NCAA Tournament Friday Early Game Thread

by Sean Keeley on Mar 19, 2010 2:53 PM EDT

Alright, so, what did we learn yesterday?

1. The Big East....yiiiiiikes. Notre Dame loses, Marquette loses, Georgetown gets hammered and Villanova escapes with the help of the refs against a 15-seed. Things could be going slightly smoother for the conference.

2. It's on those "those" years where seeds don't matter and every game is winnable for every team, or so it seems. Oh.

3. The pressure is slightly on for SU, Louisville and West Virginia to step it up. 2 Da Streetz.

Full schedule today with the Orange bringing up the rear. Action kicks off in Buffalo at 12:25 with Xavier-Minnesota, followed by Pitt-Oakland. Then there's a brief hiatus before Gonzaga and Florida State get down to it. Then...you know what.

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just like to point out that it is after 11am

and my georgetown grad coworker is MIA

by chrisbee13 on Mar 19, 2010 11:05 AM EDT reply actions

As he should be.

by moosedontbounce on Mar 19, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions

Anyone else rooting hard for Cornell?

Would LOVE to see them take a shot at UK in the Dome.

"You heard it out of my mouth, if we get the No. 3 seed, get your Final Four tickets." - Carmelo Anthony

by bloodyyank44 on Mar 19, 2010 11:09 AM EDT reply actions

Definitely pulling for Cornell and its big man Jeff Foote

by NYCuse on Mar 19, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions

I am.

And I think they have a shot too.

by NOLACuse on Mar 19, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah. I don’t see them making it past Wisconsin, but I’d love to see the 2 CNY schools make good runs in this tournament.

by RyanMcD29 on Mar 19, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions

Wisconsin? Lets see if they can beat Wofford first. They gave MSU and Illinois a fight for 3/4 a game each early in the season and I wouldn’t be so surprised if the pull the upset today.

I hope Cornell does well in the tourney and continues to in future seasons. Its good to see CNY represented well.

"You heard it out of my mouth, if we get the No. 3 seed, get your Final Four tickets." - Carmelo Anthony

by bloodyyank44 on Mar 19, 2010 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions

From a dual Cornell/Syracuse alum...

…LET’S GO RED! Now I’m off to Buffalo for the weekend.

PS: Sean- those aren’t the morning Buffalo games you listed. Those are the Milwaukee games. Buffalo kicks off with the WVU game.

by OrangeChris on Mar 19, 2010 12:15 PM EDT reply actions

WVU yet to make a FG at 13:18

What in holy hell is happening?!?!

"You heard it out of my mouth, if we get the No. 3 seed, get your Final Four tickets." - Carmelo Anthony

by bloodyyank44 on Mar 19, 2010 12:30 PM EDT reply actions

Guess we'll

just have to take the weight of the Big East world on our shoulders.

This tournament has “The Big East tanked in the tournament except…” vibe going right now.

Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn't have won 10 f-- games, not 10

by PoetryInMoten on Mar 19, 2010 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions

BE can't afford another stinker

Looks like WVU pulled it together. Regardless, SU is going to crush UVM tonight.

"You heard it out of my mouth, if we get the No. 3 seed, get your Final Four tickets." - Carmelo Anthony

by bloodyyank44 on Mar 19, 2010 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Funny thing

the demise of the Big East seems to have been premature. Considering that Notre Dame lost to St John’s this year and Marquette lost to Depaul, guess we probably could have seen them losing in the first round.

Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn't have won 10 f-- games, not 10

by PoetryInMoten on Mar 19, 2010 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions