Official 2008 NCAA Tournament Thread

[Just Blaze]

seein those calls UCLA has gotten in those three games make me sick to my stomach. That shot by Shipp against Cal looked good to me but the other two are high questionable. Sure the game is fast paced and all but its odd how UCLA needed some help to win a game.

And that block against Stanford was downright disgusting.

[dkgojackets]

cooljayhu said:

plus it prob had very little effect on the outcome of the game.

um

WAT

[cooljayhu]

for the most part one call doesn't make or break them game. However, did anyone see that blown call in overtime of the G-State and Lakers game that was ridiculous

[dkgojackets]

cooljayhu said:

for the most part one call doesn't make or break them game.

Do you have any ideas what calls we are talking about?

1) UCLA down by two with seconds left. Their shot gets clearly blocked, but a foul is called and they make the free throws, sending the game into overtime. If there is no foul called the game is over.

2) UCLA down one, again under ten seconds to go. They get away with murder on an inbounds pass and get the ball after it goes out of bounds, even though it hit off a ucla player. Then on the inbounds a ucla player shoots over the backboard (which by definition is out of bounds) but it counts and they win by 1. Get it right and Cal wins.

3) UCLA up two, the A&M player drives with just five seconds to go, gets hacked from every direction inside but no foul is called, so ucla picks up the loose ball and runs out the clock. Get it right and A&M has free throws to tie the game.

You are saying that each of those games wasnt decided by a blown call at the end?

[cooljayhu]

that is exactly what I'm saying and I did say for the most part

[JacktheRipper]

Ole Miss in the NIT Final Four, yeah!

[sep]

Beat dem Gators for me in the finals.

[dkgojackets]

hansbrough, in three years, has already taken more free throws than anyone in acc history

yet unc fans swear up and down that only duke gets calls

[cooljayhu]

thats cause unc (and duke as well) fans are crybabies

[detroitbasketball]

lol @ West Virginia's inability to make their FTs in OT

[dkgojackets]

Was a good game. Got 2 in the EE so far. How they left that guy so wide open on the inbounds is beyond me.

[JacktheRipper]

If Louisville can hold on, look pretty solid to get four elite 8s through tonight.

[dkgojackets]

same here.

This game has been horribly played though.

[detroitbasketball]

I picked Louisville before this game, but I picked Tennessee in the bracket. Hmph.

[bearcat]

I don't know if it would make all that much of a difference, but UT has gotten absolutely hosed on three or four calls tonight.

[JacktheRipper]

Louisville baby! Gotta love it, huge for my bracket contest here at school.

[bearcat]

I was still skeptical of Louisville even after they beat Oklahoma, but they really surprised me tonight. Tennessee matches up with the Cards much better than did the Sooners, and they still lost by nearly 20.

Louisville has a great shot of knocking off UNC, although I don't think it happens ultimately.

[dkgojackets]

tbbearcat5 said:

I was still skeptical of Louisville even after they beat Oklahoma, but they really surprised me tonight. Tennessee matches up with the Cards much better than did the Sooners, and they still lost by nearly 20.

Louisville has a great shot of knocking off UNC, although I don't think it happens ultimately.

no chance

ship the 4/4 so far for me. Now need Memphis, Texas, Kansas, and Wisky to complete it.

[JacktheRipper]

The Memphis/MSU game is moot for me, since I had Pitt winning that game (win some, lose some). If the other three David has can win, I'll be 7/8 on the Elite 8 which is good work if I do say so myself.

[detroitbasketball]

6/8 best case scenario. Would like Michigan State to win in the worst way so 5/8 will suffice.