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March Madness Round 1 Thread

Travelman6 said:
Nice win for Miami, happy they are in their rightful place in the field of 64, even though they should have been there without needing a first four win.
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The first four made sense for them. Not because they weren’t good enough or deserving but because it helped to beef up what was admittedly a weak schedule going in. This is a national championship tournament, so their path to get there, if they can, should have some challenges added in the tournament because they didn’t already have them during the season.
 
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HCCForever said:
It may not be a home game but NCAAT crowds usually root for the underdogs. Game in Philly should help.
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They’ll likely get some other teams’ fan support but UT travels well and this game was literally 40 miles from Miami’s campus. It’s going to be a VERY different atmosphere. Last night was probably 90+% raucous Miami fans.
 
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Lafayette said:
Miami OH vs Tennessee will be watched by the masses Friday. Going to be entertaining.
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I think people will tune into it just because their undefeated regular season is such a national headline regardless of how weak their schedule was. Think about it this way: we are fans of a blue blood in UConn that is arguably the best modern college basketball program in the country (post 1984) and we had an entire thread on Miami of Ohio 2 weeks ago. Miami is a mid major school from the MAC that plays to crowds no bigger than 4,000 and that's being generous. Does a thread get started on the BoneYard 2 weeks ago if Miami of Ohio had 2-3 losses in the regular season? We all know the answer to that.
 
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I think Dixon's Pitt teams in the 2000s were more talented, but this TCU squad is more fun to watch as those Pitt teams were usually among the slowest tempo teams in D1, almost always in the 300s on KP.
 
storrsroars said:
I think Dixon's Pitt teams in the 2000s were more talented, but this TCU squad is more fun to watch as those Pitt teams were usually among the slowest tempo teams in D1, almost always in the 300s on KP.
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Yeah this team is very enjoyable to watch. Almost shocked from a Dixon team. They are always moving a.ways looking to attack. They gamble on D too.
 
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Good thing the Big got 9 teams in so 6 or 7 of them can flame out in the first round as usual. Then we can rinse and repeat and do it all again next year
 
Hurleyman216 said:
The Big 10 is getting exposed as a fraud early. We’ll see if it holds, but both the ACC and Big I believe are incredibly overrated
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Michigan is for real (although hurt by losing Cason). Other teams might all be gone by the Elite 8
 
DCKembaFan said:
Michigan is for real (although hurt by losing Cason). Other teams might all be gone by the Elite 8
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Yeah, Michigan is a hard team to read. These other Big 10 teams are so slow and unathletic. They usually have guys that can shoot, but that’s about. The Big 10 and Big East are about as opposite as you can get in physicality, athleticism and style of play
 
I almost always forget to do this, but the best way to fill a bracket is to assume ACC and BIG teams will flame out
 
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Well it seems Troy needs to stick to football. Guess I need to get back to work. Another reason I should retire.
 
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