NCAA Tournament Talk

jacobkdoyle · 03-27-2016, 07:18 PM

Crazy. I'm so glad Virginia lost. I hate watching them.

Bearcat_NTS · 03-27-2016, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcatmatt

Virginia is the reason why playing slow ball and relying on defense first gets you into trouble - you don't put teams away, and then a 10 seed that happens to be making shots beats you. It's also the reason why Mick's offensive strategy needs to be revamped - no matter how good you are on defense, you need offense to win tournament games.

Agreed. It doesn't hurt when you have a 5-star freshman play like a 5-star player in the second half. Richardson was awesome. They had another freshman Lydon make some huge plays too.

Bearcatmatt · 03-27-2016, 09:47 PM

UNC is stupid good when they hit 3's. They're the team to beat now. I'm predicting a UNC vs. Oklahoma Final at this point, but Nova has a shot to edge out OK. I can't see the CUSE beating UNC.

As far as UNC vs. Oklahoma goes, Buddy might the best player on the floor, but I think UNC has the better team and they have too much size and talent all around.

~~UCBearcats~~ · 04-04-2016, 11:19 PM

Turns out you can give up 74 points, win the game, and still have played great defense. The name of the game in championship caliber basketball has always been scoring points. I hope Mick was taking notes.

jacobkdoyle · 04-04-2016, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by UCBearcats

Turns out you can give up 74 points, win the game, and still have played great defense. The name of the game in championship caliber basketball has always been scoring points. I hope Mick was taking notes.

I believe Villanova and UNC were #1 and #2 in offensive efficiency this year.

prancer · 04-05-2016, 12:19 PM

This year's One Shining Moment...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGTgEyTeoBU

I only watched it once, but I think UC's only appearance is Ellis crying under a towel. About sums it up for this season...

prancer · 04-05-2016, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by prancer

This year's One Shining Moment...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGTgEyTeoBU

I only watched it once, but I think UC's only appearance is Ellis crying under a towel. About sums it up for this season...

Also, they show it from two different angles! AND it comes right after a monster Jaylen Reynolds dunk!

UCalum08 · 04-05-2016, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by prancer

This year's One Shining Moment...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGTgEyTeoBU

I only watched it once, but I think UC's only appearance is Ellis crying under a towel. About sums it up for this season...

very fitting.

jacobkdoyle · 04-14-2016, 11:58 AM

8. (8) Saint Joseph's 78, (9) Cincinnati 76 (First Round)

Poor Octavius Ellis. There all sorts clichés out there about the razor thin line between success and failure, between victory and defeat, between basically anything good that happens in sports and anything bad that happens in sports.Those clichés don't carry quite as much weight as their visual embodiment, which occurred in the final tenth of a second in this game.

This is also, as you might remember, a Cincinnati team which saw its run in the AAC Tournament end via a quadruple overtime loss to Connecticut in which the Huskies extended the game into a fourth OT with a 70-foot heave.
I suppose there are cases out there that can be argued, but it's hard for me to imagine any team in any sport that has ever ended a season with back-to-back losses that were more excruciating.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-bask...carolina-video

They ranked all 67 games of the tournament.

03-27-2016, 09:47 PM	#233
Bearcatmatt Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 310	UNC is stupid good when they hit 3's. They're the team to beat now. I'm predicting a UNC vs. Oklahoma Final at this point, but Nova has a shot to edge out OK. I can't see the CUSE beating UNC. As far as UNC vs. Oklahoma goes, Buddy might the best player on the floor, but I think UNC has the better team and they have too much size and talent all around. Last edited by Bearcatmatt; 03-27-2016 at 09:49 PM.

03-27-2016, 07:18 PM	#231
jacobkdoyle Epic Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 17,011	Crazy. I'm so glad Virginia lost. I hate watching them.

04-04-2016, 11:19 PM	#234
~~UCBearcats~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,723	Turns out you can give up 74 points, win the game, and still have played great defense. The name of the game in championship caliber basketball has always been scoring points. I hope Mick was taking notes.

04-05-2016, 12:19 PM	#236
prancer Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Ohio Posts: 213	This year's One Shining Moment... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGTgEyTeoBU I only watched it once, but I think UC's only appearance is Ellis crying under a towel. About sums it up for this season...

04-14-2016, 11:58 AM	#239
jacobkdoyle Epic Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 17,011	8. (8) Saint Joseph's 78, (9) Cincinnati 76 (First Round) Poor Octavius Ellis. There all sorts clichés out there about the razor thin line between success and failure, between victory and defeat, between basically anything good that happens in sports and anything bad that happens in sports.Those clichés don't carry quite as much weight as their visual embodiment, which occurred in the final tenth of a second in this game. This is also, as you might remember, a Cincinnati team which saw its run in the AAC Tournament end via a quadruple overtime loss to Connecticut in which the Huskies extended the game into a fourth OT with a 70-foot heave. I suppose there are cases out there that can be argued, but it's hard for me to imagine any team in any sport that has ever ended a season with back-to-back losses that were more excruciating. http://www.sbnation.com/college-bask...carolina-video They ranked all 67 games of the tournament.