*** 2014 NCAA Tournament Thread

[KeithTalent]

Welp, time to go spend some of my 750 bones. What a great tournament. :awe:

Go Badgers!

KT

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Yeah I actually had them losing in the first round. They have looked better and better with every game though and Napier is amazing. So freaking fast.

KT

I had four brackets and picked them to lose in the first round in one of them. The other three I had them beating Villanova and Iowa State and then losing to MSU.

Gotta give Napier credit. He had a chance to bail when UConn got hit with the post-season ban last year and he stuck with the program as thanks for how much fun he had in the Kemba Walker championship year.

 

[KeithTalent]

I had four brackets and picked them to lose in the first round in one of them. The other three I had them beating Villanova and Iowa State and then losing to MSU.

Gotta give Napier credit. He had a chance to bail when UConn got hit with the post-season ban last year and he stuck with the program as thanks for how much fun he had in the Kemba Walker championship year.

Yeah he's awesome; big fan of that guy now. Super fun to watch him play now.

I am also very happy that UCONN can actually hit free throws. Hate teams that can't shoot free throws; it drives me nuts.

KT

 

[manly]

as well as Coach Cal recruits and builds talented freshmen teams, he'd win every other year if he was an above average coach.

 

[dbk]

<Gus Johnson> Freshman </Gus Johnson>

 

[Engineer]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dbk]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!! /points Niiiiiiiiiiiceeee:awe:

 

[Engineer]

Aaron Harrison has HUGE NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[fustercluck]

Great game, the better team won. Who were those weak announcers?

7 and 8 seed in the final game! That's gotta be a record for highest seed total between both teams in the final game. Does anyone know? What was the previous record?

 

[HopJokey]

Great game, the better team won. Who were those weak announcers?

7 and 8 seed in the final game! That's gotta be a record for highest seed total between both teams in the final game. Does anyone know? What was the previous record?

That is probably a record, but I think you can throw seeding out the window. UConn vs. UK. Two heavyweights for sure. Won 2 of last 3 titles. After Monday night 3 out of 4.

 

[pete6032]

Wisconsin vs. Kentucky was like watching White guys vs. Black guys.

 

[raasco]

Wisconsin vs. Kentucky was like watching White guys vs. Black guys.

Lurker dibs

 

[Ertaz]

Sweet lord almighty.

 

[raasco]

Sweet lord almighty.

DIBS!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Great game, the better team won. Who were those weak announcers?

7 and 8 seed in the final game! That's gotta be a record for highest seed total between both teams in the final game. Does anyone know? What was the previous record?

Record by a big margin. Kentucky becomes the 4th #8 seed to make the finals. The previous three played a #2 (Louisville over #8 UCLA in 1980) a #1 (#8 Villanova over #1 Georgetown in 1985) and a #3 (UConn over #8 Butler in 2011)

And UConn becomes the first ever #7 seed in the finals.

 

[KeithTalent]

Well that's a shame. Oh well, should at least be a fun final.

KT

 

[leeland]

Well that's a shame. Oh well, should at least be a fun final.

KT

I concur...was pulling for the Badgers...I didn't like how some of the first half calls were going against the badgers...I felt like Kentucky got some pretty lame calls, especially the two against Jackson for blocking.

Regardless it was a very exciting game and I wish they would have given the ball to someone else for the final shot.

 

[zinfamous]

Record by a big margin. Kentucky becomes the 4th #8 seed to make the finals. The previous three played a #2 (Louisville over #8 UCLA in 1980) a #1 (#8 Villanova over #1 Georgetown in 1985) and a #3 (UConn over #8 Butler in 2011)

And UConn becomes the first ever #7 seed in the finals.

those numbers should be adjusted, though. I think it was a 32 team field until 1985 (at least it was up to 1983). That would make UCLA in 1980 something of a 14 seed today.

 

[HopJokey]

those numbers should be adjusted, though. I think it was a 32 team field until 1985 (at least it was up to 1983). That would make UCLA in 1980 something of a 14 seed today.

48 teams in 1980's field. According to Wikipedia:

1939–1950: 8 teams
1951–1952: 16 teams
1953–1974: varied between 22 and 25 teams
1975–1978: 32 teams
1979: 40 teams
1980–1982: 48 teams
1983: 52 teams (four play-in games before the tournament)
1984: 53 teams (five play-in games before the tournament)
1985–2000: 64 teams
2001–2010: 65 teams (one play-in game to determine whether the 64th or 65th team plays in the first round)
2011–present: 68 teams (four play-in games in the first round before all remaining teams compete in the second round)

 

[drum]

Considering UK was about 250th shooting threes this season, shooting threes has got them to the title game. Harrison has hit two threes from 30 ft to win them two games.
They have found their game just in time lucky for them.

 

[Ertaz]

Can't wait for tomorrow night!

 

[Miramonti]

The biggest, 'You're sh!ttin' me, they're in the championship game??!!' championship game is about to start!

 

[zinfamous]

UConn and Kentucky--wow, I hate both of these programs. pfft

 

[zinfamous]

48 teams in 1980's field. According to Wikipedia:

1939–1950: 8 teams
1951–1952: 16 teams
1953–1974: varied between 22 and 25 teams
1975–1978: 32 teams
1979: 40 teams
1980–1982: 48 teams
1983: 52 teams (four play-in games before the tournament)
1984: 53 teams (five play-in games before the tournament)
1985–2000: 64 teams
2001–2010: 65 teams (one play-in game to determine whether the 64th or 65th team plays in the first round)
2011–present: 68 teams (four play-in games in the first round before all remaining teams compete in the second round)

weird. I always read, or at least heard it was 32 team field up until 83-85 or so. This is always explained in those repetitive, cloying, self-aggrandizing segments about the glorious cinderella teams of the time--my NC State Wolfpack, of course, and then Villanova the following year (or 85)? "Now, NC State was a 6 seed, but remember, there were only 32 teams that year, so they were 6th out of 8 seeds!"

I know I'm not making this up.

I hate sports journalists.

 

[blurredvision]

Still extremely early, but UConn looks like they want it more.