it is interesting that of the four brackets in the Sweet 16 ….three of the matchups were number one against number two and in the fourth it was number one against number three. I hate to say it, but it looks like they ranked these teams pretty well.

    fatshot And that NIL makes a difference. Big schools with big NIL budgets plus the instant transfer. Eventually they will need a NIL Cap and we can talk cap space for colleges too.

        Bravopilot And that NIL makes a difference. Big schools with big NIL budgets plus the instant transfer. Eventually they will need a NIL Cap and we can talk cap space for colleges too.

        Exactly!

          6 days later

          Because of our weather issues I only get a half screen of the game alongside a half screen of the local weatherman giving tornado and flood updates.

          professor These guys can play!

          A maximum hustle game for sure! I can’t hear the calls (which I don’t mind), but the action is intense.

            Walter Clayton Jr. is rock solid in the stretch 2 games in a row.

            darpar What a comeback by Houston!👍👍

            Unbelievable. I hope Laettner was watching and soiled himself. (Yes I am a KY alum) 🤣

              It's the first time I can think of where a top seed (Houston) won and it felt like an upset with all of the Duke hype. Ought to be an athletic final for sure.

                johnnydoom Frankly, it was an upset, of sorts. They committee ranks the one seeds in order. Auburn was the overall number one and Duke was the overall number two.

                So with semifinals produced upsets, one a bit more absurd than the other. Still unclear how you lose a game when you are ahead by six points and have the ball and there are only 37 seconds left to play. Every single thing that could go right for Houston and wrong for Duke happened in that short period of time. If they were to replay that game from that point 100 times, Houston would win maybe 2 or 3 of those games. Duke's chances of victory were 97% by computer calculation.

                One of the craziest last two minutes of college basketball I have ever seen.

                I really think Duke's team was superior, and that if this were a 7-game series, Duke would win it four games to two. But in the NCAA Tournament, it's one game, and crazy things can happen.

                    rsvman2 I blame Duke's coach. He never changed the inbounds play. You see your team struggling to inbound the ball and you do nothing? Same thing happened in the Florida game. Florida struggled to inbound the ball twice, had to call timeout. Next time, they change the play to the "line of scrimmage" play and easily inbound the ball twice. What's the definition of insanity?

                        garyt1957 Agree. Not to mention that the guy rebounding the ball clearly suffered a concussion earlier in the game. He was never the same after that. Why have a guy who can't think straight throwing the ball in against aggressive pressure?

                            Easy call to go long when they are over playing the inbounds!

                            rsvman2 Duke's chances of victory were 97% by computer calculation.

                            Don’t you just love analytics?!

                              Not many close games in the women's tourney, even among the 1 seeds.

                              rsvman2 Agree. Not to mention that the guy rebounding the ball clearly suffered a concussion earlier in the game. He was never the same after that. Why have a guy who can't think straight throwing the ball in against aggressive pressure?

                              Yes, I was a little surprised when he didn't at least go back to the locker room to be tested. I assumed that was protocol like the NFL has. Why not have Flagg or Mallaouch (sp) come back for the ball and throw it high like a lot of teams do?