NCAA 1st Round Games for March 18

[Orangezoo]

Yeah that looked bad.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

I agree and yet more disagree.

I assume when you are saying it wasn't fair to the schools they beat, you are referring to the schools that they beat before Jacksonville St. Because there was nothing unfair for Jacksonville St, or Atlantic Suns teams on the non Bellarmine Half of the Bracket -- it was actually a sweet deal for them. It was really unfair for the schools on the Bellarmine half of the bracket however.

Just because the NCAA has a stupid rule why should the conferences choose to have the same stupid rule and punish a school like Bellarmine.

Jacksonville State did not make the final. They were chosen because they had the best regular season record, which wasn't fair either because the A-Sun has divisions and theirs was the weaker one by far.

There are 2 issues here. First the NCAA rule not allowing them to be eligible. Second the A-Sun allowing them to play in the conference tournament. Two wrongs don't make a right.

Bellarmine beat Florida Golf Coast (5th best record), then Liberty (2nd best), and then Jacksonville (not state, 4th best). Those 3 teams were all screwed. Especially since Jacksonville beat Jacksonville State in the tourney.

 

[kingtidge]

Miami just got a Raff "...showing some onions!"

Love it.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

Frank Martin with the shaved head is now the perfect Lex Luther

Or at a minimum, Daddy Warbucks

 

[jncuse]

Are you serious?

Close game between Miami and USC with 2 minutes to go, and we are going to devote 15 seconds of the video broadcast (and a few quick cuts) to showing Coach K and his wife walking out of the team bus and towards the arena.

Duke better lose before the elite 8 or this will get nauseating.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

McGusty !!

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

Miami deserves this. +16 turnover margin yikes USC.

 

[rrlbees]

That player on the Miami bench looks like he’s 40.

 

[jncuse]

I thought only 2022 Syracuse could blow games like this.
Miami 7 point lead down to 1 point in less than 10 seconds.

 

[djorange1989]

Miami trying to pull a San Diego State from last night

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Waardenburg

 

[jncuse]

WOW. What a finish in this Miami game.
Choke job, yet they may still win.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Moore

 

[jncuse]

USC should have been able to get a better shot off... and they almost hit.
Miami wins.

Miami should actually send Syracuse a thank you card because they would have been playing on Tuesday or Wednesday if we had not handed them that game late in the season.

 

[kingtidge]

gave up 6 pts in 19 seconds... lucky...

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Briancuse]

WOW. What a finish in this Miami game.
Choke job, yet they may still win.

They looked like another team.in orange closing out a game.

 

[jncuse]

Charlie Moore getting it done with his 4th college team!

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[jdubs30]

ACC with a very strong showing so far

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

Larannega is an underrated tournament coach.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

ACC with a very strong showing so far

Uh the other 2 games are just at halftime not over lol.

 

[patcuse]

Should have missed the second free throw on purpose. Up one or two doesn’t matter with 3 seconds on the clock. It’s going to be a 3 point attempt.

 

[kcsu]

Why would we want Nat O as a coach. Guy is mediocre. Ill take Hop Red or Gmac over him

 

[Briancuse]

that might have been the worst call I've ever seen. Goodwin legit mugged him.