NCAA 2nd Round Games for March 19

[Ghost]

That Gap commercial is tremendously confusing

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[jncuse]

This Memphis-Gonzaga game reminds me of Wichita St-Kentucky back in the 2014 tournament that never existed and was won by nobody.

Kentucky, like Memphis, had tons of young talent and after a slow start to the year was playing well. But that slow start kept their seedings in that 8/9 range... although one could argue UK should have been a 7 that year.

 

[cuseattle]

Cinderella St Peters ... sadly seems to be turning into a pumpkin.

Hanging in there!

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Is it just me or does it seem like the quality of even low seeds has gotten a lot better over the last 10-15 years?

Hard to say .. overall quality of high and low seeds seems pretty bad to me .. the talent disparity has shrunk for sure.. but I’m thinking that’s more due to bigger programs dropping

 

[kcsu]

It’s so disorienting seeing the athleticism that some of these teams are throwing out there compared to our team. Just a whole different class of athlete.

That Gap commercial is tremendously confusing

The State Farm one with the Cardiff Giant is disturbing

 

[Deleted member 8116]

I like this Edert kid.

 

[bpo57]

Mind blowing how these teams refuse to cover Edert of St Peters.

 

[Ghost]

Mind blowing how these teams refuse to cover Edert of St Peters.

Would you?

 

[cuseattle]

St Peters should have run more clock.

 

[jncuse]

Top schools are getting less and less experienced each year with more turnover from year to year. So that closes the gaps with small schools who have more experience and systematic growth.

I think one thing that could hurt these smaller programs moving forward however is the new transfer rules. Some good players in those leagues are going to leave as JR's/SR's and they may get more turnover then they normally do. Although they may get also be able to re-hab some P5 recruits who did not work out.

But it does not appear to have an impact this year.

 

[Deleted member 8116]

Edert rocking that uncle Rico stach.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Oh my.

Unforced error.

 

[Ghost]

Great pass by Murray State.

Second best of the day - still not on par with Love or Davis of UNC rocketing one off the top of the backboard earlier.

 

[Dinkyspond]

love all the motion in St. Pete offense, looks like the old-fashioned weave

 

[bpo57]

Would you?

If I were interested in my team winning then yeah I'd give it a whirl.

 

[Melancer46]

Is it just me or does it seem like the quality of even low seeds has gotten a lot better over the last 10-15 years?

I think the movement away from traditional bigs has helped the small schools close the gap a bit. It used to be that the big schools had big guys that would just murder the low seeds whereas now it comes down to shooting more than anything and shooting is something that lower seeds can recruit/is prone to flukey nights.

Edit: I also think the top seeds have gotten worse relative to older top seeds so that’s helped too.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Bye bye Skipper.

 

[SWC75]

Ugliest game ever. I almost fell asleep watching this

I've been watching "Out of Africa" on TCM since Tennessee went down

 

[Dinkyspond]

the pg #15 on St.Pete is one cool, unflappable player, always makes the right play or pass

 

[NineOneSeven]

I HATE MARCH MADNESS

How do people gamble yearly?

 

[Deleted member 8116]

I HATE MARCH MADNESS

How do people gamble yearly?

I just won a little $ on St Peters

 

[OrangeXtreme]

And Saint Peter just pointed his finger at us (or vice versa)

 

[NineOneSeven]

In my survivor pool this knocks out like 36 of us (about half). But it was the right play, like 35 other people thought too.

I was more skeptical about Arkansas and Providence. Even if I picked Tennessee I would have been knocked out.

 

[OburgOrange]

WE ARE ALL PEACOCKS!