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2015 NCAA Tournament March Madness |OT| 67 Teams Vie For Second Place
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Guhnmystro
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Go Northern Iowa! Our bracket turned a lot more manageable last night if we can get past louisville.
Mac the KNife
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Travis Trice swingin' dick.
slightconfuse
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State going HAM
Future PhaZe
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For Virginia to come out like this after what happened last year...
Poor choice. UVA is a regular season team.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Really nice pass there by Dawson.
Grover Cleveland
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Trice went rogue there.
Have to think that Izzo wouldn't draw up that Roy-esque play to end the half.
Have to think that Izzo wouldn't draw up that Roy-esque play to end the half.
Xplatformer
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I love the Wahoos, but their offense is some ugly shit. Michigan is playing hard...but not hard enough for Virginia to only have 18 points at the half.
How does anyone watch this unskilled brand of basketball? (mind you, I LOVE basketball teams that play good defense)
I love the Wahoos, but their offense is some ugly shit. Michigan is playing hard...but not hard enough for Virginia to only have 18 points at the half.
How does anyone watch this unskilled brand of basketball? (mind you, I LOVE basketball teams that play good defense)
You know what the biggest difference is? Talent. NBA players aren't going to clank open 18-footers half the time or titter around on the perimeter for a solid 20 seconds without making a move towards the key.
College-only fans need to stop conflating "good defense" in college with "bad offense."
Accept the two for what they are. These college matchups are exciting because the teams are mostly unfamiliar with each other and inexperienced -> upset city. The NBA is the highest level of basketball. College basketball is fun because it's a shitshow.
Games like this are terrible. I wont even try to defend it and I love college basketball.
Grover Cleveland
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Roy looking relieved as hell to just win these days.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Yeah that John Beilein is a one hell of a coach.
Hasphat'sAnts
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People are tuning in to watch upsets, not the actual basketball that's being played.
Vast majority of the NBA playoffs are not elimination games.
This. NBA teams don't reset for 5 seconds after their first action doesn't produce a decent look. They swing the ball and go into their second P'n'Rs, their side P'n'Rs. The ball doesn't stop because the good teams don't actually rely on scripted sets. They let their players play by feel because they're good enough to do that.
Grover Cleveland
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I can already tell we're going to need a good long vacation from Bill Raftery after this month.
Heisenberg
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Don't act like the college game hasn't taken a few massive steps backwards since the one and done became such a big factor. Teams from the late 90's-early 2000's were a lot better to watch because most players had been around a few years to gain chemistry playing with each other.
RellyRell28
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They should let you enter the NBA right out of HS but if you commit to college it's a 2 year maybe 3 year commitment.
Heisenberg
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Yep, they need to pass something like this ASAP.
Theyre kind of like the carolina panthers of college basketball.
Hasphat'sAnts
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How are both of these teams so fuckign bad at FTs?
Correlation =/= causation.
In this case it's especially clear because most of the teams that play the ugliest ball are the teams that don't have one and dones. When's the last time MSU or UVA had a one and done?
The grind it out physical defense style is an adaptation to a talent disadvantage caused by the one and done players, but mostly it's just a reaction to the way refs have been calling the game the last decade. If refs aren't going to call the bumping and hacking and slapping, you put yourself at a disadvantage if you don't follow along.
It is not a situation where players somehow forgot how to play offense, and you can see this when two teams who just want to play ball meet up with a crew of refs that actually call fouls.
If you get a team or two that want to play physical and body up on offensive players and the refs let them get away with the bumps and shoves, you are going to get shit offense no matter how many years of experience those offensive players have.
Grover Cleveland
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Taking bets now.
Will Virginia hit 45 points?
Will Virginia hit 45 points?
The one and done hardly affects a majority of the 300+ D-1 schools. It's not like each school has a token potential lottery pick suiting up.
The press row better be careful with their laptops.
How about you stop bitching about bitching?
Everyone here watches both. College ball is never going to be NBA ball, just like High School ball is never going to be college ball. It is what it is.
Hasphat'sAnts
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This is like 90s Knicks Heat except they're throwing rocks at each other instead of clubbing each other with shovels.
Because college basketball used to be way better? I'd want to enjoy both because I actually did 10 years ago.
Because college basketball used to be way better? I'd want to enjoy both because I actually did 10 years ago.
Mac the KNife
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Oooof. Got away with one there.
Alligatorjandro
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Terrible call
Grover Cleveland
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TV Refs
Buick sales are up 15% year over year and 2014 was the best year in brand history. Buick = Honda in China
Hasphat'sAnts
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Worth remembering that this was the same sport.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKIrsx36tyw
That's why we bitch and moan. Because it could be so good, and it's not, at the moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKIrsx36tyw
That's why we bitch and moan. Because it could be so good, and it's not, at the moment.
A 15% jump over absolutely nothing is still nothing. "Motorola's sales are up 20%. Nevermind that we sold like garbage last year~"
Why would I give a shit about car sales in China? Are these NCAA ads for brand affinity in China?
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
The horse is dead.
Hasphat'sAnts
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Denzel Valentine is a dumbass.
Grover Cleveland
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You know, these teams could easily take the minute and a half drive down Trade and Mint over to Bank of America Stadium and be absolutely at home there.
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