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

[JP4CY]

 

[ISUChippewa]

That is an epic choke from Nevada. 17 point lead with 5 + minutes to go and let it slip away like that? Wow...

I do feel bad for the players and fans. I do not feel bad for Steve Alford.

 

[HFCS]

Basing your conferences worth off Kansas’s championships (and Baylor’s forgot that one) is a wild take.

The tournament has been and always will be a bad metric for determining the best team. Paths are wildly different, some easy, some insanely hard, players get hurt, games are single elimination in different time zones. It’s a lot of variables.

Doesn’t make it not incredibly fun and entertaining though, just makes it hard to draw and real conclusions. That’s what makes it madness and awesome!

I’m talking about how the big 12 has dominated your jv conference in full season metrics since you purposefully added its worst team. It’s nearly two decades since the big 12 graded out worse top to bottom. #1 of all leagues almost every season.

 

[HoopsTournament]

That is an epic choke from Nevada. 17 point lead with 5 + minutes to go and let it slip away like that? Wow...

I do feel bad for the players and fans. I do not feel bad for Steve Alford.

They were at 99.5% probability.

 

[madguy30]

All these years later and Alford still just kind of sucks.

 

[RezClone]

Basing your conferences worth off Kansas’s championships (and Baylor’s forgot that one) is a wild take.

The tournament has been and always will be a bad metric for determining the best team. Paths are wildly different, some easy, some insanely hard, players get hurt, games are single elimination in different time zones. It’s a lot of variables.

Doesn’t make it not incredibly fun and entertaining though, just makes it hard to draw and real conclusions. That’s what makes it madness and awesome!

Texas Tech also made the championship game under Chris Beard. Baylor has had some other pretty deep runs besides their NC mixed in there, too. Oklahoma and WVU under Kruger and Huggins had some crazy good teams we've forgotten about, too.

But yeah, your point about the tournament definitely has some truth to it. But during the same time the conference in the REGULAR season has usually graded out the best. More than any other and the gap has also widened as time has gone on. This period of time began approximately 10 years ago.

Having a 10 team round robin helped a lot. But it's not the length of time IMO, it's the fact that generally the top has gotten consistently better AND the bottom has gotten consistently better over that period of time. and the gap between other conferences has widened and no other conference shows a similar trend.

 

[ISUChippewa]

All these years later and Alford still just kind of sucks.

Just an epic collapse...the more I think about it the worse it gets.

 

[demoncore1031]

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

NMSU? You mean New Mexico? I picked them to beat Baylor also.

 

[dahliaclone]

NMSU? You mean New Mexico? I picked them to beat Baylor also.

lol yes. error

 

[cyclones500]

That is an epic choke from Nevada. 17 point lead with 5 + minutes to go and let it slip away like that? Wow...

I do feel bad for the players and fans. I do not feel bad for Steve Alford.

Eerily similar to slow-death Iowa had vs. Northwestern State in 2006, also an Alford special.

 

[cyclones500]

lol yes. error

The injury is so significant, both UNM and NMSU might advance.

 

[alarson]

3 points in the last 15 minutes of the half for Colorado State.

That's so bad its impressive.

 

[dahliaclone]

3 points in the last 15 minutes of the half for Colorado State.

That's so bad its impressive.

they're trying to out-Virginia, Virginia

 

[aeroclone]

Colorado State with 11 points at the half? And I thought UVA was offense challenged.

 

[dahliaclone]

Oof. I really thought MWC might have some decent teams this year. Turns out, so far, the committee was right with their seeds but maybe even that a few didn't deserve to be in. Yowza.

 

[iahawks]

Were you a fan of Alford? Many hawk fans that I worked with hated him.

I was at first because of all the excitement and how he started with recruiting. He had a really good team his second year but Recker’s injury derailed the season and Recker never really recovered. Then after that he soon wore out his welcome with lackluster results and the Pierce situation. I was glad to see him leave.

 

[CycloneErik]

Kick out Colorado State and Texas. It sounds hideous.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

My god, it’s like your varsity playing against the freshman squad out there. Bunch of meanies

 

[FriendlySpartan]

This Golke guy from Oakland is having a three point performance for the ages against Kentucky

 

[ZRF]

You have some real strong feelings about this cat. Did he do something to you?

Dude, you watch the game?

It's not personal, I don't know the guy but it was clear he was unable to keep pace or provide any positive contribution while being on the floor. I didn't realize he was fasting for Ramadan. That may or may not have played a factor in his performance but regardless of the reason he was hurting the team.

I don't blame him, I blame the coach. Literally cost his team the game.