NCAA Tournament 1st Round Friday Games

[FinalFour88]

Originally Posted by DaytonIllini

Heretic!

I refuse to root for OSU in this tournament.

That, and my wife did her undergrad at UCSB. Go Gouchos!!!!

[plooger]

Originally Posted by illinois_hustle

I live in San Diego, so CBS has no idea which is more important to me, the Cal-Louisville game or the Ohio State-UCSB game (neither Berkeley or Santa Barbara are close enough for San Diegans to care much about either), so it's switching between the two like a nervous hamster.

At least there's some rationale to the "nervous hamster" behavior where you are, having two local-ish teams currently playing, but I'm having a hard time understanding the programming confusion for the Chicago area when it comes to deciding between:

Ohio State vs UCSB
Louisville vs Cal
Maryland vs Houston
Syracuse vs Vermont

edit: I'd forgotten they'd also switched me to/through the Syracuse/Vermont game. (currently airing Maryland/Houston)

[danielb927]

Not too exciting today, but we did get kind of spoiled yesterday!

[plooger]

Originally Posted by danielb927

Not too exciting today, but we did get kind of spoiled yesterday!

WISC and MSU did their best to keep fans interested.

[RockyMtnIllini81]

Originally Posted by Kasino81

Purdont is going down. I can't wait to hear the excuses

Good for Purdue - they may not get another win this year, but they overcame the fact that everyone with a microphone or a keyboard was predicting upset.

[RockyMtnIllini81]

Originally Posted by plooger

Is it generally viewed that Duke received the softest path to the Final Four, of the 4 #1 seeds?

I think its agreed that Kansas has the hardest path and Duke's is ridiculously easy. On Mike and Mike there was a conspiracy theory floated that the NCAA was trying to get Duke to the final four to keep up TV interest with the CBS contract about to be up. I don't know about the conspiracy, but Duke always gets a break with the seeding. The surprise to me is Kansas. Kansas is usually pretty well taken care of too, but not this year. Go Buckeyes - take out the Jayhawks!

[katu06]

Originally Posted by RockyMtnIllini81

I think its agreed that Kansas has the hardest path and Duke's is ridiculously easy. On Mike and Mike there was a conspiracy theory floated that the NCAA was trying to get Duke to the final four to keep up TV interest with the CBS contract about to be up. I don't know about the conspiracy, but Duke always gets a break with the seeding. The surprise to me is Kansas. Kansas is usually pretty well taken care of too, but not this year. Go Buckeyes - take out the Jayhawks!

You mean go Northern Iowa???

[OrangeFever]

Originally Posted by illinois_hustle

I'm going to get slammed for this, but his antics are starting to look a lot like Bruce Pearl's. I know Pearl does it for completely different reasons (self-promotion, grabbing the spotlight, looking important), but BW's pointing, waving, stepping onto he court routine is looking, to the uneducated eye, perhaps just as foolish.

And to the educated eye. I don't think BW's increasingly volatile sideline behavior is calculated. Just the opposite, I think it's plainly reactionary. He needs to sit down and watch tape of himself going berserk, flailing, constantly storming and bellowing. If I were a player, I'd chalk it up to a coach who can't control himself and ignore it. Either that happens, or guys on the floor are distracted and intimidated. I think it's a negative for the team, not to mention that it reflects badly on Weber and the program. He just looks foolish and childish a good part of the time during games, like a little kid having a tantrum.