Tourney Thread

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:46 pm

Tomorrow it's Kansas and Iowa. Anybody here hate Kansas as much as I do?

Condoms and Fucks!!!!

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:48 pm

We all hate Kansas because of enfuego.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:56 pm

I don't need that pissant in order to hate Kansas.

ProfessorFate · Post by **ProfessorFate** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:25 am

Of the top 7 seeds in the Midwest, only Houston remains.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:33 am

And Houston just squeaked by.

With Arizona not involved this year it’s sort of fun (or less stressful) to watch these games and root for the underdogs.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:28 am

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:48 pm
azgreg wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:42 pm I don't ever remember rooting for Beaver basketball.
They've never even been worthy of derision. They're easy to like right now.

Ralph Miller had some really good teams early 80's. Also had a pretty good player named Gary Payton.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:05 am

Interesting to see if Oregon appears to be fresh or overly anxious by not having a 1st round game

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:10 am

I love Oregon's chances against Iowa today. Lots of experience on that Oregon team, and Altman is good at making adjustments. Ducks in OT.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:01 am

Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:10 am I love Oregon's chances against Iowa today. Lots of experience on that Oregon team, and Altman is good at making adjustments. Ducks in OT.

Ducks up 10 at the half

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:07 am

Pac looking much better than anticipated so far. Better than I'd thought, too.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:16 am

The Oregon Iowa game is a fun game to watch.

Go Ducks

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:23 am

Can't believe the Pac's about to get another one. There's no way all these teams reach the S16, right?

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:26 am

Iowa has no defense. None.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:27 am

Alieberman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:05 am Interesting to see if Oregon appears to be fresh or overly anxious by not having a 1st round game

Looking fresh!

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:30 am

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:36 am

I'll say this too. Watching the Pac be great in this tourney so far, it makes me feel better about Arizona's season.

I'd been sort of bummed we were barely over .500 in the Pac, but that's not looking that bad right now.

zonagrad · Post by **zonagrad** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:44 am

It's comical that Oregon wasn't even ranked -- actually 31st according to the polls. I mean, do the pollsters even watch teams? Of course they don't. Know why? Because nobody west of the Rocky Mountains watches Pac 12 basketball, ever. Oh sure, maybe Seth Davis. But other pollsters don't watch at all. They pick up other narratives and that is what shapes their votes. And the main reason nobody watches Pac 12 basketball is because of the ridiculous Pac 12 network that nobody across the country can get.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:46 am

Merkin wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:30 am

Almost just handed out my first neg rep.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:47 am

I really think the way these conferences are ranked needs to be completely overhauled.

The Big 10 has a lot of above average teams but they clearly don't have 4 teams in the top 10 in the country.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:58 am

If we got blown out by the Ducks like this, this board would have a complete meltdown

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:58 am

As the season began, Oregon was ranked high by a lot of writers and outlets. They had some injuries and an early loss to Mizzou, and people started cooling on them. But as they got healthy and started clicking, they've become the team they were expected to be. Gonna take a really solid defense to beat this Duck team.

MountainCat · Post by **MountainCat** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:00 am

The Big 10 is really good.

If Oregon wins, they will have two teams left in the tourney; along with the PAC 12 having two in the Sweet 16 already with three more games today.

Let me guess, we are Underdogs in all three games?

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:03 am

Iowa is destroyed

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:15 am

Peace out Iowa!

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:16 am

USC over Kansas would be fantastic!!!!

MountainCat · Post by **MountainCat** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:22 am

Alieberman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:16 am USC over Kansas would be fantastic!!!!

Should be a good matchup and a tough game. Beating Kansas is almost second to beating ASU... Gotto leave room in there for Duke (whom I will take time and say - "Did not make the Tourney")

Go Pac-12!

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:28 am

Alieberman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:16 am USC over Kansas would be fantastic!!!!

SC is a tough matchup for KU. Strength on strength because both teams are D first, but most teams have trouble dealing with SC's length.

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:35 am

Guys the PAC is not only winning against much higher ranked teams they are DESTROYING them. Go PAC. Keep five alive. 5 teams need to go to the sweet 16. USC chances against Kansas depends on how they are shooting from the outside. If they are hitting could be a long night for the Jayhawks and their 5 level 1 violations and nine aggregators. Thought I would mention it because no one else in media will.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:46 am

Don't think USC is getting past Kansas. UCLA and Colorado will win, though.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:48 am

Oklahoma seems to want to run with Gonzaga.

Working so far, but this pace favors Gonzaga

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:54 am

TheCat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:35 am Guys the PAC is not only winning against much higher ranked teams they are DESTROYING them. Go PAC. Keep five alive. 5 teams need to go to the sweet 16. USC chances against Kansas depends on how they are shooting from the outside. If they are hitting could be a long night for the Jayhawks and their 5 level 1 violations and nine aggregators. Thought I would mention it because no one else in media will.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:58 am

MountainCat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:22 am
Alieberman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:16 am USC over Kansas would be fantastic!!!!
Should be a good matchup and a tough game. Beating Kansas is almost second to beating ASU... Gotto leave room in there for Duke (whom I will take time and say - "Did not make the Tourney")

Go Pac-12!

Strange. I couldn't give a f*** about Kansas or ASU. Beating UCLA or Duke matters more to me. Even Gonzaga. If you guys knew the kinds of stuff UCLA fans say about Sean Miller, you might reconsider.

UofAlum05 · Post by **UofAlum05** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:29 pm

I hate Kansas with every breath of my being.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:53 pm

Yeah, I’m a big condom fan tonight.

Go Pac! Wouldn’t it be great if almost 1/3 of the Sweet 16 was comprised of Pac 12 teams?

Love to hear the supposed pundits explain that after basically ignoring the league all year.

zonagrad · Post by **zonagrad** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:01 pm

It didn't help that ASU was a favorite of the national media and shit the bed this year -- thus causing the national media to write off the entire conference. Turns out, ASU was the turd in the punch bowl while the rest of the conference, save Cal & UW, were pretty good.

Pre-season polls are such bullshit because if you don't differentiate yourself early in the year and make a lot of noise -- you're pretty much slotted in place for the rest of conference season. Oregon lost their opener to Missouri when COVID was in full force. So the media wrote them off. ACC, BIG 10 & Big 12 teams get high pre-season attention and once the conference season begins -- they don't move up or down much in the polls because they're playing each other.

More voters on the East Coast = fewer voters watching & voting for Pac 12 teams = East Coast bias

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:03 pm

Looks like the Zags are going to move on easily.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:12 pm

Zags defense isn’t that impressive but boy can they score.

zonagrad · Post by **zonagrad** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:18 pm

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:12 pm Zags defense isn’t that impressive but boy can they score.

Oregon could give Zags trouble.

FreeSpiritCat · Post by **FreeSpiritCat** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:21 pm

Gonzaga may be a much better team, but Oklahoma is competing hard. Unlike Iowa they aren't giving up.

FreeSpiritCat · Post by **FreeSpiritCat** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:35 pm

zonagrad wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:18 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:12 pm Zags defense isn’t that impressive but boy can they score.
Oregon could give Zags trouble.

I can see that. Gonzaga is methodical. Teams that are quick and can stir the pot can break their rhythm.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 2:00 pm

I'm all in on West Coast Basketball.

Go Pac

Go Zags

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 2:13 pm

zonagrad wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:18 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:12 pm Zags defense isn’t that impressive but boy can they score.
Oregon could give Zags trouble.

I was thinking the same thing. I actually like Oregon's guards more than Zaga's.

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:16 pm

As long as UCLA doesn't get sped up in the second half and hits at least one fn free throw they should win this game easily. The other team is outmatched at every position except maybe pg. Looks good for the PAC again.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:18 pm

Anyone know anything about Bama? That's UCLA's likely S16 matchup.

Colorado has a very good chance to beat FSU. The Seminoles were solid this year, but the Buffs have shown the ability to match up well with different styles.

Still think Kansas beats the Trojans. Self is a much better coach than Enfield.

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:19 pm

I remember the ‘95 championship game between UCLA and Arky. The guys at the table we’re rooting for UCLA and I wasn’t. They asked why? I said fuck UCLA.

Still feel that way today.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:29 pm

wyo-cat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:19 pm I remember the ‘95 championship game between UCLA and Arky. The guys at the table we’re rooting for UCLA and I wasn’t. They asked why? I said fuck UCLA.

Still feel that way today.

At last a kindred spirit.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:30 pm

UCLA pulling away.... about to make it 3 and counting Pac teams in Sweet 16

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:43 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:30 pm UCLA pulling away.... about to make it 3 and counting Pac teams in Sweet 16

More units!!!

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:44 pm

TheCat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:16 pm As long as UCLA doesn't get sped up in the second half and hits at least one fn free throw they should win this game easily. The other team is outmatched at every position except maybe pg. Looks good for the PAC again.

Except at PG? Isn't UCLA's PG First time All PAC-12 and ACU's PG 5'7?

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:52 pm

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