Selection Sunday Thread

[connVA]

I cant understand how the San Diego games start before ours.

I saw that too. They're going to SCHEDULE the start of the final game in the Eastern time zone at 10 PM, meaning actual tipoff will probably be 10:15 or later. Makes no sense

 

[RashadRay11]

Jeff Borzello has us going to the final four:

Instant men's March Madness bracket: Predicting every game

Jeff Borzello makes his picks for the 2026 NCAA tournament, from the First Four through the Final Four.

www.espn.com

 

[rrskyjf]

Calling it now, Michigan State gets upset by North Dakota State.

 

[Jimdish255]

DraftKings has a decent bracket up. So many others are cluttered with spam. I suggest you save the image before printing so it can be resized.

https://dknetwork.draftkings.com/wp-content/uploads/DKN_MarchMadness_2026_Printable_Mens_Bracket_final_0315.jpg?resize=2048,1552

 

[Get a Job]

No... I took it as the team was leaving then I cropped it but things look kinda weird behind Mullins. LoL

That picture is obviously AI generated and thus not from your camera. This is some Chief-level lying!

 

[huskyjawz]

I cant understand how the San Diego games start before ours.

ridiculous.

 

[kobebeanbryant]

 

[BigFanCT]

wtf is up with the tip time? West coast games starting earlier than ours???? A 10 PM start in Philly?

 

[navery12]

Starting to see some upset potential with some 12 and 13 seeds now that I'm digging into styles, but my initial pass at a bracket had all four 1-4 seeds like @RuffRuff has alluded to previously

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Furman is in the 270s in the country in FTA and is bottom 30 nationally in turnovers forced. Just FYI.

 

[Lafayette]

8/9s are weird this year. Ohio State is the 8 and significantly better on kenpom, torvik, NET than TCU so going 8 in East. Going Utah St over Villanova down a starter in the West. Midwest Georgia has played teams in top 25, St. Louis has not. Then Iowa the 9 is better in all metrics than Clemson in the South.

South: Houston with homecourt over Florida.
Midwest: I like Iowa St vs Michigan - Lipsey will be better than Cadeau then who would Michigan use at the point? Cason is out.
East I like us vs Duke due to PG play with Duke down theirs, and big man is questionable (still time for them to get back but if on paper now, I like us).
West: Arizona

 

[Lafayette]

Starting to see some upset potential with some 12 and 13 seeds now that I'm digging into styles, but my initial pass at a bracket had all four 1-4 seeds like @RuffRuff has alluded to previously

Akron > Texas Tech (no Toppin)

Who else you like for the upsets?

 

[Gurleyman]

Duke, St. John's, Kansas, MSU, UCLA, Louisville, and us. Lot of big names they wanted to stick together.

31 national titles among them, although swap out St. John’s for Furman and it’s still 31.

 

[KingAG]

31 national titles among them, although swap out St. John’s for Furman and it’s still 31.

What about final courts since the turn of the century?

 

[karstenkibbe]

10 pm tip off. Unbelievable

This is mind boggling. How on earth are they tipping off in Philly at 10pm. No. WHY on earth? And we get Lappas as our color man. Ugh.

 

[connVA]

I wonder with UCLA in our pod, and with Virginia and Tennessee the other big draws in Philly, if we get the first night game (7 pm) on Friday.

Completely logically, they've given West Coast UCLA (vs UCF) the early time slot at 7:25 and us the later slot at 10. Trying to cater to that massive Orlando market I can only assume (?).

 

[navery12]

Akron > Texas Tech (no Toppin)

Who else you like for the upsets?

I'm also on Akron right now, Troy is the team I think has the best chance at winning 2 games of the 12/13's. Santa Clara/VCU/USF I like as 10/11's which feel less like upsets and more evenly matched teams

Have to dive a little deeper on how the matchups look for High Point and Hawaii. I liked them pre bracket but Arkansas and Wisconsin both have very good lead guards and are trending up to a 4/5 unlike the usual 4/5's fading that get upset

 

[BugsyCT]

 

[HooperScooper]

10 PM Friday confirmed

Works perfectly for me. The geriatrics on here aren't going to be happy. @HuskyHawk, are you going to be able to make it to midnight? Mandatory nap time on Friday afternoon. 😀

 

[HooperScooper]

Jeff Borzello has us going to the final four:

Instant men's March Madness bracket: Predicting every game

Jeff Borzello makes his picks for the 2026 NCAA tournament, from the First Four through the Final Four.

www.espn.com

Nice score against Florida. Unfortunately he has the numbers next to the wrong teams.

His score against Furman checks. Just short of covering. Just like a lot of our games this season.

 

[JungleLobo]

Furman

Region: East
Record: 22-12
Tournament ceiling: Round of 64

In March, we don't have to pretend as if everything makes sense. Furman's trip to the NCAA tournament -- the school's second berth since 1980 -- certainly doesn't. The Paladins finished fifth in the Southern Conference standings during the regular season. They were also seventh in offensive efficiency in league action. But during the SoCon tournament, they morphed into a powerful offensive team, averaging 81 PPG and 123.7 points per 100 possessions. For context, the Denver Nuggets, who have the best offense in the NBA, average 120.4 points per 100 possessions. Alex Wilkins, a 6-5 freshman, and Cooper Bowser, a 6-11 junior, combined to score 114 points in those three conference tournament wins.

 

[connVA]

Probably the lone exception. Made no difference for SJU, Vandy, Arkansas, UConn etc.

If we had beaten SJ in combination with the UH loss, we likely would have held on to the top #2 and therefore been placed in a different region

 

[huskyjawz]

When do they announce the Sunday game times; not until after all of the Friday games are played?

 

[Deepster]

31 national titles among them, although swap out St. John’s for Furman and it’s still 31.

Yeah but how many steps is Hofstra from the court they’ll be on?

 

[JB75]

Wow, I can’t believe how much the committee hates the big east - they get three teams in and put two of them in the same region ? so there’s a chance they could possibly play four times? and how the hell is St. John’s a 5 seed. and then you put them against Kansas in the second round and Duke in the sweet 16? They were ranked 13 in poll on Monday , so generally speaking, that means they were prolly a solid 5 seed going into big east tourney. They never trailed once in whole tourney and spanked us and they don’t even move up 1 seed? Wild