March Madness

[shopson67]

NIL. The mid major can’t stay together for 4 years anymore because anyone who is good is going to get bought through NIL.

This was the point I was making earlier.

 

[trojanfan12]

Is this the only sport/tournament where people actively root against having the best vs the best?

Kind of...

Dan Patrick explains it pretty well.

He says that we love the chaos that occurs in the early rounds where the "name schools" get a good scare thrown into them or even get upset.

But end of the day, most folks want to see the "name schools" in the final 4 and title game.

 

[trojanfan12]

Juju went down with a knee injury and was carried off the court. That will truly suck if it's something serious.

No report on it yet.

 

[wildturkey]

Juju went down with a knee injury and was carried off the court. That will truly suck if it's something serious.

No report on it yet.

I don't need to see a report. That looked bad. Ruined the tournament

 

[bksballer89]

Fuck man

 

[bksballer89]

 

[PhilSimms11]

Fuck man

I feel for the young lady. Damn, that sucks. My heart goes out to her.

 

[matthewojela0]

I get that they're kids but the older I get the less I can tolerate the terrible play lol

Ugh tell me about it, borderline sickening sometimes.

 

[fightinfunbags]

It’s a bad tournament because for the last 6-7 years the quality of play has been poor. Feels like 38% is some “hot shooting.”

 

[shopson67]

Kind of...

Dan Patrick explains it pretty well.

He says that we love the chaos that occurs in the early rounds where the "name schools" get a good scare thrown into them or even get upset.

But end of the day, most folks want to see the "name schools" in the final 4 and title game.

Can't really have both though. Big upsets take those top teams out of play.

 

[trojanfan12]

Can't really have both though. Big upsets take those top teams out of play.

Yes you can. Most of the upsets are of the #12 beating a #5...something along those lines, You don't get a whole lot of 1 and 2 seeds getting beat. And even if a couple of them get beat, there are typically still plenty of higher seeds available.

 

[bksballer89]

Great night cap tonight

Arkansas choking

 

[bksballer89]

Can't get more selfish than that

 

[bksballer89]

 

[fightinfunbags]

Florida finishes on a huge run. That’s a choke from Texas Tech. Couldn’t make anything in the last 4 minutes of the game.

 

[eaglesnut]

1v2
1v2
1v3
1v2

Lovely tourney they got this year

 

[msgkings322]

1v2
1v2
1v3
1v2

Lovely tourney they got this year

No cinderellas is bad, but having the best teams all facing off in the late rounds is good, and the elite 8 games have been mostly good ones.

The committee crushed it this year for sure, they got the top seeds exactly right

 

[trojanfan12]

No cinderellas is bad, but having the best teams all facing off in the late rounds is good, and the elite 8 games have been mostly good ones.

The committee crushed it this year for sure, they got the top seeds exactly right

Philadelphia fans are like women.

They're not happy unless they have something to bitch about.

 

[tlance]

No cinderellas is bad, but having the best teams all facing off in the late rounds is good, and the elite 8 games have been mostly good ones.

The committee crushed it this year for sure, they got the top seeds exactly right

Not really arguing with what you are saying…

But just because there are upsets and all the high seeds don’t advance that does not mean the committee got it wrong.

1 and done with kids. Best teams don’t always advance.

Seeding is a reflection of what teams have done before the tournament starts. Not a prediction of what teams will do once they get there.

 

[msgkings322]

Not really arguing with what you are saying…

But just because there are upsets and all the high seeds don’t advance that does not mean the committee got it wrong.

1 and done with kids. Best teams don’t always advance.

Seeding is a reflection of what teams have done before the tournament starts. Not a prediction of what teams will do once they get there.

Sure but also factor in NIL. Don’t a lot of mid majors lose talent to the top programs?