*** Official March Madness NCAA Tournament Thread 2023 ***

[pourcyne]

Aubie Um-Whut downs Herky. I think this mascot thing has traction...

 

[jsb]

Working on my tidbits for the day. Tony Bennett for Virginia is 7-8 except for the year they one the championship. (And they pulled some of those games out of nowhere.)

I watched Bennett's press conference. They were asking him about that. I wonder if this is the year he moves on. Texas might have a better shot at him than I thought.

 

[cyfanatic]

Got to hand it to Auburn. They are good at breaking the press and are tough and play their ass off. But damn what an undisciplined team.

True! Frustrating to watch but agree...those Auburn kids played hard!

 

[Darius Bieber]

All that’s left for a perfect day is for Texas to lose… and of course they’re shooting 65% from three while the best 3 point shooting team in Division 1 is shooting 30%.

 

[shadow]

Iowa losing is great but Texas hitting all of their shots is a downer. I cannot believe that Colgate continues to leave rice open.

 

[Zyklon]

Me and the boys off to talk **** on Facebook

 

[LeaningCy]

Will Fran coach long enough to guide his grandsons to their own NCAA first round exit?

 

[farm85]

Go back to Cryowa City.

 

[KidSilverhair]

Thats's just how NCAA games are determined. Until we get rid of Wilson we have to accept it.

 

[BigLame]

Iowa D being exposed now.

H

Funny, I don't think anyone noticed them exposing it & it was a pretty packed house

 

[HFCS]

be interesting to see what Iowa does next year.
guys coming back, they should be able to shoot it, but not sure about much else.
ulis
perkins
sanfort
p mcaffery
oguendele
dix
bowen
+recruits

lose connor, murray, rebracca

Rebracca is going to be a big loss unless they have a strong physical player I don't know about. They get absolutely boat raced today without him. Nobody else could bang inside with Auburn at all.

Connor not eating point guard minutes might be a surprising boost though. Don't tell me somebody who passes as often and shoots as rarely as Connor isn't playing some version of point guard. He's not a forward and he's went entire seasons without shooting so not a shooting guard.

 

[cyclones500]

Another Tournament - Another Sweet Sixteen without Iowa. My 23-year old daughter has never been able to watch Iowa in the Sweet Sixteen.

Billboard #1 song the week of Iowa's most recent S16 appearance: "Believe," by Cher.

 

[BCClone]

Which one enters the portal and comes back this year? Big smuckers did last year. Ash the year before.

be interesting to see what Iowa does next year.
guys coming back, they should be able to shoot it, but not sure about much else.
ulis
perkins
sanfort
p mcaffery
oguendele
dix
bowen
+recruits

lose connor, murray, rebracca

 

[heitclone]

I don't feel bad for Iowa but it really sucks for Houston that they have to play Auburn that close to their campus. A 1 seed shouldn't have to deal with that in the first round.

 

[HFCS]

I am hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiighly skeptical that NW and Boise State here right now are better teams than Oklahoma State.

 

[Cyclonepride]

The play dead for thirty minutes strategy did not work out for Iowa

 

[DSM4Cy]

I am hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiighly skeptical that NW and Boise State here right now are better teams than Oklahoma State.

Or Nevada, or Mississippi State, or Pitt, or Utah State...

 

[HFCS]

I don't feel bad for Iowa but it really sucks for Houston that they have to play Auburn that close to their campus. A 1 seed shouldn't have to deal with that in the first round.

They got to play #1 seed Arizona in Texas as a 5 seed last year.

A lot of Texas teams tend to play in Texas a ton (or at least it seems like it to me). When Baylor was first rebuilding after the murder they played in Texas three years in a row without ever having a great seed.

 

[HFCS]

Or Nevada, or Mississippi State, or Pitt, or Utah State...

OK State is probably comparable to Auburn we just saw.

 

[simply1]

My toothpaste!