NCAA tournament 2011 — running thread

Mike Brey is the Rick Barnes of the Big East -- never won jack.

 

With the way Walker is playing and the freshmen have come into their own around him, I really like this Connecticut team. Other than them, I pretty much agree with you.

 

That was WAY awesomer the second time you said it ... 16 minutes later.

 

Spero Dedes sounds like a Muppet. If it was possible, I'd choke him through the TV.

 

To be fair, Notre Dame was picked seventh in the Big East preseason poll [/notredamefanboilooserdeflectingtomatoswithgarbagecanlid]

 

Something happened with my browser, double posted. Oh well. Notre Dame blows, and so does the Big East. Only two teams left in whole thing.

 

Never worried. Illinois had no answer for the Morris twins.

 

Hard to believe that Hansbrough was player of the year in the Big East over Walker.

And if the Big East didn't get 11 in, then Marquette would have been left at home instead of the Sweet 16.

I guess Harvard or Alabama can still be pissed, but it all worked out in the end.

 

Harvard and Alabama certainly would have put up a better showing than Villanova and Georgetown.

(EDIT: Didn't want to have back-to-back posts)

The problem isn't the good teams; it's the mediocre teams from conferences getting in. There are top three and four teams from smaller conferences getting left at home while the bigger conferences send every team. They need to cap how many teams a conference can send, because at some point these super conferences are going to be taking every big and getting seeds they don't deserve while good teams that consistently win in the first couple of rounds get awful seeds or don't even get invited.

 

RE: Arizona-Texas. A referee absolutely cannot have a quick count on a 5-second inbound call. That is total incompetence. A long count, people would say, "OHHHHH," but then it's forgotten. A quick count, that effectively decides the outcome of the game, is totally unacceptable.
Not that it would change anything, but Texas should complain long and loud.

 

If I'm not mistaken, that award was picked before the conference tournament? Even if it was, you could still argue Kemba, of course, but it does make a difference.