So much for the Big12 Men

[Oliver Hardy]

Iowa State and Baylor, both 3 seeds knocked out in first round in men's NCAA's today.

It was supposed to be one of the toughest conferences too.

Let's hope it isn't catching.

On Edit: Apparently we can add TexASS to the list.

Big 12 0-3.

Please, Lord, don't let this happen to the girls.

 

[gosooner2]

Top RPI conference doesn't mean a lot! Think about that!

 

[MsProudSooner]

The Big XII was good because it was balanced, not because it had numerous NC contenders. ISU played uninspired basketball. Baylor played stupid basketball. Texas played Texas basketball.

 

[euphguy]

The Big XII was good because it was balanced, not because it had numerous NC contenders. ISU played uninspired basketball. Baylor played stupid basketball. Texas played Texas basketball.

+1. This. I don't like it when people say "The Big 12 sucks" based on some early exits. That's a ridiculous notion. You play one game (or more, if you're lucky) as opposed to 18 throughout the conference season.

 

[giraffespots]

All I know is on my men's bracket, the only games I missed were Baylor, ISU and Texas. DOH! And I had Baylor and ISU going to sweet 16. Double DOH!

 

[YCN]

My bracket was decimated. I'm at 12.5% among brackets submitted. I picked a number of upsets, just not the ones that happened.

First time the Big 12 has gone 0-3 in the first round ever. Baylor's and ISU's losses were just hard to fathom, very poor performance from both teams.

 

[YCN]

ISU is getting roughed up by Dayton, trailing 43-60 with 11:12 to play.

ISU is unusually average this year, which is an aberration from their annual excellence.

BTW, the so-called "whip around" coverage by ESPN is a total joke. They've stuck all game with 4 Duke against 13 Albany, without a peek-in at any other game. Rather than cut in to other games at halftime, they gave us Barak-etology for the 4 zillionth time.

 

[YCN]

ISU is rallying, now down by just 12 with 9:34 to play.

 

[YCN]

The Twister Sisters are now down by just 7...

 

[YCN]

13-seed Albany is leading 4-seed Duke by one with 3:56 left...

 

[YCN]

ISU is about to lose to Dayton. You know that old saying, "live by the 3, die by the 3".

ISU is 7-28 on threes today.

 

[YCN]

Albany up by 2 over Duke with under a minute left.

 

[YCN]

Unbelievable.

After sticking with Duke-Albany for the entire game, they cut away with Albany leading with just over 30 seconds left.

They are now back at that game after Arkansas upset Northwestern. It's still a 2 point game.

 

[YCN]

Duke hits a 3, up 1 with 14.9 left.

 

[YCN]

Duke barely survives the scare, 54-52. Albany barely missed a three that would have won the game.

 

[sybarite]

Albany over Duke would have been remarkable. But, I would not have been surprised. Washington came back, but lost it at the end.