NCAA Sweet 16 Friday Night Games Discussion Thread

[bac2therac]

Can Purdue rise up to the challenge of a Gonzaga team playing at a very high level. How many times have they come up short in these spots?

 

[PiscatawayMike]

 

[Joey Bags]

Purdue could get jellied

 

[shields]

Go State , kill Marquette.

 

[fatsam98]

Edey bodyslams a Zag, no call 😂

 

[fatsam98]

Is there a worse color guy than Steve Lappas? Holy shit feel free to shut up for a few seconds once in a while

 

[ClassOf02]

Not surprisingly, Gonzaga came ready to play. Mark Few is such a good coach. Purdue playing pretty well, but they’re somewhat neutralizing Edey. Gonna be a good one.

 

[BillyC80]

Marquette looks terrible tonight

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Is there a worse color guy than Steve Lappas? Holy shit feel free to shut up for a few seconds once in a while

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Marquette looks terrible tonight

They just can't put the ball in the hole. If they shoot the way they are capable in the second half, they'll be fine.

 

[RUinPinehurst]

They just can't put the ball in the hole. If the shoot the way they are capable in the second half, they'll be fine.

They've been effective in limiting Burns, but at the expense of his teammates making up for it. I suspect Burns will add some to his four first-half points. Wolfpack is focused.

 

[93RUDoc]

Pulling for Purdue
Will be rooting for Illinois even harder tmw
NC state a gritty physical team, enjoy watching them play

 

[fatsam98]

They just called a travel.

On Edey.

 

[RUChoppin]

Can only watch box scores right now. Surprised so few fouls in the Purdue Zags game, and only 2 FTs for Edey so far

 

[RUHotTrumpetMonkeyLove]

Is Marquette throwing this game?

 

[93RUDoc]

Edey w/ good post moves, Cliff who is by far more athletic could not develop a post up game, does not compute.

 

[RUChoppin]

Smith has 15 assists with 6+ minutes left. Wow

 

[fatsam98]

Smith has 15 assists with 6+ minutes left. Wow

Impressive how much he improved this season

 

[shields]

Purdue to elite 8.

 

[RUsojo]

Sometimes you just need your opponents to go ice cold to help you to a run in the tournament it’s that simple.

Nc st opponents 23 of 97 from 3. Clemson opponents 14 of 75.

 

[PiscatawayMike]

There's only one reason Marquette lost:

4-for-31 from beyond the arc

 

[shields]

live by the three die by the three.

 

[bac2therac]

Marquette just too small to handle NC State if they were going to shoot that poorly from 3

Purdue is rolling

2 Big 10s in Elite 8

2 ACCs in Elite 8

1 SEC and 1 Big East but one will add one

The vaunted Big 12 only hope is Houston tonight

 

[rutger80]

Would love to see Houston knock out Duke.

 

[Scarlet Blind]

2 B1G, Purdue, ILL
2 ACC, NCSt, Clemson
SEC Alabama, BE UConn

SEC vs BE and B12 vs ACC left

 

[jerzeyguy]

Houston vs Duke - is men playing vs boys

 

[RUsojo]

Marquette just too small to handle NC State if they were going to shoot that poorly from 3

Purdue is rolling

2 Big 10s in Elite 8

2 ACCs in Elite 8

1 SEC and 1 Big East but one will add one

The vaunted Big 12 only hope is Houston tonight

 

[Mr Magoo]

Houston sure does foul a lot and I’m sure the refs won’t do them any favors vs. Duke.

 

[bac2therac]

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Good things the games are played on the court

 

[LotusAggressor]

Textbook Duke flop.

 

[RUinPinehurst]

Textbook Duke flop.

LOL.

 

[BillyC80]

Houston will struggle without Shead. Hope he makes it back.

 

[fatsam98]

Houston will struggle without Shead. Hope he makes it back.

"Severely sprained ankle"

 

[socaldave]

Is there a worse color guy than Steve Lappas? Holy shit feel free to shut up for a few seconds once in a while

The Rat

 

[LotusAggressor]

Houston will struggle without Shead. Hope he makes it back.

Houston is ugly on offense, but they are tough as hell on defense.

 

[scarletrat]

Still despise duke. Haters hate.

Marquette and creighton had no business in S16. They beat only double digit seeds. Creighton did that last year as well.

 

[The RUT]

Juggling between the padres game and these two games.

Turned off the Vols Creightin game after the 18-0 UTjr run. What the hell happened? How did that game get close again?

 

[bac2therac]

Acc tourney final rematch

Yuck

Duke- NC State

 

[JavaDunk18]

Some comments here did not age well.
Duke was tougher than Houston.
Maybe UH wins with Shead, but because of his offense.

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Some comments here did not age well.
Duke was tougher than Houston.
Maybe UH wins with Shead, but because of his offense.

I watched Houston play several times this season. The Cougars looked like a different team without Shead... such a shame he went down.