March Madness: 2014

[carey]

I didn't even know Danny Manning was coaching Tulsa, let alone that he coached them to a tournament birth.

Use this thread for all things tournament related. I'd set up a bracket contest but last year I did it and we had like 5 entries, so boo on y'all.

[Bruiser]

Most of you probably know way too much about college players already to find this interesting but for me it was a pretty fine read...

http://www.reddit.com/r/NBA_Draft/comme ... l_fan_who/

http://www.reddit.com/r/NBA_Draft/comme ... l_fan_who/

[INFORMER]

Come on Dayton!!! (up 5 in the second half over Ohio St; I'd pick Dayton to win.)

[Superbone]

Come on Dayton!!! (up 5 in the second half over Ohio St; I'd pick Dayton to win.)

Dang, there goes my billion dollars.

[JeffreyLee]

Come on Dayton!!! (up 5 in the second half over Ohio St; I'd pick Dayton to win.)

Dang, there goes my billion dollars.

Dayton ruined my bracket. Harvard might safe it though

[INFORMER]

Perfect (Yahoo) bracket so far. My ESPN one has one miss; I hedged my bet and picked Ohio State over Dayton on that one.

[INFORMER]

13/16 at the end of day one. Really thought St. Joe's and NC State would advance. Oh well.

[carey]

13/16 at the end of day one. Really thought St. Joe's and NC State would advance. Oh well.

Epic collapse by State. 13 point lead with 3 min remaining? Hard to fuck that up.

[INFORMER]

Thanks for nothing, Duke. Ugh.

[JeffreyLee]

Thanks for nothing, Duke. Ugh.

Duke ruined my bracket completly. It was already bad, but that put the nail in the coffin.

[wpmiller42]

Being both a UofA fan and UNLV fan, I always let emotion take over and pick duke to lose early. Paying off this year!

[JeffreyLee]

Being both a UofA fan and UNLV fan, I always let emotion take over and pick duke to lose early. Paying off this year!

I love going to the unlv games! i miss not living in vegas. But i do like that i can get to go to pro sports here.

[INFORMER]

Thanks for nothing, Duke. Ugh.

Duke ruined my bracket completly. It was already bad, but that put the nail in the coffin.

I'm getting slaughtered today.

[Sunsfan4life]

Anyone watching the Zona-Zags game? I love Aaron Gordon. The more I watch him the more he impresses me. He is #4 on my board right now, I think the offensive game will improve with age, but the verstility is so intriguing. I just watched him block a shot, slam home an alley opp and then hit a 3 within a span of a few mins.

[INFORMER]

Yeah, he's looked great this game. I've been very skeptical of him, but his play in the Pac-12 championship game, and his play tonight thus far has gone a long way towards winning me over.

[carey]

Glad someone took Boeheim to task for his dumb comments over the weekend so I didn't have to spend time on it cause they were stupid as hell: CLICK

Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim made $1.9 million last year. Yet, he doesn’t believe college players should be paid.

The NCAA is a scam, and Boeheim is the recipient of the wealth. He recruits young men to play for him for far less than market value and uses them to make himself money. And in a cartel system where every college team agrees to limit the compensation of its employees, the players have little recourse.

What's all the fuss about? It's about this...

[“]I’m not going to be specific about anybody but my experience is guys look and if they see they fall where they’re favorable [they leave]…If you go 15th in the draft, you’re nothing. You might be out of the league in two years. It used to be a first-round draft pick you had a chance. That’s nothing. Those guys are out of the league. Half the guys taken in the first round the last three years are not even in the league.

“You gotta be in the top seven, eight, 10 picks to make sure you’re going to be playing in the NBA.”

It's not hard to look at Grant and Ennis' projected draft spot to figure out what motivated this yammering.

[carey]

Barkley barkleying: CLICK

“I want these kids to stay in school longer because the NBA is worse than it’s ever been,” Barkley said. “It’s not good basketball. It’s frustrating for me to watch. These kids aren’t physically or emotionally ready to come and play against grown men.”

More specifically?

“Jabari Parker and Andrew Wiggins are supposed to be top-3 draft picks,” he continued. “They didn’t have very good games — and it’s just one game — but if they’re going to struggle against Mercer and Stanford, they’re really gonna struggle against grown men.”

[wpmiller42]

Anyone watching the Zona-Zags game? I love Aaron Gordon. The more I watch him the more he impresses me. He is #4 on my board right now, I think the offensive game will improve with age, but the verstility is so intriguing. I just watched him block a shot, slam home an alley opp and then hit a 3 within a span of a few mins.

I really like Gordon, but I worry about his offensive game. I'm really surprised more players aren't sagging off of him and daring him to shoot jumpers. He's been a little better from 3 lately, but if I'm an opposing coach, I'm telling my guys to take our chances with him taking jumpers.

All that being said, if we were able to grab him with the 14th pick, I'd be ecstatic.

[Mori Chu]

All that being said, if we were able to grab him with the 14th pick, I'd be ecstatic.

He, of course, will not still be available at #14.

[carey]

Games start again today. UofA has the late game, doesn't even tip off until 10:15 EST since they're playing out West. Only thing I don't like is that it's practically a home game for SDST. Really want to see this team reach the final 4.