To talk everything about the bracket thats about to drop.

Rock Chalk

Expected #1 in the Midwest. Will be interesting to see what the 8/9 game looks like

Thank god. Didn’t want any part of Memphis in the 2nd round

Tech has a nice path to the EE.

@Kcmatt7 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Thank god. Didn’t want any part of Memphis in the 2nd round

We dodged several bullets there. Didn't want to see Memphis, Ark or UConn.

Dook gets to cakewalk into the S16.

The south looks like the bracket you want to be in so far

Zona has a good FF shot damn

Inexplicable that Duke ended up with a 2 seed - other than the fact that they are Duke...

Avoiding Houston is good too.

@DCHawker said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Inexplicable that Duke ended up with a 2 seed - other than the fact that they are Duke...

Took the spot from Purdue most likely.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@DCHawker said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Inexplicable that Duke ended up with a 2 seed - other than the fact that they are Duke...

Took the spot from Purdue most likely.

Or from Tennessee...

Oh damn. Love our path to the EE

Top half of the bracket about as good as could be...

Maybe we can win a game in Texas this year.

@DCHawker said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@DCHawker said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Inexplicable that Duke ended up with a 2 seed - other than the fact that they are Duke...

Took the spot from Purdue most likely.

Or from Tennessee...

Tennessee won and was still a 3 seed which means they were probably going to be a 3 regardless.

Bottom half of Midwest also about as good as could be hoped for...

We have nothing to complain about

I'm complaining about Iowa as a 5

Also complaining a little bit about playing a Texas underdog with their first NCAA Tourney win under their belt in Ft Worth.

I'm surprised. The only underseed is Iowa.

East is going to be stacked.. UCLA, Kentucky, Baylor, Texas, Purdue..

@Kcmatt7 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

We have nothing to complain about

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@bskeet said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Also complaining a little bit about playing a Texas underdog with their first NCAA Tourney win under their belt in Ft Worth.

First 4 games in dayton

Iowa after how they played this week is a tough matchup. Shoot to 100

Love our bracket. The 2nd round game will not be easy. Both teams defend well. San Diego St is not a gifted offense but plays extremely slow tempo

@BeddieKU23 I’m hoping the B12 schedule helps with this. Used to that grind.

Iowa definitely worries me, but we’d have a week to prep

Both Iowa and Providence are talented and playing their best right now.

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Iowa after how they played this week is a tough matchup. Shoot to 100

Yeah they don't defend a lick. ISU 20 balled them. We could lose that game obviously, will be wild.

@bskeet said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Both Iowa and Providence are talented and playing their best right now.

Providence is kind of mediocre they just won a lot more close games than normal. The kind of thing that evens out over time.

@BShark Or it means they know how to close out a game. We have been that team in the past.

@BShark said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@bskeet said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Both Iowa and Providence are talented and playing their best right now.

Providence is kind of mediocre they just won a lot more close games than normal. The kind of thing that evens out over time.

Providence had an absurd record in games under 5 pts. Something like 13-1

Nobody on CBS liked us lol

Coach cal! Our team has that chemistry, we all lift each other up! That's Selfs way!

Genius questions!

@BeddieKU23 Not a huge fan of Iowa in our bracket, but at least they would be an s16 matchup and not the 2nd game of the weekend.

Duke, Purdue, Kansas, Arizona.
First glance looks like KS vs WI in E8.

I can’t complain at all about our path. Tbh there’s no bracket I’d rather have.

@FarmerJayhawk said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

I can’t complain at all about our path. Tbh there’s no bracket I’d rather have.

Yes

U saw that ochi is going to be on?

@DCHawker said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Bottom half of Midwest also about as good as could be hoped for...

Yep

I love our bracket. I'll take our bracket any day over others

Bilas has us in the finals against Gonzaga

Who did the others pick? My grill was on fire! 🔥🔥🔥

They picked TT in con tourney too, boo

Alright y’all who is the highest seed to lose on the first round? Which one seed gets bounced first?

This has been a glorious week for KU, hasn't it? How many other bluebloods won their conference tournament?

9:57 Eastern Time start on Thursday. Last game of the night

@benshawks08

Baylor the first 1 seed to lose. Providence as a 4 seed to be upset by South Dakota St. I think UVM can beat Arkansas & St Mary's has a tough matchup if they face Indiana

Our first game is the last of the evening (weird). We play at 8:57 pm Thursday night on Tru TV.

@Jethro said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Our first game is the last of the evening (weird). We play at 8:57 pm Thursday night on Tru TV.

Jethro where did you see times my friend ? - - only asking cause I need to write them down for my other brackets - where you see the times guy

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@Jethro said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Our first game is the last of the evening (weird). We play at 8:57 pm Thursday night on Tru TV.

Jethro where did you see times my friend ? - - only asking cause I need to write them down for my other brackets - where you see the times guy

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@Eric-san said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@BeddieKU23 Not a huge fan of Iowa in our bracket, but at least they would be an s16 matchup and not the 2nd game of the weekend.

Iowa is a great match up for Kansas. They play fast and aren't great on defense. If we play them, that game projects to be a track meet which favors Kansas.

No access to truTV!

KU's second round game could be an issue because both teams are very strong defensive teams that play at a snails pace. Texas Tech and TCU are comparisons for both Creighton and SDSU in regards to team strengths and pace of play.

Neither team is going to out athletic KU, but that second round game is going to be a rock fight.

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@BeddieKU23 - who is your 5/12 upset pick, if any?

@mayjay said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

No access to truTV!

I’ve had great success with the ncaa March madness live app. Simple and easy to use.

@Gorilla72

If I pick one it would be the St Mary's matchup.

I think Indiana could win their play-in game and beat the Gaels. Having a big time post player helps their chances in Trace Jackson-Davis and their new coach has NBA playoff experience which should come in handy. They looked like a well coached team in the Big-10 tourney if that's any indication of what they are capable of doing. We saw how Iowa looked pretty good winning the big-10, Indiana was playing just as well when they dropped a very close game against them that required a 30 foot banked Game Winner. Seems like this Indiana bunch defends, top 25 Kenpom on D so I think this game will be low scoring (also since St Mary's is top 10 defense on Kenpom). Both teams struggle to score it consistently so it could come down to who has better players, better athletes?

Saint Mary's had a good season and got the big win over Gonzaga. No back to back losses on the resume. This a solid squad with a lot of experience. They also tend to lose early as they have 6 first weekend exits in their past 7 tourney appearances. Their only S16 run was on the back of having Matthew Delladova who played in the NBA and won a championship. I've seen St Mary's play and they don't have NBA guys. This is the lowest seed the Gaels have ever received and personally I think they are over seeded. Now that doesn't mean much for this game but I could say they are the weakest 5 seed out there due to the conference they come out of. The WCC got 3 bids so it seems like this was a stronger then usual year. They have a 4-5 record against tournament teams. Not exactly the strongest resume for a 5 seed if you ask me.

The big 'If' is Indiana winning the play-in game. I see that happening due to the momentum gained in the Big 10 tournament. Notre Dame at times showed they were decent but I would feel a lot less confident about them beating Saint Mary's then Indiana.

First round Foe:

Texas Southern- Kenpom #188 (2nd worst team in tourney), #270 offense, #107 defense, #128 tempo

Schedule- Lost to Oregon 83-66, L -Saint Mary's 67-58, L- Washington 72-65, L NC St 65-57, L BYU 81-64, W @ Florida 69-54

Texas A&M CC- Kenpom #243 (worst team in the tourney), #287 offense, #181 defense, #73 tempo

Schedule- Lost to Texas A&M 86-65, L Minnesota 79-71, Notre Dame 83-73

Texas Southern does not have a player averaging 10ppg as 8 guys score from 6 to 9 per game. Brishon Gresham played at SMU & Houston previously, 5th leading scorer but leads the team with 2.2 blocks per game. They only average 69 ppg.

Texas A&M CC is led by Isaac Mushilla, 6'5 Jr averages 13.5ppg & team high 9.5 rebounds per game. Lives at the free throw line with 208 attempts (78%) (tied for 10th in all of NCAA). Small team with only 2/3 guys 6'8.

Texas Southern is coached by Johnny Jones, former interim coach of Memphis, former coach of LSU. First tourney appearance with him.

Texas A&M CC is coached by Steve Lutz, former assistant at Creighton & Purdue who took over in 2021.

The Chicago factor will be big, but probably not for us. You take Iowa and Wisconsin plunked into our region, and we're battling two fan bases instead of one. And they're a heck of alot closer to Chicago than we are. So, we play Iowa, and let's say we win- we turn around and play Wisconsin potentially? They're like 3 hours away from Chicago. Ridiculous. I'm also not excited about playing the last game on Thursday night. It appears they want us to lose almost a half day of preparation for the 8/9 matchup. This is unprecedented that a 1 seed has to play this late. Other than those 2 points, I love the bracket we're in, and am looking for us to overcome all NCAA mischief as we march to the Final Four.

@Jethro

KU has big alumni base in Chicago and we travel well, no concern there. Self with a week to prepare for anyone is extremely dangerous. I would be surprised if we didn't have a late Saturday tip as well for the 2nd round as long as business is taken care of on Thursday as we expect.

I seem to recall plenty of 1 seeds playing late on the first day imo. I'd rather have the game a bit earlier personally since 10pm tip for easterners is rough for having to work on Friday but I guess I'll sleep when I'm dead. As @mayjay has pointed out he's not sure I even do sleep at this point.

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@Jethro

KU has big alumni base in Chicago and we travel well, no concern there. Self with a week to prepare for anyone is extremely dangerous. I would be surprised if we didn't have a late Saturday tip as well for the 2nd round as long as business is taken care of on Thursday as we expect.

I seem to recall plenty of 1 seeds playing late on the first day imo. I'd rather have the game a bit earlier personally since 10pm tip for easterners is rough for having to work on Friday but I guess I'll sleep when I'm dead. As @mayjay has pointed out he's not sure I even do sleep at this point.

Chicago is a bastion of KU alumni. I went to school with a bunch of folks from Chicago at KU, so we'll be well represented. I just don't like having to take on 2 fanbases from the same conference cheering when we're supposed to be the 1 seed. Oh well, we always have a target on our backs, so it's probably much ado about nothing. As for a 1 seed playing the last game of the night, I don't recall it ever happening. They are definitely doing their best to make sure the East Coast doesn't watch us. It also cuts into our prep time for the next game. No biggie, though. We'll sail through to the Final Four, imo.

@Jethro said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

The Chicago factor will be big, but probably not for us. You take Iowa and Wisconsin plunked into our region, and we're battling two fan bases instead of one. And they're a heck of alot closer to Chicago than we are. So, we play Iowa, and let's say we win- we turn around and play Wisconsin potentially? They're like 3 hours away from Chicago. Ridiculous. I'm also not excited about playing the last game on Thursday night. It appears they want us to lose almost a half day of preparation for the 8/9 matchup. This is unprecedented that a 1 seed has to play this late. Other than those 2 points, I love the bracket we're in, and am looking for us to overcome all NCAA mischief as we march to the Final Four.

re we even sure both of those will even make it to Chicago ? - - -March Madness

@Jethro

Hopefully our fans bought up after seeing the bracket. We may not have the majority like in KC but I would expect us to pack in for Chicago. There's also hope Iowa/Wisconsin may not get to Chicago as well. Big-10 hasn't exactly lit up the tourney of late.

Iowa hasn't gotten past the 2nd round under Fran McCaffrey in 5 tournaments. Wisconsin hasn't left the first weekend with Greg Gard since 2016/17 season (also Bo Ryan's players). Something tells me to put money on 1 or both not making it that far.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Who did the others pick? My grill was on fire! 🔥🔥🔥

Laphonso Ellis picked KU in final 4 losing to Arizona. Seth is a hack so who cares (he didn't pick KU of course). Reece Davis picked someone else as well.

Don't think any of the CBS guys picked KU from what I saw. Watched the bracket brakedown and they had a slobbefest over Iowa/Wisconsin and Auburn being a Top 4 team (they haven't played like one in at least a month).

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Bilas has us in the finals against Gonzaga

I feel like the Zags are definitely one of our worst matchups because of our defensive weakness. I bet they'll have a day of shooting in the 60%.

We are capable of playing respectable defense... but it does take a lot of steam out of our sails that we use on offense. However... if we force TOs and missed shots, we are better able to run! We could beat the Zags... but we seriously have to come ready to play defense!

From here on out... it will be our defense that catapults us to the next round. If we think we can just outscore every team... we are bound to hit a psyched up team that is hot from trey.

@drgnslayr I’m hoping we are that psyched up team getting hot from 3 at some point in this tournament. We haven’t had a game like that in a while so we are due.

@drgnslayr

The Zags followed by Arizona are the worst matchups for KU (also the teams most likely to face KU in the final 4/finals in hypotheticals). Their big's are just different than anything Dave's had to face in conference play & when he faced a top big in Tschiebwe he was a non-factor. Guess that will be a problem to deal with if we make it that far. At that point it would be a GOOD problem to have

We are capable of beating anyone... and beating them NOT because of a fluke. If we come totally pumped, and playing defense like we have in spots during the year, there is no one that can stay with us. And also value possessions... low TOs and decent rebounding. We get several runouts on TOs and quick rebound outlets or someone like Wilson or Martin rebounding and driving the distance. This often leads to wide open treys on secondary breaks. Pushing like this is our natural tempo and very few teams in this country can go at this tempo successfully.

If we don't control tempo we will usually be in a dog fight. But I will say that we are mentally tough and never really collapsing in games.

My hope is Remy continues to come on strong... also we need Wilson to keep having halfs like he did with TT. He was involved on about half of the plays in that second half. Remy needs to continue to think about scoring more and also pushing pace. There is also pace involved in running our half court offense. Fast pace in half court means guys are moving around quickly... with and without the ball. I think this is the most fun offense I have ever seen from KU when that half court pace is blistering!

@drgnslayr you know it’s clicking when Och starts getting open looks against “the best defense in the country.” When we play with pace we are just so tough to stop.

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@Jethro

Hopefully our fans bought up after seeing the bracket. We may not have the majority like in KC but I would expect us to pack in for Chicago. There's also hope Iowa/Wisconsin may not get to Chicago as well. Big-10 hasn't exactly lit up the tourney of late.

Iowa hasn't gotten past the 2nd round under Fran McCaffrey in 5 tournaments. Wisconsin hasn't left the first weekend with Greg Gard since 2016/17 season (also Bo Ryan's players). Something tells me to put money on 1 or both not making it that far.

TBF to Fran McCaffery, Iowa has only been better than a 7 seed once in their last 5 tournaments so it's also not like they were expected to make it past the first weekend outside of last season.

Gard has had some tournament success beating a higher seeded team in all but one of his appearances.

KU ended up 3rd in the Nation in the final poll of the Season behind Gongaza & Arizona

Honestly I would put Providence on upset alert. And then the most fun game of the tournament might be SDSU vs Iowa. Both ELECTRIC offenses. Will be a race to 100.

The least watchable game of the 1st round is LSU vs. ISU. First to 50

Here's my thoughts on our side of the bracket.

TSU/ A&M-CC, those two are 16 seeds for a reason and are the two lowest ranked Kenpom teams in the field. I would expect KU to win that by 20+ points.

The 8/9 is honestly my biggest worry until the Elite 8. I said in an above post that Creighton and San Diego St. are both slow tempo teams that are defensive minded and are similar to Tech and TCU in that regard. Those two are on the same seed line as TCU is so Those TCU games are probably the best comparison for what KU's second round game will look like and 2/3 of the TCU games were slow, ugly basketball and I can easily see that game being a big struggle for Kansas.

Our 4 potential S16 match ups are Providence, Iowa, Richmond, and South Dakota St. Iowa and South Dakota St. are ranked 2nd and 4th nationally in PPG. I could see us playing any of those teams but Richmond honestly. Kenpom absolutely hates Providence and only has them as the 49th best team surrounded by mostly double digit seeded teams. I'm sure this is going to be a very trendy upset pick based the the clash of styles with SDSU.

Iowa is an elite offense and I think is the most capable of KU's 4 potential S16 match ups of beating Kansas. Their weakness is their defense which is ranked 237 in PPG allowed and 77th in adjusted rankings by Kenpom.

Richmond is the least likely of KU's potential S16 opponents because they are the worst team of these 4 and Iowa is not a good match up for them.

South Dakota St. is a very interesting possible match up because they are basically a clone of Iowa in terms of style of play. They're 2nd in the nation in scoring average and 281st in scoring defense. I think they beat Providence in round and play an epic, high scoring, highly entertaining game against Iowa. SDSU also loves launching 3's and are very good at making 45% of their 3's as a team this season. They are very dangerous team no matter who they play because of how well they shoot the ball.

@Kcmatt7 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Honestly I would put Providence on upset alert. And then the most fun game of the tournament might be SDSU vs Iowa. Both ELECTRIC offenses. Will be a race to 100.

Providence is only a 2 point favorite against SDSU and haven't beaten a really good team in awhile. I think that's going to be the trendiest upset pick of the first round.

@Kcmatt7 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

The least watchable game of the 1st round is LSU vs. ISU. First to 50

Creighton and San Diego St. should be pretty unwatchable too. Both are very slow tempo teams with bad offenses. That's another game that could easily be a first to 50 type game. At least with LSU, they're a team that tries to play somewhat fast so if they get it going, that game could be a blowout for LSU.

Agree on the Providence stuff the more I've looked into it. 11-2 in games decided by 5 points or less but coming off a bad loss to Creighton where they got drubbed by 27. Kenpom has them #1 on the 'luck' factor which might play a part in their #49th ranking.

The other exciting first round matchup, Murray St vs San Francisco. Either coach could be in Power 5 or somewhere much bigger then they are currently after this. Murray St lost 2 games all year and San Fran was a surprising at-large bid behind Zaga/St Mary's.

Believe Creighton has had to slow tempo because they have injuries. Only played 7 in the conference tournament. Top 20 defense per Kenpom so them or San Diego St will be like playing Big-12 teams.

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Believe Creighton has had to slow tempo because they have injuries. Only played 7 in the conference tournament. Top 20 defense per Kenpom so them or San Diego St will be like playing Big-12 teams.

TCU is the best comparison for each team for KU is going to deal with and why that's the game I'm most concerned about prior to any potential Elite 8 match up.

@Texas-Hawk-10

Agree and Self's record on the short rest is not nearly as good as it is when he's got multiple days to prepare.

At least neither potential 2nd round matchup is a team with offensive firepower.

For anyone looking for double digit seeds to make it past the weekend, these are the ones to look out for based on Kenpom ratings. San Francisco, Virginia Tech, Loyola-Chicago, and Michigan.

San Francisco, Kenpom actually has them rated higher than Murray St. and both teams being in the top 30 of Kenpom. Regardless of who Kentucky plays in the second round, they're getting the hardest match up of the 2 seeds in the second round.

Virginia Tech and Loyola-Chicago also both double digit seeds that are each top 25 Kenpom teams.

Virginia Tech plays a Texas team in the 1st round that's lost 3 straight games and 4 out of 6. Both teams are sub 340 in adjusted tempo so that game could be a brutal assault on the eyes. VT's likely 2nd round opponent would be Purdue in a major clash of styles.

Loyola-Chicago plays Ohio St. in the 1st round in another potential race to 50 game and then would likely play Villanova in another potential race to 50 game between sub 300 tempo teams.

Michigan plays Colorado St. and is actually favored in that game. ESPN actually has Michigan at 73% chance of winning that one. Michigan would likely play Tennessee in the 2nd round and I don't see Michigan winning that one so they're tge least likely of those 4 to make it past the weekend.

Of the First Four teams most likely to make it past the weekend, Indiana is probably the best bet, but I don't really think any of the First Four teams wins a game in the main draw.

For the best bets on low major teams to pull massive upsets (13 seeds or lower), South Dakota St., Vermont, and Chattanooga are decent chances. I think South Dakota St. has the best chance to pull a 13/4 upset followed by Vermont and then Chattanooga.

Playing San Diego St is basically wrestling camouflaged as basketball. So...pretty much like playing half of the Big 12

Saw this on Twitter from Creighton Coover:

KUbball has, by far, the longest current streak of receiving a #4 seed or higher in the #NCAATournament. This short list exemplifies the incredible consistency the #Jayhawks have shown for the entire century thus far!

Kansas - 21
Gonzaga - 5
Purdue - 5
Baylor - 2

@BeddieKU23 I was talking about the TT KU game.

@Gorilla72

Preach! A couple really great factoids today, man. Keep posting ‘em. I love that kind of stuff. The Mizzou coach numbers was gold.

@BeddieKU23 I'm gonna try to get there for regional finals. Got stupid parent teacher conferences (yes on a Friday night) so regional semis no go for me. United Center, 19 miles away!

For those discussing Wisconsin they hadn't lost one game you'd call an upset til Nebraska surprised them, which they played largely without Johnny Davis. Badger fans been drooling over Milwaukee/Chicago regional ever since it looked like they were going to be a top four seed. In games decided by 6 points or less the Badgers had won 15 straight this season until, again the mess up against Nebraska. That stat is a reason I guess for the relatively poor ken pom thing, but when you keep figuring out ways to win close games it's a sign of toughness. This team is actually a really tough team from my partially biased observations. They played a tough schedule, beat highly seeded teams Purdue 2 times, 11 other wins against tournament teams. I wouldn't be surprised to see a KU-Wisconsin regional final.

Iowa hasn't been to the sweet 16 since 1999. Haha, suck it Hawkeyes. Their fan base right now thinks they've been to the FF about every other year in the history of basketball.

Who survives the South? Arizona seems pretty average in that region with Tennessee, Illinois, Nova (and TCU too the way they're playing)....

Also, hate to say it, but I think Iowa State wins two games. They stink and can't beat a team twice, but their D is good first time around.

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@mayjay said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

No access to truTV!

I’ve had great success with the ncaa March madness live app. Simple and easy to use.

Thanks, but it looks like you can't get live games without signing in with a tv provider that carries Turner channels.

I have Fubo, which dumped Turner channels awhile back. I will subscribe to Sling Blue for a few weeks to get them. (We have Fubo because it has NFL Redzone on its sports add-on: buy in Sept, cancel in Jan.)

@mayjay get the March madness app. Free

@wissox Iowa fans have been delusional since the Ronny Lester era at least. That 83 team with Stokes and Payne that beat Mizzou's Stipanovich and Sundvold was admirable though... enemy of my enemy is my friend kind of thing (Illini fan back then)

@DanR I've developed an almost Missouri like hate for Iowa basketball. I actually grudgingly respect their football coach, but man oh man how tiresome that hoops coach and their team is. I feel sorry for Keegan Murray playing there. Maybe he'll use the portal and come to KU!

I don't see a good tournament for Arizona.... PG equals Quarterback.

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@DanR said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Who survives the South? Arizona seems pretty average in that region with Tennessee, Illinois, Nova (and TCU too the way they're playing)....

I have a hard time picking Arizona far without knowing if their PG is going to be back. They have enough firepower to get by round 1 but that 2nd round matchup against Seton Hall who plays in the 50's, low 60's or TCU who can match Arizona's rebounding skill is not the kind of matchup you want when your not 100%. Arizona has looked Final 4 good recently but I wonder if that injury is about to change what they can do..

@DanR said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Who survives the South? Arizona seems pretty average in that region with Tennessee, Illinois, Nova (and TCU too the way they're playing)....

I'm picking the Vols to make it. I know- tough to back a Rick Barnes team in March...

As i step back a bit from the original impression of the brackets, I am pretty glad we ended up with the 4/5 seeds we did. We avoided Houston, Arkansas, Illinois, and UCLA. We face a Hawkeyes team that hasn't been to the S16 since 1999, and/or a Providence team that just got manhandled by 30 in their conference tournament. I still am hoping Auburn gets upset, as I would much rather play Wisky in the E8.

@Jethro

Struggled with this as well. He definitely has a talented team that plays hard, defends and seems to have momentum.

Sorry to say this but I'm in several brackets and almost everyone I have picked Gonzaga as the National champion. - Just hard as much as I love my Jay Hawks and I did pick KU in a couple but it's just hard to go against who they have on that roster. Holgrem is such a key factor for them he adds so many different things , yes he is a freshman - but yet is not a freshman. - He is long , very long rim protector , plays in space shoot outside in - just a 7 ft nightmare bigger guys trying to guard he take you outside - - -smaller he post you up. - You put him with Timme - -& Nemhard. - -Wish it wasn't like that but can't deny they good.

I also have Arizona making it to the title game in a lot of my brackets hope I'm wrong guess that's why we play them on the floor

I have Boise State taking out the Zags in the 2nd round in one of my brackets. I wouldn’t bet a cent that I’m right though.

@Crimsonorblue22 The app is free but still requires signing into a TV provider that has TBS/TNT/TruTV/CBS to get any games. Just video highlights, articles, a bracket contest, and schedule. There are no live tv or watch options, and the login is under the Settings tab.

From CNET: "You can also stream the games live at with NCAA March Madness Live, but you'll need to log in with a TV provider to prove you are a pay-TV subscriber."

I'm good. Signed up for Sling Blue. $35/month, and will cancel April 14. That gives me the Turner channels, and Fubo gives me CBS.

@rockchalkwyo said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

I have Boise State taking out the Zags in the 2nd round in one of my brackets. I wouldn’t bet a cent that I’m right though.

I really wanted to go with that but chickened out.
Vermont over Arkansas.
So many teams that I don't know anything about (and have little desire to research).

This period of rest may carry us to the second weekend.
Have we seen this team come out tight? We get tentative, or did, from our bench but that's just Self doubt.

Mitch practiced on a limited basis. Would not have played if there was a game today but Self is hopeful he could play Thursday.

So who gets run if Mitch can't go?

@BeddieKU23 Suck it up Big Mac, you are going to get a lotta minutes

@BeddieKU23 Clemence or JWill at the 5

KJ if it is a blow out

@drgnslayr

Oh crap, don’t follow that closely and didn’t see that about the AZ QB, there goes that bracket. Watched a couple of their games before that though, I thought they looked big and crazy good and had them winning it all.

@StLJhawk Still got them in a lot of Championship games

So thrilled to have TruTV...

When did Rex Chapman decide to channel Scott van Pelt?

Ah yes the annual ritual of having to find which channel Tru TV is..

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Mitch practiced on a limited basis. Would not have played if there was a game today but Self is hopeful he could play Thursday.

So who gets run if Mitch can't go?

Zach gets a few minutes, i'll bet.

@Jethro

If they get up comfortably hopefully he plays most of the 2nd half so that Dave can rest for the 2nd round.

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Ah yes the annual ritual of having to find which channel Tru TV is..

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Some thoughts looking at this bracket via Kenpom Rating, Offense/Defense.

Gonzaga got the "toughest" 16 seed (Georgia St #152). KU plays the best defense of the 16 seeds (Texas Southern #101) however Texas South is also the worst offense (#269) in the Tournament. KU has the worst defense per Kenpom of the 1 seeds (28).

Duke by far has the worst defense of the #2 seeds (44) however its Kentucky that has the toughest 15 seed matchup as Saint Peters (#118) has the #34 ranked defense (only 9 spots off UK's #25 rated D). Their offense (#260) is 2nd worst behind only Texas Southern. No other 15 seed has a metric within the Top 100.

1st round matchups that are a potential race to 50

Seton Hall/TCU (#27/#24) rated Defenses. San Diego St/Creighton (#2/#17). Saint Mary's/Indiana (#9/#18). LSU/Iowa St (#4/#10)

Potential toss up games

Colorado St/Michigan- #34/#32 overall, offense/defense within 1 & 4 spots. Seton Hall/TCU- #41/#38. Boise St/Memphis- #29/#28. Michigan St/Davidson- #39/#40. Murray St/San Francisco- #21/#27. Texas/Va Tech- #16/#22. Ohio St/Loyola- #31/#24

Notable teams Kenpom says are under-seeded Kentucky (#3)- 2 seed, Iowa (#13)- 5 seed, Texas (#15)- 6 seed, UCLA (#8) -4 seed, Houston (#4)- 5 seed & Virginia Tech (#22)- 11 seed.

Notable teams Kenpom says are over-seeded include Duke (#12)- 2 seed, Providence (#48)- 4 seed, Wisconsin (#33)- 3 seed.

Looking at KU's path. We are set up well to control our own destiny!!!

1st Round: worst team left in the tournament (Texas Southern #184).

Potential 2nd Round: San Diego St (#2 rated defense) but 5th worst offense (#161). Creighton #126/#17 (Offense/Defense)

Potential S16: Iowa #2 rated offense, South Dakota St #12th rated offense (#223 rated defense). Providence (#48), Richmond (#69).

Potential Elite 8: Auburn #8 rated defense (highest of 2 seeds), Wisconsin (#33), LSU (#19), USC (#42), Miami (#60), Iowa St we know them.

Potential Final 4: The South has 5 of the Top 16 rated teams per Kenpom. This is the region that could really see some chaos.

Potential Finals: Gonzaga, Texas Tech, Duke, Baylor, UCLA, Kentucky would be the most likely matchups..

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

however Texas South is also the worst offense (#269) in the Tournament.

And let's not forget per @DanR the kerning on their unis is bloody awful!

Well - - -ummm Avery Johnson has us losing to Providence in the Sweet 16- - -that's a head scratcher , from what I've heard

@jayballer67 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Well - - -ummm Avery Johnson has us losing to Providence in the Sweet 16- - -that's a head scratcher , from what I've heard

Avery likes the good stuff my friend. And apparently he took some before getting on set

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@jayballer67 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Well - - -ummm Avery Johnson has us losing to Providence in the Sweet 16- - -that's a head scratcher , from what I've heard

Avery likes the good stuff my friend. And apparently he took some before getting on set

lmao , ya I think your right - - - Real good stuff

@jayballer67 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@jayballer67 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Well - - -ummm Avery Johnson has us losing to Providence in the Sweet 16- - -that's a head scratcher , from what I've heard

Avery likes the good stuff my friend. And apparently he took some before getting on set

lmao , ya I think your right - - - Real good stuff

Like found the Bill Walton stash good

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@jayballer67 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@jayballer67 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Well - - -ummm Avery Johnson has us losing to Providence in the Sweet 16- - -that's a head scratcher , from what I've heard

Avery likes the good stuff my friend. And apparently he took some before getting on set

lmao , ya I think your right - - - Real good stuff

Like found the Bill Walton stash good

lol - - -100000 % correct. I had to do a touble take when I heard him say that

Providence DOES NOT SCARE me lol

Lightfoot has tested the knee out today.

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Lightfoot has tested the knee out today.

Self said he wouldn't have been able to play today so I'm assuming even if he's available tomorrow, it would be very limited and we'll probably see Zach and KJ get most of those minutes which shouldn't be a big issue due to the quality of the opponent.

Baylor's leading scorer LJ Cryer is still out and will miss at least the first 2 rounds.

Also, Louisville expected to announce Kenny Payne as their next head coach. That's a big get for Louisville.

Saw Mitch dunk in shootaround yesterday. Wearing a black sleeve on the knee. Good to see

KU is favored by 21.5 today. 2nd biggest spread behind Gonzaga at 23. Baylor at 20.5.

San Diego St -2 against Creighton.

Iowa -10.5 against Richmond

Providence -2 against South Dakota St

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Saw Mitch dunk in shootaround yesterday. Wearing a black sleeve on the knee. Good to see

Ya seen a clip of KU shoot Around Mitch looked like he was moving pretty good working on his jump hook and shooting from the base line. Think he is going to be ok , STILL if we can get through this game without him the better we are. - -Play KJ & Zach to fill in , gives Mitch another couple of days and gives KJ & Zach critical game time tourney exprience

Ken Pom has KU at a 95 % chance of win today -has the score at 80-62

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

KU is favored by 21.5 today. 2nd biggest spread behind Gonzaga at 23. Baylor at 20.5.

San Diego St -2 against Creighton.

Iowa -10.5 against Richmond

Providence -2 against South Dakota St

Wow,
SD State is gonna win.

This is survive and advance time. (no shit Zab)?
If we go inside to Dave and he doinks a couple and we start out 1/7 on threes and we throw it to the other team just for fun a few times and Texas Southern doesn't reject our gifts it may not be a KU blowout where Connor hits another three or three. But as my 75 year old 5'6" former airborne commander neighbor says, when he takes three to get out of a sand trap and helicopters his Hogan Sure-Out in the general direction of Neptune, "I just don't give a f***."

I forgot what my point was but I hope we win. Go Hawks!

Was looking at all the so called experts or what not writers and such on their picks for final 4 and seems the General consensus seems to be Gonzaga ( SURPRISE ) - -Arizona - - Kentucky - - & KU

Also Championship picks are mainly between Gonzaga & Arizona - -Ku had like 4 picks then Kentucky was right there - -saw ONE Texas Teh kinda surprised me

Yet another obstacle to viewing the tourney: Cannot see the local CBS feed because Savannah has a huge St Pat parade for the first hour. Sling Blue does not carry locals.

Damned Commies!

This Michigan team is going to lose and bust 2/3 of my brackets

Check that: apparently the March Madness app has no idea how to know which Sling version you use. Orange gives you local channels, so it is letting me see the CBS game. Must use a national feed.

So, thanks to all, esp @Crinsonorblue22, for the advice to load it!

@mayjay said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Check that: apparently the March Madness app has no idea how to know which Sling version you use. Orange gives you local channels, so it is letting me see the CBS game. Must use a national feed.

So, thanks to all, esp @Crinsonorblue22, for the advice to load it!

I left Sling about a month ago, and went to the higher priced Hulu. Now I am constantly having to refresh the live feeds on sporting events, and I'm about to go back to Sling.

Would be a ways off, and doubt they get there, and Providence may win, but I wouldn't want to play SDS - they pass and shoot well. Really spread the floor. Very undersized, but fun to watch...

Going to keep a running commentary of the Big Ten, and their glorious " 9 TEAMS IN THE TOURNEY" . I've had to listen to days of announcers talking them up, so I keeping a tote of how they do. As of this morning...

AND THEN THERE WERE 8....

Colorado State is some grown ass men @Jethro Michigan has neither the heart nor the gumption to pull this out.

Oklahoma and Texas A&M say "you wasted my f'n ticket on THIS?"

@approxinfinity

Team full of freshman and their PG and best player out with Concussion

Not sur if anyone saw but let me say again - - Providence DOES NOT impress me. - -South Dakota is ok - - -& Colorado State looks very solid

Actually, Michigan has to feel pretty good to just be down 7 given that CSU made 8 3 pointers and they were 0-7...

South Dakota St can score but they have one of the worst defenses.

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

South Dakota St can score but they have one of the worst defenses.

I think if I was providence I'd take the ball down deep every time to the Big - -South Dakota has no answer to guard him

@jayballer67 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

South Dakota St can score but they have one of the worst defenses.

I think if I was providence I'd take the ball down deep every time to the Big - -South Dakota has no answer to guard him

Certainly could be a good plan of attack. South Dakota St has the 2nd worst defense per kenpom in the tournament. That's even adjusting for competition etc. They are boom or bust

Michigan stormed back

They sure did. Michigan now winning

Providence up 14 early 2nd. They just look better then the Rabbits

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Providence up 14 early 2nd. They just look better then the Rabbits

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Providence up 14 early 2nd. They just look better then the Rabbits

Boy your right South Dakota's State defense DOES SUCK - - then I have to do a double take and have to say - - - WHAT DEFENSE lol - - just sad

People thinking it was a walk over Mich suffered from premature exultation...

I dunno but to me Kendall needs to look to score more. Several times he passes out when he has wide open mid to short range shots. - I just think he needs to be more aggressive offensively instead of yielding

@jayballer67

Really not his game. He can hit the set open 3 but he hasn't really developed this kind of touch from mid-range etc. Perhaps that's in his future

@mayjay said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

People thinking it was a walk over Mich suffered from premature exultation...

A lot of Juwan Howard haters are in shambles after he put on a coaching clinic against a pretty good basketball mind in Medved.

South Dakota St cut it to 3.. Now 5 with 2:23 to go.

Back down to 3 with 1 min to go. Jack Rabbits need a stop

Dumbest play ever. Providence fouled on a 3

Yeah pretty glad we dodged Memphis...

Jack Rabbits have been road killed

Baylor already won. there's 8 minutes left in the first half

@BShark

bad matchup for Boise

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@BShark

bad matchup for Boise

Bad match-up for us too.

@mayjay

SShit

@BShark

Meh. I wouldn't trust them to make anything against a real team

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@BShark

Meh. I wouldn't trust them to make anything against a real team

me neither wouldn't have any problem with us against Memphis

Richmond can't make layups. Hard to win

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So naturally the Aztecs will carry the load now...

@BShark

0-2 where they getting the 3rd?

Burton from Richmond single handily keeping them in the game. Both teams can't make anything

@BeddieKU23 Wyoming

@BShark said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@BeddieKU23 Wyoming

Forgot they were in the play in

Coaches son for Iowa heating up

Richmond battling. Up 3

Richmond/Iowa is better than I thought. First 5/12 upset? Keeping an eye on it.

@Gorilla72

First half was meh but this half has been really good

Iowa down 5 at the under 8 timeout. They only have 46 points

Would love this upset

Iowa down 8 with 6 to go

Itsy bitsy spider

Zags tied with 5something left in the first🤣 although it would bust my bracket I would still laugh my ass off

The COCKEYES GOING DOWN. ANOTHER B1G TEAM DOWN IN FLAMES. AND THEN THERE WERE 7...

Woo down goes Iowa @wissox

How many pundits picked them in the final 4? Erased now! Can't be celebrating another's loss! 🤐🤐🤐🤐🌽🕳

Well we just got our first Big Break. Iowa was considered our main threat to keep us from advancing. - - Now we have to go out and take care of business, but I'm sure Coach Self makes sure they guys are aware if you don't come to play - - your gonna get beat , that's why they play the game. - -Big break gotta love it.

Kinda amazing to me , I realize it's the 1st half -- half time BUT for Georgia State to be withing two to Gonzaga is incredible. Thought for sure Gonzaga would be blowing them out. 35-33 at half Goodness

KC hoops legend Jacob Gilyard showed up. STUD.

Been busy with work today, but just wanted to check in to say my brackets are already in tatters. Oh, how I love this time of year!

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@BShark said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@BeddieKU23 Wyoming

Forgot they were in the play in

Hey!! Wyoming is a powerhouse!

@Jethro said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

The COCKEYES GOING DOWN. ANOTHER B1G TEAM DOWN IN FLAMES. AND THEN THERE WERE 7...

Their coach has never made it past the round of 32. LOL!

Zags!? 👀

Let's go Georgia State

Might just be me but sure seems like Brady is playing a lot better with Carolina then he ever did at Oklahoma

OMG i'm so happy Iowa lost. But let's get next weekend first.

All those bandwagon fans of Iowa can take off their rose-tinted glasses.

@bskeet and go home

Big news out of Duke...... Coach K is "going to go for it." Hmmmmm makes me wonder if any follow up questions were allowed.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. We have two games to be concerned about before we can be happy about Iowa's loss

Lol Georgia State and Gonzga was tied 50 - -50 since that time Gonzaga outscored Georgia State 43 -20

@jayballer67 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Lol Georgia State and Gonzga was tied 50 - -50 since that time Gonzaga outscored Georgia State 43 -20

Geez. Maybe they started going inside to Timme and Chet.

@jessejayhawk said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. We have two games to be concerned about before we can be happy about Iowa's loss

OH we can STILL be happy about their loss, we just have to focus on our games, which I'M SURE Coach won't allow them not to. - All he has to do is point out the Iowa game , tell them if your not focused - - this is what can happen

@jayballer67 Good point

@Zabudda said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@jayballer67 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Lol Georgia State and Gonzga was tied 50 - -50 since that time Gonzaga outscored Georgia State 43 -20

Geez. Maybe they started going inside to Timme and Chet.

ummm ya - -almost every time down the floor

Georgia St shriveled up that last 10 minutes. Unfortunate their big got hurt because Chet and Timme scored every basket for about 10 minutes lol

Sooo many pundits were drooling over Iowa.. picking them over Kansas, disparaging Ochai as they picked them to go to the final four.

Not sorry.

Holy crap. An 8:57 tip off. That means I get to watch 3 minutes of the game before my bedtime.

Fly to the west coast.. You won't miss the game or your beauty rest.

@bskeet Good suggestion but somehow the timing doesn't seem to work. Thanks anyway.

@bskeet By the way, it isn't my beauty rest thats at stake. it's my damn little dog that insists that 9:00 PM is bedtime

@bskeet said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Sooo many pundits were drooling over Iowa.. picking them over Kansas, disparaging Ochai as they picked them to go to the final four.

Not sorry.

I picked Richmond so I'm responsible for saving us? Damn!

@jessejayhawk

Lol. Excatly!

@Zabudda Richmond looked pretty good. Not sure they are a better pick than Iowa

@jessejayhawk Hopefully we get a chance to find out

@jessejayhawk

Well Im'm stuck with them because of the ridiculous rule of having to pick a winner before the games start.

@Zabudda You made a good pick. I saw some of Iowa's games and was not impressed. If I did a bracket, I would have made the same pick that you did. Hope you do well with your bracket/

We would have SMOKED Iowa if that game happened. They can't defend my shadow.

Man. I havent been this excited for the tournament since 2018 i just realized.

@BShark

The experts said the Hawkeyes had too much firepower for us,

This thread is pure gold

SAINT PETERS HANGING IN THERE

San Diego St fouls every second

@Zabudda said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@BShark

The experts said the Hawkeyes had too much firepower for us,

hmmmm , think their spark plugs got fouled up - -all they did was sputter their way right on out of the tourney lol

I'm sorry this Creighton SDSU game is fugly

Creighton is done.

SDSU has a bench guy with 12 points and 3 and 1's in the first half. Creighton is not a disciplined team at all

I had Iowa going another game, but can’t say I’m too disappointed at all to see em go down in flames. Michigan helped out with a little upset action.

Hopefully we take care of business tonight because we are in for an extremely difficult game Saturday.

Always love going to the Kentucky boards. - -Their fans having a melt down right now. Saying their team is just hot garbage , how Coach Cal is a lazy Coach and doesn't prepare , asking when is the last time as Uh when was the laast time they went into half time tied lol -- these guys are classic

Lest we forget our own Richmond history:

Lost to them at home in January 2004, when we were ranked #10.

Avenged it as a 1 seed in tourney in Sweet 16 in 2011. Then we proceeded to lose to VCU in E8.

So not a school (or city!) we have a history of dominating!

@jayballer67 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Always love going to the Kentucky boards. - -Their fans having a melt down right now. Saying their team is just hot garbage , how Coach Cal is a lazy Coach and doesn't prepare , asking when is the last time as Uh when was the laast time they went into half time tied lol -- these guys are classic

I am enjoying reading it. They all try to out-hate each other over the Squid.

@Jethro said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@jayballer67 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Always love going to the Kentucky boards. - -Their fans having a melt down right now. Saying their team is just hot garbage , how Coach Cal is a lazy Coach and doesn't prepare , asking when is the last time as Uh when was the laast time they went into half time tied lol -- these guys are classic

I am enjoying reading it. They all try to out-hate each other over the Squid.

Exactly - -they have no problem with hatin on one another, they turn on one another like a rabid dog against another with a open wound lmao

The one thing we can not afford to do is, allow Texas Southern the chance to hang around deep into the game. As we all know if it is a close game later in the game EVRYONE at the game will be pulling for Texas Southern cheering getting behind the under dog.

We need to do exactly what Baylor , North Carolina did step on their throat from the opening tip show them they don't belong on the floor with us just take the energy right out of them show them who the bettr team is - -don't give them any hope or thought that they can play with us or beat us. - -Examples -Iowa - -look at the kentucky game right now -- Gonzaga for a large part of the game-- just can't happen

Kind of rooting for Creighton to win just because it would make the Hawkeyes loss even sweeter.

What's with the stupid bright orange ball?

UK is going to survive St. Peters. NMS knocks off UConn. Teddy Allen is one hellavu player...

@DCHawker teddy buckets! Finally makes it, WV, WSU, Nebraska now NMS. Just found out a few days ago he was the texass Allens brother.

St. Petey scouted Kentucky well. Up 1 with 1:18 to go

Teddy Allen has exhausted all 90 of his lives in College. Crazy hes still playing

Uh OH you never know - - look out, don't think it will happen But - - - - - -

St Peter's comeback in progress!

Peacocks force OT!!!!

LORDY LORDY over time - - I said overtime LOL

As mentioned in the bumped thread, Saint Peters has some real dudes. Adidas school btw...

Dang, so close to Kensucky going down! Let’s go St Pete in OT!

that ball bounced like 4-5 times on the rim

This Indiana-St. Mary's game is a good one too!

D was just the way St Pete coach drew it up on Schweibwe

UK refs big time in this one, for those tuning in late. There was one play where a kid for St Peters got hammered on a make, hurt to where he couldn't get back on D. No call.

@BShark St. Pete is playing some REALLY good D and getting called for BS fouls

Both teams doing pretty average from the line

Still probably going to go down to the last possession UK StP

@DanR Who would have thought it?

Beautiful, St Petes...come on...beat them!

I like this coach, Shaheen Holloway for St. Petes

Come on send the Calamari back home crying about the refs and what not

It's a thumb, folks

Agreed

hit 2 free throws and this becomes very difficult for UK

looked like a line drive shot.

Does St. Peter’s have a chant? I would help!

So hilarious. They want to fire the Squid right now...lol.

Who are kentucky fans praying to right now?

Oh my oh my Kensucky is going down

@bskeet lotta bourbon being consumed

@DanR LOL

Iowa and Kentucky both cratered in one night. Oh, man.

Sweet! Ha! Suck it Kensucky!

@BShark said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

SAINT PETERS HANGING IN THERE

THEY DID THE THING!

Well my bracket is in flames but damn it is worth it

it's like xmas ...

I had UK losing to Murray State. I thought that would be even sweeter, but I was wrong.

@Kubie yep, mine too, but don’t care at all!

Kentucky losing means nothing until we win

Hate to say this, but if Duke also loses, it would greatly ease the pain of KU not winning the whole thing...

Epic!!!

@Jethro said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

it's like xmas ...

DO DUKE NEXT MARCH MADNESS

I love watching underdogs beat blue bloods in the tourney… but then I don’t wanna jinx our blublood team

That’s only the 10th time a 15 seed has beaten a 2 seed! (Most notably Mizzou losing, in my mind). Now UK. Sweet!

@DCHawker said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Hate to say this, but if Duke also loses...

Stop right there.

WOW just WOW

Creighton SDSU down to the wire...

@DanR said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Kind of rooting for Creighton to win just because it would make the Hawkeyes loss even sweeter.

How so?

Afternoon games boring. Evening games anything but...

Another guy trying to be a hero...why not pass?

Since TruTV carrying Hawks game, does this mean delayed start???

Can’t believe they let Creighton back in it… another OT

@mayjay Oops... in my head I was thinking Drake/DesMoines not Creighton/Omaha.

Still, Boo Iowa.

Welp, what's KU's estimated tipoff time these days?

@DanR said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Welp, what's KU's estimated tipoff time these days?

Tomorrow

I'm gonna say this AGAIN can't stress enough. - -If THESE GAMES don't catch KU'S attention nothing will. - We HAVE to come out focused play focused ball otherwise we gonna be another upset. - We CAN NOT take this for granted

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Half an hour after this is over, I think.

Was supposed to go show up to work tomorrow. Not sure that's happenin

at least the OT won't force us to miss watching, as usual on ESPN.

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Was supposed to go show up to work tomorrow. Not sure that's happenin

lol I don't blame you

Thank God I'm retired don't have to worry about going to work

San Diego is getting hosed by the refs big time

So thankful I have influenza

@Crimsonorblue22 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

So thankful I have influenza

Ya that influenza can be really tricky this time of year

ACL or patellar

Man down for Creighton. Weird, got up and took a couple steps

Damn

Reminds me of Archie Marshall

hope Creighton pulls this out for that guy

Good Lord how much would St. Peters have beaten us by? 1/2 of my national final bracket is gone! But my other half is still RockChalkin. And seeing Iowa lose like that. Iowa fans are such jerks, kind of like ISU fans, must be something with all the pestacides that they spray there makes em all come unhinged.

Self didn't spend much time on Kentucky prep. It'd be a whole different game this time.

Iowa losing won't help me

Somebody explain why Creighton has fouled on consecutive possessions down 2 with 2 minutes to go???

I don't know if it was great St Peter's scouting and game plan execution, but other than Oscar, UK had nothing....

Wow huge and 1

As long as we take care of business we are going to catch a tired team

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Wow huge and 1

St Peters would not have got that call.

@DCHawker roll the ball out.

Unreal

Time out coaches? Any left?

@BeddieKU23 said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Somebody explain why Creighton has fouled on consecutive possessions down 2 with 2 minutes to go???

They fouled the SDST center because he sucks at the line.

Creighton - 5 starters in double figures. No points and 1 shot attempt from 2 bench guys...

At this rate, we'll play at midnight...

Tough for our guys to wait!

OMG

I'm pulling for Creighton to win. Their big is out.

Yeah teams shouldn’t have to play at 10 or 11 eastern time. Not cool.

@Jethro

They literally have 6 guys now

Last night and today...is anything better than this tournament, year after year?

This game goes on to long and it’s going to mess up my bourbon timing. I could fall asleep at half!

@mayjay said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

Last night and today...is anything better than this tournament, year after year?

No question it's the best

Either you come to play or go home. Anything can happen ❤💙

probably won't be another OT at least. Never mind, they updated the score 3 pt lead

This TO thing is ridiculous. Do teams get extra time outs in the tourney?

More tv TO's I think

@tis4tim Extra TO in OT.

Glad I caught a nap before tuning in. Now for the good game

So our Jayhawks play Blue Jays next round if we advance? Feather will fly!

How much exposure will we get since they have to wait 30 minutes?

Didn't we ply Creighton earlier this year ?

no

"his cousin is Mike Conley of the Jazz" Mike Conley Sr. was in HS when I was and he played basketball against our HS. We had a great team and beat them in our gym, but they ended up winning state. Mike Sr. then won state for his school all by himself in track winning the 100, 200, long and triple jumps. He also knew how to dunk.

@jayballer67 Played them in Dec 2020

Christian brown! Say it right!

@mayjay said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@jayballer67 Played them in Dec 2020

Thanks appreciate it

Nice press conference with Coach Cal throwing his players under the bus

With UK losing, does that change the odds of Och winning NPOTY over Oscar?

@rockchalkwyo said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

With UK losing, does that change the odds of Och winning NPOTY over Oscar?

No I don't think it does

@DanR

Did he really. Classic. He's a Karen

INDIANA ...GOT SMOKED...AND THEN THERE WAS 6...

Zips up 16 to 10.

@rockchalkwyo I think voting is done bf the tourney

@DanR Saves on travel costs back home.

I take it the Squid will get run. That will be a sh** show...lol.

Kentucky's last tournament win was March 29th 2019.

Watching UCLA im remembering that i enjoyed watching them last tournament. We recruited some of these kids, etc. i wouldnt mind the bracket falling apart for my FF bound Hokies though

@approxinfinity Like the Hokies, but good golly their fans are a whiny bunch. Almost as bad as Auburn's in griping about getting no respect.

@mayjay they got rooked out of tournament bids for a decade. They have a right. Its one thing to not get a 1 seed, its another to not get a bid.

What advice for UK players?

"SUCK IT UP!"

Kind of sucks for Tschiebwe . He did go to marginally better team. Just not enough.

Now we need to have the Rat follow the Squid to the exit. That would be almost too good to be true...

@approxinfinity said in KU Bracket Reveal Thread:

@mayjay they got rooked out of tournament bids for a decade. They have a right. Its one thing to not get a 1 seed, its another to not get a bid.

Don't really see lots of years they deserved to be in that they weren't. Ranked in final AP poll a grand total of 3, count 'em: 3, times, and were in tourney each time, as well as every time they had single-digit losses.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/virginia-tech/ ↗

Check that: not in in 2009-10 with 9 losses.