Elite 8 poll

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Who among the 'little guys' will advance?

 

[mlcspinner]

I love the way St Mary's passes the ball. They will move on

 

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Me too. I also like the way those teams (and Butler) plays smart. They passed well, had 7 turnovers, caused a bunch more w/ solid D, and won w/o shooting a bunch of 3's. Be nice to have UC play like any of those teams listed above. I love our guys, but the Bearcats have a lot to learn about how to play the damn game.

 

[psax889906]

I say none... Butler is your cinderella this year, if you can call a team with a 23 game winning streak that.

 

[Lobot]

Looks like you guys called it. Butler upsets Cuse

 

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Loved the butler game. Nice to see a team not get schooled in the last 10 minutes. (cough)

 

[psax889906]

Loved the butler game. Nice to see a team not get schooled in the last 10 minutes. (cough)

In all honesty... Jackson lost Syracuse that game... and after all of his turnovers he still had an opportunity to make it a one possession game at the very end on the missed free throw and he just couldn't find the handle... again. I have no doubt if Onyuaku (SP?) were healthy Syracuse would have won that game... but maybe I'm just bitter because Syracuse was in my final four.

 

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Mine too, and agree on the big guy being a difference maker. Seeing Butler attack their D was something I've been harping on forever. Not just them, but against zones in particular.

 

[adrock]

In all honesty... Jackson lost Syracuse that game... and after all of his turnovers he still had an opportunity to make it a one possession game at the very end on the missed free throw and he just couldn't find the handle... again. I have no doubt if Onyuaku (SP?) were healthy Syracuse would have won that game... but maybe I'm just bitter because Syracuse was in my final four.

For the entirety of that game it was as if Jackson had just finished eating a lard sandwich. Dude could not hold onto the ball. I had Syracuse winning the NC in my bracket, and I would have had a real shot if Onuaku had been healthy. Ah well, who wants this autographed football?

 

[psax889906]

Myself and two others win...

Northern Iowa played MSU tough but the missed free throws and empty possessions at the end of the game doomed them... Cornell just got blitzed by UK... no shame in that... St. Mary's on the other hand... cinderella or not, sheesh... that was ugly... by far the worst performance of the three in the round of 16...

 

[mlcspinner]

I love the way St Mary's passes the ball. They will move on

 

[swg]

I thought they had a good chance. All the teams I was rooting for lost last nite, with the exception of Tenn. Between them and OSU, hard to choose..

 

[psax889906]

I like to call Tennessee UC-south or the almost UC team... 4 players on that team that were very nearly Bearcats... Bobby Maze, Scotty Hopson, Melvin Goins and Tyler Smith when he was still there lol

 

[swg]

Good call