Opening night thread

[Lempface]

I got $32 on Mississippi State -1
I got five bucks first shot of the game going in

I got five bucks on Mississippi State making it to 20 1st.
Come on State

Lol you're on a roll that 3 was pure.

 

[ArcadiaFan]

I hope Avery Johnson is only calling these games. His analysis is good but his delivery isn't.

He is calling tomorrow's doubleheader and then will be calling games Friday with Lisa Byington and Steve Smith. They have:
UC Santa Barbara vs. Baylor
NC State vs. Creighton
Grand Canyon vs. Gonzaga
Nevada/Arizona State vs. TCU.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

48 fantasy points for Philip Russell in a losing effort with his 15pts, 10 assists, and 5 steals.

Yeah but that last shot.. he had two guys on him.

 

[ukjenning44]

Let’s go SEC

 

[Bluegrass79]

SEC basketball mothercluckers!
ring them damn cowbells

 

[crawfords corner]

The old phantom defender made dude shoot a fadeaway from 3 feet instead of going for an easy dunk 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

 

[SweetBabyJebus]

Yeah but that last shot.. he had two guys on him.

It hurt that Harris had fouled out. I think the plan would have been for Russell to drive and kick out to Harris for 3 if he was still in there.

 

[The_Answer1313]

Did not even remember games were today and tomorrow.
I'll get this 68 team down eventually

 

[KY_Kid]

Mississippi State shoots like a JV middle school team.

 

[fabcat]

Good lord Miss State is awful offensively it’s ****ing ugly basketball

 

[fabcat]

Mississippi State shoots like a JV middle school team.

JV middle school teams can shoot

 

[fabcat]

Miss State is a Stupid basketball team. Fouled 3 pt shooter 2 times in first half lol

 

[Bluegrass79]

LOL what can you do... two 4-point plays? I lost my first to 20 bet

 

[ukjenning44]

I thought the Oscar’s was last night. What a flop on that 3.

 

[Lempface]

That was not a foul on Moore. And what's with these 80%+ FT shooters missing.

 

[Kentucky2022]

Big white dude for Pitt sucks

 

[Ugoff]

Miss State is a Stupid basketball team. Fouled 3 pt shooter 2 times in first half lol

I'm getting Saul flashbacks.

 

[fabcat]

This is an ugly basketball game. The first game was fun. Basketball was played. This one is just butt ugly

 

[FormerlyKnownAsSOLLY]

I hope Avery Johnson is only calling these games. His analysis is good but his delivery isn't.

Where you get yore user name?

 

[Ugoff]

Avery Johnson sounds like Kevin Hart with a twang.

 

[Kentucky2022]

Refs bail Pitt out every possession

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Where you get yore user name?

I was built in a nail factory and driven in on the foul line.

 

[Bluegrass79]

I was built in a nail factory and driven in on the foul line.

Then Jimmy Dykes come along, seen the nail, pulled it out with a hammer, and the rest is history.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

He is calling tomorrow's doubleheader and then will be calling games Friday with Lisa Byington and Steve Smith. They have:
UC Santa Barbara vs. Baylor
NC State vs. Creighton
Grand Canyon vs. Gonzaga
Nevada/Arizona State vs. TCU.

No one cares about those matchups anyways fortunately.

On the game if you are msu you have to think no way Pitt hits 8 threes in 2nd half and after hitting 8 n first half only down 1 so not bad.

 

[Cawood86]

Refs bail Pitt out every possession

Capel's bunch doing the flopping he learned from the big fraud

 

[ukypug]

Let’s go State!

 

[UKGrad87]

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but why do 11 seeds have a play-in game? Shouldn't it be all 16s advancing to play 1s?

 

[KY_Kid]

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but why do 11 seeds have a play-in game? Shouldn't it be all 16s advancing to play 1s?

Bottom 4 automatic qualifiers and bottom 4 at large teams have to play in these games.

Personally, I'd go the opposite direction and never make an automatic qualifier play in an opening round--only the bottom at large teams. It would be more fair for those 16 seeds who completely earned a spot, and make the games more interesting to watch.

 

[HenryMuto]

These NIT games are more compelling tonight then the NCAA tournament games. I have spent most of my night watching Hofstra/Rutgers barn burner, Toledo/Michigan and Liberty/Villanova.

Hofstra wins at Rutgers in OT and Liberty leads Nova coming down to the final minutes here.

 

[ukjenning44]

These teams are nut and nut

 

[crawfords corner]

Davis for State just got called for one of the worst foul calls in the history of the game. WTF was that ref 🤣

 

[Kentucky2022]

No foul there was all ball refs

 

[Kentucky2022]

Davis for State just got called for one of the worst foul calls in the history of the game. WTF was that ref 🤣

Refs love them some acc sure they will help carry a few

 

[The_Answer1313]

Bottom 4 automatic qualifiers and bottom 4 at large teams have to play in these games.

Personally, I'd go the opposite direction and never make an automatic qualifier play in an opening round--only the bottom at large teams. It would be more fair for those 16 seeds who completely earned a spot, and make the games more interesting to watch.

100% agree.

 

[hotelblue]

pitt gets away with initiating a lot of contact on offense.

 

[Bluegrass79]

I thought Rutgers should have gotten the tournaments what I heard LOL

 

[blue cincy]

Both games have been good tonight. Hope tomorrow night will be just as good. Pitt guards can shake and bake.

 

[ukjenning44]

They allow contact going after loose balls

 

[Kentucky2022]

Travel and called a foul on msu without the refs Pitt doesn’t win

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Pitt player slipped and foul call was questionable.