College Basketball

[Carey]

Sucks about the players injury.  All the best.

 

Meanwhile, after a nice long break, back to March Madness.  While my real bracket...well, I tore it despite the winner.  The green bracket has been kind to me.  However, I expect about a couple one seeds to fall before the weekend.  Which is the norm most times (assuming they don't fall the weekend before).

What will make that more probable than not is the teams remaining.  No "Cinderella" this time

[mojoween]

Bama shooting eleventy million threes is all well and good, but going to be sad for them if they stop falling and their opponent scores 80+ like BYU is doing.

[ebk57]

Well, it was a fun season for the Terps.

 

 

Sigh...

[Carey]

I guess Cal will have great success if the coach of all of the teams he faces were Pitino (and Self)

[Salacious Kitty]

Can't say I wasn't worried for Texas Tech (one of my elite 8 picks). 

Survive and play Florida. Good luck Red Raiders. 

[AimingforYoko]

This is the chalkiest tournament I can remember. Of the top 8 seeds, only St. John's didn't make it to the Elite 8.

[Crashcourse]

Living on the east coast, there was a time when I could name every team in the Big East and ACC, then schools started switching to other conferences.   Now, the transfer portal, has really spoiled college basketball for me, especially March Madness.

[Carey]

While the following makes me a hypocrite, I'm not a fan of all the changes either.  So many and in short order.  I'll still hold to how I'd love to see a major change in the NFL (and in MLB) as it relates to franchises within divisions, conferences, and leagues.

Change is inevitable.  Probably no longer worth it to follow a school or even a player.  Maybe for a year, but that's it.

The only thing that doesn't really change is Blue Blood programs making it to End City

[AimingforYoko]

Is this the year we actually get 4 #1 seeds in the FF? Tomorrow will be a real test, Tennessee or Michigan St winning wouldn't be a huge shock.

[Carey]

If it's A year to get all 4 Top Seeds into End City, it wouldn't be unprecedented.  For what it's worth, it takes San Antonio being the host city for such a feat to take place

[Salacious Kitty]

Fuck Duke. 

That is all. 👎

[Carey]

Amid the constant criticism toward the selection committee over the past couple of weeks, if not the past several years, I think it's fair enough to "respect" them this time around.  There may have been questions in terms of the one seeds, and while it's fair enough...

...Saturday's Final Four will feature all four top seeds for the second time in 40 years.  At the very least.  Coincidentally enough, the last time that happened, the venue for the National Semis and the Tournament Final took place in San Antonio.  Not only that, the dates on the calendar between 2008 and this season are a match.