NCAA Tournament - Second Round Game Thread

• osu45804

  

  WOW
• SQ_Crazies

  

  OMG highlight of the first weekend if they win this game.
• Non

  

  I'd say Duncan on offense
  
  but Duncan was a B+ defender coming into the league
  
  Samhan is like C-/C
• Non

  

  you can't go by this game
  
  because he is not challenging on defense to avoid fouls
  
  but it's obvious any quick, tall guys would have their way
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Mulva wrote:

  SQ_Crazies wrote: LOL, that's why he's a poor mans Duncan. How athletic is Duncan? Not very. The kids game reminds me of him to a T. He just has to play better defense, even though I think Duncan's D is overrated--he's still a good defender. But offensively, it doesn't matter who you are playing against when you move like that in the paint. Nova has seen plenty of good big men in the Big East--why haven't they been dominated like this against all of those guys?

  Duncan isn't a freak athlete, but he's MUCH more athletic then Samhan. And who are these great big men Nova has played in the Big East?
  
  Greg Monroe? He average 24 ppg in 2 games against Nova this year, 8 ppg above his season average. He's a total finesse big man anyways, but they still couldn't stop him.
  
  Samardo Samuels put up 21 on Villanova without missing a shot (4 of 4 shooting and 13 of 13 from the line). They couldn't stop him, so they fouled him.
  
  Harangody? Give me a break. He's a 6'8 jump shooter.
  
  The Big East is a heavily perimeter oriented league. There are hardly any true post threats.
  
  And for the record, I'm a Samhan fan. There was an "Underrated players" topic on here a month or 2 ago, and I'm the one who brought up Samhan. His improvement from last year even is unreal. It didn't take until the NCAA tournament for me to notice him. But his game doesn't translate to the NBA at all in my opinion.

  Well then we 100%, completely disagree so I won't waste your time, my time or space on the thread to argue with you about this one--we'll have to wait and see.
• Eric Taylor

  I dont know if many, if any watched the North Carolina-Miss State NIT game, but there was a pretty good one handed dunk from Miss State.
• SQ_Crazies

  

  And we'll get to find out too--because he just put up 50 plus in 2 NCAA tournament games, so he's going to get drafted.
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Eric Taylor wrote: I dont know if many, if any watched the North Carolina-Miss State NIT game, but there was a pretty good one handed dunk from Miss State.

  GTFO, there is real basketball being played.
• wildcats20

  

  Eric Taylor wrote: I dont know if many, if any watched the North Carolina-Miss State NIT game, but there was a pretty good one handed dunk from Miss State.

  I had a thread about the game.
• Non

  

  I think he's gone from undrafted to possible first round.
  
  That's the cool thing about the tournament.
  
  He's gotten better his entire career and could still develop a lot more.
  
  An NBA team would have him get stronger and they could work with him to be at least a position defender, a guy who just goes straight up.
• wildcats20

  

  SQ_Crazies wrote: And we'll get to find out too--because he just put up 50 plus in 2 NCAA tournament games, so he's going to get drafted.

  I lot of people said Dajuan Blair wouldn't be able to play in the League either. We all see how well he is doing with the Spurs.
  
  Sanham will be drafted and he'll get minutes
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Outside of the 1st 5 picks in the NBA draft, it's based on pure potential. Players outside of those 5 (in a NORMAL draft, there have been classes that are obviously deeper) don't have near as high expectations.
  
  Anderson Varejao didn't start playing until he was 17 or 18. This kid will definitely get his shot.
• Non

  

  64-63 St. Mary's
  
  2:40 left
• Laley23

  

  Get this weak NIT talk shit outta here. This thread is for some real basketball!
• Cleveland Buck

  

  The big fella will definitely play in the league, but he is nowhere near Duncan's level. He has a nice post game, but Duncan can take you facing up or with his back to the basket. And bigs like JJ Hickson will blow right by this guy for dunks, but against less mobile big men he will do well enough. His touch around the rim is rare enough these days that he will be end up a middle first round pick at the latest.
• Non

  

  Reynolds comes up short twice
  
  now FTs for St. Mary's
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Yeah my school is in the NIT and I don't even know when or who they play.
  
  I'm glad to see Saint Mary's be able to keep up with Nova in the 2nd half because they've definitely increased the tempo--this is turning out to be a great game.
• Eric Taylor

  Eat Me Laley
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Cleveland Buck wrote: The big fella will definitely play in the league, but he is nowhere near Duncan's level. He has a nice post game, but Duncan can take you facing up or with his back to the basket. And bigs like JJ Hickson will blow right by this guy for dunks, but against less mobile big men he will do well enough. His touch around the rim is rare enough these days that he will be end up a middle first round pick at the latest.

  OMG.
  
  Why is reading comprehension so terrible on this site?
• Laley23

  

  SM is gonna hit a buzzer beater.
• Non

  

  65-65
• Mulva

  

  So gross.
• osu45804

  

  ARE YOU SERIOUS??!
• Non

  

  oh my
  
  what a lucky bank shot
  
  68-65
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Oh baby what a shot!