***March Madness Opening Weekend Thread '25***
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Yea but when the SEC was bad all we heard was dumbasses yelling “Kentucky don’t play anybody in the SEC” so yea it’s nice to see these other schools not being an embarrassment! Go SEC!!!!
This has been the most boring first round I can remember in some time. Barely any upsets.
Collision course for Tennessee and Kentucky?
Lol. This board’s going to be out of control.
Lol. This board’s going to be out of control.
Not sure we get past Illinois. Might be a very slight favorite
SEC was very good at the top: Bama, Fla, AU and Tenn..
Rest was good/ok. Really solid conference. But not the juggernaut it was made out by the media.
Ftr-- B10 8-0: Honk, Honk😁
Even the upsets don't really feel like upsets.
Kenpom has it 85-84 Illinois. Probably going to open at about 1.5 one way or the other
Been thinking the same thing. Yes we’ve had a couple 12/5 but they didn’t feel like upsets. CSU/Memphis the line was Memphis -2. Arkansas/Kansas wasnt really an upset as an 7/10. Drake bearing Missouri wasn’t shocking at all. Etc. so many games have been straight ass kickings.
I do wonder if the portal/NIL is the cause. You don’t have as many veteran laden mid majors who have played together for years. Guys in those leagues that can play now transfer to bigger schools for the money.
An a neutral I’m excited for this game. I am just sick of the blowouts.
Reminds me of 2019 tourney. First two rounds were pretty meh but it led to some pretty incredible second weekend games. That collection of Elite 8 games is up there with the best of all time. I’m hoping 2025 is just about delay of gratification
You want to lose the championship game again because your star player made one of the worst defensive lapses of all time? Cool cool
I’d probably root for you. Your coach sounds like Nate Bargatze.If it means getting to another FF and into the title game again....sure.
That's actually a good comparison. Great call. I think we snagged a good one. He is going to win a lot here.
My opinion on it is, the SEC killed it in the pre conference, they did things top to bottom, that we haven't seen before. Of course, having 16 teams is pretty new. Every team not named LSU came away with big wins.
When it comes to March and the tournament, it comes down to who is hot and who is not.
We have seen teams suck all year, then get hot right as the tournament starts and it doesn’t matter what conference they came from.
Right now, the teams that look hot to me are Florida, Tennessee, BYU, Houston, Texas Tech and Arizona. Maybe Gonzaga too.
I also like Michigan State and aTm, but they play very physical and tend to let teams hang around, so I'm hesitant to put much stock in them.
Then there's Duke, they've been hot all year long, the health of Flagg is important for them, but they have to possibly play a couple of those hot teams I listed above. Arizona is a different team now.
But back to my point, conference affiliation doesn't help much right now, it comes down to if you're clicking as a team, or not.
If we played the tournament in January, Auburn would be my pick, but they're only running on 7 cylinders right now.
Florida looks to be the pick right now, I don’t know who beats them.
There is something to be said for winning. It breeds confidence and reinforces good behaviors. The SEC teams that finished below .500 in conference are 1-5 in the tourney.
Well, at least we got Cal vs Pitino coming up next.
We usually get quite a few B1G teams in and then by the second weekend there’s 1/4 of them left
Seems the ACC took that role from the B1G this year
I wonder if B1G fans are finally tired of hearing about lack of titles over the past few decades.
I kinda hope 3 teams from the B1G make the final four and the one other team wins it all
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