2023 NCAAM East Regional Thread (ǝnpɹnԀ, ǝʇʇǝnbɹɐW, ʇS sɐsuɐʞ, ǝǝssǝuuǝ┴)

[dukelifer]

Terrible execution by K-State on the last possession. The ball has to be in Nowell’s hands.

Yes- that was strange.

[Bob Green]

Terrible execution by K-State on the last possession. The ball has to be in Nowell’s hands.

Agreed. When Nowell passed to Massoud, Massoud should have immediately passed right back to Nowell but instead he dribbled and FAU defense knocked the ball and time expired.

[AGDukesky]

Agreed. When Nowell passed to Mousa, Mousa should have immediately passed right back to Nowell but instead he dribbled and FAU defense knocked the ball and time expired.

But Nowell never should have passed the ball there- he could have gotten a shot off and you don’t want the other player having to make a pass there. To me that is all on Nowell…

[House P]

This is a fun game to watch when your own team is not one of the competitors.

Lots of fun to watch a meaningful game played at a high level when I had no real rooting interest.

Makes me wonder if I would enjoy the sport even more if I could let go of the dislike for the teams I root against (except Carolina, of course).

[brevity]

Lots of fun to watch a meaningful game played at a high level when I had no real rooting interest.

That's why I gave up personal brackets years ago. There are still teams I like or don't like, but almost every close game feels like this.

[brevity]

NCAA East Region All-Tournament Team (source)

Markquis Nowell, Kansas State (Most Outstanding Player)
Keyontae Johnson, Kansas State
Johnell Davis, Florida Atlantic
Vladislav Goldin, Florida Atlantic
AJ Hoggard, Michigan State

MOP Winners Who Did Not Advance to the Final Four (source)

2023 Markquis Nowell, Kansas State
2019 Carsen Edwards, Purdue
2008 Steph Curry, Davidson
1994 Juwan Howard, Michigan
1993 Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
1991 Mark Macon, Temple
1986 Chuck Person, Auburn

[gofurman]

This is a fun game to watch when your own team is not one of the competitors.

do you all realize that the 'little' team - FAU won with TWENTY TWO turnovers and a lesser percentage from the 3?? 22 turnovers ! unbelievable. truly shockin'. They killed on the glass - beat KSU (the big team) 44 to 22 on rebounds. wow

[Nugget]

Lots of fun to watch a meaningful game played at a high level when I had no real rooting interest.

Makes me wonder if I would enjoy the sport even more if I could let go of the dislike for the teams I root against (except Carolina, of course).

Agree 100%. The game was a joy to watch after seeing so much of the NCAA tournament turn into walk it up, poor-shooting, overly-physical hockey games. Loved FAU’s style of play and their guys not cracking against bigger power conference teams. And Nowell was so much fun to watch between his creative passing, deep 3s and NYC swag.