Men's Postseason Tournament Talk 2021-22

[bigappleram]

Carolina is doing to St. Peter's what they did to us in 1993.

I was having flashbacks of that nightmare.

Wasn't alive then

I'm sure that was embarrassing...beat a good Purdue team, feeling all that Rhody pride then get killed like that. That game and Duke 2018 shouldn't have happened like that.

Now imagine you are a kid and paint your face for the first (and only time) blue and white and by the first TV timeout you are in the bathroom wiping it off. The Purdue game was fun but Montross, Reese and UNC stomped us.

[PeterRamTime]

I was having flashbacks of that nightmare.

Wasn't alive then

I'm sure that was embarrassing...beat a good Purdue team, feeling all that Rhody pride then get killed like that. That game and Duke 2018 shouldn't have happened like that.

Now imagine you are a kid and paint your face for the first (and only time) blue and white and by the first TV timeout you are in the bathroom wiping it off. The Purdue game was fun but Montross, Reese and UNC stomped us.

Yeah and that Duke game hurt. Living outside of RI being a Rhody fan people will ask me "is RI even D1?"

Then we are actually good and my team is finally getting respect and we go out and do what they would expect little Rhode Island to do against Duke. Ugh

[Jersey77]

Horrible news, I feel so bad for this young man.

[Rhode_Island_Red]

This Final Four is like Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft.

[Obadiah]

And they all wear blue.

[Rhody74]

Yawn

[reef]

Wasn't alive then

I'm sure that was embarrassing...beat a good Purdue team, feeling all that Rhody pride then get killed like that. That game and Duke 2018 shouldn't have happened like that.

Now imagine you are a kid and paint your face for the first (and only time) blue and white and by the first TV timeout you are in the bathroom wiping it off. The Purdue game was fun but Montross, Reese and UNC stomped us.

Yeah and that Duke game hurt. Living outside of RI being a Rhody fan people will ask me "is RI even D1?"

Then we are actually good and my team is finally getting respect and we go out and do what they would expect little Rhode Island to do against Duke. Ugh

Yeah those games are really good analogies win a very tough 1st round game v Purdue 93 and Okla 18 and then get pasted in the round of 32 though I think we were about even we with Duke for the first 8-10 minutes and the final scores we were a bit closer v Duke compared to the pasting UNC put on us

[ramster]

NIT Madison Square Garden - Semifinals - Tonight Tuesday March 29

NET in Red

• St Bonaventure (-1.5) 85 vs Xavier-40 7pm ESPN

• Washington State-61 vs Texas A&M (-1.5) 43 9:30pm ESPN2

St Bonaventure(85) should have a big contingent of fans at MSG. Big East vs Atlantic 10. Possibly the last NIT at the Garden? Bonaventure announcements have been quiet due to team still playing. Does Mark Schmidt remain at St Bonaventure even though UMASS chose Frank Martin? Any other teams interested? How much of a raise does he get if he stays and potentially wins the NIT? How many, if any, St Bonaventure Starters extend for 1 more year in Olean? Bonnies have won @ Colorado70 76-68, @ Oklahoma39 70-68 and @ Virginia83 52-51

Xavier(40) replaced Travis Steele with Interim Coach Jonas Hayes AFTER they won their 1st NIT Game vs Cleveland State(182) 72-68. Hayes then coached wins vs P5 SEC Florida(59) 72-56 and vs P5 SEC Vanderbilt(66) 75-73. Meanwhile new hire Sean Miller watches Hayes Coach his future team
Hayes is increasing his market value. Could be a candidate to replace Rob Lanier at Georgia State who recently took the SMU job. His twin brother, Jarvis Hayes is an Assistant Coach for Georgia State. Jonas had some speculation as a candidate for the Georgia job that went to Mike White from Florida. The Jonas Twins played at Western Carolina then both transferred to Georgia to finish out their college playing days. The Twins (yes the twins) played HS at the same HS as Antonio Reynolds Dean - Douglass HS in Atlanta. So a lot riding on Jonas Hayes and Xavier tonight.

Texas A&M was the last team in on Joe Lunardi's Final Bracketology. Buzz Williams was furious that A&M was not selected. A&M in the NIT has beaten Alcorn State(265) 74-62, Oregon(76) 75-60 and Wake Forest(48) 67-52 - all at home.

Washington State is traveling the furthest to MSG. They have beaten Santa Clara(67) 63-50, @ SMU(45) 75-63 and @ Brigham Young(54) 77-58

And of course following these NIT Games we will have more players entering Portal Paloosa!!

[reef]

The Hayes brothers played for Coach Jim Harrick @ UGA

Bonaventure has a great chance tonight

[RF1]

St Bonaventure may be a very small school with an enrollment of just 1,850 undergrads but it has a very loyal core group of supporters. Its alumni raised some $50,000 in funds within a few days to pay for 8 buses to transport students to tonight's NIT games at MSG. Unfortunately, there have been multiple issues with different buses along the road getting to NYC.

[Rhody74]

St Bonaventure may be a very small school with an enrollment of just 1850 undergrads but it has a very loyal core group of supporters. Its alumni raised some $50,000 in funds within a few days to pay for 8 buses to transport students to tonight's NIT games at MSG. Unfortunately, there have been some issues along the road getting to NYC.

Let’s hope beer hat guy makes it.

[RF1]

Let’s hope beer hat guy makes it.

[ramster]

Let’s hope beer hat guy makes it.

They showed him in TV in the stands often during the Bonnies @ Virginia Game in Charlottesville.

[theblueram]

Sean Miller pounding the Bonnies up by 10 early.

[steveystuds06]

Sean Miller pounding the Bonnies up by 10 early.

I thought Jonas Hayes would remain as the head coach for the rest of the NIT? Miller is coaching tonight?

[theblueram]

Sean Miller pounding the Bonnies up by 10 early.

I thought Jonas Hayes would remain as the head coach for the rest of the NIT? Miller is coaching tonight?

yup.

Edit: Maybe I'm wrong. But all the interviews have been with Miller.

[Jersey77]

Sean Miller pounding the Bonnies up by 10 early.

I thought Jonas Hayes would remain as the head coach for the rest of the NIT? Miller is coaching tonight?

yup.

Edit: Maybe I'm wrong. But all the interviews have been with Miller.

Hayes is coaching

[theblueram]

I thought Jonas Hayes would remain as the head coach for the rest of the NIT? Miller is coaching tonight?

yup.

Edit: Maybe I'm wrong. But all the interviews have been with Miller.

Hayes is coaching

Yeah I see that now. I just have been watching one off and just kept seeing Miller so I thought he was coaching already.

[theblueram]

In any event Bonnies getting their arse kicked.

[reef]

Decent comeback falls short Xavier win by 7

[ramster]

NIT Madison Square Garden - Championship
Thursday March 31

• Texas A & M (-4.5) vs Xavier - 7pm ESPN

[rambone 78]

Xavier looks like a different team with Hayes coaching.

Guess the problem was the previous coach.......

[NHRamFan]

The end of an era. This is the last NIT to be played in the Garden. Due to high rental costs ($350k per day) it's no longer feasible. The tournament will move to some other location - possibly Hinkley Fieldhouse or the Palestra.

Trivia question for the old timers: The previous Madison Square Garden had an X on the floor. Imaginary game ball to the first to answer correctly!

[Bos8]

The end of an era. This is the last NIT to be played in the Garden. Due to high rental costs ($350k per day) it's no longer feasible. The tournament will move to some other location - possibly Hinkley Fieldhouse or the Palestra.

Trivia question for the old timers: The previous Madison Square Garden had an X on the floor. Imaginary game ball to the first to answer correctly!

The shot heard around the world...Ernie Calverley's shot from 60+ feet out

[ramster]

The end of an era. This is the last NIT to be played in the Garden. Due to high rental costs ($350k per day) it's no longer feasible. The tournament will move to some other location - possibly Hinkley Fieldhouse or the Palestra.

Trivia question for the old timers: The previous Madison Square Garden had an X on the floor. Imaginary game ball to the first to answer correctly!

The shot heard around the world...Ernie Calverley's shot from 60+ feet out

Excellent Bos8. Great job. I was trying to think and researching the answer and there it was right in front of me.

[Bos8]

The end of an era. This is the last NIT to be played in the Garden. Due to high rental costs ($350k per day) it's no longer feasible. The tournament will move to some other location - possibly Hinkley Fieldhouse or the Palestra.

Trivia question for the old timers: The previous Madison Square Garden had an X on the floor. Imaginary game ball to the first to answer correctly!

The shot heard around the world...Ernie Calverley's shot from 60+ feet out

Excellent Bos8. Great job. I was trying to think and researching the answer and there it was right in front of me.

Believe it was against Bowling Green, right? We'd go on to lose a close 1 point game against Kentucky in the final. 1946

[RF1]

A SHOT TO REMEMBER ERNIE CALVERLEY'S BUZZER-BEATER IN THE '46 NIT WAS THE GREATEST HAIL MARY OF ALL
https://vault.si.com/vault/1996/03/18/a ... ary-of-all


Excerpts:

Ned Irish, the man who brought college hoops to the Garden, called the Rams "the most sensational team ever to appear in the Garden."

It was the basketball Shot Heard Round the World, and it dominated sports pages and radio sportscasts for days. "They measured it from the point where I shot, and it was 62 feet," says Calverley, who remembers that Garden officials later painted a red X on the court to mark the spot.

New York sportswriters waxed poetic about the Rams' victory. "This is written by one who would rather drink a Bronx cocktail than speak well of basketball," wrote Red Smith in the Herald Tribune. "Yet it must be confessed that there hasn't been another sports show in years which lifted the hackles and stirred the pulse so thoroughly as the performance of young Ernie Calverley leading his team to an overtime conquest of Bowling Green."

How significant was Calverley's shot? "It was the greatest shot in the history of basketball," says Glickman. "No question."

[NHRamFan]

A SHOT TO REMEMBER ERNIE CALVERLEY'S BUZZER-BEATER IN THE '46 NIT WAS THE GREATEST HAIL MARY OF ALL
https://vault.si.com/vault/1996/03/18/a ... ary-of-all


Excerpts:

Ned Irish, the man who brought college hoops to the Garden, called the Rams "the most sensational team ever to appear in the Garden."

It was the basketball Shot Heard Round the World, and it dominated sports pages and radio sportscasts for days. "They measured it from the point where I shot, and it was 62 feet," says Calverley, who remembers that Garden officials later painted a red X on the court to mark the spot.

New York sportswriters waxed poetic about the Rams' victory. "This is written by one who would rather drink a Bronx cocktail than speak well of basketball," wrote Red Smith in the Herald Tribune. "Yet it must be confessed that there hasn't been another sports show in years which lifted the hackles and stirred the pulse so thoroughly as the performance of young Ernie Calverley leading his team to an overtime conquest of Bowling Green."

How significant was Calverley's shot? "It was the greatest shot in the history of basketball," says Glickman. "No question."

Kudos, folks.

Of equal importance - the NIT was THE post season tournament in that era. Red Smith's description is spot on!!

[Bos8]

URI had also made the semi's in 1945, but got rocked by Depaul and their 6'10 center George Mikan.
The shot "heard around the world" was only the quarter final to knock off Bowling Green. We had to beat another team, Muhlenburg, before facing Kentucky.

Back in the day the entire NIT was played at MSG. Feinstein had a great article about it today in the Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2 ... re-garden/

[RF1]

Little skinny Ernie Calverley grew up on Armistice Blvd across from Slater Park near the Pawtucket Country Club. Played for Pawtucket High which later became Pawtucket East High (and is now known as Tolman High) during his time there. Keaney had a pipeline at this school as it also produced the Shannons that played under him.

[ramster]

Xavier beats Texas A&M 73-72 to win the NIT

Jonas Hayes as Interim Head Coach for Xavier leads X to the Championship

Jonas Hayes’ mom and his twin brother were in attendance at the Garden.

Jarvis Hayes is an Assistant Coach at Georgia State where Rob Lanier just departed for the SMU HC job.

Jonas has a job with Sean Miller next year but maybe he has now coached his way up to be offered the Georgia State opening?

Great game tonight. Went down to final shot by Texas A&M at the buzzer that missed.

[Jersey77]

Xavier beats Texas A&M 73-72 to win the NIT

Jonas Hayes as Interim Head Coach for Xavier leads X to the Championship

Jonas Hayes’ mom and his twin brother were in attendance at the Garden.

Jarvis Hayes is an Assistant Coach at Georgia State where Rob Lanier just departed for the SMU HC job.

Jonas has a job with Sean Miller next year but maybe he has now coached his way up to be offered the Georgia State opening?

Great game tonight. Went down to final shot by Texas A&M at the buzzer that missed.

Ramster, that was a fantastic game.
Great run for Hayes and Xavier.

[ramster]

Xavier beats Texas A&M 73-72 to win the NIT

Jonas Hayes as Interim Head Coach for Xavier leads X to the Championship

Jonas Hayes’ mom and his twin brother were in attendance at the Garden.

Jarvis Hayes is an Assistant Coach at Georgia State where Rob Lanier just departed for the SMU HC job.

Jonas has a job with Sean Miller next year but maybe he has now coached his way up to be offered the Georgia State opening?

Great game tonight. Went down to final shot by Texas A&M at the buzzer that missed.

Ramster, that was a fantastic game.
Great run for Hayes and Xavier.

Will be interesting to see where Jonas Hayes lands

[ramster]

nm

[Jersey77]

Xavier beats Texas A&M 73-72 to win the NIT

Jonas Hayes as Interim Head Coach for Xavier leads X to the Championship

Jonas Hayes’ mom and his twin brother were in attendance at the Garden.

Jarvis Hayes is an Assistant Coach at Georgia State where Rob Lanier just departed for the SMU HC job.

Jonas has a job with Sean Miller next year but maybe he has now coached his way up to be offered the Georgia State opening?

Great game tonight. Went down to final shot by Texas A&M at the buzzer that missed.

Ramster, that was a fantastic game.
Great run for Hayes and Xavier.

Will be interesting to see where Jonas Hayes lands

I think I heard that Jonas Hayes was going to be retained as an assistant by Sean.

I wonder about his twin brother Jarvis at Georgia State now that Rob Lanier is leaving for SMU.

[ramster]

Ramster, that was a fantastic game.
Great run for Hayes and Xavier.

Will be interesting to see where Jonas Hayes lands

I think I heard that Jonas Hayes was going to be retained as an assistant by Sean.

I wonder about his twin brother Jarvis at Georgia State now that Rob Lanier is leaving for SMU.

They said on last nights broadcast that Jonas now had an offer to stay at Xavier as an Assistant Coach but they didn’t know what he was going to do.

He should take the Georgia State job if offered. New Arena next fall, twin brother on coaching staff, his home town. Will be interesting to see where he lands.

[Jersey77]

Will be interesting to see where Jonas Hayes lands

I think I heard that Jonas Hayes was going to be retained as an assistant by Sean.

I wonder about his twin brother Jarvis at Georgia State now that Rob Lanier is leaving for SMU.

They said on last nights broadcast that Jonas now had an offer to stay at Xavier as an Assistant Coach but they didn’t know what he was going to do.

He should take the Georgia State job if offered. New Arena next fall, twin brother on coaching staff, his home town. Will be interesting to see where he lands.

True Ramster he may of coached himself into a HC position somewhere.

Would be something if he ends up at GSU with his brother.

Or will Lanier bring Jarvis with him to SMU.

[reef]

Hayes is stock is high good fallback option with Xavier if no head coaching job

[ramster]

Saturday Games - Mens Final 4

2-seed Villanova vs 1-seed Kansas (-4) 6:09pm TBS
8-seed North Carolina vs 2-seed Duke (-4) 8:49pm TBS



NCAA Womens Final 4 Friday in Minneapolis

NET Rankings. All 4 Teams in the Final 4 are ranked in the Top 5 in Season Ending NET
1 South Carolina
2 NC State
3 Stanford
4 UConn
5 Louisville

South Carolina beats Louisville tonight as all 5 starters for SC hit double figures in scoring.

UCONN wins 63-58 over South Carolina

1-seed Louisville vs 1-seed South Carolina (-8) 7pm ESPN
2-seed UCONN vs 1-seed Stanford (-1) 9:30pm ESPN

[reef]

Geno A does it again crazy

[ace]

I’m definitely entertained by the fact that Jay Wright’s lack of suits has become a minor Final Four storyline.

[theblueram]

Villanova getting boated.

[ramster]

Kansas up 40-29 at halftime as Villanova reduced the Kansas lead from 19 points to 11 in the last couple minutes of the half

[reef]

Kansas up 40-29 at halftime as Villanova reduced the Kansas lead from 19 points to 11 in the last couple minutes of the half

Boy KU came out like a house on fire going up 19 but nice run Nova to end the half , I think Nova makes a run but KU will prevail by a few

[PeterRamTime]

This is like the 6th shitty tournament game in a row!

Haven't had a good game since the sweet 16!

[ace]

Feel awful for Justin Moore.

I won’t congratulate Collin Gillespie on an amazing career until I’m sure he won’t be granted an additional year of eligibility to play in what must be his 11th college season. He is awesome and hateable, the perfect college player.

[Rhode_Island_Red]

Was hoping one of the three channels this is on would spare us from the insufferably phony Jim Nantz and the incredibly inane Grant Hill.

[reef]

Was hoping one of the three channels this is on would spare us from the insufferably phony Jim Nantz and the incredibly inane Grant Hill.

And Billy Raftery too ??

[Rhodymob05]

Big men still matter.. a lot in this game. Ie Kansas and either Duke or UNC.

[reef]

Bacot is a big glass cleaner may get 20 boards

This turned into a good game