s*** Big 10 sucks, MSU shouldnt have been in the tourney?

 

Experts are a joke, DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

 

Almost was going to go with MSU over UNC

 

It was only the first day...let's see how the tournament plays out before proclaiming a defensive-minded big ten team the champion...

I have a feeling all this big ten sucks talk is going to lose alot of brackets for people who picked against them. Few people remembered it was a down year for the ACC and the Big 12.

 

I'll be honest I don't think ANY conference was that great this year. The Pac 10 may be the only exception.

 

The SEC had Florida. Kentucky was down. Vanderbilt a nice team, but nothing special. Tennessee was up and down and Alabama really struggled late in the year. The SEC West was terrible.

 

The Big 12 had three solid teams at the top but not much else beyond that. The ACC wasn't as strong as usual. The Big East had several good teams, but a lot of really bad ones.

 

The best teams seemed to be spread out across the conferences this year more than any year I can remember.

New Mexico state giving Texas a heck of a first half.

New Mexico state giving Texas a heck of a first half.

Texas has been doing that lately. They tend to turn it on in the 2nd half when not playing Kansas (when they do the opposite). I'm confident they will still win, but I do like NMSU.

So the whole "Wisconsin cant score" is highly over rated

 

Not if today's game is any indication. They might have lost to Texas A&M Community College if not for a random hot streak from beyond the arc.

Random hot streak beyond the arc happens all the time for them. They are a streaky offensive team and thats why their defense keeps them in games.

 

If anything the Badgers showed that if they need to score they can score 100 points in a game (2 halfs of 50 would equal 100). Just because they didnt try and up the tempo early and let the game get out of control shouldnt be a penalty.

 

Some horses are sprinters, some horses are stalkers. All that matters is the finish line.

Random hot streak beyond the arc happens all the time for them. They are a streaky offensive team and thats why their defense keeps them in games.

 

If anything the Badgers showed that if they need to score they can score 100 points in a game (2 halfs of 50 would equal 100). Just because they didnt try and up the tempo early and let the game get out of control shouldnt be a penalty.

 

Some horses are sprinters, some horses are stalkers. All that matters is the finish line.

 

Oh for sure, I'm just saying the Big 10 trash talk is silly right now. The first round matchups were really good, I'm not surprised at 5-1, but I am surprised at how early people are talking s*** about said 5-1. Long way to go here.

I guess when in your brackets youve only missed 1 and 2 games respectively you start to feel comfortable in your assessment of the season.

 

Its not like I all of a sudden have been saying the Big 10 is the best conference, I was arguing when they had only 3 seeds in the bracketology.

 

I think that most of the teams wont go much farther, but that still doesnt mean that the Big 10 didnt validate itself as one of the premiere basketball leagues.

Best game of the tourney by far.

 

2OT now.

Pitt/VCU trying to rival that, 67 all now.

Edited March 18, 200719 yr by tigerfan

Awesome games this afternoon!

Best game of the tourney by far.

 

2OT now.

 

 

Pitt/VCU trying to rival that, 67 all now.

Two amazing basketball games. VCU/Pitt going to OT.

Wow that was terrible defense by WSU. Why didn't he foul him on the layup?

Bad decisions in the end by Wash St. Vandy goes to the Sweet 16. Another X on my bracket.

And Vandy win gives me my first Elite 8 team gone from the tourney..damn you Wazzu!

And Vandy win gives me my first Elite 8 team gone from the tourney..damn you Wazzu!

who ya wit.....VU!

USC just pummeling Texas.

USC just pummeling Texas.

 

Guess we should've took your word... : /

Guess we should've took your word... : /

Hey, I'm not always a complete moron.

Heads, look what we got here, a little Kansas v. Iowa State 10 years later.

 

Floyd v. Deputy Dawg.

So mad that my head talked me out of picking USC.

Heads, look what we got here, a little Kansas v. Iowa State 10 years later.

 

Floyd v. Deputy Dawg.

 

 

 

Those sure were the good ole days of the Big XII North. Hell, even Nebraska had a decent team back then.

 

 

Anyways, I like the Hoyas and Trojans out here.

I think USC pulls off the upset tomorrow and will face G-Town for the regional title. No idea why I think that, it goes against my bracket in regards to UNC being in the E8, but we'll see.

Edited March 22, 200719 yr by whitesoxfan101

I think USC pulls off the upset tonight and will face G-Town for the regional title. No idea why I think that, it goes against my bracket in regards to UNC being in the E8, but we'll see.

USC is only going to get better next year too.

USC is only going to get better next year too.

 

Yeah they have Mayo, plus a couple decent other players coming in with Simmons and Washington, and they have a 5 star, top 10 player and 3 star top 150 player for 2008 on board. They lose Lodrick Stewart who is pretty good, but Mayo can more than replace him and they bring back just about all their other key guys like Pruitt, Gibson, Hackett, Young, and Lewis (and 3 of the 5 are only frosh). LA college hoops fans are in for a treat with those 2 programs out there.