Hoops

NCAA Tournament 2017

Dicky V is a gem and a gentleman.

Come on Dicky V is great!!! He is way more entertaining than half the guys out there. Refs were absolute rubbish today. I don't think either team was great on the night but the refs should have let them play. Both have been solid throughout the tourney so very unfortunate for Zags to have lost it in the last minute.
Overall a pretty disappointing end to March Madness.

Agree anon 754. It was pitiful.

^ Sounds like NBL

The spectacle of the mens final stuffed up by referees. So many poor decisions made the game a slog to watch.
The Zsgs could feel aggrieved with their bigs in foul trouble so early.
I don't support either team, but NC got the better of the calls - or at least the calls that mattered.
Slight or no contact fouls called when players were competing for a rebound, yet no calls made when there was hard contact on several lay ups.
And if all that wasn't bad enough, we had to endure Dick Vitale who thinks he commentates only to fifteen year olds. Retire you old fart, you're terrible!!

just googled(probably should have done that first) she is a junior, so Id say she had amateur contracts, lots do it.

If they are on amateur contracts they can play college, but the question should be how can she when shes been out of highschool this long as well, NCAAA have time limits on when you finish highschool to when you begin college, shes a 95 born player, those players would/should be finishing their Junior year and about to start senior(final year) of college ....sounds very stange, is it the same Tania Mangakahia or a younger one?

How does Mangakahia play in the NCAA after playing professionally in the WNBL and SEABL ?

Same too for Horvat at Ucla with lots of openings at sf available
and Mangakahia at Syracuse with there primary point guard leaving.

They have a bunch of guards and wings coming in next year and by the looks of there roster very few bigs. She might get big minutes at the 4 spot underneath 6'7 Mccowan.
Only 1 other forward on the roster whos not leaving as a senior.

Chloe Bibby could be walking into an NCAA Championship winning team!

Last Aussie to do that was Mangok Mathiang at Louisville.

Chloe Bibby must be excited about next year.

Some very close games, could have gone either way @hoopie, but it is the NCAA Madness, anything can happen and usually does.

Those areas are strong, but no stronger than others, there is four left so they got through and isn't it great!!

So, the final four is decided.

Interesting that it's two teams from the Carolinas and two from the North-West of the USA.

Is it just coincidence, or are these areas strong for a reason?

ok understood

Ran tut (6'9 junior Aussie at South Carolina)

"ran tuts"?

Humphries at Kentucky out of tournament losing to North Carolina.

Gak at Florida out losing to ran tuts South Carolina.

Smith at Stanford through to final 4, will face South Carolina or Florida state.

Wallace at Baylor showed why she's a 2 guard and not a pg.
Losing to Mississippi state in elite 8.

Do they not teach ball handling at the COE?
All of the athletes in college that trained there suck at handling the ball.

Vandenberg, yaegar and trinder of Oregon will face uconn in elite 8 tomorrow.

With 107 all time NCAA Tournament wins as against 35 losses I'd say Duke is well in front of your "woofing Gods". They'll be back there again next year.

Duke Fan say hello to the woofing gods.

Baylor(Wallace), Stanford(Smith) and Oregon(Vandenberg, Yaegar, Trinder) through to the sweet 16.

Next game
Baylor 1 vs Louisville 4
Stanford 2 vs Texas 3
Oregon 10 vs Maryland 3

interesting point Bear - some upsets in the women as well

Sweet 16 and no Duke teams, is that a first?

Ooooh....burn. Must have taken you hours to come up with that zinger

@Duke Fan suck on it!

Ran tut beats jack white

Bugger

If the bracket stays the same next year in he women's, were going to have a lot more Aussies in the tournament.

Walllace-Baylor
Smith-Stanford
Yaegar-Oregon
Dennis-Dayton
Anastasieska-California
Hatchard-Montana state
Collect-Gonzaga
Horvat-Ucla
Bibby-Mississippi State
Mangakahia-Syracuse
Kennedy Hopoate-Iowa State

Baylor, Oregon, Stanford and California left in the women's.

Remaining teams with Aussies..
Potential final 4

Louisville
Kentucky
Baylor
Arizona

Saint Mary's gone 2nd round, that's another few Aussies gone 6/7 I think.

Gone 1st round...

Moneke-UC Davis
Cooks- Winthrop
Vasljevic-Miami

14 Aussie males left who head into round 2.

Saint Mary's doing it easy just into the 2nd half

Chima Moneke and UC Davis win their first four game to advance to play #1 Kansas!

Moneke had 18p & 12 rebounds.

Nice LC, keep us updated! Can't wait for the first round of games, huge!

Nice one! The more the merrier.

Breaking down the NCAA Tournament brackets for the 17 Australian men and 10 teams in action.

Breaking down the NCAA Tourney brackets for the Aussie men

Joined that group, should be a cracker!

A total of 15 Australians across 9 teams have been drawn to play in the 2017 NCAA Tournament.

Joining those who had qualified with automatic bids thanks to winning conference tournaments were a host of nationally ranked teams, including #9 Baylor, #10 Louisville, #17 Florida and #19 Saint Mary’s.

We take a look at the teams and the brackets as they were drawn.

The ultimate guide on the Aussies in March Madness

Go Montana State !

Really looking forward to seeing if Duke get the No 1 seed they deserve

The 2017 NCAA Tournament Bracket Challenge set up! Join in on the fun.

The Pick and Roll Bracket Challenge

It's coming!

Is there a Hoops bracket challenge? Could be fun on ESPN...

Chima Moneke and UC Davis are dancing for the first time after winning the Big West tournament, holding off regular season champions UC Irvine 50-47. They are just one of a number of teams boasting Australian’s who have earned automatic bids to play in the 2017 NCAA Tournament.

MVP Moneke, Pinder and White are dancing

Keanu Pinder first start of the season... in the PAC12 title game.

You can watch repeats anytime you like, it's college basketball, is no a world event that's going to change the course of history mate

Oh sorry Anon guess you wouldn't know what March Madness is about. Go back to watching your hockey.

^ a true hooper pulls a sickie for a basketball game )

What for a college game ....haha, get real

Dukes come from behind win vs UNC was huge today. Should be some great Conference finals on show tomorrow. Anyone else calling in sick come Friday?