NCAA Tournament: Third Round Random Chatter

• Azubuike24

  

  Kansas State vs Syracuse - 12:15 PM
  Gonzaga vs Ohio State - 2:45 PM
  Murray State vs Marquette - 5:15 PM
  Vanderbilt vs Wisconsin - 6:10 PM
  Virginia Commonwealth vs Indiana - 7:10 PM
  Iowa State vs Kentucky - 7:45 PM
  Colorado vs Baylor - 8:40 PM
  New Mexico vs Louisville - 9:40 PM
  
  Thoughts?
• 2kool4skool

  

  Could easily see upsets by KState, Gonzaga, and VCU
• dave

  Should be a great day. Other than UK and maybe Baylor these are all toss ups.
• Mulva

  

  I think Kentucky is the only lock. The 4/5 games are both solid, and Marquette/Murray State should be a good one too.
  
  Much better lineup than Sunday. 1st round upsets are amazing, until the 2nd round. Xavier/Lehigh is probably the worst non-play game in tournament history.
• dave

  Is the Sunday schedule out?
• dave

  Mulva;1119221 wrote:I think Kentucky is the only lock. The 4/5 games are both solid, and Marquette/Murray State should be a good one too.
  
  Much better lineup than Sunday. 1st round upsets are amazing, until the 2nd round. Xavier/Lehigh is probably the worst non-play game in tournament history.

  a matchup of McCollum vs Holloway is what the tourney is all about
• ts1227

  

  dave;1119223 wrote:Is the Sunday schedule out?

  Starting to trickle out... not complete yet
• GoPens

  

  Kansas State
  Ohio State
  Murray State
  Wisconsin
  Virginia Commonwealth
  Kentucky
  Baylor
  New Mexico
• Azubuike24

  

  Just to reiterate something about college basketball...CONFERENCES DON'T MATTER after selection Sunday. Every top 11 conference (I'm including the MVC, A-10, MWC, C-USA and WCC to round out the top 11 leagues this year) has lost at least 1 team.
  
  ACC is 3-2, #2 seed and runner-up finisher, gone
  B1G is 5-1, co-champion, gone
  Big East is 6-3, two awful showings by WVU and UConn, Syracuse almost falling to a #16
  SEC is 3-1, Alabama almost pulled it out
  Pac 12 is 1-1, champion didn't even make it out of the play-in game
  Big XII is 4-2, #2 seed, gone
  MWC is 1-3, #2, 3 and 4 finishers and regular season co-champion, gone
  A-10 is 2-2, both regular season champion and tournament champion, gone
  WCC is 1-2, tournament champion ousted
  MVC is 1-1, regular season champion is gone
  
  It's cliche, but it REALLY IS all about the match ups.
• ts1227

  

  SUNDAY SCHEDULE:
  
  COLUMBUS
  12:15 PM - CBS - Georgetown vs. NC State
  2:45 PM - CBS - Michigan St. vs. Saint Louis
  
  GREENSBORO
  5:15 PM - CBS - North Carolina vs. Creighton
  7:45 PM - truTV - Xavier vs. Lehigh
  
  OMAHA
  6:10 PM - TNT - Florida vs. Norfolk St.
  8:40 PM - TNT - Kansas vs. Purdue
  
  NASHVILLE
  7:10 PM - TBS - S. Florida vs. Ohio
  9:40 PM - TBS - Florida St. vs. Cincinnati
• Mulva

  

  dave;1119225 wrote:a matchup of McCollum vs Holloway is what the tourney is all about

  ts just posted the schedule. Can you honestly tell me you think that lineup remotely compares to tomorrow's schedule? The most compelling match-ups are the 1-8/9 games.
• Azubuike24

  

  Unfortunately, the last 3 games on Sunday are perfect for the evening. All 3 should help one fall asleep...Purdue, South Florida and Cincinnati all in primetime...zzz.
• ts1227

  

  Azubuike24;1119247 wrote:Unfortunately, the last 3 games on Sunday are perfect for the evening. All 3 should help one fall asleep...Purdue, South Florida and Cincinnati all in primetime...zzz.

  The Sun. Night games are all pushed to cable for that reason (because they are unattractive as fuck). CBS wants the night cleared out so they can show shitty reality shows.
  
  They lucked out that the huge upsets happened Friday, because they can hide the very not sexy Sunday second round matchups on cable at night. I'll still be glued in Ohio/USF, so fuck all of you.
• Mulva

  

  I'll definitely be watching anyway, I was just saying not pretend that Florida/Norfolk State is a more intriguing game than Florida/Missouri would have been.
  
  Definitely worth it for the crazy shit that went down today, but moving forward the Saturday games are way better than Sunday in terms of relevance, no comparison.
• dave

  This scheduling sucks. They should be more staggered throughout the day, there will be 30mins between the first and second games both of the next 2 days. No reason for that when you have 8 games.
• killer_ewok

  

  Not liking the KSU matchup for the Orange but hoping they can pull out a W today.
• dave

  I think they will pull it out. I look for them to play like they did against UC without Melo, Joseph needs to take over.
• killer_ewok

  

  dave;1119333 wrote:I think they will pull it out. I look for them to play like they did against UC without Melo, Joseph needs to take over.

  
  Agree that Joseph needs to step it up. You're a Senior for crying out loud....this is your last go-round. Southerland scoring like he did on Thursday would be huge. And KSU is gonna get second chances...but hopefully Syracuse doesn't get absolutely murdered by them on the boards.
• Iliketurtles

  

  For todays games I like:
  
  Kansas State
  Ohio State
  Murray State
  Vanderbilt
  Virginia Commonwealth(Yeah Laley suck on this lol)
  Kentucky
  Baylor
  Louisville
• gorocks99

  

  I'll take..
  Syracuse
  Ohio State
  Marquette
  Vanderbilt
  VCU
  Kentucky
  Baylor
  New Mexico
• sportchampps

  I think fsu cincy might be the best game tmr
• Tiger2003

  

  KSU looks lost against the Zone right now.
• Crimson streak

  

  Everyone around here is going nuts about Lehigh. I work in bethlehem where Lehigh is located and a couple guys at work actually took Lehigh to win. Friggin homers
• Ironman92

  

  Horrible foul call against Cuse
• Tiger2003

  

  Good finish for KSU. Only down 1 at the half.