NCAA 1st Round Games for Thurs March 16

[jncuse]

Arizona makes history

First team to lose twice as a #2 seed to a #15?

 

[OrlandoCuse]

Zona becomes the first 2 seed to get upset by a 15 seed TWICE!!!

 

[Orangezoo]

And bracket busted… I hate this tournament

Don't worry- we are gonna be in it next year and wreak havoc.

 

[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.

Yes! Yes! Arizona goes down too!!!!

(I’ve accepted Im a bitter Syracuse fan who is only interested in reveling in the misery of others in this tournament. I want to see crying….lots and lots of crying).

 

[Jasoncuse]

Princeton +15 and under 154 were the easiest bets of the tournament.

It’s amazing that the same schools lose these games all the time…Virginia, Arizona, I’m hoping Uconn

 

[NineOneSeven]

I’d be so pissed as a diehard AZ fan. They didn’t even really seem interested the last 5’.

It’s said a lot but they were literally going through the motions.

 

[Orangezoo]

Man good for Princeton those guys don’t get much in life

Except higher incomes

 

[PoppyHart]

First team to lose twice as a #2 seed to a #15?

Yup

 

[UpstateSM]

Except higher incomes

And trust funds

 

[Orangezoo]

Princeton +15 and under 154 were the easiest bets of the tournament.

It’s amazing that the same schools lose these games all the time…Virginia, Arizona, I’m hoping Uconn

Yeah when Iona hopefully beats UConn the Boneyard will be a must read.

 

[Cusefan95]

Princeton +15 and under 154 were the easiest bets of the tournament.

It’s amazing that the same schools lose these games all the time…Virginia, Arizona, I’m hoping Uconn

Duke has pooped the sheets a few times also…really hoping they crap themselves today, too.

 

[Cusefan0307]

55 points against an IVY. Looked like our game against Vermont in 05.

 

[Lukeyloo]

Oh man… I totally feel super bad for Zona… shoot…

 

[Orangezoo]

So anybody from Zona we want if they hit the portal?

 

[UpstateSM]

These might be the two worst coached teams in the tournament. What a chit show.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Let's just have a tournament of Power 5 schools - right HRE Otto IV

It is fun the first few days but it ruins the purpose of the tournament which is to create a worthy champ.for example, UNC having to play a 10 seed in the F4 wasn’t doing that. One and done has randomness.

7 out of 8 F4 teams the last 25 NCAAs were 1 through 5 seeds. So we see a 7 through 11 seed once every 2 years. And lately those high seeds have been P6 schools.

Today is fun to see. But it makes next TH night a lot worse.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

It is fun the first few days but it ruins the purpose of the tournament which is to create a worthy champ.for example, UNC having to play a 10 seed in the F4 wasn’t doing that. One and done has randomness.

7 out of 8 F4 teams the last 25 NCAAs were 1 through 5 seeds. So we see a 7 through 11 seed once every 2 years. And lately those high seeds have been P6 schools.

Today is fun to see. But it makes next TH night a lot worse.

The “purpose of the tournament to create a worthy champion” is something you completely made up.

 

[Cusefan95]

It is fun the first few days but it ruins the purpose of the tournament which is to create a worthy champ.for example, UNC having to play a 10 seed in the F4 wasn’t doing that. One and done has randomness.

7 out of 8 F4 teams the last 25 NCAAs were 1 through 5 seeds. So we see a 7 through 11 seed once every 2 years. And lately those high seeds have been P6 schools.

Today is fun to see. But it makes next TH night a lot worse.

Re-seed 1-16 after the first weekend. That would protect the appeal of the first weekend, AND it would add value to being a top seed since you are likely to draw a first weekend double digit team the second weekend.

Would make travel plans for fans weird, but would still be better than a power conference only tourney.

 

[Newhouser]

Ok so from what I've seen so far today if Red can get Judah back and most of the rest or good portal replacements there is just no reason we can't have a strong year next year. Not setting unrealistic expectations but the quality of college hoops right now is quite a bit down from even 5 years ago.

Thinking the same thing. We weren't good but we aren't far from the rest of these teams.

 

[Cusefan95]

The “purpose of the tournament to create a worthy champion” is something you completely made up.

Yeah…the purpose is to make the NCAA money, crowning a champion is almost incidental.

Kinda like baseball with all the playoff teams now. We’re the Phillies the best NL team last year? No - they were third best in their division and just got hot at the right time. There may have been a time when “crowning a worthy champion” was actually a goal for sports leagues - I don’t know when that time was though because it would have had to have been before I was born.

 

[Orangezoo]

How does a 9 seed get to play 2 hrs away from campus?????

 

[richmondcuse03]

Thinking the same thing. We weren't good but we aren't far from the rest of these teams.

Transfer portal = more parity.

 

[MSOrange]

How does a 9 seed get to play 2 hrs away from campus?????

Yep Iowa got a sucky deal with that, and yet there are still so many empty seats you can see on tv.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

How does a 9 seed get to play 2 hrs away from campus?????

Kind of like Iona tomorrow as a #13 seed on a court they are very familiar with. It happens.