2015 NCAA Mens BB Playoffs

[I-10east]

Maybe it's just me, but conference winners shouldn't have to do the play in game.

Yea that doesnt seem fair, but At least UNF has a chance to win a game.

^^^I agree on both points, although if UNF beats Robert Morris, it's all good; If they lose, I'm going to be salty.

[urbanlibertarian]

CBS Sports broadcast schedule:

All times p.m. and Eastern.

FIRST FOUR
Tuesday
6:40, truTV: No. 16 Manhattan vs. No. 16 Hampton (Brian Anderson, Steve Smith, Lewis Johnson)

Approx. 9:10, truTV: No. 11 BYU vs. No. 11 Ole Miss (Anderson/Smith/Johnson)

Wednesday
6:40, truTV: No. 16 North Florida vs. No. 16 Robert Morris (Ian Eagle, Doug Gottlieb, Evan Washburn)

Approx. 9:10, truTV: No. 11 Boise State. vs. No. 11 Dayton (Eagle/Gottlieb/Washburn)

Round of 64
Thursday Afternoon Window
12:15, CBS: No. 3 Notre Dame vs. No. 14 Northeastern (Anderson/Smith/Johnson)

12:40, truTV: No. 3 Iowa State vs. No. 14 UAB (Verne Lundquist, Jim Spanarkel, Allie LaForce)

1:40, TBS: No. 3 Baylor vs. No. 14 Georgia State (Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, Jamie Erdahl)

2:10, TNT: No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 15 Texas Southern (Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, Dan Bonner, Rachel Nichols)

Approx. 2:45, CBS: No. 6 Butler vs. No. 11 Texas (Anderson/Smith/Johnson)

Approx. 3:10, truTV: No. 6 SMU vs. No. 11 UCLA (Lundquist/Spanarkel/LaForce)

Approx. 4:10, TBS: No. 6 Xavier vs. No. 11s BYU/Ole Miss (Catalon/Lappas/Erdahl)

Approx. 4:40, TNT: VCU vs. Ohio State (Harlan/Miller/Bonner/Nichols)

Thursday Evening Window
6:50, TBS, No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 16 Lafayette (Anderson/Smith/Johnson)

7:10, CBS: No. 8 Cincinnati vs. No. 9 Purdue (Lundquist/Spanarkel/LaForce)

7:20, TNT: No. 4 North Carolina vs. No. 13 Harvard (Catalon/Lappas/Erdahl)

7:27, truTV: No. 5 Utah vs. No. 12 Stephen F. Austin (Harlan/Miller/Bonner/Nichols)

Approx. 9:20, TBS: No. 8 N.C. State vs. No. 9 LSU (Anderson/Smith/Johnson)

Approx. 9:40, CBS: No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 16s Hampton/Manhattan (Lundquist/Spanarkel/LaForce)

Approx. 9:50, TNT: No. 5 Arkansas vs. No. 12 Wofford (Catalon/Lappas/Erdahl)

Approx. 9:57, truTV: No. 4 Georgetown vs. No. 13 Eastern Washington (Harlan/Miller/Bonner/Nichols)

Friday Afternoon Window
12:15, CBS: No. 2 Kansas vs. No. 15 New Mexico State (Marv Albert, Chris Webber, Len Elmore, Craig Sager)

12:40, truTV: No. 7 Michigan State vs. No. 10 Georgia (Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, Tracy Wolfson)

1:40, TBS: No. 5 Northern Iowa vs. No. 12 Wyoming (Spero Dedes, Mike Gminski, Jaime Maggio)

2:10, TNT: No. 5 West Virginia vs. No. 12 Buffalo (Eagle/Gottlieb/Washburn)

Approx. 2:45, CBS: No. 7 Wichita State vs. No. 10 Indiana (Albert/Webber/Elmore/Sager)

Approx. 3:10, truTV: No. 2 Virginia vs. No. 15 Belmont (Nantz/Raftery/Hill/Wolfson)

Approx. 4:10, TBS: No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 13 UC Irvine (Dedes/Gminski/Maggio)

Approx. 4:40, TNT: No. 4 Maryland vs. No. 13 Valparaiso (Eagle/Gottlieb/Washburn)

Friday Evening Window
6:50, TBS: No. 8 Oregon vs. No. 9 Oklahoma State (Albert/Webber/Elmore/Sager)

7:10, CBS: No. 1 Duke vs. No. 16 UNF/Robert Morris (Nantz/Raftery/Hill/Wolfson)

7:20, TNT: No. 7 Iowa vs. No. 10 Davidson (Dedes/Gminski/Maggio)

7:27, truTV: No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 14 Albany (Eagle/Gottlieb/Washburn)

Approx. 9:20, TBS: No. 1 Wisconsin vs. No. 16 Coastal Carolina (Albert/Webber/Elmore/Sager)

Approx. 9:40, CBS: No. 8 San Diego State vs. No. 9 St. John's (Nantz/Raftery/Hill/Wolfson)

Approx. 9:50, TNT: No. 2 Gonzaga vs. No. 15 North Dakota St. (Dedes/Gminski/Maggio)

Approx. 9:57, truTV: No. 6 Providence vs. No. 11s Boise State/Dayton (Eagle/Gottlieb/Washburn)

[Todd_Parker]

It's too bad that Gus Johnson doesn't work for CBS anymore - would love to hear him on the broadcast as UNF upsets Duke in the tourney.

[spuwho]

Per the JBJ:

NCAA bringing records crowds to Jax.....but no amenties noticed.


The NCAA tournament opened with dramatic upsets that left many brackets busted – and re-busted – as the NCAA estimated fewer than 1 percent were still intact after Thursday. It's not called March Madness for no reason.

In Jacksonville, fans were on the edge of their seats – especially for the first three games. The big draw: The North Carolina Tar Heels, who thrilled the crowd with a 67-65 win over Harvard University Crimson.

"North Carolina filled up half the stadium tonight," said Craig Pojol, 59, a retail business owner from Louisiana whose been attending NCAA tournament games for 20 years. "When you get regional teams or all the (lower) seeds together you're always going to have bigger crowds."

For Jacksonville, the event was a chance to showcase the city; it's the third time it's hosted games since 2006. "I think it definitely puts the city on the map," said Pujol's son, Nick, a high school algebra teacher and assistant basketball coach, who in the last three years has traveled to St. Louis, Austin and Memphis for the tournament.

"I had no idea where the University of North Florida was before I came down here and realized that it was in Jacksonville."

One issue: a lack of Downtown amenities.

"We went down to the Landing, but it was dead. It was kind of strange," said Minh Luu, 29, a banker from Louisiana. "My first impression was that they built it when Jacksonville first hosted the Super Bowl. The only place to eat was Hooters. I'm not complaining...I'm just saying."

[fsujax]

Whether we like or not. The Landing is the one "iconic" place that visitors will go to when they visit Downtown. It's best if something is done to make the place attractive again and if is chain restaurants so be it. I would be curious if local places like BG, Chomp Chomp saw any of the basketball crowds.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

Whether we like or not. The Landing is the one "iconic" place that visitors will go to when they visit Downtown. It's best if something is done to make the place attractive again and if is chain restaurants so be it. I would be curious if local places like BG, Chomp Chomp saw any of the basketball crowds.

It think it depends more on the type of crowd that came to the games.  I don't watch college basketball at all, so I wasn't following this, but if the main demographic is the college kids, then they're going to find the trendy places using apps and asking around. If it's their parents, then they're still probably looking for Ruby Tuesday and well.... Hooters, then they're going to be disappointed and wonder why the 'only places to eat' are at the Town Center that is so far away and why the cabs are hard to find and $60+ round trip.

[I-10east]

Duke beat Robert Morris 85-56. That should've been our Ospreys that got blown outta the arena by Duke!!!  

[urbanlibertarian]

Staff at Marks said they had pretty good game related crowd Thursday night that kept wandering by in waves with many stopping, drinking.  Most of the folks in town for this are boosters not students so if we had several chain restaurants DT or near the arena they would be happy.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

...  Most of the folks in town for this are boosters not students so if we had several chain restaurants DT or near the arena they would be happy.

More or less the point I was making.

And without driving people to any specific restaurant save some advertising money coming their way, is there any marketing in place to drive these people towards our districts that are in close proximity, be it 5-points, Avondale or San Marco?

We have some killer options nearby, and even downtown, but Yelp, Urban Spoon et al are all hit and miss in larger cities which turns people off altogether, so I'd like to think that something is in front of the guests to give them a reason to venture out a few miles without going to the nearest Applebees.

[BridgeTroll]

Wisconsin buries Arizona in second half three's   

[I-10east]

VERY good championship game right now!!!

[thelakelander]

Yes, indeed!

[I-10east]

I was rooting for Wisconsin (because I hate the trifecta NC, KY, and Duke) oh well they put up a good fight. That out of bounds call 'on WIS' down the stretch was turrrible. You can clearly see on the replay that it hit the Duke player's finger.  The officials have been screwing up all throughout the tourney.

[BridgeTroll]

What a ride!  Looked to me like Wisky ran out of gas after beating North Carolina... Arizona... and Kentucky.  Duke was a bridge too far...

[I-10east]

Even though I don't like Duke, I gotta give it to Jacksonville's Grayson Allen from Providence High; He was ballin'.