March 15, 201511 yr Midwest region! Thursday, March 19 11:15 AM CT Notre Dame/Northeastern CBS 1:45 PM CT Butler/Texas CBS 6:10 PM CT Cincinnati/Purdue CBS 8:45 PM CT Kentucky/TBA CBS Friday, March 20 11:15 AM CT Kansas/New Mexico St. CBS 1:10 PM CT West Virginia/Buffalo TNT 1:45 PM CT Wichita St./Indiana CBS 3:40 PM CT Maryland/Valparaiso TNT
March 15, 201511 yr Wichita St. a 7 seed? These guys love making storylines. Possible Wichita St./Kansas matchup with a possible Butler/Notre Dame matchup, both in the round of 32. But what a walkthrough for Kentucky which shouldn't be surprising.
March 15, 201511 yr Still trying to figure out why ND's pod got sent to Pittsburgh and Maryland's pod got sent to Columbus. Seems backwards. Also, all five Indiana teams in same region together with Kentucky.
March 16, 201511 yr QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 15, 2015 -> 05:19 PM) Still trying to figure out why ND's pod got sent to Pittsburgh and Maryland's pod got sent to Columbus. Seems backwards. Also, all five Indiana teams in same region together with Kentucky. Yeah, and it would have worked for the 5 (West Virginia) and 6 (Butler) seeds as well. Tough matchup for the Hoosiers in the first round, Wichita St is a very good defensive team. But beggars can't be choosers, just happy to be in the tournament. Same as it's been all year -- with our three point shooting, we can beat anybody and we can lose to anybody.
March 16, 201511 yr QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 15, 2015 -> 09:33 PM) At least I get to root against you IU fans now. Aw, been missing out on the fun all these years?
March 16, 201511 yr Don't have to wait very long to see the Irish in action. Would have preferred a night game though to save a 1/2 day's vacation time.
March 16, 201511 yr Purdue's size vs Kentucky could be interesting. Purdue attempting to preserve IU's legacy as the last undefeated champion would make for an interesting storyline.
March 16, 201511 yr QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 16, 2015 -> 11:36 AM) Purdue's size vs Kentucky could be interesting. I'm sure Kentucky will be thinking about it while they play Cincinnati.
March 16, 201511 yr QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 16, 2015 -> 11:36 AM) Purdue's size vs Kentucky could be interesting. No it won't. Kentucky will/would beat Purdue like a redheaded step child. To beat KY you have either got to have killer outside shooting, or do something to get them out of their game, such as a VCU type pressure, or an extreme slow down game.
March 16, 201511 yr QUOTE (Heads22 @ Mar 16, 2015 -> 01:03 PM) Kentucky already plays slow. 251st in tempo. Yup. Definite misconception of them this year.
March 16, 201511 yr Kentucky just plays so big and long across the court. A pressure defense would be one way to get them, but I think you ultimately have to score by setting up outside shots and hitting 3's at a prolific rate. Box-and-one with corner cuts, keep going across the triangles on screens until someone has some breating room from 3 or long 2 and put it up. Like late 80's Loyola Marymount offense.
March 18, 201511 yr Alright Mike Brey, my survivor pools depend on you winning just one game in this tourney. You can be trusted in March, right?????
March 18, 201511 yr QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 11:29 AM) Alright Mike Brey, my survivor pools depend on you winning just one game in this tourney. You can be trusted in March, right????? Ha I've been eliminated in my survivor pool in the first round the last 3 years. We have to make two picks on Thursday and Friday so I got Iowa State(sorry Heads) and Nova tomorrow.
March 18, 201511 yr Alright Mike Brey, my survivor pools depend on you winning just one game in this tourney. You can be trusted in March, right????? You don't have to wait long to find out. Also, I didn't know there was such a thing as a survivor pool for the NCAA tournament.
March 18, 201511 yr QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 11:46 AM) You don't have to wait long to find out. Also, I didn't know there was such a thing as a survivor pool for the NCAA tournament. Usually you have to pick two winners Thursday, two Friday, then one every day after that, and you can only pick a team once. It's possible to not have any available teams left come the second weekend, but just making it that far turns out to be a lot harder than it looks.
March 19, 201511 yr Huge blown call on that and-1 for ND, as that should have been number 4 on Auguste
March 19, 201511 yr QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 19, 2015 -> 12:42 PM) Huge blown call on that and-1 for ND, as that should have been number 4 on Auguste Meh he slid underneath him. Those should always be blocks imo.
March 19, 201511 yr QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 19, 2015 -> 06:46 PM) Meh he slid underneath him. Those should always be blocks imo. The second one was right call, but first one was really bad IMO
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