Running 2022-23 NCAA Basketball Thread

To quote your avatar "That one is long gone!"

 

But not tonight’s game!

 

UAB is playing Charlotte, not Charleston.

 

What to watch today ...
ASun tournament semifinals -- low-major league, but all four teams in the semis have won 20+ games. Eastern Kentucky at Liberty and Lipscomb at Kennesaw State. KSU is the top seed and would host the final if it wins.

Key bubble games
Michigan at Illinois. Pretty much a must-win for the Wolverines, who already have 12 losses but are still 54 in the NET. Would be a Q1 win.
Rutgers at Minnesota. Knights can't afford to take a bad L here.
Arizona State at UCLA. Sun Devils have a chance to build on the Arizona win here.
Purdue at Wisconsin. I keep seeing the Badgers as last four in material despite a NET in the mid 70s. Obviously a huge opportunity at home here.
Arizona at USC. I think the Trojans are safe, but this would be a heck of a win to add to the resume.

 

Of course Wisconsin is "last four in" material. They're 11th in a 14-team P5 conference with a below-.500 league record and a horrible NET.

But remember the system isn't rigged.

 

It’s the capitalization that really makes it an incredible tweet.

 

Good god.

<crawls away dejectedly>

 

He Gets Us. TM

'There ain't no curfew:' Mike Brey does shots after last Notre Dame home game

 

I don’t watch much college basketball, but the Illinois coach seems like a colossal douche.

 

Looks like a fundamentalist TV preacher.

 

7:01 left and Detroit Mercy up 3 at top seed Youngstown State. Davis needs eight points to tie Pistol Pete, nine to break the record.

 

This is some ugly basketball, but the game has high drama, I'll give it that.