One thing that often gets overlooked is that midmajors often have to overcome "suspect" officiating in order to have a chance to defeat majors.  In the latter stages of the VCU-UNC game, there was a challenged call that had been called UNC ball on the court.  It was admittedly a tough call but I told my friend that there was absolutely no way that the refs were giving the ball back to VCU which, they didn't.  Moments later, Seth Trimble presumably fouled out of the game only to hear that a different UNC player was charged with the foul.  I watched this replay five times and there was literally no other UNC player who could have been rightfully called for this foul.  Trimble stayed in the game but fortunately, VCU was nevertheless able to beat the Heels and the officials. 

31 points and 27 rebounds for Tarris Reed Jr as the 2 Time National Champs UCONN and Danny Hurley advance again in the Tourney

Has anyone EVER had a 31 point & 27 board combination in the NCAA Tourney??

 

A 10 against the Big Ten today. Let's hope our conference continues to make some noise! 

MI size and length a big problem, as is their 50% from 3. Also exposing Avila’s lack of speed and quickness.

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Duke/ TCU game seems like the game we had in Greensborough in 2006. 5 vs 7 not good. I Google the game and it said the refs did have an impact on the game. We got mugged quite a bit, especially the Omar no call. Sad.

jf wrote:

Know this isn't the right board for a lot of talk on one or two other specific teams. Especially non-A-10.
   But interesting development tonight, an 11 seed beat Gonzaga, which believe was supposed to
advance much farther into the tournament. Unless VCU (in the A-10 so worthy of a lot of discussion) comes back from 7 deficit at halftime, which they are capable of but lost a key player....this Gonzaga stunning loss may be the upset of the night--or whole day.

There has been a lot of chalk in this tournament, which is a trend. Its getting worse every year. The top two teams in the A10 were embarrassed by the Big Ten today. Both teams looked like boys playing against men. Now, watch the press try to sell us on Texas, an SEC team beating a WCC team to get to the Sweet 16, as the “Cinderella” story of this tournament…

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Dayton wins by 20 on the road in their 2nd Tourney Game

That's 4 road tourney wins in a row for the A10

GW goes for 5 straight Sunday night

48 NCAA Tourney wins since 99 for Gonzaga, 18 years in a row and counting with at least one Tourney win

The Gold Standard non power conference team, best quarter century run in NCAA history for a non-power conference team

18 consecutive tournaments with at least one Tourney win the second longest in history for any program in the sport

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