NCAA Championship Week

[BillD1984]

That was a fantastic ending to to the Oklahoma-Oklahoma St game.

Yes it was! :up

March Madness at it's finest!

 

[Skyhi]

This is the worst championship week I can ever recall.

I guess it pays to be mediocre.

I'm the opposite. I love the drama and excitement of the upsets!!

 

[anders5189]

Yes it was! :up

March Madness at it's finest!

Timekeeping not at its finest. I thought the game was in Durham for a second.

 

[BillD1984]

Timekeeping not at its finest. I thought the game was in Durham for a second.

Nah. If it was in Cameron Indoor, they would have ADDED time!

 

[BillD1984]

I'm the opposite. I love the drama and excitement of the upsets!!

AMEN!! That's what college basketball is set up for.

 

[lefatman]

Does anyone else think that all these Number One seeds and other teams that are assured of a spot in the NCAA tournament don't really care about these conference tourneys ? They know that they are in and they decide to take the extra rest. That way they also assure that some of the bubble teams in their conference, that they want no part of, have one less chance of getting in. I still think that the 8th or 9th team in any of the top conferences deserves to be in more then the teams that will play in Dayton next week. Too many schools have declared that they are 1A in basketball just to get their share of the big money pie. This waters down the competition for the big boys,who now have had the 2 or 3 days extra rest. Just venting , but this is the way I feel.

 

[SabresRule]

Does anyone else think that all these Number One seeds and other teams that are assured of a spot in the NCAA tournament don't really care about these conference tourneys ? They know that they are in and they decide to take the extra rest. That way they also assure that some of the bubble teams in their conference, that they want no part of, have one less chance of getting in. I still think that the 8th or 9th team in any of the top conferences deserves to be in more then the teams that will play in Dayton next week. Too many schools have declared that they are 1A in basketball just to get their share of the big money pie. This waters down the competition for the big boys,who now have had the 2 or 3 days extra rest. Just venting , but this is the way I feel.

I will say this: winning a conference tournament doesn't automatically equal NCAA Tournament success.

Kentucky in 1996, Maryland in 2002, Syracuse in 2003, UNC in 2005, and I'm sure there are other examples.

 

[BillD1984]

USC up big over Cal in the first half.

 

[anders5189]

Does anyone else think that all these Number One seeds and other teams that are assured of a spot in the NCAA tournament don't really care about these conference tourneys ? They know that they are in and they decide to take the extra rest. That way they also assure that some of the bubble teams in their conference, that they want no part of, have one less chance of getting in. I still think that the 8th or 9th team in any of the top conferences deserves to be in more then the teams that will play in Dayton next week. Too many schools have declared that they are 1A in basketball just to get their share of the big money pie. This waters down the competition for the big boys,who now have had the 2 or 3 days extra rest. Just venting , but this is the way I feel.

I know some teams have blown off their conference tournaments in the past, but most do not. If you saw that Oklahoma-Oklahoma St game I can assure you that Oklahoma did not intend to lose.

 

[anders5189]

USC up big over Cal in the first half.

What? A bubble team actually helping themselves.

 

[BillD1984]

USC beats Cal.

 

[anders5189]

Syracuse-UConn is getting good. Orange up 3 with under 7 mins.

 

[BillD1984]

Friday's tournament games (All times Eastern):

Patriot League- Championship Game
(2) Holy Cross at (1) American- 4:45 (ESPN2-HD)

MAC- Semifinals @ Cleveland, Ohio
(3) Buffalo vs. (2) Ball State- 7:30 (FS Ohio-HD)
(5) Akron OR (4) Miami vs. (1) Bowling Green- 9:50 (FS Ohio-HD)

Big East- Semifinals @ New York, NY
(4) Villanova vs. (1) Louisville- 7:00 (ESPN-HD)
(7) West Virginia vs. (6) Syracuse OR (3) UConn- 9:30 (ESPN-HD)

Atlantic 10- Semifinals @ Atlantic City, NJ
(4) Temple vs. (1) Xavier- 6:30
(7) Duquesne vs. (3) Dayton- 9:00

Conference USA- Semifinals @ Memphis, Tennessee
(3) UAB vs. (2) Tulsa- 4:00 (CBS College Sports-HD)
(5) Houston OR (4) UTEP vs. (1) Memphis- 6:30 (CBS College Sports-HD)

Big 12- Semifinals @ Oklahoma City, OK
(9) Baylor vs. (5) Texas- 7:00 (Big 12 Network)
(3) Missouri vs. (7) Oklahoma St.- 9:30 (Big 12 Network)

Mountain West- Semifinals @ Las Vegas, Nevada
(4) San Diego St. vs. (1) BYU- 9:00 (CBS College Sports-HD)/ (The Mtn-HD)
(2) Utah vs. (6)Wyoming/(3)UNM- 11:30 (CBSCS-HD)/ (The Mtn-HD)

WAC- Semifinals @ Reno, Nevada
(5) New Mexico St. vs. (1) Utah St.- 9:00 (WAC.tv)
(7) San Jose St./(2) Nevada vs.(6) Louisiana Tech/(3) Idaho- 11:59 (ESPN2-HD)

PAC- 10 - Semifinals @ Los Angeles, CA
(4) Arizona St. vs. (1) Washington- 9:00 (FSN-HD)
(6) USC vs. (2)UCLA/(7) Washington St.- 11:30 (FSN-HD)

Southland- Semifinals @ Katy, Texas
(6) UTSA vs. (2) Nicholls State- 7:00 (SLC-TV)
(4) A&M Corpus-Christi OR (5)UTA vs. (1) Stephen F Austin- 9:30 (SLC-TV)

MEAC- Semifinals @ Winston-Salem, NC
(5) Coppin State vs. (1) Morgan State- 6:00
(3) Norfolk State vs. (2) South Carolina State- 8:30

SWAC- Semifinals @ Birmingham, AL
(3) Prairie View A&M vs. (2) Jackson State- 3:30
(4) Arkansas Pine-Bluff vs. (1) Alabama St.- 9:00

Big West- Semifinals @ Anaheim ,CA
(7) CS-Fullerton OR (4) UCSB vs. (1) CS-Northbridge- 8:30 (ESPNU)
(3) Pacific vs. (2) Long Beach State- 10:50 (ESPNU)

ACC- Quarterfinals @ Atlanta, Georgia
(8) Virginia Tech vs. (1) North Carolina- 12:00 (ESPN2-HD)/ (Raycom-HD)
(1) Georgia Tech vs. (4) Florida St.- 2:30 (ESPN2-HD)/ (Raycom-HD)
(7) Maryland vs. (2) Wake Forest- 7:00 (ESPN2-HD/ (Raycom-HD)
(6)Boston College vs. (3) Duke- 9:30 (ESPN2-HD)/ (Raycom-HD)

Big Ten- Quarterfinals @ Indianapolis, IN
(8) Minnesota vs. (1) Michigan St.- 12:00 (ESPN-HD)
(5) Ohio St. vs. (4) Wisconsin- 2:30 (ESPN-HD)
(7) Michigan vs. Illinois- 6:30 (Big Ten Network- HD)
(6) Penn St. vs. (3) Purdue- 9:00 (Big Ten Network-HD)

SEC- Quarterfinals @ Tampa, FL
(E4) Kentucky vs. (W1) LSU- 1:00 (Raycom-HD)
(W3) Mississippi vs. (E2) south Carolina- 3:15 (Raycom-HD)
(W4) Alabama vs. (E1) Tennessee- 7:30 (Raycom-HD)
(W6) Arkansas OR (E3) Florida vs. (W2) Auburn- 9:45 (Raycom-HD)

 

[BillD1984]

Syracuse-UConn is getting good. Orange up 3 with under 7 mins.

Tied at 71..............great game!!!

 

[BillD1984]

What a finish at MSG! Was the shot good? I'm not so sure.

 

[anders5189]

What a game! Devendorf missed getting that off by 0.1 of a second. 2 buzzer beaters, almost, in one day at the BE Tournament. I love it.

 

[BillD1984]

Houston-UTEP in OT.

 

[SabresRule]

(E4) Kentucky vs. (W1) LSU- 1:00 (Raycom-HD)

This will be feisty on this topic w/mccoy and ramy.

 

[BillD1984]

What a game! Devendorf missed getting that off by 0.1 of a second. 2 buzzer beaters, almost, in one day at the BE Tournament. I love it.

Unbelievable isn't it?

It was more like .001 seconds

 

[BillD1984]

This will be feisty on this topic w/mccoy and ramy.

It's a MUST win for UK.