NCAA Basketball March Madness Discussion

DivotMaker · Post by **DivotMaker** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:06 am

sportdan30 wrote: EDIT: These tournament games are on the same level as the NFL playoffs in terms of excitement IMO. Many of you will disagree.

Normally I would disagree with you as March Madness has never been something that I would typically watch because my school hasn't been to the dance in 20 years (Texas A&M). In the last two years, I have watched more A&M basketball than I have in the past 25 years....Billy Gillespie and the Aggies have me fired up over basketball and it is alot of fun to watch!

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:27 am

So, who is in everyone's Final Four?

Mine are Texas, UCLA, UConn, and Ohio State.

Texas and UConn in the Championship game with the Huskies winning it all.

jondiehl · Post by **jondiehl** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:53 am

sportdan30 wrote:So, who is in everyone's Final Four?

Mine are Texas, UCLA, UConn, and Ohio State.

Texas and UConn in the Championship game with the Huskies winning it all.

Duke over Texas
UCLA over KU
UConn over MSU
BC over Florida

UConn over Duke in the final.

Zlax45 · Post by **Zlax45** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:58 am

The winner of the BC-Nova game will go to the Final Four.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:07 pm

DivotMaker wrote:
sportdan30 wrote: EDIT: These tournament games are on the same level as the NFL playoffs in terms of excitement IMO. Many of you will disagree.
Normally I would disagree with you as March Madness has never been something that I would typically watch because my school hasn't been to the dance in 20 years (Texas A&M). In the last two years, I have watched more A&M basketball than I have in the past 25 years....Billy Gillespie and the Aggies have me fired up over basketball and it is alot of fun to watch!

Enjoy it while you can. The Aggies are one-and-done tonight against the Orange!

Take care,
PK

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:05 pm

I've got the Aggies beating the 'Cuse in my bracket. Then again, I do have Big 12 allegiance.

Anyone watching March Madness on demand? I just got invited in I believe. I wonder how bad the buffering will be here at work.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:24 pm

sportdan30 wrote:So, who is in everyone's Final Four?

Mine are Texas, UCLA, UConn, and Ohio State.

Texas and UConn in the Championship game with the Huskies winning it all.

LSU, Pitt, UConn, BC. UConn over LSU in the final.

Take care,
PK

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:24 pm

Wow. I'm amazed at how nice the video looks from the March Madness on demand! Much better than my little tv I brought from home.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:26 pm

Update: Blackout rules apply so I'm not able to get the game of my choice which is OU/Wisc-Milwaukee. I'm gonna watch BC/Pacific until it become a blow out, and then maybe switch over to the Seton Hall game.

Zlax45 · Post by **Zlax45** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:31 pm

sportdan30 wrote:Update: Blackout rules apply so I'm not able to get the game of my choice which is OU/Wisc-Milwaukee. I'm gonna watch BC/Pacific until it become a blow out, and then maybe switch over to the Seton Hall game.

I think Pacific keeps it within 10 points for most of the game even possibly winning the game...

Pacific has a big man who can play which might give BC some trouble.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:36 pm

Zlax45 wrote:
sportdan30 wrote:Update: Blackout rules apply so I'm not able to get the game of my choice which is OU/Wisc-Milwaukee. I'm gonna watch BC/Pacific until it become a blow out, and then maybe switch over to the Seton Hall game.
I think Pacific keeps it within 10 points for most of the game even possibly winning the game...

Pacific has a big man who can play which might give BC some trouble.

34-34 at half. Pacific is shooting well.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:38 pm

sportdan30 wrote:Wow. I'm amazed at how nice the video looks from the March Madness on demand! Much better than my little tv I brought from home.

Yes, the quality is outstanding. Right up there with ESPN Motion, which I think is excellent.

The Boss Button is pretty funny, too.

Today and tomorrow are perfect days for sick days, free March Madness streaming video, Wi-Fi and a 12-pack. Why the hell didn't I think of that? Too busy at work, I guess.

Take care,
PK

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:39 pm

Zlax45 wrote:
sportdan30 wrote:Update: Blackout rules apply so I'm not able to get the game of my choice which is OU/Wisc-Milwaukee. I'm gonna watch BC/Pacific until it become a blow out, and then maybe switch over to the Seton Hall game.
I think Pacific keeps it within 10 points for most of the game even possibly winning the game...

Pacific has a big man who can play which might give BC some trouble.

Final, definitive proof that, indeed, Zlax is not Parker. BC could be down by 30 with 45 seconds to go, and Parker wouldn't acknowledge the prospects of a loss.

Take care,
PK

Zlax45 · Post by **Zlax45** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:46 pm

pk500 wrote:
Zlax45 wrote:
sportdan30 wrote:Update: Blackout rules apply so I'm not able to get the game of my choice which is OU/Wisc-Milwaukee. I'm gonna watch BC/Pacific until it become a blow out, and then maybe switch over to the Seton Hall game.
I think Pacific keeps it within 10 points for most of the game even possibly winning the game...

Pacific has a big man who can play which might give BC some trouble.
Final, definitive proof that, indeed, Zlax is not Parker. BC could be down by 30 with 45 seconds to go, and Parker wouldn't acknowledge the prospects of a loss.

Take care,
PK

I guess I need to tell the story about BC Basketball and myself.

When I was working with UNH Basketball a few years ago..We had a guarentee game against BC on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving in the middle of the afternoon. Don't ask me why we are playing a day game on a Wednesday. We ended up being down by 25 points with about 10 minutes left which was expected but we made a monster comeback to get within 1 point with about a minute left. We had the ball and missed our shot and then we had to foul Troy Bell who hit both free throws to put them up three. We had one chance to tie it with a three from about half-court but missed it. Just seemed like BC could care less about playing us and did nto take us seriously and that goes for Al Skinner.

I only root for BC football remember that

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:50 pm

That said, Al Skinner is a good guy. He was an assistant in the early and mid-80s at Marist when I was a student there and worked in Sports Information.

Take care,
PK

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:51 pm

Bomb threat at the Cox arena in San Diego..........fans, players, coaches, etc. moved to a nearby hotel.

DivotMaker · Post by **DivotMaker** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:52 pm

pk500 wrote:
Enjoy it while you can. The Aggies are one-and-done tonight against the Orange!

Take care,
PK

Oh trust me, I am enjoying it. Regardless of the outcome, A&M FINALLY has a decent basketball team. Gillespie has some incredible recruits waiting in the wings, so I am excited about the future. Good luck to both teams tonight.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:56 pm

What I'm hoping regarding MMOD is that it forces Directv to lower their prices on the March Madness Package. $57 for the first two rounds of the tourney is a little high. Although, most of the games are in HD.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:41 pm

Football season officially is underway in Norman ...

Take care,
PK

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:48 pm

Damn...nothing like losing the first two games. And BC, my pick to win it all, going to overtime with freakin' Pacific. My tourney is about to be done REALLY early this year.

jondiehl · Post by **jondiehl** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:49 pm

Missouri Valley 1
Big East 0

Take that Billy Packer, muhha. G'Town is going down next (I don't think SIU will take down W. Virginia though).

I hope Mo State (RPI #21) gets to the NIT final 4, they got hosed.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:16 pm

BC dodged a hellova bullet.

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:04 pm

I have Duke, BC, UCONN, and Memphis (no surprise there) in my Final Four. I have UCONN over Duke in the final. Not really going out on a limb, am I?

DivotMaker · Post by **DivotMaker** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:11 pm

pk500 wrote:Football season officially is underway in Norman ...

Take care,
PK

Did NOT see that one coming....

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:37 pm

Who's the f*cking doorknob who set up the camera in the Cox Arena in San Diego? The damn score bar at the top of the screen cuts off the entire basket on the "left" side of the court. At least that's how it is on my telecast of Marquette and Alabama in High Definition. Nicely done.