SMU ousted

[Marty]

By USC 66-65.

[emmitt01]

6 minutes ago, Marty said:

By USC 66-65.

This is already a great tournament

[akriesman]

I only watch the first round closely, because I love the Cinderellas.     So far, this is the most upset-free tournament I can ever remember.

MT was the only semi-major upset.  And, that is debatable as to even being an upset.

The games have been pretty close and interesting though.

 

[Andrew]

Well this busts one of my four brackets but it feels so good to see SMU lose. 

[Matt from A700]

56 minutes ago, akriesman said:

I only watch the first round closely, because I love the Cinderellas.     So far, this is the most upset-free tournament I can ever remember.

MT was the only semi-major upset.  And, that is debatable as to even being an upset.

The games have been pretty close and interesting though.

 

I don't consider Middle Tennessee an upset. The selection committee screwed Minnesota with making a MTSU a 12-seed.

[EagleMBA]

54 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Well this busts one of my four brackets but it feels so good to see SMU lose. 

Yeah, Peruna didn't take the loss too well...

 

[MCMLXXX]

Dale Hanson has been pushing the Ponies and Jankovich all year. At the same time he covered the McCasland hire as if it was an obligation and was totally dismissive, then he whined about Middle Tennessee busting his bracket and seemed shocked. Just one more reason for me to be happy about this loss.

[emmitt01]

16 minutes ago, MCMLXXX said:

Dale Hanson has been pushing the Ponies and Jankovich all year. At the same time he covered the McCasland hire as if it was an obligation and was totally dismissive, then he whined about Middle Tennessee busting his bracket and seemed shocked. Just one more reason for me to be happy about this loss.

I think Dale has always felt guilty about helping to get SMU what they deserved years ago

[TreeFiddy]

So AAC champ is already out while CUSA champ is still playing?  Seems about right. 

[Harry]

Cheaters never win.  

[Rudy]

Good.  Eff them.

[THOR]

3 hours ago, akriesman said:

I only watch the first round closely, because I love the Cinderellas.     So far, this is the most upset-free tournament I can ever remember.

MT was the only semi-major upset.  And, that is debatable as to even being an upset.

The games have been pretty close and interesting though.

 

Xavier, 11 seed, won over maryland

[drex]

Hate it for Jankovich, but they are a rival for recruits, etc.  So, maybe it helps that they went out early.

[UTAmaverick]

Overrated. Wichita St., a lower seed than the ponies somehow, would have beaten them by 15.

[MCMLXXX]

47 minutes ago, UTAmaverick said:

Overrated. Wichita St., a lower seed than the ponies somehow, would have beaten them by 15.

UTA  could beat SMU.

[GrandGreen]

SMU looked pretty solid to me, with more than 7 ship athletes they might have gone a long way.   NT has pretty big hill to climb to just get competitive with the other three metroplex teams.   

[Matt from A700]

9 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

NT has pretty big hill to climb to just get competitive with the other three metroplex teams.   

I hope you packed plenty of water.

[cdizzle86]

48 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

SMU looked pretty solid to me, with more than 7 ship athletes they might have gone a long way.   NT has pretty big hill to climb to just get competitive with the other three metroplex teams.   

I'm just as excited as everybody else about the hiring of McCasland, but not so optimistic about competing with the other programs. The last 5 years really set us back.

[emmitt01]

Ponyfans.com is a treasure trove of hilarity right now.

Some say "burn the program to the ground...we still suck" and others say "if we had beaten USC we were a Final Four team."   Hahahaha

[CMJ]

15 hours ago, Harry said:

Cheaters never win.  

Kentucky wins all the time.  That program exudes slime and has for as long I can remember.

[Wag Tag]

2 hours ago, CMJ said:

Kentucky wins all the time.  That program exudes slime and has for as long I can remember.

Uh uh Louisville?? Hookers are the key! 

[CMJ]

14 minutes ago, Wag Tag said:

Uh uh Louisville?? Hookers are the key! 

Not close to the overall sleeze of UK.  Kentucky almost got the death penalty in the 80's....and now has a coach that has gotten multiple schools put on proabtion

[NM Green]

I like how Pete Carroll chimed in with a Fight On salute....so says the coach who left a trail of death, destruction and dead bodies in the side of the road after he left.  

Hate that FGCU played FSU first round.  The eagles are fun fun fun to watch and could have beaten many others. 

GMG

[NorthTexan95]

21 hours ago, emmitt01 said:

This is already a great tournament

This was a really good game and a really good last few minutes.  Could have gone either way but I'm not sad at all that SMU lost. 

I'm sure Jankovich knows he needed a deep run to secure his job for next year.  I wouldn't be surprised of SMU fired him and hired a more proven coach.  He doesn't have the resume to survive many ones and done. 

[MeanGreen_MBA]

So it seems that we won as many NCAA tournaments games this year as SMU....interesting.