Can anyone play with a lead anymore?

[TPowell]

Davidson chokes away an easy win against Marquette

Memphis about blows a win over a Saint Mary's team who played awful

North Carolina was up almost 20 and blew it in like less than 10 minutes.

Temple just about blew an easy win against a clueless NC State team.

La Salle almost choked away an 18 point halftime lead (was down in last 2 minutes)

Illinois was up 16 at half and got down in the second half before winning.



Seriously, some of these are well coached teams (Temple, La Salle, Davidson) and they still choke away leads. Not bitching about results. I won my Temple, La Salle, Illinois, and Davidson bets (lost the STM bet and have UNC now).

[cherub]

all you need to know is: oh look - let's play the live lines...

It's 123

[TPowell]

all you need to know is: oh look - let's play the live lines...

It's 123

true, but this shit isn't that complicated. Hard to believe how bad teams are at closing now

[2daBank]

davidson was heartbreaker for me, had them in sweet 16 and ml of coarse..left the house think they were up 9 with a minute and change, turn on radio and announcer saying marq just hit 3 3s in a row,,,on bright side been knocking ml dogs out the park today, i dont care if they make me sweat long as they hold the fukk on!

[TPowell]

davidson was heartbreaker for me, had them in sweet 16 and ml of coarse..left the house think they were up 9 with a minute and change, turn on radio and announcer saying marq just hit 3 3s in a row,,,on bright side been knocking ml dogs out the park today, i dont care if they make me sweat long as they hold the fukk on!

true but something tells me UNC blows this rooster_eater and I bet the ML -200

[2daBank]

true but something tells me UNC blows this rooster_eater and I bet the ML -200

i have them as well.fla gulf coast scaring me not hitting enough fts gonna let gtown get close..that the ml i want..

[BigDofBA]

Didn't all of these teams win expect for Davidson?

[TPowell]

Didn't all of these teams win expect for Davidson?

yeah, but they all had to fight at the end to do so after being up 15+

[BigDofBA]

They still won though and that's the bottom line.

[TPowell]

They still won though and that's the bottom line.

lol are you kidding me? Come on man, you've been around too long to say that stupid shit.

[BigDofBA]

lol are you kidding me? Come on man, you've been around too long to say that stupid shit.

I didn't say anything stupid. You're making a huge deal out of nothing. All of these teams except Davidson won and you said Davidson blew "an easy win". That's a stupid statement. It was a 4 point game with two minutes left. That's anything but any easy win, especially in the tournament.

- UNC beat a 9 seed as an 8 seed
- Lasalle beat a 4 seed as a 13 seed
- Temple beat an 8 seed as a 9 seed
- Illinois won by 8 points.
- Memphis won

So of all these teams you're criticizing, only one lost and that was because they "blew" a two possession game in the final two minutes.

So you're saying Lasalle and Temple choked even though they both covered, won straight up, and were underdogs? I don't think I'm the one saying stupid shit here.

[cbiscuit]

It is crazy and it started with the Conference Tourns. - all these friggin streaks and teams coughing up 15 point leads... not just in a couple games, it seems like dozens at this point. Even the teams that end up winning seem to have given up huge leads and let the inferior team take a lead before finally sealing deal. Never seen it like that in the past. At some point you have to blame the coaching but I don't think thats where the problem lies.