2023 CBB Post Season All Things NCAA/NIT

[adam914]

Aztecs with the miracle cover!

[Jdrums#3]

These Princetonites sure are a scrappy bunch.

[ATPTourFan]

Merged the splinter NCAA Game thread into this one.

The Mitchell Twins are getting love on the Razorbacks broadcast.

[Jdrums#3]

Somewhere,Bill Walton is crapping his pants.

Can the Princetonians hold on ?

[PeterRamTime]

There goes my perfect bracket!

Arizona's guards are TERRIBLE

[RIrugger01]

Two high majors eliminated by mid majors!!! Love it!!!

[Jdrums#3]

In my best Cosmo Kramer voice, as I slap my money down on the counter…I’m out !! I’m out of the contest !!

Bracket-busted by Princeton. Ooooph

[Rhode_Island_Red]

And THAT is why the Cartel wants to hog all the at-large berth to themselves, and why obvious nepotism hire Dan Gavitt has the committee pit the hoi polloi against the riffraff.

[RI_Bred]

In my best Cosmo Kramer voice, as I slap my money down on the counter…I’m out !! I’m out of the contest !!

Bracket-busted by Princeton. Ooooph

Same! Crazy! PAC-12 overrated as usual.

[reef]

Really happy to see Princeton knock off 2 seed Arizona who’s the first team to lose to 2 different 15 seeds Santa Clara with Nash the other

[PeterRamTime]

I've been hyping Oral Roberts all week and of course they are playing timid and laying a big fat egg

[Rhode_Island_Red]

I like the way Boise runs its offense -- lots of screens and cuts

[NYGFan_Section208]

I filled out my bracket a little before noon. If Maryland loses I'll be out after one game.

LOL...I have you beat, I picked Arizona to win it all....

[PeterRamTime]

This Oral Roberts Duke game is reminding me of our last outing against Duke

The ridiculous size difference making it impossible to get any shots at the rim

Total mismatch

[reef]

I like that Lively kid in the pivot big rebounder and shot blocker

[DeanDome88]

Northern Kentucky launching shots from the parking lot.

[reef]

Penn St smokes Tex AM , Micah Shrewsbery stock going up and up

[ramster]

Virginia performance blasted by Pat Forde.



ATP Edit to link to original Forde article

[ramster]

2PM Friday TBS
5-Seed St Mary's vs 12-Seed VCU

Rankings St Mary's (VCU):
NCAA NET: 11 (53)
RPI: 11 (19)
KenPom: 12 (57)
BPI: 20 (56)
Sagarin: 17 (44)
Barttovik: 10 (59)
ELO: 18 (15)
AP Poll: 19 (30)
Coaches Poll: 19 (33)

VCU 27-7
St Mary's 26-7

St Mary's Poll Range 11-20
VCU Poll Range 15-59

St Mary's favored by 4 points in Albany NY

VCU has not lost since February 7

[section(105)]

Love how the TV camera angles shows a 1/2 court shot from behind the defensive basket, love those baseline views of the 1/2 court action, especially to see the defense. Wish they did more.

[PeterRamTime]

Virginia performance blasted by Pat Forde.



ATP Edit to link to original Forde article

Pat Forde is annoying

They will continue to go to the tournament for a while under Bennett and they will have more runs.

[PeterRamTime]

Okay now I have read this article

What a piece of hot garbage

It doesn't prove that the 2019 run was blip

It proves that the NCAA tournament is just a total crapshoot

Virginia dominating in the ACC for the better part of a decade with less talent than Duke and UNC is not a blip. A program that does that and then wins the national title is not a fluke.

[Rhode_Island_Red]

Xavier is in big trouble against Kennesaw State

[Rhody15]

Xavier is in big trouble against Kennesaw State

Down 7 at half is big trouble?

[Jdrums#3]

Xavier is in big trouble against Kennesaw State

I agree, Red. This Ken State team looks really good so far. Their D on Xavier’s final possession of the half was excellent.

[theblueram]

Would love to see X go down.

[PeterRamTime]

Make us that money VCU!

[steviep123]

Would love to see X go down.

X unfortunately made a late comeback - down 61-48 with perhaps 9 to play. X took a 1 point lead with 17 secs to play. Kennesaw St had a chance at the winner - but a pretty open layup was blocked. However, two fouls should have been called on X - the shooter was fouled making his move to the layup (should have been called before the shot), then they got the rebound, but lost it when X hacked the rebound from behind. Also no call. Now I don't know if K St was in the bonus (likely with 2 plus secs left) so don't know if there would/should have been shots. But they absolutely got hosed by a lack of a call.

[Jdrums#3]

When he is jogging down the court Schreiver (not sure of the spelling) # 35 for VCU reminds me of the chief from the movie, One Who Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest, during the outdoor basketball scene.

Good back and forth game between the two teams so far.

[steviep123]

Baldwin got hurt for VCU and is in the locker room in the 2nd half.

[DeanDome88]

When he is jogging down the court Schreiver (not sure of the spelling) # 35 for VCU reminds me of the chief from the movie, One Who Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest, during the outdoor basketball scene.

Good back and forth game between the two teams so far.

I'm not sure why they leave him in when they want to press full court.

[Shinze88]

UConn is going to destroy either St Mary's or VCU, they got a great draw for first 2 rounds.

[RI_Bred]

VCU can't hit the side of a barn. They are who we thought they were.

[Rhode_Island_Red]

When he is jogging down the court Schreiver (not sure of the spelling) # 35 for VCU reminds me of the chief from the movie, One Who Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest, during the outdoor basketball scene.

Good back and forth game between the two teams so far.

I'm not sure why they leave him in when they want to press full court.

He should be sitting just for that weak mustache.

[DeanDome88]

Pitt up 20-2 over Iowa State and also going to the line. What a nightmare for Iowa St. fans.

[DeanDome88]

VCU can't hit the side of a barn. They are who we thought they were.

A short tournament appearance for the A10.

[RF1]

VCU loses to St Mary's 63-51. While VCU has regularly got to the NCAA Tournament since it joined the A-10 (8 appearances since 2013), it has struggled to win tournament games. The Rams from Richmond despite many more NCAA appearances have the same number of NCAA victories (2) as do the Rams of Kingston during the period when they have been A-10 conference mates.

As NCAA bids have declined for the A-10 in recent years, so too have tourney wins as well. This has greatly impacted the share units for NCAA revenue. A unit is equal to each game played in the tournament. Units get paid out over a six year period after they are earned going to the conference to distribute as they see fit. The A-10 gives the greatest revenue share of its units to its teams which earned them, keeps some for administration expenses, and then distributes the rest to its other members. This league now has the most teams it has ever had. After VCU and the league take their bite of this season's ONE unit, there will not be much left to distribute to the other fourteen members. The NCAA pie and its member slices for the A-10 are getting much smaller over time.

[Rhode_Island_Red]

Hmmm ... whom to root for -- the Leg-humpers and their slimy slithering snake of a coach or Undead Little Ricky?

[Rhody15]

VCU loses to St Mary's 63-51. While VCU has regularly got to the NCAA Tournament since it joined the A-10 (8 appearances since 2013), it has struggled to win tournament games. The Rams from Richmond despite many more NCAA appearances have the same number of NCAA victories (2) as do the Rams of Kingston during the period when they have been A-10 conference mates.

As NCAA bids have declined for the A-10 in recent years, so too have tourney wins as well. This has greatly impacted the share units for NCAA revenue. A unit is equal to each game played in the tournament. Units get paid out over a six year period after they are earned going to the conference to distribute as they see fit. The A-10 gives the greatest revenue share of its units to its teams which earned them, keeps some for administration expenses, and then distributes the rest to its other members. This league now has the most teams it has ever had. After VCU and the league take their bite of this season's ONE unit, there will not be much left to distribute to the other fourteen members. The NCAA pie and its member slices for the A-10 are getting much smaller over time.

Gotta start winning NCAA games, no excuses.

A 15 seed has won a game in like 7 outta the last 11 tourneys, along with other 10+ seeds (obviously).

Put up or shut up time for the A10.

[DeanDome88]

Hmmm ... whom to root for -- the Leg-humpers and their slimy slithering snake of a coach or Undead Little Ricky?

It has been an entertaining contest so far.

[reef]

I knew VCU would lose , A10 was hot garbage all year , not sure why a lot of pundits picked them

[Jdrums#3]

Hmmm ... whom to root for -- the Leg-humpers and their slimy slithering snake of a coach or Undead Little Ricky?

He does look undead. Great stuff, Red.

Good luck St John’s. Hope they have a good makeup mortician on staff.

[bigappleram]

VCU loses to St Mary's 63-51. While VCU has regularly got to the NCAA Tournament since it joined the A-10 (8 appearances since 2013), it has struggled to win tournament games. The Rams from Richmond despite many more NCAA appearances have the same number of NCAA victories (2) as do the Rams of Kingston during the period when they have been A-10 conference mates.

As NCAA bids have declined for the A-10 in recent years, so too have tourney wins as well. This has greatly impacted the share units for NCAA revenue. A unit is equal to each game played in the tournament. Units get paid out over a six year period after they are earned going to the conference to distribute as they see fit. The A-10 gives the greatest revenue share of its units to its teams which earned them, keeps some for administration expenses, and then distributes the rest to its other members. This league now has the most teams it has ever had. After VCU and the league take their bite of this season's ONE unit, there will not be much left to distribute to the other fourteen members. The NCAA pie and its member slices for the A-10 are getting much smaller over time.

Gotta start winning NCAA games, no excuses.

A 15 seed has won a game in like 7 outta the last 11 tourneys, along with other 10+ seeds (obviously).

Put up or shut up time for the A10.

5-6 years later our 2 wins are still the best league performance in the tourney since then. That’s not good for the league.

[ATPTourFan]

Enjoying Dan beat down on Slick Rick.

[reef]

DH offense looks a lot more fluid than it did with us , he must have way better assistants

Sanogo 29 and 12 wow

[KeaneyTheChemist]

DH offense looks a lot more fluid than it did with us , he must have way better assistants

Sanogo 29 and 12 wow

Not sure that Iona’s interior defense is even trying that much, but I do agree that the Hurley offense is definitely more fluid and also attack heavy. He is lucky to have a player like Sanogo who is basically a mix between the speed and athleticism of Zion and the shotblocking ability of Hassan Martin.

[Jdrums#3]

DH offense looks a lot more fluid than it did with us , he must have way better assistants

Sanogo 29 and 12 wow

He dominated today, Reef.

If he (and the team) plays like this against St Mary’s, they should win comfortably (7-10 pts), I think and have a good shot of taking out Kansas, too, if KU gets by Arkansas.

[reef]

DH offense looks a lot more fluid than it did with us , he must have way better assistants

Sanogo 29 and 12 wow

He dominated today, Reef.

If he (and the team) plays like this against St Mary’s, they should win comfortably (7-10 pts), I think and have a good shot of taking out Kansas, too, if KU gets by Arkansas.

I definitely like UConn over St Mary’s now that DH got that 1st tourney win as a Uconn head coach

[reef]

Jacob Toppin has come to play 10 points so far

[TruePoint]

There’s never been a game played in any sport in history in which the disparity in the regard I hold the respective coaches was wider than the UConn/Iona game today. Super happy for Dan. I worry a little that if he doesn’t win super big there soon their fans won’t appreciate what they have. I’ve always assumed it’s just a matter of time for him but it feels like the time could be now. His team is really good.