***Official 2025 NCAA Tournament Thread***

[AlaCyclone]

I don't think hardly any ISU fans are.

Many of the ISU fans on here forget the part about the B1G too. This has been a 100% anti-SEC Tournament for many (which is fine), not anti-SEC AND anti-B1G (which makes more sense). I've said it before, and I'll say it again, the B1G is a B1GGER threat to ISU than the SEC. They are both a threat, but the B1G is B1GGER, more money, more media, and they have us surrounded (Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Northwestern) with the exception of Mizzou to the South. It's like Stalingrad surrounded by the Germans with only the Volga River behind them.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

Are you saying that kick on the 3 point shot was truly a foul? Or that that goaltending reverse was the correct call?

I’m saying there were a ton of calls on either side this game that balanced out. No calls for both sides and bad calls on both sides, the fouls called were in favor of tech till they started intentionally fouling.

Thats pretty much as good as you can hope for in a basketball game

 

[Raiders70]

Many of the ISU fans on here forget the part about the B1G too. This has been a 100% anti SEC Tournament for many, not anti-SEC AND anti-B1G. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, the B1G is a B1GGER threat to ISU than the SEC. They are both a threat, but the B1G is B1GGER. More money, more media, and they have us surrounded (Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Northwestern) with the exception of Mizzou to the South.

Honestly if Houston doesn't make it I won't be interested and won't watch the Final 4.

 

[t-noah]

That was a good game. Argh though. SEC wins the 1st one. 1 for 1, yuck.

 

[AllInForISU]

Are you saying that kick on the 3 point shot was truly a foul? Or that that goaltending reverse was the correct call?

The kick was questionable, but you see that get called most of the time. I don’t know how that guy shoots, it was probably unnatural but that’s hard in the moment to judge, and player safety should come first.

Offensive basket interference reversal was absolutely the right call.

 

[cyclones500]

To whatever degree I "dislike" Duke, in a historical & hype sense, I do not want Alabama to advance.

 

[MushroomPinball]

To whatever degree I "dislike" Duke, in a historical & hype sense, I do not want Alabama to advance.

Agreed I would normally never root for Duke but they are an ACC team with a bad football program that would likely get left behind in realignment vs. an SEC team. I hate what realignment has done to college sports, making me root for Duke...puke

 

[AlaCyclone]

Road game for 'Bama tonight playing on the Dook-Newark Campus. / sarcasm

 

[ExCyment]

Many of the ISU fans on here forget the part about the B1G too. This has been a 100% anti-SEC Tournament for many (which is fine), not anti-SEC AND anti-B1G (which makes more sense). I've said it before, and I'll say it again, the B1G is a B1GGER threat to ISU than the SEC. They are both a threat, but the B1G is B1GGER, more money, more media, and they have us surrounded (Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Northwestern) with the exception of Mizzou to the South. It's like Stalingrad surrounded by the Germans with only the Volga River behind them.

I'd prefer not to be a commie. Maybe try it's like the Pusan perimeter.

 

[t-noah]

Honestly if Houston doesn't make it I won't be interested and won't watch the Final 4.

I'm not interested in an SEC final 4, or and Duke v SEC final. They will be good games. Just doesn't interest me

Oh, and if Mich State can make it, that not great either. Hopefully Houston can hold up for the Big 12.

 

[JP4CY]

Scheyer reminds me of Brad Stevens.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Did no one buy ads for this game or what?

 

[exCYtable]

Bama gonna get rolled. I underestimated Duke way too much based on their crap conference.

 

[cyclonespiker33]

Road game for 'Bama tonight playing on the Dook-Newark Campus. / sarcasm

At least Duke is the higher ranked team, unlike last night when the 4 seed was WAAAAYYYYY closer than the 1 seed

 

[danvillecyclone]

As much as ISU loses hurt that meltdown 3minutes by TT will haunt their fans for years. Can’t blame the refs either.
For once in my life I feel bad for Lubbock (just for 1 night).

Losing a National Championship game in OT hurts as well.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Is anyone else getting the same 4 ncaa ads every break? I'm watching on directv stream.

 

[Kinch]

Bama gonna get rolled. I underestimated Duke way too much based on their crap conference.

Does the fact that the no. 1 team in the SEC had to flop their way to beating the No. 2 team in the Big 12 make the sec a crap conference?

 

[AlaCyclone]

At least Duke is the higher ranked team, unlike last night when the 4 seed was WAAAAYYYYY closer than the 1 seed

Yep! I have no issue with it. Just poking fun at how Duke totally is an East Coast school and not a Southern school in spirit. It just happens to be located in Durham, NC, but its heart is in NJ-NY. Additionally, like you said, Alabama is the #02 seed. Them's the breaks! There are 'Bama fans there though. Just not as many!

 

[AlaCyclone]

Bama gonna get rolled. I underestimated Duke way too much based on their crap conference.

Duke can be a GREAT team in a CRAP Conference. Those are two separate things. Louisville use to be that way in the old Metro-7 days when Denny Crum was the coach. Their conference sucked, so, they loaded up out of conference, rolled in the Metro and were bad ass mother ******* in the NCAA Tournament. Always a threat!

 

[madguy30]

wasn't 12 with 45 seconds left

11ish, maybe 12. Just checking that gamecast and it says 10 with 34 seconds left, 8 with 26.

Yeah so that was definitely worse haha.