Round 1, Day 1 Open Thread
by Chris Dobbertean on Mar 19, 2009 8:55 AM EDT
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PrintI'll be heading over to the Wachovia Center in a couple of hours to see four first round games, so unfortunately I won't be able to directly contribute. I may check in between games, however, via my phone and leave responses on twitter.
The best two days of the year are here...enjoy them!
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Well LSU jumped all over Butler early 9-0..........
that sucks for my pick lol
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 12:24 PM EDT reply actions
CSUN started out strong against Memphs too......
11-6 at the first TV timeout
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 12:34 PM EDT reply actions
TAMU is all over BYU.......
jeebus……..My bracket’s gonna be shattered before the end of the first games….
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions
calhoun is in the hospital
or at least cbs says so at halftime. he won’t be coaching UConn in at least the first game.
LET'S GO BUFFALO!!!!!!
no they didnt say why.......
just that he was ill………..
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
well all 3 games are back from Half........
Butler down 1 to LSU
TAMU up 15 to BYU
Memphis up 3 on CSUN
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Butler comes all the way back and takes the lead........
w00
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 1:45 PM EDT reply actions
Northridge tied it on a 3......
but Sallie nailed one of his own….CSUN down 2 now
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions
CSUN now up 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Mark Hill is shooting the lights out for CSUN.......
but Sallie keeps coming back for Memphis……
another 3 by CSUN!!!!!!!
and now a “and 1 from Memphis”
TV TIME OUT…..tied at 55
What a great series that was.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 2:01 PM EDT reply actions
CSUN up 6 now........ft's a 3 and a steal and layup.................
wowowow
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 2:06 PM EDT reply actions
Memphis with a nice run to cut the lead to 1.......
at the under 8 timeout
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 2:10 PM EDT reply actions
ugh
I have BYU, Butler, and Memphis in my bracket! (I still think Memphis will win, and have faith in Butler, but I’ve given up hope on BYU).
Im in the same boat.......
but I dont care if Memphis loses…..
they just made another run to go up 3……CSUN has to answer
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
If memphis loses, everyone’s bracket is destroyed (though I have them in the final four, which makes it worse for me). It’d be a great story, though.
I have memphis in the Final 4 too......
but CSUN has gone cold………..no points in the last 5 min
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
but if Memphis plays like this (assuming they hold on and win)
they wont win the next game
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
this could be a good thing for memphis
they’ll be less cocky going into the next one, and will have already had to face some adversity.
yeah plus they were in foul trouble early.....
so that affected the obviously..CSUN showed the blueprint though…..go to the hoop early and often vs them and get to the line……
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions
c'mon Northridge
they went cold and let Memphis go on a run, but do they have another run in them?
what you say here can, and will, be used against you
Sallie was just huge.........
if not for him……it would have been a different story…
35 points???
and 10 3’s?
thats nuts
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
just to add.....Sallie was averaging 4.5 points per game during the season....
so that tells you something.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I think I'm 0-3 :(
typical
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by GopherNation on Mar 19, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
1-2 for me.......
haha
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
that's what I meant
I wanted CSN to win, but I obvioulsy picked Memphis
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by GopherNation on Mar 19, 2009 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Good thing
I had a last minute “what the he** are you doing” moment that led me to change back to A&M from BYU.
I'm 2-1
Memphis (I’d rather have seen them lose, even though they’re in my Final 4) & A&M win,
Butler doesn’t
I had that same moment.
I’m 3-0! Granted LSU is my team so I have them all the way. I expect that side of my bracket to collapse on Sat.
by janepriceestrada on Mar 19, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
You had that moment about BYU?
Why?
I had it because I’m a Utes fan… and rooting for BYU is a huge no-no.
(“I’m a fan of Utah, and any team playing BYU”.)
I just get the feeling you don’t see the same slogan with LSU replacing Utah…
That said
congrats.
I really wish I could’ve started out 3-0… I just didn’t think much of a team that had lost to Utah by 30.
Not totally sure.
I had BYU at first, but I saw A&M when we played them and decided I thought they could pull it out. I did not expect them to do so well.
I actually think Utah is underrated and have them going pretty far in my bracket. LSU wasn’t playing their best ball when they met, but still it was a massacre.
by janepriceestrada on Mar 19, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah, makes sense
Yeah, I figured things had changed, but for some reason I still went with Butler (I’m thinking it’s because it was Horizon League v. SEC).
Don't get me wrong...
I love the SEC. And come football season I will be the first one running my mouth, but basketball is not their game.
by janepriceestrada on Mar 19, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
It was when Florida was winning back to back NCAA titles.....
:)
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, they could still be winning titles
the only difference is that they’re battling for the NIT title this time.
a championship is a championship.......
I guess
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
That was just the one team though.
We usually have one or two strong teams, but I don’t take that as a mark of overall conference strength.
by janepriceestrada on Mar 19, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions
The sad thing about this CSUN game is that the score wont accurately reflect how close this game was.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 2:31 PM EDT reply actions
ya
20-6 run to close the game is rough
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by GopherNation on Mar 19, 2009 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
if I read Coach Cal's lips correctly I think he told the CSUN coach.....
“You guys played your balls off”
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 2:32 PM EDT reply actions
Man that Purdue NIU game was boring.......
glad I got this Cal/UM game starting……hopefully its a little better
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 3:05 PM EDT reply actions
Cal/UM is much better (as I suspected)
Cal cant seem to break through and grab the lead though.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 3:32 PM EDT reply actions
these second batch of games are snoozers.........besides cal/um......
but NIU is making a mini run
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 4:03 PM EDT reply actions
yeah im trying to get my daughter to take a nap so i can clean......
lol
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Man its sad that I make a bracket........
then I pretty much root against the majority of teams I pick……..
haha…….would rather have seen NIU win that…….even though I picked Purdue
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
I should’ve done that…
for some reason, I decided rooting for Chattanooga was reason enough to pick them. :(
it was like 18-15 or something like that at one point.....
but UConn has poured it on……
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I've got this weird thing
where I have to pick a 1/16 upset every year.
Currently, I’m 0-for in the category.
one of these days it might happen.......
but its gonna take a herculean effort from someone………and a really really bad number 1 seed to ever happen…..
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
NIU made a run at it............
but looks like its too little too late
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 4:31 PM EDT reply actions
Cal is falling apart at the seems...........
time to bust out my lighter and burn up my bracket…..
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 4:54 PM EDT reply actions
hell Im falling apart......
I cant even spell “seams”
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
keep it together man…the Tourney is a marathon, not a sprint.
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by GopherNation on Mar 19, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
well
even if you had Chattenooga and Radford in your F4, you still have two teams alive.
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I picked UT.....now Im wishing I hadnt.....
that was one I kept going back and forth on.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
The two 7-10 matchups
in the 7:00 hour should be good ones.
I have Texas and Michigan winning but both could be toss ups. I’ll take getting one of those two correctly and call it a good day.
I also picked those two teams
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
alright back from the intermission......
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 7:00 PM EDT reply actions
5-3 as well.......
texas and mich and nova
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions
MMOD
Really nice quality from MMOD from CBS — I have the Michigan-Clemson game on that and Nova vs. American on the tube. Can American hold on and keep shooting so well?
But sad...
that it looks like they sold rights to the “Boss Button” to Comcast so they could advertise.
It was nice quality at first
but near the end of the Purdue/UNI game, it started buffering every 10 seconds or so. A total pain, and I had to give up.
Just like CSUN.......fizzled out with about 4 min to go......
and just like Memphis…….Nova put the pedal to the floor…..and finished strong……still no mid-low major upsets :(
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Zags doing the same thing to the Zips....
foot on the throttle to put a close game away.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 9:40 PM EDT reply actions
I got all 4 of those......
much better than my early morning picks :)
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Duke is shooting like crap............
this is the problem with Duke…….if they dont shoot good ANYONE in the country can beat them……
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 10:04 PM EDT reply actions
VCU and WKU are the last hopes for a mid-major knocking off a BCS school....
come on guys…..do it for the little guys!
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 19, 2009 10:47 PM EDT reply actions
WKU is taking care of business
VCU has it close………
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 20, 2009 12:10 AM EDT reply actions
VCU down 1......
11.6 to go…and the ball.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 20, 2009 12:14 AM EDT reply actions
Ugh.....VCU with a crap play call...
but good defense by Collison……and UCLA survives
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 20, 2009 12:18 AM EDT reply actions
WKU trying to give the game back to Illinois.....
only up 3 with 32 seconds left………..bah…..
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 20, 2009 12:26 AM EDT reply actions
WKU holds on.....
finished 12-4 on the day………not too bad
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 20, 2009 12:35 AM EDT reply actions
I stand by what I have said before
these 13-16 seeds are wasting everyone’s time…But as a Nova fan I have to admit American did scare the hell out of me.
Marc Gross
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