Running 2022-23 NCAA Basketball Thread

Vegas didn't build itself.

 

Furman’s players might start signing NIL deals to their new schools during the game.

 

Another weird trend from that game was Northern Kentucky's fouls. Until there was 2 1/2 minutes left and they had to start fouling, they'd only been called for one in the second half.
Didn't wind up playing into the outcome, but I noticed it when they were coming down the stretch and thought it was odd.

 

That had to be infuriating if you were backing Alabama. They were up 20 at halftime and then just sort of stayed there. I think they played a lot of guys and cruised instead of putting the hammer down for a few minutes to get the lead to 30 or so, like UCLA did in the late game tonight.

 

The game script went to a really bizarre place for Bama. Brandon Miller went scoreless and only got 19 minutes in before they decided to sit him for good. Apparently he tweaked something with his groin last Sunday, although I didn’t notice it in that game.

Likewise Noah Clowney picked up 10 points right out of the gate before sitting with three fouls. He got No. 4 just 30 seconds into the second half and never played again. And Charles Bediako likewise got four fouls in only 15 minutes. So you had six guys off the bench with 14 minutes or more and they just sort of treaded water after halftime with mediocre defense.

 

Except he called the shot for the win when there were still a time out and 2.5 seconds left.

 

Great call, but...yeah. If Virginia wins it at the buzzer, that's an all-time premature ejocularity.

 

Now I wish NKU had won.

 

Look at it this way. If you aren't passionate about a particular team in this, SDSU-Furman has some of the best stories and the Cinderella appeal.

 

Why not flip it for Duke-Tennessee to start and then still have SDSU-Furman as the second exclusive national game? I always think of the noon Eastern tip as CBS pushing national brandz as hard as possible.

 

Northern Kentucky’s band director is an animal attention whore.

 

As far as CBS goes, games are pretty much by time zone. The TBS and TNT games are a little squirrelly in that regard. Don't know why their last game is Alabama-Maryland from Birmingham and not one of the Sacramento games.