2018 NCAA Tournament Talk
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Back to a close game....Can the Seminoles somehow take down a #1?
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Wow...awesome...2 of my top 3 favorite teams moving on to the S16....
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The supposedly great Big East with six bids and two number one seeds has just a single team in the sweet sixteen. League did not live up to the hype.
SWEET 16
ACC 4
B12 4
SEC 2
BTen 2
BE 1
MVC 1
MWC 1
WCC 1
SWEET 16
ACC 4
B12 4
SEC 2
BTen 2
BE 1
MVC 1
MWC 1
WCC 1
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Raise your hand if you didn't call Xavier being a major, MAJOR fraud all season and prayed URI got paired with them in the tournament rather than an NBA playoff team in Duke. I'd have ate the disrespect of being a 9 seed to have gotten into the situation Florida State was in.
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^ Definitely agree with that....would rather play Xavier any day as opposed to Duke...
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The city of Cincinnati must be shell shocked today after two of its college teams had huge collapses on the same court in Nashville.
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Turned out we needed Duke to win that ACC tournament and secure a 1 seed oh well such is life
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Getting destroyed by Duke was awful, but oh my giving up a 22 point lead would pierce my skin.
GO RAMS
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It is a little wild URI has been to the tournament 10 times and 3 of those times they have played Duke and lost
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called fsu over Xavier, too bad the rest of my bracket is shit.
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- Sly Williams
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Maybe this is the place. Ive wanted to shout ARD out for Clemson's success the past few days. Don't want it being sucked into the drama wormhole.
The guy has had quite the run as an assistant the past few years.
The guy has had quite the run as an assistant the past few years.
I want to change my name to BlockIslandFerry
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I realize this is not going to get much notice in the current shiticane we've got going on over in the coaching carousel, but has anyone else been following Bob Walsh during March Madness? He was a really good coach at RIC and then took the Maine job and had a real bad time because...well he took the Maine job. But they recently released him and he's been tweeting about Rhody/PC/tourney - seems like he might be back in the biggest little. He's actually a pretty funny/insightful dude. Plus he disagrees with Jim Donaldson. He was recently on the Yurview bball podcast (Luke M. and Cox have also been on in the past few months as well) - I don't know how he is on TV but he could turn out to be a good local media hoops guy.
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- ARD
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Having been at the Nashville site this weekend, attending games as a neutral fan was a lot of fun, especially on sunday when I got to see 2 of the better games in the tourney so far! the Nevada comeback was crazy in person. Pre game there was an almost truce of the UC and XU fans with the idea they made up 75% of the fan base. Everybody turned when the basketball got in the air!
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Tough day for us to be watching, but Loyola may have just put in the dagger with the 3 pointer with 6.3 seconds left. They are up 4. Nevada has the ball.
Mich destroying Texas A&M
Mich destroying Texas A&M
Bleed Keaney Blue!
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
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Martin hits a 3 - and now down 1 secs left, but Nevada has too many fouls to give, so it's pretty much over - they need a steal.
Bleed Keaney Blue!
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
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- Tom Garrick
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great game. would have like to see Nevada win since we played them and will again next year, but it was fun watching Loyola. Pretty much looked like they were in a layup line for most of the second half. nice diversion to whatever else was going on today...
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And that's a wrap. Loyola the 11 seed into the Elite 8. Michigan up 20 with 6 to play.
Bleed Keaney Blue!
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
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- Jimmy Baron
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Lol. I forgot there were even games today. I literally accomplished nothing the whole day. This news consumed me.
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The best/worst thing about the tournament is the seeding. If we wind up in the south we’re in Atlanta playing Kentucky right now.
Or in the east we’re gearing up for purdue. God damnit. We had to face the one team we couldn’t.
Or in the east we’re gearing up for purdue. God damnit. We had to face the one team we couldn’t.
If you say you’re a Rhody fan, I know you are my brother. For you have suffered as I have suffered.
Give to the Athletic Director's Fund
Give to Rhody's NIL
Give to the Athletic Director's Fund
Give to Rhody's NIL
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Bye bye Calipari
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- Frank Keaney
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suckered into watching the Jimmy V story til midnite last nite...and K State beating Kentucky after midnight tonight... What an awesome sport....
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and now FSU rolls into the Elite 8....TruePoint wrote:Raise your hand if you didn't call Xavier being a major, MAJOR fraud all season and prayed URI got paired with them in the tournament rather than an NBA playoff team in Duke. I'd have ate the disrespect of being a 9 seed to have gotten into the situation Florida State was in.
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Just a couple 9 seeds and an 11 seed in the Elite 8.
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Crazy tournament 9 v 11 in a regional final !!!
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- Carlton Owens
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I rather enjoyed it, too.NYGFan_Section208 wrote:suckered into watching the Jimmy V story til midnite last nite...and K State beating Kentucky after midnight tonight... What an awesome sport....
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- Cuttino Mobley
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Wild games for sure. Does make you wonder what if we got into one of these other brackets. Ancient history I guess
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I think the national title winner will be decided in the semifinal.
Villanova vs. Duke. Head and shoulders above the rest. Sorry Kansas.
Villanova vs. Duke. Head and shoulders above the rest. Sorry Kansas.
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Daaaanngg...hate on the 'cuse all you want...they're doing a story on Melo, his recruitment, freshman year and Final Four....that guy...could play....
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2 on Dolezaj...bad news
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West Virginia led 60-54 with about 10 min left. Nova out scored them 36-18 from there. As the expression goes, that escalated quickly
Bleed Keaney Blue!
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
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- Sly Williams
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I can't believe I'm rooting for Duke. I feel dirty.
Bleed Keaney Blue!
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
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Last chance for cuse
They are not calling fouls on Duke
They are not calling fouls on Duke
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Deservedly so...steviep123 wrote:I can't believe I'm rooting for Duke. I feel dirty.
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no moral victories, but...dang...they hung with them...
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"They are not calling fouls on Duke" - in other words, water is wet.PeterRamTime wrote:Last chance for cuse
They are not calling fouls on Duke
Bleed Keaney Blue!
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
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steviep123 wrote:"They are not calling fouls on Duke" - in other words, water is wet.PeterRamTime wrote:Last chance for cuse
They are not calling fouls on Duke
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Texas Tech is up by 10 with 3:16 to play. (They are on a 7-0 run)
Bleed Keaney Blue!
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
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I know I find myself rooting for Duke also just for the fact that they kicked our backsides !!
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I can not root for Duke, ever. Hoping like hell they do not win it all.
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- Sly Williams
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I was more rooting against Syracuse because they didn’t deserve a bid.
Bleed Keaney Blue!
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
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- Sly Williams
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I didn’t think so either but making it this far shows they belonged.steviep123 wrote:I was more rooting against Syracuse because they didn’t deserve a bid.
Slava Ukraini!
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- Frank Keaney
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Duke and Syracuse combined for 39 bench minutes last night. 22 for Syracuse, 17 for Duke. 8 of 10 starters played more than 30 minutes, and the other 2 played 29 each. Five players played 40 minutes, and one played 39.
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- Steve Chubin
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Watching both Duke and Cuse their past couple games ..... dang, a good zone D is something to behold.
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- Tyson Wheeler
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Good game and am glad that Duke won though I am no Duke fan generally.
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- Kenny Green
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If Duke beats KU it means we've lost back to back tournament games to future final 4 teams. Tough...
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You can still not deserve a bid and make a sweet 16. It’s not mutually inclusive.Rhody74 wrote:I didn’t think so either but making it this far shows they belonged.steviep123 wrote:I was more rooting against Syracuse because they didn’t deserve a bid.
Bleed Keaney Blue!
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
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- Tyson Wheeler
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We lament the poor match-up versus Duke, but a four guard offense can handle a Duke type team but that offense has to show excellent shooting ability and the Rams were streaky at best and in the last 5 games when the pressure was the highest, they deteriorated further. Case in point, last night's Villanova win over WVU highlighted Villanova's consistent good shooting in FG's, 3-pointers, FT's of 50.0, 54.2, 85.2 for a 189 total which can be compared to the 190 the NBA strives for. In comparison, URI in its last five games was 157, 161, 126, 138, and 115.
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- Frank Keaney
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Duke was 5-26 on 3s if they shoot well tomorrow look out Kansas