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Regardless of how this year has gone, today is always one of the best days of the entire year. The only thing that will make it better is a KU victory!

Happy Tournament Day all

Game 1 at 12:15 is a good one, Creighton vs Louisville

From the NBC Sports Bet Staff

"Bill Self and Kansas (21-12) enter the first round of the NCAA Tournament boasting a talented and well-rounded game."

Well, that explains it. I've been watching the wrong Kansas team this year. Where can I find this team?

@nuleafjhawk just imagine we are a mid major and you will be thrilled with our chances

Making my wife drive as we drive up north to visit elderly parents so I can watch Badgers game on my phone, but then it will be petal to the metal when I take over so we can make it there on time for KU game.

It's gamr day fella's Everyone have their happy faces on - - -let's be happy , positive, today is the day our destiny begins. Think we got a real shot tonight, for one Arkansas also has people hurt- - -Arkansas goes through scoring droughts- - - Arkansas is terrible at 3 point offense just heard off from First Take Jay Williams stated that Arkansas is like 331st in 3 point offense .Several people/analysts like our fraw/pod, talking about how KU could be the Cinderella-- it's time to be positive- -ROCK CHALK

Creighton looking sharp so far.

@approxinfinity I think both Creighton and Gonzaga are under seeded IMO

Watching High Point now. Intrigued by Pettiford

iI don't feel as bad getting beat by Creighton at Creighton, they look pretty good to me

If Creighton hadn't lost Pops after the KU game to that hip injury they would probably be a Top 5 seed. They dominated us

@BeddieKU23 said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

If Creighton hadn't lost Pops after the KU game to that hip injury they would probably be a Top 5 seed. They dominated us

Maybe. They are pretty hot and cold with their shooting. Obviously they are hot today

@BeddieKU23 ya if they still had Pop they could be a threat to make the FF.

Creighton pretty much in control of that game from start to finish

Houston doing what Houston does- - -40-- 18

@SlimShaddy54 a 1 seed almost always goes down in Round 2, thinking it’s Houston this year

@kjayhawks I hate to disagree bud BUT I disagree lol

@SlimShaddy54 haha Mcnesse looking good Very the little ACC

OMG Barkley picked Arizona in the Championship game lol

@kjayhawks Didn't even know they had started, just got through watching some of Auburn Alabama St - -Auburn better turn it up in the 2nd half- - Alabama St gave them all they wanted in the 1st

Hey guys (and gals). Please don't waste too much of your time watching these games. Just fast forward to April 7th and watch KU cut down the nets. It WILL happen. Microsoft AI said so.

Gonzaga taking Georgia behind the woodshed early up 27-3.

Good God, did Gonzaga put their entire roster on the floor on the defensive end ? - Georgia with THREE point halfway through the first half

Clemson getting their behinds spanked too. - -29 points in three fourths of a game. under 10 minutes to go against McNeese

Well, here we are. Up against the Hogs in the big dance.
Not feeling like many of us have high hopes today, but off we go. Rock Chalk!

KU is an ESPN analytics 71% favorite. Projecting Hunt with 19, Mayo 15, Juan 11 and KJ 9. I think that's 54. Maybe get Griffen with 8, Diggy with 6, AJ with four and Flory with 6. KU 78 Ark 73. Or my initial score without this break down was Ark 75 KU 69. Everyone down here close to the Pig Trail are as unsure as I am. Looks like Boogie will set this one out after all. KU is full of woe on the road but it's a neutral site. There are too many either/or questions/answers in this game. Hopefully it's a good one. Donna and I have eaten our BBQ loaded baked potatoes, I have Tums by my side and Dan Quayle was an idiot.

Weel as of right now- --- BIG - -2-0- -- Big Twelve- -2-0-- -Big East- - -1-0- --- SEC - -1-1- --&-v-- ACC - -0-2

"BIG" logo is as pretentious as THE Ohio State was.

@Zabudda radio guys saying Boogie back

@Crimsonorblue22 Local TV guys just said that too.

@rockchalkjayhawk not sure about here but there are quite a few that like our chances.-- Statistically pretty een across the board. - We rebound better -more assists , shoot the three better shoot better overall,-- Arkansas has a history of going through some long stretchs without scoring. -- Their leading rebounder is only 5.1 per.

Gonna be a close game for sure, but if we don't come out and just have our head deep in our own a - - and play solid defense I think we will come out on top.- - Gonna have to watch Boogie, but not sure how well , or how long he can go- -been out for two months. Theirro is out leading player for them but not playing- - pulling for the win.- - KU 75 - -Arkansas- -7 0

What Hunter will we see the 50% from the floor and the FT line or the 8/10 and 80% from the line Hunter.

Ark with a roster of four 5 stars and five 4 stars. Nice. KU with seven 4 or 5 stars?

So, this is the game thread?

Not so many stunning upsets so far today.

Maybe more tomorrow or maybe in the next rounds when the medium seeds are playing the high seeds... I really thought there was a bit more parity this year so I was ready to see some surprises.

I also wouldn't cry if more SECs bit the dust.

@bskeet seemed to be a lot more blowouts than usual on day one. Only real upsets have been McNeese and Drake which I actually picked in the one bracket I filed out this season.

Goodness Tech gonna fart around and get beat.

Pretty good game with Baylor and Mississippi state right now. After watching us last night it’s just crazy to see how much more hustle most teams have than us. Both teams have 5 guys running, crashing the boards and getting after loose balls. Outside of KJ it never really happened for guys with Kansas on their chest.

@kjayhawks Your right KJ was the only only one showing heart, diving for loose balls, just overall hustle , giving 100 %. Sure he had limitations but hell MAYBE that is what the mascot for this team should of been this year for this team- - - THE KANSAS LIMITATIONS- -instead of Jay Hawks

@SlimShaddy54 KJ always gave it his all if he was in someone else’s body he’s a an all American

I could see during our losses this year if a team was better than us. Houston, TT, BYU, ISU and maybe others. Arkansas didn't look better than us and that's a team that went 8-5 in the SEC to end the conference season. We did our sloppy ball handling and throw away passes to the tune of 10 turnovers in the second half but Arkansas turned it over 8 times in the half. Percentage wise we outshot them from the field, deep and FT's. Out rebounded them and were even on the offensive boards. They had 7 more second chance opportunities. I think we were a better team than they were. We shot and defended our way into the lead late in the second half by good coaching with the zone but of course our five straight empty possessions was another painful as heck loss. I hope AJ Storr comes back. Two out of the three last games he was very impressive. Flory will become a good scorer in a year or two if he comes up with an effective shot. He is so quick and tough. Passmore is gonna be a load next year and I hope he stays. The team was playing it's best ball but our giveaways never went away. It took so long to jell.

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@approxinfinity haha thats funny to be honest I just hate Cal as much as anything but Arkansas is has more size and athleticism than just about every team St. John has faced this season.

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I like stuff like this accountability and toughness 💪.

@kjayhawks im picking st johns in this one

Zuby man we missed on him

@kjayhawks seriously.

@approxinfinity the way he running the floor and everywhere right now missed that like KJ but with size

@kjayhawks yeah imagine how our pace could have differed with Udeh Zuby and a healthy Elmarko.

I’m disappointed because I honestly thought if we could get past Arkansas we could’ve beaten this team. Obviously KJ being injured late we probably wouldn’t have a good shot

These seniors blew a very possible sweet 16 path

@rcjhdraft said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

These seniors blew a very possible sweet 16 path

Right on paper we are much better shooting team than Arkansas and we match up well with St John’s who doesn’t guard the line well.

@kjayhawks said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@rcjhdraft said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

These seniors blew a very possible sweet 16 path

Right on paper we are much better shooting team than Arkansas and we match up well with St John’s who doesn’t guard the line well.

It was a very generous path, especially considering the likely sweet 16 matchup would've been Tech who's beatable. But of course the team had to let the fanbase down one last time

There we go Zuby with a big dunk, 12 points already

Ejiofer is a force. Sigh

It's embarrassing how much more athletic these teams are compared to this year's squad

@rcjhdraft pretty much is the consensus on X no heart, no energy, no loyalty and no athleticism in regards to our team this season

Really kind of surprising that the schedulers couldn't have had OU and MichSt play at different times yesterday so the Fears brothers parents could've watched both sons play.

Well looks like Arkansas is gonna advance smh

@kjayhawks said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@rcjhdraft pretty much is the consensus on X no heart, no energy, no loyalty and no athleticism in regards to our team this season

Somehow this game has made me even more mad about this season. I have zero love for any of the seniors

@rcjhdraft said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@kjayhawks said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@rcjhdraft pretty much is the consensus on X no heart, no energy, no loyalty and no athleticism in regards to our team this season

Somehow this game has made me even more mad about this season. I have zero love for any of the seniors

Ya I’m pissed because of our seniors could make a simple pass we are playing right now. Prob don’t win without KJ but still Juan, Hunter and Zeke have turned the ball over repeatedly with the game on the line. That’s unacceptable for guys with their experience level.

@kjayhawks said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@rcjhdraft said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@kjayhawks said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@rcjhdraft pretty much is the consensus on X no heart, no energy, no loyalty and no athleticism in regards to our team this season

Somehow this game has made me even more mad about this season. I have zero love for any of the seniors

Ya I’m pissed because of our seniors couldn’t make a simple pass we are playing right now. Prob don’t win without KJ but still Juan, Hunter and Zeke have turned the ball over repeatedly with the game on the line. That’s unacceptable for guys with their experience level.

Just unreal that we watched 4 seasons of a guy who can't penetrate the paint and by the end of his career, could barely defend point of attack(the one thing he was supposed to be good at)

@rcjhdraft there is a good chance Elmarko by mid season is better than Juan has ever been. I’m a little concerned coming of the injury for sure but Juan hasn’t improved. His stat are identical in most categories, struggles to get to paint and keep guys out of the paint. Was the same thing he had trouble with the first time he played. Anyone that says otherwise is a bold face liar or blind.

@kjayhawks He was so awful. Starting a point guard who can't reliably shoot a pull-up off of a screen is brutal for the offense

Zuby finished the with 23 points and 12 rebounds. He played great the St John guards couldn’t hit the ground with their hat in 3 tries. He had almost the exact same output of KJ and Hunt combined against the same team. Thats a huge ouch man

Plus Aidoo, who destroyed Hunter for an efficient 20+ points was held to 7 by Zuby

@rcjhdraft right sometimes I hate myself for being right so damn often believe @Texas-Hawk-10 and I were the only ones worried about giving up Zuby and Udeh for Hunter. I’ve been full of shit about Juan and KJ playing too much to everyone on this site but yet it turned out exactly as I said it would again…

@kjayhawks yeah sure you are the only one that voiced any concerns about Hunter :smirking_face: i believe i said a thing or two after recovering from the initial nut punch.

@kjayhawks To be honest, its possible you WERE full of shit about Juan and KJ playing too much. Specifically, if Shak was too hurt to play (as Self mentioned in post game when he mentioned Shak and Elmarko being hurt really affected the make up of this team) and since KJ was a better option to pair with Flory than Hunter down the stretch.

We can agree that roster construction was putrid but Im not sure the consensus is unanimous about playing time. We simply didnt have better options, and those options were mediocre.

Dont get me wrong, I criticized Selfs decision to have Flory on the bench and went through a stretch where i thought playing him over KJ was the answer. I never really saw an alternative to Juan.

KJ seemed to find new energy late in the season while Juan got progressively worse. But we had to get to that point to see it.

Hunter was the biggest problem on this roster, and then Juan as the only viable handler.

@approxinfinity I do agree that injuries did hurt us at PG. but we also had Zeke who at times did bring the ball up and Diggy. I said the last two seasons we don’t advance outta the first weekend with them two playing 30 minutes a game. I was a million percent correct period end of discussion. I told repeatedly about how great Juan was several by posters. Excuses are like assholes, everyone has them. We didn’t use common sense roster construction the last two seasons and it bit our asses period.

Zeke and Diggy were never good passers or handlers and cost us as much or more than Juan. There just wasnt another option when philon decommitted and Elmarko went down.

@kjayhawks my point is you have a habit of getting all “me against the world, Im right everyone else was wrong” and it was never like that, nor is it like that now. There were many people skeptical of roster construction. I am the first person to eat crow when its in order. But I think you are mischaracterizing everyone else as being diametrically opposed to you in the rear view. There were some but def not all.

@approxinfinity maybe true, I just feel like I’m correct most of the time about things and I flack for it. We are probably all extra pissed off after the way the last few days have went. I not a rocket scientist and probably not anywhere near the smartest person on this site but I know basketball and I know it well.

I do agree that @Texas-Hawk-10 had this team pretty much nailed from day one of the roster construction. And you were one of the more vocal posters early about Hunter.

@kjayhawks yeah, you weren't wrong. just let other people commiserate with you, please. there's more than one seat in this bitchwagon :)

@approxinfinity you I love you either way buddy lol

@kjayhawks I remember throwing up in my mouth a little bit watching this awkward high five.

Not only is Hunter the face of the worst 2 years of the Bill Self Era, he also is the first big face of NIL at KU, and unfortunately, his legacy will carry that as well.

Was bummed Zuby got bounced. He was carrying St Johns, and I was prepared to watch him a couple more games

Was pulling for creighton

This wisconsin byu game down to last possession

Hate to be mean to @wissox bit that was the worst officiated game of the tournament so far. BYU wins by at least 12 if the game is called correctly. Had took many blow outs this weekend and Vegas was buzzing the officials lol

Houston - SIX STRAIGHT SWEET SIXTEEN APPEARANCES

Not too shabby

@nuleafjhawk said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

Houston - SIX STRAIGHT SWEET SIXTEEN APPEARANCES

Not too shabby

Sampson has proven he is a solid coach down there and they are a problem for us moving forward no question.

@kjayhawks I'm at my elderly parents who live with my sister. The game was background noise that I turned off at the half. Figured if they came back to win I'd be excited and could watch my recording. First half wasn't aware of the refs being bad.

@wissox they was fine in the first half, if watch the second you’ll see lol

You realize the Big 12 is - -- - 9-1 so far in the tourney ? -- we won - -6 out of 7 first round games and then we went 3 =3 today/tonight, I'd say that's not to shabby

@SlimShaddy54 said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

You realize the Big 12 is - -- - 9-1 so far in the tourney ? -- we won - -6 out of 7 first round games and then we went 3 =3 today/tonight, I'd say that's not to shabby

Yes, 9-1 with the good guys being the 1... ;( B10 and B12 have dominated so far - the former is 10-2. SEC was just 8-6 in the 1st round; lost one more yesterday, although Auburn, Tennessee and Arkansas looked good. ACC a complete flame out and the BE has underperformed.

@kjayhawks and he pronounces words very well!

@DCHawker Oh I'm loving that. I do agree that ya , SEC was pretty much the best Conference this Season. Yet come money time- ---not so much.

ESPN hates this , they despise the Big 12 in doing well, they along with SEC & BIG want the BIG twelve to no longer exist, that's why I'm so proud of the league.-- Now w might lose one today --I think Baylor is up against Duke today right ? Even at that how great would it be to have ISU win and our other Big 12 team, forget who that is right at this minute but they win and we would have right at 1/3 of the sweet sixteen

@SlimShaddy54 said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

You realize the Big 12 is - -- - 9-1 so far in the tourney ? -- we won - -6 out of 7 first round games and then we went 3 =3 today/tonight, I'd say that's not to shabby

Nope. Only saw one Big12 game. It was a bit of a disappointment.

@dylans ya I know it did-- I still have checked in on the others though, not glues to the set but hoping as a Conference we make a strong showing. Others can see what w have to go through beating one another up

Watching UF and UConn - just much better teams and athletes - going after rebounds - defending the perimeter - multiple guys that can beat their man off the dribble. McNealy would have been our best player...

@DCHawker Uconn gave it away…., haha

@DCHawker They play a brand of ball we don’t and they had a bad year but would have blown the doors off us if we played today

They hung with a top 3 team in the tourney - we got beat by a 10 seed without their best player.

Pretty evident who’s better

Mcneely made the right decision not coming here would have been tough to play that 4 spot behind kj and if he started at the 3 he wouldn’t have had the leash to shoot some of the shots he did

NCAA is really kind of stupid. (newsflash!). Almost 5 hours of air time Saturday and Sunday afternoon to run 1 game during each timeslot, with six still to play and then have to overlap them the rest of the day til late in the evening even on a Sunday night. I don't know who makes these decisions but it's really pretty aggravating.

@kuballin10 You are a piece of work you know that? - Unbelievable

@wissox

They do it every year

FTA disparity in the Duke - Baylor game is ridiculous - 19-2....

I turned it off half way thru the first half, how come we don’t get calls like that

As much as I depise Duke Baylor has no answer for Duke inside, and then haven't been able to stop drives.- -they were right with them until around the three minute mark left in the half

I was watching at the Y while running. The first thing I see is the refs showing a review and I see the replay of a Baylor guy with a hand on the back of a Duke guy shooting. I mean maybe a common foul...maybe, but reviewing for a flagrant? No team in America gets a play like that reviewed. A few minutes later Baylor dude gets shoved into a Duke rebounder by a Duke guy and he gets called for a foul for pushing the Duke guy. Another one everyone starts lining up for Baylor FTs after a whistle and refs send them the other way saying, no, it was a foul on Baylor. I'm pissed for Baylor.

@wissox More eyeballs in the evening means more advertising dollars at a higher rate than in the afternoon.

@patoh3 said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@wissox More eyeballs in the evening means more advertising dollars at a higher rate than in the afternoon.

Oh, I forgot, it's a business!

Dan Hurley's quote to Baylor after losing to Florida.

"I hope they don't f--- you like they f---ed us. I hope they don't do that to you Baylor."

Hurley is whiny bitch to the point even Geno Auriemma is sick of Hurley's antics.
https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/article/dan-hurley-60-minutes-interview-transfer-portal-20212357.php ↗

A couple of excerpts: ""If the only outcome that makes you a successful coach or a successful season is whether you hang up a national championship banner, then you should get out immediately," Auriemma told Hurley."

This excerpt is why Geno Auriemma is a legend and so beloved amd respected in the industry, "Then Auriemma came to one of the men's basketball practices and did what he does best, coach. But he was not helping the players, he was coaching Hurley.

"He kept coaching me from the sideline, like barking at me a little bit," Hurley said." 'Hey, hey, Dan, you know, the joy of relationships with your players, the joy of getting the most out of your team, if you're only in it for the championship pursuit, and none of that other stuff means anything to you anymore, and it's just banners and rings, then you should get out, because it ain't gonna happen every year, buddy.' "

Some people here need to heed Geno's words of wisdom as well in regards to their opinions on Self.

@Texas-Hawk-10 My thoughts when I read that exactly. Fits some here , a that is all that seems to qualify as being a successful Coach Pretty solid words from a Legendary Coach in his own right If a little banner is what makes you tick then if that's what it takes for you to pound your chest and say look at us well then , you have lost what it means about being Successful. Coach Self is a VERY successful Coach with many Successful Seasons Period , end of story

@SlimShaddy54 @Texas-Hawk-10 i think we can all agree Hurleys ego makes him very unlikeable

Maryland won over Colorado State with last second shot with Queen walking before making basket with no call. The talking heads are without a peep about it.

@patoh3 said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

Maryland won over Colorado State with last second shot with Queen walking before making basket with no call. The talking heads are without a peep about it.

Not even a Euro Step.

@Texas-Hawk-10 I think Self needs to look in the mirror and adhere to what Geno said

Self prized two guys above the rest and it caused an all out practically brawl in Utah with players calling coaches out……

Phrasing Geno’s comments to paint Self as some saint is the most comically bad take and heck you’ve had a hell of a lot lately

The women's tournament took a big blow last night as USC star JuJu Watkins tore her ACL in USC's win over Miss. St.

Her and Paige Bueckers have been the two biggest reasons to watch the women's tournament this year.

What a snooze fest both brackets have become, imo

Something very interesting has happened. Maryland coach Kevin Willard has accepted the Villanova job right before Maryland plays in a Sweet 16 game. That is absolute trash behavior. It may have been announced publicly as of yet, but there's already stories from both sides confirming this. Maryland has advised their search firm to add a basketball HC on top of their AD search and Villanova people are reporting Willard is already recruiting the transfer portal for players to bring to Villanova.

@Texas-Hawk-10 that's wild. Sounds like his players aren't the only one's blatantly travelling. He's now travelling as well... to a new team!

Would the Maryland players want to be coached by him? I'd take the asst coaches! Totally sucks for them.

Wow, just now being tuned into what Willard has done. I wouldn't be surprised it a player of a team still playing entering the portal, obviously not agreeing with that being allowed to happen, but for a sweet 16 coach to do it? What an absolute jerk that guy must be. Nova will be going from one of the most likeable coaches in Wright, to a bad one and then to this. And since he's doing this to Maryland, then Nova shouldn't be surprised when he does something similar to them.

Coaches have been doing shady crap for a while now. It's wrong but there's a deeper root cause to it all from coaches to players.

I dont know if this bothers me. It seems like there is a culture of one year stints for players and shorter stints for coaches than we might be accustomed to. Maybe coach is being transparent about it. Conversely, coaches can wait too long and tie the university’s hands.

Another moment to say “how lucky are we?” that we have had so few coaches

@Texas-Hawk-10 so is he Coaching Maryland for the remainder of the Season or did he just up and leave ?

@SlimShaddy54 said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@Texas-Hawk-10 so is he Coaching Maryland for the remainder of the Season or did he just up and leave ?

I think he is, but he also skipped the team dinner last night and pretty much trashed the university on the way out the door. If I was a Maryland player, I wouldn't put forth much effort tonight after what Willard has said and done.

@Texas-Hawk-10 Ya for sure, that's just messed up --even worse if he just walks out before there season is over

Maryland should be out of the tournament anyways because of Derik Queen’s walk before making the last-second basket. It was a shitty no-call by the ref.

@patoh3 maybe the md coach texted YES at halftime to the Nova position

Y’all watching this BYU Bama game? 7 minutes to go Bama has hit 22/44 3s and has 97 points 😳

@kjayhawks

Alabama 75 points from downtown.

@Zabudda that was wild a normal shooting night and BYU likely cruises to a win. 25/51 from down town just unheard of.

I guess this now becomes my question after this joke of a game.- ----Should College more their three point line back ? -twenty made and fifthy one attempted is just out of control- -Move it back to NBA what is theirs ?

BYU outscores Bama 50-15 in the paint. Fool's gold?

I've watched like two plays in the Duke game and have twice seen whistles favor Duke, and as I type another one. I hate cheering for Arizona but these refs seem to be swooning for them.

Nice comeback TT! Finish them.

Wow Arkansas choked that way bad. They was up 13 with just over 4 minutes to go and up 6 with a minute to go.

@wissox said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

I've watched like two plays in the Duke game and have twice seen whistles favor Duke, and as I type another one. I hate cheering for Arizona but these refs seem to be swooning for them.

You are playing against 8 right now when you play Dook. I wish we got some of those calls in March

@kjayhawks nice. Lower seed AND bigger choke job.

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No one could have beat Alabama last night. That was an all time performance.

I’m surprisingly apathetic about the TT / Ark outcome. It was exciting at the end… but who cares.

@kjayhawks Yes Arkansas choked. Imagine how fucked up a team would have to be to choke against Arkansas 🤣

@bskeet I hope they keep it going and smoke Dook

Wow Purdue doesn’t guard the inbounder and lets a up a wide open layup with under a second to go in a tie game. Houston back to elite 8

Was a dunk to win the game!

SECPN radio was talking during the games last night as I was driving home and talking Duke. The dude actually said Duke received no challenges in the ACC except for when Clemson surprised them and Auburn out of conference. Ummmmm, KU? US beating them is really the reason why I didn't very reluctantly not pick them to win it all. So far my FF is intact with Houston, Florida, Auburn and Tech. But I hope Izzo crashes the party.

@wissox I feel like Izzo is out early or FF no in between

Come on TT!

Tech choked that one away at the FT line.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

Tech choked that one away at the FT line.

UF 23-25 from the line; TTU 7-13. Two late missed front ends were the real difference...

@Texas-Hawk-10 They had them- --They had Florida by ten and flat ass blew it

Tech choking away a big tournament win? That can't be right

Hate to say it, don't know if Duke can be beat.

@Crimsonorblue22 they are the presumptive favorites. I wonder how much compensation at Duke for freshman talent, if one could quantify value of all the perks, stacks up at Duke compared to other institutions.

@approxinfinity probably not.

Duke’s probably one of the best put together teams we’ve seen in a minute man. Positional size, shooting, multiple handlers and athleticism…

Makes the win with Malik, Svi, dtae.... team even sweeter. Take those guys over the perfect dukies. Our guys were super fun!

@TYOHawk they're almost always perfect, don't think they have to recruit to hard. Do you?

@Crimsonorblue22 said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@TYOHawk they're almost always perfect, don't think they have to recruit to hard. Do you?

They’re Nike and ESPN’s favorite. They get to select who they want..

UH is putting on a defensive clinic against Tennessee right now. Vols only had 15 points at halftime and are 20 points 5 minutes into the 2nd half.

@TYOHawk said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@Crimsonorblue22 said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@TYOHawk they're almost always perfect, don't think they have to recruit to hard. Do you?

They’re Nike and ESPN’s favorite. They get to select who they want..

Kentucky has re-entered that chat.

@Texas-Hawk-10 win in a blowout without shooting very well. Defensive clinic indeed.

Houston by 19 over Tennessee to advance to their 7th Final Four. Three of the four 1 seeds have advanced to the Final Four so far with Auburn's shot coming up next to make it 4 of 4.

IMHO Michigan St. could do us all a favor and knock off Auburn today giving us only one SEC team in the FF. Had TTech known how to make FT's and a MSU win SEC could've been shut out and the Big12 had two! But pulling for Sparty, although i like Pearl, thinking he's changed quite a bit and is a fun coach to watch and listen to, more of a Valvano type now.

@wissox said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

IMHO Michigan St. could do us all a favor and knock off Auburn today giving us only one SEC team in the FF. Had TTech known how to make FT's and a MSU win SEC could've been shut out and the Big12 had two! But pulling for Sparty, although i like Pearl, thinking he's changed quite a bit and is a fun coach to watch and listen to, more of a Valvano type now.

I'm pulling for Sparty. In my bracket that I was trying and not making homer or AI animal picks, I got 6 of the 8 Elite 8 team right amd so far am 3 for 3 on Final Four picks with Sparty over Auburn in the 4th game.

@Texas-Hawk-10 Yeah my bracket was looking good for the FF until TTech choked. I think I picked for someone over Duke based on the fact that our worst team ever beat Duke!

@wissox I actually have Duke winning in that bracket.

Reminding me of my college days working as a bricklayer.

Actually the Big Twelve should have two teams representing the league in the final four. Tex Tech had it and let it get away

Johnny Broome is so badass

@Jhawk69 I agree. Here's what bugs me about officiating though. The play he rolled his ankle should have been a foul. Here's my logic. A 3 point shooter goes up and lands on a defenders foot and its a shooting foul. That play today Broome landed on the layup shooters foot who falls as does broome and it's out of bounds to Auburn. I didn't see that much of the game. As state above, I'm not too heartbroken Auburn won.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39848562/which-ncaa-mens-teams-most-final-four-appearances ↗

Can you guess which two big 8 teams are on the list? I’ll give you the first one KU. lol

Refs are screwing over Florida

Florida is just so tough and well coached

@FarmerJayhawk said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

Florida is just so tough and well coached

Both are. A LOT of talent and athleticism in this game...

Well really happy for Florida, anybody but Pearl

I'll take Walter!

Step back shots dont seem to be a winning solution eveey possession for Houston

Maybe I'm just biased against Duke, but I see fouls that aren't fouls being called against Houston and fouls that aren't being called against Duke. Duke is really good, but they don't need help.

Out of bounds calls too.

We beat both these teams, well should have beaten both of these teams. Took the worst meltdown in memory to prevent it. Hard to believe.

@wissox Duke is owned by the Trump foundation. The trophy is already engraved.

That may or may not be true. But it feels true.

@nuleafjhawk Duke is a beautiful place. Strolled their gardens this summer. Snuck into their 2nd best basketball arena. Amazing how much I hate them! My grandma also passed at Duke hospital so it actually is a place with a lot of meaning to me.

That dunk by the Florida kid, was downright filthy and disgusting and if a Duke kid had done it he'd already be immortalized in Springfield or wherever they immortalize mere mortals these days..

Duke reaches in and holds a lot.

COUGS

Wow D up!

Surprised they called it

Wow what a comeback by Houston

Dook studied our Houston tape lmao

GTHD

Love it! Poor espn!

Bye bye Duke!! (pitiful to have to cheer on someones demise, but it's all we got!)

Duke got beat by 2 big 12 teams

I didnt mind rooting for Houston at the same time.

I respect the hell out of Sampson

@FarmerJayhawk I like him better when he doesn't talk.

Kansas mentioned!❤️💙🌾

If they can pull it off it's titles for the league in 3 of the last 5 tournaments.

I just read an article on Golden, how on earth is he still employed?

Dam I feel so bad for that Duke team -- and Mr do it everything. -- LJ saying they had a game like this against KU , and Calvin giving the Big Twelve- saying shout out to all his Big Twelve Brothern -- A Big 12 team playing for the Title & not fricken Duke.--- Gotta love it.

Another case where all these 5 Stars and player of the year falling short

@Crimsonorblue22 Really? He has some skeletons?

Article was written Nov. 24

@FarmerJayhawk said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

I respect the hell out of Sampson

Guy’s who got in trouble for getting caught paying players I don’t care about anymore. If you can coach and aren’t a woman beater/predator than by all means who cares about $$$ 10-20 years ago.

Everyone paid players

@wissox https://www.alligator.org/article/2024/11/uf-basketball-coach-accused-of-sexual-harassment-and-stalking ↗

Let’s end the night right folks…..Fuck Duke!

@Crimsonorblue22 Yikes, I just started reading a CBS article. Exonerated but also not completely cleared of some really inappropriate stuff.

As I've thought about young guys who could be our next coach I thought about him. NOT anymore! Scheyer is young, maybe we could get him. Wouldn't that be a coup?!!

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@wissox no brotherhood! Would've liked to have seen coach K and the Mrs riding off in their golf cart!

@Crimsonorblue22 I was joking about Scheyer!

I know!

@FarmerJayhawk read a good article about him. He tells his guys if they don't like to be coached tough, this isn't the place for them! Guessing our transfers won't be going there.

If you don’t think Kelvin Sampson is one of the best coaches in CBB right now, you’re a fool no doubt

2021: Final Four, AAC tournament champions

2022: Elite Eight, AAC regular season and tournament champions

2023: Sweet 16, AAC regular season champions

2024: Sweet 16, B12 regular season champions

2025: National title game (could win it all yet), B12 regular season and tournament champions.

May landing Yaxel

McLasland

McCollum

I think all 3 potentially better than Oats and on par with Golden

@Crimsonorblue22 said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

I just read an article on Golden, how on earth is he still employed?

Look at what school he is at and what they let Urban Meyer's players get away with.

@Texas-Hawk-10 Urban Meyer is a terrible human not sure why he is even allowed on TV for big noon kick off.

@Texas-Hawk-10 surprised he's not in jail. Just disgusting. Brett Favre like only worse.

Duke fans must drink a cocktail of Missouri and gin now. I hate Duke.

@wissox I'm sorry about your grandma and I understand your connection to the place. I'm talking strictly about the basketball team and i despise everything about them.

@nuleafjhawk I understood that and didn't intend to make you feel badly about anything.

My assistant coach for baseball is a die hard Dukie. Today should be fun at practice. How soon is too soon?

@BeddieKU23 The instant that you see them.

@BeddieKU23 Depends, how much crap, and when did he give it to you for KUs wretched season? Some people are just friends who root for the wrong team and have a common thing - both our teams lost in humiliating fashion. It can be friendly, but it doesn’t have to be.

I prefer to kill the local KSU fans with kindness most of the year - it takes their legs out from under them…and then rip their shriveled black hearts out when it hurts most. When KU wins big I’m obnoxiously happy and they feed into that with their misery. Rarely is there a need to cut them down, but on occasion it’s nice to remind them of how great their football team is and ask about the last NC game they played in or BCS/ny6 bowl game they won or playoff games they’ve made…

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Have fun with your Duke friend. Choose violence if that’s the most fun for ya.

@nuleafjhawk this is the way.

@dylans I always congratulate my KSU people on their Livestock Judging Championships. A few of them are smart enough to know it's not a compliment. A very few.

Taking everything under advisement, I'll be laying the heat since that's what I got a few weeks ago in the first round. Only feels right to bring balance to the world lol

@BeddieKU23 if you want to show some sympathy, you can suggest that it's too bad they didnt have this crew: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2015/04/07/ncaas-head-of-officiating-admits-the-referees-got-a-critical-call-wrong-in-the-duke-wisconsin-game/ ↗

I tend not to pile on others when their teams lose; I know how painful it is and certainly don't like others giving me shit when KU loses. I just go with the "tough loss" and move on to something else.

Duke Coach Jon Scheyer blamed Cooper Flagg for Duke’s Final Four loss.

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AI is getting good

@tundrahok lol. I knew it was a fake the minute Scheyer showed any personality.

UConnjust absolutely destroyed South Carolina by 23 to win their 12th national title and first since 2016. I really wouldn't have guessed this was their first title in 10 years. Paige Bueckers has been so much fun to watch over her career and will now be going to Dallas in the WNBA draft on the 14th.

She is such an incredible player and a very humble person.

Geno has created a legacy in Women’s BB.

They destroyed 3 #1 seeds in this tournament.

Not a UConn fan normally, but that was a UConn team for the ages. Probably jumpstarted another run of championships.

Incredible to win 2 final four games by 25-30 points each.

I watched the game on ESPN and they had Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi doing the commentary. They were good — solid in game analysis (until it was a blow out, with good color commentary and an entertaining back and forth. It was clear they like and respect one another as players.

@approxinfinity said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@tundrahok lol. I knew it was a fake the minute Scheyer showed any personality.

Your definitely in tune with Scheyer! You spot a rat a mile away

I gotta pull for Houston tonight - - just gotta , for Big Twelve reasons, plus after the things Sampson said supporting the League- ya got to

I'm pulling for Houston as well. I am surprised that Vegas had Florida 1.5 pt favorite. Houston has most of the profile characteristics of a national champ. Experienced team and coach who have experience on a quick 24-36hr turn around; won both their league and league championship; close to home; elite defense (a la 'defense wins championships').

Man those Houston bigs are tough, super athletic, and have scoring touch.
We need bigs just like that

The game is being played at Houston’s pace so far, Florida is struggling with the in your face defense. Houston has 10 more shots so far but only a 4 point lead

Houston leads 31-28 at the half, only 4 fouls called in a very physical game which I like. The big call was obvious missed goal tend on Florida that led to a 3 Houston could easily be up 8 right now. Will be interesting usually in most CBB when it’s physical, the refs change the whistle in the second half and call it tight.

I wish this Houston team had "KANSAS" written across their jerseys

@nuleafjhawk they honestly remind me a lot of the 2008 and 2012 Jayhawks. Very athletic and hard nosed defense while playing together very well.

@kjayhawks said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

Houston leads 31-28 at the half, only 4 fouls called in a very physical game which I like. The big call was obvious missed goal tend on Florida that led to a 3 Houston could easily be up 8 right now. Will be interesting usually in most CBB when it’s physical, the refs change the whistle in the second half and call it tight.

Now the tight whistle has shown up 7 fouls on each team in the first 7 minutes smh.

@kjayhawks I agree. I've seen a couple of floor burns tonight. I almost forgot what that was. They may still lose. But they're playing like grown men.

Houston gave it away with an assist from the officials

I’m just gonna be honest here, it’s like Vegas buzzed the officials in that one

Houston couldn't get a basket

Florida needed a guest appearance of joakim noah air humping. All class.

Wow, the 'foul' on the loose ball leads to the winning FT's. Florida guy steps out on his own. Ref makes up a push call. Would've been nice to see the Big12 get another championship, but Houston seized up at the wrong time and couldn't make shots to save their championship.

1983 loss has to be the worst for Houston ever, maybe the worst championship loss ever for any team. To now be the butt of jokes on social media for that last possession is going to hurt a lot as well.

4 fouls total called in 1st half, 26 in 2nd half. They can't review a goaltending call if they don't call it. If they call it, then they can review it, so why not avoid a million miffed Houston fans by calling it and then reviewing it? That was a 5 point swing.

Modern basketball in a nutshell. Down 2 in the bonus and you get nothing going to the basket. You attempt a half ass elevator screen to free up a 28’ three. Yes I know there were other options before that last one. But this modern chuck every 3 imaginable has just led to kids settling for bad long shots.

@BigBad said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

Modern basketball in a nutshell. Down 2 in the bonus and you get nothing going to the basket. You attempt a half ass elevator screen to free up a 28’ three. Yes I know there were other options before that last one. But this modern chuck every 3 imaginable has just led to kids settling for bad long shots.

Perhaps a bad shot in the bigger picture but was it a bad shot for Sharp? Kid takes a lot of those kinds and hits them too. Play call wasn't great, but perhaps just better execution by the defense. Sharp doesn't get the shot off due to a great close out.