***Official 2026 NCAA Tournament Thread***

[Darius Bieber]

That's a $4M roster. They're legit.

Crumbl cookies are big business. (Founders are Utah State alum)

 

[cowgirl836]

On the flip side, imagine first Sweet 16 since pre-Y2K, and you could lose to Nebraska, coached by Fred Hoiberg?

When your enemies combine

 

[twincyties]

Even if Iowa makes it to the elite 8 there is no question who has the better basketball program right now. Much as I love March madness, the single elimination on neutral site format sends some elite teams home early and you’ve got some good but not great teams that make a run.

Others will disagree but I don’t see us competing a lot for the same recruits and we play in different conferences. Both of our teams being good and the rivalry being mewningful does not do any harm to our program. One could argue it’s good for it.

 

[RagingCloner]

Crumbl cookies are big business. (Founders are Utah State alum)

False. BYU alum. Crumbl is the reason we don’t have CMC anymore, kind of.

 

[rosshm16]

Texas Tech is off to a terrible start. Looks like the Big 12 will be down to the big 3.

Similar to how I hope we get some version of Joshua Jefferson back, the fantasy of "We're just as good, maybe even better, without our All-American Big" usually doesn't last long.

 

[BCClone]

Texas Tech is off to a terrible start. Looks like the Big 12 will be down to the big 3.

Same score as our game to start.

 

[Cyhig]

AZ struggling now

Utah State has a very good team. I think they could beat BYU without Saunders

 

[deadeyededric]

It's in no one's head. Only a doucher suckeye would say something that blatantly ridiculous. The media in central Iowa has been begging for 30 years to hyper slob on suckeye basketball in March.

I think I'm most bummed to see a Cyclone fansite troll using Dedric's name. My favorite Cyclone of all time.

Growing 'older' in central Iowa constantly reinforces the fantanticism, e.g., the suckeye slant that permeates everything and everywhere on every airwave or media account. It's a virus. suckeye fandom is a virus. And now the virus lives on another week. That factually sucks.

I gotta crash. ISU won so it's been a good day. I'm sorry Iowa winning overshadowed that for a lot of you.

 

[Darius Bieber]

False. BYU alum. Crumbl is the reason we don’t have CMC anymore, kind of.

First sentence of Wikipedia:

Crumbl was founded by cousins Sawyer Hemsley and Jason McGowan in 2017 while Hemsley attended Utah State University in Logan, Utah.

 

[Texbudman]

As others said, may need to avoid Iowa Everywhere this week....not sure I can handle Andy and Downs.

I would always avoid that. Why would anyone listen to them?

 

[Cyballzz]

I think you’d better google Todd Golden…

Yeah you don't have to root for Iowa but Todd Golden is an awful person and I wish him nothing but the worst. **** that guy.

 

[CloneLawman]

Apparently he grew up a big Hawkeye fan and called Iowa his dream job. He’s not going anywhere.

And he means it when he calls a job a dream (unlike some).

 

[madguy30]

Florida deserved to lose that game. Really poorly coached.

I think #10 Fla was coked out or something.

Just running all over, dribbling out of bounds, airballing, losing the guy who hit the go ahead.

 

[BigJCy]

So will Nebraska-Iowa & Texas-Purdue be the early games and Illinois-Houston & Arizona-Arkansas be the late games Thursday? Or will they try to split up the 2 best games being played somewhat at the same time?

 

[Cyhig]

Even if Iowa makes it to the elite 8 there is no question who has the better basketball program right now. Much as I love March madness, the single elimination on neutral site format sends some elite teams home early and you’ve got some good but not great teams that make a run.

Others will disagree but I don’t see us competing a lot for the same recruits and we play in different conferences. Both of our teams being good and the rivalry being mewningful does not do any harm to our program. One could argue it’s good for it.

I believe Iowa only has one high school recruit signed for this cycle

 

[BigJCy]

If it's Michigan-Alabama I would guess we would probably be the early Chicago game Friday but maybe not.

 

[CloniesForLife]

Zona survives. Now to the game of two unbearable coaches

 

[madguy30]

Even if Iowa makes it to the elite 8 there is no question who has the better basketball program right now. Much as I love March madness, the single elimination on neutral site format sends some elite teams home early and you’ve got some good but not great teams that make a run.

Others will disagree but I don’t see us competing a lot for the same recruits and we play in different conferences. Both of our teams being good and the rivalry being mewningful does not do any harm to our program. One could argue it’s good for it.

The last three decades show out for ISU.

If they get decent, fine. It will be less annoying on the years they win Cyhawk.

 

[Letterkenny]

Texas Tech is off to a terrible start. Looks like the Big 12 will be down to the big 3.

Best 3 teams advance. TT was never going to get that far without Toppin unless they stayed hot from the 3pt line.

 

[Texbudman]

I had Florida as the 2nd best 1 seed after Arizona, what with Michigan and Dukes injuries

They shouldn’t have even been a one seed