NCAA tournament discussion thread

[ShockTop]

Same is true of Marshall. It will be a great game Friday. Take care of business tomorrow and we will see how both teams have progressed from last year. We know you guys are better. We just know that we are different.

Our game with SLU today was ugly, but we move on.

Wish you all the luck against UK. Remember. As per John Calipari: "They ARE college basketball!" And ..... "You don't want to beat them ... you want to BE them."

Ugh. Hey question for you Louisville guys: when Pitino got to Louisville, what was the fan base's reaction to him since he was at Kentucky beforehand?

[IlliniShocker]

You know, I really never gave Gottlieb a second thought until I started hanging around here more often :D Now his voice is approaching "nails on a chalkboard" the more I hear him. Xavier Thames is a helluva player and fun to watch, but Goatlube's verbal fellatio for him is getting old fast. Watching the two NDSU games, I think they've spent at least 15-20 minutes carrying on and on about what a super farmboy Marshall Bjorkland is. Then Dougie goes right back to blowing Thames.

[ShockTop]

You know, I really never gave Gottlieb a second thought until I started hanging around here more often :D Now his voice is approaching "nails on a chalkboard" the more I hear him. Xavier Thames is a helluva player and fun to watch, but Goatlube's verbal fellatio for him is getting old fast. Watching the two NDSU games, I think they've spent at least 15-20 minutes carrying on and on about what a super farmboy Marshall Bjorkland is. Then Dougie goes right back to blowing Thames.

Is it worst than Aaron Craft's all day lovefest?

[jocoshock]

If Creighton beats Baylor tonight....only two Big-12 teams will remain. Everybody told me the Big-12 was the BEST conference in America this year. I'm sure glad I have my own brain to make that determination. ;)

If they want your opinion, they will give it to you..

:-P :-)

[IlliniShocker]

Is it worst than Aaron Craft's all day lovefest?

Nothing can top that. But this is pretty dang annoying. Of course, I'm highly biased in this game since I'm rooting hard for NDSU, so maybe this really isn't too bad for a neutral observer.

[Anthroshock]

Geez, this tournament is being called so loose. Dude from Dayton just got full-on bodied on a layup with no call.

[IlliniShocker]

I'm not biased enough to attempt to downplay what Thames is doing though. Kid can straight up play. SDSU has 55 points and he has 30 of them. Hard not to be impressed by the kid; it just sucks to see it happen against one of your teams. And having to listen to this particular announcer's voice never helps things :D

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

Half of the field are glorified NIT teams. They call them at-large teams.

St. Louis, lest we forget, earned a 5 seed, and then managed to win their first tournament game, unlike all the other 5 seeds. Today they are going to lose by 12 to a under-seeded 4 that most are picking to the Final Four. St. Louis has struggled of late, but pretending that their struggles are worse than what 80% of the field has gone through isn't being very fair.

If you want to call Louisville an under seeded 4, then it is only fair to let me call St. Louis an over seeded 5. It might just be my opinion, but I think there is quite a bit to back it up. KenPom had them at 34 (equivalent to a 9 seed) entering the tourney and has them at 35 following today's loss. All I'm really saying is that St. Louis was grossly overrated when they were ranked #10 in the country and we were all touting them as a really good team. I think they are obviously a non-top 25 team, and top 5 teams (WSU) shouldn't really be touting wins over non-top 25 teams as something spectacular.

If Pitt is going to be called garbage over and over, St. Louis deserves the same description.

[moshock]

If Creighton beats Baylor tonight....only two Big-12 teams will remain. Everybody told me the Big-12 was the BEST conference in America this year. I'm sure glad I have my own brain to make that determination. ;)

Creighton won't beat Baylor tonight .... they play tomorrow. I don't think they will beat them tomorrow either

[ShockerFever]

Funny. We never heard all of this BS during the season and on Selection Sunday. We didn't even hear it on Thursday when SLU was getting taken to the woodshed by NC State.

But now that the Stat Geek actually sat down and watched a basketball game, a singular one, against one of the best defensive teams in the country, now the SLU garbage is being tossed out.

He must really be butthurt about the Pitt Garbage getting thrown out today. He was so fiery on Thursday but got SHUT DOWN today. Poor sap.

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

If Creighton beats Baylor tonight....only two Big-12 teams will remain. Everybody told me the Big-12 was the BEST conference in America this year. I'm sure glad I have my own brain to make that determination. ;)

AZ, who would you say are the best 3 conferences in the country?

[ShockerFever]

AZ, who would you say are the best 3 conferences in the country?

So SLU is being judged on one singular NCAA Tournament result, but the Big 12 can't be judged on its collective NCAA Tournament results?

You sir are hypocritical garbage.

[ShockerFever]

How many times is Goatlube going to mention "Kansas" in a game involving San Diego State and North Dakota State?

What a name-dropping brown-noser.

[pinstripers]

If you want to call Louisville an under seeded 4, then it is only fair to let me call St. Louis an over seeded 5. It might just be my opinion, but I think there is quite a bit to back it up. KenPom had them at 34 (equivalent to a 9 seed) entering the tourney and has them at 35 following today's loss. All I'm really saying is that St. Louis was grossly overrated when they were ranked #10 in the country and we were all touting them as a really good team. I think they are obviously a non-top 25 team, and top 5 teams (WSU) shouldn't really be touting wins over non-top 25 teams as something spectacular.

If Pitt is going to be called garbage over and over, St. Louis deserves the same description.

I thought St Loo got hosed

[ShockTop]

How many times is Goatlube going to mention "Kansas" in a game involving San Diego State and North Dakota State?

What a name-dropping brown-noser.

Well, if he can't mention Ok. State...