All Things NCAA Tournament Games

Bad Gopher · Mar 24, 2023

Sunday afternoon is going to be more appointment TV.

GophersInIowa · Mar 24, 2023

Lots of trash talking in this one.

howeda7 · Mar 24, 2023

RockChalk · Mar 25, 2023

forever a gopher said:
How about Ben’s former team excelling after he left? Just sayin’

That's what a good coach can do for a program. X certainly didn't have that with the staff Johnson was on. Nor does the Gopher now that Johnson is here.

Bad Gopher · Mar 25, 2023

RockChalk said:
That's what a good coach can do for a program. X certainly didn't have that with the staff Johnson was on. Nor does the Gopher now that Johnson is here.

Both the depth of their sudden decent under the previous staff and the sudden turnaround under Miller are stunning.

cjbfbp · Mar 25, 2023

Bad Gopher said:
Both the depth of their sudden decent under the previous staff and the sudden turnaround under Miller are stunning.

Their rise this season is not that stunning. Of their top six players, five are holdovers from a team that finished 23-13, won the NIT, and was ranked #33 by Sports Reference's quantitative index and #35 by Sagarin at the end of the season. 5 of their top 6 players are seniors with two of them being 6 year seniors and another a 5th year senior. The one newcomer among them (Souley Boum) made two all conference teams prior to coming to Xavier, led them in scoring this season, and was first team All Big East.

Miller is an accomplished coach and has had a great first year at Xavier but it's not like this year's achievements were accomplished with a roster of odds and ends.

GophersInIowa · Mar 25, 2023

Gopher Teeth · Mar 25, 2023

howeda7 said:
No band. No media director. How's their NIL?

classic...I love this...just goes to show, some make excuses and some get the job done.

Gopher Teeth · Mar 25, 2023

Breakin' The Plane said:
It's not even that. They hired someone else without letting Dutcher interview, even though he was interested.

and that other person had never been a head coach and got turned down by Montana St., but we had to hire him stat or we were going to lose him.

LongLiveMilesTarver · Mar 25, 2023

Just saw the worst flagrant 2 ever in the D2 Championship. A guy boxed out on a free throw and someone fell down. I wouldn't have even called a common foul but steratore and the announcers are fine with it. No idea what I'm missing that they saw.

LongLiveMilesTarver · Mar 25, 2023

LongLiveMilesTarver said:
Just saw the worst flagrant 2 ever in the D2 Championship. A guy boxed out on a free throw and someone fell down. I wouldn't have even called a common foul but steratore and the announcers are fine with it. No idea what I'm missing that they saw.

This game is quite entertaining. 5 flagrant and 2 techs in the last ten minutes.

Bad Gopher · Mar 25, 2023

Fuckin' Greenlee

bga1 · Mar 25, 2023

Nowell reminds me of Khalid El Amin- a lot

bga1 · Mar 25, 2023

Bad Gopher said:
Fuckin' Greenlee

Greenlee is just a winner. Won the Florida state title with his HS team. I felt at the time that Pitino should have played him more and kept him. Solid player who wins on both ends.

howeda7 · Mar 25, 2023

Greenlee's FT shooting would fit well on the Gophers.

GophersInIowa · Mar 25, 2023

howeda7 said:
Greenlee's FT shooting would fit well on the Gophers.

Anyone else see Nowell yelling “box out” or something like that right as Greenlee was releasing the FT? Ref talked to him right after.

howeda7 · Mar 25, 2023

Congrats to FAU. And that's why you don't foul. Perfect last 10 seconds.

cjbfbp · Mar 25, 2023

howeda7 said:
Congrats to FAU. And that's why you don't foul. Perfect last 10 seconds.

Regardless of what conference they are from, never underestimate 30+ win teams.

Fantastic postseason showing by Conference USA. Final four for 1st place Forlida Atlantic. NIT final four for second and third place teams North Texas and UAB. CBI championship for 5th place Charlotte.

howeda7 · Mar 25, 2023

cjbfbp said:
Regardless of what conference they are from, never underestimate 30+ win teams.

Fantastic postseason showing by Conference USA. Final four for 1st place Forlida Atlantic. NIT final four for second and third place teams North Texas and UAB. CBI championship for 5th place Charlotte.

I'd gladly take Dusty May or McCasland as the Gophers coach in a second.

Gilthorp57 · Mar 25, 2023

howeda7 said:
I'd gladly take Dusty May or McCasland as the Gophers coach in a second.

Why didn't Dusty get a call? Indiana native, manager for Bob Knight, I recognized parts of his motion offense infused with modern elements utilizing four ball handlers.

howeda7 · Mar 25, 2023

Gilthorp57 said:
Why didn't Dusty get a call? Indiana native, manager for Bob Knight, I recognized parts of his motion offense infused with modern elements utilizing four ball handlers.

Up to that point, he had 3 years experience, was under .500 in conference. Sure his resume was still far superior to Ben Johnson, but he wasn't really on any short list I saw at the time.

GophersInIowa · Mar 25, 2023

What a sequence there by UConn.

WindyCityGopher · Mar 25, 2023

Love how UConn moves the ball. So many quick touches to find the open man.

Bad Gopher · Mar 25, 2023

Gilthorp57 said:
Why didn't Dusty get a call? Indiana native, manager for Bob Knight, I recognized parts of his motion offense infused with modern elements utilizing four ball handlers.

They mentioned the multiple ball handlers in the broadcast tonight and how tough that makes it for the defense. In a game where so many teams seem to run the same high-screen crap, it's great to see someone zigging while the other guy is zagging--and putting his own signature on Knight's trademarked motion.

I've felt for some time that the true Princeton offense never should or need to go out of style. Even Princeton isn't really running it. Just taking the general concept of four players above the free-throw line extended at any time and working a variety of innovative things from that basic set...

Drake University Gopher · Mar 25, 2023

When did Treyton T start playing for Gonzaga (I mean he’d probably fit in well there if he could bribe Few somehow to take him on)

GophersInIowa · Mar 25, 2023

UConn-Texas would be a fun one.

50PoundHead · Mar 25, 2023

It is a bit amusing--at least to me--to watch Gonzaga get pummeled.

WindyCityGopher · Mar 25, 2023

WindyCityGopher said:
I hate Gonzaga. I hope UConn kicks their ass.

Mission accomplished. UConn doing God’s work.

GoodasGold · Mar 25, 2023

Wowzer!! That was a bone fide, super-sized can of WhoopAss opened up on the Zags.

Bad Gopher · Mar 25, 2023

GophersInIowa said:
UConn-Texas would be a fun one.

That would be the clash of titans we seem to be steaming toward.

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