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I want to see if Florida can set a tournament record for offensive rebounds against Norfolk State. Nah, that's just kind of an amusing side note, but Florida is great at it, and Norfolk State is terrible at stopping it. I suppose it could just left Florida always score with the first shot. I picked Colorado State as my one upset, so this game interests me. If Colorado State loses, then I will be very interested to see if UNM can give Marquette a game or if the MWC will disappear with barely a whimper. Then there will be the matter of where Richard Pitino winds up. But as a matter of just interesting basketball, I think UNC-Mississippi. UNC has beaten everyone it has played except Duke over the last 5 weeks. Most of the teams weren't even bubble quality, but UNC was winning most of the games handily, and we saw what it did to SDSU on Wednesday. Mississippi looked pretty good in the SEC tournament, and it will have the advantage of rest like it did against Arkansas in the SEC tournament, but

Memphis athleticism beating Colorado State passing and motion right now. Dainja is having a monster first half. Baylor always is a great offensive rebounding team regardless of size. The NC team played Vital alongside 3 guards and had the fifth highest offensive rebounding percentage.

We all know the real answer to the question posed by this thread.

Early games going to the wire. Love it. Also loved the NBA continuation call against Mississippi State until it was reversed by another ref. Hell, could have been an f1 as not a legit play on the ball by a guy behind the driver. Obvious intent to commit foul to avoid the driving layup. So now Mississippi State has to reach twice more to finally put Baylor in the bonus. Made both. MSU responds with a basket inside and calls TO. 73-72 Baylor with 29.5 left.

McCollum has Drake playing slowly this season because that was how his current players, nearly all of whom played D2 last year, played their best for him last year in D2. His 2019-20 and 2020-21 teams averaged 83 ppg. But he is Iowa bound.

Yeah, that was a close one. For those who didn't see it, UCSD quickly erased a 14 point halftime deficit, closed to within one before Michigan started to open it up to 10 again. UCSD then closed gradually over the next eight minutes, finally taking a 2 point lead before Michigan responded with a three. UCSD had a couple of chances to regain the lead but couldn't convert. With about a minute left, Goldin was blocked right at the time, complained about no call (I thought it was clean, at least clean enough), and got revenge with a pretty good body bump on a Triton trying to make a layup after recovering a loose ball in the paint. No call there, either. Michigan ran clock, missed a shot, Goldin got the offensive rebound, was fouled, made the ft, and UCSD missed a three that was neither rushed nor a great look in rhythm. I thought the foul by Goldin was pretty obvious, but that's the way things go.

Not really buying that excuse. Dickinson was one of the biggest prizes in the portal 20 months ago, Storr, Griffen, and Mayo were highly sought players in the portal last summer, Kansas had to keep Harris happy, and Adams was second in minutes, so I doubt he played for nothing this year. Sounds like a lot of money had to go into that roster.

UC San Diego could not handle Goldin and Wolf in the first half, but a 9-1 run to start the second half has brought the Tritons to within 6.

Utah State becomes the second MWC team to lose in spectacular fashion.

Hahaha, Kansas. Preseason #1 to 7 seed and first round knockout.

Drake is pulling away from Missouri in the game that had my interest. 43-28 with 12:40 left.

Yeah, that is a shame.

Rooting for Calipari and Arky makes me ill. It's against Self and Kansas, so I'm willingly sticking fingers down my throat.

Odom to UVa before or after midnight? I'm going with after.

VCU isn't out of it yet, but it looks well on the way to saying goodbye to Odom in the next 24 hours. 39-28 BYU at the half.

Houston on its way to winning by 50 or so.

Wade and Brownell are off the table for teams hiring, so McNeese-Clemson no longer piques my curiosity. Meanwhile, I want to see if those D2 stars for Drake can hang with a top 20 type team like Missouri.

Purdue with a 5 or 6 shot possession. Came up empty. As the game goes on, it won't come up empty on those.

McDermott countered with a good timeout of his own after consecutive Blue Jay turnovers. Now four straight possessions ending in a three for Creighton. Louisville is in big trouble.

Smart timeout by Kelsey. Execution of play after the timeout? Not so good.

The only 1 seed to get a truly favorable location the first weekend is Duke, of course. It plays in Raleigh. Florida also has to play in Raleigh against Norfolk State, a school just 150 miles away. Not backyard for Norfolk State by any means, but far from friendly for Florida. Alabama gets a first round game in Cleveland against a team from a little over 100 miles away. But Cleveland hates all things Pittsburgh, so maybe Robert Morris from Moon Township won't get a bump.

No. Just wish you would drink Drano.

Our men's basketball season is over. AND I F'ING HATE IT!

The Luke Murray beat beckons.

I hope no one will shame me for not entering. I entered a few in a few years back, never won, but did fairly well in a couple, not so well in others, and had one year in which I lost 7 or 8 first round games in the last 20 seconds of regulation or in OT. I have found I enjoy the tournament more for itself than I do while worrying about teams I picked for my bracket.