The *~*~*~OFFICIAL~*~*~* 2021 March Madness Thread

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  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,623
    Im glad Xavier won. Will be even easier for Gonzaga
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  • Shyner
    Shyner Posts: 1,226
    edited March 2017
    My chances slipped away with Michigan,west Virginia,Arizona loses

    So sad. Kentucky wins it all with fox and monk NBA stock rise
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,956
    coaches just love to call timeouts in the 7-10 minute mark then have none left for the last possession. 3 teams did it last night. it's just idiotic. you have to make sure you keep at least one timeout for the end game even though I sometimes like the teams to just play it out offensively.

    Xavier in the Elite 8 is just crazy. they barely made the tourney but somehow didn't play in the play-in games. they lost 2 starters during the year, lost 6 straight games in February and finished 6th in the Big East. crazy.

    good games last night. Only game really looking forward to tonight is the UCLA-Kentucky game. that should be a fun watch.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    In the Purdue game, at the end of the 1st half, the ball was heading out of bounds but hit the butt of the ref and Kansas took it down the court for a dunk. Shouldn't it be a stoppage of play if the ball hits the ref's butt???

    I feel like this could lead to a lot of home court cooking if the ref can just deflect a ball and there is no stoppage.
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  • tweedyfanjen
    tweedyfanjen Posts: 881
    Jason P said:

    In the Purdue game, at the end of the 1st half, the ball was heading out of bounds but hit the butt of the ref and Kansas took it down the court for a dunk. Shouldn't it be a stoppage of play if the ball hits the ref's butt???

    I feel like this could lead to a lot of home court cooking if the ref can just deflect a ball and there is no stoppage.

    The officiating has been pretty bad throughout the entire tournament.
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  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,623
    edited March 2017
    The amount of games ending with guys shooting threes is unnecessary and annoying. Drive the ball in and dont worry about making a historic shot.

    With 25 seconds to go, stop dribbling around and taking the three, makes no sense.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    tweedyfanjen said:

    Jason P said:

    In the Purdue game, at the end of the 1st half, the ball was heading out of bounds but hit the butt of the ref and Kansas took it down the court for a dunk. Shouldn't it be a stoppage of play if the ball hits the ref's butt???

    I feel like this could lead to a lot of home court cooking if the ref can just deflect a ball and there is no stoppage.

    The officiating has been pretty bad throughout the entire tournament.
    I just talked with someone who coaches BB and if the ref is in play the ball is still live if it bounces off the ref. He said it happens more in middle school games.

    Still have to give Kansas credit for going NBA Jam "On Fire" in the 2nd half.
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,956
    drakeheuer14 said:

    The amount of games ending with guys shooting threes is unnecessary and annoying. Drive the ball in and dont worry about making a historic shot.

    With 25 seconds to go, stop dribbling around and taking the three, makes no sense.

    agree 100%. drives me crazy to see a tied game and guys launch 3s at the buzzer to win it for no reason. dude on west virginia dribbled around for about 10 seconds with 3 guys surrounding him...pass the damn ball. much easier to get a look from 3 off a pass than one guy dribbling around at the end of the game. see nova last year's ncca game. pass the damn ball at the end.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,396
    there has been a whole lot of chances for a game winning buzzer beater....but no game winning buzzer beaters :angry:

    I thought princeton and michigan got great looks.....only to miss.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Go Beavers
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    Jason P said:

    tweedyfanjen said:

    Jason P said:

    In the Purdue game, at the end of the 1st half, the ball was heading out of bounds but hit the butt of the ref and Kansas took it down the court for a dunk. Shouldn't it be a stoppage of play if the ball hits the ref's butt???

    I feel like this could lead to a lot of home court cooking if the ref can just deflect a ball and there is no stoppage.

    The officiating has been pretty bad throughout the entire tournament.
    I just talked with someone who coaches BB and if the ref is in play the ball is still live if it bounces off the ref. He said it happens more in middle school games.

    Still have to give Kansas credit for going NBA Jam "On Fire" in the 2nd half.
    It was nuts how Kansas went to a whole nother level in the second half. It made Purdue losing easier to take, even playing their best they wouldn't have been able to beat them. I guess that what a team looks like with 3 five star and 3 four star players.
  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    Why WVU didn't go for a quick 2 and foul is mind boggling? Extend the game. There was still 37 seconds left when that possession started.
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  • tweedyfanjen
    tweedyfanjen Posts: 881
    drakeheuer14 said:

    The amount of games ending with guys shooting threes is unnecessary and annoying. Drive the ball in and dont worry about making a historic shot.

    With 25 seconds to go, stop dribbling around and taking the three, makes no sense.

    Yeah I guess these kids are too young to remember Tyus Edney.
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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    tweedyfanjen said:

    drakeheuer14 said:

    The amount of games ending with guys shooting threes is unnecessary and annoying. Drive the ball in and dont worry about making a historic shot.

    With 25 seconds to go, stop dribbling around and taking the three, makes no sense.

    Yeah I guess these kids are too young to remember Tyus Edney.
    Definitely too young to remember that. That occurred the year that most of this year's seniors were born.
  • tweedyfanjen
    tweedyfanjen Posts: 881
    Good lord I'm old.
    I'm through with screaming
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Go Beavers said:

    Jason P said:

    tweedyfanjen said:

    Jason P said:

    In the Purdue game, at the end of the 1st half, the ball was heading out of bounds but hit the butt of the ref and Kansas took it down the court for a dunk. Shouldn't it be a stoppage of play if the ball hits the ref's butt???

    I feel like this could lead to a lot of home court cooking if the ref can just deflect a ball and there is no stoppage.

    The officiating has been pretty bad throughout the entire tournament.
    I just talked with someone who coaches BB and if the ref is in play the ball is still live if it bounces off the ref. He said it happens more in middle school games.

    Still have to give Kansas credit for going NBA Jam "On Fire" in the 2nd half.
    It was nuts how Kansas went to a whole nother level in the second half. It made Purdue losing easier to take, even playing their best they wouldn't have been able to beat them. I guess that what a team looks like with 3 five star and 3 four star players.
    Purdue had me nervous in the first half. Both teams were killing it from 3. KU really stepped up big in the second half & I hope they show up with the same intensity tomorrow! Rock Chalk!
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  • drakeheuer14
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    Holy shit big lead at half we can do this bump!


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  • cutz
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    JK_Livin said:

    Why WVU didn't go for a quick 2 and foul is mind boggling? Extend the game. There was still 37 seconds left when that possession started.

    I was saying, as he was dribbling:"Take it to the basket & get the quick 2"

    Like you said, with 37 seconds left that was mind boggling what WVU did.

    Also agree about wasting timeouts. I don't get it.

    Well, 2 blowouts in the first 2 games.
  • drakeheuer14
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    Just wow. Go Gamecocks!

    Lets just say they won the tourney.. that would mean three national championships within one year for the state of South Carolina.

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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,599
    Watching the UCLA/UK game and though Ball is a baller I have had my eye on Fox the whole tourney and that kid has game.

    Build your team around him. Wow.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,599
    Oh and Ball's body language has been horrible since the end of the first half. Not going to end well tonight for UCLA.

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