Friday's NCAA tournament first round games discussion thread

[Greene Rice FIG]

1215PM Cincy -4.5 Iowa
1240PM Mississippi -1 Oklahoma
130PM Texas tech - 12.5 Northern Kentucky
200PM Kansas State -4 UC Irvine

245PM Tennessee -17 Colgate
310PM Virginia -21 1/2 Gardner Webb
400PM Buffalo -5 Arizona State
430PM Wisconsin -2 Oregon

650PM Utah State -3.5 Washington
710PM Puke -26 North dakota State
720PM Houston -12 Georgia State
727PM Mississippi State -6.5 Liberty

920PM UNC -22 Iona
940PM UCF pick VCU
950PM Iowa State -5 Ohio State
957PM Va Tech -10.5 St. Louis

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Looking ahead
1210PM LSU -2.5 Maryland
245PM Kentucky -5.5 Wofford (spread is right, wrong team favored)
515PM Michigan -7.5 Florida
610PM Florida State -5 Murray State (line should be Murray State -25)
710PM Gonzaga -13 Baylor :scream:
900PM Purdue -3.5 Villanova
945PM Auburn -2 Kansas

 

[bac2therac]

Auburn is actually favored over Kansas..wow, they looked awful in those last few minutes vs New Mex St.

 

[bac2therac]

I thought the late games last night were not nearly as exciting as the first 7 which all seemed to come down to the last few minutes and most of those involved a team having to win the game 2x by closing it out



We got Murray State but still waiting for the wow upset of the tourney. I think today Liberty, Georgia State, Northern Kentucky, or UC Irvine are our shots today...one of those has to win.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

I'll be honest....the NCAA tourney, as we know it, hasn't really started yet.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

My picks are in bold. My pick of the day is Virginia. You will not see the need for the "2X close"

I expect Virginia to step on Charlotte's Web and never let up.

 

[bac2therac]

I can see Colgate covering vs Tennessee

 

[kcg88]

I think this might be a year with a boring round 1 but excitement in round 2 and the second weekend.

 

[RutgHoops]

3-1-1 ATS yesterday**. Today's plays:

Iowa +4.5
Colgate +17.5
UNC -22
Va Tech -10
Wisconsin -2
Kansas State -4

**Past results are not indicative of future performance

 

[RocktheRac]

And away we go.....

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

3-1-1 ATS yesterday**. Today's plays:

Iowa +4.5
Colgate +17.5
UNC -22
Va Tech -10
Wisconsin -2
Kansas State -4

**Past results are not indicative of future performance

4-1 with the inverse team against the spread here

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

oh no...the vaunted Iowa defense

 

[RocktheRac]

Early on it looks like Iowa decided to stay home

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

1. I am getting my sneakers on. I can score against Iowa
2. McCaffrey's son???

 

[bac2therac]

that Northwestern game exposed Iowa and ever since all coaches have followed the same template in stopping them.

if not for their win over Michigan, they may have been NIT only

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

The script, saving you the next 90 minutes.....
Cincy takes a 18 point lead
Cincy starts coasting
Bohnannon and Baer start making 3s
Cincy panics
Iowa cuts it to 2 with 3 minutes
Cincy goes on a 8-0 run...Iowa bad on D
B1G has 1st loss.

 

[RocktheRac]

Why I pick Iowa in my pool? Fraud

 

[bac2therac]

I like Cincy to beat Tennessee especially playing basically a home game

 

[MadRU]

Good crowd, Cincinnati basically home court advantage. Iowa shaky early

 

[Salvi's Headband]

Iowa is getting run out of the gym.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

This has the feel of the Marquette/Murray state game. Low IQ guy would only pick Marquette and iowa

 

[RocktheRac]

I'm ready to do the what just happened wail.

 

[RocktheRac]

This has the feel of the Marquette/Murray state game. Low IQ guy would only pick Marquette and iowa

I did pick Murray

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Going zone might have changed the momentum of this game

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

I'm ready to do the what just happened wail.

This game is a good practice run. I picked Ohio State.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Caleb Wesson going to go 0-7 from 3

Iowa goes zone and Cincy is disrupted....unfortunately Iowa has to reboind out of it. Major problem

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Bohannon would drive me crazy watching him possession by possession if he was at Rutgers

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

I know McCaffrey was highly rated, but I just don't see it.

 

[blockm2]

I know McCaffrey was highly rated, but I just don't see it.

Wieskamp was their highly rated recruit as a consensus 4 star kid. McCaffrey was a generic 3 star recruit as the son of the coach.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

If Iowa had any interest in winning they would be up by 6. Cincy is terrible. When their leading scorer in named Jenifer you have all the information necessary.

 

[kcg88]

If Iowa had any interest in winning they would be up by 6. Cincy is terrible. When their leading scorer in named Jenifer you have all the information necessary.

They're like us... they NEVER have shooters.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Fran go back to man...they are getting confiortable vs zobne

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

I just remembered why I took Iowa!

 

[RutgHoops]

I know McCaffrey was highly rated, but I just don't see it.

The brother coming in next year is the highly rated one.

 

[MadRU]

Iowa trying to keep it close, nice way to end the half. Bohannon needs a big second half.

 

[bac2therac]

Hope you peeps didnt pick Ole Miss

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Hope you peeps didnt pick Ole Miss

Doesnt matter because Virginia is next.

I'd like to see a pool where you get 1 point for each correct pick. Weight these games like any other.

I am a fan of the 1-2-3-4-5-6 point system.
The 10-20-40-80-160-320
or 1-2-4-8-16-32 render the 1st round games as just tiebreakers.

 

[RutgHoops]

Doesnt matter because Virginia is next.

I'd like to see a pool where you get 1 point for each correct pick. Weight these games like any other.

I am a fan of the 1-2-3-4-5-6 point system.
The 10-20-40-80-160-320
or 1-2-4-8-16-32 render the 1st round games as just tiebreakers.

Mine, which is a pretty large pool, gives you:

1st round: 1 point for a win + the points of the seed
2nd round: 2 points for a win + the points of the seed
3rd Round: 4 points for a win + the point of the seed
4th round: 8 points for a win + the point of the seed
5th round: 16 points for a win + the point of the seed
6th round: 32 points for a win for a win + the point of the seed

So you get value for picking the 7-10/8-9/5-12 games right. i.e Murray State yesterday got you 13 points. Florida got you 11. Gonzaga got you 2 points.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Change it.....
round 1 5 plus seed
round 2 10 plus seed
round 3 15 plus seed
round 4 20 plus seed
round 5 25 plus seed
round 6 30 plus seed

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

I am a big C Webb fan