***Official March Madness Thread***
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I bet a lot of perfect brackets just went down. Other "upsets" had an obvious reason to pick them, this one was a coin flip pick in just about every measurable way and most are going to pick the 7 in that case.
Hey, found the whole game on YouTube, so y'all can watch while waiting for the game tomorrow.
That starting group was the toughest bunch of MFers who ever suited up for ISU. Tinsley, Fizer, Mike Nurse, Kantrail Horton, Stevie Johnson.
I remember that game because I had a Statics exam that evening and missed the first half. The second half and the announcers lusting over our team while eating crow made up for missing the first half.
Right up there with my favorite ISU moments. UCLA had won the game before with a bunch of lobs over Maryland so all my Hok fan friends were talking it up...I just let them know ISU wouldn't let that kind of thing happen, and really didn't. Fizer even intercepted a couple iirc.
I have Florida going to the Sweet Sixteen. Had a gut feeling Nevada wasn't as good as advertised.
Interesting NCAA tourney tidbit:
I stood next to Admiral Schofield from UT at open practice today. Holy **** that guy is an absolute freak. Huge arms and shoulders. He’s like two of me wide.
I stood next to Admiral Schofield from UT at open practice today. Holy **** that guy is an absolute freak. Huge arms and shoulders. He’s like two of me wide.
We didn't know it at the time, but that was the high point. The Auburn Hills Abomination was just two nights later.
It really was...the season after looked to be getting there and then...
The thing I remember was really just knowing without question that ISU was a true contender after that UCLA game. The month leading up to it was a blast but that kind of domination was great.
I had Seton Hall for this game, but then I remembered last year when I went against a trendy team (Loyola), so I switched. Time to see if Wofford is for real or not.
I think part of the problem is we romanticize the first round as being a bunch of upsets and buzzer beaters, when in reality they don't happen as much as we seem to remember.
