# Is This a Tournament or is This a Tournament?!?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-tournament-or-is-this-a-tournament/163629 "2003-03-23T22:12:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-tournament-or-is-this-a-tournament/163629/1 "2003-03-23T22:12:37Z")
Arizona & Gonzaga’s epic battle to reach the Sweet 16 Little Butler turns giant killer Marquette’s perfect overtime Drew Nicholas’ running three to give Maryland the win over UNC-Wilmington Wisconsin coming back from 13 down with four minutes to play to win on a last-seconc three Indiana rallying from 11 down at halftime to beat 'Bama Purdue blowing LSU off the court E. Tennessee nearly beating a No. 2 seed This is one of the best first weekends of the NCAA tournament ever. And it ain’t even over. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-tournament-or-is-this-a-tournament/163629/2 "2003-03-23T23:37:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Peyote Coyote \* > \*\* > > This is one of the best first weekends of the NCAA tournament ever. And it ain’t even over. \*\* I say that every year though. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-tournament-or-is-this-a-tournament/163629/3 "2003-03-23T23:52:59Z")
I concur. _This_ is a tournament! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-tournament-or-is-this-a-tournament/163629/4 "2003-03-23T23:53:58Z")
Yeah, I just saw where Auburn knocked off Wake Forest. ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-tournament-or-is-this-a-tournament/163629/5 "2003-03-24T01:16:54Z")
Yep, I’m loving it. I didn’t have high hopes for my Terps but after slipping past UNC- Wilmington, we manhandled Xavier and their “player of the year” West. Yeah, right. _You can’t play defense, buddy_. So a repeat isn’t likely, but at least we beat the odds. ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-tournament-or-is-this-a-tournament/163629/6 "2003-03-24T01:22:47Z")
Kick-ass show as always, even though I have no rooting interest whatsoever. A great antidote for the passionless snorefest that is the NBA. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-tournament-or-is-this-a-tournament/163629/7 "2003-03-24T01:32:15Z")
I have to admit I really get pissed when Dan Rather keeps cutting in… especially during the first round when they broke in every ten minutes, and then switched to ESPN without saying anything… I mean, there’s twenty news channels to watch if I want to know about Iraq, only CBS controls the damn games, so why do they think I’m watching CBS? ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-tournament-or-is-this-a-tournament/163629/8 "2003-03-24T02:15:02Z")
Man, I’m loving this year’s tourney – even if my bracket has gone to hell in a handbasket already. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-tournament-or-is-this-a-tournament/163629/9 "2003-03-24T05:07:47Z")
Gotta love my hometown Badgers staging the comeback. Their reward is Kentucky, yikes. Great tourney so far. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-tournament-or-is-this-a-tournament/163629/10 "2003-03-24T05:32:44Z")
Is no one going to give props to Syracuse for coming back from 17 down to win? Geez, I thought that game was over like 10 minutes in. Then again, they have won games in which they have trailed in the second half 12 or 13 times this year, so maybe no one is surprised anymore? And war Michigan State–finally one of my upsets came through! (I wouldn’t count picking Utah and Gonzaga in the first round as an upset, the 8-9 and even the 7-10 games are pretty much toss-ups). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Mook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Mr.Mook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Mook)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-tournament-or-is-this-a-tournament/163629/11 "2003-03-24T05:33:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Murcielago \* > \*\*Kick-ass show as always, even though I have no rooting interest whatsoever. A great antidote for the passionless snorefest that is the NBA. \*\* Boy is that ever true - I can barely watch the highlights on ESPN. Did you see the guy who tried to get a triple double by shooting at the wrong basket? Eejit. :rolleyes: