2023-24 College Basketball Thread

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:33 pm

VCU is definitely winning this. I've seen this before

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:50 pm

Jesus

Someone premature ejaculated those streamers and it all fell apart.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:15 pm

Wow wow wow nice job Dukes

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:15 pm

KD did it. Congrats to the dukes

Postby **King Colby** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:16 pm

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:18 pm

Certainly didn't make it easy on themselves, but I never thought I'd live to see the day Duquesne went dancing again. Awesome stuff.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:19 pm

May be only team from PA to make it. Maybe even more remarkable if it is them and Temple.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:25 pm

Pittsburgh Games

South bracket

6 Texas Tech
11 NC State

3 Kentucky
14 Oakland

West Bracket

6 South Carolina
11 Oregon

3 Creighton
14 Akron

Postby **King Colby** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:27 pm

The zips coming to da burgh ulfie

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:27 pm

How the **** is Virginia in over Pitt

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:28 pm

How the **** is Virginia in over Pitt

How the **** are they in over about 10 teams? How is FAU an 8? Committee mailed this in.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:33 pm

Michigan State in…. And a 9 seed

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:42 pm

The zips coming to da burgh ulfie

LFG boys

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:42 pm

How the **** is Virginia in over Pitt
How the **** are they in over about 10 teams? How is FAU an 8? Committee mailed this in.

Pitt not getting in was expected. But UVA being the team to get in over them is a straight up joke

Postby **skullman80** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:46 pm

Lots of conference tourney upsets basically stole bids it seems.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:47 pm

3 Big East teams in. **** the committee.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:58 pm

Virginia? How tf did Clemson get in?

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:19 pm

No clue how Virginia got in

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:00 pm

Imma be there Thursday with my Big East pride and we’re gonna kick some #MACTION ass

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:02 pm

Imma be there Thursday with my Big East pride and we’re gonna kick some #MACTION ass

Providence is gonna be tough next year!

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:02 pm

Imma be there Thursday with my Big East pride and we’re gonna kick some #MACTION ass
Providence is gonna be tough next year!

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:12 pm

Imma be there Thursday with my Big East pride and we’re gonna kick some #MACTION ass
Providence is gonna be tough next year!

Postby **Orlando Penguin** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:21 pm

Random musings:

--One of my friends was gnashing her teeth about all the bubble possibilities. It got so much that I was just like, 'any team that doesn't get in has only themselves to blame, they didn't do enough.' I'm sure everyone's got some sort of gripe but whether it's bad scheduling or a bad loss, you didn't do enough.

--The committee chair cited 5 'bid thieves' knocking out teams, including Pitt & Indiana State. The randomness of the conference tournaments really bit those who thought they had a good reason to be in.

--I thought the seeding was incredibly poor. FAU might be the highest-seeded team that had 2 Q4 losses and that bad Q3 loss to Temple on Saturday. Michigan State as a 9 was mystifying. They probably should have been in Dayton. I have no idea how Virginia got in. That team was garbage over the last half of the season. My only guess is that their run to the ACC semis saved them. Someone tweeted that they'd rather watch Indiana State players park cars than Virginia play basketball. He's not wrong. Kentucky as a 3 while Auburn got a 4 was a bit off and I'm not sure Wisconsin is all that strong of a 5.

--Region-wise, UCONN got the group of death. A potential run of FAU, Auburn, and Iowa State just to get to the Final Four is a murderer's row. Auburn has that golden combination of top 10 offense & defense efficiency that most champions have. NC & Arizona have a pretty easy path to their matchup in the elite 8. Houston will just bludgeon people with defense and I can only see Tennessee being the ones able to handle the inside-out of Purdue's offense. All that said, while the last couple of years felt weird and ended up weird, this year feels a lot more chalky.

--Finally, the underdogs. Who to watch -- McNeese is going to be a super-trendy pick to beat Gonzaga. I can see why but outside of Michigan, they really didn't play anybody. They like to run, they score a bunch, but how will they handle a disciplined team like Gonzaga? I like how James Madison and Grand Canyon have both played and beaten someone decent (Sparty & San Diego State, respectively) and that they run, run, run. My biggest upset is Charleston over Alabama because Charleston has a ton of 3-point shooting and I don't believe in Bama's defensive skills. If Charleston can limit Bama's looks, I think they can trip em up.

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:28 am

best time of the year boys

Postby **Ad@m** » Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:30 pm

Chocked?