The NCAA Tourney Thursday 1st Rd thread

[biggie]

Shocked there wasn't one already.

Less than an hour from tipoff.

First games, EST times:
12:20pm
8 LSU
9 Butler

12:25pm
15 CSU NR
2 Memphis

12:30pm
8 BYU
9 Texas A&M



Two 8-9 games to start off, probably will screw me from the begginning. I got BYU and Butler. Memphis should be an easy one.

[813Jag]

I'm pulling for both 9's (impossible to root for LSU, plus Butler has a Tampa kid on the team.)

[biggie]

Just think A&M and LSU both fell off at the end of the year. Hope my guesses are right, but if history holds true my bracket is done by the 2nd set of games on the first day.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

I NEED BYU to win. I have them in my Elite 8.

[biggie]

Up and running on ncaa.com for the Butler/LSU game. Commericals right now. Glad there was no long wait to get in this year.

[biggie]

A Dook Coke commerical already making me have more hatred of commercials.

[biggie]

Voice sound seems muffled.

And there were more people for practice yesterday than there are in the seats right now.

And tipoff.

[biggie]

They fixed sound.

Butler screwwing me early, down 7-0

[Lehigh Football Nation]

TAMU screwing me early up 7, but I'm not panicking. Yet.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

OK. NOW I'm panicking.

Can TAMU miss ONE freakin' shot????? Please?????

[biggie]

Wow, I'm missing 2 so far and Memphis is tied.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

ONE freakin' shot missed by TAMU in the first 7 minutes. One!!! And it was put back for an easy layup!

Meanwhile, BYU clangs even routine free throws.

[biggie]

CSU-N up 1.

Uhm yeah, Memphis is in my final four.

[brownbear]

Memphis is in my final four too, but I'm okay with a CSN upset

[biggie]

Wow BYU down to A&M by 16.

Ok 13 now.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Memphis is in my final four too, but I'm okay with a CSN upset

Me too. Calipari could very well be my least favorite coach in any sport. Certainly my least favorite in college b-ball.

Every year I make a bracket with Memphis winning it all, generally against Duke. I call it my "Heart of Darkness" pool. :D

[biggie]

Butler down 35-29 at the half to LSU.

[813Jag]

Butler down 35-29 at the half to LSU.
they're fighting with it. They had a horrible start.

[biggie]

Memphis only up 34-31 at half.

A&M up 42-30 over BYU at half.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

they're fighting with it. They had a horrible start.

I could have told you that. They started horribly and somehow made it a game vs. WKU, then lost on the buzzer-beater.

I learned my lesson from last year.

[biggie]

Just noticed while watching online they throw in commericals and cut into some coverage it seems.

[biggie]

Bulter within 1 of LSU.

[CrackerRiley]

from the games on right now, I have A&M, Butler and Memphis. A&M looking good, Butler is still in it and I don't care if my bracket is messed up a bit. I would like Memphis to lose.

[biggie]

CS-N and Memphis were just tied, now 43-40 Memphis. CS-N to the line. 43-41 now.

Its official that I should not have picked the whitey mormons.

[biggie]

CS-N up over Memphis 44-43.

[brownbear]

Go Matadors!!!

[Lehigh Football Nation]

10 minutes and a 16 point deficit away from my pool being f***ed.

[biggie]

Definately not sure how you could have picked BYU to beat UConn.

Though Calhoun apparently sick and not coaching.


Butler and LSU tied at 54
Edit: LSU up 56-54, one of their better players just got hurt possibly.

[UMass922]

LSU leading Butler 56-54, under 8:00 to go. Both teams look like they could give a Lawson-less UNC a good game.

[biggie]

Only thing that would help UNC against Butler is inside play, LSU cannot seem to find an answer inside for Butler's Howard.

[biggie]

CS-N up 57-56.

Edit: make that 60-56.

Edit again: 62-56.

Timeout Memphis.

[brownbear]

Wow, 6-point lead. Memphis has absolutely no defense.

[Ivytalk]

Wow, 6-point lead. Memphis has absolutely no defense.

And that was their strength coming in!xeekx

[introvertedGSUfan]

Wow Memphis, people everywhere are going to hate you so much if you lose simply because their brackets will take an enormous hit.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Wow Memphis, people everywhere are going to hate you so much if you lose simply because their brackets will take an enormous hit.

There are plenty of other reasons to hate Memphis aside from one year's worth of brackets. Like the inevitable NCAA violations to come against the basketball program.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

A 17 point deficit and 7 minutes before my bracket is f***ed.

[biggie]

Only a 1 point lead for CS-N right now.

[introvertedGSUfan]

I have respect for Calipari since he usually has his team well prepared and despite playing in C-USA last year and losing to Tennessee he almost had his team win a championship. This year though, I've no clue why they aren't playing better against a 15-seed.

[biggie]

I have respect for Calipari since he usually has his team well prepared and despite playing in C-USA last year and losing to Tennessee he almost had his team win a championship. This year though, I've no clue why they aren't playing better against a 15-seed.
Has to be that C-USA sucks that bad, play schools like "girls school for the blind" in basketball, you can only coach so much.

[biggie]

Bulter down 3 with 3:48 to go, not looking good for the 1st pick for me.

[brownbear]

Memphis on an 11-2 run, CS-N looks tired.

[biggie]

Bulter is toast.

[UMass922]

LSU up 6, under 2:00 to go.

[biggie]

Video is screwing up for me, buffering like crazy now.

[biggie]

Memphis pulls away easily at the end.

[UMass922]

Butler hits a three. LSU up four with :27 remaining.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Oh great, only a 14 point deficit by BYU now.

[biggie]

LSU 72-69 with 11 seconds to go and LSU going to the line.

Looks like I will miss both 8-9 games, sucking it up already.

[biggie]

This buffering BS better stop soon.

[UMass922]

LSU wins, 75-71.

[biggie]

LSU wins 75-71
Memphis wins 81-70
TX A&M wins 79-66

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Writing off BYU, now I'm dependent on TAMU upsetting UConn in the second round game (barring a shock upset by Chatty).

My other sleeper team is Utah State, and if they screw me over, I'm finished.

[mcveyrl]

Writing off BYU, now I'm dependent on TAMU upsetting UConn in the second round game (barring a shock upset by Chatty).

My other sleeper team is Utah State, and if they screw me over, I'm finished.

Are you Mormon?? :D

[mainejeff]

I'm 3-0 so far!

[biggie]

1-2 for me.

UNI up 6-4 on Perdue.

To start soon:
1 UNC
16 Radford

7 Cal
10 Maryland

1 UConn
16 UT-Chatt

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Are you Mormon?? :D

Nope, just over-reliant on my own perceived cleverness. xlolx

[biggie]

UNI not looking good now, down 11-6 to Perdue.

[mcveyrl]

Anybody else's CBS feed choppy?

[GannonFan]

1-2 so far, but no major damage done anywhere.

[biggie]

1-2 so far, but no major damage done anywhere.
Yeah, being the 8-9 games is the only good thing.

Out of 17 people in my money bracket, only 3 had LSU. But a lot had A&M. Only 1 person with all 3 so far.

[Ivytalk]

I'm 3-0 so far!

Me, too.xcoffeex

:p

[brownbear]

I'm 1-2 also.

And UNI sucks right now.

[introvertedGSUfan]

2-1 but I had Butler losing to UNC anyways. I'm 3-0 in another bracket but I don't think that one's final 4 picks will hold up.

[ElSissy]

I just knew A&M would beat Big Love, but I just couldn't bring myself to send A&M to the 2nd round.

[biggie]

One this set of games, I have:

UNC, UConn, Maryland, and Purdue.

Guess supposedly Maryland/Cal should be close.

Hansborough has the ACC record for points over Reddick.

[Ivytalk]

I just knew A&M would beat Big Love, but I just couldn't bring myself to send A&M to the 2nd round.

Yeah: Chloe Sevigny has no game, and Jeanne Tripplehorn is over the hill!:p

And don't even get me started on Bill Paxton!

[biggie]

UNC definatley trying to push it more, even without lawson and seem to be shoting a high percentage, but still lacking on outside defense.

Perdue/UNI getting ugly at 32-20

[mcveyrl]

Have you guys seen this site where you can see all the games on one screen?


Link (http://smouch.net/lol/)

[biggie]

Always a good sign, when you go to your boss' office and she's watching the games too. Helps working for a school I guess.

[Retro]

Have you guys seen this site where you can see all the games on one screen?


Link (http://smouch.net/lol/)

Hey, Don't make fun of Rick Astley like that! xnonox

Butler and BYU let me down, but they were real border picks for me, so we'll see how things work out..

[813Jag]

I'm 2-1 right now but that's the risk I take with my LSU hate. xlolx

[brownbear]

Just when UTC brings it to within 2 points, UConn goes on a 14-0 run.

Too bad.

[biggie]

UConn, Perdue, and Carolina in control it seems.

Maryland with 1 point lead over Cal, need them to pull it out.

[biggie]

UNC up 53-34 at half.

[biggie]

Maryland up 34-31 over Call at half.

[brownbear]

Since it was 17-15, UConn has gone on a 31-3 run xeekx

[bluehenbillk]

UConn pummeling Chatty, obviously hoops is not a SoCo strong point. No overtime work today for the Huskies.

[brownbear]

UNI down by only six points now.

[biggie]

UNC up around 30.
Same for UConn.

UNI still down 6, under 3 mins to go.
Maryland up 5.

[biggie]

UNI down 8, under 2 mins.

[ISUMatt]

UNI down 4 under 1 to go

[brownbear]

UNI down 2, 17 seconds left

[biggie]

UNI down 4, 16.7 to go. Their ball.

[biggie]

Don't like the HQ player as much. Doesn't show live scores and blocks you from changing games during commericals. It is clearer though.

[biggie]

UNI is done. Missed the layup. Down 4 with under 7 seconds and Perdue going to the line.

[biggie]

Maryland up 8 on Cal.

[mebisonII]

Game turned out a lot closer than it looked for a while. UNI just couldn't seem to get a shot to drop when they really needed it.

[biggie]

UNC wins 101-58

[biggie]

Time for me to head home. Later yall, see ya tomorrow.

[th0m]

Threw together a bracket just in time... still perfect as long as Maryland wins which it seems like they will.

[T-Dog]

Well.....Chattanooga, "The Gold Standard", just dropped like a lead balloon.

[UMass922]

American leading 'Nova by six at the under-12 timeout. American has led by as much as 14 in the second half.

[YaleFootballFan]

American leading 'Nova by six at the under-12 timeout. American has led by as much as 14 in the second half.

Go American! xthumbsupx

[UMass922]

Akron leading Gonzaga by three early in the second half.

[UMass922]

American still ahead at the under-8 TO, but only by 2 now . . .

[YaleFootballFan]

American still ahead at the under-8 TO, but only by 2 now . . .

Nova tied the game.

Win or lose, this is home run for American. Competitive game on prime time national network television. Talk about terrific exposure for the American basketball program.

[YaleFootballFan]

Villanova on a 13-0 run.

60-55 Wildcats with 5:05 left.

What a game!

[UMass922]

Clemson making a huge comeback on Michigan, down only four now with 1:20 left . . .

[UMass922]

Michigan holds off Clemson, 62-59. Clemson had the ball down three with :13 left, but couldn't get off a good shot.

[UMass922]

Gonzaga pulling away, now up by 14 after trailing at the half.

Villanova ends up winning by 13 after trailing 45-31 early in the second half.

[ASUG8]

Michigan holds off Clemson, 62-59. Clemson had the ball down three with :13 left, but couldn't get off a good shot.

I was at a sports bar in Greenvegas with about 300 strong of the Clemson alumni association plus a ton of bandwagoners. Hate to say it, but I'm glad to see them get shut down. Maybe they'll shut up until football season now. xsmiley_wix

[UNHWildCats]

well looks like Illinois gonna &^%* up my perfect bracket :(

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

well looks like Illinois gonna &^%* up my perfect bracket :(

Illinois should never have been a 5 seed. The Big Ten is terrible.

[UNHWildCats]

im 14-14 at the moment but I had illinois and ICLA is barely hanging on... Im hoping for 15-16 and not 14-16

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

UCLA hangs on to beat VCU 65-64. Maynor had a last second shot that fell way short.

I'm convinced that Ben Howland is the Buddy Ryan of college basketball. He's a great defensive of coach but his teams are so offensively challenged. I don't think he'll get the Bruins over the hump until he changes his style a little bit.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

im 14-14 at the moment but I had illinois and ICLA is barely hanging on... Im hoping for 15-16 and not 14-16

you're Illini might not be dead yet. The 'Toppers just got screwed...

[brownbear]

I have WKU winning, let's hope they hold on!!

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

The evening games are making up for a bad afternoon set.

[UNHWildCats]

WTF why does Illinois keeping going for 2 point shots

[UNHWildCats]

well there goes one of my sweet 16s

[UNCBears2010]

well there goes one of my sweet 16s

Don't worry, one of mine's out too. Damn Clemson.

[TheValleyRaider]

Went 10-6 on the first day. One of my poorer first days recently, but these things happen. Biggest losses were Clemson and VCU, both Sweet 16 teams. Luckily I haven't lost any Elite 8. So far....

[T-Dog]

12/16, Sweet 16 still intact though.

[Killtoppers90]

Nice win by the Toppers but it was ugly down the stretch.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I went 13-3 losing one Sweet 16 team, Clemson. Overall a good day. You're not going to get them all right...

[th0m]

14-2, no Sweet 16 lost yet. Y'all had Clemson beating Oklahoma?

[biggie]

12-4 for me, not missing any 2nd round yet though.

VCU, Clemson, Butler, and BYU got me.

[wkuhillhound]

well looks like Illinois gonna &^%* up my perfect bracket :(

Why oh why could you ever pick Illinois over those powerful Toppers. ;)

[UNHWildCats]

Why oh why could you ever pick Illinois over those powerful Toppers. ;)
i actually switched it like 6 times lol I had WKU at first but kept wavering.... in the end I learned to trust my first instinct next time :p

[813Jag]

Why oh why could you ever pick Illinois over those powerful Toppers. ;)
I hope you guys stay powerful enough to knock Gonzaga out.

[wkuhillhound]

I hope you guys stay powerful enough to knock Gonzaga out.

If WKU plays like the last 4 minutes, then it's curtains. Gonzaga did that knockout punch against Akron was a thing of beauty.

The first 36 minutes was near perfection as they tore apart Illinois. Tisdale was the most "friendly" version of Casper. xnodx I-L-L -I-N-I are L-O-S -E-R-S. xlolx

[Lehigh Football Nation]

11/16, but my date to the Elite 8, BYU, turned out to be the "Frog Lady of Massepequa". :D

That's my only Sweet 16 team/Elite 8 team gone, though. I'm a huge TAMU fan now - if they beat UConn, I'm right back in this thing.

My pool would have definitely been toast if VCU's final jumper was anything to write home about.

[wkuhillhound]

My sweet Sixteen is still in tact after yesterday's games. I definitely in the thick of it.

[Ivytalk]

My sweet Sixteen is still in tact after yesterday's games. I definitely in the thick of it.

Congrats to WKU, hillhound! I picked them yesterday, but Gonzaga is going to be a tough climb.