NFT: Sweet 16 and Elite 8

that either Nevada or Loyola will be in the elite 8

Nevada
A&M
Kentucky - watched the J Cal 30 for 30 and it was very good
Zags

Kansas
WVU
Duke
Texas Tech

Loyola, Michigan, UK, Gonzaga, WVU, Duke, Purdue.

At least thats what I need to finish at least respectable in my pool. I had Arizona winning it all. Nobody from UVA feels bad for me though.

In comment 13880658 FatMan in Charlotte said:

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that either Nevada or Loyola will be in the elite 8

Or the highest remaining seed in that region is a 5 (Kentucky).

Since my brackets are busted, gotta go with Loyola-Chicago. Shit George Mason did it, why can’t they!

is going with A & M tonight. They are going to be pretty disappointed. Beilein will have a strong game plan, plus the Staples Center is a much friendlier shooting venue.

Handles Michigan quite easily tonight. The size is going to be a huge issue for Michigan. They better be hitting their 3s early and often or will be blown out of the building similar to UNC.

Nevada
A & M
UK
Zags (will be a great game)
Kansas
Nova
Duke
Texas Tech

from a couple of sub par shooting efforts.

Otherwise, I'll actually throw my hat in the ring for Kansas St. Haven't watched much of them this year but they've been playing really well and Kentucky has an off night regularly.. Loyola/Kansas St to go to the final four would be crazy.

Think Florida St will give Gonzaga some problems, but the Zags match up well in my opinion. I like Gonzaga to go back to the title game.

Tomorrow will be a lot for straight forward. It wouldn't be an upset but the only lower seed I see winning is Texas Tech. Hope Cuse wins though.

Blue!

In comment 13880690 Reeses Pieces said:

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is going with A & M tonight. They are going to be pretty disappointed. Beilein will have a strong game plan, plus the Staples Center is a much friendlier shooting venue.

Wagner has to show up and stay out of foul trouble. Otherwise they are in trouble.

10 pm tip offs on the east coast. Come on man

at least the Cuse game is on Friday night.

My biggest issue is that they bunch all the games together. There are 4 games tonight and if you only have 1 tv you can only really watch 2 of them. At least start the first game at like 6.

but if you saw tonight's lineup on your Channel Guide on some random saturday afternoon in February.....

...you'd do other things with your time. The lineup tonight wouldnt even make ESPN - it'd be on like ESPNU.

bitchez!

one game awesome, one awful.

They played as good as they ever could have played last sunday. Carolina probably played their worst game in 3 years.

There's no denying that a&m played terrific last week, but it was obviously a fluke relative to the type of team they are.

They also can't play from behind a big margin. Complete front running team that has had attitude and turnover problems all year

playing an absurd half.

But holy shit some of these turnovers by A&M I would shake my head if my 8 year old nephew made passes like that

Thought they were playing the team that barely beat Houston and not the team that ran through the Big Ten tournament.

24 point lead at halftime and they have nearly as many points as they had in the Montana & Houston games.

Good first half

A&M can’t miss.

advance to the Elite Eight! What a story!

Loyola-Chicago was an awesome game

In comment 13881470 MookGiants said:

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Loyola-Chicago was an awesome game

+90

Michigan’s D let up in the 2nd half but A&M couldn’t stop their guards.

Does Kentucky know the take started 3 minutes ago?

Not take

a chance to get into the final 4 and title game. All I can ask.

they can't buy a bucket.

That's my boy.

Every game

the half and go up 8.

People were ripping the ACC last week, but they have 25% of the field remaining

In comment 13881557 bceagle05 said:

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That's my boy.

SGA does look good. Knox, not so much so far. Not sure he is worth a top 10 pick. He also seems like more of a 4 than a 3 (which I think is what the Knicks need most).

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But Florida State is still up 11 with 4 minutes left.

Nobody gave the Seminoles a chance against Gonzaga, and they are just minutes away from the Elite 8.

was just an awful coaching job by Calipari. As bad as he's ever had. KState was without their best scorer, quite simply isn't very good to begin with, had foul trouble the entire game, fouled out their entire front court, played in front of all of their fans, and still lost.

Brutal.

Loyola will beat them

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In comment 13881616 bceagle05 said:

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Too little too late, though. Not sold completely on either of these Kentucky guys for the Knicks, will watch Mikal Bridges tomorrow night.

Very methodical on offense, no transition game - I kept waiting for a 12-0 run that never happened.

but he was brutal down the stretch - had a key turnover when Kentucky was about to seize control with five or so minutes left, got burned on the game-winning bucket and bricked the final shot. Knox will drive you crazy, too - just kinda floats in and out of the game.

This tournament is just stupid. Saturday's games are a joke.

I'm sure Duke will win. I find myself rooting for Nova now just to beat rat face. And Novas buzzer beater still haunts.

Seminoles advancing! Up 15 with 14 seconds to go.

and the entire side of the bracket just makes it even more depressing as a UVA fan. I'm just waiting for Duke to win it all just to complete the worst possible NCAA Tournament for me.

On Saturday.

They've taken out the #8 seed, the #1 seed, and the #4 seed, now they are taking on the #3 seed. And nobody will give them a chance, again. I think it's going to be a helluva game!

I just had a feeling Kansas St was going to win tonight.

horseshit anyway and didn't deserve to win. I could accept a tough/tight loss to a good team, but that's not a particularly good team. They couldn't inbound the ball. They couldn't make a free throw. They just fucking sucked. I haven't been this disappointed by the Zags final game of the season in a long time.

They had a tough path.

In comment 13881626 bceagle05 said:

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but he was brutal down the stretch - had a key turnover when Kentucky was about to seize control with five or so minutes left, got burned on the game-winning bucket and bricked the final shot. Knox will drive you crazy, too - just kinda floats in and out of the game.

I understand the economic incentives for one-and-done, but in the case of SGA and Knox I think both the players and the sport would benefit from them staying in college another year or two. They don't look NBA-ready to me.

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withstands a late challenge. Two #1 seeds still alive on that side of the bracket at least.

Blargh.