NCAA Tournament LiveBlog (Round of 64 – Thursday)

Midwest Regional

No. 14 Valparaiso Crusaders vs. No. 3 Michigan State Spartans, 12:15 p.m. ET, CBS

No. 13 New Mexico State Aggies vs. No. 4 Saint Louis Billikens, 2:10 p.m. ET, TNT

No. 11 St. Mary’s Gaels vs. No. 6 Memphis Tigers, approx. 2:40 p.m. ET, CBS

No. 12 Oregon Ducks vs. No. 5 Oklahoma State Cowboys, approx. 4:40 p.m. ET, TNT

No. 16 North Carolina A&T Aggies vs. No. 1 Louisville Cardinals, 6:50 p.m. ET, TBS

No. 9 Missouri Tigers vs. No. 8 Colorado State Rams, approx. 9:20 p.m. ET, TBS

West Regional

No. 9 Wichita State Shockers vs. No. 8 Pittsburgh Panthers, 1:40 p.m. ET, TBS

No. 16 Southern Jaguars vs. No. 1 Gonzaga Bulldogs, approx. 4:10 p.m. ET, TBS

No. 11 Belmont Bruins vs. No. 6 Arizona Wildcats, 7:20 p.m. ET, TNT

No. 14 Harvard Crimson vs. No. 3 New Mexico Lobos, approx. 9:50 p.m. ET, TNT

South Regional

No. 13 South Dakota State Jackrabbits vs. No. 4 Michigan Wolverines, 7:15 p.m. ET, CBS

No. 12 Akron Zips vs. No. 5 VCU Rams, approx. 9:45 p.m. ET, CBS

East Regional

No. 11 Bucknell Bison vs. No. 6 Butler Bulldogs, 12:40 p.m. ET, TruTV

No. 14 Davidson Wildcats vs. No. 3 Marquette Golden Eagles, approx. 3:10 p.m. ET, TruTV

No. 12 California Golden Bears vs. No. 5 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels, 7:27 p.m. ET, TruTV

No. 13 Montana Grizzlies vs. No. 4 Syracuse Orange, approx. 9:57 p.m. ET, TruTV

About 1.21 Jigawatts

Class of '98, Mechanical Engineer, State fan since arriving on campus and it's been a painful ride ever since. I live by the Law of NC State Fandom, "For every Elation there is an equal and opposite Frustration."

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192 Responses to NCAA Tournament LiveBlog (Round of 64 – Thursday)

  1. BJD95 03/21/2013 at 7:03 PM #

    I hope this scare focuses the Zags like BC’s did Miami!!

  2. Wufpacker 03/21/2013 at 7:11 PM #

    Zags’ and Marquette’s survival gives me 7/8 of the early games.

    Again I repeat….eff you Pitt.

  3. TheCOWDOG 03/21/2013 at 7:11 PM #

    I’ve made mention of the zone that my old man gave to the game. The match up.

    Petino has it in its original form. A morphing 1-2-2. Traps included

  4. BJD95 03/21/2013 at 7:15 PM #

    Oh shite, COWDOG is Richard Pitino!!!

    Hee hee.

  5. TheCOWDOG 03/21/2013 at 7:26 PM #

    Jr. Mind you

  6. TheAliasTroll 03/21/2013 at 7:27 PM #

    Is this Michigan/SDSU feed shit for anyone else? Or is it the court they are playing on?

  7. TheAliasTroll 03/21/2013 at 7:27 PM #

    Is this Michigan/SDSU feed sh!t for anybody else or is it just the court they’re playing on?

  8. TheAliasTroll 03/21/2013 at 7:29 PM #

    These jack rabbits think they tough

  9. BJD95 03/21/2013 at 7:33 PM #

    I picked the Jackrabbits in 2 of 3. Because of the cool nickname. And because they don’t run the Princeton O.

  10. TheAliasTroll 03/21/2013 at 7:35 PM #

    Well i’m officially starting to get nervous for this Temple game. I believe Gott has communicated to the team the importance of the game… it’s a matter of whether the team is bright enough to have let it sink in.

  11. wufpup76 03/21/2013 at 7:38 PM #

    I like Wichita – a lot. And it has nothing to do with the Zags being a poor 1 seed …

    “Is this Michigan/SDSU feed sh!t for anybody else or is it just the court they’re playing on?”

    ^Bad for me too. TNT, TBS, and tru coming through in glorious HD just fine.

  12. TheAliasTroll 03/21/2013 at 7:40 PM #

    BJD, you love the non-conventional picks! This 2013 tournament I think will be ripe with them winning.

  13. BJD95 03/21/2013 at 7:43 PM #

    Definitely not as clear as the others, now that you mention it.

    Wichita/Zags will be an awesome game. Some very interesting 1 vs 8/9 matchups possible.

    I’m not worried or overconfident about tomorrow. We’ve been playing with heart, that’s all I ask. What happens, happens. Gonna watch hoops all weekend regardless. 😀

  14. TheAliasTroll 03/21/2013 at 7:44 PM #

    Shockers to the bank, they going to be at least 3 to 1 underdog too.

    I should apologize for my incessant ranting.. I rarely drink but gotten into the ‘Hell’s Belle’ 7% beer and it’s making me feel invincible. Thankfully I can look at my bracket to bring me back down to earth.

  15. BJD95 03/21/2013 at 7:45 PM #

    Upset picks feel soooo good when they hit. Even if more chalk would maybe pay off better.

    All my pools have seed bonuses built into the scoring structure.

  16. TheAliasTroll 03/21/2013 at 7:49 PM #

    “All my pools have seed bonuses built into the scoring structure.”

    so sounds like you have more incentive to pick upsets then

  17. BJD95 03/21/2013 at 7:51 PM #

    Yeah, if I could get good moneyline odds in the sportsbook…Wichita State to win outright is a smart bet. I think this is Gonzaga’s toughest matchup outside of Ohio State. And this is from a Zags believer.

    A wide open tourney is so much fun to watch. Unlike what the announcers say…I don’t want to see the most predictable heavyweights after the first weekend. I like the unpredictability.

  18. BJD95 03/21/2013 at 7:53 PM #

    Betting against the Pac12 seems not to have been the best strategy. Though I wasn’t sold on UNLV. They lost to the shitty version of the Holes, and at home to Fresno in their regular season finale.

  19. TheCOWDOG 03/21/2013 at 7:54 PM #

    Alias, don’t apologize for shit, best time of the year.

    Oh, ( aside) How long have you known me not to be a player?

  20. wufpup76 03/21/2013 at 8:04 PM #

    “A wide open tourney is so much fun to watch. Unlike what the announcers say…I don’t want to see the most predictable heavyweights after the first weekend. I like the unpredictability.”

    ^It galls me to no end when media heads say “everyone” or “we” want to see the big boys / heavyweights play … Umm, speak for yourself, please. That’s part of what makes it fun to pull for the underdogs … give those elitist bastards a good what-for.

  21. Wufpacker 03/21/2013 at 8:08 PM #

    Pitino? Louisville? IIRC that’s bordering on blasphemy ain’t it ‘Dog?

    Isn’t that the D that shoulda become known as “the Wildcat” long before any bastardized NFL offense took the name? Something ‘Ville fans should have come to fear?

    Or am I misremembering something here?

  22. MrPlywood 03/21/2013 at 8:10 PM #

    Thoughts on the last charge call in the AZ game? Charge? Block? No call?

  23. Alpha Wolf 03/21/2013 at 8:13 PM #

    What was the story about Pitino and Fowler again? Seems I remember that Rick Pitino wanted to come to coach NC State and the royal screwup wouldn’t call him.

  24. Alpha Wolf 03/21/2013 at 8:16 PM #

    it’s a matter of whether the team is bright enough to have let it sink in.

    I think that Howell, Wood and most of the other kids will get it.

    The one that has to…HAS TO…get it is Zo Brown. He’s going to face up with Temple’s version of Green and he’s going to need a game like he had last week against Green to keep him from penetrating and scoring at will.

    As for Calvin, this is his last chance to show his potential employers he has a whole game. Whether or not he chooses to do so is up to him.

  25. TheAliasTroll 03/21/2013 at 8:17 PM #

    So like, Missouri is 2.5 point favorite against Colorado State.

    I mean come on… Missouri athletes without a coach could cover that right? What your thoughts fellow SFN posters?

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