Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Mar 20, 2013 6:27pm
I hate that Michigan pick. I doubt that is more than a 5pt game, and it could be S. Dakota on the winning end pretty easily.Classyposter58;1410162 wrote:The bets I made for Thursday ($15 a piece)
Michigan (-11) over SDSU
Colorado State (+3) over Mizzou
VCU (-7.5) over Akron
Iliketurtles
Posts: 8,191
Mar 20, 2013 6:41pm
This. I am amazed that the spread -11. I haven't even really checked those either. Thanks for posting Classy... Just put down 50 on SDSU +11 and 10 on them straight up haha.Laley23;1410165 wrote:I hate that Michigan pick. I doubt that is more than a 5pt game, and it could be S. Dakota on the winning end pretty easily.
Also LIU needs to start playing better! Really want them to win this game.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Mar 20, 2013 6:43pm
lol, who else has an LIU player? You two really need them, cause versus IU they will lose by maybe 30, but they will put up 70 haha.Iliketurtles;1410183 wrote:This. I am amazed that the spread -11. I haven't even really checked those either. Thanks for posting Classy... Just put down 50 on SDSU +11 and 10 on them straight up haha.
Also LIU needs to start playing better! Really want them to win this game.
Iliketurtles
Posts: 8,191
Mar 20, 2013 6:51pm
Terry Tate does haha... And I don't care about the player pickem (will I do) but I got 10 bucks on them straight up and a 5 dollar parlay with them -2 and the over of 146!!Laley23;1410187 wrote:lol, who else has an LIU player? You two really need them, cause versus IU they will lose by maybe 30, but they will put up 70 haha.
Terry_Tate
Posts: 7,606
Mar 20, 2013 7:09pm
Just saw the LIU Brooklyn score, they better get their shit together.
Mulva
Posts: 13,650
Mar 20, 2013 7:11pm
What a close by LIU.
Iliketurtles
Posts: 8,191
Mar 20, 2013 7:11pm
They fucking did and CJ almost got you a 3 at the buzzer. My guy is in god damn foul trouble is has played so bad in the first half. That was a great end to the half for LIU though really started playing better once Olasewere went out lol.Terry_Tate;1410214 wrote:Just saw the LIU Brooklyn score, they better get their shit together.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Mar 20, 2013 7:11pm
Just about to post this.Mulva;1410216 wrote:What a close by LIU.
Iliketurtles
Posts: 8,191
Mar 20, 2013 8:00pm
Olasewere need to make his FT's god damn. Game of runs right now it seems though.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Mar 20, 2013 9:32pm
Boise State getting run out of the gym right now.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 20, 2013 9:37pm
My LaSalle pick from the Early Predictions thread is looking nice. The Explorers will win this game and then they will beat K-State.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Mar 20, 2013 9:39pm
No they wont, and no they wont.reclegend22;1410389 wrote:My LaSalle pick from the Early Predictions thread is looking nice. The Explorers will win this game and then they will beat K-State.
Mostly cause I have McGruder in the pick-em, and thus went from having Boise beat them to having K-State in my Elite 8 lol
Fucking gambling...
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 20, 2013 9:42pm
We will see, but your boy Bo Ryan will outcoach Bruce Weber all day long. The Badgers are going deep IMO. Better just go ahead and auto-tune to a different channel during their games lol.
Iliketurtles
Posts: 8,191
Mar 20, 2013 9:48pm
Yes they will! Lets go LaSalle! Lets go Tyrone GarlandLaley23;1410393 wrote:No they wont, and no they wont.
Mostly cause I have McGruder in the pick-em, and thus went from having Boise beat them to having K-State in my Elite 8 lol
Fucking gambling...
! Also thank you LaSalle for ensuring that I will make money tonight.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Mar 20, 2013 9:52pm
Yap yap yap. Ive heard it all before with Bo. When he finally wins in March, Ill take notice on the following years brackets.reclegend22;1410399 wrote:We will see, but your boy Bo Ryan will outcoach Bruce Weber all day long. The Badgers are going deep IMO. Better just go ahead and auto-tune to a different channel during their games lol.
Brucie is terrible, imo, but when he has another coaches players...well...we all know what happened last time lol.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 20, 2013 10:17pm
Bo Ryan does have five Sweet 16s (including two straight now) and an Elite Eight. For having only one McDonald's All-American during his career at Wisconsin (Brian Butch), that's pretty impressive. As you've stated before, who wants to go play at the North Pole?Laley23;1410420 wrote:Yap yap yap. Ive heard it all before with Bo. When he finally wins in March, Ill take notice on the following years brackets.
Brucie is terrible, imo, but when he has another coaches players...well...we all know what happened last time lol.
LaSalle, meanwhile, drumming Boise State. The Explorers are for real.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 20, 2013 10:19pm
Personally, I think you are way off base in giving Bo Ryan pretty much no respect for the program he has built in Madison. I'm sure you respect what he's done to a degree, but he deserves more than what you give him IMO.
Azubuike24
Posts: 15,933
Mar 20, 2013 10:21pm
I wouldn't crown La Salle as an easy win yet. They can't miss...
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 20, 2013 10:24pm
Well, like Iowa State, that's their game. When they are hitting and spacing the floor for their driving game, LaSalle is a team that can pull off an upset or two. If they don't win, it's no big deal because I simply will pick K-State to win one game before being bounced by Wisconsin. But if the Explorers do win, then I think they give K-State all it wants. Again, that's predicated on whether or not they are hitting their threes.Azubuike24;1410466 wrote:I wouldn't crown La Salle as an easy win yet. They can't miss...
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Mar 20, 2013 10:26pm
I think he has done great, but they have limitations...like March.reclegend22;1410456 wrote:Bo Ryan does have five Sweet 16s (including two straight now) and an Elite Eight. For having only one McDonald's All-American during his career at Wisconsin (Brian Butch), that's pretty impressive. As you've stated before, who wants to go play at the North Pole?
LaSalle, meanwhile, drumming Boise State. The Explorers are for real.
When have they done better than what their seed says? I mean, a S16 this year is expected. He has been a 2 seed many times. Those numbers you lay out arent that impressive when you factor in he is top 4 in the B1G in each of those seasons.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 20, 2013 10:35pm
Wisconsin was a six seed when it went to the Elite Eight in 2005, and then proceeded to take one of the best teams of the past 20 years to the final minutes (eventual national champion North Carolina). Like Nolan Richardson at Arkansas in the '90s (albeit implementing completely opposite styles of play), the greatness of Bo Ryan is that he forces your team to play his way no matter what. If you can beat them playing that way, then congratulations. But you are going to work for it.Laley23;1410476 wrote:I think he has done great, but they have limitations...like March.
When have they done better than what their seed says? I mean, a S16 this year is expected. He has been a 2 seed many times. Those numbers you lay out arent that impressive when you factor in he is top 4 in the B1G in each of those seasons.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Mar 20, 2013 10:40pm
thats true. But his other postseasons upsets trump the 1 run, imo.reclegend22;1410502 wrote:Wisconsin was a six seed when it went to the Elite Eight in 2005, and then proceeded to take one of the best teams of the past 20 years to the final minutes (eventual national champion North Carolina). Like Nolan Richardson at Arkansas in the '90s (albeit implementing completely opposite styles of play), the greatness of Bo Ryan is that he forces your team to play his way no matter what. If you can beat them playing that way, then congratulations. But you are going to work for it.
For as good as they are in the regular season, and the seeds they get, the constantly disappoint.
Also, fuck Boise and Derrick Marks. Couldnt even get your average in the 1 fucking game your gonna play in.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 20, 2013 10:46pm
I stand behind my prediction that the A10 might be the best represented conference in the tournament (aside from whatever big-conference team inevitably wins the title) when it's all said and done. LaSalle, VCU, Butler, Temple and Saint Louis are going to all be extremely tough outs. I look for Saint Louis to either reach or come within seconds of reaching Atlanta.
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
Mar 20, 2013 10:49pm
Not over quite yet.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 20, 2013 10:53pm
Even if they lose, would it not be a true statement that La Salle is a tough out? Boise is a decent team.Ironman92;1410529 wrote:Not over quite yet.
The Atlantic 10 is so damn good. And La Salle isn't even a team that contended for the conference title.