Spurs Talk 2024 March Madness Competition

[Splits]

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1 bracket per person, no fee, just for fun

[scott]

Signed up but they pulled out when I couldn't figure out how to join without giving you weirdos my full name :lol

[Splits]

if we get to 10 brackets, I'll drop a $50 amazon card to the winner. So far just me and my lawyer are in

[Splits]

Signed up but they pulled out when I couldn't figure out how to join without giving you weirdos my full name :lol

just click on your profile on the top-right and change your info to be non-identifiable. you can also hide your email.

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[spurraider21]

Signed up but they pulled out when I couldn't figure out how to join without giving you weirdos my full name :lol
i made an account and made my first name spur, last name raider

spoiler alert: thats not my real name

[Splits]

hide your email by choosing this:

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[scott]

just click on your profile on the top-right and change your info to be non-identifiable. you can also hide your email.

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Yeah, but I signed in with my GMail account and it led to a weird circular flow where it just kept asking me to log in, so I gave up. Will play around with it later and maybe just create a new dummy account

[Robz4000]

In.

[rascal]

In with UCONN being Champ

[rascal]

Yeah, but I signed in with my GMail account and it led to a weird circular flow where it just kept asking me to log in, so I gave up. Will play around with it later and maybe just create a new dummy account

Just sign in Scott. We know your name

[Splits]

NC going to crush the Nazi Wagner group

[spurraider21]

Michigan State over Mississippi State was the easiest pick of my life

also i cant name a single player on either team

[Splits]

Michigan State over Mississippi State was the easiest pick of my life

also i cant name a single player on either team

You and the rest of the pool. All also missed on Duquense but nobody had BYU to the S16

[spurraider21]

You and the rest of the pool. All also missed on Duquense but nobody had BYU to the S16
should have known you could never count on mormons

[Splits]

just wish hater would have joined, would have loved to see him with the Wagner group in the F4

[Splits]

You and the rest of the pool. All also missed on Duquense but nobody had BYU to the S16

Oh wait, I had them in the S16. At least not in the E8 like rascal :lol

[rascal]

Oh wait, I had them in the S16. At least not in the E8 like rascal :lol

How many have UCONN winning?

[Splits]

How many have UCONN winning?

You and SR21. I got Iowa State

[Splits]

Is that Avery calling this Moredick vs. Illinois game?

[spurraider21]

damn, Dayton stormed back and won. thought i made the savvy pick with Nevada for a while there

nevada was up 16 with less than 7 to go

:lol holy shit, looking further, nevada went scoreless for a 5 minutes stretch... from when there was about 7:40 to go till about 2:20. they scored a total of 4 points in the last 7:40 of the game

[Strategic]

Are there any sleeper prospects playing now?

[Splits]

damn, Dayton stormed back and won. thought i made the savvy pick with Nevada for a while there

nevada was up 16 with less than 7 to go

:lol holy shit, looking further, nevada went scoreless for a 5 minutes stretch... from when there was about 7:40 to go till about 2:20. they scored a total of 4 points in the last 7:40 of the game

Zona gonna smash them anyways

[Splits]

Are there any sleeper prospects playing now?

Dilly and Sheppard look like shit fwiw, they're down to Oakloand at the moment and both look like hot garbage

[DAF86]

Timeout, one shitty play, another timeout for commercials. America fuck yeah, tbh. :lol

[Splits]

lmao kentucker dilly and sheppard should fall off all draft boards, total shit show

[Splits]

Timeout, one shitty play, another timeout for commercials. America fuck yeah, tbh. :lol

you should want another hamburger and fries with a sweet sweet sauce of shit first rounders

[Strategic]

lol UK losing to Oakland of the midwest

[Robz4000]

:lol think I had Kentucky into the Elite 8 in all my brackets

[Splits]

:lol think I had Kentucky into the Elite 8 in all my brackets

rascal actually in the lead atm lmao

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[Splits]

:lol think I had Kentucky into the Elite 8 in all my brackets

SR21 had Kentucky in the finals so he's basically dead lol

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[spurraider21]

rip in pepperonis

[Splits]

go big 12

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[Strategic]

N C State with a football lineman on the squad

[Splits]

Welp, I guess TTech isn't getting to the Finals, there goes my bracket lol

[Splits]

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go rascal lol

[spurraider21]

Welp, I guess TTech isn't getting to the Finals, there goes my bracket lol
welcome to the club

[Splits]

lol SEC 1-5 in the tourney now and were the higher seed in every game

[Robz4000]

ESS-EEA-SEA

[Splits]

damn rascal 25/32 in the first round is boss

[Knoxxx]

On this topic, which games should we be watching that may correlate best to realistic Spurs draft prospects?

[Splits]

On this topic, which games should we be watching that may correlate best to realistic Spurs draft prospects?

Kentucky and USC errrrmmm, wait.

Colorado (Williams), Baylor (W:lollter), UConn (Castle, Clingan), Tenn (Knecht)

[Knoxxx]

Kentucky and USC errrrmmm, wait.

Colorado (Williams), Baylor (W:lollter), UConn (Castle, Clingan), Tenn (Knecht)

Thank you sir!

But could you not also include tip off times?!? :tongue

[mo7888]

Kentucky and USC errrrmmm, wait.

Colorado (Williams), Baylor (W:lollter), UConn (Castle, Clingan), Tenn (Knecht)

Add Kansas (Furphy) to the list... on right now..

[Splits]

Add Kansas (Furphy) to the list... on right now..

Didn't include him because no way he deserves to go in the lottery, and you don't want to be watching him and Kansas getting run out of the gym, he's 3/12

[Splits]

But could you not also include tip off times?!? :tongue

Tennessee plays Texas in a couple hours. Other 3 teams all play tomorrow

[mo7888]

Didn't include him because no way he deserves to go in the lottery, and you don't want to be watching him and Kansas getting run out of the gym, he's 3/12

Kansas had a bad game, but in this draft i won't be surprised if he goes in the late lottery. He's a young high-floor guy and teams will be attracted to that in a poor draft.

[spurraider21]

Didn't include him because no way he deserves to go in the lottery, and you don't want to be watching him and Kansas getting run out of the gym, he's 3/12
But but he’s about 6’9 and makes some 3’s so he’s basically the same player as Risacher!

he may pan out at be an nba contributor. I’d draft him in the right spot. But i don’t understand why he should be considered “high floor”

he’s not a good defender, he can knock down 3s but he’s not exactly a specialist with his numbers. And has very little self creation. So imo his floor is quite low. He’s 6’9 and a moderate athlete but nothing special

[mo7888]

But but he’s about 6’9 and makes some 3’s so he’s basically the same player as Risacher!

he may pan out at be an nba contributor. I’d draft him in the right spot. But i don’t understand why he should be considered “high floor”

he’s not a good defender, he can knock down 3s but he’s not exactly a specialist with his numbers. And has very little self creation. So imo his floor is quite low. He’s 6’9 and a moderate athlete but nothing special

He's a smart heady player that fits in a system. He'll always be a solid guy as long as his outside shot translates. That's pretty much 'high floor' in this draft.

Personally, I don't see anything elite as to where he can raise anyone's ceiling, but being as young as he is, I think some GM will believe that he might have some untapped upside there.

[Knoxxx]

Tennessee plays Texas in a couple hours. Other 3 teams all play tomorrow

I may even break out a second TV for this occassion...

(I live in Knoxville, the "real UT").

[Dejounte]

But but he’s about 6’9 and makes some 3’s so he’s basically the same player as Risacher!

he may pan out at be an nba contributor. I’d draft him in the right spot. But i don’t understand why he should be considered “high floor”

he’s not a good defender, he can knock down 3s but he’s not exactly a specialist with his numbers. And has very little self creation. So imo his floor is quite low. He’s 6’9 and a moderate athlete but nothing special

Furphy might not be on the same planet as Zaccharie, but he’s in the same universe.

Zaccharie’s last 12 games: 8.5ppg and 10-41 (24%) from three.

His game today: 5/12 fg on 48% TS. A big two more field goals made over Furphy.

I don’t know what Zaccharie’s doing to warrant any mockery of Furphy’s play today comparatively.

[spurraider21]

Furphy might not be on the same planet as Zaccharie, but he’s in the same universe.

Zaccharie’s last 12 games: 8.5ppg and 10-41 (24%) from three.

His game today: 5/12 fg on 48% TS. A big two more field goals made over Furphy.

I don’t know what Zaccharie’s doing to warrant any mockery of Furphy’s play today comparatively.
Furphy is fine and worthy of a mid FRP

risacher is usually a mid lotto type guy thrust into top 2 in a draft like this

[Splits]

fuggin Oregon had that ish at the end of regulation

[CGD]

Colorado has some nice older players in Tristan da Silva and KJ Simpson. They played well in the Florida game. Could be good SRP targets, especially Silva.

[spurraider21]

Kentucky single handledly fucked like a quarter of my bracket but going strong virtually everywhere else. Can gain some ground on rascal with a duke win today. I also have Duke beating houston in the sweet 16. A&M upset today would go a long way…

[rascal]

Tied with spurraider21 going into tonight. Going to be hard to hang on with Kentucky out.

[spurraider21]

Tied with spurraider21 going into tonight. Going to be hard to hang on with Kentucky out.
Yeah i basically need duke to knock out houston. Houston winning in OT sucked for me

[Dex]

I'm currently in the top 1.1M (95.6%) rank on ESPN's tourney challenge, which is awesome because I have no idea what I am doing :lol

[Splits]

well that de-escalated quickly

[spurraider21]

well that de-escalated quickly
Bend over, I’ll show you something de-escalating quickly

[spurraider21]

Tied with spurraider21 going into tonight. Going to be hard to hang on with Kentucky out.
i took the lead for now because of illinois beating iowa state

your max points are well ahead of mine, but 28 of those points are directly related to Houston winning their sweet 16, elite 8, and final 4 matchups. but we also have very different midwest brackets going foward. i have tennessee over purdue, you have gonzaga over creighton. good chance the winner is effectively determined today

i dont think ive ever seen a bracket as bad as Splits (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=24583) :lol

robz is hanging in there because he has the outlier pick of houston winning it all which alone represents 32 points that he could net over either of us (you and i both have uconn)

[Splits]

i dont think ive ever seen a bracket as bad as Splits (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=24583) :lol



yeah well, someone had to take the chance man

[Splits]

Certainly Duke is Duke, they're on TV more than leave it to beaver, reruns

[spurraider21]

Pretty sure i clinch the tournament win with the houston loss. Just an amazing comeback story after the Kentucky round 1 loss

as the resident spurstalk ncaa bracket champion all my draft/ncaa takes become authoritative until i lose my throne

[Splits]

:lmao

[rascal]

Pretty sure i clinch the tournament win with the houston loss. Just an amazing comeback story after the Kentucky round 1 loss

as the resident spurstalk ncaa bracket champion all my draft/ncaa takes become authoritative until i lose my throne

Nice comeback

[spurraider21]

:lmao

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[Robz4000]

:lol I'm officially dead

[Splits]

:lol I'm officially dead

at least you made it to the 2nd weekend.

[spurraider21]

Clingan vs Edey would be a fun championship matchup tbh

[mo7888]

Looking forward to seeing Purdue vs Tennessee. Good contrast... really interest to see if Tennessee can get Edey in apace on D and if Edey can handle it. Also looking to see how Knecht looks in the PnR vs Purdue.

[mo7888]

Knecht is on fire in the 1st half...4-4 from deep and 16 points so far

[scott]

It's the women's side of the bracket, but what an absolute clown show the NCAA is

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[BackHome]

Damn Edey and Knecht combined 77 points between these two players- Yeah that will translate to the NBA

[mo7888]

Damn Edey and Knecht combined 77 points between these two players- Yeah that will translate to the NBA

The best thing i saw from Edey tonight was he had to guard in space several times and he did well there. He was a menace on D.

[Splits]

It's the women's side of the bracket, but what an absolute clown show the NCAA is

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:lol

[CGD]

It's the women's side of the bracket, but what an absolute clown show the NCAA is

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Jesus, how embarrassing. It’s not even close.

[spurraider21]

Edey looked more mobile than i ever gave him credit for. Otoh with knecht i don’t think he showed anything noteworthy. We already knew he can catch and shoot. Didn’t see anything particularly interesting as far as any other skills

[spurraider21]

Edey has converted some tough contested looks. His touch really is quite good. Clingan has made good contests here and there but just not much he can do.

castle just looks so timid with the ball. Doesn’t explode off the dribble. His defense is really freaking good though. Effortlessly gets through screens

[Spurs Homer]

Castle getting schooled by that little white scrubb

[spurraider21]

I just don’t see what Castles role is on offense. Not good enough off the dribble to be on-ball. Not a good enough shooter to be off ball. And not big/athletic enough to be a forward getting by with middling offensively ability like a sochan type.

but his defense…

[spurraider21]

Really rough start to this half for Edey on both ends