Tournament Thread March Madness thread

[DJ Fieri]

Let's go, Michigan....

 

[podsox]

A Loyola Chicago fan asked the Ramblers’ best player if he was part of the team - SBNation.com

 

[SJ76]

What was the line on the K St Loyola game?

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

I doubt either of these teams can beat Loyola. Michigan has to hit shots or they lose.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Also Wagner is playing like garbage. Stop sticking your tongue out you stupid bitch. You can't even finish the AND 1s and shoot like shit from the FT line.

 

[JohnU]

They were back in the day with Creighton, Wichita State and when Southern Illinois was good. It's hard to lose 2 flagship programs. The MVC simply wasn't a good conference this year. Probably the worst it's been this century(you could argue 2008 IMO). Still credit to Loyola, they are a good team.

2 through 10 the Valley was pretty even, if that means mediocre. Lots of pretty ordinary basketball and there's plenty of room for good recruits to step in right away at at least 3 programs. Maybe this LIC run will help the conference. There is also some talk about adding 2 more teams. Not sure where that is headed.

 

[podsox]

2 through 10 the Valley was pretty even, if that means mediocre. Lots of pretty ordinary basketball and there's plenty of room for good recruits to step in right away at at least 3 programs. Maybe this LIC run will help the conference. There is also some talk about adding 2 more teams. Not sure where that is headed.

Loyola struggled throughout the conference tourneyZ. Conference is tough. Hope porter comes back. A lot of guys coming back

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Is it safe to say fuck Duke in here, yet?

 

[Deep Creek]

Is it safe to say fuck Duke in here, yet?

Duck Fuke

 

[SJ76]

That was the Loyola I saw when they played Illinois St in the MVC championship




K St dam lucky they didn't lose by 30

 

[ericd7633]

2 through 10 the Valley was pretty even, if that means mediocre. Lots of pretty ordinary basketball and there's plenty of room for good recruits to step in right away at at least 3 programs. Maybe this LIC run will help the conference. There is also some talk about adding 2 more teams. Not sure where that is headed.

Having parity in a conference doesn't necessarily mean a bad thing, if that conference has proven itself outside of the conference. It just isn't a good look for the conference as a whole when the 2 teams that tied for 2nd had OOC losses to the 7th place team in the OVC, the 6th place team in the A-10, the 5th place team in the Big South, and really no good wins to speak of. Drags down the RPI, and the worse case scenario happens where this isn't much separation after Loyola.

 

[SJ76]

Having parity in a conference doesn't necessarily mean a bad thing, if that conference has proven itself outside of the conference. It just isn't a good look for the conference as a whole when the 2 teams that tied for 2nd had OOC losses to the 7th place team in the OVC, the 6th place team in the A-10, the 5th place team in the Big South, and really no good wins to speak of. Drags down the RPI, and the worse case scenario happens where this isn't much separation after Loyola.

Loyola dominated their conference, destroyed Illinois St in the MVC championship and had won 8 in a row heading into tourney. They weren't going to be an easy 11 seed to get by. Sure 2 awesome buzzer beaters got them here. They played tight the first few games but they made runs and got stops. Going to be tough to beat them

 

[jontaejones]

They were back in the day with Creighton, Wichita State and when Southern Illinois was good. It's hard to lose 2 flagship programs. The MVC simply wasn't a good conference this year. Probably the worst it's been this century(you could argue 2008 IMO). Still credit to Loyola, they are a good team.

Creighton has helped the Big East, but I'd rather them and Wichita State still be in the MVC.

2 Final 4 appearances in 5 years for a conference of that nature is amazing.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Instead of Texas, Oklahoma and Alabama, we should've had St. Mary's, South Dakota and Middle Tennessee State or Western Kentucky or Vermont. You know, a team who actually did good during the regular season.

That's a noble fight, but the TV execs already figured out that those teams have just as much chance of losing the first weekend of the tourney, when 34 teams go home anyway. So let's at least sell a few more tickets to the larger fanbases.

 

[JohnU]

Loyola struggled throughout the conference tourneyZ. Conference is tough. Hope porter comes back. A lot of guys coming back

I think we may see Drake bounce back to the floor again.
Evansville has a new coach and new enthusiasm but that team has very little talent.
I can see SIU and Ill State staying competitive. Not sure on UNI.
Valpo will be better, but not a challenger unless he finds a scorer.
The rest is up for grabs.
So who knows who's recruiting and who's holding.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

This is such a sloppy ass game. Wagner looks lost on offense.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Michigan is playing amazing defense, so is FSU but both teams are also bad on offense.

 

[JohnU]

This is such a sloppy ass game. Wagner looks lost on offense.

Seriously, wtf if Wagner doing out there launching threes?

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Seriously, wtf if Wagner doing out there launching threes?

If either of these two teams play like this next week against Loyola, they are going to get blown the fuck out.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Michigan taking control of this game.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Michigan taking control of this game.

Guards have to takeover. FSU has terrible ball handling and their guard play is bad. They are a slightly better version of Cuse.