***Official 2021 NCAA Tournament Thread***

[madguy30]

O-Rob DGAF.

 

[cyclones500]

Big 3 there.

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

I hurried and threw $5 down on ORU while the money line was decent. Could win $40. Let’s gooo

 

[HoopsTournament]

Oral is setting up for an explosive finish.

It's going to be climatic.

 

[Cyched]

Why shoot a 3 there???

 

[HoopsTournament]

You are the best FT shooting team in the country Oral Roberts, hit these.

 

[madguy30]

Oral is setting up for an explosive finish.

Just waiting under the table this whole time.

 

[cyclones500]

Only the second 15 to reach S16.

 

[HoopsTournament]

Oral Roberts was in Sweet Sixteen in 1974. This is their 2nd time.

 

[randomfan44]

Baylor has historically played a zone. So they have players and coaches who are used to zones (maybe not exactly Syracuse's zone, but still zone nonetheless.) Also, if you have great talent and great shooters, you can beat their zone.

Unfortunately West Virginia doesn't have great talent or great shooters. They have struggled to score consistently this year and never figured out how to take apart that Syracuse zone. They just recruit such long bodies that your eyes can sometimes struggle to process how clogged the passing lanes look. It was a terrible match up for West Virginia.

Bummed for the Big 12, who is suddenly relying on Okie State taking advantage of some bracket chaos, having "just" a 12 seed and an 8 seed between them and the Elite Eight. KU isn't favored vs.USC and OU is most likely going to lose to Gonzaga.

 

[Cyched]

Oral finishes the job

 

[stormchaser2014]

Wow

 

[GTO]

Oral for the win!

 

[GTO]

Look at all the people who love Oral!

Oral makes a splash in the tournament.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

I almost feel bad for them

I do until I realize they are in the big 10. Let those tears flow.

 

[Thorongil Clone]

Oral is not going away

Oral doesn't suck, but will it blow it?

 

[Fishhead]

How often does Oral finish a game with a certain number of points?

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

At work but everytime I score checked Florida had a decent lead. Must have been a late flurry?

 

[Thorongil Clone]

Do you think a loss would have been difficult for Oral to swallow, @GTO?

 

[jctisu]

I'd take an Elite Eight, Final, and 2nd round loss to a higher seed in a weird year vs. what ISU's done in the same span.

Agreed. Really strange/dumb comment about Beard. An eyelash away from winning a National Championship at Texas Tech of all places is better than anything we’ve ever done.