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March Madness Day 1 Open Thread

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2 months ago

Unfortunately I'm at work today so unable to watch the early games, but will be back in time for some brews and the Michigan game.
MSU ahead of Valpo 38-15 right before half.
Rest of today's games:
Bucknell vs. Butler 12:40 ET truTV
Wichita St vs. Pittsburgh 1:40 TBS
New Mexico St vs. St Louis 2:10 TNT
St. Mary's vs. Memphis 2:45 CBS
Davidson vs. Marquette 3:10 truTV
Southern vs. Gonzaga 4:10 TBS
Oregov vs. Oklahoma St. 4:40 TNT
NCAT vs. Louisville 6:50 TBS
Michigan vs. South Dakota St. 7:15 CBS
Belmont vs. Arizona 7:20 TNT
California vs. UNLV 7:27 truTV
Missouri vs. Colorado St. 9:20 TBS
Akron vs. VCU 9:45 CBS
Harvard vs. New Mexico 9:50 TNT
Montana vs. Syracuse 9:57 truTV
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Butler versus Bucknell
17-12 with 5 minutes left
Go Blue & Gig Em'!
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2 months ago

MSU up over Valpo 35-18 at half.
Butler up 17-12 versus Bucknell with 5 mins to go in the 1st half.
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2 months ago

Valpo is flat awful. Iowa should have made it over them. I don't care what whack conference tournament they won
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2 months ago

Really hoping for Butler to make some noise in the East Region. They are as scary as any team come March the past few years! And anything to shut Tom Crean up is a big plus.
EDIT: Bonus GIF of Tom Crean jackin' it!

This post was edited by UMPat on 3/21/2013 at 12:14 PM

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2 months ago

Valpo looks terrible.
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2 months ago

Ducksworth said...
Valpo looks terrible.

Had to switch to the Butler game. Valpo makes Wisconsin look exciting
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2 months ago

http://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/?sessionToken=fGdaDeQWyuqWFuT8aWxhDpC3W
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2 months ago

Not surprised whatsoever to see MSU blow through Valpo. They were getting a ton of attention about their experience, but nobody would talk about the fact that Valpo just wasn't that talented of a team. I think people just wanted to believe this was actually going to be a game.
This Pitt game on the other hand is a battle. I originally went with Witchita State, but ultimately decided to go with Pitt last night. Probably should have trusted my gut haha
Edit: Also, it's amazing that Steven Adams got all the attention he did coming into college. He did not deserve that in the slightest. Maybe by his senior year he could live up to some of that hype, but jees, McGary is already much better than him and most think he still has a long way to go.

This post was edited by Thomas Beindit on 3/21/2013 at 1:37 PM
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2 months ago

Just starting to feel like Brad Stevens is super legit as a coach. Had Butler in my Elite 8, but switched it at the last second.
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2 months ago

C'mon Pitt step it up! I need start 3-for-3!!!
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UMPat said...
C'mon Pitt step it up! I need start 3-for-3!!!

I have Pitt beating the Zags so I need this...
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2 months ago

Much as it would have screwed with my bracket, I would have loved to see MSU lose. Ah well.
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2 months ago

Memphis up double digits over St Mary's near the end of the first half. C'mon GAELS!!!
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Steve Lorenz said...
Just starting to feel like Brad Stevens is super legit as a coach. Had Butler in my Elite 8, but switched it at the last second.

Starting?
He's like a young Coach K.
And there's many who feel he will succeed Coach K at Duke once the legend retires.
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Frank C said...
Starting?
He's like a young Coach K.
And there's many who feel he will succeed Coach K at Duke once the legend retires.

Starting as in I'd choose Butler to go further than I'd normally expect just because he's coach.
I don't normally pick teams outside of Duke, MSU, Louisville, etc. because of who's coaching there.
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WSU! Learned long ago Pitt was a fraud in March
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2 months ago

H. Jon Benjamin's voice cracks me up. I'm picturing Archer doing commentary for these coke commercials.

This post was edited by hownowbrowncow on 3/21/2013 at 3:50 PM
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sircharles11 said...
WSU! Learned long ago Pitt was a fraud in March

Pitt, Notre Dame and Texas are three teams I will never choose in the tournament. I don't care how good they are going into it. If they're a 1/2 seed, I have them out in the second round.
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2 months ago

Either the guy who's always spotted up alone in the corner for an open 3 sucks at shooting and needs to do something else, or one of the St. Mary's coaches has to tell their players what a "drive and kick" is.
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2 months ago

Marcus Smart is the only PG that may have an argument over Burke. Such a beast.
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2 months ago

Watching Davidson and Marquette really closely think maybe an upset is on the horizon, we'll see though.
Think Wichita St. could give the Zags a run for their money.
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Rabid said...
Marcus Smart is the only PG that may have an argument over Burke. Such a beast.

Yea I think Smart is a top 5 NBA pick right now. Plays like Burke, has D-Mo's size. Lethal combination.
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hownowbrowncow said...
H. Jon Benjamin's voice cracks me up. I'm picturing Archer doing commentary for these coke commercials.

Haha. Yeah, it's the guy from Bob's Burgers.
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2 months ago

This Marquette game has been great. Back and forth. Davidson took control, but Marquette hit a bunch of 3s and won the game. Crazy finish
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