Running NCAA men's tournament thread 2012

Wouldn't you know - a NCAA Tournament game that Bill Self doesn't muck up?

Actually, his switch to a triangle-and-2 in the second half was a stroke of tactical brilliance.

What might have been, however, had Melo not gotten suspended for Syracuse and had Marshall not gotten hurt for NC.

 

Old Roy does have two rings - one more than Self.

And Self has just as many bad NCAA Tournament losses at this point as Roy did.

 

Carolina scored 20 points in the second half.

Twenty

 

Not making fun here, but what's going on with the skin on Stilman White's arms? Was he burned as a child? Tarheel or Sam or someone - anyone know?

 

Barnes comes up small against real competition, Williams gets undressed, again . . . move along, nothing to see, here.

 

I get why some people might not like Roy Williams, but to say he got undressed seems a little unfair, doesn't it? Going down to the last couple of minutes against a No. 2 seed -- and doing it without the point guard who makes your team go -- is nothing to be ashamed of.

 

Right, I mean Roy only had six more McDonald's All-Americans in this game than the opposition. What do you want him to do, keep it within single digits?

 

I can't believe nobody here has found any dirt on Calipari yet.

 

The level of this discussion is getting pretty low even allowing for the whatwhat discount. A perennial powerhouse minus its starting point guard lose to another perennial powerhouse in the Elite Eight. How that reflects badly on the coach of the losing powerhouse escapes me.

 

Because Roy didn't push Marshall to play, which was stupid. This was the Elite Eight, not a pickup game.

 

For the record, my cheek hurts from jamming my tongue in there so hard right before I posted.

 

Given the talent he's had at Carolina, Williams' sustained underperformance when the clock's running continues to amaze. Can't wait for the next session of radio-show highjinks.