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Top 4 seeds went a combined 28-4 the first weekend, 12 of 16 still alive
Posted on 3/24/25 at 10:18 am
Posted on 3/24/25 at 10:18 am
SEC 11-1 (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee advance) (#4 Texas A&M out)
BXII 7-1 (Arizona, Houston, Texas Tech advance) (#3 Iowa State out)
B1G 7-1 (Michigan St, Purdue, Maryland advance) (#3 Wisconsin out)
ACC 2-0 (Duke advance)
Big East 1-1 (no advance) (#2 St Johns out)
BXII 7-1 (Arizona, Houston, Texas Tech advance) (#3 Iowa State out)
B1G 7-1 (Michigan St, Purdue, Maryland advance) (#3 Wisconsin out)
ACC 2-0 (Duke advance)
Big East 1-1 (no advance) (#2 St Johns out)
This post was edited on 3/24/25 at 10:19 am
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Posted on 3/24/25 at 10:31 am to SummerOfGeorge
It was a really boring first week compared to past tournaments, very few interesting games. I guess that's the price of the NIL era.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 10:31 am to SEC Doctor
The flip side of boring first weekends with chalk results is that the Sweet 16 forward are generally bangers.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 10:33 am to SEC Doctor
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It was a really boring first week compared to past tournaments, very few interesting games. I guess that's the price of the NIL era.
It’s hard to know if this is signal or noise just because of one chalky tournament. Chalky tournaments have happened before. Give it a couple more years and we’ll see if it’s a trend.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 10:36 am to Bigbens42
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It’s hard to know if this is signal or noise just because of one chalky tournament. Chalky tournaments have happened before. Give it a couple more years and we’ll see if it’s a trend.
That's fair.
Side note: three guys from the Florida Atlantic team which made the Final Four are in the Sweet 16 with three different teams. NIL killed the mid-majors.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 10:37 am to SEC Doctor
Chalk makes every one of us geniuses.
This post was edited on 3/24/25 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 3/24/25 at 10:43 am to SEC Doctor
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Side note: three guys from the Florida Atlantic team which made the Final Four are in the Sweet 16 with three different teams. NIL killed the mid-majors.
Yep - no doubt about that (though FAU was partly due to May leaving as well).
The small schools that succeeded were the ones who did their own portal hunting like McNeese.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 10:47 am to SummerOfGeorge
One of the reasons I was cheering for Colorado State. Need more upsets.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 10:47 am to SummerOfGeorge
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Yep - no doubt about that (though FAU was partly due to May leaving as well). The small schools that succeeded were the ones who did their own portal hunting like McNeese.
I remember voicing that opinion back when we got Wendell Green out of the portal a few years back. The mid-majors are basically a farm system for the high majors now.
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