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Jesus Christ. Another year, another disappointing tournament for the Big East.

JohnW22 wrote: Can't explain how dumb the high school Cincinnati fans are I have to deal with everyday and the last thing I need is them to reach a sweet 16.

Breathe easy, 538 has the odds at less than 1 percent now.

I'm the type of guy who will complain about the refs, and I'm totally biased towards the Big East, and the refs totally sucked donkey wiener tonight for South Carolina. One possession game in last 8 minutes, they were ridiculous, just not going to let Marquette stay close. Getting nauseous with flashbacks of the PC-Dayton game 2 years ago... home crowd, refs horrible, no chance. Joke.

Is Worcester up for hosting an NCAA round in 2018? Boston? Hartford?

billyjack wrote:I'm the type of guy who will complain about the refs, and I'm totally biased towards the Big East, and the refs totally sucked donkey wiener tonight for South Carolina. One possession game in last 8 minutes, they were ridiculous, just not going to let Marquette stay close. Getting nauseous with flashbacks of the PC-Dayton game 2 years ago... home crowd, refs horrible, no chance. Joke.

Nothing gets worse than T on Cooley for tipping a chair over in a timeout. Makes the Rodriguez T look good

NJRedman wrote:Home games shouldn't be allowed in these tournaments first two rounds. This is how Duke and UNC always advance.

With a true underdog, fans of the other teams turn against the higher seed, so it's fairly balanced. But you just can't give homecourt to a 7th seed in a 7 vs 10 matchup. That was the loudest game of the entire tournament so far. It's f---ing bullsh--.

Announcer was hilarious during 2nd half... paraphrasing "crowd is loud for South Carolina but it's no big deal cuz Marquette played at some road games at packed arenas this year..."

JohnW22 wrote:

billyjack wrote:I'm the type of guy who will complain about the refs, and I'm totally biased towards the Big East, and the refs totally sucked donkey wiener tonight for South Carolina. One possession game in last 8 minutes, they were ridiculous, just not going to let Marquette stay close. Getting nauseous with flashbacks of the PC-Dayton game 2 years ago... home crowd, refs horrible, no chance. Joke.

Nothing gets worse than T on Cooley for tipping a chair over in a timeout. Makes the Rodriguez T look good

That T on Cooley was maybe the worst call I have ever seen. Even going to all the horrible youth refs that I have seen thru the years. And I'm not exaggerating at all.

Well it's proven that it's impossible for the refs to not get swayed by the home crowd.

Ugh I've seen enough SEC loser fans for the day, majority of which probably considers preseason football more important than the NCAA tournament.

kayako wrote:

NJRedman wrote:Home games shouldn't be allowed in these tournaments first two rounds. This is how Duke and UNC always advance.

With a true underdog, fans of the other teams turn against the higher seed, so it's fairly balanced. But you just can't give homecourt to a 7th seed in a 7 vs 10 matchup. That was the loudest game of the entire tournament so far. It's f---ing bullsh--.

Pitt had to play Wisconsin in Milwaukee one year as the 3 seed in a 3-6 matchup. Can't get much more unfair than that, but Pitt won anyway.

DudeAnon wrote:Jesus Christ. Another year, another disappointing tournament for the Big East.

Not yet. Still 3 teams left and at this point it's 2/3 we want left(3/3 if you're a Xavier fan). 2 will be wearing white tomorrow too.