Author Topic: College Basketball: 2025-26 (Read 1077 times)

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #25 on:** March 12, 2026, 06:03:58 pm »

Auburn fell apart second half against Tennessee. But Bruce Pearl will cry when they don’t get in.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #26 on:** March 12, 2026, 08:49:10 pm »

Both Akron and Miami would be 12th seeds, but it's not like they are outside the top 100 and 16th seeds. Is it such a crime for the MAC to get an at large?

I wouldn’t make this argument for Yale (65 net). Miami is a fringe team and that's what bubble teams are. The best mid-majors have trouble scheduling quad 1 and quad 2 opponents because teams think there's too much downside in playing them. A home game against a top 50 team is tough to arrange

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #27 on:** March 12, 2026, 09:27:09 pm »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on March 12, 2026, 08:49:10 pm

Both Akron and Miami would be 12th seeds, but it's not like they are outside the top 100 and 16th seeds. Is it such a crime for the MAC to get an at large?

I wouldn’t make this argument for Yale (65 net). Miami is a fringe team and that's what bubble teams are. The best mid-majors have trouble scheduling quad 1 and quad 2 opponents because teams think there's too much downside in playing them. A home game against a top 50 team is tough to arrange

I personally would rather see a second team from a mid major than the last team from the SEC/ACC/Big10/Big12. Realistically, teams in both categories equally unlikely to win it all

1995hoo · « **Reply #28 on:** March 14, 2026, 10:05:42 pm »

Vitale sounds like he doesn’t have much voice left.

imref · « **Reply #29 on:** March 14, 2026, 10:53:03 pm »

Duke looks good.

Count Walewski · « **Reply #30 on:** March 15, 2026, 08:33:58 am »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on March 12, 2026, 08:49:10 pm

Both Akron and Miami would be 12th seeds, but it's not like they are outside the top 100 and 16th seeds. Is it such a crime for the MAC to get an at large?

I wouldn’t make this argument for Yale (65 net). Miami is a fringe team and that's what bubble teams are. The best mid-majors have trouble scheduling quad 1 and quad 2 opponents because teams think there's too much downside in playing them. A home game against a top 50 team is tough to arrange

I would go so far as to say that this country has lost its way if Miami doesn't make the tournament.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #31 on:** March 15, 2026, 11:59:50 am »

Quote from: Count Walewski on March 15, 2026, 08:33:58 am

I would go so far as to say that this country has lost its way if Miami doesn't make the tournament.

if it jumps the 7th ot 9th SEC team with 16 losses, fine.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #32 on:** March 15, 2026, 09:49:41 pm »

I think VCU has a decent chance at a Sweet Sixteen run. UNC is without Wilson.

imref · « **Reply #33 on:** March 15, 2026, 09:56:42 pm »

I have Michigan beating Florida.

imref · « **Reply #34 on:** March 19, 2026, 03:46:10 pm »

High Point and Wisconsin going to the wire.

Duke losing big to Sienna early.

imref · « **Reply #35 on:** March 19, 2026, 04:00:22 pm »

BIG SOUTH!

varoadking · « **Reply #36 on:** March 19, 2026, 06:04:54 pm »

Quote from: imref on March 19, 2026, 03:46:10 pm

High Point and Wisconsin going to the wire.

Duke losing big to Sienna early.

Need to move this to the NCAA 2026 Basketball thread...BTW, Duke and High Point both won today...

imref · « **Reply #37 on:** March 19, 2026, 07:14:01 pm »

Doh. Didn’t have my readers.

varoadking · « **Reply #38 on:** March 19, 2026, 11:08:14 pm »

VCU upsets UNC in OT...

GataNats · « **Reply #39 on:** March 20, 2026, 12:44:09 am »

A ton of teams with no business in this tournament. Mainly SEC and ACC teams

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #40 on:** March 20, 2026, 02:44:13 pm »

Heck of a finish in Kentucky and Santa Clara.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #41 on:** March 20, 2026, 02:45:33 pm »

Quote from: GataNats on March 20, 2026, 12:44:09 am

A ton of teams with no business in this tournament. Mainly SEC and ACC teams

Well we saw a few Big Ten teams go out yesterday. So don’t forget them. Who would have replaced all these teams in the tourney?

1995hoo · « **Reply #42 on:** March 20, 2026, 03:04:13 pm »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on March 20, 2026, 02:44:13 pm

Heck of a finish in Kentucky and Santa Clara.

They showed the end of regulation on the videoboard in Philadelphia and the whole crowd gasped.

1995hoo · « **Reply #43 on:** March 20, 2026, 04:00:04 pm »

Man. This tournament gave me cardiac difficulties two afternoons in a row, but both games turned out OK in the end.

imref · « **Reply #44 on:** March 20, 2026, 04:31:23 pm »

Hofstra hanging.

Count Walewski · « **Reply #45 on:** March 20, 2026, 08:25:02 pm »

My March Madness tradition is that as soon as the brackets are announced, I find every team that I've never heard of before and I guess where that school is located. Then I look up the real answers and I post to Facebook how far apart my guesses were from reality.

Two teams I didn't even know existed made some noise in the first round. High Point (guessed it was in Eastern Tennessee, in reality in the NC Piedmont) obviously had the big upset, and Wright State (I guessed it was in Virginia, in reality its in Ohio and named for the Wright Bros) hung in there with UVA for a while.

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #46 on:** March 20, 2026, 08:26:13 pm »

To be fair, High Point is more of a country club than a school

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #47 on:** March 20, 2026, 09:00:06 pm »

Quote from: HalfSmokes on March 20, 2026, 08:26:13 pm

To be fair, High Point is more of a country club than a school

I heard The Doobies wrote the Alma mater

imref · « **Reply #48 on:** March 21, 2026, 09:49:49 am »

I watched the beginning of Prairie View vs Florida last night, about 5 minutes in, with his team losing by around 20, they interviewed the Prairie View coach and asked him what the team needed to do to turn things around. He replied "we need some help from the Lord".

Not a good year for Cinderella's.

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #49 on:** March 21, 2026, 10:00:41 am »

Quote from: imref on March 21, 2026, 09:49:49 am

I watched the beginning of Prairie View vs Florida last night, about 5 minutes in, with his team losing by around 20, they interviewed the Prairie View coach and asked him what the team needed to do to turn things around. He replied "we need some help from the Lord".

Not a good year for Cinderella's.

NIL plus the transfer portal is the end of Cinderella