NCAA tournament discussion thread

[pogo]

I can't believe no one put Greg McDermott's quote about the game yesterday anywhere but here is one for the ages. "Over the course of a season you are bound to have a few klunkers and tonight we had one. We just didn't play well" Guess what Greg? WSU played the whole freakin season and had no klunkers. The one game we did lose we played to a NATIONAL audience and played one hell of a game so NO, not every team has a few klunkers over the course of the year.

[UNI Nick]

WSU fan from a distance (Cedar Falls, IA, UNI) here. Just wanted to post something, somewhere, to express the sentiment of everyone I know in this part of the country. Fantastic season Shockers! It's been an absolute pleasure to watch this team perform all season (and last, for that matter). I can only hope my Panthers can attain the level of basketball being played at Wichita State right now. Hold your heads up high and Good Luck next season.

[pogo]

So how many big east teams are still playing in the dance?

[Rosewood]

So how many big east teams are still playing in the dance?

So NCAA tourney disappointment is something that did carry over to the New Big East.

[shocker3]

"National TV" -- truTV is just barely matching that

Although TruTV barely qualifies as "National TV", I am sure that game still garnered lots more viewers than the handful of people who watched the new Big East games on FS1 this year.

[Ben Button]

NCAA official

This is true:
The officials for the Sunday games in St. Louis were staying at The Omni Hotel at 1019 Pine. On Saturday night most of the officials came to the hotel bar. They drank alcohol and watched games on the bar TV's with fans. At 8:30 most witnesses left the bar, However, about 11:00PM. a witness was in the hotel bar and heard one official talking on his cell phone. The official was under the influence of alcohol. He had received a voice mail from someone who claimed to be John Calipari or someone on his behalf. The voice mail stated that Calipari knew the official was on the take and if he called the game tomorrow like he called the previous Kentucky game he had officiated, Calpari would expose he was on the take. The official was upset at the call and called the head of the officials. The official asked to be taken off the WSU-Kentucky game because of the call. It was determined the call was a prank (it is unknown how this was determined). Despite the request, the official was required to officiate the WSU-Kentucky game. The officials name is John Gaffney: he did the WSU-Kentucky game.
Concerns:
Why was an official required to officiate a game in which he felt compromised?
Why were officials drinking the night before the game (where fans were present)?
Were the coaches of the teams involved told?
How can someone get access to an official to make such a call?
How was it determined the call was a prank?
Was there an appearance of impropriety?

[AdamCC]

This is true:
The officials for the Sunday games in St. Louis were staying at The Omni Hotel at 1019 Pine. On Saturday night most of the officials came to the hotel bar. They drank alcohol and watched games on the bar TV's with fans. At 8:30 most witnesses left the bar, However, about 11:00PM. a witness was in the hotel bar and heard one official talking on his cell phone. The official was under the influence of alcohol. He had received a voice mail from someone who claimed to be John Calipari or someone on his behalf. The voice mail stated that Calipari knew the official was on the take and if he called the game tomorrow like he called the previous Kentucky game he had officiated, Calpari would expose he was on the take. The official was upset at the call and called the head of the officials. The official asked to be taken off the WSU-Kentucky game because of the call. It was determined the call was a prank (it is unknown how this was determined). Despite the request, the official was required to officiate the WSU-Kentucky game. The officials name is John Gaffney: he did the WSU-Kentucky game.
Concerns:
Why was an official required to officiate a game in which he felt compromised?
Why were officials drinking the night before the game (where fans were present)?
Were the coaches of the teams involved told?
How can someone get access to an official to make such a call?
How was it determined the call was a prank?
Was there an appearance of impropriety?

Yeah...your 1 post here is this garbage. Leave.

[ShockerFever]

This is true:
The officials for the Sunday games in St. Louis were staying at The Omni Hotel at 1019 Pine. On Saturday night most of the officials came to the hotel bar. They drank alcohol and watched games on the bar TV's with fans. At 8:30 most witnesses left the bar, However, about 11:00PM. a witness was in the hotel bar and heard one official talking on his cell phone. The official was under the influence of alcohol. He had received a voice mail from someone who claimed to be John Calipari or someone on his behalf. The voice mail stated that Calipari knew the official was on the take and if he called the game tomorrow like he called the previous Kentucky game he had officiated, Calpari would expose he was on the take. The official was upset at the call and called the head of the officials. The official asked to be taken off the WSU-Kentucky game because of the call. It was determined the call was a prank (it is unknown how this was determined). Despite the request, the official was required to officiate the WSU-Kentucky game. The officials name is John Gaffney: he did the WSU-Kentucky game.
Concerns:
Why was an official required to officiate a game in which he felt compromised?
Why were officials drinking the night before the game (where fans were present)?
Were the coaches of the teams involved told?
How can someone get access to an official to make such a call?
How was it determined the call was a prank?
Was there an appearance of impropriety?

Source backing up "This is true"?

[ShockerFever]

So how many big east teams are still playing in the dance?

LOVE IT! I'd million like you a thousand times if I could.

[Ben Button]

Please give your basis it is garbage? If I post 84 times do then believe it? Why don't you leave so there can be an intelligent discussion. Check the facts CC!

[Ben Button]

Source?
He was staying at the hotel! Was anyone else on this site at the Omni Hotel that night?

[Ben Button]

Hey AdamCC! Am I more believable because this is my fourth post? What a small mind? Was it difficult to get that GED?

[shocker3]

CU is going to be hard pressed to finish ahead of Butler in their league next year. CU may be on their way to becoming the bottom feeder in a conference that may be heading toward "mid-major" status. Had they stayed in the Valley, they might have been able to avoid Thursday night in St. Louis next year.

With Nebraska trending up, and CU trending down, CU may have trouble selling those $6 tickets they sell to fill the last 6K or so seats. BTW, the handling charge on tickets at CLink is $6. The cheap seats sell for $6 - that includes the handling charge.

Don't forget about UNO (Jake White's new team). They are spending more on sports like basketball and baseball and promoting themselves as "Omaha's" team. The Jays are facing competition from both UNL and UNO.

[Ben Button]

This is true:
The officials for the Sunday games in St. Louis were staying at The Omni Hotel at 1019 Pine. On Saturday night most of the officials came to the hotel bar. They drank alcohol and watched games on the bar TV's with fans. At 8:30 most witnesses left the bar, However, about 11:00PM. a witness was in the hotel bar and heard one official talking on his cell phone. The official was under the influence of alcohol. He had received a voice mail from someone who claimed to be John Calipari or someone on his behalf. The voice mail stated that Calipari knew the official was on the take and if he called the game tomorrow like he called the previous Kentucky game he had officiated, Calpari would expose he was on the take. The official was upset at the call and called the head of the officials. The official asked to be taken off the WSU-Kentucky game because of the call. It was determined the call was a prank (it is unknown how this was determined). Despite the request, the official was required to officiate the WSU-Kentucky game. The officials name is John Gaffney: he did the WSU-Kentucky game.
Concerns:
Why was an official required to officiate a game in which he felt compromised?
Why were officials drinking the night before the game (where fans were present)?
Were the coaches of the teams involved told?
How can someone get access to an official to make such a call?
How was it determined the call was a prank?
Was there an appearance of impropriety?

DISCUSSION?

[ShockerMas]

This is true:
The officials for the Sunday games in St. Louis were staying at The Omni Hotel at 1019 Pine. On Saturday night most of the officials came to the hotel bar. They drank alcohol and watched games on the bar TV's with fans. At 8:30 most witnesses left the bar, However, about 11:00PM. a witness was in the hotel bar and heard one official talking on his cell phone. The official was under the influence of alcohol. He had received a voice mail from someone who claimed to be John Calipari or someone on his behalf. The voice mail stated that Calipari knew the official was on the take and if he called the game tomorrow like he called the previous Kentucky game he had officiated, Calpari would expose he was on the take. The official was upset at the call and called the head of the officials. The official asked to be taken off the WSU-Kentucky game because of the call. It was determined the call was a prank (it is unknown how this was determined). Despite the request, the official was required to officiate the WSU-Kentucky game. The officials name is John Gaffney: he did the WSU-Kentucky game.
Concerns:
Why was an official required to officiate a game in which he felt compromised?
Why were officials drinking the night before the game (where fans were present)?
Were the coaches of the teams involved told?
How can someone get access to an official to make such a call?
How was it determined the call was a prank?
Was there an appearance of impropriety?

Do you have any evidence that this actually happened? The only part of this that can be confirmed by anyone who wasn't there is that Gaffney officiated the game Sunday, other than that you need to show some sort of evidence to make it seem believable.

Did you hear the voicemail? Were you also under the influence and is there potential that you aren't remembering the night correctly? Have you talked to anyone else there who can corroborate this story? Were there any media members present who could've overheard this? Do you even have a picture of the officials at the bar that could show you were even in the same place as them that night?

Sorry if it seems like everybody is writing you off immediately, but this story just seems extremely fishy and without any evidence its legitimacy pretty much has to be rejected by anyone who wasn't there