The "Official" DU Sports Forum 2010 March Madness Thread!!!!

[joeybee12]

Too early? Naw...the regular season is over and the conference tournaments begin...post anything and everything. Hokie, I believe, will start a pool which last year was part of a separate thread.

:toast: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Condem]

1. Good work, joey.

It's time.

[joeybee12]

2. And I'll probably have a horse in the race this time,

so I'll pay closer attention to it!

[AndreaCG]

129. Syracuse did NOT become the first #1 seed to blow it

I was worried without Onoaku but they cruised, albeit getting down to an 8 point lead at one time in the 2nd. I was at my mom's couldn't get MMOD on her older computer to watch the whole game. Lots of Syracuse fans complained that MMOD was giving them problems.

Now on to the Zags. Hopefully they won't shoot lights out from the 3 point line.

[insanity]

3. I'm up for a little pool

Although I think because my conference was the suck this year, I won't have any horses in the race.

[joeybee12]

4. Hokie should be forming one like last year...n/t

[elleng]

5. OK

Guy on espn said a while ago that, depending on the regionals, WVU has a good chance to be one of the 4 #1 seeds! (Daughter student there.)

:bounce:

[joeybee12]

6. I saw that...

can't recall where. I guess it depends on how the conference tournaments go.

[elleng]

10. Right. do we know ANYTHING about them, at this point?

[joeybee12]

11. I'm not even sure what the brackets look like for the Big East...

...WVU gets a double bye, I'm pretty sure, ND at 7 gets a single bye...I think Syracuse is a lock at #1 but if they bomb out early, maybe not. The pool for #1 is Syracuse, Duke, UWV, Kansas and Kentucky...can't see anyone else sneaking in...maybe OSU or Purdue depending how others do in their tournaments.

[elleng]

12. Thanks, jbee.

Regionals begin tomorrow?

[joeybee12]

13. Yup. First round for the Big East...probably for a lot of other conferences also...

this weekend are all the title games...lots of basketball in the next few weeks!

[elleng]

14. If this weekend is the title games,

during the week are the games UP to titles, eh?

WHO'S AT THE GARDEN????

Wonder which/when Prez watches!

[elleng]

19. FINALLY saw this!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/08/AR2010030803915_2.html?hpid=sec-sports

[PRETZEL]

78. WVU got the short end, imo

if they weren't going to be a #1 over Duke, they should have been in the same bracket.

Kansas, Kentucky and Syracuse I think were legit #1's.

Looking at it though it appeared that the committee thought more highly of Villanova than they did of WVU.

[joeybee12]

7. 71-0!

I hereby declare this thread open to Women's March Madness as well!

[Rwalsh]

8. Tip of the day:

Bet on the UConn women to win it all.

[joeybee12]

9. I wonder when the odds come out....

...can't imagine anyone one else would even be remotely close.

[TZ]

15. which is why I have ZIP interest in the Women's tournament

this year. That and I think Geno Auriemma is a huge asshole. I don't like watching sports when one team dominates. I think this sort of thing IS bad for the game.

[TZ]

16. dupe

[joeybee12]

17. Big East First Round Update ***SPOILER***

South Florida beat Depaul 58-49.

St John's leads UCONN 46-34,about 13 to go. SJU has been leading most of the game...maybe all of it, not sure about early.

[bigwillq]

18. Let's GO Syracuse men!!!

:bounce:

[joeybee12]

20. SPOILER!!!!

Georgetown beat USF by about 20, pretty much ending USF's outside chance at getting in. Marquette is leading St. John's.

[taterguy]

21. I'm still pissed about Cornbread Maxwell getting screwed out of the title in '77

Fucking refs.

Networks wouldn't allow a final game between UNC Charlotte and UNC Chapel Hill.

Especially since UNC-CH probably would have choked.

:grr: :grr: :grr:

[joeybee12]

22. Woo-hoo! BEST SPOILER EVER!

Ever so far...ND beats Seton Hall.

[Liberal_Dog]

23. My Sooners "Season From Hell" Just Ended

with a loss to Oklahoma State(adding insult to injury). They fell behind 20-2 and I turned it off. Final was 81-67.

ETA: This is the Sooners' first losing season since 1980-81, which was Billy Tubbs' first year as coach.

[Condem]

24. Maybe we can start dreaming of dancing, again.

Lickliter is out at Iowa.

[elleng]

25. Watching OLDE (1982) Georgetown team beating Syracuse! (MASN)

'New' game on at noon?

[joeybee12]

26. Yup, then Marquette and Villanova, and after that...ND v Pitt...

Go Irish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[elleng]

27. and WVU v. ?, at 7?

[joeybee12]

28. WVU v Cincy at 9...

Be prepared for a late night!!!!

[elleng]

29. Guess so!

Coffee now or later?

[joeybee12]

30. Nap now, caffeine later!!!

[joeybee12]

31. OH MY!!! SPOILER!

Looks like Georgetown's gonna win!

[AndreaCG]

32. Question is, how bad is Onoaku's injury

And does Syracuse lose the 1 seed as a result?

[joeybee12]

33. First question, I don't know...Second, they'll still be a #1, IMHO...n/t

[elleng]

35. They did! So they've got Marqu!

GOOD to me! NOW there's this Pitt game! Who's for ND here?

AND MY BIG ONE: WVU.

[joeybee12]

34. Another Spoiler

and another upset...Marquette wins 60-56 (i think) over Nova.

[Condem]

36. ND's on a roll!!

Better enjoy it before you join a real conference, joey.

[joeybee12]

37. The East is the Beast and you know it!!!!

7-game winning streak!!!!!!

[Condem]

38. Now, joey.

For the big boys, this is meaningless. The seeds are set, for the most part. Congrats on getting in. I actually look forward to you fucks joining the Big Ten.

[joeybee12]

39. I wonder if they'll split...staying in the Big East for basketball, although

being in the Big Ten would ensure they'd win the conference every year.

[Condem]

40. LOL, joey.

I just put on 'Shaking all Over' at the mere thought of the Irish joining the Big Ten. Goddamn. You're so good.

[joeybee12]

43. Have a good night...gotta get to bed...another late night tomorrow!

:7

[madinmaryland]

41. Come on, joey. ND already is going to the MAC. Basketball and Football..

ALL THREE!!

Lee Mercer says so!

:D

[joeybee12]

42. Naw, they're going to the NCAA's!!!!

:7

[madinmaryland]

44. Notre Dame is sponsoring Jeff Gordon in NASCAR this year??

:wow:

uhh... :wtf:

[elleng]

45. WVU GOT IT!!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[joeybee12]

46. Three "near" upsets earlier, sadly, only "near" ones. n/t

[AndreaCG]

47. John Belein is an idiot

And deserves to be fired, for the boneheaded decision not to guard the inbound passer. Plus he's done crap all with Michigan.

[Condem]

48. Just goes to show you..

..coaching in the Big East is a helluva lot easier than the Big Ten.

[elleng]

49. Right, Con, nothing to it!!!!

Watching now?!?!

[Condem]

50. What do you think of Huggins, elleng?

Sure. A good coach. But very questionable character.

[elleng]

51. Dunno about his character,

but NOTHING to compare with your friend's looks, Con!

He was at ND, eh?

[Condem]

52. Jay Wright went to Bucknell, elleng, then coached Hofstra before Nova.

Huggins spent a lot of years at Cincinnati. His teams ALWAYS underperformed in the tournament. Interesting to see how far they get this year.

[elleng]

53. Oh, THAT was it, CIncy! Kept hearing about that during game.

This year because of the members of the team? Will hold my breath tonight! G'Town used to be our 'family' favorite! (2 daughters born there!) and younger is a junior at wvu.

[joeybee12]

54. Nebraska women lose their first game...

...thye'll still be a #1 seed.

[joeybee12]

55. Any predictions on the #1 seeds now?

If WVU wins tonight, they have a very good shot...Kansas and Kentucky are guaranteed. The other 2 will got to two of these WVU, Syracuse, OSU or Duke.

[elleng]

56. Waiting to hear y'all's predictions.

Haven't seen OSU or Duke play.

[joeybee12]

57. Thing is, OSU and Duke are gonna win their tourneys and they're

4 and 5 right now, I think, ranked.

[joeybee12]

58. Hmm...wasn't there talk not that long ago about Purdue getting a #1 seed?

Seems like lots of #1's from a few weeks ago willbe about a 3 or 4 now.

[Condem]

59. Jesus Christ, Upton.

The PAC-10 final is abysmal. Both these teams suck. For God's sake, man. What has happened out there??

[Upton]

60. Considering the sad state of Hawkeye basketball..

you've got little room to talk Condem. Anyway, remember your prime excuse...these things are "cyclical"..I'll go with that.

Plus, both UW and Cal have got the kind of players that can give other teams problems...just wait and see.

Oh hey, does this mean the Iowa football team actually had more wins than the basketball team?

[Condem]

61. So. You finally agree with me.

2 teams in the Dance. Looks like 6 for America's Premier Athletic Conference. Correct?

[Upton]

62. I wouldn't go that far

a couple weeks ago you were claiming that only 1 team from the Pac-10 was going to get in. So, at best your half right..and that may change if ASU squeaks in. Though losing in the first round of the Pac-10 tournament probably blew their chances..

No one disputes that the Pac-10 is having a down year. And congratulations to the Big Ten for playing such good basketball.

You know there was a time when the Big Ten was known primarily for football. Of course, those were the days when the best football in the nation was played there. Unfortunately for you my friend....that's no longer true.

[Condem]

63. Absolutely right, Upton.

Now we're fucking good at everything. Besides football.

[Upton]

130. Told you Condem...

the nation's Premier Athletic Conference-10 is making some noise!!!

[Bluzmann57]

67. Just keep an eye on Ohio State

As long as Evan Turner is healthy, they are very very good. And they are playing their first two games in Milwaukee, which is Big Ten country.

[elleng]

64. WVU!!!!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[elleng]

65. West Virginia, Country Roads!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN86d0CdgHQ

[joeybee12]

66. Missed out on a #1, though...

...well, usually doesn't matter in the end...rarely do all 4 #1's make it to the Final Four. Wasn't a couple years ago the first time?

[elleng]

74. Don't know, jbee.

We'll see what happens. Maybe they'll take the 'time' to get over their recent habit of putting themselves into need to do last 3 minute saves!!!!

[joeybee12]

68. Ok, who got screwed?????

Maybe Illinois.

[taterguy]

69. The defending national champions, that's who

It should be like the Masters.

Win it once and get invited back every year.

[joeybee12]

70. Nah, they would have had to go quite a ways in the tourney...

...that's the way it goes...

[PVnRT]

76. Mississippi State

[joeybee12]

77. They didn't make it?

They should have...and they should have won yesterday.

[era veteran]

79. Mississippi State deserved to get in..... Kentucky, team of destiny

If the great basketball fans in beautiful Starkville had not thrown batteries and water bottles at the UK bench when the Cats beat them in OT the first time this season maybe their Karma wouldn't have sucked so bad. A damn good team with a great coach had to overcome that. A pity

[PVnRT]

80. I didn't know about anything after the game...

Their fans sound like asses. Still, I think they warranted a spot; they had Kentucky on the ropes, and it was only because of Cousins' put-back that they aren't SEC champs.

[era veteran]

83. Yes, but Cousins did put it back which is why UK is the SEC champ

I like Mississippi States team and coach, The fans are sort of basketball ignorant. Stansbury, from KY, is a great coach that MSU and the SEC should be proud to have. They should be playing in the NCAA's.

[JonLP24]

85. Arizona State

Well maybe losing to Stanford in the first round of the Pac 10 tourney blew their chances. However I still think they had a good season beating some of the teams that are in the tourney (Wash, San Diego St, etc) and didn't have any really bad losses. Besides losing to Stanford and Arizona is the worst. The played tough competition very well and kept it close against them such as Duke, BYU, Baylor, etc. Also they were a very good defensive team too that I believe could of gave some teams problems. I'm proud because "experts" picked ASU to finish #7 in the Pac-10 when in fact they finished #2 in the regular season. Damn Stanford. x(

[tigereye]

71. all right!

boy it looks pretty wild! Is someone here doing an official bracket on yahoo, or something?

[joeybee12]

75. Hokie is...he's got a thread here about that...n/t

[Tikki]

72. OH WOW....CONGRATS to UCSB..

My alma mater..

GO GAUCHOS...

To bad the games aren't being played in Santa Barbara..

Tikki

[depakid]

73. At least the Pac-10's not the sorriest major conference ever

Dogs and Bears are in.

[Condem]

81. HEY!!!!!!

We're in need of a Basketball coach!

[PVnRT]

82. Is Coach Goodhair leaving?

(nickname from my wife, who went to Iowa for grad school)

[joeybee12]

84. Women's Bracket...there deserving #1 seeds...

...and then there's Tennessee.

I predict an ND-UCONN final.

[tigereye]

86. what, not Stanford?

[JonLP24]

87. Fuck Jacksonville and Arizona State

:wtf:

They had a 10+ point lead with 6 minutes left then started to relax including myself. Here I am sitting here waiting for the win and next thing you know Jacksonville is down by two with the ball and banks the game winning 3 point shot to win the first round of the NIT.

:argh: :mad: :grr:

At least Arizona State baseball is #1 in the nation. :woohoo:

[jakefrep]

88. I see that Brigham Young's star player is named Jimmer Fredette

Who the hell would name their kid Jimmer other than Jim Bob Duggar? He's the guy who gave us a Jinger, after all.

[Wetzelbill]

89. Robert Morris is up on Villanova

probably means nothing yet though. :)

[elleng]

90. and ODU about to tie ND, 6 mins to go..

[joeybee12]

91. There goes my bracket...nt/

[elleng]

94. May be, jb; 9.6 secs left!

OLD DOMINION HAS DEFEATED NOTRE DAME!

Next, Villanova v. Robert Morris.

[Captain Hilts]

117. ODU! ODU!!!!!!! Go Monarchs!

[elleng]

122. Your school, Cap'n?

Good work!

[Captain Hilts]

124. I sat in the stands cheering for them and the women's teams hundreds of times, so...

it hurt to be in Toronto at an important luncheon when they were on yesterday.

When it was over I immediately ran to a bar that had a couple of sleepy guys watching Premier League, and saw the score and started jumping around and cheering all by myself. Not my most dignified moment...

[elleng]

127. Sorry you were 'out of touch.'

Tho I am alone at home, I'm at least in touch with my future son in law. I really do like him!

[tigereye]

92. sheesh, c'mon Villanova (although I wouldn't mind the hometown Robert Mor.

folks to do well.


Plus ND is on the verge of being eliminated. Crazy!

[MadBadger]

93. LOL, Harangody scores his first two points, 12 seconds left

[tridim]

95. Looks like the big dance is going to be crazy this year

I've never lost a point in the first game until this year.

And if Nova loses, whoa! That'll screw up probably 90% of the brackets out there.

[elleng]

96. Con, are you here?

53-41, Rob M over Vill, 4 mins remain.

[MadBadger]

97. CBS is making my Mind go Crazy...in a good way

They are switching back and forth, back and forth. But i like it.

[JonLP24]

98. In my area they're showing Florida vs BYU double OT

They haven't switched since 29 seconds left in Notre Dame-Old Dominion. I'd like to see what's going with the tie game with Villanova with a minute left.

[elleng]

104. Yea, would have liked to see that game!

[JonLP24]

113. It was good

until Florida's beat player fouled out early in the second overtime then they switched to show the last 25 seconds of the Villanove game then when they switched back BYU had an 8 point lead. However it was still a hell of a game and Florida had the last shot at the end of regulation and the first OT to win but they missed. :)

[tridim]

99. I'm a bit miffed that they aren't showing the Nova game

That's the big one IMO.

[JonLP24]

100. I got the gamebreak now with Morris and Villanova

You? 25.4 seconds left tie game.

[elleng]

101. Haven't showed ANY vill v rob morris game,

now tied, w. 25 secs to go. Into overtime, at 58.

byu grabs lead in 2d overtime.

[JonLP24]

102. OT!! (n/t)

[fishwax]

105. I think there must have been technical difficulties in that game

I was watching it streaming online, and the feed just cut. I tried to refresh it, but it didn't work until there was less than 30 seconds left, which is when my CBS local feed switched over anyway ...

[elleng]

110. I thought cbs was holding it for end byu game,

which went into double overtime. I sure could be wrong.

[fishwax]

114. I couldn't even stream it from the mmod site, though

It was quite frustrating, because Robert Morris had an 8 point lead at the under four timeout, when I lost the feed, and I didn't get to see how 'Nova came back.

Wound up being quite a great game, though!

[Wetzelbill]

103. you can watch games online at

www.espn.com

That's what I am doing since tv will only play certain games etc.

[fishwax]

106. you can stream them all at mmod.ncaa.com too

I could only find game trackers at ESPN, but maybe I wasn't looking in the right place ...

[Wetzelbill]

107. Espn links it to the one you

just posted.

[fishwax]

108. ah, I see

:thumbsup:

[Wetzelbill]

109. damn, Abraham hit that from the parking lot!

[JonLP24]

111. Wow

Missed it, hit the back rim. Saves my ass though with two losses already on my bracket.

[Wetzelbill]

112. tough go, that was a great game

First three games have been awesome.

[JonLP24]

115. Great finish by Murray St

Needed it too after my 1 out of 3 start in the DU pool. Phew.

[Captain Hilts]

116. ODU beats NOTRE DAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woo hoo!

[Condem]

118. UNI takes UNLV.

And G'town is going down!!

[MadBadger]

119. Is there a point in getting ones hopes up for Lehigh to upset Kansas

They are up 12-4...now 12-7. It will all go down hill eventually, right?

[Yavin4]

120. That Crashing Sound You Hear Is...

Brackets breaking all over the world. Wowzers!!

Gotta luuuuvvvee the tournament.

[Wetzelbill]

121. Montana put up a helluva fight

Great game.

[tigereye]

123. Go Pitt!

:woohoo:

[Wetzelbill]

125. New Mexico State is giving Michigan State a scare

down by two as it enters into the last 10 minutes of the game.

[Condem]

126. State blew a big lead.

This whole tourney is up for grabs.

[Wetzelbill]

128. parity

Georgia Tech looks like they're going to score a bit of an upset here now.

[Wetzelbill]

131. Villanova is looking sluggish!

St. Mary's is tough!

[BlooInBloo]

132. St. Mary's has an excellent big man....

But nova has been picking it up since just before the half. Good game. I expect nova to end up winning by 10, in a "it was closer than the score looks" kind of way.

[Wetzelbill]

133. it'll be closer than that it looks

tied with a minute and a half.

[BlooInBloo]

137. hahah so much for my predictions!

:rofl:

Damn good game St. Mary's!

[Wetzelbill]

138. hey it happens, lol.

I never fill out brackets because I am always so far off it just reminds me of how wrong I am, lol.

[Wetzelbill]

134. Big three by St. Mary's

Wow

[Wetzelbill]

135. St. Mary's looks to be in control with about 30 seconds left

Up by 5 points and with possessions. Just have to hit free throws really. And avoid a huge mistake.

[Wetzelbill]

136. Yup, St. Mary's won it

You know Robert Morris probably should have beaten Nova the other day too, they just didn't look good this week.

[BlooInBloo]

139. GOOOOO HUSKIES!!!!

[JonLP24]

140. Woof Woof! n/t

[Wetzelbill]

141. Washington and Northern Iowa both up, Old Dominion coming back

Be great to see three more upsets!