GDT: 2017/18 NCAA Basketball discussion

[HisIceness]

UConns womens team won by 88 in their first round game. 88!

I'm not one to be critical of running up the score, but thats ridiculous.

 

[Tryamw]

140 points in a basketball game is fairly insane reminds me of the old Loyola Marymount scores. (What is D?) And What's a shot clock 5 seconds NP )

 

[Brock Anton]

Can Donovan come back please? White has no idea how to adjust during the course of the game.

 

[bluedevil58]

UNC is a great team.

Not.

 

[HisIceness]

Texas A&M is pretty good. Wouldn't shock me if they get to the Final 4.

 

[A Star is Burns]

UVA and UNC down in one weekend. Doesn't get much better.

 

[bluedevil58]

The era of the Bluedevil is upon us. Brace yourselves.

 

[HisIceness]

I seem to recall we have a U of Cincinnati grad on these boards who also liked Xavier. Not sure if that person still actively posts here but cheer up buddy, there will be brighter days.



In the meantime, it would probably be best to stay away from the city of Nashville for a couple of years

 

[HisIceness]

West Virginia kicking ass tonight. Carter taking over.

Also, I like how despite being sponsored by Nike, West Virginia isn't wearing those ridiculous tight spaghetti-strapped tank-top looking uniforms that the likes of Duke/UNC/Kentucky/Michigan State/Florida etc. wear these days.

Also, there's no way this Elmore guy for Marshall is under 22. I'm almost 30 and he looks older than me.

 

[Unsustainable]

 

[DaveG]

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Reminds me of the time a few years ago when some dude from Iowa State literally Taekwondo kicked Juwan Staten

 

[Brock Anton]

I've come to the conclusion that Kevin Ollie is my most hated man on the planet. First, him riding on the coattails of Shabazz Napier cost Florida the national title in 2014 now his sheer incompetence since has cost URI arguably it's best coach of all-time.

I hope he ends up having to coach at Rutgers for the rest of time as punishment.

 

[HisIceness]

Ollie could coach at Pitt instead and never win a conference game for as long as he (or anyone else) coaches there

Speaking of Pitt Basketball, @DaveG @Unsustainable you guys will like this if you haven't seen it yet.



I mean, he's not wrong here. Pitt Basketball hasn't been the same since they left the Big East and I'm not sold on Syracuse being a tournament regular once Boehiem leaves.

 

[Brock Anton]

Oh, and how could I forget this? Ollie turned down the OKC Thunder job (which in hindsight, lmao) which led them to hire Billy Donovan. God I hate that man.

 

[Brock Anton]

I mean, he's not wrong here. Pitt Basketball hasn't been the same since they left the Big East and I'm not sold on Syracuse being a tournament regular once Boehiem leaves.

Depends on Syracuse. If they can get Hopkins back, I think they'll be alright as he knows the program. But if they can't get him and they don't hire a big name, or hot name, I agree, they could become another Pitt or BC or St. John's pretty quickly. Honestly, with Boeheim getting up there, I thought Syracuse would ultimately be the job that Hurley would leave URI for. Perhaps they go for Bobby Hurley when Boeheim calls time.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Loyola, nice.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Let it be known I was referring to their holding off Nevada for another win and the big 3 at the end, and not the number of points they scored, though that works too

 

[Novacane]

f*** Kentucky

 

[Brock Anton]

lmao Kentucky was gifted a Final Four and they lose to K-State.

 

[DaveG]

Kansas State has truly done gods work tonight.

 

[Bub]

Kansas State has truly done gods work tonight.

Now to just get rid of Duke, and all will be well.

 

[DaveG]

Now to just get rid of Duke, and all will be well.

Clemson clowning KU would also in absolutely no way hurt my feelings.

Seriously, whatever creates the easiest path for my boys (if we can get past Nova). I literally don't give a shit if people scoff in a few weeks if we have to beat two 11 seeds in the final four to do it.

 

[Bub]

Clemson clowning KU would also in absolutely no way hurt my feelings.

Seriously, whatever creates the easiest path for my boys (if we can get past Nova). I literally don't give a **** if people scoff in a few weeks if we have to beat two 11 seeds in the final four to do it.

I'm gonna love the day when four #12 or lower seeds make the Final Four and the Jay Bilas's of the world expire from rage strokes.

 

[DaveG]

I mean hell, I thought people like Bilas were legitimately going to have f***ing strokes in 2010 when WVU (who probably should have been a 1 seed anyway that year) beat Kentucky and Butler (as a 5 seed) took out Cuse to get there. I'd love nothing more then the Final Four some year to be something literally insane like Northeastern, Pepperdine, Florida Gulf Coast, and Jacksonville State.

 

[Brock Anton]

I'm still laughing at Kentucky. Absolutely amazing that they botched this.