***Official 2025 NCAA Tournament Thread***
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Didn't think this needed it's own treads but wanted dot share it. HAs Dan Hurley ever lost a game where it was his fault?
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/n...oss-i-hope-they-dont-f-you-like-they-f-ed-us/
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Talk about Chalky…..
Here is your Sweet 16
If you go in order of regular season P4 conference standings.
ACC (1)
1 Duke
Big 12 (4)
1 Houston
2 Texas Tech
3 BYU
4 Arizona
Big Ten (4)
1 Mich St
2 Maryland
3 Mich
4 Wisconsin (OUT)
5 Purdue
SEC (7)
1 Auburn
2 Florida
3 Bama
4 Tennessee
5 Tex Am (OUT)
6 Kentucky
7 Ole Miss
8 Missouri (OUT)
9 Arkansas
Here is your Sweet 16
If you go in order of regular season P4 conference standings.
ACC (1)
1 Duke
Big 12 (4)
1 Houston
2 Texas Tech
3 BYU
4 Arizona
Big Ten (4)
1 Mich St
2 Maryland
3 Mich
4 Wisconsin (OUT)
5 Purdue
SEC (7)
1 Auburn
2 Florida
3 Bama
4 Tennessee
5 Tex Am (OUT)
6 Kentucky
7 Ole Miss
8 Missouri (OUT)
9 Arkansas
I'm probably in the minority but I'm fine with this. Sets up some damn good match-ups this upcoming and next week.
Yeah upsets are fun but usually they then get punched in the mouth the next round.
I like quality matchups.
I personally prefer chalky. I want to see the best teams fighting for the championship. Not some team who was mediocre during the regular season and then had a magical run in the tourny.
Go Big 12 the rest of the way. At least there’s still something to cheer for. Between this and watching T.J. inevitably tear it up in the transfer portal, things are looking up. We’ll be back
In
Michigan 20
Mississippi 21
BYU 24
Arkansas 36
Gonzaga 9
Iowa State 11
Wisconsin 12
St. Johns 14
Michigan 20
Mississippi 21
BYU 24
Arkansas 36
Out
Gonzaga 9
Iowa State 11
Wisconsin 12
St. Johns 14
Tells me that winning conference games is the best measure of determining success than contrived analytics like NET and Quad wins. Sure this is just one year.
The committee got most of it right by going heavy on the SEC. But I hope the SEC's success in this tournament doesn't make the committee feel justified in taking 14 SEC teams. Conference wins matter and including 6-12 Sooner & Longhorn teams was a mistake.
Think about it, if the SEC was divided into two 8 team conferences, the Committee took EVERY SEC team BUT the 2 last place teams! Not saying they would have had better success in the Tournament than the Sooners and Longhorns, but maybe schools like Boise State (14-6 in MWC) or Wake Forest (13-7 in ACC) or Bradley (15-5), etc.
Saw that this morning.
Sent to my Brother in Law who is a huge jayhawk fan.
His response- "No shot, HD has never fought that hard for anything in his life"
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I will have to look it up later. On the road most of today.
Of course, it could have just as easily gone the other way if they'd picked differently.
Like, WVU should have been in, but its just as likely they drop a first round game too. Most of these teams near the end of the bubble are likely to lose in the first round. Like, some would say this is a reason these spots should have gone to more midmajors, but its not like the ones who did participate did much better in this tournament.
