***Official 2026 NCAA Tournament Thread***

[Kinch]

This was close to Atlanta’s meltdown in the Super Bowl against Brady.

 

[aeroclone]

Oh no, Duke!

I immediately told my buddies i would rather lose how we lost the other night than lose like that. i would have immediately just turned the tv off, swore a hundred times, and literally just gone to bed.

If this had been ISU, there wouldn't have been a working TV left in my house to turn off. Absolutely nuclear.

...But watching that happen to Duke was delightful!

 

[SolterraCyclone]

I immediately told my buddies i would rather lose how we lost the other night than lose like that. i would have immediately just turned the tv off, swore a hundred times, and literally just gone to bed.

I’m not sleeping. Going straight to the bottle until I’m keeled over at the toilet

 

[rosshm16]

Duke fans at least have five national championships to console themselves unless they are very young.

Even then they probably have one or two.

 

[dafarmer]

Shut the #### tv off at half, ####!

 

[GoHawks]

I can't put my finger on it but I like UConn today for some reason. Little older plus Hurley (gross).

Kudos

 

[Kinch]

 

[FerShizzle]

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Nailed it

 

[CycloneErik]

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That man is a true professional who knows ball.

 

[HoopsTournament]

Not enough.

2024 - They were up 9 against NC State in Elite Eight
2025 - They were up 14 against Houston in Final Four
2026 - They were up 19 against UConn today

 

[Challenger06]

Karaban not the one who hit the shot

I wasn’t referring to the game winner…

 

[Kinch]

2024 - They were up 9 against NC State in Elite Eight
2025 - They were up 14 against Houston in Final Four
2026 - They were up 19 against UConn today

So why was it Hubert Davis who was in trouble and Scheyer gets a pass on three straight choke jobs?

 

[bluestarcyclone]

2024 - They were up 9 against NC State in Elite Eight
2025 - They were up 14 against Houston in Final Four
2026 - They were up 19 against UConn today

 

[HoopsTournament]

 

[HoopsTournament]

Final Four by Conference

• Big Ten 2
• Big East 1
• Big Twelve 1

Final Four Droughts Snapped

• Arizona 2001
• Illinois 2005
• Michigan 2018
• UConn 2024

National Semifinal Records

• Michigan 7-1
• UConn 6-1
• Arizona 2-2
• Illinois 1-4

Final Four rematches

UConn defeated Illinois 77-52 in the 2024 Elite Eight

Arizona has not played Michigan in the tournament

Final Four Appearances by Coach

• Dan Hurley 3
• Dusty May 2
• Tommy Lloyd 1
• Brad Underwood 1

 

[HoopsTournament]

National Semifinal Records by conference since 2019

• Big 12 4-0
• MWC 1-0
• WCC 1-0
• Big East 2-1
• Big Ten 1-1
• SEC 1-3
• ACC 1-3
• American 0-1
• CUSA 0-1
• Pac 12 0-1

This is excluding 2022 Duke vs North Carolina.

 

[HoopsTournament]

National Semifinal Records by Seed since 2015 (different seeds)

• #1 – 10-0 (#1 seeds have faced each other 4 times)
• #2 – 0-4 (#2 seeds have faced each other once)
• #3 – 2-1
• #4 – 1-1
• #5 – 1-2
• #7 – 0-2
• #8 – 1-0
• #9 – 0-1
• #10 – 0-1
• #11 – 0-3

 

[HoopsTournament]

In the Elite Eight #1 seeds are 31-28 vs. #2 seeds.

Duke's loss snapped a 5-game winning streak for #1 seeds. The last #1 seed to lose to a #2 seed in the Elite Eight (before today) was Duke vs Michigan State in 2019.

 

[BigJCy]

 

[Kinch]

Final Four by Conference

• Big Ten 2
• Big East 1
• Big Twelve 1

Final Four Droughts Snapped

• Arizona 2001
• Illinois 2005
• Michigan 2018
• UConn 2024

National Semifinal Records

• Michigan 7-1
• UConn 6-1
• Arizona 2-2
• Illinois 1-4

Final Four rematches

UConn defeated Illinois 77-52 in the 2024 Elite Eight

Arizona has not played Michigan in the tournament

Final Four Appearances by Coach

• Dan Hurley 3
• Dusty May 2
• Tommy Lloyd 1
• Brad Underwood 1

So you made a mistake. There’s no SEC or ACC teams there. They got to be there somewhere.