Friday Round of 64 Tournament Discussions

[OldSchool]

Florida Gulf Coast?

Hey, come on! If you take away that run of 30 straight points we had on them earlier this year, they would have given our team more than we could handle...

[ChrisP]

Florida Gulf Coast?

Bracket getting crispier...

[Mabdul Doobakus]

Florida Gulf Coast is probably the best 15 seed of all time, though, right? I mean...how many 15 seeds previously beat a Top 5 team (Miami...I know they were not Top 5 at the time) during their season?

I may be completely biased my inability to remember past 15 seeds all that well...but I think we all knew FGCU had a chance, and it's pretty rare you feel that way about a 15 seed.

[77devil]

Hey, come on! If you take away that run of 30 straight points we had on them earlier this year, they would have given our team more than we could handle...

You're the second person to caveat a 30 point run. If I take away Seth's 20 plus performance today maybe we lose.

[OldSchool]

You're the second person to caveat a 30 point run. If I take away Seth's 20 plus performance today maybe we lose.

Tongue-in-cheek on my part. But welcome, Georgetown, to the 15-over-2 party. Missouri is over at the bar getting a beer...

[sagegrouse]

Gotta give GT credit, I thought this game was OVER. It probably should have been - FGCU is getting a little tight and rushing some things (plus the refs seem to be allowing LOTS of contact which is benefitting G'town)

I believe GT is Georgia Tech; GU is Georgetown; UGa (pronounced UGH-ah) is the U. of Georgia; GW is George Washington; Zags is Gonzaga.

sagegrouse

[ChrisP]

Tongue-in-cheek on my part. But welcome, Georgetown, to the 15-over-2 party. Missouri is over at the bar getting a beer...

It was really nice to hear the announcers and studio talking heads get literally giddy at the FGCU win tonight. Finally, a win that will (hopefully) get everyone to stop talking about Lehigh's win over us last year. And of course, they almost never mention that we were without RK in that game. To my knowledge. Missouri last year and G'town this year were at full strength.

[ChrisP]

And...1 Billion Tar Heel fans are united in prayer for the Hilltoppers right about now. I must admit, I'm torn - do I pull for Western Kentucky so I can witness history being made or do I pull for Kansas so I can watch them embarrass the heels on Sunday?

[Newton_14]

Dang it, I knew I should have picked that game. I came very close to then went against it. I think most of us that watched our game with them knew they had talent, plus they had the win over Miami to boot. They play fast and can score in bunches, Georgetown plays slow and struggles to score. It was the perfect set up and as others noted, FGC was underseeded.

Thank you Hoyas as Duke is no longer the latest 2 Seed to go down in flames against a 15. Also interesting that three of the four 5 seeds went down to 12 seeds.

[Dukeface88]

And...1 Billion Tar Heel fans are united in prayer for the Hilltoppers right about now. I must admit, I'm torn - do I pull for Western Kentucky so I can witness history being made or do I pull for Kansas so I can watch them embarrass the heels on Sunday?

Pull for Western Kentucky so they can make history and embarrass UNC on Sunday. Problem solved.

[_Gary]

Pull for Western Kentucky so they can make history and embarrass UNC on Sunday. Problem solved.

No way can I do that. Were Western Kentucky to somehow win tonight, everyone knows they'd lay down for UNC on Sunday. That's pretty much axiomatic, isn't it?

[ChrisP]

Pull for Western Kentucky so they can make history and embarrass UNC on Sunday. Problem solved.

Genius! Why didn't I think of that?

Probably because I know, like the other poster above me, that the Hilltoppers would play like scrub city against the Heels and thus hand them a trip to the Sweet Sixteen.

[_Gary]

For some reason I had this really weird, sickening feeling when I saw the brackets on Sunday that UNC was somehow going to advance to the Elite Eight, if not further. I don't know why I felt that way, it's really ridiculous to think they'd get a pass and not have to play Kansas. But now... This is really scary. Come on Jayhawks!!

[ChrisP]

For some reason I had this really weird, sickening feeling when I saw the brackets on Sunday that UNC was somehow going to advance to the Elite Eight, if not further. I don't know why I felt that way, it's really ridiculous to think they'd get a pass and not have to play Kansas. But now... This is really scary. Come on Jayhawks!!

I think you can rest easy. Shooting 14% in a half and bricking FT's won't win you many games, Hilltoppers

Seriously, guys - 14%???

[_Gary]

I think you can rest easy. Shooting 14% in a half and bricking FT's won't win you many games, Hilltoppers

Seriously, guys - 14%???

Hold the phone! Kansas trying to give it away!

[hurleyfor3]

Albany or FGCU would've wiped the floor with Kansas. Yeah, I know, they're 15-seeds.

[_Gary]

On the plus side, I do believe Kansas will play much looser against UNC now that they've got the monkey off their back tonight. This was all about them feeling the 1 vs 16 pressure, imho.

[Mal]

Florida Gulf Coast?

That was the most fun I've had watching a game in which I had no real rooting interest in years. I mean, let it all hang out, FGCU! I've never seen a team so loose. And talk about high flying and entertaining. I watched with my kids and I think they thought I was having a seizure when Gulf broke the trap for that monster alley oop with about 4 minutes to go. And that put back early in the second half was phenomenal.

Also, Go, Gophers, Go!

[ChrisP]

Ok, but when WKY cut it to 5 and got a KU turnover, there was a stoppage of play due to some clock issue which essentially resulted in a timeout. WKY proceeds to come out of that and heave up a 3 that they didn't need! Arrrghhh!!!

[Indoor66]

Tongue-in-cheek on my part. But welcome, Georgetown, to the 15-over-2 party. Missouri is over at the bar getting a beer...

Unfortunately, Bill Werber is serving the beer.