***Official 2026 NCAA Tournament Thread***
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They don’t have reliable inside scorer like Roberts from last year
It would help. Would like it if we could meet them in the Final 4 at least also.
Sad end to the year with all the injuries.
They're just having one of those nightmare nights you're terrified of having during the tourney.
I thought returning guys like Sharp, Uzan and Tugler would be a bit of a fail safe, especially as Flemings came along.
We’ll see how the rest of the game goes, but a potent offensive team would be the thing to give them fits, especially when they aren’t shooting well.
Lol Iowa is about to get the most cupcake route to the Final Four a 9-seed has ever seen
At this point I wouldn’t be shocked if msu played ill/Iowa and Purdue plays mich in the final four
Did get a kick out of the "European pipeline finding gems" as they zoomed in on Peja Stojakovic's kid. A real find there guys.
i mean... Illinois is horrible matchup for them. and Houston could still come back and win this.
I don’t know if I’d go as far as saying Hoiberg shouldn’t be playing P4 basketball, but i sure don’t think he should be playing 37 minutes in a sweet 16 game.
Frankly, the glorifying of the guys that make plays without scoring has gone too far. I’m all for pointing out that stuff but watching a game called by Bilas is unbearable. Every time there’s a bucket we hear for 3 minutes about how great that screen that I’ve seen rec league guys set 10,000 times was.
You have to have good PG play typically. The Hoiberg thing is a fun story. But if he’s essentially your PG and leading your team in mins, you probably aren’t going to go very far. Good defender, but this isn’t 1998. Really hard to win with a guard that’s not very good offensively.
Lower-left tournament bracket. I should trust my instinct that it'll blow up at some point. It doesn't happen every season, but frequently enough to go with a hunch.
