Running 2010-11 BKC thread

Not trying to be a VT apologist, either, but Tech has done all of this with basically six players. There was no way they were winning that tournament with that short of a rotation.

 

Washington forces OT against Arizona. Gus on the call. HA HA!

 

I agree. Every century or so the Ivy can get two in.

 

COLD-BLOODED! HA HA!

 

Wow! Isaiah Thomas on the jumper to win it for the Huskies. I'm still not sure what Gus Johnson was shouting at the end. He might have been speaking in tongues.

 

This has been a really great day -- Princeton-Harvard, a zillion OTs, wins at the end.

 

I'm with you Della. It has been a fun week.

I bow at the Temple of Gus Johnson.

 

What a run of fantastic finishes - Zeke 2.0 in OT, and a near brawl after Akron nipped Kent State in OT on a blocked shot.
And my alma mater is dancing, baby! after wiping out a 15-point second-half deficit in the AE final. On a day neither team could throw the ball in the ocean, John Holland goes Jimmer after intermission and gives his team its only lead on two free throws with 2.4 seconds left.

 

Bose State tonight (down 35-33 at halftime to Utah State) and Dayton tomorrow could still steal bids. And don't forget, Penn State, Michigan and Michigan State all probably stole one each with their performances at the Big Ten tournament. VaTech should be very, very nervous tomorrow.

EDIT -- Oh, and I forgot about Harvard, which beat Colorado and BC and lost to UConn, George Mason and Michigan in non-conference play.

 

Utah State may be pulling away from Boise, it's still within reach for the Broncos right now though. If the committee really uses the criteria it claims, then Harvard, Missouri State and VCU have as good or better claims for an at-large bid than Virginia Tech. I'm not expecting it to play out that way though.

 

I just took a closer look at Harvard. RPI is 32, won at BC and a neutral court game vs. Colorado. Of its six losses, all but one are to teams that will be in the tournament and that was a one-point loss at arch-rival Yale. At UConn was the only loss that wasn't close. That looks like a solid resume, especially this year.

 

Does anyone know what this North Dakota-South Dakota game is for? They're in double-overtime as I type this, but I don't think their conference (something called the Great West) gets an automatic bid. It doesn't appear to be televised, unfortunately. I imagine that's a big rivalry game.