2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament.

[PhilSimms11]

I'd expand it to 72 and have 8 play-in games of at-larges (seeds 35-50).

9-seed
#35 Auburn (20-12) vs #36 Illinois (20-12)

10-seed
#37 Boise St (24-9) vs #38 Penn St (22-13)
#39 USC (22-10) vs #40 Utah St (26-8)

11-seed
#41 NC St (23-10) vs #42 Providence (21-11)
#43 Mississippi St (21-12) vs #44 Pitt (22-11)

12-seed
#45 Arizona St (22-12) vs #46 Nevada (22-10)
#47 Oklahoma St (18-15) vs #48 North Carolina (20-13)

13-seed
#49 Rutgers (19-14) vs #50 Clemson (23-10)

 

[PhilSimms11]

If the play-in games were strictly by the bottom 16 seeded teams (57-72)...

15-seed
#57 Furman (27-7) vs #58 Louisiana (26-7)->>#8 Marquette (28-6)
#59 Kennesaw St (26-8) vs #60 UC Santa Barbara (27-7)->>#7 Arizona (28-6)
#61 Grand Canyon (24-11) vs #62 Montana St (25-9)->>#6 Texas (26-8)
#63 Vermont (23-10) vs #64 Colgate (26-8)->>#5 UCLA (29-5)

16-seed
#65 Princeton (21-8) vs #66 UNC Asheville (27-7)->>#4 Purdue (29-5)
#67 No Kentucky (22-12) vs #68 Howard (22-12)->>#3 Kansas (27-7)
#69 Texas A&M CC (23-10) vs #70 FDU (19-15)->>#2 Houston (31-3)
#71 SE Missouri St (19-16) vs #72 Texas Southern (14-20)->>#1 Alabama (29-5)

 

[PhilSimms11]

Final Four seeds the last 12 tournaments...
2010--1-2-5-5
2011--3-4-8-11
2012--1-2-2-4
2013--1-4-4-9
2014--1-2-7-8
2015--1-1-1-7

2016--1-2-2-10
2017--1-1-3-7
2018--1-1-3-11
2019--1-2-3-5
2020--no tournament
2021--1-1-2-11
2022--1-2-2-8

It seems three of the four regions go "as expected." That fourth one is all kinds of WTF.

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

Is this the official NCAA tournament thread?

 

[PhilSimms11]

Is this the official NCAA tournament thread?

Yes...since I'm the only one talking about it.

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

Yes...since I'm the only one talking about it.

It'll pick up steam on Thursday, play in games are kinda meh.

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

That being said, why is the 2021 tourney still stickied and this one isn't?

 

[PhilSimms11]

That being said, why is the 2021 tourney still stickied and this one isn't?

I don't know.
Why is the 2015 banner for the tournament at the top of the page?

 

[Sportsguy9695]

Filled out 6 brackets at work today. Fingers crossed one of those hit

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

Maryland you pussy ass bitches. Get it together.

 

[The Q]

West Virginia has worked very hard to give this game away

 

[Clayton]

Utah State can't buy a bucket from outside and Mizzou only winning by 4.

 

[PhilSimms11]

One game in.
Maryland 67, West Virginia 65.

 

[PhilSimms11]

Furman 68, Virginia 67.
Virginia literally threw that game away.

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

I'm whooping ass so far.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Wow....
#13 Furman moves on the next round after upsetting #4 Virginia.

 

[Clayton]

Princeton sticking with Arizona

 

[Clayton]

Go Tigers

 

[PhilSimms11]

Princeton 59, Arizona 55
That's why they call it madness. Third straight season a 15 beats a 2.

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

Princeton had to ruin my perfect bracket