Round of 32 Open Thread

by David Hooper on Mar 21, 2009 5:49 PM EDT in College Basketball

Yeah, this is late. Very late. I flipped on the TV and saw the LSU game starting, though, and figured there might be some SEC interest yet. So if you have thoughts on the LSU game, any games already finished, or any others, feel free to leave them here.

(And yes, bracket gloating is permissible.)

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Is it wrong that I'm disappointed the Purdue / Washington game is watchable?

Of course, on the other hand I’m just glad it’s close. Well, close in this case is 11 points, which after the morning games is really close.

by Chris Pendley on Mar 21, 2009 6:15 PM EDT reply actions

I'm all for washington but

After the nova and Memphis blowouts I’m wanting to see some close ones

now with less meyton panning.

by Pride of the Southland on Mar 21, 2009 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Exactly.

I don’t ask for much, just close games.

by Chris Pendley on Mar 21, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Whoa, Michigan's up on Oklahoma.

I figured this game was a dead man walking game for them …. nice surprise.

by Chris Pendley on Mar 21, 2009 6:34 PM EDT reply actions

LSU is hanging in with UNC

SEC represent. No respect I say.

now with less meyton panning.

by Pride of the Southland on Mar 21, 2009 6:53 PM EDT reply actions

This is impressive.

I’m shot if UNC doesn’t pull this out, but I kind of stop caring about my brackets once the first game tips off.

by Chris Pendley on Mar 21, 2009 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions

LSU played well and deserved a better seed than an 8

Had they gotten the seed they deserved, they probably would have lasted at least a round longer.

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Mar 22, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions

Mendez-Valdez of WKU is shooting lights out..

Five 3 pt FG’s in first 10 minutes

Ah the Tennessee fan. Obsessed and Passionate, maniacal and frightening. Step into Neyland Stadium and feel the Orange Experience.

by RockyTopinKY on Mar 21, 2009 9:00 PM EDT reply actions

Back to the scene of the crime:

I’ve got Oklahoma State / Pitt right now. Syracuse won early, so we’re still on track for the most boring Sweet 16 on record.

by Chris Pendley on Mar 22, 2009 2:53 PM EDT reply actions

FYI,

There will be a game thread for the Lady Vols tonight. (Not that you didn’t already figure that one out.) I’ll be gone for the first half of it due to curling, but I’ll get home as quickly as I can otherwise.

by David Hooper on Mar 22, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, I was just trying to hype earlier.

To be honest, I’m not sure how much of it I’ll be around for (probably first half only), and ESPN is making it sound like I won’t get that game, which means I’d audio / scoreboard watch anyway.

by Chris Pendley on Mar 22, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions

In case anyone was curious

The lovefest for Eaton hasn’t ended after the Tennessee game. They’re gushing over him after coming back from running his shoulder into Dajaun Blair’s knee.

by Chris Pendley on Mar 22, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Typical national announcers.

It’s not fair, really. They don’t have enough time to adequately prepare for all of the players they’ll have to cover in the games, so they learn to focus on one or two names per team and drone on them incessantly. Once you get noticed, you’re their little darling.

Think of it this way: Bill Walton : Greg Oden :: [insert CBS announcer here] : [insert player with highest ppg on the team here]

Altermate: Lundquist : Tebo- wait, you get it.

by David Hooper on Mar 22, 2009 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions

True.

I know that a lot of people were really annoyed at that (I didn’t have audio, so I didn’t even know they were doing that until I read the entire game thread); I think it’s more true for the lower seeds (anything below 5 or so) than it is the higher ones. I also wonder if it’d make sense for CBS to pick from ESPN’s (or FSN’s) announcers, too. A lot of those announcers have actually seen some of those teams before.

by Chris Pendley on Mar 22, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions

I wish they'd drag along the announcers for the local teams.

They obviously won’t because they don’t want the biased coverage, but I would enjoy it. (It could work very well on the interneTV; you could have the option of which school’s announcers you wanted piped through for the audio. But that doesn’t solve the TV problem.)

But at least with the local jockeys, you have people who are intimately familiar with the team’s progress through the year. And a lot of them already travel with the teams through the tournament; they contribute to interviews and press coverage for the local sports circuit when the team isn’t playing.

Maybe they could be brought along for pregame/timeouts/halftime stuff? Just something to add depth of knowledge.

by David Hooper on Mar 22, 2009 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions