OldBig5
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03-22-19 10:14 PM - Post#282537
Some interesting games and upsets so far. UC Irvine and Liberty come through. Murray State should have been a higher seed. And now the second one seed today down at the half. Maybe Iona can keep it closer than Gardner Webb did.
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OldBig5
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Re: NCAA Tourney
03-23-19 10:13 PM - Post#282570
In response to OldBig5
Villanova has a great program and Wright has done a phenomenal job. But it's still fun to see then getting blown out. Especially since I picked Purdue this round in my bracket.
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penn nation
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Re: NCAA Tourney
03-23-19 11:07 PM - Post#282571
In response to OldBig5
When they announced the brackets, I thought Buffalo got underseeded--that stuck out to me. That is a really, really good team.
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OldBig5
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Re: NCAA Tourney
03-24-19 09:27 PM - Post#282634
In response to penn nation
When they announced the brackets, I thought Buffalo got underseeded--that stuck out to me. That is a really, really good team.
They were. Texas Tech is really tough defensively.
Duke was sure lucky today.
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penn nation
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Re: NCAA Tourney
03-24-19 09:33 PM - Post#282635
In response to OldBig5
Duke was sure lucky today.
Where do we begin? All of the ways Duke could have lost in those final seconds:
Tacko actually fouls Zion hard so he doesn't score
UCF actually rebounds Zion's miss
UCF's initial drive on its last possession doesn't rim out
UCF's putback attempt (where was Duke's defense?) doesn't rim out
Edited by penn nation on 03-24-19 09:34 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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Go Green
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Re: NCAA Tourney
03-25-19 08:19 AM - Post#282651
In response to penn nation
Duke was sure lucky today.
Where do we begin? All of the ways Duke could have lost in those final seconds:
Tacko actually fouls Zion hard so he doesn't score
UCF actually rebounds Zion's miss
UCF's initial drive on its last possession doesn't rim out
UCF's putback attempt (where was Duke's defense?) doesn't rim out
Not quite the final seconds, but muffing that alley-op on the fast break when they were up by four was the biggest mistake.
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penn nation
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Re: NCAA Tourney
03-25-19 08:41 AM - Post#282652
In response to Go Green
Yes that also hurt. They had numbers on the break and correctly went for the jugular. Did not need to slam it with that degree of difficulty however.
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