NCAA Tournament thread

[Handy Johnson]

That Auburn point guard Jared Harper might be the best player I’ve seen in the whole Tournament.

Edited March 31, 2019 by Handy Johnson

[Cazzie22]

1 minute ago, colhusker said:

No argument there either.  If the NCAA had any balls, neither would be coaching still.

Ethics seems to be in short supply in Major College BB and is banned by the shoe companies and AAU.

[khoock]

I was cheering for Duke. Never been a "Big Ten fan"

[Handy Johnson]

Well you can cheer for Zion when he’s a Laker next year...

[khoock]

4 minutes ago, Handy Johnson said:

Well you can cheer for Zion when he’s a Laker next year...

Hoping to see him as a Chicago Bull

[jason2486]

Not a Duke fan, but I really like Zion. It's like LeBron and Vince Carter sat down and created a player that combined their abilities. Awesome to see Sparty back in the final four. Was hoping to get Purdue their as well.

Edited March 31, 2019 by jason2486

[tcp]

thanks sparty!  

 

And since you're there already, win the thing. 

[Huskerpapa]

The Big Ten is representing.  

[HolyBobpilgrimage]

20 minutes ago, Handy Johnson said:

Well you can cheer for Zion when he’s a Laker next year...

Really feels like all Duke fans are laker fans, so it wouldn't surprise me

[tcp]

2 minutes ago, HolyBobpilgrimage said:

Really feels like all Duke fans are laker fans, so it wouldn't surprise me

 

#FrontrunnerDynastyFans

 

And also Yankee fans. 

[Handy Johnson]

Not a chance. The NBA has something called a “salary cap” (I know there’s a luxury tax) but you can’t just buy a Pennent like the Yankees & Duke try to do every year. If that were the case the Lakers wouldn’t have missed the playoffs 6 years in a row.

[Silverbacked1]

Uhmmmm...

 

the Red Sox have the highest payroll in baseball.

 

and my Yankees can't seem to beat the O birds, just like last year.

 

p.s. I hate Duke almost as much as I hate Creighton!!!

[hskr4life]

We are guaranteed to have played at least the National Runner Up.

[colhusker]

31 minutes ago, Handy Johnson said:

Not a chance. The NBA has something called a “salary cap” (I know there’s a luxury tax) but you can’t just buy a Pennent like the Yankees & Duke try to do every year. If that were the case the Lakers wouldn’t have missed the playoffs 6 years in a row.

NBA's salary cap is a joke. 

[kleitus]

UVA or tech IMO... game like that in the final (defensive top teams) it's a complete crapshoot.

[Cazzie22]

Texas Tech had better strap on their holsters because it’s going to be real physical against the Spartans.  Virginia may have trouble containing Auburn’s speed.

[tcp]

2 hours ago, Handy Johnson said:

Not a chance. The NBA has something called a “salary cap” (I know there’s a luxury tax) but you can’t just buy a Pennent like the Yankees & Duke try to do every year. If that were the case the Lakers wouldn’t have missed the playoffs 6 years in a row.

 

I thin the Lakers try to buy them, I just also think they suck at it. As rich as they are, they're really poorly run and they take on dreadful contracts. They're like another Los Angeles team with more cash than brains--the Angels. 

[tcp]

16 minutes ago, Cazzie22 said:

Texas Tech had better strap on their holsters because it’s going to be real physical against the Spartans.  Virginia may have trouble containing Auburn’s speed.

 

Virginia's got a rabbit's foot stuffed somewhere. Auburn's just hot. MSU and Tech going to be brutal, though. I got what I wanted out of the tourney: respect for the conference, which we really didn't get with seeding. From here on out, I'm indifferent as to who wins.  

[Handy Johnson]

Yep, they’ve sucked at it 16 times...

[HuskerFever]

21 minutes ago, Cazzie22 said:

Texas Tech had better strap on their holsters because it’s going to be real physical against the Spartans.  Virginia may have trouble containing Auburn’s speed.

 

Auburn is shorthanded. If Auburn can keep up the tempo like Purdue did against Virginia, they have a shot. It makes you wish we had the depth that they do when Okeke went down, compared to the way it went down for us with Copeland.

[AuroranHusker]

3 hours ago, Handy Johnson said:

That Auburn point guard Jared Harper might be the best player I’ve seen in the whole Tournament.

 

Carsen Edwards, man. Dude killed it.

 

 

[AuroranHusker]

2 hours ago, hskr4life said:

We are guaranteed to have played at least the National Runner Up.

 

That's two years in a row, even, as last season NU beat eventual national runners-up Mich. 72-52 at The Vault.

[hhcmatt]

This is a little out of date but a breakdown of Tech's and Michigan's defense.

 

 

One thing mentioned here is Tech's elite (annoying) ability to draw charges.  Palmer had to sit early in our game vs Tech because he picked up two early offensive charges and spent the rest of the game shooting 3s.

[khoock]

Who was it on here who said TTU wasnt that good after they beat us in the non-con?

[jimmykc]

I do not detect a giant wave of anticipation for the matchup tonight. Anyone pumped to see this who doesn't live in the one of their states or have one of the teams as their bracket winner?