I need to remember to be careful about saying other teams sucked during the tournament so that when I'm courtside in a wheelchair for Tech's first tournament game in 87 years, I can lose with grace.
I need to remember to be careful about saying other teams sucked during the tournament so that when I'm courtside in a wheelchair for Tech's first tournament game in 87 years, I can lose with grace.
Couple of footnotes to some previous discussions about coaching.
Syracuse beats Michigan State. The were up by 3 with 8 seconds left. The announcers said they had asked Boeheim about that specific situation before the game. He unequivocally said I ALWAYS foul. He did it twice in the last 8 seconds. I personally consider Boeheim to be one of the two best coaches in the game; maybe we can incorporate that strategy in the future?
Nevada beats Cincinnati, erasing a 22 point deficit in the last 11 minutes of the game. What sparked the change in a 5 man rotation? Eric Musselman went bat-shit crazy and drew a technical after a questionable call against his team. He showed up in the winning locker room shirtless and leading the cheers. Passion matters.
I agree. I watched that Syracuse-MSU game, and it was a very good game. Jim Boeheim is one of the very best there is. The question posed to him was, "if you have a 3 point lead with 5 seconds left, and the other team gets the ball, what do you do? Do you foul 'em and put 'em on the line shooting 2, or do you make 'em drive the length of the court and let 'em shoot a possible 3?"
Without hesitation, Boeheim said "I ALWAYS foul 'em".
Lo and behold, with 8 seconds left in the Syracuse-MSU game, Boeheim was in this exact position, and did exactly what he said he always does: he fouled 'em. And MSU could never catch up.
3 possible winners
DFM if Kansas wins Saturday.
Dawgpix if Nova wins Saturday, but loses championship
Me if Nova wins championship.
I have Michigan winning it all. But the rest of my FF bracket is ruined. I had Kentucky, West Virginia, and Duke all making it. Meeeeechigan is my last pick standing.
I wanted so bad to put a so-called "mid-major" in the FF, but couldn't decide on which one. Loyola-Chicago? Who knew?
Nova is putting on a clinic with their guards and 3pt offense...
Love me some Jay Wright and his offense
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
I picked Michigan to win it all, but now I'm leaning toward Nova on Monday. The 'Cats are playing really well and are on a roll.
Still, the reason I picked Michigan was their team defense. So....
The B10 sux so bad.
I regret my White State-T Bulldog dogtag is coming in second tonight.
(I'm sorry, Coach Maxie Lambright, for this embarrassing performance by me in the Pick'em competition.)
Congratulations to Sportdawg.
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Villanova is simply the most complete team out there. Congrats to the Wildcats on their NC.
What? Did I actually win? Thank you, Mother Theresa!
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Standings
1 Dawgpix My Swell Bracket 36 81 81 2 sportdawg99 SportDawg 35 79 111 3 LaTechRandy Randy's 27 Yr Drought Bracket 32 76 76 4 --hidden-- rebelboi's bracket 36 75 75 5 Bulldog Legacy Bulldog Legacy 35 74 106 6 JTT JTT's Boss Bracket 35 73 105 6 Bulldog Tom Bulldog Tom 37 73 73 8 Matthew Wade Antley Matthew Wade Antley's Bracket 31 68 100 9 DFM My EPIC Bracket... 33 65 65 10 Philip Philip's Pleasant Bracket 33 59 59 11 Sportdawg sportdawg jr. 36 57 57 12 Brunswick Dude Brunswick Dude's Bold Bracket 30 51 51 13 brad Flying Elvis 31 50 50 14 Cade Cade's Cool Bracket 31 49 49 14 Francisco Papa Francisco 18 49 81 16 rafe My Grand Bracket 29 37 37 17 David Who Would Win in a Fight 26 31 31 18 Michael My Out-of-Sight Bracket 0 - 0 18 Kane My Slam-Dunk Bracket 0 - 0 18 Terence Terence's Tip-Top Bracket 0 - 0 18 James James's Rad Bracket 0 - 0
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Sorry DP
1 sportdawg99 SportDawg 36 111 111 2 Bulldog Legacy Bulldog Legacy 36 106 106 3 JTT JTT's Boss Bracket 36 105 105 4 Matthew Wade Antley Matthew Wade Antley's Bracket 32 100 100 5 Francisco Papa Francisco 19 81 81 6 Dawgpix My Swell Bracket 36 81 81 7 LaTechRandy Randy's 27 Yr Drought Bracket 32 76 76 8 --hidden-- rebelboi's bracket 36 75 75 9 Bulldog Tom Bulldog Tom 37 73 73 10 DFM My EPIC Bracket... 33 65 65 11 Philip Philip's Pleasant Bracket 33 59 59 12 Sportdawg sportdawg jr. 36 57 57 13 Brunswick Dude Brunswick Dude's Bold Bracket 30 51 51 14 brad Flying Elvis 31 50 50 15 Cade Cade's Cool Bracket 31 49 49 16 rafe My Grand Bracket 29 37 37 17 David Who Would Win in a Fight 26 31 31 18 Michael My Out-of-Sight Bracket 0 - 0 18 Kane My Slam-Dunk Bracket 0 - 0 18 Terence Terence's Tip-Top Bracket 0 - 0 18 James James's Rad Bracket 0 - 0
Had to go ahead and freeze frame it while it looked good! (The brackets had all been updated, so, hey...Just go back to my post #25.)
We’re all good.
Another fun exercise!
PS-B10 still sux!
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