NCAA Championships - Open Games thread. Round one - Day two
by Brian Speers on Mar 19, 2010 10:00 AM CDT
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The dust has settled on day one. Plenty of upsets, buzzer beaters, and one major team making an early exit on Thursday. After the jump, we review some of the action, and give an update on the CornNation bracket challenge standings. Get ready for day two!
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More proof that picking these games may as well be random. A frenzy of action today, and some pretty disappointing play by higher seeds. Seven lower seeds advanced yesterday, with a few others almost pulling off the upset.
Upsets by lower seeds included Northern Iowa over a hyped UNLV team. Murray State, which was so often picked by experts it's a wonder they weren't just seeded higher, over 4th seeded Vanderbilt. Old Dominion gaffling any St. Patricks Day luck from Notre Dame's season. St. Mary squashed the Spiders from Richmond. (Coolest mascots BTW.) Six-seed Marquette fell to Pac-10 Champion Washington, and Texas blew an 8 point lead with just over a minute left in OT in a loss to Wake Forest.
As for the CornNation bracket challenge standings?
"Twist Around Slam Dunk" and "Picking with a blindfold" are tied at the top with 13 points, with 4 others tied for 3rd place with 12. Lots of points still out there however. Thanks to all that participated in the pool!
More exciting action on the way today, with a few more Big 12 teams looking to advance. The Big Red play today!..oh wait, we went over that already....
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argggggggh
you know, there are some games I’d like to see.
this morning, another server crash. people aren’t buying new servers, so they just run the old ones until they blow up.
sunsabitches. it doesn’t save them any money.
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Minnesota
and Xavier – neither team scoring a lot…. having a helluva time.
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Minnesota
shooting around 27% – if that doesn’t change soon, they’re going to get destroyed.
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apparently
they heard me…… they lead Xavier 17-15, 9-0 run by Gophers
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Minnesota now down by 11 with 7 min left
WVU rolling big time…
Cornell blowing out Temple! Whoa!
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"
GO BIG RED!
yeah
looks like Minnesota’s season will end. just not enough scoring….. hitting shots.
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by Jon Johnston on Mar 19, 2010 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Now just down 6 win 1 min...
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"
GO BIG RED!
by Brian Speers on Mar 19, 2010 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions
nevermind..
Crawford with a dagger 3…game over
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"
GO BIG RED!
what's next? ???
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Mizzou and Clemson is a good game...
just starting now
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"
GO BIG RED!
cool!
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by Jon Johnston on Mar 19, 2010 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Clemson 19 Mizzou 15
midway through first half
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"
GO BIG RED!
Siena is up 2 on Purdue
3:30 left in the first half
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"
GO BIG RED!
Clemson
and Missouri – do both these teams press all the time?
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Mizzou does I know...
Don’t know anything about Clemson this year
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"
GO BIG RED!
Oakland and Pitt have played 5 minutes
score is 6-3….
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"
GO BIG RED!
missouri
is currently sucking……
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Jon, I think these teams can hear you..
28-26 now…Mizzou is closing
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"
GO BIG RED!
i guess
perhaps i should save my power and use it for good…. not evil. :)
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by Jon Johnston on Mar 19, 2010 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions
the moment
i said that, Missouri came alive, and is now down by only one.
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you know
i keep thinking – maybe it’d be cool if Missouri lost.
But if I kept that up, the Big 12 would be gone, and I usually root for Big 12 teams this time of year.
so….. Texas is the only Big 12 team to lose so far, right?
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Yep, just Texas.
I thougt K-State made a statement.
I’m interested in the A&M game today..
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"
GO BIG RED!
by Brian Speers on Mar 19, 2010 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions
whooooeeeeee
Missouri – Clemson tied at 39 at the half.
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Purdue and Pitt now starting to have their way
doesn’t look like we’ll see any upsets there…
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"
GO BIG RED!
it's all a bloody mess
though, ain’t it?
Missouri up by 10 over Clemson, 7:22 left.
Missouri really playing their game…..
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ooooooo
Clemson only down by four with about forty seconds left……
still time for Missouri to blow it.
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so
Missouri moves on…..
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