Official NCAA Basketball Tournament Thread

[Angel Oracle]

It's not NCAAT related, but former 2013 California HS POTY and Parade A-A Roschon Prince announced his intention to transfer from USC to LB St. last night, where he will sit out this coming season and then have 3 years of eligibility remaining. 

 

He struggled to adjust to a style totally different from that which recruited him originally.   After a redshirt year at LB, I can see him being a big contributor in time.  

[Homebrewer]

Teams that I need to win tonight:

Louisville

Michigan

Iowa St

Michigan St

 

I will be looking good, with only Kansas out of my 8 and 4 brackets.

[Homebrewer]

Iowa State looks awful.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Field goal percentage killed UCLA last night. Florida wasn't as impressive as I thought they'd be.

Seemed like every bruin was at least 6'8". That's a tall group of kids.

 

UCLA is the quickest team I have seen all season. Part of the reason Florida's offense wasn't as good as it usually is was UCLA's quickness. As soon as the Gators got the ball downcourt, UCLA was already set up and in position.

Edited March 29, 2014 by Vegas Halo Fan

[nate]

Florida gave up the most points in transition all season against UCLA.

 

KA didn't have a great game and Alford played too much.  They had to play a perfect game to win and they didn't.

[Jay]

Florida gave up the most points in transition all season against UCLA.

 

KA didn't have a great game and Alford played too much.  They had to play a perfect game to win and they didn't.

I thought UCLA matched up well with FLA but they didn't shoot well enough to get it done.

[Jay]

University of Arizona students riot after NCAA Tournament loss

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/30/university-arizona-students-riot-after-ncaa-tournament-loss/

[nando714]

University of Arizona students riot after NCAA Tournament loss

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/30/university-arizona-students-riot-after-ncaa-tournament-loss/

Not much to do in Tucson

[stevestevens]

Is Johnson still dribbling looking for an open shot?

[LAAMike]

Congrats to Scott Thurman for winning the brackets contest.  That Michigan State loss did me in (not to mention my picking Louisville to play in the finals). 

[LAAMike]

Well there is some hope for Tony Vu as he can win if Wisconsin beats Kentucky.

[Jay]

Pretty unexpected to see UCONN beat FLA

[nate]

Glad FL went down.  Now lets go Wisconsin!

[Vegas Halo Fan]

This Florida alumnus is bummed tonight, seeing my team jump out like they were going to run UConn out of the building, then do nothing the rest of the way. One thing that seems to happen periodically to Billy Donovan-coached teams happened tonight: They go through long stretches without scoring - at all. A 12-point lead turned into a deficit a lot more quickly than it was built. Florida shot 39 percent from the field, and their guard play was awful. With the Gators trailing by five and needing a bucket to get back into the game, Scottie Wilbekin stood in place and dribbled the ball until a Connecticut guard stole it from him (ever hear of passing, Scottie?), ending with a layup on the other end. Florida never got close again. The Gators' outside shooters did basically nothing.

 

This time of year, you play like this, you go home. And with four senior starters and six on the roster, I don't look to be anywhere near the Final Four next season.

Edited April 8, 2014 by Vegas Halo Fan

[Homebrewer]

I wonder how many group standings look like ours does, where nobody out of 60 or so players will have picked the National Champion.

Edited April 7, 2014 by Homebrewer

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Considering that we have a seven seed and an eight in the final, quite a lot of them.