March Madness 2025

[Jim French Stepstool]

1 hour ago, RedStickBrew said:

Good start to Arkansas/St. John’s. I presume Pitino knows he can switch to zone D at any time which Arkansas had trouble with v Kansas. 

I don't know if Arky zones at all. But if it's in their arsenal you'd think they'd mix it in w/the foul trouble on their bigs. OTOH they're clamping down on St Johns as is, so Cal might want to just stay with the effective strategy & hope the clock runs out before he runs out of post players.

[RedStickBrew]

5 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

I don't know if Arky zones at all. But if it's in their arsenal you'd think they'd mix it in w/the foul trouble on their bigs. OTOH they're clamping down on St Johns as is, so Cal might want to just stay with the effective strategy & hope the clock runs out before he runs out of post players.

Arkansas doesn’t play much zone. I think coach Cal has 3 bigs he can use for fouls. It will get interesting if he runs out of bigs though

[HarryDoyle]

Pitino's going to make sure the refs are sleeping with the fishes by the end of the weekend.

[Sixtolezcano]

Arkansas wins….

yes!

 

[RedStickBrew]

Buzzard is the old Marquette coach that used to live in a van down by the river right?

[yourout]

Quite a run for the B10.

That means Bucky will go down in flames

[yourout]

This looks like a mismatch. 

Might give up a hundy.

[yourout]

Getting run out of the gym.

[HarryDoyle]

1 minute ago, yourout said:

Getting run out of the gym.

Playing in high altitude against a team from Utah is why I picked BYU to win.

[yourout]

3 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Playing in high altitude against a team from Utah is why I picked BYU to win.

Even at sea level they are way better. 

 

[yourout]

Way way way to many offensive rebound

[yourout]

Refs are keeping Bucky in this one but they keep missing free throws.

[yourout]

Embarrassing half. 

Including an incredibly bad decision to not hold for the last shot.

[HarryDoyle]

23 minutes ago, yourout said:

Even at sea level they are way better. 

 

Wisconsin is missing free throws short and giving up offensive rebounds. Telltale signs they are breathing heavy. And it's only halftime.

[yourout]

5 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Wisconsin is missing free throws short and giving up offensive rebounds. Telltale signs they are breathing heavy. And it's only halftime.

BYU is just better. 

Far tougher on the boards

[yourout]

Amos has been playing well lately until tonight. 

Yuck.

[yourout]

That last possession of the first half looming large now

[HarryDoyle]

10 minutes ago, yourout said:

That last possession of the first half looming large now

Oh yeah!

[HarryDoyle]

BYU hangs on!

[yourout]

More interesting finish than I expected.

[adambr2]

It’s not just on Crowl for the end of first half possession. Why isn’t Gard saying something? Why aren’t any teammates yelling “last shot?”

[yourout]

3 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

It’s not just on Crowl for the end of first half possession. Why isn’t Gard saying something? Why aren’t any teammates yelling “last shot?”

What ever the reason is was a huge mistake.

[adambr2]

Just now, yourout said:

What ever the reason is was a huge mistake.

They had rallied to down 8. They had some momentum going their way, and that completely took the wind out of their sails and made it 11 again at half. 

It was completely avoidable.

[HarryDoyle]

The technical on the Badger bench wasn't very smart either.

[HarryDoyle]

Meanwhile, Houston is hanging on by a thread.