Brian G Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 I was flipping around last night and ran across an NIT game at Ohio State. They have the ugliest, worst designed basketball court I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot). It looks like they have a smaller court laid out inside the standard-sized one, but the while the standard boundaries are marked by only a 2 inch white line, the smaller court has a huge, 2 foot wide red border. I wonder how often players on visiting teams accidentally step out of bounds because the layout is confusing? [:-boggled Brian G. Visual Gamesmanship, or Just Bad Graphic Design? [?] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian G Posted March 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 I guess I'd better get my picks in for the next round, since it starts tomorrow night. North Carolina over Washington State Tough break for the Cougars, who could beat most of the other remaining teams in the tourney, but not the Tarheels. Not unless they've cooled off a whooooole lot in the past 4 days. Louisville over Tennessee I'll be pulling for the Vols, but they've played barely well enough to win. Louisville has cruised. Villinova over Kansas This one is iffy, but I'll take the Big East team here. Wisconsin over Davidson The Badgers are just tough. Serious, serious D and plenty of patience on offense. I'd rather see the little guys win, but it's gonna be real hard to do. Michigan State over Memphis Memphis didn't do that well against MS State, and Michigan is a similar team to the Dogs. This isn't a lock by any means. Hey Spartans, if you're down with a couple of minutes left, start fouling! Stanford over Texas Too much inside power for the Longhorns to handle, unless they shoot the lights out on 3 pointers. I'll take an inside scoring team over an outside scoring team every time, but Texas does have good guards. It could go either way. UCLA over Western Kentucky In yet another incredible break (or call) to go UCLA's way, they get to play a small-conference # 12 team this round (they should call this whole bracket the "weak west"). I would LOVE to see the Bruins go down, but it's not likely at the hands of any 12 seed. West Virginia over Xavier The geniuses are all taking Xavier, and I hope they're right, but I'm picking the Mountaineers to actually win. BTW, Ole Miss and Florida are both in the Final Four of the NIT. Unfortunately for Ole Miss, they have to go play at Ohio State. Look for the Buckeyes and Gators to renew their recent rivalry in the final, which is a dream scenario for the NIT (lots-o-press, lots-o-viewers). Brian G. Bring It On [:-basketb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisclark Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 i can't believe nobody here posted about the game last night....i was on the edge of my couch for the entire 2nd half PLUS the overtime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 ya, I guess it was ok. Someday Hightower will get an award for the best basketball ref ever. Chris, didn't you just want to get on the court and shoot the foul shots for the Wildcats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Calipari coached an absolutely perfect game. Perfect. When Kansas went to the box and one defense late in the game, Self stumbled completely. What was he thinking? Calipari took advantage brilliantly, but was undone by bad foul shooting. Self got out lucky. The fellas played hard though. Helluva final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian G Posted April 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 The final was up to snuff, but I lost a lot of interest when so may post-Sweet Sixteen games were blow-outs. Even the two semi-final games were double-digit wins....no drama, no real competition. I still don't know what happened to North Carolina at the start of their game with Kansas. Oh well, tip your hat to Kansas and the Big 12, then wait for next year. [:-weepn] Brian G. And the Long, Dry Summer Begins [:-indiffe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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