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I don't mind that as much as the media timeouts every four minutes. Is is just me or are they getting longer?
That seems really unfair to Oklahoma St.
As a former sportswriter who covered college basketball, my objection is to calling them "media timeouts." They sure as hell weren't called for our benefit, and they wouldn't be called if the game was just being broadcast on the radio or online. They exist for one medium only, so quit trying to spread the blame, Sean McDonough.
They are even called in DII games, two mandatory media breaks per half. I imagine 85%+ of DII games have 0 media members present.
There's probably a kid from the campus newspaper and maybe the local paper. But I can assure you, those guys would rather the guys just keep playing. Dragging the game out longer than it needs to be is at the absolute bottom of the typical sportswriter's wish list.
It is, but it happens every year. Not only does the committee have to pick the 34 best at large and seed 68 total teams; but they have to factor in travel, prior matchups, conference spacing in the bracket, unique parameters (BYU won't play on Sunday), etc.
I've always thought that once you get past the first 4-5 in a region into the 6-11 range, the seeding doesn't matter a whole lot. A lot of teams are moved up/down in this range to accommodate all the additional parameters.
Then you would be a big fan of Jim Crutchfield at West Liberty
I don't know if this is significant but the Denver University announcer, who normally announces "media time out"; instead announced "Time out on the court" at the NIT game. Also no beer at the NIT game.
That is true. Announcers would often talk about coaches trying to save their TOs if the TV TIMEOUT was coming (though I suppose that incentive is still there, though I can't recall it coming up recently).
try to not stink
trying to gauge if the player is set to 'go off' in the second half
I just turned the stream on, so no personal opinion yet, but Wisky has one of the better defenses in the country (according to kenpom), and Henderson takes a large volume of bad shots. Wouldn't surprise me one bit to see him struggle against the Badgers.
badgers have played this way for a long time and rarely rack up a lot of fouls in a game so i don't know what to think
also do not recall an opposing player or coach accuse badgers of playing dirty or cheating
I don't watch basketball on TV as much as before but I can't imagine Wisconsin being more physical than the rest of the Big 10. You drive the lane or post up in the Big 10 at your own peril; it has pretty much been this way for as long as I can remember (50+ years). I'm sure that the way Wisconsin plays could annoy and frustrate their opponents but I don't recall anyone saying that they played dirty.
As a long-time Buckeye fan, my take on Wiscy is this:
Extremely physical, but disciplined. They don't allow easy baskets and they fight for every rebound, even after the ball has been secured. I think the games look more chippy than a typical b-ball game because of the length and tenacity of a typical badger lineup.
That said, I also think that the physical play tends to create an illusory effect, since legitimate contact in the lane (i.e., a foul) will go uncalled because it fits with the ongoing flow (or lack thereof) of the game.
I don't get too upset at this since Wisconsin is far from the only team that plays this way in the Big Ten, and absolutely not the worst offender (Sparty).
We've been over this before, and I'm going to remain adamant that these are not evidence that Wisconsin doesn't get away with a lot of little things.
One, coaches don't complain about fouls unless its something egregious. And that Wisconsin doesn't get a lot of calls against them has a lot to do with college refs missing a lot of handchecking (this applies to just about every team, not just Wisconsin) and letting the game get physical. My complaint is more that I want the refs to properly enforce the rules, and that Wisconsin is so painful to watch, and not that Wisconsin are dirty cheaters - they just use the enforcement of the rulebook the the best of their abilities.
SHOOT THE ####### BALL.
rats
why does WI keep cranking 3 point shots?
the adamant refusal to shoot anything but 3 point shots
congrats to ole miss
ryan evans and jackson will both take 10-15 foot jumpers and today could not hit one at all. between the two they were 3-16 on 2 pointers
nope
Gots to make free throws when you have the chance to score with the clock stopped.
-- MWE
ncstate is mentally weak. they have a ton of talent, but the sum of their parts is less than the whole.
all 3 big 5 teams got tough draws. temple just beat ncstate, but now they have to get past indiana to play into the next weekend. lasalle had to win a play-in game, so even though they're matched up against 3 beatable teams (boise state, kstate and ole miss), they have to beat all 3 in 5 days to get to the next weekend. and villanova gets to play unc and kansas.
since none of the philly teams were supposed to be good in the first place, it's all gravy anyway, but this feels like it's setting up for a punt cunch considering how well the teams have looked through the first 2.5 games.
That's what happens with Bobby Lutz involved.
The Florida win was a nice one, even if it was in Manhattan.
Nine and 13 seeds typically have tough draws, though the inclusion of the bonus game does complicate things.
Maybe college basketball refs should be forced to take freshman philosophy courses.
But 15% do, and I don't think its fair for teams to play under different sets of rules in different games.
Kansas City.
One of the amusing (maybe) aspects of Florida's season is how often they've given a team their only good win.
A little better then.
for anyone who didn't see it, it was amazing. kstate was essentially playing a home game, so the crowd was through the roof as they made their run. la salle kept calling timeouts, but they couldn't take the crowd out of the game and kstate just kept piling on.
la salle's coach is the weakest in the big 5 and i think he made a few tactical errors. there's only so much you can do when the momentum was going against you as strongly as it was, but the big error in my mind was that he never went to a zone. la salle was playing 5 guards throughout the half and they kept on switching everything and between the mismatches and confusion that creates it meant that the 1 big man who was on the floor was essentially unguardable when he rolled to the hoop. in addition, i think the zone would have slowed the game down at a time when it was getting out of hand.
also, i think they needed to make better use of their fouls when they had a one and one. that big man that they couldn't stop also is a <40% FT shooter, so you'd have killed two birds with one stone if you just sent him to the line a few times.
and lastly, with as aggressive as kstate was playing defense, it looked like the backdoor was open constantly, so if they could have stolen a few points that way, they might have ended kstate's comeback before it really got going.
but really, knowing that la salle won, that 2nd half was great.
also, the A-10 is 6-0 going into the 2nd round this weekend. too bad the conference is blowing up after the season.
So much for Gonzaga being challenged by the defenses of Pitt and Wisconsin, huh?
Der K, I got the reference.
They were intimidated by the Ole Miss big guy. Wasn't expecting that, but Ole Miss was winning the inside battle long before they won the game.
Some shockingly nifty passing from their big men.
My West section is awash in red.
Give them a few years and they'll probably have a better football program too.
The new Big East should ask for a discount on the name.
still more than Nebraska and Northwestern all-time...
The bad news: I had Georgetown in the finals.
Dominating performance from both but Memphis is just...ugh. B1G could conveivably get 5 teams into the sweet 16. Illinois has no shot but Minny is about as high variance as you get. They play like they did early in B1G play and the other night, they might have something. Florida is a paper tiger imo, largely untested and perhaps not ready for the level of interior length and athleticism Minny has.
Of course, Minny could easily #### the bed and lose by 20. That's what they do.
I get your point about UF - with the SEC so down this year there were not many opportunities to impress. But if the Gators play defense like they did yesterday and if any one of their outside threats heats up I don't see the Gophers having any chance. Billy is a better coach than Tubby, Patric Young can hold his own down low, and I don't see Minny having enough speed to cover the Gator guards
Gonzaga looks terrible again.
The realist/cynic in me doesn't see Cal pulling off the upset but I hope they do. It'd be awesome to see them in person in the Sweet Sixteen.
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