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Running 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Rumpleforeskin, Mar 18, 2010.

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  1. mb

    mb Active Member

    I can't believe (Maryland-Michigan State version) ...

    --MSU shot so fast on its next-to-last possession.
    --Maryland shot so fast on its final possession.
    --MSU made that last shot.
     
    mb, Mar 21, 2010
    #841
  2. suburbia

    suburbia Active Member

    The shame of Buffalo having mostly tame games this weekend is that we didn't get to hear Gus Johnson at his most excitable. Can you imagine if he had called the games in Providence or even the Kansas-Northern Iowa game?
     
    suburbia, Mar 21, 2010
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  3. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Not sure. I know Wittman got some Big 10 interest his senior year of H.S. He developed a lot that year. But he had already committed to Cornell, which showed interest in him his junior year, and he stuck to his commitment, even though those programs showed up his senior year.

    The stories of the players on Cornell's teams are wild. Wittman, who stuck to that commitment, even though he could have taken a bigger-time scholarship offer. Louis Dale was begging coaches to look at his highlight tape his senior year and Cornell was was the only DI team to bite. When he made his official visit, he handed Donahue a $400 check for a deposit. This quote from Donahue in the NY Times story two days ago cracked me up: “He has braces and looks like a little 12-year old and hands me a check and said, ‘This is what my mom said to give to you.’ ” It's like the anti-recruiting story.

    And Jeff Foote didn't have any DI offers coming out of HS -- ONE DIII offer was it. He was 170 pounds and really uncoordinated. He walked on at St. Bonaventure, and then transferred to Cornell and filled into a big 7-foot frame.

    Either it's wild luck, or Donahue has an amazing talent for finding ignored talent and developing it.
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 21, 2010
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  4. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    In what has been a fairly clean tournament in terms of officiating, TV (Teddy Valentine) will see what he can do about that during the X-Pit game.

    I thought the NCAA had come to its senses, giving the blob a game even he couldn't mess up; Ohio St.- UCSB.
     
    Chef2, Mar 21, 2010
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  5. KP

    KP Active Member

    Bobby Morris disagrees
     
    KP, Mar 21, 2010
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  6. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Well, John Cahill is on that game, so hopefully he'll be able to keep things in order.
     
    MileHigh, Mar 21, 2010
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  7. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    SIU has crashed and burned since then. The only reason Lowery is still employed is that SIU can't afford to pay off the dumb $750K contract they gave him post-'07.
     
    Bubbler, Mar 21, 2010
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  8. WaylonJennings

    WaylonJennings Guest

    I know it's part of the deal, and I know I'm as guilty about it as anybody ... but I sure wish that people could talk about tournament games and results without immediate reference to "my brackets."
     
    WaylonJennings, Mar 21, 2010
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  9. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Pitt couldn't score if it was Tiger Woods in a Perkins.
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Mar 21, 2010
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  10. D-3 Fan

    D-3 Fan Well-Known Member

    Hey-ho!!!
     
    D-3 Fan, Mar 21, 2010
    #850
  11. doubledown68

    doubledown68 Active Member

    Disappointed that Mizzou never got any forward momentum going against. West by-God. But overall, a successful season. That team lost three 1K-point scorers, including its two best big men by far, and still found a way to have a legit shot at the sweet 16 for about 37 minutes.

    Mike Alden, somebody, somewhere is going to take another run at Mike Anderson this off-season. If it happens, do the right fucking thing. Keep him where he is.
     
    doubledown68, Mar 21, 2010
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  12. farmerjerome

    farmerjerome Active Member

    To be fair, Jeff Foote is from a town of about six people in New York's Southern Tier whose soccer teams were better than its basketball teams when he was in high school. It's a league not exactly famous for churning out Division I -- okay, I or II or III -- talent.
    Ragu, you probably wouldn't of heard of him unless you were back at Cornell reading the Journal's local prep section.
     
    farmerjerome, Mar 21, 2010
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