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[inm8num2]

Iowa St....please don't do this to me.

They'll pull through. Top seeds always get tested in the first round, possibly due to looking ahead and preparing for round of 32 matchups or the underdogs just being fired up and prepping well for them.

 

[W1SSY]

Some guy in the Notre Dame game is wearing Batman socks.

 

[PopeReal]

Georgia State ties up Baylor! March madness is here early hopefully.

 

[lush]

Need to bring the flopping call to college.

 

[NaturalHigh]

That was some bullshit call on NE. Dude flopped harder than shit

 

[LaNaranja]

I have Notre Dame in the final four, UAB beating Iowa, and Baylor beating Georgia.

 

[aronnov reborn]

It's happening....

 

[BTM]

This is a great start to the tourney.

 

[lush]

Refs swallowed their whistles that possession.

 

[spyder_ur]

Some guy in the Notre Dame game is wearing Batman socks.

I think he always does, that it's his thing. Remember hearing about it during the Duke game.

 

[BTM]

Band is playing GoT theme song lol

 

[spyder_ur]

If they were gonna foul why did they wait so long? They should've just played it out at that point.

 

[RoKKeR]

Go Northeastern! Even though I don't have them.

 

[ryseing]

Notre Dame you fuckers.

 

[W1SSY]

I think he always does, that it's his thing. Remember hearing about it during the Duke game.

Yea just found an article about it on SBNation and loks like he does it often.

 

[cashman]

Some good games to start the day!

 

[Violence Jack]

Wow, I stopped watching the ND game because I figured they had it won. But I was warned that they play no defense, so I shouldn't be surprised.

 

[Grym]

jeez. first 3 games, first 3 upsets?

 

[thefro]

One of these #14s will get it done with the way these games are going.

 

[NaturalHigh]

What a fuckin joke.

 

[BTM]

Shoot the fucking ball

 

[Fjordson]

Holy shit.

 

[lush]

Good job good effort refs.

 

[Mrbob]

Dribble dribble dribble no shot.

 

[RoKKeR]

Wow what a choke by Northeastern there.

 

[ryseing]

Actually, that was NE fuck up. My bad.

 

[aronnov reborn]

NorthEastern got greedy. They were only looking for the game winning 3

 

[cashman]

Northeastern didn't want OT

 

[Fjordson]

Man Northeastern pissed away like 26 seconds.

 

[NaturalHigh]

Grats ND. Refs sealed the game for you

 

[Violence Jack]

After that first screen, dude was wide-ass open in the corner and didn't even look his way. ND caught a huge break.

 

[W1SSY]

Northeastern

 

[ErasureAcer]

Granny was great.

Lesson to be learned. Shoot the effing ball.

 

[Fjordson]

NE had some open looks there. Seems like they were too concerned going for the win from 3.

 

[Dsyndrome]

Thank you for not blowing my bracket already, Notre Dame.

 

[spyder_ur]

The NCAA tournament is so freaking awesome. Can't wait until I'm off work and sitting at a bar around 8 with a beer just watching the results pour in.

 

[GhostWriter24]

Grats ND. Refs sealed the game for you

Come on, NE was so fucking gun-shy on that final possession it was laughable. Gotta penetrate and dish, not linger on the arc for 30 seconds. Good win, Irish.

 

[Brian Fellows]

Wow, I stopped watching the ND game because I figured they had it won. But I was warned that they play no defense, so I shouldn't be surprised.

They were never really close to having a safe lead in this game.

 

[BTM]

Well UAB, don't blow it like NE just did.

 

[spyder_ur]

They were never really close to having a safe lead in this game.

Weren't they up 10 or 11 in the second half? Not totally safe, but relatively speaking.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Been out most of the day so I missed ND nearly choke.

I'm gonna laugh my ass off if Hoiberg blows it though

 

[jmizzal]

Will be at the games Saturday in Jacksonville, first time to a tourny game

 

[Tawpgun]

I'm a student at Northeastern. Lemme just say in my 4 years one thing has been constant. NU always blows it at the end.

 

[spyder_ur]

I can't stand how they call the round of 64 the "Second Round" on the scoresheet, banners, stanchions and such.

Noone is buying that, NCAA.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

We need to pull ahead and finish. Getting killed on the glass and UAB doing great at slowing the tempo.

 

[Fjordson]

I can't stand how they call the round of 64 the "Second Round" on the scoresheet, banners, stanchions and such.

Noone is buying that, NCAA.

It's pretty dumb. Thankfully they're going back to the old names next year. Today = first round, followed by the second round, and so on.

 

[darkazcura]

I'm a student at Northeastern. Lemme just say in my 4 years one thing has been constant. NU always blows it at the end.

Pretty much. They had me believing for a minute there, though.

 

[spyder_ur]

Been out most of the day so I missed ND nearly choke.

I'm gonna laugh my ass off if Hoiberg blows it though

They didn't really almost choke, it was a good game. Not everything is one team 'choking' or 'blowing it'.

BTW - thanks for setting up the GAF group and the thread.

 

[Violence Jack]

UAB is doing nothing but chucking up 3's and missing.

 

[NaturalHigh]

Come on, NE was so fucking gun-shy on that final possession it was laughable. Gotta penetrate and dish, not linger on the arc for 30 seconds. Good win, Irish.

Yeah that is true but you can't tell me there wasn't a foul in there. Then as soon as they pried the ball loose and ND had it they decided to utilize the whistle for less contact than ND had been committing the last 10 seconds of that possession. It was bullshit if you ask me. Sure they missed a great opportunity with that wide open guy in the corner and executed like shit. Notre Dame probably deserved to win but there were several iffy calls that benefited ND throughout that game.

I'm okay with the result, I just want every team to get a fair chance and I felt cheated for them and their fans.