***Official 2026 NCAA Tournament Thread***
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I would rather play Alabama than Michigan. But it doesn't matter if we don't get past Tennessee.
Why was the clock reset to 19 instead of 20 seconds in the Alabama game? Not once but twice? If that is the rule, first time I have noticed it. I thought the clock reset to 20 seconds on kicked balls, etc. when the clock was low.
Refs are doing all they can to let Boozer just plow through defenders. SJU should be up if not for the Duke whistle in this one.
SJU up 1 at HT anyway. Wow, they're such a hot team rn.
Not at all. This sport historically has few Saturday morning cartoon villains. He added something to the league.
Exactly. Even if both teams were to make the final 4, I’d guess over half of the country still wouldn’t be able to point to where Iowa is on a map.
I always hope Iowa loses every game they play.
Hard not to cheer for Pitino
That is awesome…I got nothing for you. That was a fantastic comeback…
With the frame work now established, THE elite 8 wouldn’t be enough to miss the tournament completely the next 3 years. At one time it had merit, but that’s been 10ish years…I mean a championship in any form is nothing to Pooh-pooh but….lets say NIT, NIT, Nit champ, then elite 8…now that’s a trajectory
But just Elite 8 & then no…..gross. You’d be considered a “flash” & based on my reading over here. There seems to be plenty of fans who crave the notoriety and that would bring none.
Look I don’t take it as seriously as many (at least now) but if Iowa misses the tournament next year, they are now an afterthought. Just a snap shot in time.
As a comparison…The Iowa women making the NC was cool, even with the loss. But that fades….no one thought they could do it again, NO ONE, and they did! Very few have accomplished 2 straight final 4s, let alone NC.
But and again this is my opinion but it’s relative to this thought. If Iowa disappears, after she goes…it’s just CC, but they still made the tournament…that’s trajectory.
Making the tournament consistently IS important. Now as Fran proved, after awhile it’s not enough, but that wasn’t the discussion
It's just east of Indiana and south of Michigan. Right?
These early games both look like they're shaping up to be very even matchups/close games. LFG MARCH!
Rooting for whomever we would match up against best. But also really really sick of the B1G so kind of rooting for Bama.
Totally. I'm not 100% sure who I think is the better "matchup" for Iowa State. I've heard CFers make cases for both teams...
...but I'll say this: Assuming we can advance tonight, beating #1 seed Michigan (& a Big 10 school) is always cool, but also beating UK, TENN, BAMA in order would be pretty awesome too for bragging rights against the SEC.
He’s one of the dirtiest and one of the biggest scum bags in college basketball history. It’s really easy to not cheer for him. It’s also really easy to not cheer for Duke. Wish both schools could lose.
