NCAA Basketball (Page 8 of 30)

Colin Cowherd from ESPN Radio has a "Rock Band Bracket" goinng this year.  vote early and often for your favorite band

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Don't know what to think about my Cats other than what I've said, except like one commentator said a couple games ago they need to think less and play ball...  The boys of my household think there is something wrong with the 2 minute close game and they criticize that area of coaching.  A series of unfortunate events: being out with injuries & playing with injuries, inconsistent play...Syracuse recovered from a 4 game losing streak, Nova' didn't and the timing was at the worse possible time.  I didn't think they would definitely get pass Cinn., but they should have won the 1st game.

I witnessed the second half of the Rutgers vs. St. John's game and was rooting for St. John's for no important reasons, but totally changed my mind by the end of the game.  I am rooting for Syracuse to beat St. John's as I type.  RUTGERS GOT ROBBED!!!  I don't think I've ever witnessed anything so outrageous in a crucial game like that.  It was total chaos towards the end, the officials got all caught up in the frenzied happenings and made poor decisions & maybe were not in the right place to be objective.  It is a real, real shame for Rutgers and so UNFAIR!!  Their coach is a class act.  If you haven't seen the coverage on ESPN about it, the NCAA recognized 2 missed calls.  There may have been even 1 more.

And one of the refs that I've been complaining about all season was involved, I believe its Ref. Higgins.  He had horrible calls on some games that we won & lost.  Another ref overturned him at least twice in one game.

OK, Rocket's Orange is up by 1 with a little over 2:00 minutes.   St. John's is shooting a fowl shot...EVEN...bringing out the pixie dust for your Rocket!!!   

Head to head with your  Running Rebels tonight  RikEmmet fan! Should be a great game. Rooting for UNM to continue dominating BYU tonight!
Rick

and on the bubble side, we are now one of the last in according to Lunardi. A must win against Georgia coming up in about 30 minutes. Even that may not guarantee a spot if an underdog wins a particular conference. ROLL TIDE ROLL, Anthony Grant deserved SEC coach of the year and didn't get it, he needs to get us in the tourney somehow, some way.

Tres

Pulling for ya Tres! Our boys are only worried about a 2 or 3 seed placement. Optimum would be the 2 in the west coast tourney section so no ACC or SEC toughies in the run to sweet 16. Fingers crossed! Fisher finally got a piece of Coach of the year. That old Michigan stigma still clings to him no matter what he does.
There you go, a nailbiter in overtime. Just what the Dr. ordered. 

Gay it is! Over in the Garden, UConn beats Syracuse they way they historrifically lose best-terribile foul shooting!    Kemba Walker is the beast!!!   Louisville trounced Notre Dame.  Both games of course, went into overtime.  Another bloodbath of a tournament......surprise!  Should be an interesting final tonight and look out for Louisville is all eye scan say! Kentuckians might want to consider them the state rep this year...

Rock On & Keep the Faith,
Rocket

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OK Tinkerbelle, spread some of that dust our way. Aztecs are going to need a ton to beat BYU after that tough match against UNLV. They need to cripple Jimmer right off the bat.    The Rebels should make an at large berth IMO. UNM may squeak in too with their 2 wins over BYU, giving our conference 4 slots. There are so many good teams in the ACC and Big East, there will be some deserving teams left watching. Down to the wire this weekend with great play coming up. I'll be channel surfing with the best of them. (the tv widow may have other plans though  ) How was Grace? She knocked our socks off here.

edit: If you sent the dust, it is magic. Emphatic exclamation point to the best season ever for the Aztecs. They put the hurt to BYU tonight and dominated every aspect of the game, sending them off to the new league with a spanking. MWC tourney champs and if a 2 seed isn't at least in the offing, we wuz robbed.

Point well made Rocket. An easy run should be the preferred route. #1's Cats head for the champ game but late injuries to starters don't bode well to this young team against tough Florida.
Rick