2017 NCAA Basketball Tournament

[JEBar]

conference tournaments are underway all across the country ..... South Dakota State, Maureen's Alma mater, won the Summit Conference title and will be in the big dance for the second straight year .... the night before their championship game they played the University of South Dakota .... in that game 11,235 fans set a record for the largest crowd to every watch a basketball game in South Dakota .... ESPN is covering the ACC Tournament, today UNC and Duke both won and are scheduled to face off tomorrow in the semifinals ... the talking heads are expecting 10 ACC teams to make the dance ... who are you pulling for ?

[JEBar]

a bit of NCAA basketball history .... Ronnie Carr playing for Western Carolina University (my alma mater ) made the first 3-point field goal in college basketball history on Nov. 29, 1980 versus Middle Tennessee State .... a game Western won 77-70 ... the ball he used is on display at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass ... the shot was made from the left corner with 16:09 left in the first half (7:06 pm) ... Ronnie actually took and missed a 3-pointer from the top of the key at the 18:15 mark of the first half.

info from this link ===> http://www.catamountsports.com/genrel/011205abc.html

[PT7]

Game tied with 2.5 seconds left in the Big 12 match between KU and TCU, the Kansas Jayhawks (my Alma mater) fouled on a TCU 3-point shot attempt. TCU made all three free throws, and KU is now out of the tournament. Still should be in the big dance.

Ah, March Madness is all about us once again.

[JEBar]

Game tied with 2.5 seconds left in the Big 12 match between KU and TCU, the Kansas Jayhawks (my Alma mater) fouled on a TCU 3-point shot attempt. TCU made all three free throws, and KU is now out of the tournament. Still should be in the big dance.

Ah, March Madness is all about us once again.

saw that foul on replay .... their coach had to be upset

[Deadwood Dutch]

I'll pull for Villanova again because they are down near Philly not too far from where I used to live and my son graduated from LaSalle which is a Philly school but they lost to Davidson today. He also did his graduate work at the University of Miami so we are Miami fans too. UNC beat them good today Right now I am watching the Creighton-Providence game.

[JCN]

I went to grad school at UCLA so I will be rooting for them.

[Sir Henry]

I went to grad school at UCLA so I will be rooting for them.

They beat Gonzaga which was my team.

[JEBar]

Duke vs UNC at 7pm Eastern on ESPN .... if both teams bring their A-game it should be a good one .

[JEBar]

UNC up 7 at the half .... those two teams have a bunch of good players

[JEBar]

Duke pulled off one heck of a comeback .... in the second half they really played well

[JCN]

Kansas State was fun to watch. Can't believe WVU pulled out that win.

[JEBar]

congrats to Duke ... ACC champions

[Deadwood Dutch]

I was out all night but now that I am back I'll watch Oregon and Arizona.

[Dennis H]

My csu rams missed the big dance again.

[JEBar]

Arkansas gave UNC all they could handle .... the Tar Heels move on to the Sweet 16

[PT7]

Kansas Jayhawks pulled away from Michigan State to take their game this afternoon, 90-70. They'll be in the Midwest Region Sweet 16, and their next game will be played here in KCMO. Always exciting to play on home courts.

[JEBar]

South Carolina and Duke are locked in a really good game

[PT7]

That was some kind of "hang-in-there," determined win for South Carolina.

[PT7]

Ah, the world of March Madness. My alma mater, KU, just went home leaving the OR Ducks heading to the Final Four. Game ended with a score of 74 - 60.

Interesting stat for the Ducks. This is there first return to the Final Four since 1939!

[JEBar]

prior to the game, no way I would have picked the Ducks but they were in charge pretty much from the get-go .... guess that's why they play the game