OT--Tournament Talk

[phoenix-arizona]

PAC-12 having a heck of a week so far. Go out with a bang.

 

[GMUgemini]

PAC-12 having a heck of a week so far. Go out with a bang.

Was just talking with some colleagues about how we are going to miss the PAC 12. Only one person I know of is excited to be joining the Big 12.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

Yale beats Auburn!

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

#12JMU up 15-4 early over #5 Wisconsin

 

[2011WinOverVillanova]

#12JMU up 15-4 early over #5 Wisconsin

66 west. 81 south. This Mason fan won’t be “happy” for them if they win. In general? I’m not “happy” for other programs. Mason against the world as far as I’m concerned.

 

[Walter]

I thought JMU was probably overrated due to the weak SB, but they look legit. Glad we didn’t play them this year.

 

[GMUYoda]

James Madison wins 72-61 over Wisconsin

Play Duke next

Also, Wisconsin never had a lead in the entire game

 

[psyclone]

James Madison wins 72-61 over Wisconsin

Play Duke next

And played really, really well! Actually, they are easy to root for ..tough as nails. Clearly, Wisconsin was overmatched.

 

[phoenix-arizona]

Bully for them. First trip into the field of 32 since the 80s

 

[jruby]

I thought JMU was probably overrated due to the weak SB, but they look legit. Glad we didn’t play them this year.

Depends where game would have been? JMU wouldn’t have won in Fairfax. It’s been 20+ years. At JMU yes that would have been a loss. Mason couldn’t beat anyone on the road. The 3 loses at home are all still playing. JMU is solid team but far from amazing. Dayton has better players. Duquense and JMU would be good test. Good for JMU but they play in an absolutely god awful conference. 3rd place Troy likely finishes last in A10 for reference. I actually wish we would have played them. It wouldn’t have been a numbers destroyer game like usual.

 

[GMUYoda]

Grand Canyon ends the night and the 1st round upsetting 5th seed St. Mary's

 

[jruby]

Grand Canyon ends the night and the 1st round upsetting 5th seed St. Mary's

Drew is a hell of a coach. Where’s he end up?

 

[KAOriginal]

I thought JMU was probably overrated due to the weak SB, but they look legit. Glad we didn’t play them this year.

Saw them early this year on TV. Already had quite a few wins. At the time I thought if what I saw was their standard level of play, they were going to be hard to handle if they got into the tourney. They had ball movement, shooting, aggression.

Wisconsin was no slouch. That's a statement game.

 

[bravesfan]

The two #12's I bet on were GCU and JMU. Just seemed right.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

Saw them early this year on TV. Already had quite a few wins. At the time I thought if what I saw was their standard level of play, they were going to be hard to handle if they got into the tourney. They had ball movement, shooting, aggression.

Wisconsin was no slouch. That's a statement game.

Yeah, if you took the names off the jerseys, you’d think Wisconsin was the mid major. JMU dominated the game from beginning to end. Final Score was not indicative of the game.

 

[Falco]

I had no idea Mason was so close to getting an NIT Bid. Obviously lots of schools turned down the NIT which is why ST Joes got a Bid, but damn I so wish Mason could have beat St Joes.

 

[mkaufman1]

I thought JMU was probably overrated due to the weak SB, but they look legit. Glad we didn’t play them this year.

Disagree here- if there was any year to play JMU it would have been this year.

Win or lose, they would have come in being a really good basketball team and an excellent challenge to our guys in the non conf. That said, I think its also good we didn't play them because we needed some time to see what Tony could do as coach, and losing to JMU early on doesnt' sound like too much fun to me.

Saw them early this year on TV. Already had quite a few wins. At the time I thought if what I saw was their standard level of play, they were going to be hard to handle if they got into the tourney. They had ball movement, shooting, aggression.

Wisconsin was no slouch. That's a statement game.

Completely agree, thought they played great team ball, defended REALLY well and looked like they knew what they were doing from the tip. They are going to give Duke all they can handle.

It was really impressive to see them play like they did last night.

 

[GMU79]

Please beat dook! The only team I hate more than vcu is dook.

 

[Falco]

Please beat dook! The only team I hate more than vcu is dook.

vcu is still my 1 seed, but duke is a close second haha

 

[phoenix-arizona]

That is interesting about GMU and the NIT. Something to build off of for next year. Per the PAC 12 and ASU, I totally understand why they had to join the Big 12. I wanted them to join the Mountain West for sake of regionality, keep it West Coast, but where Arizona goes, I think ASU must too.