College Basketball Thread - Page 785

ATLDirtyBirds · 03-17-2012, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by OSUGiants17

Murray State is so much fun to watch. Solid defense the whole game and fast paced offense.

Same with Marquette. This game is awesome.

OSUGiants17 · 03-17-2012, 05:29 PM

This might be the best game of the tournament. #2 on Murray, Daniel, is insane with those blocks.

OSUGiants17 · 03-17-2012, 05:31 PM

I am loving the pace and the defense of this game. This is why I love March Madness and college basketball in general. Sooo much better than the NBA.

yo123 · 03-17-2012, 07:18 PM

Come on Vanderbilt. I can't stand to watch Wisconsin play another game, their awful playing style should be outlawed.

yo123 · 03-17-2012, 07:23 PM

This officiating in this tournament has just been absolutely abysmal. Blatant, gamechanging calls missed in almost every game I've watched.

njx9 · 03-17-2012, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by yo123

This officiating in this tournament has just been absolutely abysmal. Blatant, gamechanging calls missed in almost every game I've watched.

agree. i can't count the horrendous number of charge/block calls. obviously they've missed about 4.5 million travels.

bearsfan_51 · 03-17-2012, 08:17 PM

Hot damn what a finish.

bearsfan_51 · 03-17-2012, 08:20 PM

As much as I like Shaka Smart, it's nice to see Indiana back in the Sweet 16.

JRTPlaya21 · 03-17-2012, 08:21 PM

Well darn.

bearsfan_51 · 03-17-2012, 08:24 PM

The look the player gave the interviewer after Crean took a shot at Seth Davis was priceless. I hope someone puts that online.

JETS5128 · 03-17-2012, 08:47 PM

For real there have been some horrendous missed travels that would even be called in the NBA

which is saying something

JoeJoeBrown · 03-17-2012, 09:12 PM

Gonzaga definitely thought dribbling was optional.

Shaka smart is so classy and is such a great coach. Crean is a horses ass and is classless.

After that heartbreaking end of the game for vcu where they didnt score jack for something like ten minutes he still walks over to Crean with a smile.

If the roles were reversed, crean would have given shaka the brush by.

ShutDwn · 03-17-2012, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeJoeBrown

Gonzaga definitely thought dribbling was optional.

Shaka smart is so classy and is such a great coach. Crean is a horses ass and is classless.

After that heartbreaking end of the game for vcu where they didnt score jack for something like ten minutes he still walks over to Crean with a smile.

If the roles were reversed, crean would have given shaka the brush by.

I noticed Smart's gesture, but what evidence do you have of Crean being classless? Would it be when he took a program left in shambles (by a truly classless coach) back to the Sweet 16 after losing for three straight years? Save those terms for Calipari. I couldn't see any coach being happy about losing to a team that annoying.

Shaka knows his team is built on gambles. Yeah, they got turnovers but they have no real offense. 9/30 from three is terrible and it shouldn't win any game if that's all a team has. If Verdell Jones III is healthy this game doesn't come down to the buzzer. He would have been the best ball handler IU has against that type of defense.

Unfortunately playing an angry Kentucky after the regular season win isn't what I would wish for IU...

JoeJoeBrown · 03-17-2012, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ShutDwn

I noticed Smart's gesture, but what evidence do you have of Crean being classless? Would it be when he took a program left in shambles (by a truly classless coach) back to the Sweet 16 after losing for three straight years? Save those terms for Calipari. I couldn't see any coach being happy about losing to a team that annoying.

Shaka knows his team is built on gambles. Yeah, they got turnovers but they have no real offense. 9/30 from three is terrible and it shouldn't win any game if that's all a team has. If Verdell Jones III is healthy this game doesn't come down to the buzzer. He would have been the best ball handler IU has against that type of defense.

Unfortunately playing an angry Kentucky after the regular season win isn't what I would wish for IU...

Evidence? He's a child.

Postgame blow by in a much less important game than this one.
Also crying about Matta talking to the ref's.
Trying to skip handshakes in loss to Illini.
Being a douchey crybaby about another team's players (likely the OSU team that just beat them) wearing headphones pre-game.

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“We don’t have a team of guys that are out wearing their Beats headphones as they’re warming up. Our guys are out there working with them. I don’t have a group of guys that are grandstanders, that are looking to get an article done about them. I’ve got a group of guys that are really, really hungry to make the team better. That’s game night.”

He's a doucheknuckle and I'm sure there are more than just those Illini and OSU tidbits.

bearsfan_51 · 03-17-2012, 10:34 PM

Crean seems like a dick to the media and to other teams, but he also seems to be loved by his players and fans.

devinhester=R.O.Y 2006 · 03-17-2012, 10:53 PM

Illinois AD Mike Thomas better be flying with a boatload of cash to Shaka Smart's home asap.

JoeJoeBrown · 03-17-2012, 11:11 PM

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Crean seems like a dick to the media and to other teams, but he also seems to be loved by his players and fans.

The reason that he seems like a dick is because he is a dick. Indiana fans don't care that he's a dick if he's winning and I don't blame them.

Wootylicous · 03-18-2012, 12:26 PM

Come on NC state!!

ATLDirtyBirds · 03-18-2012, 02:07 PM

98th percentile with my bracket. Pretty happy with that.

yo123 · 03-18-2012, 03:41 PM

St. Louis is awful. How did these guys beat Memphis?

ShutDwn · 03-18-2012, 03:42 PM

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The reason that he seems like a dick is because he is a dick. Indiana fans don't care that he's a dick if he's winning and I don't blame them.

So you've met him? I have and so have a lot of people in Bloomington. He went 22-59 in his first three years because of violations he didn't commit. He is the anti-Calipari. If he were truly a dick he wouldn't have done that.

Every coach will seem like a dick at times. You didn't prove anything about his character, just his competitiveness. I can google any college coach and find similar stories.

Here's how that story with Matta you cited ends:

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After all, Matta and Crean have been seen chatting amiably more than once since the handshake incident last season, and both coaches were polite and conciliatory during their postgame pressers Sunday. This might be much ado about nothing.

The bolded part applies to you.

JRTPlaya21 · 03-18-2012, 05:38 PM

Safe to say NSU has come back down to earth.

sbh15 · 03-18-2012, 05:39 PM

24-0 run. thanks for busting everyone's brackets and doing nothing with it, dicks

but really i'm happy because go florida

njx9 · 03-18-2012, 05:45 PM

i'm *shocked* that norfolk is getting blown out. i'll be equally shocked when lehigh loses by 45, too.

JRTPlaya21 · 03-18-2012, 07:22 PM

Well I somehow have a 94% bracket left & now Kendall Marshall has gone down with a broken wrist.