Crimson Red Sports

 :popcorn2: :popcorn2: :popcorn2:

Hall playing well.

Sexton banked in a 3.   :lol2: :lol3:

Great acting job by VT, and Sexton has 2 early fouls.   :(

Sexton on the bench.

VT leads 22-20.

Johnson playing well in Sexton's place.  Tie game 25-25.

VT hitting all of their 3-pt shots right now; keeping them even with us.
We're playing well, but need to find a way to stop the 3's.

Bama 27-26.

VT 6/7 for 3's.  They lead 34-29.

Petty hits a 3, and we have a 7-0 run to take the lead: 36-34.

 #+

VT still hitting 3's.  They lead 41-38.

Back-to-back bad passes (turnovers) by Bama.  We trail 43-38.

Petty at the halftime buzzer for a 3:

VT 43  Bama 41.

Being down by 2 at the half after Virginia Tech shot lights out isn't so bad.  Unfortunately, I don't think we can muster 41 of offense two straight halves either.  Need to hold them close to 30 points this half, which I think we can do if they cool off a bit.

True dat.
Congrats on the fast start in the tournament picks, HL.   :worship: :worship:

Key gets his 3rd foul on VT's first possession.

 :(

Tied game. 
Ingram gets 2 quick fouls; has 3 now.
VT 46  Bama 45

17:04

Another foul on Ingram, and we have 6 already this half.

 :(

Sexton has 5 turnovers, but we only trail by 1: 46-45.

Sexton seems to be protecting against another offensive foul, and isn't playing freely.

 :popcorn2:

VT has a run, and we've had 2 turnovers: VT 50-45.

Key has 4 fouls, fouling a guy shooting a 3.   :(

Petty gets 5 straight points; tie game at 52.

13:39

PETTY AGAIN:  Bama 55-52.

Bama 57  VT 57

11:12 to go.  LOTS of fouls.  VT will soon be in the bonus.

Game has gotten rough.

 :popcorn2:

Hall has 3 fouls now.  Game tied at 63.

8:07.

Our defense is keeping us in this now.  We lead 65-64.

7:31

VT's big man has 4 fouls now.

We lead 66-64.

6:48

Sexton gets both free throws:  Bama 68-64.

6:43.

(https://i.imgur.com/DZlA93W.jpg)

VT's big man fouls out!  Good acting by Hall.

 #+

INGRAM throws it away.   >:( >:(

We had a 70-66 lead and the ball!

4:01

Buffalo 70-58 over Arizona with 9 min to go.   :dunno:

INGRAM with another turnover!   >:( >:(

Bama 70-68

3:13

Last 3 times down we've had 2 turnovers and a shot-clock violation.   :(

Petty with ANOTHER 3: Bama 75-70

1:56

Sexton shooting freethrows.

Bama leads 78-72

1:03

Bama 78-74 and the ball. 

DON'T LET THEM FOUL HALL!!

0:59.3

Robinson fouls out; their point guard!

VT coach gets a technical foul.

Bama 78-74.....

Freethrows.......... Bama leads 79-74

0:48

Check get lost?

It's ours to lose at this point...Sexton is faaaaaaassst.

Wait, Robinson didn't foul out??  He's still on the floor.

 :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:

No, he's DONE.

(https://i.imgur.com/DZlA93W.jpg)

C-H-E-C-H

Nope, I'm good.

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

They got another 3.

Bama 81-77  38 secs to go.

RUN THE damnn CLOCK!!

Sexton frethrows...........

Gets first...............

Gets second.  Bama 83-77

Bama 83-79

26.4 left

Sexton shooting freethrows again.

Bama 85    VT 79

Ingram shooting freethrows..........

Bama 85-79

17.9

(https://i.imgur.com/DZlA93W.jpg)

ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!

I couldn't find the crowd on either forum or any thread!   :lol2: :lol2:

Bama wins!

(https://i.imgur.com/DZlA93W.jpg)

If you'd told me before the game that VT would score 83, I probably wouldn't have even watched.

Words can't describe how thoroughly I enjoyed watching Bama win an NCAA tournament game after over a decade of waiting.

:clap: :clap: :clap:

And don't forget, we have the 4th youngest team in the country.  We have some deep runs in front of us.

Great win against a very good team.  That was a fun game to watch, both teams were going at it.   :clap:

If you told me that (a) Sexton would have 5 (almost 6) turnovers, Jones would have 4, and Ingram 3 for 17 team turnovers; (b) Sexton would get 2 early fouls and sit much of the first half, (c) Ingram would get three quick fouls (4 total) and sit much of the second half, (d) VT would score 83 points, and (e) Key and Reese would be scoreless....

Petty carried the team this game.   #+


Nova is next.  Buckle Up.   :popcorn2:

Thanks for the adjustment, SC.

I may get lost against 'Nova too.   :dunno:

That was me.  You were tarding up my bracket challenge thread.   :lol:

Well thanks to you then.  I went to bed too tired to figure out how to move part of a thread.
 :dunno:

Split topic, then merge topic.   8)

Don't worry guys, I picked VT on purpose. I knew if I did we would win. Now I picked Villanova next so it's in the bag. RTR!

Taking one for the team, eh?
 :worship: :worship:

 :D absolutely! I used my football wisdom. RTR!

What we really need is a pick the score thread, so ricky can have Bama losing a tight game, and SC can predict 99-0.   ;D

The good thing is we seem to win doing this. I sure hope it continues. lol, RTR!