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

[Trice]

1990 UNLV and 2019 Virginia

Seed	Team	Seed	Opponent	Score	Opp Score	Round
1	Nevada-Las Vegas	3	Duke	103	73	National Championship
1	Nevada-Las Vegas	4	Georgia Tech	90	81	National Semifinals
1	Nevada-Las Vegas	11	Loyola Marymount	131	101	Elite Eight
1	Nevada-Las Vegas	12	Ball State	69	67	Sweet Sixteen
1	Nevada-Las Vegas	8	Ohio State	76	65	Round of 32
1	Nevada-Las Vegas	16	Arkansas-Little Rock	102	72	Round of 64

Seed	Team	Seed	Opponent	Score	Opp Score	Round
1	Virginia	3	Texas Tech	85	77	National Championship
1	Virginia	5	Auburn	63	62	National Semifinals
1	Virginia	3	Purdue	80	75	Elite Eight
1	Virginia	12	Oregon	53	49	Sweet Sixteen
1	Virginia	9	Oklahoma	63	51	Round of 32
1	Virginia	16	Gardner-Webb	71	56	Round of 64

How about champions with the highest sum of its opponents' seeds? (As in UConn would be, if I've got it right, 13+5+8+3+5+5)

 

[t-noah]

How does Clark Kellogg keep this gig? His takes are absolutely terrible.

But he shows a lot of poise.

(Countless Clark Kellogg bingo cards have been filled with the word "poise" over the decades).

“He’s like a baby’s bottom. Smooth and sometimes explosive.”- Clark Kellogg on Victor Oladipo.

 

[HoopsTournament]

Fewest points in a Championship Game: 33 - 1939 Ohio State
Fewest points in a Championship Game in shot clock era: 41 - 2011 Butler (against UConn)

 

[isucy86]

Relax, I'm not negating their title. Just pointing out that they will have beaten a single 3 seed and no other team above a 5 along the way. At a minimum it probably inflates the margin of victory at least modestly.

Is the focus on seeding a little misplaced? Maybe it's a new trend with the portal and NIL, but I didn't feel there was a dominant #1 or #2 seed this year.

Also we saw really good teams like UConn, Miami and Creighton go through some long losing streaks which pushes them down seeding. But when they were playing well, as good as any team.

This UConn team is the same one that beat the Cyclones at the PK and it was pretty obvious in the ISU game they had elite talent.

 

[Kinch]

Six fouls already in the first five minutes.

 

[jctisu]

Man I hope we get to the point we can get a couple of guys that can take it to the rim like UConn. Just relentless attacking downhill off some of these screens. Drawing fouls with how fast they attack.

 

[HoopsTournament]

How about champions with the highest sum of its opponents' seeds? (As in UConn would be, if I've got it right, 13+5+8+3+5+5)

UConn's sum of seeds is 39. That would be good for 16th highest all-time. Highest was UNLV in 1990 which was 54 (16 + 8 + 11 + 12+ 4 + 3)

 

[HoopsTournament]

UConn's sum of seeds is 39. That would be good for 16th highest all-time. Highest was UNLV in 1990 which was 54 (16 + 8 + 11 + 12+ 4 + 3)

Last year's Kansas team was 3rd highest all-time with 49. 2008 Kansas team was 4th with 48 (and they played 1 seeds in last two games).

 

[t-noah]

18 games decided by 15 or more points. 6 games decided by 20 or more.

Year	Team	Score	Opponent	Score	Margin
1990	Nevada-Las Vegas	103	Duke	73	30
1968	UCLA	78	North Carolina	55	23
1973	UCLA	87	Memphis	66	21
1969	UCLA	92	Purdue	72	20
1960	Ohio State	75	California	55	20
1992	Duke	71	Michigan	51	20
1976	Indiana	86	Michigan	68	18
1940	Indiana	60	Kansas	42	18
2009	North Carolina	89	Michigan State	72	17
1952	Kansas	80	St. John's	63	17
2018	Villanova	79	Michigan	62	17
1954	La Salle	92	Bradley	76	16
2021	Baylor	86	Gonzaga	70	16
2006	Florida	73	UCLA	57	16
1948	Kentucky	58	Baylor	42	16
1964	UCLA	98	Duke	83	15
1967	UCLA	79	Dayton	64	15
1942	Stanford	53	Dartmouth	38	15

Interesting. Thank you! Your first 5, listed here, were by 20+, and were all 1990 or earlier. The last 20+ margin was by FL, in 2006.

So my point, the final is generally a close, fairly competitive game. As I speak, the margin is not as bad as I thought it would be, 10 points.

 

[Kinch]

Uconn will end with more than 30 foul shots I predict.

 

[Acylum]

College MBB is not fun to watch.

 

[HoopsTournament]

If UConn wins: Dan Hurley becomes the first coach since Kevin Ollie to win the National Championship in the same tournament that he won his first tournament game. Since the tournament expanded to 64 teams, Hurley, Ollie and Steve Fisher (1989-Michigan) are the only coaches to do so.

Of course, if San Diego State wins, just replace Dan Hurley's name with Brian Dutcher.

 

[JP4CY]

If UConn wins: Dan Hurley becomes the first coach since Kevin Ollie to win the National Championship in the same tournament that he won his first tournament game. Since the tournament expanded to 64 teams, Hurley, Ollie and Steve Fisher (1989-Michigan) are the only coaches to do so.

Of course, if San Diego State wins, just replace Dan Hurley's name with Brian Dutcher.

And Dutcher is from the Fisher tree.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Ope

 

[t-noah]

I'm impressed w/ SDSU. They are making a game of it!

 

[jctisu]

This is exactly how SDSU has won games this tournament. Next few minutes before the under-4 media timeout will be fun.

 

[ISUChippewa]

I'm impressed w/ SDSU. They are making a game of it!

I'm also impressed with the quality of the SDSU co-eds in the crowd shots we've gotten.

 

[t-noah]

I'm also impressed with the quality of the SDSU co-eds in the crowd shots we've gotten.

Haha. Keep your head in the game, mister!

 

[Kinch]

Dutcher’s dad was the losing coach in what many Cyclone fans consider the genesis of Hilton magic.

 

[HFCS]

that was a massive 3 after they got it down to 5. Really quick shot too.