Running 2022-23 NCAA Basketball Thread

Northern Kentucky may be the 16th seed but NKU's band director is in the Final Four. That was enjoyable.

 

I’m guessing you’re a really boring person to be around, non-ironically still with a photo of Belushi in a college shirt in 2023.

BUTTON!

(Squeaky gavel)

 

He wasn't even directing the actual pace there. He was just performing.

 

I’m a little surprised some of these smaller schools don’t get a directive from on high that they must wear the actual name of the school in March Madness, probably the single biggest marketing opportunity the institution has all year, or maybe for several years.

 

It’s why I was so annoyed when the school I root for put “Bobcats” instead of OHIO on the home jerseys. (I trust you’re enjoying Mr. Sears) If we had made another tourney, you want that school name to stick, not a generic mascot.

 

Where I live, if I wear an Ohio sweatshirt without a bobcat on it someone will ask “So you’re a Buckeye?”

 

The thing about this year's tournament is that there weren't a lot of bad teams that snuck into the field, save for Texas Southern and FDU. The 15 seeds in the NET: Vermont (109), Colgate (101), UNC Asheville (140) and Princeton (111). The 14 seeds: Kennesaw State (115), UC Santa Barbara (100), Montana State (103), Grand Canyon (104). Everyone seeded 13 or better was capable of winning, as Furman did yesterday. That said, Alabama looks to have a pretty easy road through its bracket. It should beat Maryland and whoever comes out of SDSU-Furman. The best team left on the other side is Baylor. Can't see the Tide not making the Final Four now.

 

I was worried about Arizona’s draw from the start.
Its incredibly hard for teams like that who want to fly up and down the floor for 40 minutes to play someone who wants to sit in their little box and fiddle with cat turds for 40 minutes.

 

It’s why we hate being called Ohio U. but probably should go back to it. It was its own separate identity and OU only works in-state.

 

Harlan said it last night……and now I can’t unsee McAfee there in that pic.

 

If you’re anywhere in Tennessee, and someone says “UT”, you know exactly who they’re referring to. If you’re in Texas and you say “UT” they’ll look at you like you’ve gone mad.

 

In Ohio, Toledo went from being TU to UT at some point and you can tell how old someone is based on how they say it.