***Official 2026 NCAA Tournament Thread***

[FerShizzle]

"eroniously"? we got some fancy pants refs tonight.

 

[heitclone]

In the 1st half of Iowa-NE game there was no stoppage of play to have the 16-minute TV TO until under 11 minutes to go, so they took 2 consecutive TV TOs for commercials with 11 or just under minutes to go in the 1st half. The 20 minute start time was eaten up right there

The Purdue game was the opposite, Arizona ended upstarting 30 minutes later. One game went long, the other fast. That would be pretty hard to predict but you also have to error for a game going longer than expected. Probably shouldn't have tipped off Iowa/Nebby until 7.

 

[rosshm16]

Not sure Houston will score.

 

[cmhawks99]

Fred used to coach offense that’s it… His whole entire career, even @ Iowa State… This was an in pretty impressive run for them honestly

Zona is going to smoke Arkansas

 

[ISUTex]

final Houston 23 Illinois 19

 

[Nor'MidWester]

Of course Houston is now ass.

 

[Gonzo]

So seriously, what am I hearing about Neb having 4 players on the floor? Seriously didn’t watch the game. What happened?

One of Nebby's guys was getting selfish...

 

[cmhawks99]

These two teams are combined two of 18 from the Field

 

[interrobang]

They made a shot!

 

[Pitt_Clone]

Don’t remember White doing anything but Brannon was a douche, but he doesn’t have a monopoly undoing that kind of stuff

"I'm tired of losing to teams we're better than." Among other things.

 

[AlaCyclone]

and if Houston wins, that will be 3.

Just makes me realize Arizona is going to win the Tournament.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Two games tipping off at the same time is so dumb.

In the 1st half of Iowa-NE game there was no stoppage of play to have the 16-minute TV TO until under 11 minutes to go, so they took 2 consecutive TV TOs for commercials with 11 or just under minutes to go in the 1st half for the under-16 AND the under-12. The 20 minute start time was eaten up right there

And they went to monitor like 147 times in the Texas-Purdue game...

 

[BigLame]

Quick whistles so far in UI-UH game

 

[NYCYFan]

It's crazy to me that #1 seed Florida would have had to play a road game had they met Houston in the Elite 8. What kind of **** is that by the committee?

 

[12191987]

One of Nebby's guys was getting selfish...

You seem cool, so:

Congratulations!

Now I’m going to have to double up the disdain for other Hawkeye fans to keep things balanced.

 

[cmhawks99]

"I'm tired of losing to teams we're better than." Among other things.

Ignorant comment for sure & id have said it out loud on the Iowa board. Maybe I did, I don’t even remember how long ago that was, 10 years now?

But again, I’m pretty certain that, that’s probably happened by an Iowa State player too. I just don’t take things like that all that serious anymore and I will call it out for any team whether I like the team or not.

 

[AuH2O]

Hear me out: Iowa is going to get their TJ.

TJ was a coach many Cyclones were afraid would get the job initially.

After stints at two other schools (and a coaching hire whose tenure ISU fans would rather forget), TJ convinced many Cyclone fans he would deliver the results we wanted.

Who fits that description perfectly as the next Iowa coach if McCollum leaves for UNC?

Darian DeVries, that’s who.

It is destiny.

DeVries is a huge downgrade from McCollum. DeVries won at Drake with his kid that was a high recruit and some P5 fallback transfers in the ****** Valley.

After they fired Fran I was hoping Iowa would get DeVries and not McCollum.

 

[cyclone82]

So what if Iowa beats Houston? When do we start to say “hey respect.”

NEVER ! They don’t deserve any of this

 

[12191987]

Just makes me realize Arizona is going to win the Tournament.

They’re not making the title game.

 

[CY88CE11]

It's crazy to me that #1 seed Florida would have had to play a road game had they met Houston in the Elite 8. What kind of **** is that by the committee?

What would you have proposed instead? Houston was the top 2, so they got the closest region. Florida was the last 1, so they got last "choice" of regions.