NCAA Tournament Bracket (take 2)

Meanwhile we were laughing at the SEC after the first two days and they have 2 in the elite 8.

 

Damn that 30-0 run from UConn was crazy. Game was tied at 23. UConn scored 5 to close the half and then scored the first 25 pts of 2nd half. Not sure I have ever seen anything like that in a tournament matchup outside of a lopsided first round match up.

 

The farthest west team left is Tennessee, I think

 

Not very equitable. Tisk tisk.

 

Most non-west/northeast spend the NIL on football.

 

I know it’s Easter and all, but to hell with Duke. So tired of them.

 

Its the year of Raleigh.

 

As they chant in Chapel Hill:

Duke is puke
Wake is fake
But the team we hate is NC State (cow college for dress designers)

 

I guess go Purdue or NC State.

 

Two of the final four (Purdue and Bama) are west of Knoxville. Also, Illinois is west of there (but they were out by the time you posted).

That said, your broader point remains valid -- the surviving teams have a decidedly eastern bias.

 

I suppose I should pull out a map sometimes. Many US Americans don’t have maps….

I’ve actually been to Knoxville, and it is a long way east of Memphis, as I should have remembered.

 

VY,

No problem; it is easy to confuse Knox Vegas with Las Vegas

 

20% of the starters in the UConn-Bama game are Texans. I don’t follow recruiting enough to know if we pursued these two guys. But it’s disappointing nevertheless that these two aren’t Longhorns.

 

Michael LeBlanc and Jake Voskuhl give their regards.

 

Yes I’m sure there are many more than them too. Making me feel even worse here.

 

You mean, like, Emeka Okafor?

 

There has been some oddly sloppy basketball today at times from all four teams. Players stumbling around, can’t control their dribble, two over-and-backs within like 2-3 possessions, air ball threes, too many missed layups to count, odd body control, etc. It’s been a lot of junk from all teams.

 

365,

I was wondering if it is possible for Sears to be MVP for both Alabama & UConn

 

I wonder how much depth perception/jitters playing in a football stadium played into these issues. It's gotta be wild being on that court in that cave of an arena packed with cameras everywhere. Surreal.

 

Not sure. But I do know that Bama would have lost by about 30 without Sears.

 

Perhaps, but he gave UConn at least a dozen points in about a 6 minute stretch of the second half.

 

For sure. I understand the shooting aspect. That happens often, if not every final four. But I wonder if there was something wrong with the court. So many different players from all four teams were slipping on nothing and stumbling around like toddlers. Also I remember a few instances where players would just lose the ball like they’re just learning to dribble. All of that happened way more than normal today. Just my observation.

 

I am not a Sears fan in any way; however, I would trade Asmas or Hunter for Sears in a heartbeat. If we could get Bama to accept that we would have gone to the elite 8 again this season.