March Madness NCAA Tournament Thread

• Ironman92

  

  New Orleans coach just gave his team zero chance to win. You have to foul that last possession.
  
  Question....say game clock would be at 4.1 when shot clock (which was at 3 and there was 7.1 seconds remaining in game) expired. If player releases the ball at 4.5 and ball hits rim...clock keeps running on a miss....what if the released shot does not hit rim? Clock automatically stops at 4.1 or officials stop play and get it to 4.1?
  
  Could the player shoot a very very high arcing shot towards the rim and release at 4.5 and ball miss rim and get the clock a decent bit under 4.1?...probably nearer 1.0-1.5 by the time ball is rebounded and time out called?
• ironman02

  Ironman92;1841712 wrote:New Orleans coach just gave his team zero chance to win. You have to foul that last possession.

  Yeah, gotta extend the game instead of leaving your team 2.6 seconds to go the length of the court.
• ironman02

  By the way, that Thibodeaux dude for New Orleans went nuts. Got in his teammate's face, tried to choke him, and then screamed at the coach. Sat basically the last 10 minutes, which might have cost his team a win.
• GOONx19

  

  Ironman92;1841712 wrote:New Orleans coach just gave his team zero chance to win. You have to foul that last possession.
  
  Question....say game clock would be at 4.1 when shot clock (which was at 3 and there was 7.1 seconds remaining in game) expired. If player releases the ball at 4.5 and ball hits rim...clock keeps running on a miss....what if the released shot does not hit rim? Clock automatically stops at 4.1 or officials stop play and get it to 4.1?
  
  Could the player shoot a very very high arcing shot towards the rim and release at 4.5 and ball miss rim and get the clock a decent bit under 4.1?...probably nearer 1.0-1.5 by the time ball is rebounded and time out called?

  My guess without looking at any rules is that, if the ball is released before the clock expires, time should continue to run until someone touches the miss or it hits the ground.
• Ironman92

  

  GOONx19;1841722 wrote:My guess without looking at any rules is that, if the ball is released before the clock expires, time should continue to run until someone touches the miss or it hits the ground.

  That was my initial thought while watching....take it down to 1 and shoot a shot from 25 feet away and shoot it pretty much high as you can but to not hit any cameras or anything in reach...go ahead and try to make it like a trick shot.
• Ironman92

  

  Filling out my bracket was weird. I think each person's bracket will look more similar to everyone else's than normal. Mine was pretty damn vanilla.
• Mulva

  

  Wake's defense is pathetic
• Heretic

  

  Mulva;1841753 wrote:Wake's defense is pathetic

  Wake was one of those teams that didn't really do anything to deserve being in, but got the "they're in a really good conference" bump that made their mediocre performance seem better than it actually was to the people in charge of things. And it showed last night.
• Heretic

  

  Ironman92;1841737 wrote:Filling out my bracket was weird. I think each person's bracket will look more similar to everyone else's than normal. Mine was pretty damn vanilla.

  Mine wasn't. Four double-digits in the Sweet 16 and about 5-6 more winning in the first round. My main fear is that I've become so annoyed by ESPN's rampant ACC-blowing that my bias against them got a bit extreme, but that's life.
• ironman02

  ACC had 6 of the Sweet 16, 4 of the Elite 8, and 2 Final Four teams last year, plus the conference has several really good teams again this year. A lot (not all) of the ESPN love is deserved.
• Heretic

  

  ironman02;1841905 wrote:ACC had 6 of the Sweet 16, 4 of the Elite 8, and 2 Final Four teams last year, plus the conference has several really good teams again this year. A lot (not all) of the ESPN love is deserved.

  Oh, I agree with that. For me, it was the post-bracket-reveal ESPN show that featured 20 minutes of whining over Syracuse's mediocre ass not getting in, followed by half the studio predicting a Duke-UNC final. My Backlash Meter eventually blew up.
• Spock

  

  Duke over UCLA in my bracket. Kansas will be first 1 seed knocked
• wildcats20

  

  Not filling out a bracket this year. But I think it's gonna be fairly chalky.
• ironman02

  wildcats20;1841978 wrote:Not filling out a bracket this year. But I think it's gonna be fairly chalky.

  I did this last year and loved just enjoying the tournament.
  
  I filled out a bracket on ESPN this year, but didn't enter one in any pools for money. Gonna just enjoy the madness again!
• Laley23

  

  I think UNC is gonna beat UC Davis by 100
• ironman02

  Laley23;1842050 wrote:I think UNC is gonna beat UC Davis by 100

  In the Final Four? lol
  
  UC Davis gets Kansas.
• wildcats20

  

  ironman02;1842046 wrote:I did this last year and loved just enjoying the tournament.
  
  I filled out a bracket on ESPN this year, but didn't enter one in any pools for money. Gonna just enjoy the madness again!

  The tournament is great either way. But last year was so much better IMO. Able to just watch(other than the player pick em) and not care who wins. Other than Carolina and whoever was playing Duke, of course.
• Laley23

  

  ironman02;1842052 wrote:In the Final Four? lol
  
  UC Davis gets Kansas.

  Sure lol. That game was painful. They're getting smacked.
• ironman02

  Providence led by 17 early in the 2nd half. They're now down 1 with 6 minutes and change to go.
• Azubuike24

  

  Looking to throw some cash around on games. What bets does everyone like for the first 2 days?H
  
  Headed to the gym shortly, got my first parlay down with Princeton/Notre Dame over 134, UNC Wilmington +265, West Virginia/Bucknell under 147.5 and Winthrop +11.
• Laley23

  

  I haven't looked at spreads or anything. But Winthrop +11 seems like a great value. I think they have about a 25% chance for a win.
• Iliketurtles

  

  NKU/UK over 152.5, FGCU +11.5, Nevada +230 (Or just take them +6.5)
• SportsAndLady

  

  I like the Nevada ML.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Anyone off work? I have a work event until about 2 and then heading straight to a bar to watch. Off all day tomorrow.
• Terry_Tate

  

  Iliketurtles;1842191 wrote:NKU/UK over 152.5, FGCU +11.5, Nevada +230 (Or just take them +6.5)

  I want to PayPal you money to throw on the Nevada ML for me, lol. They're my team this year, which probably means they'll lose by 15.