Tourney Time
SportzWiz checking in…Well if you are a basketball fan than the next four days have to be four of your favorite days of the entire year. 16 games today, 16 games tomorrow, 8 more on Saturday and 8 on Sunday. With the tournament tipping off at 12:20 today I just wanted to provide an open forum where you can talk about the tourney. All topics are open, final four picks, sleepers, guys you are looking at for draft purposes, if your watching the tournament let us know your thoughts going in and throughout the day.
Also on WashingtonWizards.com there is a poll with some fun questions to answer regarding the tournament. Some questions are Wizards related, while others are just tournament based. Click here to check that out.
WIZARDS PLAYER BRACKETS
Andray Blatche
Randy Foye
Mike Miller
Quinton Ross
Posted: March 18th, 2010 under Wizards.
Comments
Comment from dlts20
Time March 18, 2010 at 11:35 AM
Blatche says he’s underpaid
http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/03/17/much-improved-blatche-could-head-nba-all-underpaid-team/
Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 18, 2010 at 11:39 AM
well, it’ll make up for all the times when he was inconsistent and overpaid
Comment from gray16
Time March 18, 2010 at 1:07 PM
good, every player should have to earn their money. and it wasn’t until now that blatche has produced this good, and if he keeps it up, he’ll get more money.
Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 18, 2010 at 1:19 PM
Ok just thought I would post, I would love to see Steve Blake on the roster next year, and I LOVE the best PG in the NCAA’s that nobody talks about BYU’s Jimmer Fredette (lets draft this kid 
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Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 18, 2010 at 1:59 PM
Fredette has put up great numbers! Might be a player, why not? I’m w/ you; lets grab him.
Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 18, 2010 at 2:35 PM
with 4 minutes to go, scottie reynolds is having the worst game of his collegiate career.
i hope this is not the way for this senior to end his college playing days. ouch!
and yes, the 15th-seed is up on scottie’s 2-seed.
Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 18, 2010 at 2:39 PM
WOW, what a great couole of games, ODU with the upset win, and what an overtine game Florida vs BYU! Can you say double overtime!!
Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 18, 2010 at 2:42 PM
Wow Robert Morris is giving Nova all they can handle, should J Wright have benched his 2 best players to start the game, hmmmmmm?
Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 18, 2010 at 2:43 PM
And BYU is getting some great guard play, and Lloyd Jr is having a grea and career game! And Fredette, I hope we have the scouts looking at him!
Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 18, 2010 at 2:51 PM
Fredette is LIGHTS OUT 35 and counting!!!!!!!
Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 18, 2010 at 2:52 PM
Overtime for Nova and Robert Morris, what a game! Been some great 1st round games!
Comment from millie mill
Time March 18, 2010 at 2:57 PM
I don’t know Jimmer Fredette but looked him up and he sounds really good. Even his Weaknesses aren’t that bad. Sounds good for a #30 pick.
Comment from SportzWiz
Time March 18, 2010 at 3:00 PM
this could go down as the best 3 game start to any ncaa tourney ever.
Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 18, 2010 at 3:03 PM
@SportzWiz, I was really thinking the same thing, and Man my bracket is already in shambles, lol.
@Millie-Fredette is the REAL deal, I dont even think he will be around at pick 30! Go to youtube and check the BYU homepage, after the NCAA’s he will no longer be UNDERATED.
Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 18, 2010 at 3:13 PM
What a game! Nova and Robert Morris
Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 18, 2010 at 3:15 PM
robert morris has 1 desperation 3pt shot left to get it to double ot
Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 18, 2010 at 3:17 PM
man, nova ESCAPED in a game they really should have lost!
Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 18, 2010 at 3:22 PM
Yes Nova, got lucky and the CLOSER Scottie Reynolds, but what an effort by Robert Morris
Comment from gray16
Time March 18, 2010 at 3:28 PM
knew that nova game was going to be good, but still can’t wait for texas vs wake, that should be a battle
Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 18, 2010 at 3:50 PM
don’t let texas’ “low seed number” fool anyone – they’re a well coached team by rick barnes
Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 18, 2010 at 3:51 PM
Comment from gray16
Time March 18, 2010 at 3:28 PM
knew that nova game was going to be good
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lol @ gray16 – without google cheating, you can’t tell me where robert morris is even located!
Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 18, 2010 at 3:52 PM
at the end, robert morris-villanova was like
steelers fans vs. eagles fans … if you get my drift
Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 18, 2010 at 4:05 PM
Man it looks like Richmond will also have there hands full with St Mary’s as well
Comment from SportzWiz
Time March 18, 2010 at 4:31 PM
this tourney’s unreal…thats all i have to say, i just keep looking at the scores every so often and its unreal these lower rank teams just keep hanging around.
Comment from SportzWiz
Time March 18, 2010 at 4:33 PM
Also, we were just faxed brackets by a few Wizards players and will be posting those shortly.
Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 18, 2010 at 4:43 PM
Wow, what a buzzer beater by Murray State, this has to be the BEST opening day that I can remember!
Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 18, 2010 at 4:53 PM
Parity in college sports is on the upswing, that is why I say the best players may not be the ones on our tv screens, the best players that we draft may not have been on a tv screen yet.
Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 18, 2010 at 5:00 PM
Samhan for Murray State, is really taking Richmond to task, wow
Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 18, 2010 at 5:01 PM
I meant for St Mary’s, NO DISRESPECT Mr. Singelton, lol
Comment from SportzWiz
Time March 18, 2010 at 5:01 PM
got brackets from Mike Miller, Andray Blatche, Quinton Ross, and Randy Foye. Foye had the murray state upset, nobody had ODU. Not surprising Mike Miller had Florida.
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 18, 2010 at 6:20 PM
How about M2 calling out Jimmer Fredette at just the right time. What a game.
Michael on the tube talking about taking over the Bobcats. Hope he can be successful there.
I was once on a golf course one foursome in front of Michael (who was playing w/ John Elway, Mario Lemieux and some actor). We waited to see Michael come in on the 18th. I tell you one thing — he makes a golf court look extremely small!
Comment from SportzWiz
Time March 18, 2010 at 6:32 PM
Andray Blatche’s, Randy Foye’s, Mike Miller’s, and Quinton Ross’ brackets.
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 18, 2010 at 6:34 PM
What a great first day of the tournament! Go Murray State! Go Fredette!
Comment from neal
Time March 18, 2010 at 6:52 PM
Anyone know when the Tex Longhorns are playing? Televised?
Comment from gray16
Time March 18, 2010 at 7:17 PM
lol @ wizfusion, you are right, but i could tell you that i’ve never seen a boring villanova game lol
didn’t think it would be that good, but i knew it would be a good game
texas is playing at 9:30 i believe, that should be the game of the day
although there have been some great games today
Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 18, 2010 at 8:38 PM
Georgetown better suck it up, or they will be sitting with us….
Comment from HardCoreFan
Time March 18, 2010 at 10:34 PM
I was cheering for Georgetown 
Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 19, 2010 at 12:10 AM
the wiz is having a down season, but judging by this sports video on the clippers, well – you be the judge
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/fatal_staples_center_collapse
Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 19, 2010 at 12:44 AM
@Tom-did M2 call out Fredette before I did? If so major
As for Georgetown, SPEECHLESS
What an amazing day of basketball
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 19, 2010 at 7:31 AM
My bad — it was you jeffmalone1990. you get credit for Fredette!
It really was a terrific first day of the tournament. Last game I saw was Washington beating Marquette — an exciting game to say the least. Pondexter is a nice player.
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 19, 2010 at 7:50 AM
We signed Shaun Livingston for the rest of the year, and we gave Gee his 2d ten-day contract — and I guess will probably wind up signing him too.
About SL, Flip said the team will “keep working with him to see if he can get through this physically, the rest of the year.” Gives you an idea what a struggle the kid faces.
As the record stands right now, and barring the effect of the ping pong balls, we have pick 4 in the draft. We might get someone good with that.
Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 19, 2010 at 9:32 AM
This years Steph Curry, you guessed it BYU’s Fredette (JR PG) and his backcourt mate Loyd is one exciting backcourt and will be fun to watch in the next game, draft this kid!
The 63 combined points is the most by two Cougars in an NCAA tournament game in BYU history and only the second time two Cougars have scored at least 20 points in the same NCAA tourney contest.
Fredette and Loyd scored 16 of BYU’s 18 points in the second overtime to finally pull the Cougars ahead for good. Loyd shot the Cougars ahead with a quick trey to begin the overtime, followed by a free throw after Fredette sank two of his own from the line.
Fredette stroked a three-pointer from the top of the key to put BYU (30-5) ahead 90-83 with 2:42 left, then hit another from long distance to ultimately stretch the lead out of reach of the Gators (21-13).
“Those two big threes he hit late, we’ve seen that all year long,” said BYU head coach Dave Rose, who claimed his first NCAA tournament win as head coach. “He’s a really versatile guy and hard to stop from scoring. You never really expect him to miss, especially when he gets to the rim.”
The junior point guard tied a BYU NCAA tournament record with 37 points on 13-of-26 shooting from the field, including 3-of-8 from three and 8-of-10 from the free throw line for his eighth game of the season with 30 or more points. Fredette’s NCAA effort matched that of former BYU All-American Danny Ainge, who scored 37 points in a 1981 second-round win over UCLA.
Loyd came through for BYU time and time again, including all six of BYU’s points in the first overtime. He scored a career-high 26 points on 7-of-10 shooting with three treys and a career-best 9-of-10 from the charity stripe. Loyd also had four steals, tying his career high.
“He was unbelievable,” said Rose. “He played on attack. Not only offensively, but he was really disruptive defensively and gave us a chance by holding down [Florida’s Erving] Walker and [Kenny] Boynton, two really, really good guards.”
Comment from gray16
Time March 19, 2010 at 10:20 AM
today morgan state goes against wvu. while i’ll be rooting for morgan i know who will win that match lol. unless morgan can pull probably the biggest upset yet.
tonight’s georgia tech/oklahoma state game is going to be crazy. both teams have two superstars in james anderson and derrick favors. this should be an exciting match.
Comment from dlts20
Time March 21, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Is it me or does it seem like we play Izzo alot? I like our veteran leadership and I think that will carry us in this one. Kansas is out so its all up for grabs in that bracket if we get past this one. Dont let them bully us like theyve done sometimes in the past. Again, I think Vasquez is do for a big game and will show up.
Comment from dlts20
Time March 21, 2010 at 5:05 PM
man that game was crazy. Just waited too long to get going. We either got stops but couldnt score or we scored but couldnt get stops. Never put them both together until the end. I am upset at that last defensive possession though because it seemed like our D just relaxed and thought the game was over. That was way too clean of a look for that situation. No way shoud he be able to step into a straight ahead J like that at the end.
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Comment from gray16
Time March 18, 2010 at 9:37 AM
thanks for the section sportzwiz, this should be an exciting tournament for sure
can’t wait for the villanova game today and the wake forrest game tonight