The Official 2025 March Madness Discussion Thread

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#227
HeuperDrive said:
Have to ask who your 4 best teams are, then. Hard to argue Houston and Duke aren’t after the seasons they put up, and I’d hardly call the Big 12 a “poverty conference”.
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Not being a SEC honky or kool aid drinker, but I think the 4 best are the top 4 SEC schools.

ACC is really a one horse league this year and flailing.

Big 12 is slightly better with Houston and then middle tier Iowa State and Texas Tech and then chumps.

There is no logic or rational that can say that 2-3 less losses in a historically all time great league in a season is somehow a handicap to a top team in a weak conference. Yet Houston and Duke are somehow the middle 2 one seeds.
 
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#228
#228
Franklin_Vol09 said:
This is without my SEC bias but my top 4 would have been

Florida 1
Auburn 2
Tennessee 3
Alabama 4
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I would take my chances with picking two of those 4 vs Houston and Duke.
The great thing is we almost assuredly get to see this play out in real life.

One thing I think we all can agree on is the ACC minus Duke is pure trash this year.
That definitely didn't hurt them get that #1 seed.
 
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#229
Why do refs get whistle happy in the last 5 minutes? Seems like they calll something every trip.
 
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#230
Anti-shunshinepumper said:
I would take my chances with picking two of those 4 vs Houston and Duke.
The great thing is we almost assuredly get to see this play out in real life.

One thing I think we all can agree on is the ACC minus Duke is pure trash.
That definitely didn't hurt them get that #1 seed.
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Conveniently Houston went 0-2 vs the SEC.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Not being a SEC honky or kool aid drinker, but I think the 4 best are the top 4 SEC schools.

ACC is really a one horse league this year and flailing.

Big 12 is slightly better with Houston and then middle tier Iowa State and Texas Tech and then chumps.

There is no logic or rational that can say that 2-3 less losses in a historically all time great league in a season is somehow a handicap to a top team in a weak conference. Yet Houston and Duke are somehow the middle 2 one seeds.
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Very fair and I have to agree with much of it. I think Florida and Alabama are both better than Duke, but I’d rank Duke and Houston above the rest of the SEC.

For me, I really want Duke to crash and burn because one of my friends is a Duke fan, and I’ve really grown tired of him trying to prove Scheyer is already a better coach than both Barnes (despite having a head to head win in March over him) and Coach K himself. i don’t understand why he thinks either of those things, but I’d really love to see Duke turn out to be overrated and lose early just to get him to shut up, because it’s the only way he’ll change his mind. lord knows I’ve argued with him enough times to no avail lol
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Conveniently Houston went 0-2 vs the SEC.
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Not to mention ended up with a QUAD 2 loss to SDSU.
The hardest part of their schedule by far was the first of the year where they went 4-3 to start out. Those losses were all in neutral floors, too.

I stand on my statement they aren’t as good as a lot of people are claiming they are.
You see a lot of people acting like they the favorite to win it all if Duke or Florida doesn't take it. I don't see it.
 
#234
#234
McNeese trying to hang on but they sure don’t handle pressure very well. And Clemson isn’t exactly noted for their pressure defense.
 
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#235
Yo smart rules guys, in the Clemson game there was a foul on a two point shot by McNeese followed by a tech on the fouler, they shot the 4 free throws but then Clemson was given the ball. Is that correct because it was a dead ball tech?
 
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#237
GUNTERSVOL said:
Yo smart rules guys, in the Clemson game there was a foul on a two point shot by McNeese followed by a tech on the fouler, they shot the 4 free throws but then Clemson was given the ball. Is that correct because it was a dead ball tech?
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Two of the free throws were for the tech, The other two were for the guy being fouled on the dunk attempt.
 
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