All Things 2025 NCAA Tournament Games Thread

[Unregistered User]

Bill Raftery has got to go. So bad.

But if he leaves, who will say “man to man” really fast at the start of a game?

He’s 10 years overdue to retire.

 

[LongLiveMilesTarver]

Broome looked hurt more as the game went on. Bill Raftery has got to go. So bad.

I liked Raftery when he was paired with Lundquist or Gus Johnson but I don't think he pairs well with stuffy partners like Nantz, Eagle, and Grant Hill.

 

[BarnBurner]

Foul tally disagrees a bit with you. Refs let them play throughout. Refs swallowed the whistle both ways.

A number of clean blocks were called fouls on Florida.

 

[BarnBurner]

Broome looked hurt more as the game went on. Bill Raftery has got to go. So bad.

Broome is lazy.

 

[Gilthorp57]

I liked Raftery when he was paired with Lundquist or Gus Johnson but I don't think he pairs well with stuffy partners like Nantz, Eagle, and Grant Hill.

Listening to Hill and Eagle is a cure for insomnia.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Houston is getting screwed by the refs

 

[stocker08]

Game has tightened up. Come on, Houston!

 

[LongLiveMilesTarver]

Endless reviews sure do enhance the game.

 

[LongLiveMilesTarver]

Again, not one team is capable of breaking a press.

 

[howeda7]

This will be quite the comeback if they pull it off...

 

[stocker08]

Holy shit!!

 

[howeda7]

A Duke or Stripes Buzzer Beater is coming.

 

[kg21]

A Duke or Stripes Buzzer Beater is coming.

I don't know......that over the back on Flagg was friggin weak.......and I despise Duke

 

[stocker08]

Flagg has been really poor with late game shots all year.

 

[GophersInIowa]

I don't know......that over the back on Flagg was friggin weak.......and I despise Duke

Duke has gotten a lot of calls so I don’t feel too bad.

 

[denguegopher]

Duke has gotten a lot of calls so I don’t feel too bad.

Duke losing never bothers me.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Crazy

 

[howeda7]

Crazy

Defense wins championships.

 

[TruthSeeker]

Endless reviews sure do enhance the game.

All reviews should be terminated in every sport.

 

[howeda7]

All reviews should be terminated in every sport.

Just eliminate the out of bounds reviews. That's 90% of them. If the refs aren't sure, jump ball. Not only would it speed it up, it would be more fair.

 

[howeda7]

Also known as the reverse Minnesota.

 

[howeda7]

College basketball expert LaVelle E Neal called #1 seed Houston winning a "bracket buster". Brilliant.

 

[Bad Gopher]

College basketball expert LaVelle E Neal called #1 seed Houston winning a "bracket buster". Brilliant.

"Hack" no longer feels sufficient to describe that numbnuts. He totally lacks humility and self-awareness. What the fuck!

 

[Rocksoldier]

"Hack" no longer feels sufficient to describe that numbnuts. He totally lacks humility and self-awareness. What the fuck!

They can participate now, so who gives a shit

 

[GophersInIowa]

Just eliminate the out of bounds reviews. That's 90% of them. If the refs aren't sure, jump ball. Not only would it speed it up, it would be more fair.

The solution to me is to have a replay official immediately looking at the play instead of the refs in the game. That’s half the problem. Sometimes 2-3 minutes have gone by by the time the refs are actually starting to watch the replay.

 

[LongLiveMilesTarver]

The solution to me is to have a replay official immediately looking at the play instead of the refs in the game. That’s half the problem. Sometimes 2-3 minutes have gone by by the time the refs are actually starting to watch the replay.

I was flipping between NCAA and the wolves last night and it seemed they were in review all the time. At one point, the NBA just called a foul on the wolves when they were challenging out of bounds.

 

[howeda7]

The solution to me is to have a replay official immediately looking at the play instead of the refs in the game. That’s half the problem. Sometimes 2-3 minutes have gone by by the time the refs are actually starting to watch the replay.

That might work for NCAA tournament games but a lowly Summit League game between St Thomas and Oral Roberts isn't going to have a dedicated replay official. Either way I'd say out of bounds calls are alternating possession unless the refs are 100% who it's off of.

 

[Bad Gopher]

 

[60's Guy]

Too bad, so sorry

 

[Slim Tubby]