NCAA 1st Round Games for Thurs March 16

[kirbivore]

That didn't age well.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Sheets of integrity…

I'm in four different pools. I ended up with four different national champions but not intentionally. It's how it worked out.

 

[Day2]

I'm in four different pools. I ended up with four different national champions but not intentionally. It's how it worked out.

Auto draft?

 

[kirbivore]

Fading the MWC such a glorious early tournament boost to the bankroll

 

[blust2i3d4]

Clemson loses to Morehead St. in the first round of the NIT.. UVA loses to Furman in the first round of The Tournament. Wow.. ACC not looking good.

The better ACC teams did not get to play.

 

[Cuse181]

Okay, 1-2 with Missouri likely taking this...

 

[storange]

Virginia the last 5 postseasons

2018: lost to 16 seed

2019: champions

2021: lose to 13 seed

2022: NIT QF

2023: lose to 13 seed

2016 they lost to a 10 seed

 

[blust2i3d4]

Good luck for a program like Virginia finding a coach that over the next 14 years gets

Makes the tournament 10 years in a row.

NIT tournament should not count.

 

[kirbivore]

Spread drama in KU game

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

The delay on these games watching on cable is ridiculous well over a full minute if you go based on the score on Fanduel or Draftkings which clearly is real time.

I wish they'd get rid of the banners of the other scores its not exactly hard to find out whats going on with other games too.

 

[PoppyHart]

Yeah, his seat was getting warm from a vocal portion of the fanbase that felt like tournament struggles negated the regular season success they were enjoying.

Same with JT3

 

[Newhouser]

Clarke’s pass will go down as the biggest bonehead play of the tournament. He thinks he’s the smartest player on the floor. Just hold the ball or make an easy pass to two wide open teammates. Virginia lacks a a difference maker on offense who can get his own shot. Virginia still had a timeout. Virginia just got better next year with Clarke graduating. He kills them on offense against good teams. Three potential missed free throws also hurt them. Clark acted like he was
afraid to get fouled.

He has been the most overrated player in the country the last three years. Bennett's loyalty hurt him.

 

[PoppyHart]

Clemson loses to Morehead St. in the first round of the NIT.. UVA loses to Furman in the first round of The Tournament. Wow.. ACC not looking good.

And VPI lost to a middling Cincy team.

 

[syrBossHogg]

2016 they lost to a 10 seed

I don't remember that

 

[Sherman20]

Greg Gumbel just gave a good reason why Boeheim should not have retired.
Now Bob Huggins is the winningest coach in D-1.

If Huggy sticks around for awhile longer, he’ll have a chance to pass JB in wins.

 

[two3zone]

Hottest take of the century possibly but I'd move on from Bennett.

I wouldn’t call it hot, far worse than that.

 

[mark79]

I agree.

Actually, IMO, I have always felt that UVA (Bennett) overachieves year in and year out in conference more than any P5 coach I can recall in recent memory.

I look at their roster (most years) and find myself dumbfounded how they keep winning at the clip they that they have in the ACC.

Agree. They accomplished magic this season with the talent that they had in my opinion. They were absolutely awful early on. This year they lacked an alpha dog and had no one to get them a basket when needed. That’s one of the reasons they had so many scoring droughts. But they did play defense and it won them a lot of close games even when their offense stunk.

In the year they won it all, they had an alpha dog in D’Andre Hunter, and great shooters in Kyle Guy and Ty Jerome. Not to mention a very solid big in Diakite. And a pesky guard that didn’t try to do too much in Clark. That year they had a much much better offense.

Frankly, I’m surprised the 1-3-1 defense that Furman threw up at them succeeded as well as it did. They were pretty much in control of the game until then. They never seemed to recover from that. But yeah, that play by Clark at the end was really brutal.

 

[OrangeDW]

They are becoming a boom or bust program

They often kinda suck in fast paced, hectic situations.

Hopefully we can successfully play that style of ball in the coming years….and do it with skill(not like that scrubby St. John’s type crap)

I’m tired of letting them dictate their boring tempo and pace on the game whenever we play them.

 

[Sherman20]

Virginia the last 5 postseasons

2018: lost to 16 seed

2019: champions

2021: lose to 13 seed

2022: NIT QF

2023: lose to 13 seed

JB thinks Bennett is the best coach in college basketball, besides his buddy Mark Few. I hope Red emulates Few for roster building and Oats with his pace and space offensive approach and reliance on analytics.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

West Virginia
Virginia
Utah St

How's that Sister Sledge song go...

We are 0-3
I got all my sisters with me
We are 0-3
Get up everybody and sing

 

[UpstateSM]

Bama is going to end up with a cakewalk to the Final Four

 

[mark79]

JB thinks Bennett is the best coach in college basketball, besides his buddy Mark Few. I hope Red emulates Few for roster building and Oats with his pace and space offensive approach and reliance on analytics.

This is a pretty interesting list of the all-time winningest coaches in terms of winning percentage. Obviously that doesn’t tell the whole story as it doesn’t consider the level of competition. But Tony Bennett is pretty high up there. Was kind of surprised to see Mark Few up there at the top but then again he’s taken Gonzaga to great heights.

Edit: Bennett is 41 and Boeheim 50.

Career Coaching Men's Leaders and Records for Win-Loss Percentage | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Career Coaching Men's Leaders and Records for Win-Loss Percentage

www.sports-reference.com

 

[OrangeDW]

Bama is going to end up with a cakewalk to the Final Four

Definite cakewalk to the elite 8, on paper.

As much as I hate it, I’ve got them over Texas in the final.

 

[690West]

CBS brackets aren’t updating after each game. Damn

 

[Cusefan95]

I hope we’re not supposed to root for our ACC conference mates. I know I’m not, and the way UVa lost is absolutely hilarious.