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Big East Tournament evening session open thread

I suppose we're rooting against Pitt and UConn, but who really knows at this point?

Enjoy the games.

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Like Oswald, he described nature of his long covered parcel as, “curtain rods.”

by Roz on Mar 12, 2009 7:05 PM EDT reply actions  

I'm decently excited

But super excited for Syracuse/UConn for some reason.

by Mike Rutherford on Mar 12, 2009 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

perhaps because

syracuse has a legit shot to win, and uconn losing in the quarters could pave the way for us to get a 1?

by doctorofdunk on Mar 12, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

WVU...

…like most teams, doesn’t have an answer for Blair.

by CardsFan922 on Mar 12, 2009 7:10 PM EDT reply actions  

they need monster games from ruoff and butler

to have a realistic shot. i’m thinking 50 combined pts, at least

by doctorofdunk on Mar 12, 2009 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm with Quinn1979...

….NFW MSU can make the final four. I never want to see an Izzo-coached team late in March, but if they somehow get a 1 seed I’ll take their bracket – I think it goes OU/Memphis/MSU in terms of 1/2 I want to see.

I reallllllllly want UNC again – but only in the Final Four.

by CardsFan922 on Mar 12, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

would rather have memphis than oklahoma personally

but as long as we avoid unc i’ll be giddy.

i don’t like the fact that three of the 7s are utah, byu, and butler. seems teams like that always give us fits.

by doctorofdunk on Mar 12, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

Normally I would agree with you...

….but do you think the OK players would remember that humiliation from last year at all? And I don’t think they’d remember it in a “we have to get our honor back” but in a “that’s all the same guys and uh-oh that little #2 and that #33 guy are sorta freaking me out” way.

Maybe I’m wrong and our guys would be overconfident.

But I think we have the psychological edge in that game after that beatdown last year.

by CardsFan922 on Mar 12, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

that is a good point

and a real possibility, i just think that oklahoma’s supporting cast is drastically better this year and that nobody really scares me that much from calipari’s con men besides tyreke (and if he can beat us by himself, hats off).

probably a coin flip as you said. important thing is NO UNC

by doctorofdunk on Mar 12, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

i confess i haven't seen them play in cusa

but isn’t it tyreke and the bench from last year’s team? dozier, anderson, kemp, etc.?

by doctorofdunk on Mar 12, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

forde's line convinced me

memphis has as many big east losses this year as we do this year, except they played 4 big east games, not 18.

by doctorofdunk on Mar 12, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

also wondering

what everyone thinks marquette’s seed will be? i think anything lower than a 6 would be unfair.

by doctorofdunk on Mar 12, 2009 7:18 PM EDT reply actions  

If Pitt....

…is down less than one possession at half, or up, they win this going away. Dixon is keeping Blair on the bench as long as he can, no way he puts him back in while the game is close.

by CardsFan922 on Mar 12, 2009 7:46 PM EDT reply actions  

agreed

there is no way this group of seniors is going home tonight in a tournament they’ve ruled.

by doctorofdunk on Mar 12, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Assuming of course...

….that Blair stays out of foul trouble.

If he picks up foul #3 before the under-16 it is going to come down to the wire.

by CardsFan922 on Mar 12, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

i wish we played the night game

i missed being in the game thread. talking in these threads isn’t the same. i’m rooting for west virginia just because i picked them to upset pitt in the pool.

by cardscott5 on Mar 12, 2009 8:15 PM EDT reply actions  

damn bilas

someone’s blood sugar is low

by doctorofdunk on Mar 12, 2009 8:20 PM EDT reply actions  

he's right though

i’m for pitt in this one, but they are getting some friendly whistles, no wonder they thing MSG is their home court

by Ben Go CARDS on Mar 12, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

these refs suck

and bilas is ripping them
“that is an offensive foul and jim burr is standing there like a scarecrow”

by Ben Go CARDS on Mar 12, 2009 8:20 PM EDT reply actions  

worth noting

that without last saturday’s win and a little help from pitt, we’d be the ones struggling vs. west va tonight.

by doctorofdunk on Mar 12, 2009 8:28 PM EDT reply actions  

WVU is really locking this down..

….I couldn’t watch the first 7 minutes that closely, although I did see Ebanks’s awesome dunk in transition. What has happened? how has WVU slowed down Blair?

by CardsFan922 on Mar 12, 2009 8:28 PM EDT reply actions  

try 360 or the deuce

or espnnews, one of them will show the end i think.

by doctorofdunk on Mar 12, 2009 8:56 PM EDT reply actions  

boom, roasted.

is it safe to call it now that blair is fouled out?

by yawnz on Mar 12, 2009 9:03 PM EDT reply actions  

Wow, WVU is going to do it...

….wonder what the bracketologists will do?

by CardsFan922 on Mar 12, 2009 9:04 PM EDT reply actions  

ESPNU!

Controversy in the OK/OK St game! OK down 1 with 2.3 seconds, Taylor Griffith throws it the length of the court to Blake, who turns, fires and misses……but the clock doesn’t start!

Refs watching the monitors.

by CardsFan922 on Mar 12, 2009 9:09 PM EDT reply actions  

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/scoreboard

i feel sorry for the poor sooners fan who checks this score

by doctorofdunk on Mar 12, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions  

this has been a horribly officiated tournament

I expect better officiating in the Big East Championship. I know the Big East has a “let ’em play” tradition but they are allowing absolute muggings… and then turning around and calling ticky-tack fouls. Awful, awful reffing.

I wanted Pitt to win this game so they could tire out UConn tomorrow night… but on the plus side, the one team that’s ever beaten us in the Big East tourney is now gone.

by rickinva on Mar 12, 2009 9:11 PM EDT reply actions  

Surely to god

This Oklahoma as one talk can cease.

by Mike Rutherford on Mar 12, 2009 9:12 PM EDT reply actions  

I just got home.....

did Oklahoma State beat Oklahoma??

by Linda on Mar 12, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

yep

the griffins go down..no excuses tonight

by twistedwedge on Mar 12, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh man....

I know I’m the only Card fan who wanted OK to win but onward and upward – go CARDS!

by Linda on Mar 12, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

and i say they do

of course don’t look at the top of this thread at the asinine statements i made about the last game.

by doctorofdunk on Mar 12, 2009 9:31 PM EDT reply actions  

damn

i thought it’d be teeming for cuse-uconn

by doctorofdunk on Mar 12, 2009 9:35 PM EDT reply actions  

this has been a horribly officiated tournament

I expect better officiating in the Big East Championship. I know the Big East has a “let ’em play” tradition but they are allowing absolute muggings… and then turning around and calling ticky-tack fouls. Awful, awful reffing.

I wanted Pitt to win this game so they could tire out UConn tomorrow night… but on the plus side, the one team that’s ever beaten us in the Big East tourney is now gone.

by rickinva on Mar 12, 2009 9:35 PM EDT reply actions  

Devendorf's a punk

but I’d love two second-tier teams to play in that semifinal. The winner of our game with Nova would have a huge advantage over a team plaing their 4th game in 4 days.

by rickinva on Mar 12, 2009 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

he's crazy...

if he goes there – I know, I know…he bleeds blue but if he doesn’t win – yUK fans will make his life a hell on earth….go LSU !!!!!

by Linda on Mar 12, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

love it except that...

yUK would really go after Travis and I don’t want him to go there.

by Linda on Mar 12, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

next year, a card chronicle group trip for the big east tournament

someone buy tickets and book hotel rooms and transportation, and i’ll free load. sounds good to me

by cardscott5 on Mar 12, 2009 9:51 PM EDT reply actions  

oh man..

what a fantastic idea !! I hope you follow up on that.

by Linda on Mar 12, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

gross....

I just got an email from a yUK fan that Patterson is staying another year…that has to come under the “who gives a darn” column…… I don’t think his ankle is right and I think the scouts know that. Why do they send me that crap??? I don’t care…go LSU !!!

by Linda on Mar 12, 2009 10:38 PM EDT reply actions  

I hate Robinson.

Seriously, stop screaming. You’re a tool.

Way to get beat in transition as you screamed at the camera, d-bag.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 12, 2009 11:02 PM EDT reply actions  

Time to put the foot to the throat, Syracuse.

Don’t let up.

Is there any way Syracuse can win without Devendork?

by CARD_G6 on Mar 12, 2009 11:08 PM EDT reply actions  

Juli Boehiem?

Just got here . . .

Is the Orange gonna make my night?

Has ESPN showed Juli Boehiem yet?

I love her!

by LaBradford Smith on Mar 12, 2009 11:16 PM EDT reply actions  

this game is coming down to the wire

oh johnny, you can’t go up that weak on thabeet

by cardscott5 on Mar 12, 2009 11:16 PM EDT reply actions  

Please, please, please Syracuse...

…don’t stupid your way out of this win.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 12, 2009 11:21 PM EDT reply actions  

Wow.

Are we going to have a repeat of Nova-Marquette?

What a day in the Big East. What a day in basketball. It seems the only team really doing what they were supposed to do is us.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 12, 2009 11:33 PM EDT reply actions  

I wasn't just talking about the Big East

I was talking about everything. Oklahoma losing. Memphis State barely scraping by. Kansas losing to Baylor.

I was also talking about recently, not just tournament. Pitt lost to Providence in the final weeks. UConn lost to Pitt in the final game. Marquette dropped 5 of 6. Oklahoma lost to Mizzou in the final week.

We and Memphis State are the only ones winning all our games down the stretch like we need to.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 12, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

I wish he had gotten it.

That would have been a historic play, and I would have been witness.

Oh, well, no dice.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 12, 2009 11:46 PM EDT reply actions  

Damn

I almost had a chance to say “Heh, I called it.” But the Orange kind of blew their chances at the end. Don’t much think they can prevail on the OT; don’t know if I can stay awake to watch it.

theoldman

by theoldman on Mar 12, 2009 11:48 PM EDT reply actions  

I still have a design report to write after this game goes off.

I don’t even remember what it was like to go to bed before 2 a.m. anymore. Not intentionally, anyway.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 12, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

agree with everyone

they’d have been better off not hitting that shot

by doctorofdunk on Mar 12, 2009 11:50 PM EDT reply actions  

And 1

attaboy. its not over

by Phauz on Mar 12, 2009 11:51 PM EDT reply actions  

I wish he would never wake up.

I still say I have more distaste for Devendork, but Robinson is right up there.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 12, 2009 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

Are you f'ing kidding me?

Cant think of many BE players I like less than Robinson

by Phauz on Mar 12, 2009 11:54 PM EDT reply actions  

Absolutely ridiculous.

This is like the f’ing NCAA come early. What a great day of basketball and I’ve unfortunately missed most of it.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 12, 2009 11:56 PM EDT reply actions  

seriously boeheim?

that was the shot you drew up, down one?

by doctorofdunk on Mar 12, 2009 11:59 PM EDT reply actions  

LOVE IT

Tire these boys out!!!! Sorry, Mike . . . . Not to debunk your Conference Tourney theory further . . .

by LaBradford Smith on Mar 13, 2009 12:01 AM EDT reply actions  

Good God.

Will this game ever end? Nobody wants to pull ahead.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 13, 2009 12:10 AM EDT reply actions  

Wow.

I mean, I’m kinda pulling for the Cuse here, but no way you’re telling me there was no foul there.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 13, 2009 12:15 AM EDT reply actions  

Oh my fucking God.

This is getting ridiculous now.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 13, 2009 12:15 AM EDT reply actions  

damn

UCONN won’t blow this lead, like SYR did

by LaBradford Smith on Mar 13, 2009 12:21 AM EDT reply actions  

No shit.

They started when this game was supposed to end, and they’re already in the second half.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 13, 2009 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions  

Good God.

Nobody wants to put this away.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 13, 2009 12:42 AM EDT reply actions  

cuse should have the lead

harris and flynn have to hit those shots

by doctorofdunk on Mar 13, 2009 12:46 AM EDT reply actions  

Have they shown / talked about the stat?

about BET teams playing in OT and their record the next game? Isn’t it like 2-20 or something?

by CardsFan922 on Mar 13, 2009 12:46 AM EDT reply actions  

Wow.

I don’t have any more expletives.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 13, 2009 12:48 AM EDT reply actions  

Beoheim

“thats a fïng foul!”

by Phauz on Mar 13, 2009 12:48 AM EDT reply actions  

I guess the refs...

….want to decide this on the floor. That was a clean tackle, too.

by CardsFan922 on Mar 13, 2009 12:48 AM EDT reply actions  

Syracuse is so tired.

They can’t even make their layups now.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 13, 2009 12:53 AM EDT reply actions  

END IT

Or winner will just have to forfiet to WVU

by Phauz on Mar 13, 2009 1:03 AM EDT reply actions  

ADRIEN!!!

i thought for sure that was the end

by BostonCardFan on Mar 13, 2009 1:04 AM EDT reply actions  

JUST IMAGINE

What if this was the 7:00 game? Imagine sitting there in your warm-ups until midnight before tipping off!!!!

by LaBradford Smith on Mar 13, 2009 1:05 AM EDT reply actions  

What's all this noise about

I’m trying to sleep over here…. yawn… what’s going on? HOLY CRAP! 6OT?? WTF??

by CardsFanTX on Mar 13, 2009 1:06 AM EDT reply actions  

Harris!

doesn’t quite atone for those earlier misses, but I’ll take it

by BostonCardFan on Mar 13, 2009 1:09 AM EDT reply actions  

This is one of those..

….that could end up being Syracuse 120-110 (6 OT) which would be an awesome final score.

by CardsFan922 on Mar 13, 2009 1:10 AM EDT reply actions  

haha

what about a 20-pt win? no biggie.

by doctorofdunk on Mar 13, 2009 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions  

I agree.

I just made a comment earlier today about how I don’t like him, but he has put it all out there today.

Amazing performance. Especially the 10/10 on free throws.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 13, 2009 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions  

Making those 4 free throws...

…makes you wonder how anyone could ever miss free throws ever.

by CardsFan922 on Mar 13, 2009 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions  

Ladies

A Number One Seed is w/i our reach!

by LaBradford Smith on Mar 13, 2009 1:10 AM EDT reply actions  

Not sure

if a loss in this kind of game will hurt UConn’s #1 prospects all that much, but yes, if Louisville wins the BET, they replace UConn as a #1 without a doubt.

by CardsFanTX on Mar 13, 2009 1:12 AM EDT up reply actions  

I can't even imagine

the pain the winners will be dealing with during the WVU game tomorrow. How can they possibly compete for 2 halves?

by CardsFanTX on Mar 13, 2009 1:11 AM EDT reply actions  

Don't forget...

Half the starters have been on the bench since 3OT.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 13, 2009 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions  

Ahh

excellent point, obiwan.

by CardsFanTX on Mar 13, 2009 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions  

Oh good...

Extend the game with fouling. Nice.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 13, 2009 1:15 AM EDT reply actions  

at what point

does actual narcolepsy become an issue?

by doctorofdunk on Mar 13, 2009 1:18 AM EDT reply actions  

i'm a teacher

and I had already planned to teach my kids about March Madness tomorrow for our “morning meeting.”

this night couldn’t be more appropriate

by BostonCardFan on Mar 13, 2009 1:19 AM EDT reply actions  

What a performance.

Like I said in 2OT, it was all about want. Who wanted it more.

Despite the fact that Syracuse never led until 6OT, it always felt like they wanted it more.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 13, 2009 1:19 AM EDT reply actions  

Can you people lock up

and turn out the lights please? And clean up your empty cans and pizza boxes.

by CardsFanTX on Mar 13, 2009 1:20 AM EDT reply actions  

Man

we really really really need to beat Nova tomorrow. Oh man, the #1 seed is SO CLOSE NOW!

by CardsFanTX on Mar 13, 2009 1:23 AM EDT reply actions  

What a game.

Jonny Flynn really gained a new fan here.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 13, 2009 1:23 AM EDT reply actions  

What a game...

….see you folks tomorrow.

 Just like everyone predicted, the final four of the BET are UofL, Nova, WVU and Cuse.

Go Cards.

by CardsFan922 on Mar 13, 2009 1:23 AM EDT reply actions  

Yeah, I totally called that.

So my bracket in the pool is boned.

by CARD_G6 on Mar 13, 2009 1:26 AM EDT up reply actions  

is the game still going? it's 10a.m.

Louisville and Kentucky are two seperate states. Now Wiki that!

by AllinWithMyCards on Mar 13, 2009 10:17 AM EDT reply actions  

Mountaineer

Weird looks kinda like justin timberlake..the two must be drinking buddies

by LePierrot on Mar 13, 2009 12:40 PM EDT reply actions  

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