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Beilein would not elaborate on what led to the ejection, but assistant coach Saddi Washington, who filled in for Beilein in the second half of an eventual 79-65 loss to the Big Ten’s last-place team, provided some clarification.

Beilein was upset about a screen that sent Michigan’s Zavier Simpson to the floor on the final possession of the half. There was no whistle, and Penn State scored a layup just before the buzzer to take a 40-27 lead.

“It was one of those bang-bang things,” Washington said. “I thought (Simpson) did a good job of guarding their guy. That call could have went either way if it was an illegal screen. They didn’t call it, they scored, and then what happened happened.

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 2:43 pm I only saw the end of the game, but Beilein being such a hot-tempered problem maker is another reason why UCLA should avoid him like the plague. Ejected in this game, ejected previously about 40 years ago in another game - it's definitely a pattern.

I don't buy officiating conspiracies, but I do have to share this item that is circulating. Michigan is 22-3 overall this year. They are 1-3 in games officiated by this crew (a win in the season opener against Norfolk State).

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 3:09 pm The sole highlight of Utah's otherwise mediocre season is coming back from 22 down in the second half and beating UCLA with a 3 at the buzzer last Saturday.



(Apologies to Pyper)

Remus West wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 3:01 pm

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 2:43 pm I only saw the end of the game, but Beilein being such a hot-tempered problem maker is another reason why UCLA should avoid him like the plague. Ejected in this game, ejected previously about 40 years ago in another game - it's definitely a pattern.

I don't buy officiating conspiracies, but I do have to share this item that is circulating. Michigan is 22-3 overall this year. They are 1-3 in games officiated by this crew (a win in the season opener against Norfolk State).

I didn't realize it was the same crew but I remember being underwhelmed with the officials in the Iowa game. I remember thinking they were a little biased possibly but mostly they sucked big time.

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 2:21 pm In other news, UCLA managed to blow a 22-point second half lead to Utah over the weekend (congrats Skiny!), but then Louisville stepped up and said, "Hold my beer"

A 2017 phone conversation intercepted by the FBI between LSU coach Will Wade and basketball middleman Christian Dawkins features Wade speaking freely about a “strong-ass offer” he made in the recruitment of a prospect, Yahoo Sports has learned.

On part of the call, Wade expresses frustration that a third party affiliated with the recruitment had yet to accept Wade’s “offer.” Instead, a verbal commitment to LSU was being delayed because Wade theorized he hadn’t given the third party a big “enough piece of the pie in the deal” and instead “tilted” the offer toward the player and his mother.

“I was thinking last night on this Smart thing,” Wade said. “I’ll be honest with you, I’m [expletive] tired of dealing with the thing. Like I’m just [expletive] sick of dealing with the [expletive]. Like, this should not be that [expletive] complicated.”

There is no elaboration on what the “Smart thing” is. Javonte Smart is currently a freshman guard at LSU and formerly a top-50 recruit from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 1:59 pm On a more fun note, what about Zavier Simpson's hook shot? Dude is reported to be 6 foot even (and programs never exaggerate the height of players), yet he's weaponized a hook shot against much taller competition.

Video in action:


The announcers laugh every time he hits it, and I admit that I do to. It's crazy.

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:Mark Gottfried, formerly at NC State, has now been directly implicated in paying players. An assistant coach said Gottfried gave him two envelopes, presumably filled with cash, to pass along to Dennis Smith Jr.’s trainer. We already knew that DSJ had been paid, and it’s not surprising that Gottfried was involved - he always struck me as pretty slimy.

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:52 am Stupid Syracuse kept me from going 16 for 16 on the first day of my office pool.

ImLawBoy wrote:Stupid Syracuse kept me from going 16 for 16 on the first day of my office pool.

YellowKing wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 12:54 pm This is the first year in a looong time I didn't fill out a bracket. Kind of glad I didn't because I would have got busted bad on the Syracuse and Louisville upsets.

Jaymann wrote:Wow, #13 UC Irvine over #4 Kansas State. They go up against #12 Oregon on Sunday in the upset bowl.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 2:12 pm Upset statistics

16 vs. 1 - 0%
15 vs. 2 - 6.06%
14 vs. 3 - 15.9%
13 vs. 4 - 19.7%
12 vs. 5 - 35.61%
11 vs. 6 - 37.12%

YellowKing wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2019 9:09 pm I know Zion is a force to be reckoned with, but one man doesn't a national championship team make which is why I've been hesitant to get on that bandwagon. That game just proved it.

YellowKing wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2019 9:09 pm Funny how the refs "love" Duke when they win but are apparently fair and neutral when they lose.

With all 12 teams seeded 1-3 and only one team seeded lower than fifth advancing to the Sweet 16, chalky brackets are ruling the roost after the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament. But according to the NCAA, there’s only one perfect bracket remaining out of the millions submitted in contests run by the organization, ESPN, Yahoo, CBS, Fox and Sports Illustrated: an entry dubbed “Center Road” in the NCAA’s bracket challenge.

Picking 48 straight games correctly is quite the accomplishment. The NCAA says it’s the longest streak of correct picks it’s ever seen, shattering the record of 39 set in 2017.