***Official 2021 NCAA Tournament Thread***

[cyclones500]

9-3 after 9 minutes of game time. Sweet.

I somewhat expected that type of scoring pace for this game. Well, maybe not this extreme.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Will either team score 30?

 

[HoopsTournament]

It's scheduled to return to the usual Th-F-S-Sun for second weekend in '22, but I wonder if this year's altered setup might be better?

Each game gets its own slot in Sweet 16, instead of having overlapping starts. And Elite 8 games are all prime time anyway, just shifted to weekdays instead of weekend.

Wonder which way is favorable from network/viewership (that'd be the train-driver if they ever decide to change it as the standard).

I like this better.

 

[HoopsTournament]

Loyola's lowest scoring tournament game is 53 vs. Georgetown in the 1985 Sweet Sixteen.

Oregon State's lowest scoring tournament game is 30 vs. Oklahoma State in the 1949 Final Four.

Fewest points in a Sweet Sixteen game is 38 by New Mexico State vs. UCLA in 1969.

Fewest points in a Sweet Sixteen game in the shot-clock era (since 1986) is 39 by West Virginia vs. Kentucky in 2015.

Fewest combined points in a Sweet Sixteen game is 83 (St. Joseph's 42 Boston College 41) in 1981.

Fewest combined points in a Sweet Sixteen game in the shot-clock era is 100 (Michigan St 54 Oklahoma St 46) in 1999.

 

[cyclones500]

Will either team score 30?

It's on pace for a 39-36 final.

I'd guess it'll get flowing a bit better as we go, but this has 56-54 written all over.

 

[cyclones500]

I like this better.

Agree. Seems to make more sense.

 

[CychiatricWard]

Loyola can’t shoot worth **** right now.

 

[mynameisjonas]

Enough with the refs thinking they need to call a foul every five seconds. Let them play.

 

[Gonzo]

Enough with the refs thinking they need to call a foul every five seconds. Let them play.

This has been college basketball in general for years and years now, why it's become so hard to watch for me. Refs way too involved.

 

[Gonzo]

Gotta get points here

 

[Gonzo]

Bah

 

[madguy30]

Loyola is just a very tough-minded group.

This Oregon State team digs in too.

 

[Gonzo]

This scoring is like South Bend Central v. Hickory.

 

[Cyched]

This scoring is like South Bend Central v. Hickory.

Same dimensions as the gym in Hickory too.

 

[Gonzo]

Here we gooooooo.....

 

[HoopsTournament]

Kevin Harlan just said "That ends a 20-10 run". That doesn't really make sense. That just means that they are now on a 20-12 run. It just changed the parameters of the run.

 

[JusHappy2BeHere]

Who's ready for the Sweet Sixteen?

Here are my picks:

Sweet Sixteen
Loyola over Oregon State
Baylor over Villanova
Arkansas over Oral Roberts
Houston over Syracuse

Gonzaga over Creighton
Florida State over Michigan
Alabama over UCLA
USC over Oregon

Elite Eight
Loyola over Houston
Arkansas over Baylor
Gonzaga over USC
Florida State over Alabama

Final Four
Arkansas over Loyola
Gonzaga over Florida State

Championship
Gonzaga over Arkansas

 

[mynameisjonas]

Oregon State > Illinois

 

[Gonzo]

That #2 for Oregon St. is clutch.

 

[Cyched]

Kevin Harlan just said "That ends a 20-10 run". That doesn't really make sense. That just means that they are now on a 20-12 run. It just changed the parameters of the run.

Is it really a run if the other team scores 10 points along the way?