Elite Eight March Madness Open Thread
by Nestor on Mar 28, 2010 11:31 AM PDT
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PrintThe second half of the Final-4 equation gets resolved today. Tennessee Volunteers (#6) are taking on Michigan State Spartans (#5) right now Verne Ludnquist/Bill Raftery are calling this game. In the South Regional Final Baylor Bears (#3) are taking on last remaining number 1 seed in Duke Blue Devils. The always boring Jim Nantz and Clark Kellog are calling that game.
I haven't really paid close attention to the tourney but I have enjoyed watching Butler D up whenever I have peaked in. As for the remaing games today, I will just say that the Duke game tips off at 2:05 pm PST. March Madness On-Demand has all the games online again and you can grab it in the widget below. Have fun with it everyone.
Fire away. GO BRUINS.
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Yesterday's games were awesome...
looks like this first one is going hot, too.
Just to keep my AD here happy, go MSU.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
good point
Some teams might get caught up in that, but Izzo’s good enough to not let his team get away from its game.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
Butler coach on at halftime.
Didn’t you say it yesterday, N, that Stevens will be getting a lot of phone calls? Do you think Indiana is looking?
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
Anyone else thinking
that what these two teams have managed to do after key injuries/dismissals shows the weakness of any excuses we could have this year for the same?
I love the photo of Izzo.
I have always loved his spirit and personality of him and his teams. If only he’d slick back his hair more, he could be a good coach.
Go Bruins!
Uh, no, Verne...
Baylor does not have a medical school.
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX), has been an independent institution from since the 1960’s, and is not affiliated with Baylor University.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
EXACTLY!!!
"The entire world that bleeds blue and gold ... they have been dying for this." - Coach Rick Neuheisel
hat's off to Pearl
for having the courage to take a top-15 team, scrap it’s best players entirely for being morons, and rebuild within the same year to be in this position. Consider me impressed.
by longbordr52 on Mar 28, 2010 1:29 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
good job, refs
That is indeed a foul, despite it coming in the last couple seconds.
Can’t be Pac-10 refs.
nice of their players
to practice enough to be able to hit key free throws.
by Captain Leebeard on Mar 28, 2010 1:32 PM PDT reply actions
wha was that?
that looked like an assistant speaking heatedly as his head coach. Assistants do that?
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
Come on TN...
one more INSANE March ending PLEASE……….
"The entire world that bleeds blue and gold ... they have been dying for this." - Coach Rick Neuheisel
DAMN!!!
:(
"The entire world that bleeds blue and gold ... they have been dying for this." - Coach Rick Neuheisel
Good for Michigan St.
I have a lot of respect for Izzo. Hope they do well, though they’ll have a tall order considering they’re playing the hometown favorite (and supposed underdog).
Tom Izzo
Does anyone get more from his team, year in and year out, esp with fewer big name players than most?
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
hahaha.
let’s hope.
It’s seriously anybody’s championship now. No more favorite IMO after Kentucky went down.
Baylor is a 3
but still an odd and a prime, so it’s pretty much the same.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
Or is it good seeding. The 1's would have been the 1's no matter who did it.
The competitiveness of the tournament says to me that they made good brackets.
Go Bruins!
I guess I always wondered why they'd put a baseball player in charge of the basketball tourney?
No AD’s out there that played hoops?
Go Bruins!
Why do they have AD's and conference commissioners
instead of actual basketball people? Former coaches (actual intelligent ones, not people like Lavin) would add for a nice mix.
For everything UCLA baseball, visit my UCLA baseball twitter.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 28, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
The Lizard is not a "former coach"
he was never a coach. Coach Lavin = oxymoron. Or just plain moron.
Rye, your baseball coverage has been great. You were so on top of this before the season that I got interested in it. And, I’ve been loving it ever since.
sjh
After seeing all that
CBH is definitely not Tom Izzom, but then again, no one else is
In honor of the next game on today's schedule
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYOgC2Qbqh4
Sorry, but I haven’t been able to get this to embed right.
formerly bruinhoo
hahaha - great vid
I honestly can’t say I hate Duke as much as most, but I’d definitely side against them when I get the chance.
I’ll reserve my hatred for the trogans and any coach who tries to imitate their tactics (cough Calamari cough).
Drinks?
for each cheap call that favors Duke?
for each time Nantz, kisses Coach K’s behind?
Nah. I’d be done by halftime either way.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
ASU losing 1-0 in the 8th
If this holds up UCLA is the last undefeated team.
Nevermind
Cal just gave them a gift run.
ASU wins
They got 2 in the 8th, Cal tied it back up in the 9th, but ASU won it with a RBI single with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th.
For everything UCLA baseball, visit my UCLA baseball twitter.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 28, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
looked like people weren't blocking out at all on the defensive glass
both teams getting a ton of offensive boards (though Duke have more)
by britishbruin on Mar 28, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Just realized
this Baylor team is gonna be pretty dran good again next year. They probably lose Udoh but the gain a sick sick sick frosh in Perry Jones. Watch this and try not to think of Durant/Beasley:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quxsxSe1YTo
dran = darn, and the = they
even after years of practice, hunting and pecking + not looking at what I’m doing = disaster
Duke probably has this
Refs really took the momentum out of Baylor
how can both teams be so bad on their own defensive glass?
I get it that the zone makes it harder, but surely on missed FTs that doesn’t apply?
Duke just makes it so easy to hate them
They are like European soccer players.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
that's his own fault
coming in and starting something with a player who wasn’t involved. F’in idiot play.
by britishbruin on Mar 28, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, definitely an idiot play
The call was correct
dumb, but mild.
no call on Duke guy elbowing the Baylor player in the face after he had his TO granted.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
meh
that breaking up of a hold rarely gets called. Baylor player should also release him as soon as the ref blows the whistle; they just normally give both guys a little leeway.
Certainly there wasn’t very much in the second incident; but the guy has no-one to blame but himself.
by britishbruin on Mar 28, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
If Duke gets an NC it's going to be tremendous luck and a gift
+17 FTA, +13 FT
Baylor has a ton of blocks and contested shots
they have been playing very aggressive defense- which accounts for part of the discrepancy. Duke has been getting out of the way on layups and dunks the other way.
by britishbruin on Mar 28, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
interesting matchup in Final Four vs WVU
apparently Bryant for WVU is going to play on his broken foot??
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