Just a place to add interesting MM stuff...not necessarily BU related

The East Region is STACKED.

#1 Seed UConn won the Big East Tournament.

#2 Seed Iowa State won the Big 12 Tournament.

#3 Seed Illinois won the Big Ten Tournament.

#4 Seed Auburn won the SEC Tournament.

— College Basketball Report (@CBKReport) March 17, 2024

Three of the Top Five teams in Ken Pom are in the East - 1. UConn, 4. Auburn, 5. Iowa State.

North Carolina, the committee's 4th No. 1 seed is 9th.

— Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) March 18, 2024

Wild ISU was the LAST 2-seed. Makes it pretty obvious the Houston game was hardly even factored in.

— Alex Gookin (@_AlexGookin) March 17, 2024

March Madness regions by combined Kenpom rating of top four seeds:

1) East: 20
2) South: 41
3) West: 42
4) Midwest: 43

Seriously NCAA???

— Robert Jones + ISU fan page (@BigRobsketball) March 18, 2024

So the East is the Group of Death.

I haven't been high on ISU all year. They just aren't as potent away from home.

I like one of BYU or Tehc to make a longer run as far as B12 teams go.

The best of the best. pic.twitter.com/dT4jPTVz19

— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) March 18, 2024

Every #MarchMadness champ since 2004 has ranked Top 40 in KenPom's AdjO & Top 22 in AdjD before the tourney.

Those teams (w/ @FDSportsbook odds):

UConn (+420)
Houston (+550)
Purdue (+700)
Arizona (+1500)
Tennessee (+1500)
Auburn (+1700)
North Carolina (+2000)
Marquette (+2000)

— Austin Swaim (@ASwaim3) March 17, 2024

Virginia vs Co St tomm night could be a sneaky good play in game

who are the negro caballos?

PA.

- UL

discuss amongst yourselves.

Keisei Tominaga is about to single-handedly take the nation by storm…

Nebraska has been must watch tv since he joined their lineup. He’s one of the most electric players in the entire country. Japanese Steph Curry.

If you’re not familiar, get familiarpic.twitter.com/Cnr8CBAZAi

— Josh Reynolds (@JoshReynolds24) March 18, 2024

IowaBear said:

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Virginia vs Co St tomm night could be a sneaky good play in game

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If you like defense. Virginia's snail-paced, inefficient offense is pretty hard to watch, but they get after you on the defensive end.

I think Colorado State should win. But if they don't, it likely won't bode well for the rest of the Mountain West teams (not called San Diego State, anyway), who all got seeded a spot or two below where most felt they would/should be seeded.

I'd have to go look at who their opponent is but I remember thinking that San Diego St looked like a juicy 5/12 upset.

IowaBear said:

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I'd have to go look at who their opponent is but I remember thinking that San Diego St looked like a juicy 5/12 upset.

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I'm not basing it so much on this year's team as their history. That's the one Mountain West program that has experienced consistent tournament success. Unlike a lot of their teams -- like Boise State, which is a good program but always loses its NCAA opener -- they go into the tournament expecting to win. It doesn't always work out, but they've made enough runs over the past 15 years that you always have to watch out for them.

I haven't watched them much. But I don't expect the MW as a conference to make much noise. Do think NM can beat Clemson though

IowaBear said:

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I haven't watched them much. But I don't expect the MW as a conference to make much noise. Do think NM can beat Clemson though

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I think New Mexico is probably a more complete team than Clemson. But I think I'd rather face New Mexico after digging more into matchups. They don't shoot it well, while Clemson has an excellent inside-out combo with PJ Hall and Joseph Girard.

Given the strengths and weaknesses of our team, I'd rather face the team that has the harder time scoring efficiently.

PJ is a monster and exactly why I want NM is the rd of 32. They also have another really solid big. Name is slipping me

bear2be2 said:

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IowaBear said:

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I haven't watched them much. But I don't expect the MW as a conference to make much noise. Do think NM can beat Clemson though

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I think New Mexico is probably a more complete team than Clemson. But I think I'd rather face New Mexico after digging more into matchups. They don't shoot it well, while Clemson has an excellent inside-out combo with PJ Hall and Joseph Girard.

Given the strengths and weaknesses of our team, I'd rather face the team that has the harder time scoring efficiently.

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Interesting that UNM is currently a 1.5 point favorite over Clemson.

Most likely 1st RD upsets by seed line per KenPom:

3: Oakland over Kentucky (+17.20)
4: Samford over Kansas (+9.44)
5: Grand Canyon over St Mary's (+5.98)
6: New Mexico (+2.00) over Clemson
7: Colorado (+0.28) over Florida
8: TCU (+2.18 over Utah St, Mich St (+2.05) over Miss St

— Matt Elliott (@MonarchosMatt) March 18, 2024

DP4LIFE said:

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bear2be2 said:

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IowaBear said:

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I haven't watched them much. But I don't expect the MW as a conference to make much noise. Do think NM can beat Clemson though

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I think New Mexico is probably a more complete team than Clemson. But I think I'd rather face New Mexico after digging more into matchups. They don't shoot it well, while Clemson has an excellent inside-out combo with PJ Hall and Joseph Girard.

Given the strengths and weaknesses of our team, I'd rather face the team that has the harder time scoring efficiently.

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Interesting that UNM is currently a 1.5 point favorite over Clemson.

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New Mexico is the much better defensive team. And they have a lot of guys who score for them. But their guard play isn't great. Their top two guards -- Jaelen House and Jamal Mashburn (looks like a smaller version of his dad) -- are both volume scorers. Both are below 40 percent from the field and around 33 percent from 3.

New Mexico has a good team. But I think we might match up pretty well with a squad that only shoots 33.4 percent from 3-point range as a team.

boognish_bear said:

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Most likely 1st RD upsets by seed line per KenPom:

3: Oakland over Kentucky (+17.20)
4: Samford over Kansas (+9.44)
5: Grand Canyon over St Mary's (+5.98)
6: New Mexico (+2.00) over Clemson
7: Colorado (+0.28) over Florida
8: TCU (+2.18 over Utah St, Mich St (+2.05) over Miss St

— Matt Elliott (@MonarchosMatt) March 18, 2024

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I'm surprised the spread is wider on the McNeese-Gonzaga and James Madison-Wisconsin games. Those are both really tough 5-12 matchups, too.

That would suck

I'm waiting for the first player from an NCAA tournament team to hit the portal in the next 48 hours.

My guess is it happens.

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 18, 2024

NEWS: The Big East Conference has just released the following statement on the NCAA Tournament Selections.

"Given the high level of play in our league, we are understandably very disappointed that some worthy Big East teams were not selected to participate." pic.twitter.com/yxHTtwqLTD

— John Fanta (@John_Fanta) March 18, 2024

There has been 11 instances where the 11-seed has been favored over the 6. Those 11-seeds are 10-1 SU, and 9 have won by double digits.#CollegeBasketball #MarchMadness

— Noah Bieniek (@NoahB77_) March 18, 2024

Big East had 6 schools (per source) that pay out $2 million-plus for NIL this season.

Only 3 got into the NCAA tournament.

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 19, 2024

🚨March Madness System Betting Alert🚨

The 12-5/13-4 System

If you bet every 12 and 13-seed ATS and on the ML you've made money in 11 of the last 15 NCAA Tournaments.

ATS
70-50 (58.3%)
+15 Units

ML
38-82
+14.4 Units

So in total, you'll place 16 bets (8 ATS, 8 ML) pic.twitter.com/gnsiapSfrw

— Michael Calabrese (@EastBreese) March 18, 2024

Yeah because there are no locks for the men’s FF. You pretty much know who will be in the women’s.

— Trenton Milliner (@TMillinerBBN) March 19, 2024

boognish_bear said:

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Yeah because there are no locks for the men’s FF. You pretty much know who will be in the women’s.

— Trenton Milliner (@TMillinerBBN) March 19, 2024

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Mostly to folks in the 803 and 515 area codes.

Then again, a bunch of us (myself included) bought 2013 FF tickets in New Orleans before the tournament started. I think I managed to sell mine at a slight loss, but lots of folks ended up eating theirs. IIRC, after BU and Stanford lost and there were two upstarts (Cal and Louisville) in the FF, attendance was only about 13k-14k in an 18k seat arena for the finals.

Colorado State beats Virginia by 25 to advance to the Round of 64 😳 pic.twitter.com/h04IQR6Rxg

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 20, 2024

Dan Hurley knew he had to change. His signature blend of toughness and defense could only take #UConn so far.

This is the story of a multiyear philosophical shift that touched every corner of the program and turned the #Huskies into an offensive machine: https://t.co/dyLtgcSEX5 pic.twitter.com/sGAkDWavx7

— Michael Cohen (@Michael_Cohen13) March 20, 2024

Biggest tourney storyline: Iowa State was unranked in the preseason (actually didn't get a vote despite being kp 31). Will the Cyclones be the first team in the 64-team era to pull off the [unranked preseason -> top 2 seed -> final four] hat trick?

The previous 38 👇 pic.twitter.com/XHI2RgvgYN

— Ken Pomeroy (@kenpomeroy) March 21, 2024

I am not on social media much but since announcing Kevin would not play in the tournament, I’ve been told Kevin and this situation have been portrayed inaccurately.  What I said in a 45 second video clip is true.  His knee hasn’t improved in the last two weeks.  It hurts too much…

— Bill Self (@CoachBillSelf) March 21, 2024

Sounds a little familiar

Illinois fans are furious, I mean FURIOUS, over the “no means no” chants from the Morehead State Band directed at Terrance Shannon. Multiple f bombs and middle fingers directed their way.

— travis (@travisclones) March 21, 2024

Wrong thread