***Official 2021 NCAA Tournament Thread***

[Neptune78]

Every year the NCAA tournament reminds me you that you can win games without defense during the season, but after the first round of the postseason everybody gets after it pretty hard on the opponent's end of the floor.

Except, of course, TOE and MadFran's patented SocialDistant95Special defense.

 

[CychiatricWard]

Seth Davis likes Michigan. “Best team from the best conference this season”. LOL.

Michigan is damn good team, but without Livers I just don't think they will last much longer. Seth Davis is also an idiot, so there is that!

 

[Cyched]

Seth Davis likes Michigan. “Best team from the best conference this season”. LOL.

The last hope of the "greatest conference"

 

[madguy30]

Seth Davis likes Michigan. “Best team from the best conference this season”. LOL.

Has to be nothing but a ratings thing to push no matter what the results show.

Maybe next season they'll load up one bracket with B1G teams so they can have more wins.

 

[jsb]

Has to be nothing but a ratings thing to push no matter what the results show.

Maybe next season they'll load up one bracket with B1G teams so they can have more wins.

I don't listen to KXNO anymore, but I did listen to the podcast of a show after the Iowa loss and they were spinning the "Big 10 didn't do good because they've been stuck in Indianapolis" line pretty hard.

 

[madguy30]

I don't listen to KXNO anymore, but I did listen to the podcast of a show after the Iowa loss and they were spinning the "Big 10 didn't do good because they've been stuck in Indianapolis" line pretty hard.

Things they don't think other conferences do in football and basketball:
-go to the same locations as every other team.
-play one another during conference season, same sport with the same rules and everything.
-play early NCAA tournament games.
-have lots of time between last game and bowl games.
-nagging injuries that players play through.

Do other conference fans stick with these same narratives?

 

[joefrog]

Every year the NCAA tournament reminds me you that you can win games without defense during the season, but after the first round of the postseason everybody gets after it pretty hard on the opponent's end of the floor.

You have to be able to play physical in order to make a Final Four. The refs favor physical teams over finesse teams in both Men's and Women's games. Sad but true.

 

[madguy30]

Juan Howard is the only coach who is a 1 seed as player and coach per the announcers.

Granted the blue bloods were off this year but UM likely would have been close.

 

[cyclones500]

Michigan is damn good team, but without Livers I just don't think they will last much longer.

That's my feeling, too.

 

[CychiatricWard]

That's my feeling, too.

That prediction didn't last very long. They are looking pretty good today.

 

[HoopsTournament]

Consecutive Elite Eight Appearances by Conference

• Big Twelve 5
• Big Ten 3
• SEC 2
• West Coast 2

 

[ISUAlum2002]

2 fouls on the SEC player of the year for Bama in the first 41 seconds of the game. We'll see how good Nate Oats really is.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Oof, 2 fouls for Herbert Jones 41 seconds in.

 

[Cyched]

Oof, 2 fouls for Herbert Jones 41 seconds in.

On pace for 58 fouls this game

 

[ISUAlum2002]

On pace for 58 fouls this game

That'd be a record or something.

 

[Dr.bannedman]

Juwan is doing what Fred should have.

 

[Cyched]

That'd be a record or something.

Cue Faux Pelini "GOOD GOD" tweet

 

[HoopsTournament]

Juwan is doing what Fred should have.

It would be cool if we had a former player coach Iowa State too.

 

[carvers4math]

Seth Davis is must miss TV

 

[CycloneErik]

Bruins seem to be playing well.