***Official 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Thread***

[ClubCy]

It's not apples to apples, buts it's not a bad comparison either. Open court transition, iso ball, high ball screens. Relies on shot making and athleticism. Defense and toughness? Not so much.

I’m not saying Illinois is bad or anything. I think they are pretty good and play an entertaining style of basketball. Just watching them last week and today…something felt familiar. Definitely a team that can make a deep run of shots are falling.

 

[alarson]

Oof. My NMSU to Sweet 16 upset got a bit more likely.

NMSU to the sweet 16 would be surprising, most of all to NMSU, as they are sitting at home in Las Cruces

 

[Dirt Boy 2]

SEC performance so far woof.

Gaming the NET. Losing high profile games in November. Just another strategy on gaming the NET.

 

[Cyched]

NMSU to the sweet 16 would be surprising, most of all to NMSU, as they are sitting at home in Las Cruces

If they have the same attitude as you, then yes it would be (jimlad)

 

[FriendlySpartan]

Is it just me or are we hearing about a lot of season injuries day one of the tournament before their games have even been played. Don’t people know we have brackets!?!

 

[Pharmacy99]

I read it immediately. I don't know if I think you're a Hok in disguise. Maybe a hok/B1G apologist. Maybe just obtuse. Maybe you like both teams and just love the state, idk

I'm not sure what you are, but it consistently reads suspiciously. I don't see you liking peoples' stuff or dunking on iowa or posting funny stuff or awesome cyclone-pride enducing or hok-shaming takes.

Here, ill tell you what CF thinks and would have said, and you can compare it to what you said: Even if the hoks have a mediocre basketball team (dubious claim at best), they have terrible delusional fans, they play in a dump, they have an embarrassing and ineffective head coach, a stale and broken program. Their city sucks, their fan sucks, their roster sucks, and everyone who defends them or makes excuses for them is a real piece of work.

I don’t like Iowa (I hate them more after I attended Iowa after ISU) but I don’t like to blindly bash them. I think they are a mediocre team with some good components, not good enough to win consistently.

 

[RezClone]

I don’t like Iowa (I hate them more after I attended Iowa after ISU) but I don’t like to blindly bash them. I think they are a mediocre team with some good components, not good enough to win consistently.

That's cool man. I'm not trying to be mean, and I think my post comes off as unnecessarily mean. Just trying to explain why it seems weird sometimes.

 

[Cyhig]

South Carolina getting run

Never was impressed with SC.

 

[Pharmacy99]

That's cool man. I'm not trying to be mean, and I think my post comes off as unnecessarily mean. Just trying to explain why it seems weird sometimes.

No problem. Maybe I should change my ID to PharmaCy.

 

[RezClone]

Never was impressed with SC.

Dayton looking like they are going to go down pretty easily to Steve Alford.

 

[Pharmacy99]

Dayton looking like they are going to go down pretty easily to Steve Alford.

D***, I can’t stand Alford. I was working at the University of Iowa Hospitals when he was at Iowa. Even some Iowa fans hated him because of his arrogance. He and Iowa basketball team came up to the floor where I worked. Female nurses were going crazy about Alford.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

No problem. Maybe I should change my ID to PharmaCy.

Missed that one, thought you were just a pharmacist lol

 

[simply1]

Dayton looking like they are going to go down pretty easily to Steve Alford.

Boom!

 

[Pharmacy99]

Missed that one, thought you were just a pharmacist lol

I am a pharmacist who graduated from Iowa but I always tell people I am an ISU graduate.

 

[heitclone]

Flyers aint done yet

 

[jdoggivjc]

FFS Nevada, you had one job - and it had nothing to do with Mama Cass impersonations and eating ham sandwiches.

 

[cowgirl836]

Is it just me or are we hearing about a lot of season injuries day one of the tournament before their games have even been played. Don’t people know we have brackets!?!

Yeah thanks for nothing Baylor!

 

[CloniesForLife]

Not shocked on the Oregon South Carolina game. This Dayton Nevada game got fun!

 

[simply1]

Dayton called that timeout? lol

 

[HoopsTournament]