First Round - Thursday Game Thread

Post #1 » by **GYBE** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:57 pm

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

Post #2 » by **GYBE** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:59 pm

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.

hermes · Post #3 » by **hermes** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:10 pm

kansas st.- USC should be a good one

A.J. · Post #4 » by **A.J.** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:39 pm

i cant wait for the kentucky vs marquette game

Post #5 » by **MHZ** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:08 pm

Beasley/Mayo has to be one of the better storylines of the day.

-G- · Post #6 » by **-G-** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:46 pm

Georgia and Temple, let's go.

A.J. · Post #7 » by **A.J.** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:00 pm

if kansas plays like this the whole tourney they will be tough to beat

Post #8 » by **GYBE** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:08 pm

Georgia outplaying Xavier...this could really hurt my bracket.

MalReyn · Post #9 » by **MalReyn** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:11 pm

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.

magicfan4life05 · Post #10 » by **magicfan4life05** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:35 pm

lol "gaines not even celebrating like he does it everyday"

Polynice4Pippen · Post #11 » by **Polynice4Pippen** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:43 pm

Sparty looking good. They can beat Pittsburgh when they're playing like this.

panacea · Post #12 » by **panacea** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:00 pm

Hope Georgia holds on.
Temple is playing terribly, thought they could pull the upset.

HarlemHeat37 · Post #13 » by **HarlemHeat37** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:06 pm

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..

magicfan4life05 · Post #14 » by **magicfan4life05** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:06 pm

georgia is falling apart

panacea · Post #15 » by **panacea** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:13 pm

Xav on a 16-3 run. Crap.

MalReyn · Post #16 » by **MalReyn** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:50 pm

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.

panacea · Post #17 » by **panacea** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:38 pm

Did Kent State send its JV team?

DDV · Post #18 » by **DDV** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:41 pm

these 2nd games look diaseterous so far

Sashobe · Post #19 » by **Sashobe** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:46 pm

REBELS REBELS REBELS REBELS. U-N-L-V!

panacea · Post #20 » by **panacea** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:54 pm

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.