Sunday Conference Tournament Thread: Championship Time

0	Just because you called out my team I'd like to point out that last year was the first time a Bo Ryan coached Badger team lost to a lower seed in the NCAA Tournament.

3/16/08

0	(Edited by Chief_aka_James) "We also saw Georgia win 5 games in 2 hours." Although, I think it was 2 games in 5 hours; Georgia played well either way yesterday. --- I really am liking Oglesby right now. I would launch up 35 footers like he is too.

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0	I kinda like that Clemson is pressing UNC because it takes Hansbrough away from the hoop, but I would imagine that Ty Lawson is about the absolute last guy you want to go up against in a running game.

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Janse

0	These refs are need to show some consistency. If you are going to allow Tyler to be mugged without a call then please stop calling these tap calls for Clemson.

3/16/08

Janse

0	What has come upon Lawson? 10 minutes into this half he is exploding to the basket like he used to. First sign of that since the ending of the dook game and first sign of it lasting for minutes since he came back. THREE FOR DANNY!

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Janse

0	ACC Champions and the worst ending I have ever seen. Clueless fouls and missing free throws?!? If Clemson would make their free throws, North Carolina would have loss.

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0	So last night/this morning was the WWL bragging about having the SEC Finals on ESPN2...in reality, its a CBS broadcast, also airing on CBS. Makes sense..

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0	Chief_aka_James wrote: So last night/this morning was the WWL bragging about having the SEC Finals on ESPN2...in reality, its a CBS broadcast, also airing on CBS. Makes sense.. Aren't you in Georgia's market though? I believe its on CBS in Georgia's and Arkanas's markets.

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0	(Edited by Chief_aka_James) kantwistaye wrote: Aren't you in Georgia's market though? I believe its on CBS in Georgia's and Arkanas's markets. Yea, I get the game on both ESPN2 and CBS. Which sucks only because I was actually hoping to watch that Big Ten game...

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0	The fact that Illinois is still hanging around is starting to scare me.

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0	If this score holds up for the Arkansas/Georgia game, I hope it means the end of complaints from their coach.

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0	Wow, Georgia is destroying Arkansas. Ridiculous, although if it could happen in any conference it'd be the SEC.

3/16/08

CriticalFanatic

0	Holy Georgia Bulldogs. They're going to win this thing, aren't they? BTW, Michigan State was called for another foul today in the championship game.

3/16/08

CriticalFanatic

0	Chief_aka_James wrote: If this score holds up for the Arkansas/Georgia game, I hope it means the end of complaints from their coach. I like how he didn't take into account that while having to play two games in a row sucks, that Georgia would also be allowed more "friends and family." These have been home games for them which is more of advantage than anything else.

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1	(Edited by Jubanator14) I am going to start up the grass roots movement of an Illinois/Georgia play-in game for the final 12 or 13 seed. Enough of this two really small schools having to travel to Dayton just to have to get into the actual big bracket. Yes We Can! Edit: Right after typing that Greg Gumble tells us that it is Coppin St. vs Mount Saint Mary's in the Play-In game.

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0	CriticalFanatic wrote: Holy Georgia Bulldogs. They're going to win this thing, aren't they? BTW, Michigan State was called for another foul today in the championship game. I understand your frustration with the (somewhat too) tightly called game, but your Spartans made some incredibly dumb fouls that any ref would've called. MSU certainly wasn't doing themselves any favors out there.

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0	Kansas has 21 FG's and 20 Assists. That is pretty good.

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0	Houston is beating the Lakers down, 59-44 at the half. T-Mac has yet to score and Rafer "Skip To My Lou" Alston is outscoring Kobe.

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CriticalFanatic

kantwistaye wrote:

I understand your frustration with the (somewhat too) tightly called game, but your Spartans made some incredibly dumb fouls that any ref would've called. MSU certainly wasn't doing themselves any favors out there.

4 guys fouled out to zero. That's just ridiculous.

I'm more frustrated with the officiating as a whole and not the injustice towards one team. The Big Ten can be perceived as a much better conference if they adjust the way games are called.

The reason Tom Izzo has done so well in the NCAA Tournament somewhat related to the officiating being much improved and little more relaxed. If you let the players play and MSU can get up and down instead of stupid hand check fouls and then assuming all blocks are also fouls the game grinds to a hault, Wisconsin style.

Hey look, another Michigan State foul.

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0	Jubanator14 wrote: Houston is beating the Lakers down, 59-44 at the half. T-Mac has yet to score and Rafer "Skip To My Lou" Alston is outscoring Kobe. Well... then I feel like I made the right choice in watching the Badger game. I'm not ready for a world where Rafer Alston is the star in a game including T-Mac and Kobe.

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0	Jubanator14 wrote: Kansas has 21 FG's and 20 Assists. That is pretty good. And yet, still behind as of this moment by 3. I highly recommend people watch the last 10 minutes of Texas/Kansas game. Very entertaining.

3/16/08

0	Chief_aka_James wrote: And yet, still behind as of this moment by 3. I highly recommend people watch the last 10 minutes of Texas/Kansas game. Very entertaining. I've been watching this entire game and it has been amazing so far. I really want to pick Kansas to do some damage in the Tournament but I just know that with Bill Self they hit the Elite 8 wall.

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0	Why does ESPN say that they have the brackets exclusively on Sportscenter and that we need to watch them and oh I don't know, CBS when they actually announce the brackets.

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CriticalFanatic wrote:

I like how he didn't take into account that while having to play two games in a row sucks, that Georgia would also be allowed more "friends and family." These have been home games for them which is more of advantage than anything else.

I really, really hope that the cold shooting this half is due to the fatigue of the two games yesterday -- I just have a feeling thats excuse #1 if Arkansas comes back though.

3/16/08

0	Jubanator14 wrote: Why does ESPN say that they have the brackets exclusively on Sportscenter and that we need to watch them and oh I don't know, CBS when they actually announce the brackets. Probably the same reason why they said the SEC Championship can be seen only on ESPN2.

3/16/08

0	"As long as Atchley stays out of foul trouble" Come on Fran, he has 4, he is already in foul trouble.

3/16/08

0	Chalmers + Rush = Elite 8...everyone else, including Self, might halt it just there though.

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0	Chief_aka_James wrote: Chalmers + Rush = Elite 8...everyone else, including Self, might halt it just there though. Arthur is really good inside though. It really depends on who KU gets matched up with in their bracket.

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0	Wow that has to be the first time I have seen that called all year!

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0	What an inbound pass/dunk to end the Arkansas run.

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0	Pretty interesting golf going on atm as well. Tiger in a tie for the lead with 2 to go.

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0	So where is Georgia going to be seeded. Over/Under on Jim Boeheim appearances on ESPN,CBS,Fox etc to complain. I am going to set it at 5.5

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0	Jubanator14 wrote: So where is Georgia going to be seeded. Over/Under on Jim Boeheim appearances on ESPN,CBS,Fox etc to complain. I am going to set it at 5.5 Georgia probably a 13, 14. Boeheim; I'll take the under. Probably just 5.

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