Game Thread March Madness 2017 - Round of 64

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

No one watching any of the games?

 

[PDXFonz]

Watching Vermont, I like the way they play. Find the open man, run a good pick and pop and take smart shots.

 

[PDXFonz]

Arizona one of the teams I look most forward to watching

 

[PDXFonz]

That freshman Lamb from Vermont had a solid game tonight, seemed in control on his fade away shot.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Mods please merge.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Mods please merge.

I'm making a game thread for each round.

 

[PDXFonz]

I'm making a game thread for each round.

I think one thread would be cool but w/e

 

[PDXFonz]

FSU vs FGCU is looking like a must watch

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

FSU vs FGCU is looking like a must watch

Go Dunk City!

 

[PDXFonz]

 

[PDXFonz]

Look forward to watching Markannen in a full game.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Wizard Mentor]

At the Half:
#14 NMSU up by 2 on #3 Baylor!

 

[PtldPlatypus]

At the Half:
#14 NMSU up by 2 on #3 Baylor!

Not anymore. Up 13 with 11 minutes left. 'Course, I'm not even watching that one. Right now I'm just hoping Michigan can hold on against Oklahoma St.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

This Jordan Washington on Iona looks like the best player on the floor, despite playing agains the Pac-12's DPOY.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I hope nobody has the Ducks going far. Their defense looks deficient.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Not anymore. Up 13 with 11 minutes left. 'Course, I'm not even watching that one. Right now I'm just hoping Michigan can hold on against Oklahoma St.

Baylor outscored NMSU by 20 in the 2nd half. Bet the coach had something to say at the half!

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

I hope nobody has the Ducks going far. Their defense looks deficient.

They just need to get far enough to lose to Louisville.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

This Jordan Washington on Iona looks like the best player on the floor, despite playing agains the Pac-12's DPOY.

Man, you hate to see this. Washington just went down with a lower leg injury, and you could tell he was incredibly upset. Walked off the floor, but it didn't look good.

I hope he's OK.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

They just need to get far enough to lose to Louisville.

You misspelled "Michigan", but that's OK.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

GO BEAVS!
2:00

 

[Trackjack]

Bell have very good game right now.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Razorbacks and Pirates in a tight one. Gotta love these 8-9 matchups.

Angel Delgado is one worth watching in this one. 6'9" PF who leads the nation in rebounding.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Hey @dviss1, if you get a chance to see it, I'd love to get your take on the foul call at the end of the Arkansas-Seton Hall game. The upshot is that with 18 seconds left, Arkansas inbounded the ball while up 1. A Seton Hall player, in an obvious foul-for-possession situation, came up and shoved the ball-handler from the left, and also unitentionally clipped the guy's left foot, tripping him and causing him to come down pretty hard. The refs originally called a common foul, but after review changed it to a flagrant 1, basically ending the game. The analyst just laid into the officiating crew, insisting that "you can't call that foul in that situation," not because of its impact on the game, but because they all knew a foul was coming, and the trip appeared to be incidental.

So what's the resident ref's opinion? Is a shove/trip a flagrant foul no matter what, or does the game situation enter in?

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

A couple SMU players are wearing John Stockton shorts.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Really surprised that USC is playing SMU so tough. They've come back from double-digit deficits multiple times in this game, and it looks like they're about to tie it up again.

They say that a play-in game winner wins another game each tourney; I picked Kansas St over Cincy, but it might be USC this year.

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

I've had to work so I couldn't say anything when it happened but........

Seton Hall got shafted by the refs!!!!!!!!

How can you call a travel on Seton Hall then on the very next play by Arkansas they travel but this time the refs don't call it and Seton Hall panics to foul and it turns into a Flagrant two shots and the ball back so Seton Hall has to foul again, so two more foul shots for Arkansas and that's game.

There would have been no Flagrant foul if the refs had called that travel on Arkansas!

I am pretty salty about this.

 

[PDXFonz]

As soon as I get home I'm gonna watch. Looking forward to Kentucky and UCLA games

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Really surprised that USC is playing SMU so tough. They've come back from double-digit deficits multiple times in this game, and it looks like they're about to tie it up again.

They say that a play-in game winner wins another game each tourney; I picked Kansas St over Cincy, but it might be USC this year.

Semi Ojeleye is the truth. Would not be a terrible option as a late first round pick.