Saturday 2nd Round Madness Open Thread
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 5:46 PM PDT
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PrintThe madness continues today with the second round of action.Yesterday gave us Cornell romping all over Temple and Wisconsin just barely hanging on to beat Wofford. Of course, the Pac-10 also proved just how good it is with Cal beating Louisville. The conference is now 2-0 for the NCAA Tournament. Best conference in basketball? Probably. We're done with the crazy first round now and today begins the round where the top teams either get taken down or really pushed. Remember, the second round is where the Bruins got pushed to the limit by Alabama, Indiana and Texas A&M before battling their way through and advancing to the Final Four.
Yesterday was not nearly as exciting as Thursday, but we could get some good ones today. Murray St. will go looking for upset #2 when they take on Butler. Ohio, Old Dominion and Washington will all do the same. Also, keep an eye on St. Mary's versus Villanova. That one could have all the makings of a shocker. March Madness On-Demand has all the games online again and you can grab it in the widget below. More madness. More fun. More open thread. Have fun with it everyone.
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Crazyness...
For some strange reason, I’m tied for the BN group lead after round 1.
formerly bruinhoo
I went Howland
I was great on Thursday, but fell apart the next day ;-(
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
This thread is quite roomy right now
Plenty of room for folks to come on in.
St Mary’s holding a 39-31 lead early in the 2nd half
formerly bruinhoo
'Nova making a bit of a run now, still trail 51-44
Omar Samhan already has 24 points for St Mary’s, after scoring 29 on Thursday.
formerly bruinhoo
Samhan is a monster
Totally dominating inside, but Nova just took the lead.
I’d love to see St Mary’s slap down another Big East team. O-ver-ra-ted!
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
This postseason is officially the death of the travel
It’s been going away for a while now, but starting with the conference tourneys and moving onto the NCAA Tournament, there is no such thing as a travel anymore. The only travel call anymore is taking a step before you put the dribble down. You’re more than welcome to drag your foot, take an extra step and switch pivot feet now though.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 11:45 AM PDT reply actions
Are refs just missing it
or are they intentionally just being more liberal?
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
I think they're just being more liberal
Because I saw it in multiple conference tourneys and have seen it in the tournament with several different officiating crews. They can’t all happen to be missing the same call now.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
He just nailed himself a spot on One Shining Moment
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
guess he can only fall down to his left
now the D can overplay him
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
If UCLA were in St. Mary's position
we’d be screwed. Having been in the bonus for 12+ minutes, there’s no way we’d still be in this one.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 12:02 PM PDT reply actions
FT's...
Nova 11-11 today.
St Mary’s 76% on the year.
They are called FREE throws.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
If you were coaching us gbruin
you’d have been able to tell the team that and we’d have made all those free throws! I think CBH’s next move needs to be putting you on the staff.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Good move
besides solving the FT woes witha simple phrase, I could have also told JA that turnovers are bad and ND to stop shooting from behind the curvey line.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
Sounds good Coach G
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
you mean
and ND to stopshooting from behind the curvey lineshowing up to practice and games.
formerly bruinhoo
you mean
and ND to stop performing like a monster inshowing up topractice and earning 33+ mins in games,
surely?
by britishbruin on Mar 20, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I picked St. Mary's over Nova
so bank!
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Ballsy
I have Nova losing in the next round, but thought they would be good enough to beat St Mary’s when I was putting together teh bracket. Hope I am wrong.
formerly bruinhoo
I was just never impressed with Nova
so I was going to have them going down early and when I saw them matched up with a team that has a great big man matched up against them in the second round, I was in.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, this is gonna destroy my bracket . . .
. . . since I had Nova in the final 4, but I don’t really care. Tough not to root for the Gaels.
If I had my way
I would eliminate timeouts. Zero per side. Goes for TV commercials, too. Just play.
Further proof of my descent toward geezerdom.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
Yeah, well if Murray St. takes down Butler
I’m going to be pissed. I had them taking down Butler in my bracket all week, but on Thursday morning I got cold feet and picked the Bulldogs to go onto the Sweet 16.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Baseball game gets underway in about 90 minutes
Here’s the game thread for it. With a win today, the Bruins will set a school-record with 15 straight wins.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 12:35 PM PDT reply actions
Announced at 650ish I think
In reality, probably a little under 500. It might have gotten to 500. Probably second behind the Vanderbilt game for our biggest crowd of the year.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope the crowds are getting better
Nothing like winning every game to get more interest.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
They should get better
They usually get better as the year goes on anyways, but with us winning, they should go up even more. If we don’t sell out all three Arizona St. games I’ll be pissed.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Good read during commercials...
Just fanshotted this, but since CBS keeps stopping the game…
The Denver Post does a series with a local pro answering fans’ questions. Today’s installment features our own AA. The fans and media really appreciate AA here. On a team with big personalities (Carmelo, Kenyon Martin, Birdman, JR Smith, Chauncey, etc), people really respect his all-work, no-loudmouth/look-at-me effort.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
Just read it
So, does AA like to eat?
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Making fun of Big East
Lot of Bruins including some prominent ones are making fun of Big East on twitter:
RT LMAO its that east coast bias… @JarradPage44: The Big East ain’t lookin so damn BIG anymore. Hahahaha. WEST COAST!!!
I have to laugh at Bruins making fun of other hoops team:
#UCLA fans: considering our team got PWNed by Long Beach St this season, we are not in any position to make fun of Big East
The team of Rags is in no position to run smack of other hoops program this year.
St. Mary's is really fun to watch
I picked St. Mary’s to go to Sweet Sixteen after my Bay Area family praised their season play. I was very happy to see Villanova go down, and Scottie Reynolds couldn’t be the “hero” today. (I still remember their smug, thug play against our Bruins last tourney.) Hope St. Mary’s continues their Cinderella play……….to the Sweet Sixteen and beyond!!
Commercials that annoy:
McD’s coffee. Maybe now that that clown has his coffee, maybe he’ll get a shave and a haircut. You can look like Joe Elliott, but it doesn’t make you a rock star.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
+1000
Someone needs to punch that guy in the face. I mean, to help him realize he needs a shave and a haircut.
by britishbruin on Mar 20, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
yup
they used to really disturb me when they first came out, but once I got past that they have become my favorites. Also the first ad (earlier in the series) to ever use the insult “Shankapotamus”.
Though I’m not sure the message they’re selling – “C’mon, invest some money in the stock market – so simple, a baby can do it” – is entirely good advice…
by britishbruin on Mar 20, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Is anyone a Bruce Pearl fan?
He recruits well, but I’ve never seen him as an overly good coach. His teams always seem upset prone and poorly coached to me with occasional big wins and superior talent than most.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 1:03 PM PDT reply actions
He has quite a personality
That probably wins a lot of recruits. But he does seem to underachieve on the court.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
interesting wikipedia tidbit that doesn't get brought up much by announcers
From wikipedia:
During the 1988-89 basketball season, Pearl, then an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, was at the center of a recruiting scandal involving the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Both Illinois and Iowa were recruiting Deon Thomas, a top high school player from Chicago. Pearl lost this recruiting battle when Thomas committed to Illinois. Thereafter, Pearl called the high school student and recorded a phone conversation with Thomas. During the conversation, Pearl asked Thomas if he had been offered an SUV and cash by Illinois assistant coach Jimmy Collins, and Thomas indicated he had. Pearl then turned over copies of the tapes to the NCAA, accompanied by a memo describing the events. During the subsequent NCAA investigation, Thomas denied the allegations and said the story was false; a lie detector test supported Thomas’ claim. The NCAA did not find Illinois guilty of any wrongdoing relating to Thomas’ recruitment, finding that the proof provided was not “credible, persuasive and of a kind on which reasonably prudent persons rely in the conduct of serious affairs.”3 However, since the investigation uncovered other violations, including Illinois’ third major violation in six years, the NCAA cited Illinois with a “lack of institutional control” charge and implemented several recruiting restrictions and a one-year post-season ban. The event led to a “blackballing” by many coaches in D-I, and even led ESPN commentator Dick Vitale to call Pearl’s actions “career suicide” during a telecast.
Well, I thought it was interesting…
by britishbruin on Mar 20, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Off to work
I’ll try to keep an eye on the threads, esp the baseball game, Rye. Go Bruins!
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
21 completed brackets in the BN group
15 had Kansas winning the national title, plus 1 with Georgetown winning (and 1 w/o a champion filled in).
formerly bruinhoo
in the work pool I'm running
15 players, 6 Kansas, 6 Kentucky, 1 Ohio State, 1 Pittsburgh, and 1 guy feeling good about Duke…
by britishbruin on Mar 20, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
if gambling were legal
I would definitely be happy about Kansas losing
by britishbruin on Mar 20, 2010 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Guess I was wrong.
I thought I was not gonna be this invested in the tourney since our Bruins aren’t in it this year. I guess I was wrong.
UW is absolutely killing New Mexico
Huskies have taken a 60-40 lead with 12 minutes to go.
formerly bruinhoo
Self choked that away singlehandedly
Calling timeout when they pulled within one was the dumbest move I have ever seen by a coach. It let UNI finally draw up a play to get the ball in while their coach was refusing to use his last time out.
by britishbruin on Mar 20, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
I wonder how BSPN is going to spin this. Will they now crown Duke or Kentucky the NCAA champs now?
Kansas is done
69-67 victory for Northern Iowa, and the fate of most of this nation’s brackets are now dark.
formerly bruinhoo
Is the second round the most dangerous in the tournament?
I feel that for top seeds, often facing vastly underrated 8 and 9 seeds in the tournament after having just one day to prepare is a booby-trap.
During all of our three final four runs, we had tremendous trouble getting past our second game opponents.
Well, well...
Guess Kansas won’t be closing in on our record of titles this year.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
also no Kansas - Kansas State - Baylor final four...
by britishbruin on Mar 20, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, yeah, yeah...
I had KU winning it all, Baylor in the Final Four, and New Mexico winning one or two more games (over different brackets). Thought all three being played at that time were going to screw me over. At least Baylor won, though my brackets are ready for the shredder. Now K-State is ‘only’ down 7 as I write.
Interesting to go to BSPN’s bracket leaderboard page – you can see all the non-Kansas teams people chose to win it all. (One near the top has UW!)
On that note, go Pac-10!
by KSBruin on Mar 20, 2010 5:55 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
K-State rallying back
to be fair, I had KU in the championship game and Baylor in Elite 8… I did have BYU as an upset over K-State but with the score and foul situation I’m not optimistic…
by britishbruin on Mar 20, 2010 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
K-State is playing with way more
energy and intensity than KU ever did tonight. I think they’ve got a pretty good chance of winning tonight.
by KSBruin on Mar 20, 2010 6:26 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
So, the Pac-10 takes it all!
Wouldn’t that be a wonderful thing? I wondered about how good KU actually was, even though I bought the hype I guess. I mean, we played them well most of the game.
Go Bruins!
they had a good team with a lot of experience.
That’s why everyone picked them. They don’t match up with any of the best teams assembled this decade, but nobody this year does.
Unfortunately, I’d have to put my money with Kentucky. Their players (high school kids that never took the SAT yet are playing in college under Coach Slimeball) have the most freakish athleticism, and at this point, I’d say that’s what matters.
Again, I’d take any number of teams from other tourneys over any one in this tourney.
and deep... and balanced... and a formerly clutch PG...
Seemed to have all the ingredients.
by britishbruin on Mar 20, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Epic!
It’s beginning a lot to look like the 08 football season, in which the PAC-10 was the “worst” football conference and ended up going 5-0.
The President is now 1 for 2
in predicting the #1 overall seed to win the entire thing.
I personally like him, but he isn’t very creative in predicting the overall winner.
Hopefully he's not paying as much attention to bball as we are!
If he picked a bunch correctly, I be worried.
Go Bruins!
Wow!
Nova out. KU out. NM out soon. Duke will probably go tomorrow. Sorry for the jinx Cal! Not really!
by Bruin15 on Mar 20, 2010 5:08 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
So far, we have a 9, 10, and 11 seed advancing to the Sweet 16
And we are not even halfway through the 2nd round
formerly bruinhoo
what chances the Big Red
manages to upset these guys to get a 12 in?
by britishbruin on Mar 20, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Please remove these...
I seem to be going brain dead today.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Has any big name program choked more lately than Kansas?
Yes, they won the whole thing in 08, but they have lost to a lower seed 4 of the last 6 years…
10 – 1 seed losing to 9 seed UNI
09 – 3 seed losing to 2 seed Michigan St.
08 – won NC
07 – 1 seed losing to 2 seed UCLA
06 – 4 seed losing to 13 seed Bradley
05 – 3 seed losing to 14 seed Bucknell
by psyberchologist on Mar 20, 2010 5:38 PM PDT reply actions
I wouldn't really include 07 and 09
since it’s only technically a lower seed, though the teams that high are all supposed to be superb.
But I do see your point with the other years. Embarrassing for them.
yup
strong run 07-09 – no disgrace losing to UCLA or MSU.
05 and 06 losses were the story of the first round, 10 is the story of this year’s second round.
There may be another effect here, which is that KU gets overrated each year (maybe).
by britishbruin on Mar 20, 2010 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Thinking about it more, probably Duke...
09 – 2 seed losing to 3 seed Villanova
08 – 2 seed losing to 7 seed West Virginia
07 – 6 seed losing to 11 seed VCU
06 – 1 seed losing to 4 seed LSU
05 – 1 seed losing to 5 seed Michigan St.
by psyberchologist on Mar 20, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
much bigger differences for KS losses
I wonder how Jayhawk fans are going to take this latest defeat.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
Spring Break is just ending this weekend...
Monday in Lawrence should be interesting, not to mention tonight and tomorrow. If it’s not snowing like it has all day today (first day of spring – why not celebrate with 6+ inches of snow??), I think I’ll try to go walk around campus on Monday.
by KSBruin on Mar 20, 2010 6:02 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Am I the only person
who thinks Jimmer is waaaaaaaay overrated?
The problem with guys who spend so long underrated
is that once people realize who they are, they go over the top and the players become overrated.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions
what I don't get about him right now
is that he will repeatedly force incredibly tough shots, but for some reason has now decided that he should pass it up when he is going up for a layup?
by britishbruin on Mar 20, 2010 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Frank Martin scares me even through the TV
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 20, 2010 7:24 PM PDT reply actions
You know the kind of guy who watches you play blackjack?
He looks like the kind of guy watching them.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
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