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Author:  RFDC [ Mon Mar 07, 2022 9:22 am ]
Post subject:  March Madness
Alright Shakes drop some knowledge on us.

Who are the final four teams? Who can win it all this year?

We know you hate the big 10 so no need to go there.

I really like Baylor and Arizona, and as much as it pains me to say it Kentucky
Author:  IkeSouth [ Mon Mar 07, 2022 9:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
ILLINOIS WIN IT ALL
Author:  Tall Midget [ Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:21 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
Didn't Noisewater predict that the Illini will make a "deep run" in the tournament? :lol:
Author:  Brick [ Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
I think Kentucky is winning it all. Duke and Arizona losing early. Gonzaga is going to lose to the first top 4 seed they play.

Purdue hasn't played well in a month so anything once they get to the Sweet Sixteen is going to be tough.
Author:  Tall Midget [ Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:52 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
Brick wrote:
I think Kentucky is winning it all. Duke and Arizona losing early. Gonzaga is going to lose to the first top 4 seed they play.

Purdue hasn't played well in a month so anything once they get to the Sweet Sixteen is going to be tough.


It would be awesome if Duke got knocked out in the first round. What a great sendoff for Ratface that would be!
Author:  Regular Reader [ Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
Tall Midget wrote:
Brick wrote:
I think Kentucky is winning it all. Duke and Arizona losing early. Gonzaga is going to lose to the first top 4 seed they play.

Purdue hasn't played well in a month so anything once they get to the Sweet Sixteen is going to be tough.


It would be awesome if Duke got knocked out in the first round. What a great sendoff for Ratface that would be!


If he and Baylor got flushed on weekend one it'd be great
Author:  Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Mon Mar 07, 2022 2:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
Tall Midget wrote:
Didn't Noisewater predict that the Illini will make a "deep run" in the tournament? :lol:


I don't recall ever saying anything like that.

But, if it brightens your Monday....

I predict the Illini make a "deep run" in the tournament if their 3-point shooting holds up.
Author:  Tall Midget [ Mon Mar 07, 2022 2:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:
Tall Midget wrote:
Didn't Noisewater predict that the Illini will make a "deep run" in the tournament? :lol:


I don't recall ever saying anything like that.

But, if it brightens your Monday....

I predict the Illini make a "deep run" in the tournament if their 3-point shooting holds up.


Maybe I'm confusing you with another profoundly deluded Illini fan....
Author:  Hawg Ass [ Mon Mar 07, 2022 2:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
Tall Midget wrote:
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:
Tall Midget wrote:
Didn't Noisewater predict that the Illini will make a "deep run" in the tournament? :lol:


I don't recall ever saying anything like that.

But, if it brightens your Monday....

I predict the Illini make a "deep run" in the tournament if their 3-point shooting holds up.


Maybe I'm confusing you with another profoundly deluded Illini fan....

Old man Reason is not going to like this.
Author:  shakes [ Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
RFDC wrote:
Alright Shakes drop some knowledge on us.

Who are the final four teams? Who can win it all this year?

We know you hate the big 10 so no need to go there.

I really like Baylor and Arizona, and as much as it pains me to say it Kentucky



haven't seen as much ball as I would like this year, but I also like Kentucky. If their guards stay healthy which has been an issue this year.

Arizona is great, but I need to see more of them. too many late games.

Gonzaga could run into the same problem as last year once they face up with a really talented and athletic team.

Baylor is tough to read because they've had so many injuries the last month, but Akinjo appears to finally be healthy and looking good.

Don't like Kansas.

Fuck Duke.


All Big 10 teams suck until they prove otherwise in March.

UCLA could go on another run.


This year is more wide open than ever.
Author:  W_Z [ Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
Kentucky has to be the “smart choice” and they’re 7-1 to win I think right now which is a decent value but like shakes said it is really wide open.
Author:  shakes [ Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
oh wait, forgot about Auburn. Auburn is interesting. On paper they look like they should or at least could win it all, but my only concern is the shot selection of their guards. They have a legit stud on that team in Jabari Smith who should be touching the ball on pretty much every offensive possession, yet sometimes they forget he is tghere as the guards get into a game of HORSE.


Tennessee another interesting team. They are hot, but most of their good wins were at home.


Not buying Villanova this year.


Looking forward to seeing what small team makes some noise. Maybe San Diego State? They have a great guard and are playing really well.
Author:  Nardi [ Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:
Tall Midget wrote:
Didn't Noisewater predict that the Illini will make a "deep run" in the tournament? :lol:


I don't recall ever saying anything like that.

But, if it brightens your Monday....

I predict the Illini make a "deep run" in the tournament if their 3-point shooting holds up.


So brave.
Author:  Douchebag [ Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:13 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
whistler
vitoscotti
clawmaster
WaitingforRuffcorn
Author:  W_Z [ Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
shakes wrote:
oh wait, forgot about Auburn. Auburn is interesting. On paper they look like they should or at least could win it all, but my only concern is the shot selection of their guards. They have a legit stud on that team in Jabari Smith who should be touching the ball on pretty much every offensive possession, yet sometimes they forget he is tghere as the guards get into a game of HORSE.


Tennessee another interesting team. They are hot, but most of their good wins were at home.


Not buying Villanova this year.


Looking forward to seeing what small team makes some noise. Maybe San Diego State? They have a great guard and are playing really well.


Auburn is a one-man team. They’ve lost a few games where Jabari was contained and they had no other answer. I see them losing in an upset against a hungrier team.
Author:  Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
Nardi wrote:
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:
Tall Midget wrote:
Didn't Noisewater predict that the Illini will make a "deep run" in the tournament? :lol:


I don't recall ever saying anything like that.

But, if it brightens your Monday....

I predict the Illini make a "deep run" in the tournament if their 3-point shooting holds up.


So brave.


You don't always have to be brave to make an accurate prediction.
Author:  Nardi [ Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:
Nardi wrote:
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:
Tall Midget wrote:
Didn't Noisewater predict that the Illini will make a "deep run" in the tournament? :lol:


I don't recall ever saying anything like that.

But, if it brightens your Monday....

I predict the Illini make a "deep run" in the tournament if their 3-point shooting holds up.


So brave.


You don't always have to be brave to make an accurate prediction.

Take out the "if" and you got yourself a prediction.
Author:  Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
Nardi wrote:
Take out the "if" and you got yourself a prediction.


If Loyola hits their general shooting averages, they will not make a deep run.

Is that a prediction?
Author:  Nardi [ Tue Mar 08, 2022 12:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:
Nardi wrote:
Take out the "if" and you got yourself a prediction.


If Loyola hits their general shooting averages, they will not make a deep run.

Is that a prediction?

If the rabbit hadn't stopped to take a shit, he/she/zee wouldn't have got shot.
Author:  shakes [ Tue Mar 08, 2022 12:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
W_Z wrote:
shakes wrote:
oh wait, forgot about Auburn. Auburn is interesting. On paper they look like they should or at least could win it all, but my only concern is the shot selection of their guards. They have a legit stud on that team in Jabari Smith who should be touching the ball on pretty much every offensive possession, yet sometimes they forget he is tghere as the guards get into a game of HORSE.


Tennessee another interesting team. They are hot, but most of their good wins were at home.


Not buying Villanova this year.


Looking forward to seeing what small team makes some noise. Maybe San Diego State? They have a great guard and are playing really well.


Auburn is a one-man team. They’ve lost a few games where Jabari was contained and they had no other answer. I see them losing in an upset against a hungrier team.



none of that is true. The 3 games they lost in conferecne he was the leading scorer in all 3 with 20, 28 and 27 points.

They have other players who can score, but they're not as good as Jabari.
Author:  W_Z [ Tue Mar 08, 2022 2:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
shakes wrote:
W_Z wrote:
shakes wrote:
oh wait, forgot about Auburn. Auburn is interesting. On paper they look like they should or at least could win it all, but my only concern is the shot selection of their guards. They have a legit stud on that team in Jabari Smith who should be touching the ball on pretty much every offensive possession, yet sometimes they forget he is tghere as the guards get into a game of HORSE.


Tennessee another interesting team. They are hot, but most of their good wins were at home.


Not buying Villanova this year.


Looking forward to seeing what small team makes some noise. Maybe San Diego State? They have a great guard and are playing really well.


Auburn is a one-man team. They’ve lost a few games where Jabari was contained and they had no other answer. I see them losing in an upset against a hungrier team.



none of that is true. The 3 games they lost in conferecne he was the leading scorer in all 3 with 20, 28 and 27 points.

They have other players who can score, but they're not as good as Jabari.


Yeah because they’re a…one man team, shakes. He scored almost half their points against Florida and they still lost. Contained is a relative term, it means he can be isolated and the team can be beaten.
Author:  shakes [ Tue Mar 08, 2022 3:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
W_Z wrote:
shakes wrote:
W_Z wrote:
shakes wrote:
oh wait, forgot about Auburn. Auburn is interesting. On paper they look like they should or at least could win it all, but my only concern is the shot selection of their guards. They have a legit stud on that team in Jabari Smith who should be touching the ball on pretty much every offensive possession, yet sometimes they forget he is tghere as the guards get into a game of HORSE.


Tennessee another interesting team. They are hot, but most of their good wins were at home.


Not buying Villanova this year.


Looking forward to seeing what small team makes some noise. Maybe San Diego State? They have a great guard and are playing really well.


Auburn is a one-man team. They’ve lost a few games where Jabari was contained and they had no other answer. I see them losing in an upset against a hungrier team.




none of that is true. The 3 games they lost in conferecne he was the leading scorer in all 3 with 20, 28 and 27 points.

They have other players who can score, but they're not as good as Jabari.


Yeah because they’re a…one man team, shakes. He scored almost half their points against Florida and they still lost. Contained is a relative term, it means he can be isolated and the team can be beaten.



I see what you're saying. You shouldn't have written "contained". To me that means they held a guy in check which clearly didn't happen. You should've wrote that Auburn is a team where you can just let Jabari get his and put all your focus into stopping the other 4 guys on the court.
Author:  W_Z [ Tue Mar 08, 2022 3:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
Touché. I do see Kentucky making a deeper run as far as SEC teams go. And I agree about Nova. Toss em.
Author:  Warren Newson [ Wed Mar 09, 2022 11:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
I'm sitting here watching the Big East Tournament with one eye on the crawl, and it seems like every second conference tournament is in Las Vegas. I looked it up, and the following tournaments are taking place in Vegas this week:

Big West;
Pac 12;
West Coast Conference ;
Western Athletic Conference; and
Mountain West.
Author:  312player [ Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
I could see Texas Tech surprising people, final four or better. Might toss a few bucks on em to win it all with very high odds. Depends on how their bracket looks.
Author:  NWsider4-3-3 [ Thu Mar 10, 2022 10:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
been playing the conference tournaments...yesterday was dog day afternoon. just about every dog won straight up or covered. i'm thinking the cinderella stories of a boston college/west virginia/butler end today. they better, for my sake.
Author:  Hawg Ass [ Fri Mar 11, 2022 9:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
Villanova/UConn is really good.
Author:  NWsider4-3-3 [ Sat Mar 12, 2022 9:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
3 games in 3 days for a&m after florida & auburn?? hmmm. going to play arkansas and the under. should split at worst, can't see a&m out-running the hogs in a scoring frenzy.

played the hogs last week in tenn. looked bad for 3/4 of the game and then the hogs woke up and nearly won. been a good team for me.
Author:  whistler [ Sat Mar 12, 2022 2:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
Guys , check out Coppin St. playing Norfolk State in the MEAC title game to get into the NCAA. Down only 24-20 at halftime.

They are 9-22 on the season and have a chance to punch their ticket. Tune in. This is hilarious!
Author:  NWsider4-3-3 [ Sun Mar 13, 2022 10:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: March Madness
very disappointing preformance from arkansas...yet another game where they come out very slow - and no way they could muster anything to comeback. musselman was going ape-shit on the bench after a 40 second display of 3 turnovers and 3 a&m subsequent lay-ups and dunks off those turnovers. those 3 consecutive turnovers occurred after arkansas cut the lead to 5, i believe. game went over, the vaunted defense of arkansas quit in the 2nd half.

may make a small play on tenn today, a&m with 4 games in 4 days. against florida/auburn/arkansas and now tenn. jeez, can they do it again?

only 3 teams worth anything in houston, memphis and smu's conference. i like houston today as revenge for getting whipped in memphis last sunday. memphis st. putting stuff together after all the injuries, could make a run in the ncaa tournament.

the richmond spiders have been good to me this year, but, i'm going to take davidson. just too big for richmond.
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