NCAA Men's Basketball Thread

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Don't be hating lol. They were on fireeeeeee
Upsets happen in the NCAA tourney every year, sothe best teams don’t always make the Final Four (orany single elimination tourney)
But it wouldn't surprise if the ACC tourney Final Four is as good as the real thing.
 

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As expected, plenty of changes in the March 4th poll except at the very top.

Last week coming up before conference tourneys begin.
  1. Gonzaga
  2. Virginia
  3. North Carolina
  4. Duke
  5. Tennessee
  6. Kentucky
  7. Michigan
  8. Texas Tech
  9. Michigan St
  10. LSU
  11. Purdue
  12. Houston
  13. Kansas
  14. Florida St
  15. Virginia Tech
  16. Marquette
  17. Nevada
  18. Kansas St
  19. Buffalo
  20. Cincinatti
  21. Wisconsin
  22. Wolford
  23. Villanova
  24. Maryland
  25. UCF

Top 10 is dominated by ACC, SEC and Big 10.
 

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3/5

A couple of possibly decent games tonight in the top 25

#15 Va Tech is at #14 Florida St
#13 Kansas is at bubble team Oklahoma (19-11)
 

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KU looks average this year. Duke looks average without Zion.
Kansas is very beatable on the road and very very good at home.
Will be interesting to see how they fare in the tourney.

If Zion is back Duke is the overall favorite no matter what happens before the tourney.
 

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Just some trivia from the non-power conferences….

The American Athletic Conference (AAC) is not too bad .

I notice that even with UConn (has 4 won National titles in 15 years ), Wichita St (perennial Tourney team), Memphis (also a usual tourney team), and SMU (decent recently) all having subpar seasons and out of the touney...

the conference still might get 4 teams in to the tourney:
#11 Houston,
#20 Cincinnatti,
#25 UCF,
Temple (22-8)

That's 8 really solid programs, not including USF(19-11)

I think this conference may be better than the Pac 12 in basketball
 

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The stars aligned and I somehow scored 4 tickets to the Duke/UNC game at work today for free!!!

We're gonna be gettin' weird in the Dean Dome tomorrow night boys!
 

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The stars aligned and I somehow scored 4 tickets to the Duke/UNC game at work today for free!!!

We're gonna be gettin' weird in the Dean Dome tomorrow night boys!
Nice!
Should be wild there.

I haven't made it to that game in years.
 

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Yeah - definitely been a bucket list item my entire life. I just can't believe it finally materialized.

Any word on Zion?
Mum.
I spoke to a Duke grad today in the office and he has no clue either.
I think they're looking big picture and will hold him out until the tourney

Last time I saw Duke at UNC was back in the Stackhouse era.

Go Heels!
 

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A few really good final regular season games this weekend.

#8 Texas Tech at Iowa State. (Tech could get a share of their 1st ever regular season Big 12 basketball title.)
#2 Virginia vs Louisville (UVa earns the conf tourney #1 seed with a win and tie-breaker over UNC)
#3 North Carolina vs #4 Duke . ( If UVa loses and UNC wins, then UNC wins the Reg Season Title.)
#7 Michigan at #9 Michigan State (both tied with Purdue for the Big Ten lead)
 

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They have a Kansas assistant on tape discussing the financial requests of Zion with Merl Code. And it’s pretty well known here in North Carolina that Zion’s mom and stepdad moved into a really nice house/neighborhood in Durham.
 

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They have a Kansas assistant on tape discussing the financial requests of Zion with Merl Code. And it’s pretty well known here in North Carolina that Zion’s mom and stepdad moved into a really nice house/neighborhood in Durham.
all these elite programs do it, the smart ones use cut outs and not coaches to handle it.
 

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#5 Tennessee loses at Auburn. Dropped to tie for SEC title.

#8 Texas Tech beats ISU to win their 1st ever Big 12 Reg Season title. Congrats Raiders
 
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Got a text from a big UNC fan who is at the game tonight in Chapel Hill, the text was a pic of him and 3 other friends with Jason Garrett
Roy probably let him sit in on a practice this week. Coach K has done the same a time or two. Larry Brown did too.
I do give Garrett credit for always trying to learn.
 

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Got a text from a big UNC fan who is at the game tonight in Chapel Hill, the text was a pic of him and 3 other friends with Jason Garrett
He's known to get around. Yes, that's Witten in the back. Duke lost yet again to UNC. I loathe Duke.
Go 'Nova!
 
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