The 2023 March Madness “Other Games” Thread

[omghulkhands]

How does a 7’4” player get 1 shot in the last 12 minutes agains the shortest team in the tourney? That is some coaching malpractice.

It defies all reason. I didn’t watch the game but I can’t imagine.

 

[Zues1]

Why do they continue to overrate the Big 10 EVERY single season???

TV ratings

 

[BreatheUT]

Kentucky won't get past the next round.

 

[TheBigOne10]

This sh*t is why I never get bent out of shape about March. Year after year after year just expect the unexpected, the near impossible really.

 

[zaqhhh]

True but can’t eat housing, doesn’t put fuel on your car, etc…

Oh I agree no one should be paid that little, not fast food workers, certainly not a basketball coach at the collegiate level

 

[TheMookieMonster]

I didn’t think it was possible for a R32 game against the Duke Blue Devils to get any bigger than it already was, but…..it did. I hope our guys are fired up and ready to pour it all on the line tomorrow. We have EVERY opportunity now in front of us.

 

[Other_Guy]

Hey, at least we don't have Matt Painter

 

[The Dog]

Kentucky won't get past the next round.

Agree, up and down, all year, K-State gets 'em

 

[BallerVolFan]

A possible S16 matchup with Memphis to send us to the elite 8 would send me over the top. No looking forward tho, huge task ahead!

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Tobin Anderson just made himself a lot of money. He’s going to get a new job at a better program next year based off this win. What an incredible game plan.

 

[zaqhhh]

A possible S16 matchup with Memphis to send us to the elite 8 would send me over the top. No looking forward tho, huge task ahead!

Could be a Duke, Memphis, UK, Bama, KU path

Would that not be insane (again don’t think it will happen but it has shaped up to be a possibility)

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Do you believe in unlikelihoods?

I understood that reference.

 

[VolPack22]

TV ratings

It’s starting to become an annual Roast for that conference. It does make for great TV.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Why do they continue to overrate the Big 10 EVERY single season???

Media darlings

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Has Purdue fahred Painter yet?

 

[volfanhill]

 

[BreatheUT]

I'm just curious though...does college basketball not have enough analysts to where they have to use a bunch of NBA guys? I'm hearing Avery Johnson on a telecast in addition to others. Does it have to do with college basketball analysts having contracts with ESPN?

 

[VolsSportsFan]

This sh*t is why I never get bent out of shape about March. Year after year after year just expect the unexpected, the near impossible really.

It's true, but for crying out loud I'd love to be on the good side of the madness for a change. It's happened ONE time for us and that was 13 years ago.

 

[hUTch2002]

I mean #15 seeds rarely beat the #2, especially a top 8, all year, Arizona team. Not a lot of upsets but two top 4 seeds are out, so they are big time upsets

The 15 beating a 2 is getting to be about every year now.

Edit: 3 straight years now.

 

[volfanhill]

I'm just curious though...does college basketball not have enough analysts to where they have to use a bunch of NBA guys? I'm hearing Avery Johnson on a telecast in addition to others. Does it have to do with college basketball analysts having contracts with ESPN?

Yes that's part of it. ESPN has their people locked up typically. For example Vitale is calling the tournament for European broadcasts.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Free/supplemented housing in the greater NY/NJ area is nothing to sneer at to be fair

Meh. At the end of the day, you're still in Jersey. A close friend taught at Sarah Lawrence (Bronxville, up past Manhattan) which was a great gig because the campus is beautiful and it's a relatively cheap and easy train ride into the city.

 

[hUTch2002]

There has been a double digit seed make the S16 in the last 14 tournaments. They’re the team I chose. Don’t like Xavier’s defense and if they go cold, they’re done. I like to pick teams that get a game under their belt early out of the “first four” and potentially make a run. Just a hunch tho

One of the first 4 winners usually makes the Sweet 16. I have Pitt there too.

 

[gainesvol82]

It's amazing how the NCAA tournament can cause me to be that invested in a game between two teams I couldn't care less about. Nothing like it!

 

[JohnnyD1024]

 

[Boston Vol]

I mean #15 seeds rarely beat the #2, especially a top 8, all year, Arizona team. Not a lot of upsets but two top 4 seeds are out, so they are big time upsets

A 15 seed has beaten a two seed in five out of the last nine tournaments.