Tournament (Non-UConn) Thread - 1st Round

[tzznandrew]

Auburn is a good team and UConn is lucky to not have to play them. In this tournament not uncommon for good team to have off night, or opponent have a hot night and lose to a lesser team. It’s why they play 7 games series in the pros. Even with that a team gets hot and wins a series where they were not the best team.

The Ken Pom stats are the most accurate in my opinion.
UConn did get screwed by committee, but with this break, the bracket now seems fair, but both Iowa St and Illinois are good teams.

Nope. They stunk. And they proved they stunk.

They lost to App State and their best OOC win was Indiana.

Spreadsheet heroes got what they deserved.

 

[dingaling]

I have total confidence in our team to win it all, but now is not the time to get cocky because anything can happen at any point.

George Mason...never forget

 

[jibsey]

Hey Yale is pretty good. Don't go by the number.

 

[husky429]

I had Yale over Auburn. Might win me my bracket.

 

[JMick]

Besides the fact that it's an obvious ploy to further consolidate the cash, it's also remarkably stupid and in the box thinking.

Go to 22 teams. Have an east/west or north/south division. Play a round robin. Then do your own conference playoff where they meet up in the finals. I don't see how this isn't being talked about as an option. The Big XII, for example, could basically have the old Big East back together if they did this after the ACC implodes

 

[Gutter King]

There's 4 top 10 teams in the same bracket and they all won major conference tournaments.

Not only that but those same teams were 4 of the top 10 betting favorites to win the whole thing. So yeah, I'll trust Vegas more than anyone in gauging the difficulty of the East.

 

[boba]

Is it me, or is Vermont just standing around on offense?

 

[superjohn]

Nope. They stunk. And they proved they stunk.

They lost to App State and their best OOC win was Indiana.

Spreadsheet heroes got what they deserved.

Give Yale a little credit.

 

[61cygni]

Standing around, and passes are going to guys who aren't coming to the ball. Dook can just jump everything

 

[Palatine]

Yale played an almost perfect game. They are unlikely to do it again. But congrats and thank you. It take luck to get through this field and this looks like a little luck for us.

 

[bendm]

i know it's just one game but damn kenpom. i trusted you.

 

[UCLJ0211]

Why don’t we play Yale in the regular season more often? Good team right in our backyard. You’d think it would be an annual thing.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

As happy as I am that Auburn is donezo it pains me to think that Brown had that team dead and buried last weekend.

Hell of a game for that wing with the Greek name. Auburn remains probably my least favorite team in college basketball, starting with the evil clown on the sidelines.

 

[superjohn]

If Yale can meet the physicality of SDSU they will be playing a much more comfortable tempo than the Auburn game.

Yale can win that one.

 

[87Xfer]

Crazy shot by VT goes in and the rebound!

 

[Topdawg]

Great to see Yale pull out a win. The game was crazy at the end. Making free throws down the stretch are very important!

 

[NickDanger]

I have total confidence in our team to win it all, but now is not the time to get cocky because anything can happen at any point.

It doesn’t matter at all if the fans get cocky. Only if the team does.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Duke is really bad! This is the first I have had to watch them

 

[87Xfer]

3 pt game!

 

[CTBasketball]

You can’t be serious with that shot!

 

[CTBasketball]

I just want Becker to coach Scheyer into a blender.

 

[BGesus4]

Why is Edey allowed to clear out with his elbows on offense

 

[JMick]

UVM has no business being in this game but Duke looks totally lost at times. The circus shots won't keep falling for Vermont but Duke looks like they expected to win by just showing up

 

[87Xfer]

VT

Why is Edey allowed to clear out with his elbows on offense

Because he's Edey

 

[Vowelguy]

Ernie Johnson’s son texted Sir Charles “ I’m driving. Who does Auburn play next?”

Lmao