Round of 32-Saturday

[mufan2003]

I'm not parroting a narrative from him or anybody. I could say that you are parroting a national media/the tournament is all that matters narrative.

I am only trying to place things in the proper perspective. In its second year the new Big East put six teams in the tournament. That's good. It will not advance as many teams to second weekend as we had hoped. That's bad. A 5-6 or so record is not horrible.

As the years go by, all the conferences have years where they perform well, or average, or bad in the tournament. Keep putting teams in the dance and our time will come. Hopefully with Marquette involved.

Seriously, don't accuse me of parroting Chicos again.

I agree with this. Big East is 5-4 not counting what Butler does. Some predicted the Big East to go 1-5 on Thursday/Friday. This year we wanted more teams in the tourney, we got it. Nova was the huge letdown, obviously, but if the conference keeps recruiting well, we will eventually get some teams to advance deep.

It is time for MU to get back on the scene and make some noise.

[mufan2003]

I think Jay Wright is a great coach, and I understand trying to be calm and collected on the sideline, but at what point do you call a timeout and really get in your players' face, take your coat off, show some emotion? Villanova looked nervous to make mistakes, instead of confident and loose like they had in non-conference and conference play. Also, Villanova was playing in Pittsburgh, their home state, I did not notice (hear on TV) much support from their fans. I think of Dayton's fans last night, they gave Dayton a huge boost. Maybe Villanova fans were saving their trip for the Regionals in Syracuse.

I like what Jay Wright said postgame, they are disappointed, they will own it, and they will learn from it. Wright continues to recruit well. Very disappointing, but they are not going anywhere. Can't label Wright with the Pre-2014 Bo Ryan label, Wright made the Final 4 in 2009.

[MUBasketball]

Fellas, I got the bottle of Makers flowing pretty good right now after that Nova loss. If Butler loses I may just start taking pulls.

Not a good day at all.

[MU/Panther]

For the second year in a row, neither the BE regular season nor its tournament champion have made a S16.

That is a problem that I am not going to write off to the mere randomness of the NCAA tournament.

I agree, it's a tough pill to take.

[MU/Panther]

We all agree it sucks, but the simple reality is March is where league perceptions are formed. Nova losing undid all the good will we earned in November and December. Until the league shows up in March, the P5 will forever see us as mid major.

The atomis five, I will never use power, is more of a football thing, but unfortunately folks are using it for basketball. Your right, it sucks and hurts.

[WindyCityGoldenEagle]

Bingo. It's a guard league...but it is hurt in the NCAA's on the frontline.

Providence had a considerable size advantage against Dayton - that didn't seem to do much for them.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

Dunn had foul trouble from the first minute and their big two scorers shot like crap. Sometimes you just play terrible. Unfortunately for Villanova and Providence, they picked the worst time to be bad.

[kneelb4zerg]

Dunn had foul trouble from the first minute and their big two scorers shot like crap. Sometimes you just play terrible. Unfortunately for Villanova and Providence, they picked the worst time to be bad.

Not as annoyed at Providence given bad draw in Ohio v. Dayton. Nova has no excuse.

[MUAlphaBangura]

How do you even call that a jump ball???????? Amazingly bad!

[Nukem2]

How do you even call that a jump ball???????? Amazingly bad!

Bizarre...