2015-16 NCAA Basketball

[Angel Oracle]

This season's UCLA team seemed to be too soft.   Will Lonzo Ball and TJ Leaf begin to change that? 

[RallyMo]

Ah, we play Arizona tomorrow, not tonight. Whoops.

[Angel Oracle]

Those Friday/Sunday games can throw one's schedule off.

[RallyMo]

Nope. Wait. I think it may actually be tonight.

[nando714]

Nope. Wait. I think it may actually be tonight.

Get your shit together !!!

Lol

[Angel Oracle]

Cal gave UofA all they could handle in Tucson.

That is one dangerous team in the NCAAT, if they are finally starting to put it together away from Haas Pavilion.

[RallyMo]

We blew that game. Up 8 with a minute and a half to go.

Also, the refs were all Arizona, all night. At the end of the first half at the last second, there was a clear as day goaltend committed by Arizona. The refs didn't make a peep. It was obvious. 11 AZ fouls to 21 called on Cal. Still, you expect that garbage from Pac12 refs. You can't collapse like we did in the last two minutes.

[nando714]

I'm not sure if USC is in the big dance just yet

The ucla game scares me. From what I've read the team has "check out" but they have nothing to lose and that's what I'm afraid of

[Angel Oracle]

Rivalry games in league tournaments are of the "throw everything out the window" category. 

Plus USC has really stumbled in the past 4 weeks, the youth may be catching up.

[Angel Oracle]

Meanwhile, for the first time since maybe 1993, the Big West Conference has FOUR top 100 rpi teams (Hawaii, UCI, LB, and UCSB) going into the BWCT. 

It will be interesting, assuming all 4 win on Thursday in the quarterfinals, to see what the semis and title game attendances will be at the Honda Center. 

 

The LB/UCSB title game in 2012 drew the biggest crowd (over 7,600) ever for a BWCT session in Anaheim (over 1977-1982 and 2001-current).

Of course, LB (30s rpi) along with SDSU had the best college basketball in SoCal in 2012.    Stupid New Mexico had to go and spoil a possible NCAAT Cinderella run for LB that year.

[nate]

USC will demolish UCLA, they are so f'n terrible. (hey it worked in the UFC thread)

[m0nkey]

Let's go eaters!

[Angel Oracle]

Two more strong rpi mid-majors go down in their league tourneys.

Valpo (39 rpi before) lost in their semi-final game to Green Bay.

Monmouth (52 rpi before) lost in their title game to Iona. 

 

Crazy March so far, several #1 seeds were ousted already.

[HeavenlyHalos]

Love it. March Madness is always fun, but especially when Oregon is looking at a 2 seed, with an outside chance at a one seed if they win the conference tournament (4th in RPI, 5th in SOS - they would be considered a one seed if they played on the East Coast or Big Ten). Altman just won his 3rd conference coach of the year award in the last 4 seasons. Brooks and Cook first team all conference, Boucher all defensive team (and lead the nation in blocks), Dorsey makes the freshman team. One of my favorite Duck teams of all time and incredibly fun to watch.

 

As far as the rest of the conference goes, I see Cal as a possible final four team. They are playing incredibly well at the moment and the trio of Brown, Rabb, and Matthews can do a helluva lot of damage in a tournament. Utah is too dependent on one player and Arizona has poor PG play to make a possible Final 4 run imo. Oregon could depending on the draw, but I would possibly place Cal's chances on par or even slightly higher than Oregon's. Great year for the conference as a whole, looking at a possibly 7 teams making the tournament.

[Angel Oracle]

Thoughts on a proposal of mine?

 

No team should make the NCAAT with a .500 or below regular season league record, if they don't win the league's tourney.

No matter how tough a league is, should a .500 or lower league record team be in the NCAAT?

[Tank]

Yeah, agree. Shouldn't really expect a competitive game between North Carolina and some school that finished 11-17 to win the Pacific Island Mountain Conference.

Not sure what the alternative should be, however.

[Angel Oracle]

Thinking more of the .500 teams in the major conferences.

Maybe making them finish at least over .500 in league play would open the door for a few deserving mid-majors that have 30s and 40s rpis but are left out.

 

But of course the big dogs have a say in that.

[Homebrewer]

AW Bracket Tournament this year?

Get it done.

[HeavenlyHalos]

So these first few rounds are exclusively on Pac 12 Network. Most exciting few days for the conference season and he puts it on that crappy network only half the people even get. Meanwhile, the other conferences are all over ESPN. Another failure by Larry Scott.

[fan_since79]

USC buries UCLA 95-71.

 

The Bruins' season mercifully comes to an end.

[nando714]

I have never seen USC basketball dismantle ucla basketball not 1....not 2...but 3 times

Utah next! Let's hope we show up !!

Edited March 10, 2016 by nando714

[nate]

Guerrero won't axe Alford either... watch.  It is the worst season in UCLA basketball since WW2.

[nando714]

14-19 holy cross will be in the tourney

[Angel Oracle]

UCLA just didn't seem to play with any purpose since February.

15-17 record, when you beat Kentucky and Gonzaga?

[Tank]

Guerrero won't axe Alford either... watch.  It is the worst season in UCLA basketball since WW2.

 

i wonder if bob toledo is available.