Official March Madness Thread

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According to ESPN Insider "With Arizona's loss to Buffalo, the Pac-12 has officially made history. (Not the good kind.) Per ESPN Stats and Info, no major conference has failed to send a team to the round of 32 since the formation of the Big 12 in 1996-97. The 2018 Pac-12 is the first of its kind."

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Matt2496 said:
According to ESPN Insider "With Arizona's loss to Buffalo, the Pac-12 has officially made history. (Not the good kind.) Per ESPN Stats and Info, no major conference has failed to send a team to the round of 32 since the formation of the Big 12 in 1996-97. The 2018 Pac-12 is the first of its kind."

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PAC-12 was awful this year.
 
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#310
Matchup Breakdown Is this true ? Loyola was # 1 in the nation in FG percentage ? -- have to put in the teams to compare - stupid site wouldnt copy the Vols Loyola page
 
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#311
Going by advanced metrics, the Buffalo win should come as no surprise. Arizona's AdjD was 70 while Buffalo is top 45 in AdjO. Historically, 13 seeds win in that scenario.


I, for one, picked Buffalo in my bracket.
 
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#312
I posted this in another thread, but it's relevant to what's being discussed here. Go SEC!

During football season, I don't really have any SEC loyalty. I will always pull for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia to lose. However, I view basketball differently. In NCAA BB, conference perception is huge. Conferences that are considered "basketball conferences" will always put more teams in the NCAA tourney. Therefore, I always pull for the SEC in regular season nonconference matchups because every win SEC teams earn reflects on the whole conference. We did very well out of conference this year, and we put 8 teams in the dance. If the SEC does well in the dance, it helps us maintain that conference perception, which is beneficial to the whole league.

This doesn't count for Kentucky. When the kitties lose, it always puts a smile on my face.
 
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TJ1985 said:
I posted this in another thread, but it's relevant to what's being discussed here. Go SEC!

During football season, I don't really have any SEC loyalty. I will always pull for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia to lose. However, I view basketball differently. In NCAA BB, conference perception is huge. Conferences that are considered "basketball conferences" will always put more teams in the NCAA tourney. Therefore, I always pull for the SEC in regular season nonconference matchups because every win SEC teams earn reflects on the whole conference. We did very well out of conference this year, and we put 8 teams in the dance. If the SEC does well in the dance, it helps us maintain that conference perception, which is beneficial to the whole league.

This doesn't count for Kentucky. When the kitties lose, it always puts a smile on my face.
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Solid logic, imo
 
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#315
538 Winning Odds for 3/16

1. Xavier (97%)vs 16. TXSO
1. Virginia (98%)vs 16. UMBC
2. Purdue (98%)vs 15. CSU-Full.
2. Cincinnati (93%)vs 15. Georgia St.
2. UNC (96%)vs 15. Lipscomb
3. Michigan St. (92%)vs 14. Bucknell
4. Wich. St. (91%)vs 13. Marshall
4. Auburn (80%)vs 13. Charleston
5. W. Virginia (84%)vs 12. Murray St.
5. Clemson (62%)vs 12. NM St.
6. TCU (56%)vs 11. Syracuse
7. Butler (60%)vs 10. Arkansas
7. Texas A&M (58%)vs 10. Providence
8. Creighton (58%)vs 9. Kansas St.
9. Florida St. (71%)vs 8. Missouri
10. Texas (60%)vs 7. Nevada
 
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508mikey said:
Hope Arizona enjoys the probation heading their way
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Somewhat fitting they get bounced early. Trier fails two drug tests iirc, Ayton is allegedly at the middle of this scandal, and Miller seemed to be on the verge of being canned. But somehow it all comes together only to crash and burn in typical Arizona fashion with an early exit.
 
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golfballs said:
CBS airs the first two games of the day before any of they other pods. So they won’t be the least compelling. I’m guessing it will be games in Pittsburgh - Villanova and Duke games. Then we’ll play ~6pm and the later games will be in Boise for Arizona (presumably) and Kentucky
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Bingo
 
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TJ1985 said:
I posted this in another thread, but it's relevant to what's being discussed here. Go SEC!

During football season, I don't really have any SEC loyalty. I will always pull for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia to lose. However, I view basketball differently. In NCAA BB, conference perception is huge. Conferences that are considered "basketball conferences" will always put more teams in the NCAA tourney. Therefore, I always pull for the SEC in regular season nonconference matchups because every win SEC teams earn reflects on the whole conference. We did very well out of conference this year, and we put 8 teams in the dance. If the SEC does well in the dance, it helps us maintain that conference perception, which is beneficial to the whole league.

This doesn't count for Kentucky. When the kitties lose, it always puts a smile on my face.
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It's like you read my exact thoughts. Even...and especially...the UK part.
 
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LittleCat said:
Somewhat fitting they get bounced early. Trier fails two drug tests iirc, Ayton is allegedly at the middle of this scandal, and Miller seemed to be on the verge of being canned. But somehow it all comes together only to crash and burn in typical Arizona fashion with an early exit.
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Miller is also a snake. Even before the Ayton stuff I always thought so
 
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#323
Kinda funny how all the experts on TV called Arizona underseeded and how Virginia got jobbed having them as a 4 seed in their region. And it wasn't even a lucky shot upset. They got dominated by 20+ points.


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ZZ13 said:
Kinda funny how all the experts on TV called Arizona underseeded and how Virginia got jobbed having them as a 4 seed in their region. And it wasn't even a lucky shot upset. They got dominated by 20+ points.
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Yep, I thought it was hilarious
 
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