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Looks like Bama is restoring order, up 6 with 4 left.

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We just watched the worst first round in march madness history.  Chalk all over and no real upset shockers outside of Mcneese.  And that was just clemson sucking.   Col State was favored, Drake should've been and St. Marys was a higher seed. New Mexico I guess you can argue but they aren't a real cinderella.   This was Chalk all over and blowouts all over. Hardly any great finishes.  The committee has to stop seeding the good mid majors in ways to knock them out.  Friday was barely even watchable.  No madness this year.

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7 hours ago, mrjoelabs said:

We just watched the worst first round in march madness history.  Chalk all over and no real upset shockers outside of Mcneese.  And that was just clemson sucking.   Col State was favored, Drake should've been and St. Marys was a higher seed. New Mexico I guess you can argue but they aren't a real cinderella.   This was Chalk all over and blowouts all over. Hardly any great finishes.  The committee has to stop seeding the good mid majors in ways to knock them out.  Friday was barely even watchable.  No madness this year.

No way Drake would be considered a higher seed then MO.  Drake was the better team that game.

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First Round Results by Conference, including First Four games:

Big 10 8-0

Big 12 6-1

Big East 4-2

SEC 8-6 (Including 1-5 for the conference bottom dwellers)

ACC 2-3

MW 2-2

WCC 2-0

Not all that impressive for SEC and ACC.  NCAA Committee won't figure it out, ever. 

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1 hour ago, HoosierPal said:

First Round Results by Conference, including First Four games:

Big 10 8-0

Big 12 6-1

Big East 4-2

SEC 8-6 (Including 1-5 for the conference bottom dwellers)

ACC 2-3

MW 2-2

WCC 2-0

Not all that impressive for SEC and ACC.  NCAA Committee won't figure it out, ever. 

-ACC is 1-3, UNC, Lville, Clemson lost while Duke advanced

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1 hour ago, Cowboy said:

-ACC is 1-3, UNC, Lville, Clemson lost while Duke advanced

As I said in my post, I counted the First Four, where UNC won their game against San Diego State.  The totals shown also include Texas L and Xavier W in their First Four game.  Those games are part of the NCAA Tourney so I counted them. 

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My wife is watching the sweet 16 game between Purdue and McNeese, and who comes out to play for McNeese? No other than Sincere Parker! I was happy to see him playing again. McNeese is headed for a significant defeat but watching Parker play was very nice.

All the best to you Sincere!

 

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6 minutes ago, Old guy said:

My wife is watching the sweet 16 game between Purdue and McNeese, and who comes out to play for McNeese? No other than Sincere Parker! I was happy to see him playing again. McNeese is headed for a significant defeat but watching Parker play was very nice.

All the best to you Sincere!

 

Correction: Round of 32 game.

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25 minutes ago, almaman said:

Arkansas missing ton of 2 footers

That may have been the ugliest basketball game ever. Both teams 10% from the arc. St John’s benching their best player. Buttugly. 

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5 hours ago, JohnnyJumpUp said:

Sincere playing in his second NCAA tourney game against Purdue, he has a couple nice baskets early.

McNeese lost by 14, but Sincere was their leading scorer with 17 points in 19 minutes.

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1 hour ago, CenHudDude said:

McNeese lost by 14, but Sincere was their leading scorer with 17 points in 19 minutes.

We could have used Parker this year. 

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1 hour ago, Billikenbooster said:

No D

Attitude issues

Are you describing Sincere? SLU? Or both? 

Another offensive player like him i think we would have finished a couple spots higher in the A10 standings.

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Kelvin Sampson making a big deal about the pronunciation of the name Gonzaga.

No need to be a jerk, Kevin, or whatever...

Gonzaga with a short a is reasonable given the Italian heritage of their namesake Saint.

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4 hours ago, thetorch said:

This is insane.  The SEC played no one.  How do their NET ratings get so high if they beat no one in their non con?  And how can they tell mid majors to schedule better when they don't have to.

Because while the SOS is low they racked up wins: according to this reddit post (I did not verify all records):

 

Auburn: 12-1 Florida: 13-0 Alabama: 11-2 Tennessee: 13-0 Ole Miss: 11-2 Texas A&M: 11-2 Kentucky: 11-2 Missouri: 11-2 MS State: 12-1 Vanderbilt: 12-1 Georgia: 12-1 Arkansas: 11-2 Texas: 11-2 Oklahoma: 13-0 LSU: 11-2 South Carolina: 10-3.

The non-conference winning % is 89%. 

"Mid-majors" will need to find a way to schedule better. The MWC did. I think one of the best things the A10 did was the effort to get their top teams playing each other to get more quality games when they schedule. "Mid-major" Conferences could start a similar scheduling agreement with each other for games vs quality opponents.  For instance A10 & WCC enters an agreement that the top 4-5 teams keep dates open for home/away games. That could mean games vs St. Mary's, Zags, USF, Santa Clara & Oregon St. Or MWC vs UNM, CSU, USU, Boise St, & SDSU.

SLU did try scheduling like I suggested with some sneaky good choices Santa Clara, USF, Wofford, GCU, and Wichita State. They won 0 of the games. Then didn't win enough in conference either.

Just for reference kenpom VCU noncon SOS 293, LUC  334, GMU 318, UD 55, SLU 185.

Need to win the games. 

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6 hours ago, thetorch said:

This is insane.  The SEC played no one.  How do their NET ratings get so high if they beat no one in their non con?  And how can they tell mid majors to schedule better when they don't have to.

Texas, Oklahoma, Vandy, and Georgia is really crazy. Non Con rank in the 300’s and an under 500 record in conference.

They were given the equivalent of a 3rd grade participation trophy. 

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