The Basketball Tournament

FCGrizzliesGrad · July 22, 2024, 07:59:29 PM

Another year, another heartbreak. We Are D3 lose to the defending champs Heartfire 70-68. D3 got an easy layup to tie it at 68 with the ending score 69, Heartfire missed a 3 but got a putback to win it.

FCGrizzliesGrad · July 19, 2025, 11:47:43 AM

We Are D3 is back in action today at 1pm eastern against Layne's Hope in the first round of the 2025 tournament.
Game can be seen on the TBT youtube

FCGrizzliesGrad · July 19, 2025, 01:55:45 PM

We Are D3 have a 38-27 lead at halftime. Marcus Azor leads the way with 12 points and 4 rebounds.
D3 are outrebounding Layne's Hope 26-17 and have held them to 29% shooting from the field.

y_jack_lok · July 19, 2025, 02:57:36 PM

Almost gave it away. Entered Elam with a 67-53 lead, but hung to win 75-71. Ty Nichols was clutch on the final two possessions -- a hoop and two FTs to win it.

FCGrizzliesGrad · July 19, 2025, 03:01:06 PM

Can never make it easy. Had a 67-53 lead headed to the Elam ending. First to 75 wins, and they started playing like they were trying to run out a clock that didn't exist. Laynes Hope went on an 18-4 run to tie it at 71 before D3 finally got some points to win it 75-71. Ty Nichols scored 20 to lead all scorers.

Their next opponent will be decided later today, likely Boeheim's Army who are the 1 seed in the pod. Game is at 8pm eastern on Monday.

Greek Tragedy · July 20, 2025, 10:51:01 AM

I wonder how seeding is determined. They actually had the 4 seed in their pod.

ronk · July 20, 2025, 12:31:31 PM

If they played the 5 seed in the 1st game(as the 4 seed), then the next opponent should be the 1 seed.

Greek Tragedy · July 21, 2025, 04:46:10 PM

Quote from: ronk on July 20, 2025, 12:31:31 PMIf they played the 5 seed in the 1st game(as the 4 seed), then the next opponent should be the 1 seed.

I meant how they got a 4-seed. Seems pretty high for a team that has had little success in previous tournaments.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · July 21, 2025, 04:51:05 PM

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on July 21, 2025, 04:46:10 PM
Quote from: ronk on July 20, 2025, 12:31:31 PMIf they played the 5 seed in the 1st game(as the 4 seed), then the next opponent should be the 1 seed.

I meant how they got a 4-seed. Seems pretty high for a team that has had little success in previous tournaments.

The tournament does it, presumably based on who's at which site. If you look at the teams and rosters for Syracuse, I think it's pretty fair. I'd argue they have a case for No. 3 there, but the fact that they have a consistent coach and line-up rather than a thrown together group of guys vaults them up pretty high. Those teams with structure tend to do better - plus, even when they lost to 1 seeds, for the most part, they've played competitive games.

FCGrizzliesGrad · July 21, 2025, 08:50:27 PM

The offense has mostly been Ty Nichols so far, accounting for 16 of the team's 35 at halftime. Considering Boeheim's Army scored the first 8 points and had an early 13-3 lead, to only be down 6 at halftime isn't bad. They're finishing quarters strong, just struggling at the start.

FCGrizzliesGrad · July 21, 2025, 09:59:28 PM

It was very much a road game for D3. They took their first lead of the game in the 3rd and it was tied up at 57 headed to the 4th. D3 took a 72-68 lead into the elam ending. First to 80 wins. It was tied at 78, a FT and a basket and We Are D3 win it 81-78.
Ty Nichols with the most points in a game this year with 36

They'll play the 2 seed Stars of Storrs which is the UConn team Wednesday at 7pm.

y_jack_lok · July 21, 2025, 10:10:34 PM

Free throw percentages: Boeheim 16-33/69.6%; D3 12-14/85.7%

stlawus · July 21, 2025, 10:17:34 PM

Quote from: y_jack_lok on July 21, 2025, 10:10:34 PMFree throw percentages: Boeheim 16-33/69.6%; D3 12-14/85.7%

Syracuse lost a national championship because of missed free throws, and it's been the hallmark of the program ever since with how poor they shoot. Very fitting. I was conflicted since I'm a Cuse fan and like to see the D3 guys win. But seeing the actual team's associate head coach get dog walked by Rejniak pretty much sums up this current era of Cuse basketball. Also, fellow d3 folks on social media, you don't have to run down d1 players to lift d3 players up. I've seen too much of that in recent years especially from the d3 media types.

y_jack_lok · July 21, 2025, 10:28:16 PM

Quote from: y_jack_lok on July 21, 2025, 10:10:34 PMFree throw percentages: Boeheim 16-33/69.6%; D3 12-14/85.7%

The other stat that stands out - rebounds: Boeheim 10/20 (T30) ; D3 18/27 (T45).

Pat Coleman · July 22, 2025, 09:33:50 AM

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on July 21, 2025, 04:46:10 PM
Quote from: ronk on July 20, 2025, 12:31:31 PMIf they played the 5 seed in the 1st game(as the 4 seed), then the next opponent should be the 1 seed.

I meant how they got a 4-seed. Seems pretty high for a team that has had little success in previous tournaments.

They overachieved their seed most years based on how competitive they were in games against almost exclusively top seeds. It took TBT a few years to give We Are D3 an appropriate seed.