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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,584
    Wobbie said:
    cutz said:
    I just heard, and I was wondering myself, that ther were only 4 fouls called the entire first half and 23 fouls called in the 2nd half.

    I don't think the players played any differently, but the refs called the game differently. But the Refs didn't decide the game for either team. I just find it strange at how the game was called from the First Half to the 2nd Half.
    second half was a slog. between fouls and video reviews, ay yi yi.

    pjhawks said:
    Why does CBS let the NBA clowns who know nothing about college basketball do the final four pre and post games?  These guys are terrible on the college game.

    Florida 3 double digits comebacks in last 3 games.  Heck of an effort.  



    2 completely unnecessary video reviews of obvious out of bounds calls in the last 2 minutes. Just kills the momentum of the game. It's becoming unwatchable.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,740
    I watched the first half on the TV and then "watched" the second half on my computer. With the sound off. I think Houston blew it by taking threes when they were not going in. I also found it funny that half of the Houston team are graduate students. What exactly are the programs of study?
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,264
    Get_Right said:
    I watched the first half on the TV and then "watched" the second half on my computer. With the sound off. I think Houston blew it by taking threes when they were not going in. I also found it funny that half of the Houston team are graduate students. What exactly are the programs of study?
    believe it or not but this year there were still guys getting the extra covid year.  so there are guys who have been in college 6 years. J'wan Roberts for Houston was one of them.  
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,740
    pjhawks said:
    Get_Right said:
    I watched the first half on the TV and then "watched" the second half on my computer. With the sound off. I think Houston blew it by taking threes when they were not going in. I also found it funny that half of the Houston team are graduate students. What exactly are the programs of study?
    believe it or not but this year there were still guys getting the extra covid year.  so there are guys who have been in college 6 years. J'wan Roberts for Houston was one of them.  

    I wish I could have afforded 6 years of college.  =)
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,472
    Yeah, Houston had some older players

    Robert 23
    Cryer 23
    Wilson 24
    Uzan 22
    sharp , Arceneaux & Francis 21
    Tugler 19

    And still, that 18 year old HS Senior played pretty well vs them =)
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 32,192
    cutz said:
    I just heard, and I was wondering myself, that ther were only 4 fouls called the entire first half and 23 fouls called in the 2nd half.

    I don't think the players played any differently, but the refs called the game differently. But the Refs didn't decide the game for either team. I just find it strange at how the game was called from the First Half to the 2nd Half.

    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,756
    I did my usual.
    I did not watch 1 single game of College hoops this season. Today was the 1st game I watched. Michigan/Wisconsin. 
    I will do about an hour of research(if you wanna call it that) today and tomorrow. Then I will go to ESPN all fill out 5 or 6 brackets. And based on the one game I watched? I will not have Michigan winning it all in any bracket I fill out. Haha 

    This year I say, "Fuck the Big Ten!!"
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,516
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:
    I did my usual.
    I did not watch 1 single game of College hoops this season. Today was the 1st game I watched. Michigan/Wisconsin. 
    I will do about an hour of research(if you wanna call it that) today and tomorrow. Then I will go to ESPN all fill out 5 or 6 brackets. And based on the one game I watched? I will not have Michigan winning it all in any bracket I fill out. Haha 

    This year I say, "Fuck the Big Ten!!"
    I watched 44 Big East games this year and saw every possession of the conference tournament for the second year in a row. 
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 32,366
    Join a pool, support some kids
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 32,192
    I could see a couple of upsets in the first two days but I doubt any cinderellas make it through the weekend. Not sure miami (OH) wins a game but I’m glad they were (kinda) rewarded.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • May 30th
    May 30th Posts: 1,965
    Can’t wait for Thursday!! March Madness is always great. 
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 44,421
    St. John’s being a 5 seed was pretty surprising. 
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 32,192
    eeriepadave said:
    St. John’s being a 5 seed was pretty surprising. 
    fuck rick pitino.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,516
    eeriepadave said:
    St. John’s being a 5 seed was pretty surprising. 
    especially in the same bracket as UConn and even more so considering St. John's is tenth in the AP poll this week.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 32,192
    it’s off to a great start. both first four games were nail biters, as were six of the eight NIT games.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • JeBurkhardt
    JeBurkhardt Posts: 5,482
    This year my workplace added a bracket contest for the Women's tournament as well as the Men's. Now I have 2 opportunities to prove that I have no idea about college basketball. 
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 44,421
    East bracket is stacked!

    I did one bracket on yahoo. and like 3 on ESPN (although one was an quick/smart random bracket Pearl-Jam-Smileys)

    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,264
    Arizona over Houston in the final 
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,608
    and here we go ... Purdue to win it all ... most likely Jason P to get his heart ripped out


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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 43,151
    Wanted to do the Kalshi 1 billion dollar bracket.  Gave my email, got a code.  They wanted my phone number too to get a 2nd code.

    I declined.

    Oh well.

    No brackets for me this year I guess.

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