NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament Thread - 2013

[jbcarol]

Tuesday, March 19 All Times CDT - First Four from Dayton

NC A&T v. Liberty, truTV, 5:40

St. Mary's v. MTSU, truTV, 30 minutes after 1st game

[jbcarol]

NCAA Selection Committee Seed List

1.Louisville
2.Kansas
3.Indiana
4.Gonzaga
5.Miami (FL)
6.Duke
7.Georgetown
8.Ohio State
9.New Mexico
10.Florida
11.Michigan St.
12.Marquette
13.Michigan
14.Kansas St.
15.Saint Louis
16.Syracuse
17.Oklahoma St.
18.UNLV
19.Wisconsin
20.VCU
21.Arizona
22.Butler
23.Memphis
24.UCLA
25.Creighton
26.San Diego St.
27.Notre Dame
28.Illinois
29.North Carolina
30.Colorado St.
31.Pittsburgh
32.North Carolina St.
33.Missouri
34.Temple
35.Wichita St.
36.Colorado
37.Cincinnati
38.Villanova
39.Iowa St.
40.Oklahoma
41.Minnesota
42.California
43.Oregon
44.Belmont
45.Boise St.
46.St. Mary's (CA)
47.Ole Miss
48.Bucknell
49.La Salle
50.Middle Tenn. State
51.Akron
52.New Mexico St.
53.South Dakota St.
54.Montana
55.Davidson
56.Valparaiso
57.Northwestern St.
58.Harvard
59.FGCU
60.Pacific
61.Iona
62.Albany (NY)
63.Western Ky.
64.Southern U.
65.LIU Brooklyn
66.James Madison
67.N.C. A&T
68.Liberty

[jbcarol]

Seth DavisVerified account ‏@SethDavisHoops 15 Feb 
Number one biggest misconception about this process: There never was an S curve. A misnomer. Biggest priority is geography.

https://twitter.com/SethDavisHoops/status/302480382786428928

[jbcarol]

Craig Sager is wearing his signature bracket tie.

Back-biter Marv Albert (Yes!) and Steve Kerr on the call.

[jbcarol]

Not many 20-loss teams have made the NCAA Tournament.  One is Liberty Flames.  NC A&T and Liberty have 36 losses combined.

[jbcarol]

Aggies draw first blood.

[jbcarol]

16-16 at 11:08

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Halftime in Dayton

NCAT 40  Liberty 33

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NCAT 52  Liberty 51  13:37

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NCAT 65  Liberty 59  under 6:00

[jbcarol]

NCAT up 73-72 and the ball under 10 seconds to go.

[jbcarol]

Liberty missed a contested layup at the buzzer.

NCAT 73  Liberty 72  Final

A&T play UofL Thursday.

[jbcarol]

St. Mary's 18  MTSU 16  7:32  1st

[jbcarol]

Halftime in Dayton

St. Mary's 29  MTSU 20

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St. Mary's 47  MTSU 42  under 10:00

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St. Mary's 54  MTSU 44  5:00

[jbcarol]

Final from Dayton

St. Mary's 67  Middle Tennessee State 54

MTSU failed to get their first win over an RPI Top 100 team away from Murfreesboro.

[revolution]

Should I call the Southern upset over Gonzaga?  First ever 16 seed over a 1. 

[HamIAm]

Should I call the Southern upset over Gonzaga?  First ever 16 seed over a 1. 

If you want credit, should it happen, it has to be called with conviction.

[Nipsey Mussle]

Could be an overstatement, but I think we'd be a top 6 seed in this very tournament if we'd had Dellevedova. Nice to have a pg that shoots 37% from 3 and 88% from the charity stripe. Not to mention his 6 assts and 4 rebs per game. Btw, he's a beast size wise. He's listed at 6'4 190 but he's got arms that would make Ed Hoculi quiver.

[jbcarol]

Wednesday, March 20 All Times CDT - First Four from Dayton

Long Island-Brooklyn v. James Madison, truTV, 5:40 PM 

LaSalle v. Boise State, truTV, 30 minutes after 1st game

[jbcarol]

LIU Brooklyn 16  James Madison 25  6:00

LIU has no 3s, JM has 5 3s early.

[jbcarol]

LIU-Brooklyn was one of the few NCAA tourney teams that UK beat and it was in Rupp.  UK beat Maryland in their opener in Brooklyn but of course Maryland was not selected in the field of 68.

[Danny J]

Jamal Olasewere can flat out play. That guy is a play maker. He is a FT shooting machine.

[jbcarol]

Final from Dayton

Long Island University - Brooklyn Campus 55  James Madison 68

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La Salle 8  Boise St. 6  14:48

Most of the scoring so far happened between 16:00 and 15:00.

[jbcarol]

The A-10's last team in had doubled up on Boise early. After a couple Boise baskets:

LaSalle 25  Boise St. 17  8:00

[jbcarol]

Halftime in Dayton

LaSalle 35  Boise St. 27

[jbcarol]

Final  LaSalle 80  Boise St. 71

[HamIAm]

Watching Valparaiso vs Mich St. Someone should tell the graphics department that this is a first round game (just to the right of the CBS eye on the score graphic).  Or is it now considered 2nd round since they have the play in games?

[jbcarol]

It is officially called a "Second Round game" which creates mass confusion especially when referring to historical games.

[jbcarol]

One of the great days of the year, the NCAA tournament games have tipped off in earnest.

Valpo 4  Mich. St. 6  in Auburn Hills at first media time out.

[Dr. Starcs]

Pel on ups commercial. Smh. And had a line.

[jbcarol]

Mike Nichols' niece Rachel is working the sideline for her first NCAA tournament game after being handcuffed by ESPiN for years.

[jbcarol]

Love the Kick Axe commercial where Bryce Drew hits the game winner over Rob Evans and Ole Miss and his teammates and cheerleaders rush to the astronaut.

Valpo just hit a three ball from the corner.

[jbcarol]

Pel on ups commercial. Smh. And had a line.

Logisitics?

[99toLife]

It is officially called a "Second Round game" which creates mass confusion especially when referring to historical games.

I hate this with  passion.

[jbcarol]

Got Van Wijk for the reach around.

[jbcarol]

Verne doesn't like the showboating.

[PonderinHog]

Got Van Wijk for the reach around.

Is that a foul or a crime?

[HamIAm]

Verne doesn't like the showboating.

Its kind of risky when there are several opponents standing within a couple of feet of either player. 

[jbcarol]

Bucknell and Butler about to tip off in Rupp on truTV (no Cops this afternoon).

[HamIAm]

The Valpo coach is sure hitting that water bottle hard

[jbcarol]

Its kind of risky when there are several opponents standing within a couple of feet of either player.

Coach Drew had to call time out to sub out the Washington General.s

[jbcarol]

Is that a foul or a crime?

He should have at least got a smoke with that common foul.

[jbcarol]

Valpo 12  MichSt 21  7:50

[jbcarol]

He got fouled Trice there.

[jbcarol]

Clarke with ghost D as Casper hits for Bucknell

4-4 at 16:00

[jbcarol]

Killer Bees in for Valpo.

They are killing Drew with their missed shots.

[jbcarol]

Was that the old NBA continuation for the Spartan's Payne?

Valpo 12  MichSt 22  5:47