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First Round - Thursday Game Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:57 pm
by GYBE
Here we go boys. All times in EST.

12:20 PM: (14) Georgia vs. (3) Xavier
12:25 PM: (16) Portland State vs. (1) Kansas
12:30 PM: (12) Temple vs. (5) Michigan State

2:30 PM: (11) Kentucky vs. (6) Marquette
2:50 PM: (11) Baylor vs. (6) Purdue
2:55 PM: (9) Kent State vs. (8) UNLV
3:00 PM: (13) Oral Roberts vs. (4) Pittsburgh

5:00 PM: (14) Cornell vs. (3) Stanford

7:10 PM: (11) Kansas State vs. (6) USC
7:10 PM: (15) Belmont vs. (2) Duke
7:20 PM: (13) Winthrop vs. (4) Washington State
7:25 PM: (9) Texas A&M vs. (8) Brigham Young

9:40 PM: (14) Cal State Fullerton vs. (3) Wisconsin
9:40 PM: (10) Arizona vs. (7) West Virginia
9:50 PM: (12) George Mason vs. (5) Notre Dame
9:55 PM: (16) Mississipi Valley State vs. (1) UCLA

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:59 pm
by GYBE
Gus Johnson is doing the ND-GMU game!

Pros: It's freakin Gus Johnson!

Cons: ND might keep it close to get Gus excited. And who could blame them.

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:10 pm
by hermes
kansas st.- USC should be a good one

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:39 pm
by A.J.
i cant wait for the kentucky vs marquette game

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:08 pm
by MHZ
Beasley/Mayo has to be one of the better storylines of the day.

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:46 pm
by -G-
Georgia and Temple, let's go.

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:00 pm
by A.J.
if kansas plays like this the whole tourney they will be tough to beat

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:08 pm
by GYBE
Georgia outplaying Xavier...this could really hurt my bracket.

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:11 pm
by MalReyn
Georgia's hot shooting has really continued into today's game. Making Xavier look like the 14th seed.

Knew Georgia was a dangerous matchup, major conference team that's getting hot at the right time. And Xavier, playing in a weak conference (despite their strong out-of-conference schedule) is probably less prepared than most 3 seeds.

Looking forward to the 2nd half. I expect Xavier to come out with far more energy, but if Georgia can keep up this shooting I think they'll be able to hold on.

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:35 pm
by magicfan4life05
lol "gaines not even celebrating like he does it everyday"

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:43 pm
by Polynice4Pippen
Sparty looking good. They can beat Pittsburgh when they're playing like this.

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:00 pm
by panacea
Hope Georgia holds on.
Temple is playing terribly, thought they could pull the upset.

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:06 pm
by HarlemHeat37
Temple killed part of my bracket..

I picked Xavier, and they just made the comeback..the D has picked up, and Georgia can't make the shots anymore..

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:06 pm
by magicfan4life05
georgia is falling apart

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:13 pm
by panacea
Xav on a 16-3 run. Crap.

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:50 pm
by MalReyn
2nd slate of games:

2:30 PM: (11) Kentucky vs. (6) Marquette
2:50 PM: (11) Baylor vs. (6) Purdue
2:55 PM: (9) Kent State vs. (8) UNLV
3:00 PM: (13) Oral Roberts vs. (4) Pittsburgh

Both 11-6 games should be very good. Baylor is a solid team. Kentucky has the talent to hang with anyone (though with Marquette's good gaurd play this will be a tough game for them)

Kent St./UNLV is a tossup. I'm leaning towards UNLV, but should be close.

I expect Pitt to handle Oral Roberts easily, they're playing great ball right now.

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:38 pm
by panacea
Did Kent State send its JV team?

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:41 pm
by DDV
these 2nd games look diaseterous so far

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:46 pm
by Sashobe
REBELS REBELS REBELS REBELS. U-N-L-V!

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:54 pm
by panacea
DDV wrote:these 2nd games look diaseterous so far


I bet VT would have given Purdue a bit more of a battle than this, but I digress.