2018 NCAA Basketball Tournament Discussion (Official Thread)

[Jake]

Guess I should have known something about this Texas Tech team.

You knew all you needed to know...Painter's Purdon't gonna Purdon't in the sweet 16.

 

[OHSportsFan]

You knew all you needed to know...Painter's Purdon't gonna Purdon't in the sweet 16.

Truth.

 

[scarletmike]

Well, so much for my one remaining Final Four team...

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

Painter's Purdon't gonna Purdon't in the sweet 16.

hard to fault painter or his team. the difference between purdue with haas and purdue without haas is massive. i feel bad for the boilermakers. their best teams from the last decade lost hummel and haas late in the season.

 

[Jake]

hard to fault painter or his team. the difference between purdue with haas and purdue without haas is massive. i feel bad for the boilermakers. their best teams from the last decade lost hummel and haas late in the season.

That Hummel team was legit. We'll never know...

 

[scarletmike]

What a lackluster field of 8. I hate scUM and the only other team I would even possibly bother to tune in for is Nova. If Nova and Kansas get a matchup in the Final Four I'll probably watch that, but otherwise, blah.

 

[OHSportsFan]

Posted this tweet pre-season.

(Value over replacement player)

1 of Zona, Nova, Xavier, Purdue seem like reasonable Final Four teams, if that trend were to continue.

A lot of love to Duke and MSU as Championship picks.

Upsets (Arizona, Xavier) and injury (Purdue) have impacted that. Villanova still looks good to carry on the trend.

Fuck dook.

 

[bigdog3300]

Still hurts my innards to see Esa Ahmad and Omari Spellman out there crushing it. Cleveland boys, should have been on that 71-S :(

 

[CFPBuckeye]

They’ve (Texas Tech) never made the Elite Eight so Purdue doesn’t stand a chance. That’s the way this tourney has been going this year.

They’re (Purdue) also the higher seed. Not good.

Yep

 

[DZ83CK]

With just 8 teams left, I could make a good argument that the four best teams remaining are all on the same side of the bracket. Would be surprised if the title game is competitive.

 

[CFPBuckeye]

With just 8 teams left, I could make a good argument that the four best teams remaining are all on the same side of the bracket. Would be surprised if the title game is competitive.

Villanova, Duke, Kansas and VCU?

 

[DZ83CK]

Villanova, Duke, Kansas and VCU?

Ha. Well, since you want to continue the discussion :) ... VCU had a combined 83 assists to 46 turnovers in the 5 games they won to make the F4, while the same 5 opponents had 53 assists to 69 turnovers vs VCU. And one of those wins was over a loaded #1 seed Kansas team with the Morris twins (both legit NBA players). Thus far Loyola opps have combined for 34 assists and 31 turnovers thru 3 games. Tell me, which team in Loyola's potential 4-game run to the F4 has two lottery picks this year?

 

[MaxBuck]

What a lackluster field of 8. I hate scUM and the only other team I would even possibly bother to tune in for is Nova. If Nova and Kansas get a matchup in the Final Four I'll probably watch that, but otherwise, blah.

I actually really like watching Nova.

IMO Jay Wright is the best coach in college basketball.

 

[LitlBuck]

Still hurts my innards to see Esa Ahmad and Omari Spellman out there crushing it. Cleveland boys, should have been on that 71-S :(

Esa had problems academically at WVU so I think Matta made the right call regarding him. Omari said out last season and I am not sure if it was because of academics or not.. So I am not sure about him either. Basketball wise they are both good players but you never know what you never know.

 

[LitlBuck]

I actually really like watching Nova.

IMO Jay Wright is the best coach in college basketball.

I might be able to win with those 6 players so I am not sure if he is the best or not. Plus, I thought you really liked Coach Kzycxsuatboyaiii.