Running 2022-23 NCAA Basketball Thread

And half of them end at or near midnight ET.

 

This is an interesting question: Is there a link between the amount of attention a winning underdog gets and the time at which the upset is achieved? I really don't know. But I'd be curious if there is a "best" time to break through.

 

I think there's a best "way" to break through: A last-second shot. Or as a 16 seed.
FAU's "crime" is that it's a 9 seed, and its final-seconds shot came against an 8 seed.

 

Back in the day only two of the games were televised each night

 

Don Dailey in Louisville. Swell.

 

Plenty of Hawkeye fans ready to rock here in Seattle tonight. Iowa vs. Colorado in the women’s Sweet 16.

Here’s what Key Arena looks like these days:

 

Working his 6th Tide game of the year.

 

This one has been ugly without the refs help. Woof.

 

Yeah, this is a brawl. Reminds me of the Houston game.

 

Shooting hasn’t been right all tournament, and arguably has never recovered from its mid-February peak. Something has to change fast.

 

Got the under on Alabama-SDSU at 138 before tipoff so I’m feeling quite content right now.

 

YouTube TV now includes a third box for the women’s tournament on ESPN. Spent halftime calming my nerves by trading catty comments about Kim Mulkey on the phone with my mom.