***Official 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Thread***

utahrangerone

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10:45 a.m. local start in Salt Lake City on Saturday morning. Oof.
Man I wish I could afford to go to even one of the games here.. but things are soooo different than the 1990s tournaments I attended at the Jon Huntsman center - famous home of the legendary Larry Bird/Magic Johnson matchup.
 

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He picked UK for his Final Four. He doesn’t know ****.

I saw that and wondered we he AND OTHERS chose Kentucky for the only non-chalk pick. I mean come on, not only boring but irrational.

Every 2, 3, and 4 in the west and midwest was a better bet than Kentucky.
 
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Im pissed about the blown call on the block vs KU, but Samford kept letting a Jayhawk free way down court on like 3 straight trips when they had the possession arrow. They blew it on defense late in that game over and over.
the thing is, if the correct call was made, Samford was only down 1, and if they scored they might have been ahead and not even have pressed like that at all. The blown call gave the game to Kansas 100%.
 

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Clark Kellogg is just a douche. Defending the refs at end of KU game. Just gargling blue blood balls again.
His goofy voice and facial movement and expressions are so obnoxious. Can’t stand his delivery and honestly find him to be worthless and nothing more than a blue-blood wanking dumbass.
 
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Hello strangers.. Just popping in from Salt Lake City to congratulate you on your big win today!

At the same time the city has a definite buzz of non-sympathy for BYU choking in their game - less schadenfreude, than "I told you so/they deserved it". Cant wait for the fall when we Utes fans/Alumni/Boosters get to formally lock horns with the *bad* cougars again (as opposed to Houston, aka Good cougars).

Best of luck on your urn in the big dance, folks!

Thanks for stopping by, gotta get the rest of your crew to cool it with the "Big 12 is a truck stop" stuff.

BYU was actually a bad matchup for us this year, even when we beat them at home it was a struggle. I don't think any of us mind not having a third game this year.
 

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I think our Big 12 tournament offense has a lot to do with that spread.

Torvik has us as a 7.1 point favorite, add the fact that its a virtual home site for us vs the neutral its probably figuring and it makes sense.
 
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No doubt that basically gave KU the game there. KU is in big trouble if the call wasn't blown... but Samford can't control that.
One of the most frustratingly dumb things I have seen in college basketball for a while. And I don't care one way about Samford, except that they got absolutely robbed. I can't see KU winning a 2nd game.
 
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One of the most frustratingly dumb things I have seen in college basketball for a while. And I don't care one way about Samford, except that they got absolutely robbed. I can't see KU winning a 2nd game.

If I were to defend the refs...and I'm not...they probably blew the whistle thinking it was an intentional foul not even thinking he could get it clean from that angle.
 
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If I were to defend the refs...and I'm not...they probably blew the whistle thinking it was an intentional foul not even thinking he could get it clean from that angle.

I think they thought the Sanford guy was going to foul at any and all costs and had their mind made up when the KU guy got the ball in his hands.
 
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Thanks for stopping by, gotta get the rest of your crew to cool it with the "Big 12 is a truck stop" stuff.

BYU was actually a bad matchup for us this year, even when we beat them at home it was a struggle. I don't think any of us mind not having a third game this year.
Like with any large fan base, especially the fire the Utah football program has lit here, you are gonna have your squeaky wheel, gigantic PITA jackholes. Please try your best to just ignore the morons. Heck use a mute or block button liberally! I do that on Facebook, twitter, etc, and my live is far more serene LOL. :cool:
 
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Cw said it too? Yikes…
You have to put an asterisk next to any CW quote when he is on 2GNC. He goes into "can't we all just get along mode," and I think Hassel does, too. There is no way he says Tucker is the best player on the court if he is on his own, talking to the ISU team or fans.
 

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one of the tidbits: Drake is 0-4 in the Round of 64. (They are 6-3 in all other rounds of the tournament.)
 
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