[jbock13]

Yeah I think it's been really good this year. But as far as actually shocking upsets compared to last year, yes.

[LUconn]

I want buzzer beaters and the dog piles that follow. And who the freak cares about play-in games?

[NotAJerry]

I guess another 15 over 2 and a 13 over 4 don't count either.

Very good tourney so far.

[jmdickens]

hahahaha....good job Dook

[flamehunter]

Too bad they have such a short ride home tonight.

[jmdickens]

Too bad they have such a short ride home tonight.

I wonder if Rivers has decided to go pro yet? He said he would be one and done and wanted to play for a contender.. lol.

[g-webb1994]

Coach K helps win the gold in London this summer, then retires.

[TDDance234]

Coach K helps win the gold in London this summer, then retires.

I kind of get the feeling that this was the end for K as well.

[g-webb1994]

Coach K helps win the gold in London this summer, then retires.

I kind of get the feeling that this was the end for K as well.

If Rivers goes pro, it adds to the major rebuild ahead. When was the last time you saw a K coached team look that poor down the stretch of a season?

[jbock13]

Yeah I think it's been really good this year. But as far as actually shocking upsets compared to last year, yes.

I jinxed it again!!!!!

[NotAJerry]

The only bad thing about the NCAA tourney is Bill Rafferty.

[jbock13]

The only bad thing about the NCAA tourney is Bill Rafferty.

I don't mind him but when he gets to screaming, or whatever he does, you can't understand a thing he says.

[NotAJerry]

Vandy's Festus Ezeli gets pushed 3-4 FEET on a rebound attempt with less than 5 seconds to go and no call is made. If the correct, and extremely easy foul call is made, Vandy has 2 FT attempts to tie the game. Instead, Wisconsin adds a point to their lead and Vandy has less than 2 seconds to heave a 3 and hope it ties the game.

There's just no excuse for missing a player putting his forearm in someone's back on a rebound attempt and walking him nearly out of bounds with the push.

[Purple Haize]

Vandy's Festus Ezeli gets pushed 3-4 FEET on a rebound attempt with less than 5 seconds to go and no call is made. If the correct, and extremely easy foul call is made, Vandy has 2 FT attempts to tie the game. Instead, Wisconsin adds a point to their lead and Vandy has less than 2 seconds to heave a 3 and hope it ties the game.

There's just no excuse for missing a player putting his forearm in someone's back on a rebound attempt and walking him nearly out of bounds with the push.

And here is the problem with those who say ' they should let the kids decide the game"

[JK37]

I picked 15 of 16 first day games correctly in my women's bracket. Four BYU points away from a perfect opening.

My NIT bracket is not great, but okay. My WNIT bracket is shot to pieces.

[jbock13]

Can't agree with you NAJ. There was equal contact on both sides. the Vandy player could have easily been called for pushing the two Wisconsin players back behind him.

I thought it was a good no call.

[LUconn]

Vandy's Festus Ezeli gets pushed 3-4 FEET on a rebound attempt with less than 5 seconds to go and no call is made. If the correct, and extremely easy foul call is made, Vandy has 2 FT attempts to tie the game. Instead, Wisconsin adds a point to their lead and Vandy has less than 2 seconds to heave a 3 and hope it ties the game.

There's just no excuse for missing a player putting his forearm in someone's back on a rebound attempt and walking him nearly out of bounds with the push.

I think this is the first time I've ever agreed with you. He got plowed out of bounds practically. And you could tell he was in the perfect position to get that rebound. It was such a high bounce I knew they were going to foul him. I just didn't expect the no call.

[LUconn]

I picked 15 of 16 first day games correctly in my women's bracket. Four BYU points away from a perfect opening.

My NIT bracket is not great, but okay. My WNIT bracket is shot to pieces.

I don't want to believe you.

[NotAJerry]

Can't agree with you NAJ. There was equal contact on both sides. the Vandy player could have easily been called for pushing the two Wisconsin players back behind him.

I thought it was a good no call.

The guy put his forearm in the back, ducked his head, and walked forward with the push. He didn't go for the rebound at all. The Vandy player was simply trying to stop the momentum.

[flamesfan30]

holy crap people care enough about the WNIT to make brackets , I didnt even know there was such a thing.

[lynchburgwildcats]

Coach K helps win the gold in London this summer, then retires.

I kind of get the feeling that this was the end for K as well.

If Rivers goes pro, it adds to the major rebuild ahead. When was the last time you saw a K coached team look that poor down the stretch of a season?

That's what happens when you recruit a bunch of softies that won't play defense.

[NotAJerry]

Just one more reason I was rooting for IU against Kentucky last night:

Q. As frustrating as the loss is, the idea that these guys have bought in over the last couple of years, the guys that have been here for a number of years when the wins weren't as easy to come by in the last two or three years, is there satisfaction even in the frustration as you watched that develop?

COACH CREAN: You know what would be satisfying to me? And I said this in our prayer. Every one of these young men have grown up in so many ways, in their leadership and their accountability, in the way‑‑ they're always accountable. We've got 1,000 on the APR, we've got over a 3.0 team GPA. I don't mean that kind of accountability. I mean accountability to really playing up to their level, given everything they have.

It sounds easier than it is to do, but they have. My hope, if God will grant me one thing with this team, is that every one of these young men is the spiritual leader of their families as they move forward, as they become parents, husbands, and leaders in other fields, leaders professionally, and playing on to the next level.

As I've grown up, that ultimately is where you know that it's been right, when you can look at them and you know that their kids and their wives look at them, and they know that's the spiritual leadership, spiritual compass of their home. That's important to me.

[lynchburgwildcats]

They have a 1,000 APR? NCAA says otherwise. If the rule requiring a certain APR level to participate in the NCAA Tournament was in effect this year, Indiana wouldn't have been eligible for the tournament...

[lynchburgwildcats]

Kendall Marshall will not play today. DOn't see a way they can pull off a win against Kansas with the way they reverted back to the same mediocre offense that plagued them last year when Larry Drew was running the point.

[Purple Haize]

They have a 1,000 APR? NCAA says otherwise. If the rule requiring a certain APR level to participate in the NCAA Tournament was in effect this year, Indiana wouldn't have been eligible for the tournament...

You may want to check your facts

http://blogs.heraldtimesonline.com/iusp/?p=14308

The bad scores were when MikeDavis left and Kelvin Sampson.

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This year’s four-year average improved both because of this year’s performance and because the final year of the Davis era rolled off the average. In Tom Crean’s first two years as head coach, the Hoosiers scored 975 and 1000 respectively, but the four-year average is still being hindered by Sampson’s two years at the helm. Indiana scored a 932 his first year before the 811 in his second and final season.