NCAA Selection Show - TBS @ 6pm

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 6 years ago

Great first game!!!

Da_Process_Survivor · Unread post by **Da_Process_Survivor** » 6 years ago

good. have Terrell go rough him up an take him out of the game.

scine20 · Unread post by **scine20** » 6 years ago

Yeah, good first game. I don't see them competing with Duke though.

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 6 years ago

Ughhhhh was really hoping to avoid Duke in rd2 if we get that far!

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 6 years ago

7 seed vs 10 seed Oklahoma in Pittsburgh - other side 2 Duke vs 15 Iona

section(105) · Unread post by **section(105)** » 6 years ago

(P)Duke.....

Rhody09 · Unread post by **Rhody09** » 6 years ago

Duke will be tough, but LOVE the matchup against Oklahoma.

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 6 years ago

We might have to tweak our system here.

MAybe hound them with some wrinkles to keep the ball in the hands of the guards brining the ball up. You know press them just to get the clock low and not allow them so much time to basically dominate as they do.

I don't wana hear Coach K after the game saying Danny Hurley has built a program and we are a strong team to beat. We did that last year I think.

Maybe Iona can give us the gift of gifts and shoot a million threes that go in.

scine20 · Unread post by **scine20** » 6 years ago

Iona and URI were in the same pod last year too as Iona played Oregon.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 6 years ago

Can we finally beat Puke in the tournament? Let's get Okie first and then take Puke

urirx · Unread post by **urirx** » 6 years ago

I would take the Oklahoma draw every day of the week. but they have heard how bad they are for the last 2 weeks. so major chip on their shoulder. but avoiding Duke and Cuse were my primary goal. teams committed to the zone. lets at least get past the crimson and cream and go from there! GO RHODY!

RhodyRam86 · Unread post by **RhodyRam86** » 6 years ago

I'm happy with that. As long as we weren't getting a 4 seed, OK may be the best matchup we could have gotten. Matchup with Duke is less than ideal, but we're going to have to slay a couple dragons anyway.

One word of caution though...We have all seen teams we didn't think belonged in the tournament go on runs.

Let's win on Thursday and prove to America that we are worthy of being a top half of the bracket seed!

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 6 years ago

TRE YOUNG YOURE NEXT

EGram · Unread post by **EGram** » 6 years ago

I guess the selection committee just figures Iona losing to duke is a formality as IIR potential rematches are not supposed to be in the first two rounds.

As others mentioned Oklahoma is about as good as matchup as we could ask though. Our late season issues are nothing compared to Ok basically collapsing. I would not have put them in the tournament, noway.

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 6 years ago

Not to look past Oklahoma, but can we ever get away from Duke???? Also, the Bonnies should not have been subjected to the playin game.

section(105) · Unread post by **section(105)** » 6 years ago

.......and we do exactly what with Tre....?....just asking

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 6 years ago

I can't wait to see Fatts defend Tre Young.

rhodyruckus · Unread post by **rhodyruckus** » 6 years ago

Looks like the committee really did follow the rule of not emphasizing the last 10 games. If that were the case, OK would be out and Rhody could have easily slipped to 8/9...

EGram · Unread post by **EGram** » 6 years ago

I also think Duke is about as good a matchup for Iona as they could hope.

You have a team that plays i believe nearly all Zone vs a team that wants to shoot a million threes. It's a more dangerous first round then they would have liked i imagine.

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 6 years ago

Can't we ever get away from Duke?
I guess they had OU penciled in back in October. What a joke. As much as they tried, they couldn't play their way out.

RhodyRams12 · Unread post by **RhodyRams12** » 6 years ago

When will we know what time the game is?

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 6 years ago

Ok now I am really rooting for that Iona upset EGram!

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 6 years ago

RFORTE wrote:When will we know what time the game is?

They usually announce it in the next couple hours.

Da_Process_Survivor · Unread post by **Da_Process_Survivor** » 6 years ago

section(105) wrote:.......and we do exactly what with Tre....?....just asking

stick Terrell on him and beat him up
stick Jefe on him and make him deal with the length
stick Stan on him and rough him up some and deal with length

any of these work.

Native · Unread post by **Native** » 6 years ago

Da_Process_Survivor wrote:Syracuse is a joke.

Syracuse was the last at-large team selected by the committee this year.

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 6 years ago

ESPN has it as a Thursday game, time TBA

scine20 · Unread post by **scine20** » 6 years ago

My assumption is it'll be Thursday afternoon. One of the play-in winners are also in Pittsburgh and they normally put the play-in winners at night to give them more time. I wouldn't be surprised to see it as the very first game of the day. Dallas, Wichita and Boise are obviously not in the east so Pittsburgh would likely get the 12:15 game. So I'd say it'll either be at 12:15 or after the Duke game at 2:45.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 6 years ago

LOL. Lunardi had us as a 9 seed. lmao.

Puck Frovidence · Unread post by **Puck Frovidence** » 6 years ago

Tickets purchased. Let's fucking go.

Rhody09 · Unread post by **Rhody09** » 6 years ago

Just noticed - long shot, but of course the committee set up a possible Bobby v Danny matchup in the Sweet 16.

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 6 years ago

I'm surprised no one's mentioned that Arizona State and URI are both in the midwest. If both make the Sweet 16, it'll be Hurley against Hurley. Ace's nightmare scenario .....

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 6 years ago

Yeah, they made it unlikely since it would take a few upsets, but they still lined it up just in case.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 6 years ago

So where are we playing?

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 6 years ago

Oh by the way, highest seed in URI history, correct?

scine20 · Unread post by **scine20** » 6 years ago

Rhody74 wrote:I'm surprised no one's mentioned that Arizona State and URI are both in the midwest. If both make the Sweet 16, it'll be Hurley against Hurley. Ace's nightmare scenario .....

Pretty good travel situation for the Hurleys as well. If Arizona State wins the play-in game and Rhode Island and Arizona State win their first round games the Hurleys would be in Dayton Wednesday, Pittsburgh Thursday, Detroit Friday, Pittsburgh Saturday and Detroit Sunday.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 6 years ago

URI goes to a venue it is very comfortable with. Played three games there just last year. Undefeated in the Pittsburgh arena.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 6 years ago

Have to say I hated the new format for the show. Absolutely horrible. stupid to have an audience and interaction with it. Production quality was not even good as sound was not synced with video early on.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 6 years ago

URI/Oklahoma opens as a pick 'em

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 6 years ago

Bracket

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adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 6 years ago

Seed 28th overall. Interestingly enough sandwiched by teams we played. It also appears we were the last 7 seed. So have to imagine a win would have just moved us higher on the 7 line as opposed to making us a 6.

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/ ... -released/

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 6 years ago

I wish I took a video of Dan’s reaction when they announced ASU in. So awesome.

Love this man. Love this team.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 6 years ago

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 6 years ago

Blue Man wrote:I wish I took a video of Dan’s reaction when they announced ASU in. So awesome.

Love this man. Love this team.

Koch got great video of it. They even showed Koch's video from his tweet on ESPN. Awesome moment.

BleedBlue87 · Unread post by **BleedBlue87** » 6 years ago

Got my flights booked, hotel booked - now just praying for the URI ticket office to let me get a ticket to the game. I am a season ticket holder. Anyone with prior experience from last year know what its like?

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 6 years ago

Blue Man wrote:I wish I took a video of Dan’s reaction when they announced ASU in. So awesome.

Love this man. Love this team.

Here you go:

Sporting News with video of both Hurley brothers finding out ASU made it.
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basket ... oycyo3tbvg

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 6 years ago

BleedBlue87 wrote:Got my flights booked, hotel booked - now just praying for the URI ticket office to let me get a ticket to the game. I am a season ticket holder. Anyone with prior experience from last year know what its like?

You'll be able to get a ticket one way or another. These things don't tend to sell out.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 6 years ago

Da_Process_Survivor wrote:
section(105) wrote:.......and we do exactly what with Tre....?....just asking
stick Terrell on him and beat him up
stick Jefe on him and make him deal with the length
stick Stan on him and rough him up some and deal with length

any of these work.

Jarvis and Fatts can hound him too.

josephski · Unread post by **josephski** » 6 years ago

adam914 wrote:
BleedBlue87 wrote:Got my flights booked, hotel booked - now just praying for the URI ticket office to let me get a ticket to the game. I am a season ticket holder. Anyone with prior experience from last year know what its like?
You'll be able to get a ticket one way or another. These things don't tend to sell out.

It’s probably already sold out but yea if you wait last minute tickets get pretty cheap on stubhub.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 6 years ago

I think with Duke in our pod, though, tickets could be a little tougher. They travel REALLY well.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 6 years ago

josephski wrote:
adam914 wrote:
BleedBlue87 wrote:Got my flights booked, hotel booked - now just praying for the URI ticket office to let me get a ticket to the game. I am a season ticket holder. Anyone with prior experience from last year know what its like?
You'll be able to get a ticket one way or another. These things don't tend to sell out.
It’s probably already sold out but yea if you wait last minute tickets get pretty cheap on stubhub.

Good point, I probably shouldn't say won't sell out, but tickets should be available somewhere.