Opening day ncaa tourney thread

[MSOrange]

Love that my initial instinct was to pick Arizona to lose but instead of doing that I put them in final 4 minimum lmao. That's good stuff. Hate this bracket stuff.

Ditto for me on 1 of my brackets

 

[orangeinohio]

Bobby Hurley should have stayed in Buffalo.

Actually I just looked up Hurley's bio and I forgot that the AD lowballed him on a new contract.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

On a positive note for Arizona, Ayton will declare for the draft tomorrow and sign with an agent, so all of that money he’s been collecting will now be legal!!

 

[jncuse]

Day 1 Winner - SEC (I called the SEC the Pac 12 of 2016). So far at 4-0, and winning 3 games in the middle seeds (5,6 and 9) they are proving me wrong
Day 1 Loser - Pac 12 , Me (For having to work until 3 last night, and being in the office at 7:30 this morning for another 13 hours)


I have ususally managed to work from home on these days. But not this year.

 

[bballbeadle]

I was excited that we turned AZ Orange last night. But somehow, we turned the whole state into a New York State of Mind!! Wow. Feeling accomplished!!

Linda, what do you mean? More information, please!

 

[llandz]

It'a A New York State of Mind tonight in AZ!!! Two nights in a row. We own this state!!! Always an upstate NY girl first and foremost.

 

[llandz]

Linda, what do you mean? More information, please!

Syracuse beat ASU, and then Buffalo just upset, No, killed University of Arizona

 

[bballbeadle]

It'a A New York State of Mind tonight in AZ!!! Two nights in a row. We own this state!!! Always an upstate NY girl first and foremost.

Are you saying Billy Joel is giving a concert?

 

[SoBeCuse]

Avery Johnson is cool.

 

[bballbeadle]

Syracuse beat ASU, and then Buffalo just upset, No, killed University of Arizona

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. NOW I get it. Ha ha ha ha! Good night.

 

[longislandcuse]

Skip Bayless
@RealSkipBayless

I'm picking Arizona to win it all as a 4 seed because of Deandre Ayton, who at 7-1 has NBA superstar potential. Plays so hard and smart for his age. Maybe I'm expecting too much too soon, but he's easily the best player in this tournament.
2:55 PM · Mar 15, 2018

 

[PeteCalvin]

Skip Bayless
@RealSkipBayless

I'm picking Arizona to win it all as a 4 seed because of Deandre Ayton, who at 7-1 has NBA superstar potential. Plays so hard and smart for his age. Maybe I'm expecting too much too soon, but he's easily the best player in this tournament.
2:55 PM · Mar 15, 2018

Never trust a guy named Skip.

 

[obliterata]

I have one bracket and have Buffalo winning 2 games (Zona, Davidson) before losing to Virginia. I think I may have underestimated them, they have a legit shot at making the Final Four.

 

[Briancuse]

Never trust a guy named Skip.

Or sean

 

[OttoinGrotto]

There is like nobody at this Florida/St. Bona's game.

 

[pearl31]

meanwhile Gators boatracing bonnies by 20. Adams has one basket on the night

 

[longislandcuse]

Pretty sure whoever these people wearing Montana jersey are, aren't basketball players.

 

[Briancuse]

There is like nobody at this Florida/St. Bona's game.

Florida is a football school and sbu has no fans.

 

[llandz]

Seriously, don't you think that once Buffalo moved up into a quad 1 team that they were seeded too low as a #13? They are way better than a #13. They used the" blind eye" test, or the "name test" and did not look at the numbers. I told everyone to pick Buffalo in this game on their brackets. I almost did a bracket just for this game. But I decided to take a year off, and to just enjoy all of the games.

 

[SoBeCuse]

meanwhile Gators boatracing bonnies by 20. Adams has one basket on the night

Thought Florida would be a tough matchup since they also have a bunch of experienced guards who play with swag. They’re quicker than the Bonnies guys too.

 

[pearl31]

Thought Florida would be a tough matchup since they also have a bunch of experienced guards who play with swag. They’re quicker than the Bonnies guys too.

UF a hard team to figure

 

[SoBeCuse]

UF a hard team to figure

Yup. They should’ve performed better this season. Maybe they will crank it up this weekend.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Holy sht I just saw the score of the zone game.

 

[SoBeCuse]

Holy sht I just saw the score of the zone game.

UB is gonna really come after UK and defend. Should be a good one. Kentucky is pretty good though. Better than people think and SGA is a beast at PG now. Knox can shoot over anybody. Davidson with that read and react offense is tough for a young team to play against and UK clamped down at the end. They handled WVU no problem so UB should be a similar test.

 

[CaptainJ]

Anyone else wake up today feeling a little sick

I did, but it wasnt a joke at all. I really went to town last night.