***Official 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Thread***

[CyGuy5]

Going to laugh if McDoormat loses to Akron

 

[Gunnerclone]

Hard to believe a BYU game got chippy

They are an embarrassment.

 

[ZRF]

Think the BYU hand-wringing isn't totally unwarranted after watching us play 1.5 games of bad basketball against them.

I think we finally figured them out in that second half in Ames, but they are tough if 3s are falling and Khalifa is playing well.

That being said, if they play like they are today, we can handle them.

Khalifa is terrible. A negative player in all but the 3 or so games he goes off offensively.

He can't move, rebound at all for his size, and is a defensive liability. He's not a good basketball player.

 

[Cyched]

Steal and dunk!

 

[ZRF]

Thee it is again. Khalifa should not see the floor the rest of the game. He's completely screwing them up in every phase of the game. He can't even run the floor.

 

[DSMCy]

Lol BYU can't even get into their offense

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Air Khalifa

 

[simply1]

I can’t understand BYU struggling with the pressure defense, but I’ll take it

 

[Cyched]

Lol BYU can't even get into their offense

Great gameplan by Duquesne so far

 

[4cy16]

Duquesne has a starter who is on his 6th school in 6 years.

Dusan Mahorcic - Men's Basketball - Duquesne University Athletics

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[Cyclonepride]

Duquesne really scouted BYU well as far as their passing tendencies. They’ve been sitting on those and getting a lot of steals

 

[CycloneErik]

Long Beach St. ahead of Arizona. Time to call that one.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Duquesne really scouted BYU well as far as their passing tendencies. They’ve been sitting on those and getting a lot of steals

I was just thinking they are defending BYU a LOT like we did in Ames.

 

[Althetuna]

BYU getting bullied

 

[Cyched]

Enjoying the 4 screen split on YTTV now.

I do typically select one game if/when it's close late in the second

 

[Freebird]

lol BYU

 

[RezClone]

I don't care what the metrics say, Creighton and BYU are not brimming with defensive athletes that can just lock you down.

These small schools used to lack in bodies, now it's more a lack of consistent skill. But on a hot streak, that's kind of irrelavant. It shows up long term, but short term they are probably hot and making shots, probably playing solid connected ball.

Creighton and BYU, though solid on paper, struggle to just say enough is enough and LOCK you down.

I feel good about the way we play for this reason.

 

[CycloneErik]

Enjoying the 4 screen split on YTTV now.

I do typically select one game if/when it's close late in the second

Trying it!

 

[Pharmacy99]

I don't care what the metrics say, Creighton and BYU are not brimming with defensive athletes that can just lock you down.

These small schools used to lack in bodies, now it's more a lack of consistent skill. Creighton and BYU, though solid on paper, struggle to just say enough is enough and LOCK you down.

I feel good about the way we play.

BYU might be overrated but Creighton look good. Akron is playing well. Not sure how long they can keep this up.

 

[cycloneworld]

Both BYU and Illinois getting upset would be perfect.