2017 March Madness Tournament Thread

[theriverpilot 6,717]

Love the "Indiana Teams 3-0 so far in the tournament" graphic.  Then you see the teams listed:  Notre Dame, Purdue, Butler.  Fire Tom Cre....oh wait.  Just make a damn good hire so I don't have to read that again

[theriverpilot 6,717]

Just now, LIHoosier said:

He spent years at (Stone Cold) Stephen F Austin. He'll stun his own players, the refs, the PA guy.

Speaking of scary, just had a Bryant 'Big Country' Reeves sighting.

Saw that too

[VeevlandBrowns 134]

22 minutes ago, theriverpilot said:

Brad Underwood, OK St coach, scares me....

I watched OK State vs ISU. I thought OK State looked good, not great. Their PG is pretty good and matched up well vs ISU's Monte Morris.

OK State runs an interesting style on offense under first-year coach Brad Underwood. 

How interesting is their style?

First-year Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner adopted Underwood's offense at Ga Tech, he said, because Pastner's Memphis team had so much trouble with it when they faced Stephen F Austin last year when Underwood was head coach at Stephen F. Austin. 

That's about as good a compliment as you will find. 

So I watched OK State, curious about the offense. It looked like a lot of high post feeds and then cutters off of the high post, frequently with handoffs from the high post man. Frequently with fake handoffs from the post man as players runs in different directions toward the high post player with the ball.

That's not what they do every time. But they do a lot of that.

And if I'm watching it right, that stuff is nothing new. It's actually ancient. I think it's remnants of the old Adolph Rupp scissors play, 1948. 

But it's unique, which is good in this day and age of increasingly homogenized basketball.

[Uspshoosier 54,186]

Didn't realize this Oklahoma st vs Michigan game features 2 teams that have a top 5 adjusted offense. Oklahoma st (1) and Michigan(5)


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[LIHoosier 27,694]

New Mexico St up 2 at the half over Baylor

I wonder why Scott Drew is hardly mentioned for any of these openings...

[BlueDevil 9,552]

Michigan is on fire from 3


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[BlueDevil 9,552]

Michigan almost pissed that one away


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[LIHoosier 27,694]

I think Louisville just missed 7 layups/dunks in a row, same trip.

[BlueDevil 9,552]

Seton hall just got absolutely screwed you cannot call thqt


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[LIHoosier 27,694]

1 minute ago, BlueDevil2aHoosier said:

Seton hall just got absolutely screwed you cannot call thqt


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The travel or the 'flagrant' foul?

[TheWatShot 15,469]

Hate seeing officials take over a game like that. That was NOT a flagrant foul. It happens countless times at the end of close games. Horrible. 

[BlueDevil 9,552]

The travel or the 'flagrant' foul?

Flagrant. The travel was legit.


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[Hoosier Guy 8,333]

Michigan can beat Louisville

[Crimson and Cream 5,953]

1 hour ago, Hoosier Guy said:

Michigan can beat Louisville

I hope they do

[Hoosier Guy 8,333]

Just now, Crimson and Cream said:

I hope they do

I like how Michigan is playing right now. They're playing like a true team

[Crimson and Cream 5,953]

7 minutes ago, Hoosier Guy said:

I like how Michigan is playing right now. They're playing like a true team

That plane crash brought them together 

[Uspshoosier 54,186]

Shake Milton with a huge 3. Smu up 2 with a min to go


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[Hoosier Guy 8,333]

1 minute ago, Crimson and Cream said:

That plane crash brought them together 

Yeah it did. Could have a Michigan-Oregon matchup in the S16

[Crimson and Cream 5,953]

SMU has a ton of talent, hope they can close this out. I want Ojeleye playing his former team (Duke) in the Sweet 16.

[TheWatShot 15,469]

SMU player catches the ball in front of his team's bench with both feet on the sideline. How can a player have such awful court awareness?