College Hoops 2014-2015 Thread

[DRiccio21]

[jsence2]

I have zero confidence in my brackets and the first day isn't even over.

A local news guy here in Louisville did a "coin flip" bracket (which I'm not fully buying since he's a UofL guy and he had UofL going to the Final Four, and UK losing first round....but I digress)

He's hit every game so far but one. He's top 1 percentile on ESPN right now.

This tournament is going to be one of the crazier ones, I believe.

[shel311]

you really can't make up the dude tearing his achilles then his son hitting the game winner on a huge run then he falls out of his chair.

i take back my other post, i prefer watching shitty basketball with cool endings. at least for a a few weeks in march

[Weasel]

Looking at the two starting lineups of the Kentucky game, it's like a varsity team scrimmaging the freshman

[jsence2]

Looking at the two starting lineups of the Kentucky game, it's like a varsity team scrimmaging the freshman

Only the Portland Trail Blazers have a taller team in terms of average height. And that w us having a 5'9" PG

It's ridiculous how tall these guys are

[shel311]

The Utah Jazz players' average age is younger than BYU's average age.

[DRiccio21]

LSU finding all sorts of ways to lose this game

[Cnasty]

Shel must be freaking out right no...oh wait

[packsyd2284]

Yea this is easily the craziest day one in a while. It seems as tho you go up by DD and its a curse. Still can't believe that dumb ass that goaltended in the smu game!

[jsence2]

Yea this is easily the craziest day one in a while. It seems as tho you go up by DD and its a curse. Still can't believe that dumb ass that goaltended in the smu game!

Still not sure that was goaltending. And still not sure if the NCSU winning tip wasn't basket interference

[Cnasty]

somewhere Dr.Tom is sad

"sigh"

And its his birthday today too.

And that Knapp guy as well. What a coincidence.

[LetsGoPeay]

Still not sure that was goaltending.

There's no question at all that it was goaltending and it was the correct call. The ball was on the way down and was going to hit the rim.

[shel311]

Shel must be freaking out right no...oh wait

Wait, LSU lost? Lame!

I quit watching when they were up 14.

[shel311]

Just checked out the play by play, they hit their last field goal with over 10 minutes left in the game, missing their last 11 shots.

They also missed their last 6 free throws. There's obviously more notable chokes probably later in the tournament, but just based on those numbers, that would seem to be one of the worst tourney choke jobs in history, at least on the shortlist. 11 shots and 6 free throws

[DRiccio21]

it was pretty bad.

nobody really cares about the game so that prevents it from going down in history books, but it was ugly

[shel311]

it was pretty bad.

nobody really cares about the game so that prevents it from going down in history books, but it was ugly

Definitely.

I think there was a Duke-Kentucky regional final that Duke blew a huge lead in the final 10 minutes that's probably the most notable.

But yea, no one would ever care about this game, but just based on the numbers, it's gotta be up there.

[packsyd2284]

Most notable IMO was UCLA/Gonzaga when Adam Morrison was a Senior at Gonzaga. They had an 18 point lead with 6 minutes left and blew it.

[DRiccio21]

my buddy just text me that New Mexico St runs a defense that was similar to what my coach ran in high school.

we used to call it 'shadow'. it was almost like a matchup zone with a guy shadowing behind whoever the on ball defender was. it took a ton of communication and guys who understood the concepts to make it work but our team SUCKED and we made the final 4 my senior year basically 100% because of that D.

doesn't look like it worked too well for New Mexico St. today

[Weasel]

This msu team is going to kill me. Can't wait to watch then play Virginia

[jsence2]

it was pretty bad.

nobody really cares about the game so that prevents it from going down in history books, but it was ugly

Definitely.

I think there was a Duke-Kentucky regional final that Duke blew a huge lead in the final 10 minutes that's probably the most notable.

But yea, no one would ever care about this game, but just based on the numbers, it's gotta be up there.

1998. 17 point comeback in 9 minutes over an NBA-laden Dook team

Mills and Padgett