NCAA First Round

THE FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY

wow

Great game.

Zags are zigging.  Are they ever taking a huge dump.  Losing by 31 with 7 minutes to go.   Out scored 36-12 in 2nd half.

Always the bridesmaid.

Zags are just not nearly as "tough" as the other teams that got this far. Timme is a very skilled player, but isn't any stronger than he was as a freshman (which seems like about 8 years ago). He is a liability on defense and they continually have to try to hide him. Comments made by Van Gundy during the game were coach-speak for "Timme is a pussy". Tough to win at the highest level when that is your best player.

For the first time in the history of the NCAA tournament, not a single #1 seed reached the Elite Eight round.           

Creighton not making any shots against SDSU.  Creighton bench hasn't scored, at all, this half.

Fucking refs decide Creighton/SDSU game with ticky tack foul call.

@Blair Kiel posted:

Fucking refs decide Creighton/SDSU game with ticky tack foul call.

Ticky tack? So it was a foul but you didn’t like it?

Just saw a Packers fan, a young kid, at the Texas vs Miami Midwest regional game.   

@ilcuqui posted:

Jim Larranaga does it again

And again!

What a tournament. 3 of the four teams are in the Final Four for the first time

Now that’s entertainment!

@Goalline posted:

Ticky tack? So it was a foul but you didn’t like it?

I didn't see a foul. I saw a flop after the shot that missed.

@Goalline posted:

Ticky tack? So it was a foul but you didn’t like it?

I literally cared not who won the game. It was headed to OT. Ref has got to swallow his whistle unless it’s a mugging…Hell, even if it’s a mugging.

Well, that and I had Creighton. 😀

If it's a foul in the first half, it's a foul at the end of regulation.

@Fedya posted:

If it's a foul in the first half, it's a foul at the end of regulation.

Amen! I want the refs to stick to the rules regardless of situation.

I actually agree with all three of the above comments.  If it's a foul, it should be called.  My issue with the call is that that kind of contact had gone mostly uncalled during the second half.  I think that's where it could be called ticky tack.  

@stiffler posted:

I actually agree with all three of the above comments.  If it's a foul, it should be called.  My issue with the call is that that kind of contact had gone mostly uncalled during the second half.  I think that's where it could be called ticky tack.  

I haven’t seen the play so no opinion.

@GBFanForLife posted:

I didn't see a foul. I saw a flop after the shot that missed.

Definitely a foul that altered the shot. At first it looked like he just pushed a shooter that was in the air but a closer look showed he actually closed his hand and held his jersey which really makes it tough on the shooter. I know people don't like the call impacting the end of the game but look at it from the other point of view. An offensive player beat the defender and the defender gains advantage by grabbing him. Not calling it impacts the game just as much as calling it. It takes a lot of guts to make that call and I think the ref was just doing his job.