***Official 2026 NCAA Tournament Thread***

[BCClone]

I bet Kentucky wishes he was still their coach!

Pitino was at Louisville I thought.

 

[HoopsTournament]

Pitino was at Louisville I thought.

He was at Kentucky before that.

 

[cyclones500]

Pitino was at Louisville I thought.

Both

 

[AlaCyclone]

Pitino was at Louisville I thought.

He was AFTER he was @ Kentucky with a National Championship in 1996 and a lost in OT to Arizona in the 1997 NC Game followed by a stint with the Celtics. THEN, he went to Louisville and won another National Championship! So, UK first before UL. Dude has been everywhere including a rehab stint with Panathinaikos in Greece from 2018-2020!

 

[HoopsTournament]

Pitino is the only coach to lead 6 different schools to the tournament.

Boston
Providence
Kentucky
Louisville
Iona
St. John's

 

[Cyclonepride]

Man, KU can’t rebound and St John’s can’t shoot

 

[theshadow]

do we want KU to win? do we care?

More Big 12 wins = more money for the league

 

[Cyched]

Council is the KU guy I'd love on our team.

 

[AlaCyclone]

Both

And they BOTH LOVE and HATE him! LOL.

 

[not-the-manager]

St. John’s is SO physical. It’s why I picked them to the Elite Eight. Their offense is certainly a weakness, but the shots that went down early are huge for them. ballasting them during this cold stretch

 

[rosshm16]

Been an interesting season for this KU team but I think it ends today.

 

[Cyhig]

Ok Jayhawks. We made the big 12 look very good today. Don’t ruin this

 

[JP4CY]

Council is the KU guy I'd love on our team.

Plus he can dance the Wabash

 

[Cyched]

Plus he can dance the Wabash

Stud

 

[rosshm16]

It will take a murder or at least amputation for the stripes to call a third first-half foul on Bidunga.

 

[ISU_Guy]

I don’t think I would pick Peterson high if i was an nba team. Just something not quite right there imo

 

[rosshm16]

I don’t think I would pick Peterson high if i was an nba team. Just something not quite right there imo

He'll go really high I'm sure, but anyone who picks him over Dybansta needs their head examined.

 

[4cy16]

Pitino is the only coach to lead 6 different schools to the tournament.

Boston
Providence
Kentucky
Louisville
Iona
St. John's

Can't hold a job.

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

He'll go really high I'm sure, but anyone who picks him over Dybansta needs their head examined.

Dybansta is going to be an instant 20ppg(or better) scorer in the NBA.

 

[dahliaclone]

Dybansta is going to be an instant 20ppg(or better) scorer in the NBA.

I would pick Dybansta, Acuff, Boozer all ahead of Peterson