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2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2025 12:27 am
by WallToWall
Feel free to enter up to 2 entries in the bracket challenge. Open to public but would like to keep it amongst us Wizards fans.
Winner gets to run across the Wizards court multiple times till security catches them.

https://fantasy.espn.com/tc/sharer?challengeId=257&from=espn&context=GROUP_INVITE&edition=espn-en&groupId=ef5991ca-a2c2-4718-af14-6c557c42479b


Chat about the games here.

Enjoy!

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 1:49 pm
by long suffrin' boulez fan
It's lonely up in here

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 3:34 pm
by WallToWall
people waiting for Duke and Maryland to play, maybe.

McNeese State (I couldn't even point to a state on a map it identify its location) over Clemson was a shocker. McNeese brand of defense is interesting - zone, then switch to man, then different zone... keeps the opponent off balance. They dont have size, but they still managed to capilatize on matchups. That was a fun game.

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 3:42 pm
by doclinkin
I’m waiting on Robert Morris vs Alabama. To see if my Deni replacement Alvaro Folgueiras can rise to the occasion.

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 8:51 pm
by closg00
Maryland off to a bad start, missing every shot and turning it over

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 8:58 pm
by AFM
closg00 wrote:Maryland off to a bad start, missing every shot and turning it over


Sandbagging for DQ takeover heroics

#DDQ

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 9:11 pm
by closg00
Reese putting in work on the block and calming things down, they are doubling Queen

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 10:55 pm
by WallToWall
Y’all gonna hate me, but I don’t think Derik Queen is a top 10 pick. He doesn’t have a good shot selection, can’t run the court well, and his positioning is off. Yeah, he’s big, but he isn’t using his size as well as he should…even for a freshman. He’s a 11-20 range pick.

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 11:12 pm
by AFM
Correct, he is a top 5 pick.

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 11:37 pm
by closg00
WallToWall wrote:Y’all gonna hate me, but I don’t think Derik Queen is a top 10 pick. He doesn’t have a good shot selection, can’t run the court well, and his positioning is off. Yeah, he’s big, but he isn’t using his size as well as he should…even for a freshman. He’s a 11-20 range pick.


I get worried every time I see him play, he's kind of a bowling ball out-there, he does very well against smaller defenders, and disappears against men of size....but he could become a Kendrick Perkins, definitely has tons of upside.

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 11:40 pm
by mhd
closg00 wrote:
WallToWall wrote:Y’all gonna hate me, but I don’t think Derik Queen is a top 10 pick. He doesn’t have a good shot selection, can’t run the court well, and his positioning is off. Yeah, he’s big, but he isn’t using his size as well as he should…even for a freshman. He’s a 11-20 range pick.


I get worried every time I see him play, he's kind of a bowling ball out-there, he does very well against smaller defenders, and disappears against men of size....but he could become a Kendrick Perkins, definitely has tons of upside.



Queen has way more offensive game than Perkins ever did. Perkins had zero touch and footwork. Big Al Jefferson is the best comp for Queen.

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2025 12:17 am
by closg00
mhd wrote:
closg00 wrote:
WallToWall wrote:Y’all gonna hate me, but I don’t think Derik Queen is a top 10 pick. He doesn’t have a good shot selection, can’t run the court well, and his positioning is off. Yeah, he’s big, but he isn’t using his size as well as he should…even for a freshman. He’s a 11-20 range pick.


I get worried every time I see him play, he's kind of a bowling ball out-there, he does very well against smaller defenders, and disappears against men of size....but he could become a Kendrick Perkins, definitely has tons of upside.



Queen has way more offensive game than Perkins ever did. Perkins had zero touch and footwork. Big Al Jefferson is the best comp for Queen.


You’re right, I was thinking of what his body-type may be like as a grown man, but Queen does have skills and upside, he has good touch shooting from what I have seen which will make him versatile.

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2025 12:45 am
by Chocolate City Jordanaire
mhd wrote:
closg00 wrote:
WallToWall wrote:Y’all gonna hate me, but I don’t think Derik Queen is a top 10 pick. He doesn’t have a good shot selection, can’t run the court well, and his positioning is off. Yeah, he’s big, but he isn’t using his size as well as he should…even for a freshman. He’s a 11-20 range pick.


I get worried every time I see him play, he's kind of a bowling ball out-there, he does very well against smaller defenders, and disappears against men of size....but he could become a Kendrick Perkins, definitely has tons of upside.



Queen has way more offensive game than Perkins ever did. Perkins had zero touch and footwork. Big Al Jefferson is the best comp for Queen.
YES!

I forgot Al Jefferson. That's who he moves like on offense. Queen passes better.

He'll be a liability on defense, but he's a bucket who will win his matchup.

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2025 12:47 am
by Chocolate City Jordanaire
WallToWall wrote:Y’all gonna hate me, but I don’t think Derik Queen is a top 10 pick. He doesn’t have a good shot selection, can’t run the court well, and his positioning is off. Yeah, he’s big, but he isn’t using his size as well as he should…even for a freshman. He’s a 11-20 range pick.
AFM wrote:Correct, he is a top 5 pick.
Top-5.

Kid doesn't even have grown man strength yet.

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2025 12:50 am
by Chocolate City Jordanaire
closg00 wrote:
WallToWall wrote:Y’all gonna hate me, but I don’t think Derik Queen is a top 10 pick. He doesn’t have a good shot selection, can’t run the court well, and his positioning is off. Yeah, he’s big, but he isn’t using his size as well as he should…even for a freshman. He’s a 11-20 range pick.


I get worried every time I see him play, he's kind of a bowling ball out-there, he does very well against smaller defenders, and disappears against men of size....but he could become a Kendrick Perkins, definitely has tons of upside.
He's a bowling ball with nifty feet. He doesn't charge that often. In the NBA, how are they going to defend him when he can beat teams with his passing and off the dribble?

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2025 12:52 am
by Chocolate City Jordanaire
Maluach is massive and mobile. He's a lob threat but not as quick as Gafford.

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2025 10:19 pm
by AFM
Reminder: Derik Queen turns the low post to a scary scene plus he fatter than Dairy Queen at 7:10 PM

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2025 11:19 pm
by closg00
Terps starting out very sloppy again, come on guys, time to start feeding Reese again in the post.

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2025 1:15 am
by Kanyewest
QUEEEN!!!!!

Re: 2025 NCAA Tourny Chat and ESPN Tournament challenge

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2025 1:16 am
by AFM
DDQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!