Archive Friday Early Evening Game Thread

ts1227

Posts: 12,319

Mar 18, 2011 7:16pm

Didn't see one for this, so here we go.

6:50, TBS, Tulsa -- Kansas vs. Boston U.
7:15, CBS, Charlotte -- North Carolina vs. Long Island
7:20, TNT, Chicago -- Purdue vs. St. Peter’s
7:50, truTV, Cleveland -- Xavier vs. Marquette

BU hanging with Kansas for the first 12 minutes so far.

ts1227

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Mar 18, 2011 7:23pm

Xavier/Marquette pushed back to 7:50, as the first game of the day ran long and has the entire schedule off in Cleveland

SportsAndLady

Posts: 35,632

Mar 18, 2011 7:25pm

Kansas is playing lousy

Mulva

Posts: 13,650

Mar 18, 2011 7:31pm

Boring games until Xavier. BU can't hang with Kansas for long.

John Holland looks like the best player on the court though.

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dave

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Mar 18, 2011 7:40pm

Heard from a friend it's a giant clusterfuck at the Q. Hard time getting everyone cleared out so everyone else can get back in. They didn't tell anyone the games were pushed back for awhile so everyone was pissed, some refusing to leave, etc. Even if the OSU game would have started on time it was a terrible scheduling job.

ts1227

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Mar 18, 2011 7:45pm

dave;717022 wrote:Heard from a friend it's a giant clusterfuck at the Q. Hard time getting everyone cleared out so everyone else can get back in. They didn't tell anyone the games were pushed back for awhile so everyone was pissed, some refusing to leave, etc. Even if the OSU game would have started on time it was a terrible scheduling job.

It was known ALL WEEK that they had to clear it out and let them back in in 30 minutes after the afternoon session (even if you have tickets to both sessions you have to exit and re-enter)... I read an article on the Plain Dealer website about how they were planning the logistics of it, and had examples of other places doing it because the NCAA forces it due to the TV setup. People are just stupid, it was made plenty clear, but you can only do so much when dealing with complete retards.

I don't see how the games going like 20 minutes long affects anything... people with 2nd session only tickets had stand outside for 20 minutes, whoopty doo.

september63

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Mar 18, 2011 7:47pm

You forgot many of the fans have been drinking most of the day. Rationale behavior goes out the door.

grodt

Posts: 1,588

Mar 18, 2011 8:15pm

I thought I read that alcohol sale was prohibited in the arenas. It might have only been at one location though.

ts1227

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Mar 18, 2011 8:19pm

Alcohol sales were prohibited at least as of 2010. I doubt it has changed in the past year.

september63

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Mar 18, 2011 8:30pm

State High school games dont sell either. Is everyone in their sober? You get my point. There are bars within walking distance all day.

grodt

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Mar 18, 2011 8:33pm

Fair enough.

Boston put up a good fight but Kansas is just too good.

Mulva

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Mar 18, 2011 8:33pm

I picked Marquette in just about all of my online brackets, but those have mostly all blown up in my face by now. In my actual pool bracket I picked X for some reason (to the sweet 16 actually) even though I'm not expecting them to win, so it would be swell if they could surprise me and pull this one out.

ts1227

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Mar 18, 2011 8:39pm

Every game except the Xavier/Marquette one has turned into a blowout.

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dave

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Mar 18, 2011 8:49pm

ts1227;717026 wrote:It was known ALL WEEK that they had to clear it out and let them back in in 30 minutes after the afternoon session (even if you have tickets to both sessions you have to exit and re-enter)... I read an article on the Plain Dealer website about how they were planning the logistics of it, and had examples of other places doing it because the NCAA forces it due to the TV setup. People are just stupid, it was made plenty clear, but you can only do so much when dealing with complete retards.

I don't see how the games going like 20 minutes long affects anything... people with 2nd session only tickets had stand outside for 20 minutes, whoopty doo.

Yeah everyone knows that, the point is why have the osu game be the late game in session 2 and the xavier game be the 2nd game in session 3 today? People didn't want to leave because they didn't want to miss part of the game, which they most certainly would have before it was moved back. The problem was they supposedly didn't announce that right away.

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dave

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Mar 18, 2011 8:50pm

ts1227;717056 wrote:Every game except the Xavier/Marquette one has turned into a blowout.

33-20 at the half, what do you call that?

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dave

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Mar 18, 2011 8:54pm

just came across this lunardi gem on a michigan website, ill just post it in this thread

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6217460

september63

Posts: 5,789

Mar 18, 2011 9:07pm

I think Joe's tupee was on too tight that day.

Non

Posts: 9,517

Mar 18, 2011 9:41pm

Marquette has had its way with Xavier from the outset

58-43 lead

Non

Posts: 9,517

Mar 18, 2011 9:55pm

I like their swagger.

They'll have a shot in the next round. Probably against Syracuse, a conference foe.

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AcesinCalifornia

Posts: 67

Mar 18, 2011 10:02pm

Boy, I like X a lot and always root for them to win, but that was an ugly offensive game. Jackson and Frease did what they usually do, but 3 of their big four scorers really blew tonight. Holloway, McLean, and Lyons a combined 5-24 from the floor for 15 points (average almost 45 collectively). Luckily Andrew Taylor played the game of his life or it would have been really ugly.

Mulva

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Mar 18, 2011 10:03pm

Blah. Should have stuck with Marquette. Tu Holloway with the disappearing act of the tournament.

Marquette is definitely solid though. 7 of their losses this year were by 5 pts or less, and they beat 'Cuse earlier in the season.