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Sweet Sixteen Schedule Day 1 Open Thread

We've had nearly a week to get all of THAT out of our system, so it should be safe to watch some basketball again. Here's the schedule for tonight:

7:15PM CBS San Diego St. Aztecs vs. Connecticut Huskies
7:27PM TBS Florida Gators vs. BYU Cougars
9:45PM CBS Duke Blue Devils vs. Arizona Wildcats
9:57PM TBS Wisconsin Badgers vs. Butler Bulldogs

 

As a reminder, here are the current standings in the 2011 RTT Bracket Challenge. You may be wondering whether I just copied the pythag bracket and claimed it as my own. I did consult with the pythag, but I broke with it starting tonight. The pythag likes BYU, but I picked Florida. Everything else is the same -- for tonight, anyway -- including the fact that neither has anything riding on Wisconsin-Butler because . . . Pitt.

Anyway, who do y'all like in tonight's games?

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I like teams over players tonight

SDSU, Florida, and Duke to win. I also like Butler. I’m 80something in the RTT field, so you should listen to me.

by Will Shelton on Mar 24, 2011 5:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Rooting for:
SDSU, Florida, Arizona, Butler

Prediction:
UConn, Florida, Duke, Wisconsin

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Mar 24, 2011 5:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Well, this is easy.

I have to pull for UConn, and I forgot to fix my other brackets so I suppose I care more about Arizona winning than Duke.

As for the other games? Whatever – I’m just glad they put the definition of tempo-free on at 9:57 so I can watch that and fall asleep immediately.

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by Chris Pendley on Mar 24, 2011 6:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Florida, I guess, and Butler.

Wisconsin’s game makes me want to drag fingernails over chalkboards to dull the pain.

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by Chris Pendley on Mar 24, 2011 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

happy 35th Peyton!

hey, it’s an open thread right?

Get 'em.
you are NOT a beautiful or unique snowflake.
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by danielreese05 on Mar 24, 2011 6:20 PM EDT reply actions  

I'm pulling for SDSU (big!), Butler, don't care, and depends on SDSU result

I have SDSU in the Elite Eight, and that wasn’t a popular pick. I have Duke in the Final Four, but so does most everyone who doesn’t have UConn. So if UConn loses, I might just root against Duke.

In my local pool, there’s someone with Florida, someone with BYU, and someone with Wisconsin in the Final Four. Hence, go Butler!

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 6:33 PM EDT reply actions  

There's some joke involving Mormons and no defense

that I could make right now, but it’d probably tick Hooper off. ;)

Besides, UF’s rolled 20 in 6.5 minutes. It’s justified. 20-13.

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by Chris Pendley on Mar 24, 2011 7:41 PM EDT reply actions  

Well, UConn woke up.

10-0 run by UConn; they’re up 27-22.

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by Chris Pendley on Mar 24, 2011 7:50 PM EDT reply actions  

10-0 run for UConn

This makes me unhappy. Also, I kinda want Kawhi resting from here on out. A third foul would be bad.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 7:51 PM EDT reply actions  

Oh wow, that came close.

Kemba Walker tid-e-bols it. 36-27 UConn at the half.

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by Chris Pendley on Mar 24, 2011 8:02 PM EDT reply actions  

UConn closes on a 19-5 run

fueled by good three point shooting and some offensive failures by SDSU. Huskies by 9 at the half.

Hopefully SDSU can put things together in the 2nd half.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 8:02 PM EDT reply actions  

second technical on SDSU tonight

just when they’d started getting into the flow

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 8:48 PM EDT reply actions  

Imma leave this here

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by Chris Pendley on Mar 24, 2011 8:49 PM EDT reply actions  

(thanks, Wes!)

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by Chris Pendley on Mar 24, 2011 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

I 'Shotted it.

Didn’t realize it was old, but:
- it’s funny
- it’s a non-sequitor, which is a good thing
- it’s funny

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by Chris Pendley on Mar 24, 2011 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

PROTECTIONISM

CONSPIRACEEEEE

(on the other hand, go conspiracy! Signed, my bracket)

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by Chris Pendley on Mar 24, 2011 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

It's looking like another run for UConn

SDSU has to get things together. Missed three shots on the last possession.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 8:57 PM EDT reply actions  

Florida is going to look back on these last few minutes

and regret that they didn’t put them away. Jimmer knows he’s on TV.

by Will Shelton on Mar 24, 2011 9:07 PM EDT reply actions  

BYU-Florida is tied at 63.

Gus Johnson is at Defcon 2.

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by Chris Pendley on Mar 24, 2011 9:07 PM EDT reply actions  

ugh

my bracket is unhappy. also I am happy, since I don’t like UConn winning in pretty much anything

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

Rims just went soft in Anaheim.

SDSU down 1 with the ball.

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by Chris Pendley on Mar 24, 2011 9:11 PM EDT reply actions  

Staggered the tip times by 12 minutes

and we’ve still got simultaneous drama. UConn up one with 2:09 to play, Gators up 2 with 3:45 to play

by Will Shelton on Mar 24, 2011 9:11 PM EDT reply actions  

and UConn wins by 7

I am sad, and so is my bracket.

Poetic justice that SDSU basically lost on Kawhi Leonard failing to get a rebound. Down one, UConn missed a shot, Leonard was in perfect position to grab it, a UConn guy outjumped him and kicked it out for a three. That was it. Sad face.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 9:20 PM EDT reply actions  

(That said, I didn’t see the call. Not commenting on it in particular, just the notion that whistles should be different late.)

by David Hooper on Mar 24, 2011 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

that's why we just need a rule change

loose ball fouls are like offensive fouls. no free throws. solves everything.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

I should agree with you

and the Pitt/Butler game does agree with you…I just like seeing it decided “on the floor”

by Will Shelton on Mar 24, 2011 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

HI GUYS I'M THE REF IN THE BYU-FLORIDA GAME

DO YOU KNOW I’M HERE HI GUYS IS THIS THING ON

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by Chris Pendley on Mar 24, 2011 9:22 PM EDT reply actions  

I'm so frustrated with MMOD

it works great until the last two minutes, and then it froze up. Has happened in both of tonight’s games and several games last week.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 9:23 PM EDT reply actions  

I would say it looks like Jimmer cut himself shaving

but let’s be honest, he doesn’t even look old enough to shave.

by danmarcel on Mar 24, 2011 9:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Florida was lucky to get that o-reb and secure overtime

when you put your season in the hands of a Kenny Boynton 3, you court failure.

by Will Shelton on Mar 24, 2011 9:26 PM EDT reply actions  

FOULING WAS NOT A BAD STRATEGY

/capslock’d

Foul quickly, you (should) get the ball for the final shot. You’re now playing with 10 seconds to tie or to go ahead. That places the game in your hands. Not fouling means that your only hope is overtime. Both are acceptable strategies if played correctly.

Just don’t let 5 seconds run and then foul.

by David Hooper on Mar 24, 2011 9:27 PM EDT reply actions  

Many a rec league team has run that strategy and won with it

and since we’re talking about BYU, I’m surprised they actually trusted their defense

by Will Shelton on Mar 24, 2011 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

Am I being paranoid

to worry about the future of our basketball program being decided by which one of the coaches we’re interested loses first?

by danmarcel on Mar 24, 2011 9:28 PM EDT reply actions  

I don't think that's the logic.

They probably have a 1-5 order regardless of when teams lose. If their #1 guy plays all the way to the end, they’ll wait for him.

by David Hooper on Mar 24, 2011 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

Your faith in the university

is refreshing, and completely ungrounded in reality. ;)

by danmarcel on Mar 24, 2011 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

Doesn't mean the order is any good.

That’s the way Hamilton operated in the past.

by David Hooper on Mar 24, 2011 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

Heh

Well, as long as there’s an order, I’m fine. I had horrible visions of 4 TVs at Stokely AC tuned to the tournament, with a cell phone in front of each one, just waiting for a team to lose in the tournament.

by danmarcel on Mar 24, 2011 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think we might wait a week anyways

and go for Gregg Marshall. If we go for Mooney, I’m okay with that. If we somehow get Frank, that’s cool too, but he’s a long shot. But I think Marshall may be our best bet.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

Message board chatter today is that Smart isn't interested

I think we’re going to do no worse than Rick Byrd, and we may do no worse than Marshall.

by Will Shelton on Mar 24, 2011 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

Smart isn't interested

and that makes both sides. Byrd worries me a bit on the recruiting trail. I think we could’ve solved a lot of problems by just hiring Marshall instead of Peterson.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

Why would Byrd move now?

I’m not convinced he’d want to do anything other than play the string out at a stable job.

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by Chris Pendley on Mar 24, 2011 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

Very interesting

His entire coaching career has been in Tennessee. Maryville College, LMU, Bemont. Born in Knoxville.

by danmarcel on Mar 24, 2011 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

UT grad

I don’t think he was successful enough six years ago for any interest to be mutual, but Belmont has really come alive in the A-Sun since then and now he’s legit.

by Will Shelton on Mar 24, 2011 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

I didn't know about his Tennessee/Knoxville roots

but he was still one of the first people I thought of when it was clear we needed to start thinking about coaches.

by danmarcel on Mar 24, 2011 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

On the subject of past searches

I didn’t realize this, but some folks at VN says Gregg Marshall has been a candidate for the UT job three searches in a row. Maybe he’ll finally win one

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

If he's 0-for-3 already...

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by Chris Pendley on Mar 24, 2011 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

this is #3

We hired Buzz instead because the SoCon was a more respectable league than the Big South. Then we hired Pearl because the Horizon was a more respectable league than the Big South.

In the meantime, Marshall has moved to a more respectable league than the Big South.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

Buzz is the most I've ever been wrong about a hire

That guy really felt right at the beginning, and his team lost so many last possession games the first year and then got jobbed by Jon Higgins and the selection committee his second year. I was so sure he was right around the corner from something big. But he never turned the corner, then went backwards in his last year.

by Will Shelton on Mar 24, 2011 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

I seem to remember that myself

But we weren’t ever on TV at that point, so I was following based entirely on box scores. Also, I was in high school.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

The best point I've seen was one made on VolQuest

that before Pearl, they consulted Ernie Grunfeld, who recommended Bill Self, then Jay Wright. But Self was at Oral Roberts and Wright at Hofstra, and they didn’t take either seriously and instead went with Jerry Green and Buzz Peterson.

I also don’t know how many current UT fans know that Kevin Stallings turned down the Tennessee job when O’Neill left, then took the Vanderbilt job the very next year.

by Will Shelton on Mar 24, 2011 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

I've seen that too

And heard it attributed almost entirely to Doug Dickey.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

also, he's not THAT old

55 is not crazy. and he’s a good enough coach. I think the only question mark is really recruiting energy/ability.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

57, technically

58 in April. But yeah, not a geezer.

by danmarcel on Mar 24, 2011 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wow.

Florida looks like it’s the beginning of the first half, not OT.

by danmarcel on Mar 24, 2011 9:29 PM EDT reply actions  

UConn wins and Florida wins

This is not a good night for my anti-fandom. Or bracket.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 9:41 PM EDT reply actions  

Duke by 6 early

Your anti-fandom continues to suffer

by VolnVA on Mar 24, 2011 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

I know

although I have Duke in my final four, so at least it helps the bracket side of things if they win.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

Luckily, my bracket is so FUBAR'd

I can happily root against teams without regard to who I picked. So, go Gators, go Arizona.

by danmarcel on Mar 24, 2011 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

I am in the 13th percentile

And have been officially eliminated…this is clearly the worst I’ve ever done.

by VolnVA on Mar 24, 2011 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm in the 6th percentile

Also the worst I’ve ever done, and even worse than yours.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

I just don't get it

If everyone is doing so poorly…who’s doing well?

by VolnVA on Mar 24, 2011 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

I have a friend

who literally used a dartboard, and he’s doing outstanding.

by danmarcel on Mar 24, 2011 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

my bracket is FUBAR'd too

But I’m in a pretty small pool in my department in which I still have a chance (despite being dead last right now). Mostly because I’m the only one with Ohio State winning it all. If they keep winning and I’m within 32 points on April 4th, I still have a chance.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

Go Butler

All the way to the Final Four! Please.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 9:42 PM EDT reply actions  

Anyone else

see UConn put the “punctuation point” at the end of their game?

by ChattVol on Mar 24, 2011 9:43 PM EDT reply actions  

A 40 point pace? Really Wisconsin?

At this point I’m inclined to believe they’ve lapsed into self parody.

by danmarcel on Mar 24, 2011 10:26 PM EDT reply actions  

You take it back!

They’ve scored 22 points in 16 minutes! That would’ve been a significant improvement for the dudes in orange last Friday.

by VolnVA on Mar 24, 2011 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

Duke is getting smoked

Wisconsin, too…ok, who had Florida, Butler, Arizona, and UConn in the Elite 8?

by VolnVA on Mar 24, 2011 11:35 PM EDT reply actions  

I had no teams from the SEC in the Sweet 16.

I stand by my picks.

by TwoStrangers on Mar 24, 2011 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

ummm. . . none of the above

Also didn’t have any of Kansas, Richmond, VCU, or Florida State.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

And to think

It could have been us losing by 17 to Arizona.

Missed opportunities…

by TwoStrangers on Mar 24, 2011 11:58 PM EDT reply actions  

haha

true enough. Also, why weren’t we looking for a coach two years ago when Sean Miller was on the market. . .

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 24, 2011 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

Sorry, commercial

Applebee’s is not open after midnight. Also, the food sucks.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 25, 2011 12:07 AM EDT reply actions  

Also

I’m starting to prefer backing vehicles into other vehicles to finding resumes on the printer.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 25, 2011 12:09 AM EDT reply actions  

Arghhhhhh

Look at Derrick Williams’ stat line. That’s what Scotty Hopson could do, every night, to any opponent. If he would just realize it.

by danmarcel on Mar 25, 2011 12:13 AM EDT reply actions  

whoa

a basketball game is happening. when did that happen?

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 25, 2011 12:18 AM EDT reply actions  

Wow

Don’t try and grab that rebound or anything Wisconsin.

by danmarcel on Mar 25, 2011 12:24 AM EDT reply actions  

Jordan Taylor's teammates:

It would help if you looked for a pass at some point when Jordan Taylor is triple-teamed.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 25, 2011 12:25 AM EDT reply actions  

well, that's game

Butler tried to fall apart, but Wisconsin wouldn’t let them.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 25, 2011 12:27 AM EDT reply actions  

alright

now if Ohio State keeps winning and Butler runs through Florida and Kansas, my crap bracket might actually have a chance in a local pool.

by Incipient_Senescence on Mar 25, 2011 12:29 AM EDT reply actions  

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