Official March Madness Thread

[Bossman641]

Mods, feel free to move this. I figured it'd get more action here though.

Memphis is getting quite a scare in the first half.

I'm interested to see how the Big 10 fares. The optimistic side of me says the tough Big 10 D will lock down some teams. The negative side says that these faster, more athletic teams will find a way to offset the Big 10 D and that the Big 10 teams won't have enough offense to keep up.

[BZnDallas]

so far i've only gotten one game wrong... i choose clemson over michigan but those wolverines played some ball today...

[red]

i just can not get into basketball anymore. i use to love the sport and lived for the march madness

but i've watched all the games today, and i just can't force myself to care

[HarveyWallbangers]

The only good thing I can say about my bracket is that out of the handful of the teams that I picked who lost, I didn't pick any for the Sweet 16.
:D

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1 wrong so far w00ties.

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This game right now is off the hizzie. VCU's coach is BDono's former assistant right? He has those guys playing solid, solid D!

[CaliforniaCheez]

I was trying to figure out what you people were talking about with the off season workouts.

Your talking about some girly ping pong thing, college basketball, a no contact, boring female sport.

You people need to become alive and do something. A beautiful day in the upper 70's and you sit watching the television with dribble, shoot, time out, that just goes back and forth witthout any exciting plays.


In fact ping pong has more meaningful scoring. I'd rather talk about Packer players lifting weights.

[Bossman641]

Sort of an eh day overall in the tourney today. Hopefully there will be more excitement tomorrow.

[BZnDallas]

I was trying to figure out what you people were talking about with the off season workouts.

Your talking about some girly ping pong thing, college basketball, a no contact, boring female sport.

You people need to become alive and do something. A beautiful day in the upper 70's and you sit watching the television with dribble, shoot, time out, that just goes back and forth witthout any exciting plays.


In fact ping pong has more meaningful scoring. I'd rather talk about Packer players lifting weights.


actually i was at work most of the day, then came home and worked on the fence in my backyard... doesnt' stop me from filling out a bracket though and keeping up with it... lol... :wink:

by the way, i only missed two games on day 1!!... hopefully i can keep the good zen going on day 2...

[oregonpackfan]

It was interesting to note that on Day 1 there were a lot of near upsets. A lot of # 2 and #3 teams had difficulty with their opponents.

Let's see if that trend continues today.

[Partial]

Marquette game is entertaining.

[Gunakor]

Marquette game is entertaining.

Marquette is playing damn sloppy today. They started out with great defense, but that has faded since halftime. To say thier offense has been stagnant would be an incredible understatement. They'll need to step it up big time or they won't make it to Sunday. Utah St. has all the momentum in the second half.

[Gunakor]

Marquette wins by 1. The team that played UConn so hard a few weeks ago was not on the floor today. They were awful, and damn lucky to be advancing. They better get this fixed in the next couple of days, because Mizzou will embarrass them on Sunday if they don't.

[Bossman641]

They miss James badly.

Some really good games today.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Went to the Metrodome, and watched the Bison give Kansas a good run. Good game. They played about as well as they could, but #4 was just too good for them. Ben Woodside is one heck of a ballplayer though.

[Bretsky]

Badgers talent is not matching up

[Partial]

Ugly game.

[Bretsky]

normally when I rip in the Badge they prove me wrong

Time to predict a massive comeback and win at the end :!:

[Partial]

I dunno, If they stayed in it for a half I thought they had a sporting chance. Seems like they're not playing as tight of D as they normally do.

[Partial]

Let's go Red!!

[Bretsky]

Desperate times seek Desperate measures

In Half Two I've decided to enter the rally chair; hopefully this does not take its power away come Brewer Season.

It's worked so far

[Partial]

Whoo, glad that kid from Siena made it. That is a good game a swell!

[Bretsky]

would suck if he missed two free throws causing his team to be eliminated in the NCAA tourney

Right......Mark Vershaw !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :( :(

[Bretsky]

COME ON BO; DESIGN US A PLAY THAT SCORES A BUCKET :!:

[Bretsky]

BOOMSHACKALACKA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bretsky]

tie game..........last shot time.....Bo with a timeout.........come on Badge

[Bretsky]

a freshman :( :o

OT time

[Partial]

These games are great. Gotta penetrate and kick it out to Bohannon.

[Bretsky]

Enough of the freshman point guard handling the ball; give Travon the ball

[Bretsky]

BO.............WHY THE TO ???????????????

You give the defense time to gameplan when you do that

[Bretsky]

7 seconds left !!!! down by one

Here is the season

[Bretsky]

BOOMSHACKALACKA
BOOMSHACKALACKA
BOOMSHACKALACKA
BOOMSHACKALACKA
BOOMSHACKALACKA

[digitaldean]

I hope you put the fire out on the rally chair there, B. :wink:

[Bretsky]

I hope you put the fire out on the rally chair there, B. :wink:


I'm worried that it will have no power by the Brewer season

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I think the facebook conversation of Bretsky and I carried them through!!! Go Red!!!

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I think they have a sporting chance against Xaiver.

[red]

that was a hell of a game

so was the other one

that god for day two, first day was boring with almost no upsets

[Partial]

I'm so fired up. What a great day in the tourny!

[BZnDallas]

god i love this time of the year... for me its the second best time of the year after the nfl season... *UPDATE* well i have guessed 24 teams correctly for the first round and only 2 of the teams i guessed wrong i had going to the sweet 16 so i have many players left to win my work pool!!!

[Partial]

I'm in the exact same position. 8 wrong out of 32, 2 out of s16.

GF is in really good shape. She got 6 wrong, 1 of her s16 out.

I did like 8 brackets, but I'm only checking one of them :)

[BZnDallas]

well partial since u are being so honest i will too... i did 2 brackets and my other one is doing ok... 22 correct teams with 3 out of the s16... my gf isn't doing as quite as yours though (although hers is decent), she has 20 correct teams but only 8 for the s16... kinda scary after the 2nd round... GOD I LOVE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR!!!

[channtheman]

normally when I rip in the Badge they prove me wrong

Time to predict a massive comeback and win at the end :!:

I've yet to read the rest of this thread and I couldn't post because I was at work, but damn Bretsky, nice call! I've watched my recording of the game and I have to ask what happened to Leur? Him and Krabbenhoft were invisible it seemed. Hughes was as well until the very end. Good thing Nankavil really stepped up his game and also good for JBo to finally start shooting fairly well away from home.

I thought when the Badgers were down 3 with a minute it was over but for the first time this year we didn't fuck up our chance. Very cool to see us finally win a close game and when it actually matters to boot! Hopefully we can beat Xavier and make the tournament more interesting. It gets really boring for me after the first weekend if the Badgers aren't in it.

[sheepshead]

For once I tried putting emotion aside. So I had Marquette and Wisc one and done. These damn brackets!

[oregonpackfan]

Friday's upsets really ruined my brackets! :shock:

Congratulations to the Badgers and the Golden Eagles(they were known as the Warriors when I went to Marquette)

http://www.comcast.net/articles/sports-general/20090316/SPORTS-US-BASKETBALL-NCAA/

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Let's go Red.

[BallHawk]

Two defensive teams in this game. Expect low-scoring.

Let's hope J-Bo gets hot.

Go Bucky!

[Fosco33]

Keep on dancin, Bucky

[Partial]

What a bullshit call. That ball was off Xaiver...

[BallHawk]

It appears Idaho doesn't have an overflow of Badger and Musketeer fans....

[Partial]

U da ho.

[Partial]

Bohannon is fucking money.

[Bretsky]

I AM IN THE RALLY CHAIR

[BallHawk]

If anybody is outside of the Midwest and doesn't wanna deal with the constant change of games on CBS, you can watch the game here, albeit with about a 30-60 second delay.

http://mmod.ncaa.com/video/hq?ts=1237747010&t=1a850ce643ab7a52927729a01ad74d0a&w=90

[Partial]

I left my rally computer chair towards my love makin' bed, and all of a sudden the Badger start giving up uncontested 3s. I'll stick with the chair for now.

[Partial]

'atta boy Hughes. Now that I'm in the chair the Badg are coming back

[Partial]

Bretsky and I are honed in, having an intense conversation bring the badgers back from our respective chairs.

[Partial]

Hughes is fairing well with the penetration. Eventually I have a hunch this will open up Bohannon for the trey. Keep on doing it. Seems to be the only thing working for them offensively today!

[BallHawk]

Badgers are getting the calls to go their way....

[Bretsky]

HUGE performance so far today

[Bretsky]

D it up

[Partial]

Badgers are getting the calls to go their way....

Yep. I don't think that guy has the speed to run with Hughes if he penetrates. Keep doing it, it will get 'em in the penalty in the second half and that will be HUGE in a game like this.

Love the behind the back move from Hughes. Dude is short, but lightening quick.

Gotta cut down on the dumb mistakes. Krabbenhoft has to know where he is standing. Ridiculous turnover. Can't make those mistakes.

[Bretsky]

Badgers are getting the calls to go their way....


not sure I saw any calls going their way; seems like a fair ref'd game

[BallHawk]

Badgers are getting the calls to go their way....

not sure I saw any calls going their way; seems like a fair ref'd game

It is a fair ref'd game, but Wisconsin is having the 'toss-up' calls go their way.

Nothing like the refs are in bed with Bucky, but we are getting fortunate with the reffing, IMO.

[Partial]

Hughes' coming out party!!! Wow!! Keep going to the hole!

[Bretsky]

HUGHES


BOOMSHACKALACKA

[HowardRoark]

Nice to see this team driving to the basket. And it's working too.

[BallHawk]

Hughes and Landry all day.

[BallHawk]

Need to slow it down.

[BallHawk]

It'd be nice if Krabbenhoft could do something.

[Partial]

Agree completely. Was just telling B the same thing. Gotta slow it down and play their game. They don't have the fire power to play from behind. Gotta keep the lead here. Play their game!! Stop chucking up really long threes.

[Partial]

FUCK. They are cold as ice. I feel like they've scored once in 5 minutes.

[BallHawk]

When this team is playing their game it's great to watch because you can imagine how frustrated the other team is.

When we're not playing our game, it's extremely frustrating for Badger fans to watch because we know what happens when we don't play our game.

We lose.

[Partial]

Alright, turn this foul into some momentum! Let's go!

Let's get this game turned around!!

[Partial]

WHOO lets go baby! turn this TO into another score!!

[Partial]

alright BADG! GOTTA PLAY SOME D AND HOLD!!!

Slow this game down!!!!

[Partial]

WTF

[Partial]

This is getting brutal. Bo needs to keep Hughes out there. No one else can score.

[BallHawk]

So frustrating.

[Partial]

Bohannon hasn't had a single shot behind the line today. They are doing a great job on him. He's just too white to play against a good D.

[Bretsky]

Bohannon is too slow; he can't get a look and he can't cover these guys.

It looks like our lack of athletic ability is catching up to us; the tides of this game is changing and it's not for our good. Might want to get the white towels ready

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FUCK

[Partial]

dagger. They're done. They don't have anyone who can score.

[BallHawk]

We're fucked.

Game over. So much for J-Bo and Krabbenhoft.

[Bretsky]

We're fucked.

Game over. So much for J-Bo and Krabbenhoft.


J Bo get exposed against speed like this; it's time to get a guy who can shoot lights out and run with the faster teams.

[BallHawk]

Can't get anybody to stop the big guy.

[Bretsky]

should have fouled the guy who shot 48% from the line the last five minutes; that was our best shot at getting back in. Hack a Shaq

We got beat by a much more athletic and talented team

[Partial]

Don't have any talent. Who is going to score other than Hughes next year?? We saw the limitations today. Without a Tucker, or having a veteran laden squad like the team with Butch (solid center), Landry (solid forward), Flowers(solid guard) and Hughes(solid guard), they just can't hang with the big boys. They don't have enough scorers.

[Gunakor]

Well, there's always the Marquette game later on tonight.

Dominic James has been cleared by MU medical staff to play in the game.

[Bretsky]

Well, there's always the Marquette game later on tonight.

Dominic James has been cleared by MU medical staff to play in the game.


I'm fine with Marquette getting smoked; I bleed red and white so when Creane took Wes Matthews from UW I became a detractor

[Tyrone Bigguns]

We're fucked.

Game over. So much for J-Bo and Krabbenhoft.


J Bo get exposed against speed like this; it's time to get a guy who can shoot lights out and run with the faster teams.

Those guys are a dime a dozen. :roll:

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Well, there's always the Marquette game later on tonight.

Dominic James has been cleared by MU medical staff to play in the game.


I'm fine with Marquette getting smoked; I bleed red and white so when Creane took Wes Matthews from UW I became a detractor

While i understand your sentiment, your history needs some work. Wes wasn't taken by crean...wes was never coming to UW. The tie he might have felt to UW was abused and destroyed by his relationship with his pops.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Don't have any talent. Who is going to score other than Hughes next year?? We saw the limitations today. Without a Tucker, or having a veteran laden squad like the team with Butch (solid center), Landry (solid forward), Flowers(solid guard) and Hughes(solid guard), they just can't hang with the big boys. They don't have enough scorers.

Like most of what you write...you are completely wrong.

No talent? Jbo has talent. Leuer has talent. KN has talent. Bergrenn has talent.

Incoming players taylor and Bruisewitz have talent...top 150 talent.

The fact that you can't see the talent..and then correlate talent to winning is hilarious. I guess UF has no talent. :oops:

[Gunakor]

Well, there's always the Marquette game later on tonight.

Dominic James has been cleared by MU medical staff to play in the game.


I'm fine with Marquette getting smoked; I bleed red and white so when Creane took Wes Matthews from UW I became a detractor

Milwaukee thanks you :D

McNeal and Matthews putting the Golden Eagles on thier backs, dominating the second half and setting the table for one helluva finish. What a great game!!!

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Well, there's always the Marquette game later on tonight.

Dominic James has been cleared by MU medical staff to play in the game.


I'm fine with Marquette getting smoked; I bleed red and white so when Creane took Wes Matthews from UW I became a detractor

Milwaukee thanks you :D

McNeal and Matthews putting the Golden Eagles on thier backs, dominating the second half and setting the table for one helluva finish. What a great game!!!

Buhbye, Quette.

And, now the long journey in the wilderness begins for MU...the Buzz era. :lol:

[texaspackerbacker]

I'm no Marquette fan, so I can be particularly objective here.

Marquette got SCREWED down the stretch by the officials!

The clear charge at 79-79 that went as a block against Marquette, then the obvious foul on the shooter--should have been 3 free throws for Marquette at the end. Even that stepping over the line, which was a correct call, I bet doesn't get called over half the time--especially when it is a game-deciding call.

[Gunakor]

Well, there's always the Marquette game later on tonight.

Dominic James has been cleared by MU medical staff to play in the game.


I'm fine with Marquette getting smoked; I bleed red and white so when Creane took Wes Matthews from UW I became a detractor

Milwaukee thanks you :D

McNeal and Matthews putting the Golden Eagles on thier backs, dominating the second half and setting the table for one helluva finish. What a great game!!!

Buhbye, Quette.

And, now the long journey in the wilderness begins for MU...the Buzz era. :lol:

That was the lamest way to end a season ever. You fight so hard to get back into the game, only to lose it on some silly baseline violation on the inbound with 5 seconds to go.

We effing had this one too...

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Well, there's always the Marquette game later on tonight.

Dominic James has been cleared by MU medical staff to play in the game.


I'm fine with Marquette getting smoked; I bleed red and white so when Creane took Wes Matthews from UW I became a detractor

Milwaukee thanks you :D

McNeal and Matthews putting the Golden Eagles on thier backs, dominating the second half and setting the table for one helluva finish. What a great game!!!

Buhbye, Quette.

And, now the long journey in the wilderness begins for MU...the Buzz era. :lol:

That was the lamest way to end a season ever. You fight so hard to get back into the game, only to lose it on some silly baseline violation on the inbound with 5 seconds to go.

We effing had this one too...

I've seen the baseline violation called many times...i'm straining to recall, but i know it was a major call in either the NBA or NCAA..and people always complain when it is called. But, you just know if Mizzou had broken the rule...MU fans would be posting youtube videos to show how they were robbed. This isn't an MU thing...basic fan reaction.

Losing a game like that is indicative of coaching. Sorry. But, honestly, this team's season was over when James went down..and any real hope of a final four run was over when crean couldn't land one decent big man.

When did you effing have it?

[Gunakor]

I've seen the baseline violation called many times...i'm straining to recall, but i know it was a major call in either the NBA or NCAA..and people always complain when it is called. But, you just know if Mizzou had broken the rule...MU fans would be posting youtube videos to show how they were robbed. This isn't an MU thing...basic fan reaction.


I'm not arguing the call. It was the right call. It's just lame that their season ended on a call like this, especially after fighting so hard to get back into the damn thing. I'm not saying they shouldn't have made the call.

[texaspackerbacker]

The BAD calls, I say again, were the charge that was called a block at 79-79, and the no call of a foul on Marquette's desperation 3 at the end.

[BallHawk]

We effing had this one too...

So you're just assuming you would of got a 3-pointer in 5 seconds to win the game?

[Tyrone Bigguns]

I've seen the baseline violation called many times...i'm straining to recall, but i know it was a major call in either the NBA or NCAA..and people always complain when it is called. But, you just know if Mizzou had broken the rule...MU fans would be posting youtube videos to show how they were robbed. This isn't an MU thing...basic fan reaction.


I'm not arguing the call. It was the right call. It's just lame that their season ended on a call like this, especially after fighting so hard to get back into the damn thing. I'm not saying they shouldn't have made the call.

Ok. But, i never understand that kind of feeling. Losing is losing.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

The BAD calls, I say again, were the charge that was called a block at 79-79, and the no call of a foul on Marquette's desperation 3 at the end.

Right. It was the refs..not mizzou.

Who cares about a desperation 3....down by 4.