NCAA Tournament, week 1 of 3

[Plebe]

This is a pregame and postgame discussion thread. Chat is the place for "in-game" comments.


Second round

Mon., March 21

Kansas State (9) at NC State (1) (4p, ESPN)​

Notre Dame (5) at Oklahoma (4) (6p, ESPN2)​

Villanova (11) at Michigan (3) (6p, ESPNU)​

Belmont (12) at Tennessee (4) (7p, ESPN)​

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Princeton (11) at Indiana (3) (8p, ESPNU)​

Ohio State (6) at LSU (3) (8p, ESPN2)​

UCF (7) at UConn (2) (9p, ESPN)​

North Carolina (5) at Arizona (4) (10p, ESPN2)​

Games completed:


"First Four"

Wed., March 16
Incarnate Word (16) vs. Howard (16) (7p, ESPNU)
Dayton (11) vs. DePaul (11) (9, ESPNU)

Thu., March 17
Longwood (16) vs. Mount St. Mary's (16) (7p, ESPN2)
Florida State (11) vs. Missouri State (11) (9p, ESPN2)

First round

Fri,, March 18

Miami (8) vs. South Florida (9) (11:30a, ESPN2)
Colorado (7) vs. Creighton (10) (1:30p, ESPNN)
Ole Miss (7) vs. South Dakota (10) (1:30p, ESPN2)
Howard (16) at South Carolina (1) (2p, ESPN)

Virginia Tech (5) vs. Florida Gulf Coast (12) (2:30p, ESPNU)
Nebraska (8) vs. Gonzaga (9) (3:30p, ESPNN)
Hawai'i (15) at Baylor (2) (4p, ESPN2)
Illinois State (15) at Iowa (2) (4p, ESPN)

Delaware (13) at Maryland (4) (5p, ESPNU)
Utah (7) vs. Arkansas (10) (5:30p, ESPNN)
Albany (16) at Louisville (1) (6p, ESPN2)
Kansas (8) vs. Georgia Tech (9) (7:30p, ESPNU)

Georgia (6) vs. Dayton (11) (7:30p, ESPNN)
Fairfield (15) at Texas (2) (8p, ESPN2)
Montana State (16) at Stanford (1) (10p, ESPN2)
UT Arlington (14) at Iowa State (3) (10p, ESPNU)

Sat., March 19​

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Washington State (8) vs. Kansas State (9) (11:30a, ESPN2)​

Mercer (15) at UConn (2) (1p, ABC)​

BYU (6) vs. Villanova (11) (1p, ESPNN)​

Charlotte (14) at Indiana (3) (1:30p, ESPN2)​

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Longwood (16) at NC State (1) (2p, ESPN)​

Ohio State (6) vs. Missouri State (11) (2:30p, ESPNU)​

Buffalo (13) at Tennessee (4) (3p, ABC)​

American (14) at Michigan (3) (3:30p, ESPN2)​

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UCF (7) vs. Florida (10) (3:30p, ESPNN)​

Kentucky (6) vs. Princeton (11) (4p, ESPN)​

Jackson State (14) at LSU (3) (5p, ESPNU)​

Oregon (5) vs. Belmont (12) (5:30p, ESPN2)​

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North Carolina (5) vs. Stephen F. Austin (12) (7:30p, ESPNN)​

Notre Dame (5) vs. UMass (12) (7:30p, ESPN2)​

UNLV (13) at Arizona (4) (10p, ESPN2)​

IUPUI (13) at Oklahoma (4) (10p, ESPNU)​

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Sun., March 20

Creighton (10) at Iowa (2) (1p, ABC)​

Miami (8) at South Carolina (1) (3p, ABC)​

Florida Gulf Coast (12) at Maryland (4) (3p, ESPN)​

Utah (7) at Texas (2) (5p, ESPN)​

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South Dakota (10) at Baylor (2) (6p, ESPN2)​

Gonzaga (9) at Louisville (1) (7p, ESPN)​

Georgia (6) at Iowa State (3) (8p, ESPN2)​

Kansas (8) at Stanford (1) (9p, ESPN)​

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[PoppaBear]

Thanks for doing this. Makes it easy to follow instead of looking at a bracket

 

[eyeroll]

Agreed! Appreciate you typing all this up in an easy to find place!

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Looking forward to both of the 9pm First Four games!!! Should be great ones.

 

[cancontent]

And they're on ESPN channels. Won't be hard for me to remember unlike yesterday. Completely forgot the men's First Four were on TruTV instead of TNT and CBS.

 

[triaddukefan]

Big South Champion Longwood is up at half 36-18 over Mt Saint Mary's. At one point it was 29-9.

 

[DefenseBB]

Who’s the BEST BYer???

Give me a P…give me a L …give me an E…give me a B…give me an E!

What’s it spell? A man with a lot of time on his hands!

Thank you Plebe!

 

[triaddukefan]

The Longwood Lancers advance to the main draw with a 75-70 victory over MSM. After going through the conference gauntlet filled with Powerful Purple Panthers, Blue Hose, and Fighting Camels.... they are battled tested to face off against one of the best teams in North Carolina Saturday afternoon in Raleigh.

 

[TheFarmFan]

Who’s the BEST BYer???

Give me a P…give me a L …give me an E…give me a B…give me an E!

What’s it spell? A man with a lot of time on his hands!

Thank you Plebe!

If such thing as a front-handed insult can exist, I think I've just witnessed one.

 

[LETTERL]

On opening day, the two most intriguing matchups for me are...

Miami vs. South Florida
Virginia Tech vs. Florida-Gulf Coast

 

[TheFarmFan]

On opening day, the two most intriguing matchups for me are...

Miami vs. South Florida
Virginia Tech vs. Florida-Gulf Coast

Those were definitely two of the "second" round games I spent a while pondering in my bracket.

 

[Plebe]

On opening day, the two most intriguing matchups for me are...

Miami vs. South Florida
Virginia Tech vs. Florida-Gulf Coast

Miami should win, I think. They're peaking in March, while USF peaked in late November.

FGCU is an awfully good 12 seed, but I think Virginia Tech will prevail in this one.

I'm also intrigued by the 7-10 matchups happening today:
Ole Miss vs. South Dakota
Utah vs. Arkansas
Colorado vs. Creighton

.. as well as today's other two 8-9 matchups:
Nebraska vs. Gonzaga
Kansas vs. Georgia Tech

 

[triaddukefan]

With 16 men's and 16 women's games today...it's impossible to see all the games u want to see.

 

[Plebe]

With 16 men's and 16 women's games today...it's impossible to see all the games u want to see.

I liked it much better when they offset the men's and women's tournaments by 2 days.

Lots of difficult choices.

 

[DefenseBB]

With 16 men's and 16 women's games today...it's impossible to see all the games u want to see.

Isn’t your team only in the Men’s Tournament for you to be concerned with? Just asking for a friend…

 

[triaddukefan]

Isn’t your team only in the Men’s Tournament for you to be concerned with? Just asking for a friend…

I don't care whose playing... If it's March.. Imma gonna watch. Like I've always tell people., I can sleep in April

 

[eebmg]

Miami is too deep and tested. 11pt lead at half. Only Tsineke balling for USF. Playing only 6.

 

[dcheng021]

44-0 at the half?

 

[LETTERL]

44-0 at the half? View attachment 74585

Dominance by the ACC!

 

[triaddukefan]

If Little Carolina can get by Howard... I think Miami will give them a good game.

 

[cancontent]

44-0 at the half? View attachment 74585

Definitely a glitch!

 

[cancontent]

Miami should win, I think. They're peaking in March, while USF peaked in late November.

FGCU is an awfully good 12 seed, but I think Virginia Tech will prevail in this one.

I'm also intrigued by the 7-10 matchups happening today:
Ole Miss vs. South Dakota
Utah vs. Arkansas
Colorado vs. Creighton

.. as well as today's other two 8-9 matchups:
Nebraska vs. Gonzaga
Kansas vs. Georgia Tech

Hoping Kitley and King are fully healthy. Yes, players play through things but if they're hampered, it could make things tougher for them.

 

[DefenseBB]

OK, it is as if ESPN has learned nothing from all the years of doing the Men's Tournament or the Women's tournament.

Today alone, they have 4 sets of games all going off at the same time. Why aren't they staggering the games like the Men's tournament finally caught on to do?
1:30 SC/Howard AND Ole Miss/So.Dakota
4:00 Iowa/Illinois St AND Baylor/Hawaii
7:30 Kansas/Georgia Tech AND Georgia/Dayton
10:00 Stanford/Montana St AND Oklahoma/IUPUI

I mean, come on not only is this a disservice to us die hard fans but to the casual fans as well.

 

[triaddukefan]

 

[Plebe]

#10 South Dakota drubs #7 Ole Miss.
#10 Creighton humbles #7 Colorado.

I have no idea how this could possibly happen, since folks on this board have told me repeatedly that membership in a "really tough" conference like the SEC or Pac-12 — where "every game is a dogfight" and there are "no nights off" — was an insurmountable advantage for the NCAA Tournament?

The cognitive dissonance is overwhelming me.