***Official 2018 NCAA Tourney Thread***

u really want to have good driving guards that can get into the paint to be successful in march
morris was more of a finesse point guard because all hoiberg cared about was nba style not winning in tourney
wiggington can have an amazing run in march hopefully next year or the following
prohm seems to understand how you win in march
and he let wigg just go to the rack all year
hoiberg and prohm should have pushed morris a little more to try to get his shoulder into
defense and drive the paint and at least dish
trey young is similar to morris but worst passer and better shooter
he struggled and his team loses and he is off to the nba
blah
we need a real ncaa championship run i think prohm can do it he knows

What? I remember my first post also.
 
Can someone smarter than me explain why Villanova-Alabama were the late games Thursday night but they are before the Duke-RI game?
 
Can someone smarter than me explain why Villanova-Alabama were the late games Thursday night but they are before the Duke-RI game?

TV. They don't pay attention to when someone played on the previous day. They know their TV slots and know that the location games must follow each other.
 
Conference Representation left:

SEC: 6 (Alabama, Kentucky, Tenn, Florida, A&M, Auburn)
ACC: 5 (Duke, Syracuse, UNC, Clemson, Florida St.)
Big East: 4 (Villanova, Seton Hall, Butler, Xavier)
Big 12: 4 (Kansas, Tech, Kansas St., WVU)
Big 10: 4 (Ohio St., Michigan, Purdue, Mich St.)
American: 2 (Houston, Cincy)
A-10: 1 (Rhode Island)
MAC: 1 (Buffalo)
MVC: 1 (Loyola)
WCC: 1 (Gonzaga)
MWC: 1 (Nevada)
Am. East: 1 (UMBC)
C-USA: 1 (Marshall)
Pac-12: 0
 
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Conference Representation left:

SEC: 6 (Alabama, Kentucky, Tenn, Florida, A&M, Auburn)
ACC: 5 (Duke, Syracuse, UNC, Clemson, Florida St.)
Big East: 4 (Villanova, Seton Hall, Butler, Xavier)
Big 12: 4 (Kansas, Tech, Kansas St., WVU)
Big 10: 4 (Ohio St., Michigan, Purdue, Mich St.)
American: 2 (Houston, Cincy)
A-10: 1 (Rhode Island)
MAC: 1 (Buffalo)
MVC: 1 (Loyola)
WCC: 1 (Gonzaga)
MWC: 1 (Nevada)
Am. East: 1 (UMBC)
C-USA: 1 (Marshall)
Pac-12: 0
"Truckstop conferences"
 
Conference Representation left:

SEC: 6 (Alabama, Kentucky, Tenn, Florida, A&M, Auburn)
ACC: 5 (Duke, Syracuse, UNC, Clemson, Florida St.)
Big East: 4 (Villanova, Seton Hall, Butler, Xavier)
Big 12: 4 (Kansas, Tech, Kansas St., WVU)
Big 10: 4 (Ohio St., Michigan, Purdue, Mich St.)
American: 2 (Houston, Cincy)
A-10: 1 (Rhode Island)
MAC: 1 (Buffalo)
MVC: 1 (Loyola)
WCC: 1 (Gonzaga)
MWC: 1 (Nevada)
Am. East: 1 (UMBC)
C-USA: 1 (Marshall)
Pac-12: 0

What is each league's win percentage by number of bids? I can't seem to find the list of bids by conference, off-hand.
 
Yeah, that Virginia team was anything but known for their shooting prowess, and they were lights out to start.

And longer, and faster and and and.

If anyone else for ISU were able to get going it would have helped but VA was plain better and likely wins whenever they play.

McKay's limited skill set tended to get exposed if he had to truly battle down low and that was a prime example.

I don't recall what happened to Nader that night but looking at the stats, he shot 7 times in 32 minutes. McKay shot twice.
 
I think we are in a time where you have to regularly start picking some big upsets every year. How many 2's have gone down in the first round or 2 in the last 7 years?

four 2's lost to 15s since 2012: Missouri, Duke, Georgetown, Michigan State. As for 2 seeds losing in second round in past 7 years, I couldn't say off the top of my head. Having all four 2 seeds advance to the Sweet 16 is relatively uncommon, though.
 
What is each league's win percentage by number of bids? I can't seem to find the list of bids by conference, off-hand.
Big 10: 4-0
SEC: 6-2
ACC: 6-4 including play-in
Big 12: 4-3
American: 2-1
A-10: 2-4 including play-in
Pac-12: 0-3 including play-in
 
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