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The only thing I am worried about with Duke, is the historic preferential Jordan-esque treatment they get from the officials - going all the way back to the Bobby Hurley era. If we have Cryer, Sharp, Roberts and Uzan on at the same time, AND the zebras are calling a fair game, I think we'll win.

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Nice convincing win today. I'll be pulling for your Coogs the rest of the way.

Happy for the Big 12 and for the University of Houston.
A team from TEXAS is in the Final Four, and for that I am glad.

Broome looks like he's 30 years old

Barkley is a great homer.

El Oso said:

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Barkley is a great homer.

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Hey, you gotta be true to your school!!!

Michigan State may be keeping in close-ish, but there is no vibe they have a chance to win.

Dang mich state plays so hard. Scrap for everything.

Aub lost one of their best players to possible injury.

BearFan33 said:

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Dang mich state plays so hard. Scrap for everything.

Aub lost one of their best players to possible injury.

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Yep...and Auburn is my bracket championship pick. Damn.

Broome ain't coming back today if Tracy's report was accurate.

I wouldn't be too worried if I was Auburn. He's been out over two minutes of clock time and has grown their lead.

Well here he comes.

No B1G team in the Final Four so I guess that extends the streak of no national championships to 25 years (MSU 2000), unless you give them credit for Maryland's win in 2002.

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Happy for the Big 12 and for the University of Houston.
A team from TEXAS is in the Final Four, and for that I am glad.

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We're thrilled here in Houston. Playing the likes of Baylor, Tech, Arizona and even Kansas (on a down year) this season means we're battle tested. We're gonna represent the Big12 well in the Final Four.

Our squad of Coogs rooted for Baylor to win the natty after we lost to y'all in the Final Four a few years ago. We were proud to know a Texas team would represent all of us Texans in the Final. Here's hoping we get a few bandwagon fans from Waco!

Go Coogs, Sic'em and go Big12!

Houston is the first 1 seed since North Carolina in 2017 to take the hardest possible seed path to the Final Four, beating the 16, 8, 4 and 2 seeds to win its regional.

— David Worlock (@DavidWorlock) March 30, 2025

The plucky Houston fans are chanting, "SEC, SEC, SEC" with the Cougars about to seal a blowout victory over Tennessee. Houston is off to the program's seventh Final Four. This is the third for Kelvin Sampson, second at Houston.

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) March 30, 2025

That team at #5 must've been pretty good

Here are the 10 best KenPom teams ever (ratings date back to '96-97). Four of them are playing Saturday in San Antonio. Maybe the most loaded Final Four ever? This is downright ridiculous. A combined 135-16. pic.twitter.com/920CSBQCiY

— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) March 30, 2025

We'll gladly take the 20-21 NCAA Men's National Championship basketball trophy while Gonzaga puts up a plaque for its Ken Pom numbers that year.

Big12Fan2024 said:

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We'll gladly take the 20-21 NCAA Men's National Championship basketball trophy while Gonzaga puts up a plaque for its Ken Pom numbers that year.

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I might misunderstand the metric. Are they unique to that year and competition or are they supposed to be comparable across years. I didn't think they were.

Don't care that much as only the Duke team, UConn, and Ku would give us issues. The Villanova team (not here) would have given us trouble too.

boognish_bear said:

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That team at #5 must've been pretty good

Here are the 10 best KenPom teams ever (ratings date back to '96-97). Four of them are playing Saturday in San Antonio. Maybe the most loaded Final Four ever? This is downright ridiculous. A combined 135-16. pic.twitter.com/920CSBQCiY

— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) March 30, 2025

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The only teams on that list to win the Natty are 01 Duke and 24 UConn.

There are no raw baseline values year over year so the data points are only comparable for the current year vs. current year teams. It's one of those tweets that on the surface looks interesting but there's really no statistical comparability basis between any of those other than saying Duke had a wider variance (more efficient) over teams in 1998-99 than Duke had over teams in 2024-25.

Final Four odds via @CircaSports

Duke -4½ Houston (total 136)
Florida -2½ Auburn (total 160½)

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) March 31, 2025

I'll be cheering for Houston!

It would be great to have another Big12 national champion.

Even better to have another team from Texas win the natty.... and ZERO for the Whorns!!

"Always doing less with more" - that really should be their school motto. It fits their sports, academics, budget... perfect motto for the Whorns.

whitetrash said:

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boognish_bear said:

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That team at #5 must've been pretty good

Here are the 10 best KenPom teams ever (ratings date back to '96-97). Four of them are playing Saturday in San Antonio. Maybe the most loaded Final Four ever? This is downright ridiculous. A combined 135-16. pic.twitter.com/920CSBQCiY

— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) March 30, 2025

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The only teams on that list to win the Natty are 01 Duke and 24 UConn.

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Kansas in 08 won as well.

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whitetrash said:

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boognish_bear said:

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That team at #5 must've been pretty good

Here are the 10 best KenPom teams ever (ratings date back to '96-97). Four of them are playing Saturday in San Antonio. Maybe the most loaded Final Four ever? This is downright ridiculous. A combined 135-16. pic.twitter.com/920CSBQCiY

— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) March 30, 2025

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The only teams on that list to win the Natty are 01 Duke and 24 UConn.

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Kansas in 08 won as well.

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You're right. For some reason I thought they pratfalled that year but that was UNC.

A year ago, Houston had a lead on Duke in the Sweet 16 before Jamal Shead suffered an ankle injury.

The two programs will meet next week in the Final Four.

PHASE 2 in San Antonio. https://t.co/h640bwIm7Q

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) March 30, 2025

boognish_bear said:

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That team at #5 must've been pretty good

Here are the 10 best KenPom teams ever (ratings date back to '96-97). Four of them are playing Saturday in San Antonio. Maybe the most loaded Final Four ever? This is downright ridiculous. A combined 135-16. pic.twitter.com/920CSBQCiY

— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) March 30, 2025

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Hmm...I wonder where they rank Timme's leg cramps on the all-time list of Final Four injuries?

whitetrash said:

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boognish_bear said:

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That team at #5 must've been pretty good

Here are the 10 best KenPom teams ever (ratings date back to '96-97). Four of them are playing Saturday in San Antonio. Maybe the most loaded Final Four ever? This is downright ridiculous. A combined 135-16. pic.twitter.com/920CSBQCiY

— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) March 30, 2025

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The only teams on that list to win the Natty are 01 Duke and 24 UConn.

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Wouldn't that tend to disprove KenPom's methodology? The 10 best teams in the past 30 years and only 3 won a natty, with 3 more guaranteed not to win.

historian said:

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whitetrash said:

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boognish_bear said:

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That team at #5 must've been pretty good

Here are the 10 best KenPom teams ever (ratings date back to '96-97). Four of them are playing Saturday in San Antonio. Maybe the most loaded Final Four ever? This is downright ridiculous. A combined 135-16. pic.twitter.com/920CSBQCiY

— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) March 30, 2025

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The only teams on that list to win the Natty are 01 Duke and 24 UConn.

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Wouldn't that tend to disprove KenPom's methodology? The 10 best teams in the past 30 years and only 3 won a natty, with 3 more guaranteed not to win.

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So, when picking the winner, KenPom seems to be wrong 70% of the time, which is still ahead of me, but then, I don't have a website....

Way ahead of me as well. I don't have a web site, don't make any money off my picks, and I'm not touted by the sports media as an "expert".

historian said:

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Way ahead of me as well. I don't have a web site, don't make any money off my picks, and I'm not touted by the sports media as an "expert".

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But Pick 3 winners in10, you could be!

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historian said:

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Way ahead of me as well. I don't have a web site, don't make any money off my picks, and I'm not touted by the sports media as an "expert".

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But Pick 3 winners in10, you could be!

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Low bar!