NCAA Basketball 19-20 Catch-All

Stele wrote:

Garrison Brooks was out, so wasn't much UNC could do. They mentioned that the starters was a new lineup that had never spent a minute on the floor together all season. Pretty rough year for ol' Roy.

Monday, Louisville @FSU, for the conference regular season, most likely.

Yeah, I just read they were down Brooks (boo) and Pierce (...eh). Those personnel losses on top of a squad lacking cohesion and chemistry... and you can pretty much guess what the result would be.

It has been a pretty disheartening year. I guess if they had won ALL of the near-miss games (not the blowouts), they might have a shot at an at-large bid (seems like it'd be a win over Duke and FSU @ FSU), but even then I feel like it'd be a stretch.

Welp, there's always next year.

And there will be no undefeated season. Ghost of UNLV's 91 undefeated regular season team strikes and takes down SDSU 66-63.

Probably no 1-seed now either.

Gonzaga @BYU starting up soon. Could still be some chaos tonight. Only ranked team they will play in conference.

Stele wrote:

And there will be no undefeated season. Ghost of UNLV's 91 undefeated regular season team strikes and takes down SDSU 66-63.

Probably no 1-seed now either.

I was hoping we could sweep the conference, especially so close to the end. But better to get the loss out of the way here then in the Tournament.

Fingers crossed BYU can take down Gonzaga.

BYU up 9, under 4. Watch if you're awake.

EDIT: They did it!

1, 2, and 4 go down. What a Saturday.

Stele wrote:

BYU up 9, under 4. Watch if you're awake.

EDIT: They did it!

1, 2, and 4 go down. What a Saturday.

Or, it's another weekend in the 2019-2020 basketball season!

ACC and their refs can kiss my ass.

Cards up 10, and then they called the 2nd half 10 fouls to 2 in favor of the team full court pressing... until they got the lead back. 8 minutes without a FG because they fouled the sh*t out of us. f*ck FSU

Stele wrote:

ACC and their refs can kiss my ass.

Cards up 10, and then they called the 2nd half 10 fouls to 2 in favor of the team full court pressing... until they got the lead back. 8 minutes without a FG because they fouled the sh*t out of us. f*ck FSU

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

(I didn’t actually see the game due to daddy duties, but did you think you’d get away with that without a comment?)

Ok. Just saw the game. It was a great game. The difference in the second half was that FasU changed its full court defense from a stretch 2-1-2 to a full out press. FSU also got red hot from the three and the crowd really got into the game. Both sides has been calls against them. The refs have to figure out the offense initiated contact rule.

And down goes Duke! Double Overtime at Wake Forest.

Ego Man wrote:

The difference in the second half was that FasU changed its full court defense from a stretch 2-1-2 to a full out press.

Exactly. The team that went full court press because they were down 12 had 2 fouls called against them the next 10 minutes while the less aggressive team got called for 10. It was a sh*t show.

I'm not saying the refs were on the take or some mad conspiracy against the new team in the conference. They just suck at their job. FSU players dipping shoulders, chicken wings and blatant walks on offense not called, and often called on Louisville instead for getting run into.

Yeah the press was bad, lots of bumping and slapping not called. But the offensive initiated contact was total sh*t. Still mad.

Madder now, Duke just lost and handed FSU the 1 seed. Bah.

*pinches self*

Am I awake? Did UNC really win another game?

Hah! Cal beat a ranked #21 Colorado in Berkeley last night.

I think that guarantees we will not be the #12 seed in the conference tourney.

Here we go again...

#6 FSU loses @ Clemson (where top 10 Duke and Louisville have both lost too).

#2 Baylor loses at TCU.

#12 Villanova lost at home to Providence.

#22 Texas Tech lost at home to Texas.

And we're not even halfway through the Saturday slate. March Madness promises to be extra insane this year.

I wonder if Clemson moves up in the NCAA tournament hunt. If they close out the season with wins, and win an acct game or 2...

Meanwhile, UNC is up on Syracuse, but if the game follows the season script we'll blow another double digit lead and lose in the final seconds to a buzzer beating 3.

Contrary to the season's theme, UNC finds another road victory.

Next up, Duke @ UVA.

And down goes Duke! It's another insane weekend in the NCAA!

2 more ranked teams down today. Creighton and Michigan. At least Mich lost to Ohio St, also ranked.

Louisville and Colorado both still playing tonight to finish out the ranked weekend. Sheesh.

VT playing like a team with nothing to lose.

I'm still glad I didn't buy ACC tournament tickets this year, but part of me wants to nurture a tiny flicker of hope that they could magically win 5 games in 5 days. I know it's not really possible (has anyone done that since Kemba Walker's UConn run of destiny?), but y'all know how fandom works.

I'll be going Thurs to watch Louisville. Hopefully Fri too.

Cards got all seniors in the box score, including walk-on grad transfer Keith Oddo. He wants to be a coach so transferred here to get some experience from Coach Mack. But we got him in in the final minute and he hit a 3 from the corner with 8 seconds left! Awesome senior night moment.

I'd be thrilled if we could ruin Duke's senior night.

Tyrian wrote:

I'd be thrilled if we could ruin Duke's senior night.

Haha

And NCSU is playing for their bubble lives. Duke going to have a challenging week. And they just lost 2 in a row last week.

Stele wrote:
Tyrian wrote:

I'd be thrilled if we could ruin Duke's senior night.

Haha

And NCSU is playing for their bubble lives. Duke going to have a challenging week. And they just lost 2 in a row last week.

NCSU came out playing tough, then apparently forgot how to basketball. I tuned out to try the FFVII remake demo after Duke started taking a lead about halfway through the 2nd half. Checking the score, it appears that was wise.

But, now maybe they'll be a bit jaded and susceptible to our WILY MOSTLY UNINJURED TEAM THAT MIGHT HIT SOME THREE POINT SHOTS!

And down goes Maryland at Rutgers.

B1G may get the most teams in but the highest will be a 3 or something. Hah.

UNC racks up a 3rd win in a row for senior night, go team!

I tell you, that Wake team is better than they've played in some games. But I suppose that's the theme for this season.

Boom. UT beats UK. I had no faith, even when we had the lead with 2 minutes left.

MannishBoy wrote:

Boom. UT beats UK. I had no faith, even when we had the lead with 2 minutes left.

Whoa, I went to bed at the half and UK was up what... 11? Did not expect that outcome!

I see the 2019-2020 season theme continues!

Yeah that was very entertaining. Glad I kept watching.

Just when Lunardi had moved UK up to the 2 line, back down they go.

And maybe coach Cal gets his wish. Reporters won't be talking about Evansville for a few days.

Tyrian wrote:
MannishBoy wrote:

Boom. UT beats UK. I had no faith, even when we had the lead with 2 minutes left.

Whoa, I went to bed at the half and UK was up what... 11? Did not expect that outcome!

I see the 2019-2020 season theme continues!

Kentucky was up by 17 in the second half.

(Kind of like UT was up 17 over Auburn recently in the second half, only to lose).

Stele wrote:

Yeah that was very entertaining. Glad I kept watching.

Just when Lunardi had moved UK up to the 2 line, back down they go.

And maybe coach Cal gets his wish. Reporters won't be talking about Evansville for a few days.

They played that clip and talked about all that for like 5 minutes during one of UT's runs. So annoying.

Notre Dame up on FSU at half. Oh boy.