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Author:  shakes [ Thu Mar 13, 2025 1:33 pm ]
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First big news of the week, Cooper Flagg had to leave game after turning ankle. Good luck filling out your brackets!

Author:  Warren Newson [ Thu Mar 13, 2025 1:49 pm ]
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I'm heading to the ACC Tournament tomorrow night. I'm looking forward to it.

Author:  billypootons [ Thu Mar 13, 2025 3:34 pm ]
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duke did him no favors putting him in a wheelchair for an ankle sprain

Author:  good dolphin [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 7:16 am ]
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I'm very happy Xavier made it. I hope they beat up on Texas and then it's a no lose situation on Friday v. Illini.

Drake is going to beat Missouri straight up. Take the money line on that one to the bank.

Creighton is going to destroy Louisville.

Author:  This Ends in Antioch [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 7:19 am ]
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Is HY doing his annual bored tournament?

Author:  good dolphin [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 7:22 am ]
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If I cared enough, Wednesday would be a great late night with X v. Texas at 8 and then Loyola playing in the NIT at 11 pm.

but I don't care enough. I may be in bed by halftime of the first game

Author:  W_Z [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 7:43 am ]
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i also have creighton and drake winning their first round matchups, and have creighton going a little farther.

as i filled out my bracket i already knew i'm looking at a high seed going to the S16 that will ultimately blow it and fuck my shit up. there will be some upsets that probably aren't really upsets.

Author:  billypootons [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:08 am ]
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is anyone else offended by the fact we have 11 and 12 loss teams as 4 seeds (arizona and purdue)?

Author:  billypootons [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:09 am ]
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Author:  RFDC [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:13 am ]
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billypootons wrote:
is anyone else offended by the fact we have 11 and 12 loss teams as 4 seeds (arizona and purdue)?

Purdue always offends me.

Author:  shakes [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:23 am ]
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DePaul just took Creighton to double OT. No way Creighton beats Louisville. Y'all dumb if you pick them.

Author:  RFDC [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:24 am ]
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I think we may see a year with 3 SEC teams in the final four

Author:  casual fan [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:54 am ]
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Thought for sure that Wisconsin and Iowa State would have had flipped locations, so happy Cyclones got Milwaukee, and now my Friday plans are set.


Interesting how seeding/locations doesn't always work out. Part of it is there aren't many top 4 seeds from out west.

Wisconsin ties for 4th in big 10, make a run to title game, and gets the 3 seed, but has to go to Denver (1000 miles from campus)
Illinois ties for 7th in Big 10, gets a 6 seed, and will play in Milwaukee (225 miles from campus)

Author:  good dolphin [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 11:16 am ]
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shakes wrote:
DePaul just took Creighton to double OT. No way Creighton beats Louisville. Y'all dumb if you pick them.


Louisville should have lost to Stanford.

Author:  RFDC [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 1:03 pm ]
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Gov of West Virginia is threatening NCAA with legal action for leaving them out of the tournament :lol:

Author:  Hawg Ass [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 1:13 pm ]
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RFDC wrote:
Gov of West Virginia is threatening NCAA with legal action for leaving them out of the tournament :lol:

What a dolt

Author:  SpiralStairs [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 1:15 pm ]
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billypootons wrote:
is anyone else offended by the fact we have 11 and 12 loss teams as 4 seeds (arizona and purdue)?

I might be depending on their position regarding catch and release

Author:  casual fan [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 1:36 pm ]
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Author:  shakes [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 4:09 pm ]
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RFDC wrote:
I think we may see a year with 3 SEC teams in the final four


I still remember the year there were 3 Big East teams in the F4 with expected powers Georgetown (Ewing) and St. Johns (Mullin) but then a team out of nowhere lead by a plucky coach and even pluckier point guard crashed the party. Talking about Providence coached by Rick Pitino and led by point god Billy Donovan.

EDIT: I'm mixing things up. 1985 was the year 3 Big East teams made it. 1987 was the year Providence made it.

Author:  W_Z [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:50 pm ]
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i could see wisconsin getting the early bounce again.

Author:  hnd [ Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:49 pm ]
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Michigan kind of either gave the blueprint to stopping Tonje or he was just exhausted. Either way I tend to agree.

Author:  El Tommo [ Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:22 pm ]
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billypootons wrote:
is anyone else offended by the fact we have 11 and 12 loss teams as 4 seeds (arizona and purdue)?

Like Texas A & M, they had tough schedules, and they both played difficult out of conference teams. But you wonder if the SEC is like the Big Ten a few years ago, when they had something like eight of the top ten teams and then fizzled in the NCAAs.

The SEC looked pretty legit whenever I saw them play, though. Florida and Alabama are my SEC teams (if that bad-mustache-looking-dude is healthy for Alabama). Someone please beat Auburn.

Would be nice to see the Big Ten slap around the SEC like they did in football last year.

Author:  Hawg Ass [ Tue Mar 18, 2025 10:47 pm ]
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El Tommo wrote:
billypootons wrote:
is anyone else offended by the fact we have 11 and 12 loss teams as 4 seeds (arizona and purdue)?

Like Texas A & M, they had tough schedules, and they both played difficult out of conference teams. But you wonder if the SEC is like the Big Ten a few years ago, when they had something like eight of the top ten teams and then fizzled in the NCAAs.

The SEC looked pretty legit whenever I saw them play, though. Florida and Alabama are my SEC teams (if that bad-mustache-looking-dude is healthy for Alabama). Someone please beat Auburn.

Would be nice to see the Big Ten slap around the SEC like they did in football last year.

Check out the SEC non conference record, they beat that ass.

Author:  El Tommo [ Tue Mar 18, 2025 11:06 pm ]
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Hawg Ass wrote:
El Tommo wrote:
billypootons wrote:
is anyone else offended by the fact we have 11 and 12 loss teams as 4 seeds (arizona and purdue)?

Like Texas A & M, they had tough schedules, and they both played difficult out of conference teams. But you wonder if the SEC is like the Big Ten a few years ago, when they had something like eight of the top ten teams and then fizzled in the NCAAs.

The SEC looked pretty legit whenever I saw them play, though. Florida and Alabama are my SEC teams (if that bad-mustache-looking-dude is healthy for Alabama). Someone please beat Auburn.

Would be nice to see the Big Ten slap around the SEC like they did in football last year.

Check out the SEC non conference record, they beat that ass.

Yeah, didn't they win like 90% , or close to it?

Perhaps the Big Ten-SEC tournament match-ups will be more even, unlike the bowl season. By the way, I hope the SEC just lied back and enjoyed that. Might as well, you know?

Some of my guys go to Kansas and say that the team is mentally beaten. That's a great first round game.

Author:  RFDC [ Wed Mar 19, 2025 8:44 am ]
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So Indiana hired Darian DeVries who was HC at West Virginia and Drake before that. Do not know much about him. But thankfully he is a guy that has actual college experience. He turned Drake into a consistent winner in his years there. He has to be better than Woodson!

Author:  Hawg Ass [ Thu Mar 20, 2025 10:14 am ]
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Final Four
Duke
St. John’s
Texas A&M
Tennessee

Duke cutting down the nets

Author:  FavreFan [ Thu Mar 20, 2025 12:31 pm ]
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shakes wrote:
DePaul just took Creighton to double OT. No way Creighton beats Louisville. Y'all dumb if you pick them.

Image

Author:  Hawg Ass [ Thu Mar 20, 2025 12:40 pm ]
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FavreFan wrote:
shakes wrote:
DePaul just took Creighton to double OT. No way Creighton beats Louisville. Y'all dumb if you pick them.

Image

Shakes lost a lot of weight but didn’t lose ability to make bad prognostications.

Author:  rajingsoul [ Thu Mar 20, 2025 12:46 pm ]
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These are one-game series.

Trying to draw conclusions based on past games won't be accurate because anything can happen in one game.

Author:  rajingsoul [ Thu Mar 20, 2025 12:48 pm ]
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Don't sleep on Florida.

Houston will look dominating on defense early but will sputter out after a couple rounds because they can't score with the big dogs. As usual.

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