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

[carvers4math]

That guy is the WORST.

I can’t stand Seth Davis either

 

[abd4cy]

Round of 64 Tidbits - Thursday Evening

#4 Kansas 93 #13 Samford 89 Kansas is in the Round of 32 for the 17th straight tournament. They are 38-2 in the Round of 64. Kansas has 9 w...

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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.)

That Tidbit has me confused. How can they have wins in other rounds if they are 0-4 in the round of 64. All I can think of is play in games, but I don't believe they have played in 9 of them. I'm guessing there is something missing from that sentence.

 

[Nothingman]

That Tidbit has me confused. How can they have wins in other rounds if they are 0-4 in the round of 64. All I can think of is play in games, but I don't believe they have played in 9 of them. I'm guessing there is something missing from that sentence.

Drake was 6-3 before the tournament expanded to 64. That’s what I took from it anyway.

 

[alarson]

Drake was 6-3 before the tournament expanded to 64. That’s what I took from it anyway.

5-3. They had one play in game later.

Those all came in 1969-1971 under Maury John. The tournament had 16 teams back then and they went to a final four and two elite 8s.

Iowa State then hired him, but he was diagnosed with cancer right before his third season here and he died not long after.

After that Drake didn't appear in another NCAA tournament at all until 2008

 

[nfrine]

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.

Come to a game at Hilton. Great atmosphere. And the Iowa truck stops are first class too.

 

[nfrine]

Drake was 6-3 before the tournament expanded to 64. That’s what I took from it anyway.

Drake was 4-1 in 1969. Lost to UCLA and Lew Alcindor/John Wooden in the semifinals.

 

[Big_Sill]

Tennessee will be the Final Four team out of that region.

Agree, easiest region to pick.

 

[Halincandenza]

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%.

The refs missed a time out call before a jump ball like the play before and really the refs were bad allll game long. It was a horribly officiated game and way too many reviews.
The game took close to three hours I think.

 

[Halincandenza]

If Purdue can't do some damage this year with the easiest region imaginable they need to just withdraw from the tournament for a while.

NC State might legit be the best looking team they have to get past to make a Final Four this year.

The zags have been getting better as the season goes on.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Drake was 4-1 in 1969. Lost to UCLA and Lew Alcindor/John Wooden in the semifinals.

3-1. 25 team tournament. Had a bye then beat Texas A&M and Colorado State before losing to UCLA in the national semifinal. Beat North Carolina in the 3rd place game.

 

[clonedude]

Yeah, that's a bad take from CW.

CW is nearly as big of a fan of Iowa, UNI, and Drake as he is of the Clones anymore.

IE has made him that way IMO.

 

[cowgirl836]

Tennessee will be the Final Four team out of that region.

My son's "pick orange" strategy will work out well for him then

 

[joefrog]

5-3. They had one play in game later.

Those all came in 1969-1971 under Maury John. The tournament had 16 teams back then and they went to a final four and two elite 8s.

Iowa State then hired him, but he was diagnosed with cancer right before his third season here and he died not long after.

After that Drake didn't appear in another NCAA tournament at all until 2008

Drake gave UCLA their biggest challenge, and almost beat them in the 1969 Final Four, 85-82.

 

[Jer]

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.

At least half the fouls around the rim are "expected fouls" more than "actual fouls". I can't blame the refs because they get bad angles, especially down low, but they call far more calls based on what they expect will be a foul than actually waiting for the foul and seeing it.

 

[CYCLNST8]

@utahrangerone

Please beat the hell out of Iowa on Sunday. Do you think the Huntsman Center will be full?

 

[Cardinal2001]

wow, that samford call is painful. All ball and clear in real time.

 

[herbicide]

CW is nearly as big of a fan of Iowa, UNI, and Drake as he is of the Clones anymore.

IE has made him that way IMO.

He's trying to be somewhat impartial* to build his business. I certainly wouldn't call him a fan of any of those teams, especially Iowa.

*he doesn't hide being a Cyclone Fan(atic) at all. He simply doesn't do the blind hatred/vitriol in public/IE that many of us other fanatics love to practice.

 

[trevn]

Agree, easiest region to pick.

Never doubt a Rick Barnes coached team's ability to flop in March.

 

[BigJCy]

10:45 a.m. local start in Salt Lake City on Saturday morning. Oof.

Furthest West site location on Saturday and they get the 1st games. Doesn't make a lot of sense.

 

[Gunnerclone]

At least half the fouls around the rim are "expected fouls" more than "actual fouls". I can't blame the refs because they get bad angles, especially down low, but they call far more calls based on what they expect will be a foul than actually waiting for the foul and seeing it.

This is why I think it’s funny when fans get so mad at “late whistles”. A late whistle tells me the ref was watching the play, then processing what actually happened, then blowing the whistle.