2015 NCAA Tournament thread

If Kentucky doesn't watch it, they'll become the UConn women of NCAA men's basketball.

 

Who was the last all-time great to come out of college? If we go from when the field expanded to 64 teams, most of the top teams in the last 30+ years did not have an all-time great on them, with the exception being Laettner and Hill on the Duke teams that went back-to-back. Most of the top teams of the last 30 years were teams that had 3-4 great players, not one guy who was carrying them. The Florida team that went back-to-back had four guys who were contributing a lot. UNLV had Augmon, Johnson, Hunt. Same with the Pitino Kentucky teams.

 

Anthony Davis will be.

 

Was surprised to read that it had been 36 years since Notre Dame made the Elite Eight. Maybe it was growing up in the 70s when they had perennially quality teams, but I never would have guessed it's been that long.

I agree with all the Kentucky love above, but could ND find one night of magic? They certainly have some players that can drain the 3s over KY's suffocating D. Probably not, but they do have some history against behemoth teams with mega winning streaks...

 

Adrian Dantley isn't walking through that door.

 

How 'bout that big Polish kid with the behind-the-back passes?

 

What era are you talking about? The 30-plus years stuff you're saying doesn't make any sense. If you're drawing back to the UNLV teams of the early '90s, there was a player at LSU named Shaquille O'Neal. Everybody went to college until Garnett in 1995.

But since that era, college players have included Duncan, Iverson, Wade, Ray Allen and Steve Nash. All will be in the discussion for the Hall of Fame.

 

Carmelo Anthony isn't my idea of a Hall of Famer, but he carried Syracuse to a title and has a decent shot to end his NBA career in the Top 15 or so all-time in scoring.

 

and that same Final Four included a kid from Marquette who was pretty good

 

Yeah, Travis Diener was a stud.

 

Fouls committed by a team on defense before the ball is inbounded should come with a five second run-off in the last minute of a game. This Duke/Utah game is taking forever.

 

What was the spread on this game?

Edit: Duke was favored by 5.5 points, best I can tell. That one foul shot with - ahem - .7 seconds added back, switched the money.