March Madness thread

[Baz]

These first two games are high caliber! Wow!

[onewhippedpuppy]

Well, WSU had a good run. ND is on freaking fire.

[Baz]

Sorry Matt - yeah ND really played well tonight. It happens. Congrats on a great season. Next year!

BTW - Bama is after your coach, you know.

[onewhippedpuppy]

I've seen the news reports, we'll see what happens. Marshall has turned down offers in the past, he has a young family and always says that he wants to raise his kids in Wichita. He also frequently says that he lives like a king for what they pay him, and that money isn't everything. I suppose they all say that, but Alabama isn't exactly a top job in college basketball. The money might be good, but at 'Bama he would always be second to football. WSU doesn't have football or a pro team, so WSU basketball is top dog and has years of consecutive sellouts to show it.

Now if it were a historic program like UCLA, Duke, or UNC.........then I would be worried.

[Baz]

Now the rumors are Marshall headed to Texas, Matt. We'll see - could just be speculation.
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Anyone watching the Irish/Cats?

What a game......Irish are not intimidated in the least!

[mattdavis11]

Rick Barnes has to make changes, there's no speculation.

38-0.

[onewhippedpuppy]

ND vs UK was pretty great, too bad they couldn't pull off the upset.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

ND vs UK was pretty great, too bad they couldn't pull off the upset.

Wondered why ND wasn't fouling there at the end with less than a minute left.

They also missed some scoring opportunities and turned the ball over a couple times. Then there was those treys.

Close game though.

Seems like this year there's more intensity in the games.

Speaking of which.......today at 2:20pm eastern on CBS we have Iggy & Sparty vs. Pittino & L'ville and afterwards at 5:05 we have Coach Few's Zags vs. Coach K's Blue Devils.

The Madness continues......good luck to YOUR team!

[Baz]

Holy cow.........another KILLER CLOSE game!!!!!

Guess who won?

[wdfifteen]

Sadly, Lville lost a close one. They just fell apart. Couldn't hit anything in overtime.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Sadly, Lville lost a close one. They just fell apart. Couldn't hit anything in overtime.

They missed a free throw at the very end of regulation that would have won it.

Never give Izzo a second chance...not in March!

[Baz]

Final Four match ups today:

Sparty and Duke (underway)

Bucky and Big Blue



All great teams and staffs - it's anyone's championship at this juncture.

That said.......don't count out Coach "Mr. March" Izzo!

[onewhippedpuppy]

MSU finally had their luck run out. Too bad, I was pulling for them. Go Wisconsin!

[Crowbob]

Yeah. I'm crying. It was more than luck them getting so far, though

[wdfifteen]

MSU is a good team, just not up to competing with Duke.
Hoping Louisville comes through for me. So far, Wisconsin is hanging with them. I have L-ville -5 and over 132. They're at 20 points at 14.30, so I'm looking good there.

[Crowbob]

Sparty just could not overwhelm the inside game and their outside shooting sucked. Since Sparatans lost, I'm out of the madness.

Go Wisconsin, I guess.

[pavulon]

Not really into basketball but would love to see the Badgers beat Kentucky if only to watch these two TNT announcers lay on their backs and cry.

[fred cook]

Want the final two to be Kentucky (SEC) and Duke (ACC). Now that will be a shootout! What happened to UConn this year? The seem to always have a great BB team.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Apparently it's now legal to pimp slap a defender. Wow.....

[Bugsinrugs]

I really wish TNT would have impartial play by play commentators. Rex Chapman sucks.