It's heating up so much! (2024-25 CBB thread- Part 3)

[TheGoodMan19]

It's going to be really interesting tomorrow if Tennessee beats Florida. I've herd all along that a #1 seed, if not the #1 overall goes to Auburn, no matter what this weekend. But does it? If Duke and Houston win tonight, they are #1 seeds. Do you bounce the SEC champ to a #2 seed? Do you demote Florida, who are playing great but not the resume of Auburn. Auburn has been the best team overall since October but hey aren't playing well now. Duke is playing the best ball now but against the crapbag known as the ACC. It's like Drake standing on their conference play.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

#1 St. John's ( #6 Nationally) wins the Big East Tournament.

82-66 over #2 Creighton.

 

[TheGoodMan19]

Nice to see St. John's back in the elite. i loved that 1984-85 team. Chris Mullin, Walter Berry, Bill Wennington, Mark Jackson, All were NYC HS kids, if I recall. This team is good. Seven points from being 34-0.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

March 15th recap

First, let us recap the semifinal action that took place:

SEC Semifinals:
Tennessee over Auburn 70-65
Florida over Alabama 104-82

Big 10 Semifinals:
Wisconsin over Michigan State 77-74
Michigan over Maryland 81-80

American Semifinals:
Memphis over Tulane 78-77
UAB over North Texas 66-56 (Looks like the run of North Texas is over.)

Ivy League Semifinals:
Yale over Princeton 59-57
Cornell over Dartmouth 87-71

Atlantic 10 Semifinals:
VCU over Loyola-Chicago 62-55
George Mason over Saint Joseph's 74-64
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And now, here is just a list of the teams that punched NCAA tickets last night:

Mountain West: Colorado State (OOO! The Rams have saved themselves... and now Boise State must play the waiting game.)
ACC: Duke
Big 12: Houston
Big East: St. John's (First conference title for them in 25 years!)
American East: Bryant
MEAC: Norfolk State
MAAC: Mount St. Mary's
MAC: Akron
Conference USA: Liberty
SWAC: Alabama State
WAC: Grand Canyon
Big West: UC-San Diego

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Sunday, March 16th

Time for what might be my last post on this thread, as I give out the slate for the last day of conference tournaments:

Ivy League Championship:
Yale vs. Cornell (12:00)

SEC Championship:
Game of the Day: Tennessee vs. Florida (1:00)

Atlantic 10 Championship:
VCU vs. George Mason (1:00)

American Championship:
Memphis vs. UAB (3:00)

Big 10 Championship:
Wisconsin vs. Michigan (3:30)​

 

[TheGoodMan19]

No real "bid steals" so far. UAB could be one if the beat Memphis. Memphis struggled against a mediocre Tulane. Does George Mason steal a bid if they beat VCU (who bought the refs against Bonaventure)? The Masons would be 27-7, VCU would be 27-7. I'd give them a berth over Indiana, but that's just me.

Right now, I think Houston is playing the best. Kelvin Sampson has led them to Elite 8 every year since 2019 (other that COVID year). Four straight 30 win seasons. But never a Final Four. They have four guards who can single handed wreck an opponent. But they are small. No regular over 6'7", no one who sees court time above 6'8". Duke is playing superb, even without Cooper "Randall" Flagg. But will the crummy ACC dull them (see Gonzaga for example). Florida is also hot, a real threat. But will the brutal SEC take its toll?

 

[Xeliou66]

Good first half for the Gators, we lead the Vols by 9.

 

[Clayton]

Florida is a buzzsaw right now

 

[Xeliou66]

Don’t blow this Gators

 

[Clayton]

Florida just wrecked the SEC.

 

[Xeliou66]

Gators win the SEC!! Great performance

 

[TheGoodMan19]

Florida would be my #1 overall seed.

 

[PhilSimms11]

Is the A-10 a one bid conference? That's hard to believe.

 

[TheGoodMan19]

Is the A-10 a one bid conference? That's hard to believe.

Probably. We have to have room for 15 SEC and 14 B10 teams.

 

[PhilSimms11]

Probably. We have to have room for 15 SEC and 14 B10 teams.

That's ridiculous.

 

[Xeliou66]

That's ridiculous.

SEC will get 13 teams in at most, not 15. Big 10 won’t get that many

 

[TheGoodMan19]

That's ridiculous.

It was meant to be ridiculous. Slightly. There's no way that Indiana, Oklahoma or Texas deserve a bid. Or Xavier. Or UNC. But there wasn't a lot of bid steals. Usually you get two or more small conferences with a team that's 27-4 and lose their conference title game. And get shafted for a major that's three games below .500 in conference. Excepting Central Connecticut (who does NOT deserve an at large) the big names won the tournaments. So there IS more room for mediocrity this year. Still, US Irvine, San Francisco and a MW team will be NIT bound.

 

[PhilSimms11]

SEC will get 13 teams in at most, not 15. Big 10 won’t get that many

I think I'd go 8 each and cut it off there.

 

[TheGoodMan19]

I think I'd go 8 each and cut it off there.

That's about what i would do.In no order, MSU, Michigan, Maryland, Oregon, Illinois, Wisconsin, Purdue and UCLA (I guess). For the SEC, Florida, Auburn, Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, A&M, Ole Miss and Kentucky. And I guess one of Miss State, Vandy and Georgia (probably Georgia).

 

[navamind]

feels very much like a Bo Ryan-era game