~~~Off-i-cal~~~ March Madness 2019

pjhawks

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

pjsteelerfan said:

Vitalogensia said:

Live in Charlottesville, can't stand UVA.  When they lost last year it was the funniest thing I've witnessed in sports, and that comedy will be erased forever if UVA wins tonight.  Come the fuck on, Red Raiders!

UVA could win every title, but they will always be the #1 team that lost to a 16 seed. May never happen again. Will never be forgotten.  all it does is take the sting off a little. 

If offered the combination of the two or neither... I'd take the combination of the two in a flash. One wouldn't have happened without the other (fate and destiny are what they are).

That being said: what a horseshit tripping call and I did not 'conclusively' see the ball of the pinky finger. Virginia is a worthy champion, but it's fair to say they had some help.

i hate that replay call. it's not really the spirit of the rule that one one hundreth of an inch oh his pinky hit the ball last (kind of like a guys foot comes .1/10 of  an inch off the base in baseball and they are out). Hunter knocked the ball out.  Also missed was that Morelli got fouled by Guy at half court before Hunter knocked it out and no call.

Tech's biggest mistake was letting Hunter get the wide open 3 to tie in the last 20 seconds. let Jerome take the layout there and you are still up one but four guys collapsed into the lane.

Virginia in the last 3 games hit some huge shots. It's crazy looking back how many plays went Virginia's way. Any number of about 10 plays if they go different we have an entirely different champion.

first weekend of the tournament sucked but from the regionals on the games were fantastic. great game last night.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

pjhawks said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

pjsteelerfan said:

Vitalogensia said:

Live in Charlottesville, can't stand UVA.  When they lost last year it was the funniest thing I've witnessed in sports, and that comedy will be erased forever if UVA wins tonight.  Come the fuck on, Red Raiders!

UVA could win every title, but they will always be the #1 team that lost to a 16 seed. May never happen again. Will never be forgotten.  all it does is take the sting off a little. 

If offered the combination of the two or neither... I'd take the combination of the two in a flash. One wouldn't have happened without the other (fate and destiny are what they are).

That being said: what a horseshit tripping call and I did not 'conclusively' see the ball of the pinky finger. Virginia is a worthy champion, but it's fair to say they had some help.

i hate that replay call. it's not really the spirit of the rule that one one hundreth of an inch oh his pinky hit the ball last (kind of like a guys foot comes .1/10 of  an inch off the base in baseball and they are out). Hunter knocked the ball out.  Also missed was that Morelli got fouled by Guy at half court before Hunter knocked it out and no call.

Tech's biggest mistake was letting Hunter get the wide open 3 to tie in the last 20 seconds. let Jerome take the layout there and you are still up one but four guys collapsed into the lane.

Virginia in the last 3 games hit some huge shots. It's crazy looking back how many plays went Virginia's way. Any number of about 10 plays if they go different we have an entirely different champion.

first weekend of the tournament sucked but from the regionals on the games were fantastic. great game last night.

Although I tend to agree somewhat... TT swarms to the ball. It might have been emphasized as 'situational' (late in the game), but the team defence was doing what it always does- tough for all of those kids to understand time and situation in what was a chaotic closing moment. 

eeriepadave

tempo_n_groove said:

eeriepadave said:

My Final 4 teams.  Well I did 2 entries.  Main one i had Duke, Michigan, Virginia and Iowa St. Duke over Virginia

Second one I had Michigan St. Michigan, Virginia and Kentucky with Mich. St. beating Virginia.

You trust Virginia?

yes