Start the day with the hawks getting worked, end the day with the jhawks getting destroyed, I’m a happy boy!
***Official 2021 NCAA Tournament Thread***
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The game between Oregon and USC will be the first time two Pac 10/12 teams have faced each other in the tournament.
Sweet Sixteen Matchups
| Team | Day | Time | Network | S16 Rec | Last App | Cons | Seed | Conference |
| Oregon State | Saturday | 1:40 | CBS | 5-1 | 1982 | 12 | Pac 12 | |
| Loyola Chicago | 2-2 | 2018 | 8 | MVC | ||||
| Villanova | Saturday | 4:15 | CBS | 12-6 | 2018 | 5 | Big East | |
| Baylor | 2-2 | 2017 | 1 | Big 12 | ||||
| Oral Roberts | Saturday | 6:25 | TBS | 1-0 | 1974 | 15 | Summit | |
| Arkansas | 6-5 | 1996 | 3 | SEC | ||||
| Syracuse | Saturday | 8:55 | TBS | 10-13 | 2018 | 11 | ACC | |
| Houston | 5-7 | 2019 | 2 | 2 | AAC | |||
| Creighton | Sunday | 1:10 | CBS | 0-3 | 1974 | 5 | Big East | |
| Gonzaga | 4-6 | 2019 | 6 | 1 | WCC | |||
| Florida State | Sunday | 4:00 | CBS | 3-3 | 2019 | 3 | 4 | ACC |
| Michigan | 13-3 | 2019 | 4 | 1 | Big 10 | |||
| UCLA | Sunday | 6:15 | TBS | 21-13 | 2017 | 11 | Pac 12 | |
| Alabama | 1-7 | 2004 | 2 | SEC | ||||
| Oregon | Sunday | 8:45 | TBS | 5-2 | 2019 | 2 | 7 | Pac 12 |
| Southern California | 2-2 | 2007 | 6 | Pac 12 |
Looks like the Jesuits have more teams in Sweet 16 than Big 10 and Big 12 combined.
Thank goodness we had a quality team like Kansas playing today and not some Cinderella like eastern Washington.
Honestly, this season has shown just how good Bill Self is. He just led a roster that is clearly limited in their offensive abilities to their 32nd straight 20 win season, an ncaa record 31st straight ncaa tourney bid, 2nd place in the very challenging Big 12, a win over undefeated Baylor, a 3 seed in the ncaa tourney and a tourney win. I'd guess that most programs would love for that to be the description of their worst team in 30 years so I am appreciative of what Self was able to do with them to make them as competitive as they were.
Virtually all of the teams with elite coaches suffered this year because this year the amount of time spent getting coached was much less. When you remove the advantage gained by having an elite coach, the big name teams are way more like everyone else.
KU has always looked like a team that Self would coach up to a higher seed than their ability but that would get exposed in the tourney if they didn't get a favorable match up. USC and all that length was a terrible match up for this KU roster.
Bummed to see it end like that. Excited for the offseason decisions and roster changes to see what next year's squad is capable of. I am glad we got a season at all this year and I am appreciate of the dedication of the players who went through such insanely rigorous protocols to be able to provide us with a much needed distraction from the heaviness of life these days. On to better, brighter days.
Seeding is a reward for your accomplishments, not a ranking of your ability. They were given the seeds their resumes earned and have played well in their match ups. This year, seeding mattered very little.
It was a team constructed of 4 and 5 star recruits that have been at Kansas for several years. If they're limited offensively, maybe that is on Self and his staff.
I’m not buying this one. If they are elite coaches, they know better how to use the time they had with their teams.
It is difficult to believe that someone could fit so much hooey in so few words. Son, your post amounts to 10 pounds of **** in a 5 pound sack.
I think it comes from years and years of them not having a lot and being stowed away with late games, etc.
These folks that pick the teams never seem to be good at looking at what the teams are doing the current season.
There's a "pray to play" joke in here somewhere...
imagine had rutgers won
loyola, oregon state, syracuse, rutgers.
one of them would have made the final 4
even replacing rutgers with houston and its still kinda crazy
loyola, oregon state, syracuse, rutgers.
one of them would have made the final 4
even replacing rutgers with houston and its still kinda crazy
