NCAA Tournament Thread

sjc88 said:
Outside of St. John’s for me, this Tournament has been a bore. Not many surprises or tight games. I’ve watched most everything and it’s been ho hum. That’s just me.
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Not just you. Only two upsets were literally the most predicted. First two rounds completely lack the magic that makes it a fun tournament.
 
Yukon starting 1-11 from the field. Florida really not much better leading 6-3. Shooting is a lost art. I wonder if any college teams practice shooting.
 
dk423 said:
Not just you. Only two upsets were literally the most predicted. First two rounds completely lack the magic that makes it a fun tournament.
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I wonder if transfer mania has drained the traditional solid mid majors, precluding ability to steal a game or two in the Dance. So many well scouted lower level players get poached every year depriving them of player development opportunities.
 
paultzman said:
I wonder if transfer mania has drained the traditional solid mid majors, precluding ability to steal a game or two in the Dance. So many well scouted lower level players get poached every year depriving them of player development opportunities.
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Forgot where I saw it, but the main correlation this year seems to be a lot of bad three point shooting. But if this is a trend, sport is in big trouble.
 
sjc88 said:
Outside of St. John’s for me, this Tournament has been a bore. Not many surprises or tight games. I’ve watched most everything and it’s been ho hum. That’s just me.
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This is the future sjc88. With NIL now, the power conference schools are using these smaller schools as a farm system. These smaller conference schools can’t keep their best kids because the power conferences are offering them NIL and they’re leaving. These smaller conference mid majors have all freshman and sophomores now and not juniors and seniors. There will be only be 1 or 2 upsets a year now for the mid majors and small schools, maybe. The dogs that will win will be like yesterday. A 10 seed from a major conference beating a 2 seed from a major conference. But, these smaller conference teams are done. The system is now set up for them to fail even more than it was before. The 7-10, 8-9, 6-11, and 5-12 games where two major conference teams are playing will be the tough picks. In those games, you will have a dog win when they have the better coach. We got lucky with Drake and McNeese St. this year to give the tournament some excitement. Can’t see that happening much going forward.
 
Didn't realize Sim's older brother,, CJ ,was still in college and played a few minutes for Texas A&M yesterday
 
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