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Title: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on March 03/13/23, 08:27:55 AM
so who"s participating in a tourney board.

i was offered but declined. i havent followed it all year!!!!!!its only a ten dollar entry, but......
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Steve-o on March 03/13/23, 08:44:32 AM
I used to play in one or two at work, but don't play any now.  I don't have the time to pay attention to the teams to do anything more than guess.

A company big muckety-muck from out east decided to show what a regular guy he was - so he sponsored a board for the employees and encouraged us all to have fun with it - promised big prizes for the winner and encouraged good natured, politically correct trash talk.

Long story short, I won the bracket, and because I was just a guy in fly-over country, he forgot all about the big prizes.   :thumbs:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: mike89 on March 03/13/23, 08:48:09 AM
nope
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: KEN W on March 03/13/23, 09:42:18 AM
Me neither.....probably won't even watch most of it until the final couple games.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on March 03/17/23, 08:53:59 PM
Just seen #1 seed Purdue got sent packing by a 16 seed
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Gunner55 on March 03/18/23, 07:44:57 AM
No pools, but I watch a lot of the games.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Dotch on March 03/18/23, 08:49:32 AM
Same here, especially B1G games. That Purdue loss was amazing. Guessing a lot of brackets took a major hit, especially if you're a Purdue alum. Much snarling and gnashing of teeth on Twitter from them.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: dutchboy on March 03/18/23, 09:12:29 AM
Same here, especially B1G games. That Purdue loss was amazing. Guessing a lot of brackets took a major hit, especially if you're a Purdue alum. Much snarling and gnashing of teeth on Twitter from them.

EPSN had over 20 million brackets filled out. Not one is still perfect. Thats before the games on the first Saturday of the tourney.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on March 03/18/23, 09:29:03 AM
my uncle does a bracket thing.........its only 10 bucks.........but i havent followed it this year hardly at all. so i passed. one year when i was still working at DCI going into the weekend before the final 4......i had 3 0f 4 of my top teams still in it.......guess what they all lost!!!! :bonk: :pouty:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Steve-o on March 03/18/23, 09:39:33 AM
Just seen #1 seed Purdue got sent packing by a 16 seed
Plus... the tallest team in the tourny got beat by the shortest.  :happy1: 

The big 7'4"er from Purdue didn't attempt a shot in the last 5+ minutes.  :bonk:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Dotch on March 03/18/23, 10:00:31 AM
Kept hearing all year Purdue guard play was suspect if you stopped the big guy. Appears they were right even though he still had 21 pts. & 15 boards.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Steve-o on March 03/18/23, 09:13:14 PM
8 seed upsets so far... two #1s, a #2, and a #4 out.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Gunner55 on March 03/19/23, 07:52:42 AM
Just seen #1 seed Purdue got sent packing by a 16 seed
Purdue's big problem was the same as the Ia St.'s & Drake's.......................nobody could make a 3, so everybody could sag inside on their big guys. Iowa had the same problem,  as they never made a 3 pointer in the 1st 1/2, in their loss. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on March 03/19/23, 09:06:43 AM
watched kansas go down last night........ bet there is alot of unhappy bracket people!!!!!!! :rotflmao:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Steve-o on March 03/24/23, 12:27:34 PM
I listened to the Gonzaga/UCLA game on the radio last night.  Holy Hannah, what a game!  :happy1:

Gonzaga kept pace early, but soon fell behind by 13.
They mounted a comeback to take the lead by 2.
They played close the rest of the way til Gonzaga went up by 6 with about a minute to play.
The radio announcers said UCLA looked spent and the game was all but over.
Then full court pressure by UCLA caused two turn overs, then missed foul shots by Gonzaga, and UCLA managed to take the lead by 1 with 12 seconds left.
Gonzaga came back and drilled a 3 to take a 2 point lead with 1.5 seconds left on the clock.
And the UCLA full court heave missed to give Gonzaga the victory.
 :cheerleader: :cheerleader: :cheerleader: :cheerleader: :cheerleader:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on March 03/24/23, 12:31:36 PM
Not sure how you can listen to BB on the radio?? That's about as stimulating as watching golf on TV!! :rotflmao:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Steve-o on March 03/24/23, 12:58:18 PM
I had nothing else to listen to and I wanted to see how the tournament was going.  to make matters worse, the radio network was switching back and forth between two games and you had no choice of which one you wanted to hear.  Yes, a lot of the play by play was just noise, but when the game got down to crunch time, it was still very exciting.

I like watching golf on TV - where a "charge" up the leaderboard can take 90 minutes.  It is a slow burn.   :happy1:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Gunner55 on March 03/25/23, 08:12:18 AM
The last 2 #1 seeds got beat yday. The 1st time in history, since '79, that there's no # 1 left in the Elite 8. Dutcher's Aztecs took down the #1 overall seed, Alabama, in a physical game.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on March 03/25/23, 08:16:34 AM
The last 2 #1 seeds got beat yday. The 1st time in history, since '79, that there's no # 1 left in the Elite 8. Dutcher's Aztecs took down the #1 overall seed, Alabama, in a physical game.
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: bet them bracket people are going nutz!!!!!!!! :rotflmao:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Steve-o on March 03/27/23, 08:10:44 AM
It was incredible how many amazing games there were in the rounds of 16 and 8.   :happy1:

Since I don't play brackets, so I normally don't pay as close attention to all the games as I did this year.  But if I was going to pick a year to watch...  this is the one!
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Gunner55 on March 03/27/23, 08:20:59 AM
Yeah, the last 2 rounds of been some really good games. :cool: The women's tourney has been good too, with 3 BIG teams still in the mix. Maryland has a tall task tonight though with #1 overall South Carolina. Caitlin Clark goes for 41 pts,12 assists, & 10 rebounds last night to put Iowa in the Final 4 for the 1st time since 93. :happy1:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Gunner55 on March 03/28/23, 08:11:26 AM
Both Maryland & Ohio St women's teams go down last night. Their Final 4 starts Friday night @ 6, ESPN.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on March 03/28/23, 08:21:41 AM
i'd love to see one of the lowest seeds pull it off. i'd bet this will be one of the worst years for this bracketology!!!!!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: dutchboy on March 03/29/23, 07:17:13 PM
By reading this it almost makes me think I missed something by not watching any of it.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Steve-o on March 03/30/23, 10:56:28 AM
College basketball is the wild, wild west with kids jumping schools thru the transfer portal.

I heard or read somewhere that it won't be long until there are only about 25 schools that matter, attract all the talent, and the other schools will be 'also rans'. 

That will probably make for some exciting basketball games, the tournament will continue to be the Golden Goose for the NCAA, but besides the money (and goodness knows who get it all and what they use it for) I can't see how the transfer portal and "Name, Image, & Likeness is good for college athletics.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: dutchboy on March 03/30/23, 11:44:43 AM
Isn't there a bunch of 25 & 26 year olds playing due to the Covid mess? Is that the reason the one & done Blue Bloods aren't in the finals?
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on March 03/31/23, 09:23:00 PM
watching the womens final 4. that Iowa team is pretty damn good. there giving south carolina a good run for there money.....the clark gal is something else!!!!!! :happy1: they get by SC they should win it all!!!!!!! :happy1:

find it pretty interesting......Iowa has all white players/starters........SC all black!!!! and then white women are fast as hell!!!
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Pulleye16 on March 03/31/23, 09:26:42 PM
I’m try hard not to laugh about Glenn watching the women’s final 4…. At least someone is watching.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on March 03/31/23, 09:33:41 PM
I’m try hard not to laugh about Glenn watching the women’s final 4…. At least someone is watching.
why??? :scratch: some of them are pretty darn cute :sleazy: :smoking:.....and they have come a long ways playin ball!!!!!! :happy1:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: KEN W on March 03/31/23, 10:44:35 PM
Good game......that Clark is the best in the country. Officials are letting SC get away with being VERY Physical. 6'7" Center.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Dotch on April 04/01/23, 01:47:06 AM
She's the real deal. 41 pts. later, IA upends unbeaten SC by 4. Entertaining ballgame! IA & LSU in the final, Sunday at 3 p.m. I believe.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Gunner55 on April 04/01/23, 07:15:49 AM
I’m try hard not to laugh about Glenn watching the women’s final 4…. At least someone is watching.
:rolleyes: They were doing a "megcast" on ESPN2 similar to what the Mannings did on MNF this year. Heard 'em say over there that the tickets to the women's Final 4 were selling for almost double what the men's were. I'd bet the TV ratings are way up too.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Gunner55 on April 04/01/23, 08:02:21 AM
She's the real deal. 41 pts. later, IA upends unbeaten SC by 4. Entertaining ballgame! IA & LSU in the final, Sunday at 3 p.m. I believe.
Clark scored or asissted on almost 3/4, 57 of 77, of Iowa's points. :crazy: They never missed a FT, either.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on April 04/01/23, 08:31:03 AM
it was a fun game to watch. i'll be watching tomorrow and pulling for Iowa!!!!!!!!! both games were good actually. :happy1:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on April 04/01/23, 07:39:36 PM
crazy ending to that first mens game!!!!!!!!!!! :happy1:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: KEN W on April 04/01/23, 08:19:32 PM
Wow.....great win. Really tough loss.  :happy1: :happy1: :happy1:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: dutchboy on April 04/01/23, 08:32:13 PM
crazy ending to that first mens game!!!!!!!!!!! :happy1:

Who played?
Who won?
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on April 04/01/23, 08:34:58 PM
Florida Atlantic vs San Diego st. San diego was behind by 14, won by 1 on a buzzer beater.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: KEN W on April 04/01/23, 08:58:28 PM
Interesting Final Four....
2 number 4 seeds
1 number 5 seed
1 number 9 seed

No one from the top 15 teams in the country made it.

No one from the Big Ten, SEC, Big 12, and Pac 12 in the Finals. Definitely the Final Four underdog tournament.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: LPS on April 04/02/23, 06:57:17 AM
That is great!  Good for those guys.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Gunner55 on April 04/02/23, 07:26:54 AM
 U Conn was in control right from the start of game 2.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on April 04/02/23, 08:09:41 AM
U Conn was control right from the start of game 2.
yea looked that way........i got tired and didnt even make it to half time!!!!! :doah:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Dotch on April 04/02/23, 04:28:23 PM
Horrid officiating in the NCAA women's final. A total embarrassment regardless of who wins. NCAA should be ashamed.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: roony on April 04/02/23, 05:15:02 PM
And terrible sportsmanship by the winning gang of thugs.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on April 04/02/23, 05:17:05 PM
 :pouty: probably a good reason i didnt get a chance to watch it!!!!!! :shocked:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: dutchboy on April 04/02/23, 05:46:26 PM
And terrible sportsmanship by the winning gang of thugs.

Keep in mind that school is always optional for LSU athletes.   :rotflmao:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Gunner55 on April 04/03/23, 07:30:39 AM
watching the womens final 4. that Iowa team is pretty damn good. there giving south carolina a good run for there money.....the clark gal is something else!!!!!! :happy1: they get by SC they should win it all!!!!!!! :happy1:

find it pretty interesting......Iowa has all white players/starters........SC all black!!!! and then white women are fast as hell!!!
  :pouty: Thanks glenn!!! :taz: :banghead: training-087                  :nerd: :rolleyes: :laugh:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on April 04/03/23, 09:10:46 PM
kinda early yet but UConn is running away from the Aztecs!!!!!!!
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Gunner55 on April 04/04/23, 07:24:16 AM
Yeah & it was 12 @ the 1/2. SD got it within 7 early in the 2nd 1/2 but not for long.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Steve-o on April 04/04/23, 10:16:01 AM
I was checking in and out of the game, so I didn't get all the pre-game and post-game hoopla, but I didn't realize it was Jim Nantz's last basketball game call.

Jim Nantz's dream 32-year Final Four run wraps as iconic voice of March Madness soaks in final moments (https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/jim-nantzs-dream-32-year-final-four-run-wraps-as-iconic-voice-of-march-madness-soaks-in-final-moments/)
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Dotch on April 04/04/23, 10:42:24 AM
Had heard that. He's been a mainstay for a long time.

The final was about like the women's final, anticlimactic only without the drama. The tournament itself was generally outstanding.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Gunner55 on April 04/04/23, 08:18:07 PM
Hello friends!!!  :bow:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Steve-o on April 04/05/23, 08:16:40 AM
Jim Nantz Always Carries A Picture Of Burnt Toast For This Simple Reason (https://nesn.com/2017/04/jim-nantz-always-carries-around-a-picture-of-burnt-toast-for-this-simple-reason/)

...now is as good a time as any to revisit one of Nantz’s more bizarre habits.

It’s quite bizarre, too: Nantz carries a picture of burnt toast in his wallet everywhere he goes.

We know what you’re thinking: This is some grand metaphor for a time he got “burned” as a young broadcaster and came back stronger than ever. Nope. It turns out his reasoning is pretty practical, if a bit strange.

“I?m a breakfast guy: three eggs scrambled, with bacon and wheat toast, burnt,” Nantz explained in a March 2016 interview with Golf Digest. “The problem is, it never came back burnt. For years it would arrive limp and tan, which brought breakfast to a standstill when I sent the toast back. It was costing me 10 minutes a day, which, multiplied by six days a week, is four hours a month. That?s 48 hours — two full days — per year. My friends, time is currency.”

“My wife, Courtney, got tired of hearing me complain about it. She found a photograph on the internet of a kitchen toaster ejecting two slices of burnt toast. She minimized it, printed it out and had it laminated. She insisted I put it in my wallet. When I order, I present the photo to my server. I get some strange looks, but I can assure you, the toast now arrives black and scary, just the way I like it.”
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: LPS on April 04/05/23, 08:30:43 AM
A few years ago when Romo hit the scene there were some tense times as to who was the top dog in their announcing gigs. 
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Steve-o on April 04/05/23, 08:36:10 AM
I reckon egos are always an issue to some degree or another when you get at that level.  The good ones figure it out.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: dutchboy on April 04/05/23, 09:15:49 AM
There was never a doubt with me who the top dog was. Romo knows football. Nance can convey what he see's to a bunch of people who don't know football.

It was the same with Summerall & Madden, Buck & Aitkman.
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on April 04/05/23, 06:13:40 PM
not sure if anyone else is reading some of this stuff but this Agel Reese from LSU womens team seems like a genuine thug!!!!!! :doah: :scratch:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: roony on April 04/05/23, 07:30:58 PM
Yes
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Gunner55 on April 04/06/23, 08:12:31 AM
 :scratch: https://www.cbssports.com/womens-college-basketball/news/caitlin-clark-says-lsus-angel-reese-should-never-be-criticized-for-taunting-gestures-on-court/ :confused:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on April 04/06/23, 12:51:22 PM
well this Clark gal did kinda do some flaunting herself in the SC game, but this Reese gal is over board to keep bringing it up... Clark is taking the high road. this reese lost my respect when she started talking ghetto trash!!!!
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: Steve-o on April 04/06/23, 01:07:52 PM
well this Clark gal did kinda do some flaunting herself in the SC game, but this Reese gal is over board to keep bringing it up... Clark is taking the high road. this reese lost my respect when she started talking ghetto trash!!!!
Flaunting or TAUNTING?  :confused: :sleazy:  :rotflmao:

(https://gifdb.com/images/high/adriana-lima-flaunting-her-body-nvre0befpt1je4nv.gif)
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: glenn57 on April 04/06/23, 01:24:39 PM
 :hubba: :hubba: well she could flaunt and taunt me anytime!!!!!!! :wowza: :happy1: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: mike89 on April 04/06/23, 03:10:42 PM
sounds like reese did it again... 
Title: Re: NCAA BB tourney
Post by: roony on April 04/06/23, 05:18:03 PM
Good to see the Iowa girls taking the high road.