#4 Washington State vs. #13 Winthrop: First Round, NCAA's

#4 Washington State vs. #13 Winthrop: First Round, NCAA's#164776

By ToTheLeft - March 16th, 2008, 6:13 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 6:13 pm #164776

Wow.

13 seed, and a good matchup.

#164793

By jcmanson - March 16th, 2008, 7:41 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 7:41 pm #164793

I was thinking all week long they'd be a 14, and with the Georgia run through the SEC, they more than likely bumped Winthrop from 14 to 13. I don't know much about Washington St this year.

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#164800

By Realist - March 16th, 2008, 7:53 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 7:53 pm #164800

It was tough to judge where they would fall but WU getting the three top 100 RPI wins really set them apart from anyone else in the 14-15 range, even the other 13's.

I like the match-up. It will be literally two of the slowest paced teams and best defensive teams in the country playing. Score should be in the fifties if not lower.

#164802

By TIMSCAR20 - March 16th, 2008, 7:55 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 7:55 pm #164802

WU has a chance to win this game but Taj will have to have a big game. Jenkins will not get 33 again. I see them totally geering their whole game plan around stopping him. Chris will be Chris and will guide them as one of the better pure PG's in the country. I see Washington St. winning though.

#164849

By LUconn - March 17th, 2008, 8:21 am

- March 17th, 2008, 8:21 am #164849

You really couldn't ask for a better matchup as a 13 seed. WSU is so overrated.

*please disregard this post if dated before 2017 and accept my apologies*

#164866

By Knucklehead - March 17th, 2008, 9:31 am

- March 17th, 2008, 9:31 am #164866

I hate WU and I'm thinking of picking them!

Great!

#164887

By flamesbball84 - March 17th, 2008, 10:10 am

- March 17th, 2008, 10:10 am #164887

i dont really think winthrop stands much of a chance. they are worse than they were last year year and they are facing a washington st. team that is nasty on defense.

#164888

By Knucklehead - March 17th, 2008, 10:11 am

- March 17th, 2008, 10:11 am #164888

Hurray, I'm now picking Winthrop for sure as 84 has made up my mind!
THANKS SIR!

#164898

By RagingTireFire - March 17th, 2008, 10:42 am

- March 17th, 2008, 10:42 am #164898

This may be the lowest-scoring game in tourney history.

Is this mercy-killing or cross-pollenation?
Only the strawberry knows.

#164966

By ToTheLeft - March 17th, 2008, 6:42 pm

- March 17th, 2008, 6:42 pm #164966

Agreed, RTF.

50-39 WSU sounds about right to me. The more I look at WSU, the better they look.

#165353

By jcmanson - March 19th, 2008, 4:18 pm

- March 19th, 2008, 4:18 pm #165353

Some of the WU fans on winthropfans.com are hilarious. One said, "WU is a more talented and experienced team"

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#165623

By paradox - March 20th, 2008, 9:37 pm

- March 20th, 2008, 9:37 pm #165623

An very embarrassing 71-40 whoopin'

Winthrop's non-seniors scored a grand total of four points. Hello--post-Marshall era!!!!!

#165624

By flamesbball84 - March 20th, 2008, 9:39 pm

- March 20th, 2008, 9:39 pm #165624

flamesbball84 wrote:i dont really think winthrop stands much of a chance. they are worse than they were last year year and they are facing a washington st. team that is nasty on defense.

told you so...

#165627

By uncafan - March 20th, 2008, 9:42 pm

- March 20th, 2008, 9:42 pm #165627

jcmanson wrote:Some of the WU fans on winthropfans.com are hilarious. One said, "WU is a more talented and experienced team"

That's odd...Winthrop fans being dillusional and stubborn never heard of that before...

I was hoping they'd at least win a round, honestly...but now that they didn't I'll be happy to make fun of them. Bad I know...but, true...

#165633

By ToTheLeft - March 20th, 2008, 9:54 pm

- March 20th, 2008, 9:54 pm #165633

ToTheLeft wrote:Agreed, RTF.

50-39 WSU sounds about right to me. The more I look at WSU, the better they look.

I was pretty close to Winthrop's score, and I gave their D too much credit. Oh well.

#165644

By JDUB - March 20th, 2008, 10:25 pm

- March 20th, 2008, 10:25 pm #165644

11 points in the second half. wow, thats bad
WSU scored more in the second half then winthrop did in the whole game!

#165647

By Realist - March 20th, 2008, 10:37 pm

- March 20th, 2008, 10:37 pm #165647

Eh, WU just played a bad second half. Everything was icing on the cake after winning the Big South though this year. Had we not won last year I would have been more disappointed.

As for the haters, your team was home watching I must remind you.

As for the future, WU's bench outscored every other team's bench in the Big South by over 100 points. The program rolls on....

#165648

By JDUB - March 20th, 2008, 10:38 pm

- March 20th, 2008, 10:38 pm #165648

ad hominem. and now back to the topic

#165651

By ToTheLeft - March 20th, 2008, 10:47 pm

- March 20th, 2008, 10:47 pm #165651

JDUB wrote:ad hominem. and now back to the topic

Ummm, do you know what ad hominem means? Realist did not commit an ad hominem.

And he was on topic.

He exaggerated a bit at the end, but he's right.

Very "sportscritic" like post for you, JDUB. Well, except I can't imagine sc would use any latin like that.

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#165652

By ToTheLeft - March 20th, 2008, 10:47 pm

- March 20th, 2008, 10:47 pm #165652

^^ That was an ad hominem.

#165659

By RubberMallet - March 20th, 2008, 11:38 pm

- March 20th, 2008, 11:38 pm #165659

wow that was terrible

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#165675

By jcmanson - March 21st, 2008, 9:18 am

- March 21st, 2008, 9:18 am #165675

Unfortunately I didn't get to see any of this game, as in the Richmond area we got to see Duke. Since it was such a tightly contested game CBS barely turned it to another game. Obviously I didn't miss much.

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#165682

By paradox - March 21st, 2008, 9:43 am

- March 21st, 2008, 9:43 am #165682

Realist wrote:Eh, WU just played a bad second half. .... The program rolls on....

I'll tell ya, If it wasn't for those bad second halves.

Are you really Mel Hankinson in disguise or perhaps a close relative?

#165683

By RubberMallet - March 21st, 2008, 9:45 am

- March 21st, 2008, 9:45 am #165683

the only time they switched over gus and len were playing pogs

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#165684

By paradox - March 21st, 2008, 9:46 am

- March 21st, 2008, 9:46 am #165684

Realist wrote:Eh, WU just played a bad second half. Everything was icing on the cake after winning the Big South though this year. Had we not won last year I would have been more disappointed.

As for the haters, your team was home watching I must remind you.

As for the future, WU's bench outscored every other team's bench in the Big South by over 100 points. The program rolls on....

Bench scoring? Harris averaged 6.5 per game, which is ok, but he's a senior.

Here's what you have returning:

Corbin-----6ppg (returning starter)
Robinson--6ppg (returning starter)
Faison-----4ppg
Buechert--3ppg (15 minutes per game)
Burton-----2ppg
Valentine--2ppg (13 minutes per game)

Winthrop had a nice run, but as the saying goes: all good things must come to an end. Would it be too much of a stretch to suggest that things appear to be moving in the downward direction? I guess it's time to rebuild. It's Peale's show now.