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This dropping right with the OJ news had me thinking OP made a typo

Full disclosure - I wrote this up three weeks ago, felt it was not worth posting at the time. I settled on posting it when/if UConn needed a mojo post. Well, turns out it never became necessary, because we happened to be the best NCAA team of the last 20 years. So, I’ll post it now for posterity...

My mom in Norwalk said the whole house shook for a couple seconds. My friend in Dover, NJ said he felt it pretty strongly for about 15 seconds! Said he didn't have any damage in his apartment, but it was "trippy," and I certainly buy that. Earthquakes are wild to me. Low-key a reason I'd...

Speaking of officials, John Gaffney sighting doing the Marquette game. Damn shame he’s not in Brooklyn for us… we’re 36-4 over the last ten seasons when he does our games.

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LMAO that s-curve ranking is hilariously bad

Bracket screams low-effort. Negligent. All the amateur bracketologists out there put way more thought and effort into this.

Please give them St. Peter’s

Just did my final personal bracket projection. This is how it broke down for me: East: 1. (1) UConn, 2. (6) Tennessee, 3. (12) Duke, 4. (15) Kansas South: 1. (2) Houston, 2. (8) Marquette, 3. (9) Illinois, 4. (14) Kentucky Midwest: 1. (3) Purdue, 2. (5) Iowa State, 3. (11) Creighton, 4. (13)...

Likely will go KenPom number one after that. Currently it’s Houston. But, that is calculating in their loss and not our win. Ratings are 31.73 and 31.69… would think it’s probable we make up that 0.04 after our W is calculated in.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/ Palm’s bracket today. 1. UConn 2. Iowa State 3. Illinois 4. Alabama. Not quite sure if Bama is staying on that 4 line, though I do think Illinois can get to a 3. Right now, the 1s (Us, UNC, Purdue, Hou) and 2s (Tenn, ISU, Marq, Ariz)...

Yeah I’m operating under the assumption it’ll be Purdue at the overall number one. Obviously if it’s us (or Houston), the calculus changes. But yes, looking more and more likely it’ll be Iowa State.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/ Palm's bracket has an interesting lineup - 2. UNC 3. Iowa State 4. Alabama. He has Baylor on the 2 line instead of Iowa State; think he's in the minority there. His brackets have seemed pretty meh to me this season. Not that Lunardi's...

In terms of our 2 seed, the writing's pretty much on the wall. At this point it's going to be UNC unless they get the 1 out west. If that happens, it will almost assuredly be Iowa State... unless someone like Baylor pips Marquette for the final 2 - then there's a chance it could be them. I'd...

Duquesne looking to cap off a freaking wild day in the A-10 with an upset bid against 3-seed Dayton. All three of the higher-seeded teams (seeds 1,2, and 4) lost today coming off their byes; insane stuff. It would be better for the Big East if Dayton saw this off and then beat the other...

Guess neither Creighton nor Duke (though don’t think they were very close; Jays definitely were) wanted a 2-seed. Marquette now in the driver’s seat but they have to win tonight. I think all three are better than Baylor but if the Bears win tonight and then win/play a good one with Iowa State...

Nice

Might push us to KenPom number one offense, we were only like .4 behind

Louisville was 24-7 and probably going to get a 2 or a 3 seed. I’m sure a historic program like that has stayed elite since then…

That was because the Gaels were a 5, so that rule didn’t apply. In such cases as that one, the rule is as you stated, generally to avoid teams from the same conference from playing as much as possible, whether that’s until the Sweet Sixteen or Elite Eight. The rule will apply since both...

I think Tennessee would go to the South and UNC would go to the East. It literally comes down to how far the school is from the site lol. Knoxville > Dallas: 843 miles Knoxville > Boston: 920 miles Chapel Hill > Dallas: 1,161 miles Chapel Hill > Boston: 710 miles The South being in Dallas...

I think some are underestimating the importance of geography. If it goes 4. (1) UNC/TN, 5. (2) UNC/TN, 6. (2) ARIZ, then whoever between the two is number five on the s-curve will 99.9% go to the East or South, respectively. And Arizona will get the 2 in the West with the higher rated of UNC/TN...

Long-winded post ahead, but i love this stuff! I’m a bit of an amateur bracketologist and have been doing my own projected brackets every two weeks since mid-January, so I’ve grown somewhat familiar with the bracketing rules. As others have insinuated, it may well come down to the s-curve...

We don’t know yet. Most brackets right now have Purdue number one overall, which would mean our bracket would be matched up with Houston. I’ve been in the camp all season that we just had to get Brooklyn-Boston and let the rest of the chips fall where they may. We’ve accomplished that, and I...

Figure it would've been bad mojo to let this day go unacknowledged here! Take a moment today to watch that highlight (probably for the 600th time) and thank your lucky stars you haven't had to go through the last 13 years ankleless like Gary McGhee.

Hope both get in. Indiana State has the higher metrics so I’d think they might have the better at-large case, but Drake had 3 Q1 wins to ISU’s 1, and decent-ish metrics themselves. And Stetson wins the A-Sun for their first-ever tourney bid, per the broadcast. This time of the year might be...

I’ve heard the Shaka-UConn post-Calhoun talk before but don’t really know the details (only really became terminally-online in terms of the program in 12-13 or so). Would anyone mind giving the cliff notes version or pointing me to an old thread that has a good description?

KU was apparently in it to the very end before he originally chose Indiana. Would agree they probably have the inside track.

I do wonder, given he’s been on campus a semester longer than a usual sophomore, and that he probably came into college with a bunch of credits from AP courses or other locations, how close he is to graduating, and if that will have any impact on an NBA decision.

Not Rip SPLASHING that half-court shot after trash talking Jay Williams

In February 2017, we were down to Memphis 40-26 at the half after being down by as much as 17 in the first half, and wound up winning, 65-62. I remember this one for more personal reasons. The few days before the game, I had a horrible virus; chills so bad it was more like convulsing, nausea...

Stunned they’re going to a non-ESPN conference. I’ll take that as a sign of our formidable national standing.

That game could’ve been an email

Saw one tweet with Sean Miller and Lamont Parris mentioned as early names. Would hate for Xavier to lose yet another coach. Also am kind of intrigued to see if Parris can keep this momentum going at Carolina. Hope OSU goes in another direction.

Crowd was electric. There were decent UConn crowds the last two seasons, but this was almost a full-fledged home game. At least 70/30 UConn fans, probably more. The Hoya fans we did see… just looked defeated. You hate to see it, but more than that, you love to see it.