn business being here.
I would rather see VCU win this one.

yo123 · 03-16-2011, 09:26 PM

USC is the better team, neither one stands a chance against Georgetown with Wright back.

At least USC runs some semblance of an organized offense. VCU plays like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off. I'm impressed with the Skeen guy though, smooth athlete for his size.

JRTPlaya21 · 03-16-2011, 09:31 PM

Jamie Skeen is a beast. I'll def miss seeing him play. Hopefully second half we can start hitting some more shots.

SeanTaylorRIP · 03-16-2011, 09:32 PM

USC has beaten Texas, Tennessee, Arizona, Washington, and lost to Kansas 70-68. They aren't absolute garbage.

JRTPlaya21 · 03-16-2011, 10:48 PM

Wooooooooooooooo VCU Ram Nation!!! Time to go celebrate!!

CashmoneyDrew · 03-16-2011, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by diabsoule

It's being reported that Bruce Pearl is out as head coach of Tennessee. As an LSU fan I'll take him down in Baton Rouge in a heartbeat.

gpngc · 03-16-2011, 10:50 PM

How the **** did USC almost beat Kansas?! lol

SeanTaylorRIP · 03-16-2011, 11:01 PM

USC blows so bad, zero effort. Feel sorry for Malcolm Delaney, Jeff Allen, and Alec Burks, they wouldn't have gone down like that. I am happy though for VCU who got bashed like none other for making the tourny, I'm telling you CAA is an extremely good conference. I expect Mason and ODU to win as well. VCU actually poses a huge threat to G'town with that press, especially if Wright isn't 100%, since Gtown was downright awful when he was out. Gtown is going to struggle with that press. Wright might not be in shape to go the whole game. Jason Clark can't handle the press because his handle is too loose, and Freeman is too slow. Georgetown has struggled with the press all year. Plus they only have 1 legit big man Julian Vaughn and I think Skeen can hang with him. Remember a better G'town team last year with Greg Monroe lost in the first round to 14 seed Ohio.

yo123 · 03-16-2011, 11:27 PM

Lol I give USC the very lightest of compliments and they come out like that in the second half. Hopefully not a sign of things to come for my bracket.

SeanTaylorRIP · 03-16-2011, 11:41 PM

All the ESPN experts had USC beating VCU and GTown, lol.

JRTPlaya21 · 03-17-2011, 12:57 AM

Haha and that's why I love ESPN. And after Andre Dawkins got hit in the face by VT I stopped feeling any sort of sympathy towards them about their March destinations.

SeanTaylorRIP · 03-17-2011, 10:04 AM

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Haha and that's why I love ESPN. And after Andre Dawkins got hit in the face by VT I stopped feeling any sort of sympathy towards them about their March destinations.

Actually if you look at the play I can understand why he did it. Because of where he was if he threw it off Dawkins leg it probably would have bounced back and hit him. And it did look like that's what he was thinking. Really it's a legal play and hey if it's legal why not bop someone in the face. It's not like Nolan Smith wasn't pushing and grabbing Delaney all day when they were in close quarters and the refs weren't looking.

SimonRath · 03-17-2011, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by SeanTaylorRIP

Actually if you look at the play I can understand why he did it. Because of where he was if he threw it off Dawkins leg it probably would have bounced back and hit him. And it did look like that's what he was thinking. Really it's a legal play and hey if it's legal why not bop someone in the face. It's not like Nolan Smith wasn't pushing and grabbing Delaney all day when they were in close quarters and the refs weren't looking.

Dawkins was standing out of bounds so even if he threw it at his leg and it bounced back and hit him it would have been VT ball..