Running 2023-24 NCAA Basketball Thread

[da man]

I am gobsmacked at the disconnect some conferences have between the crowds they attract and the venues they rent out to hold them. I doubt the American has had more than a third of the seats full at any point this week in Fort Worth, and the end of the SMU game last night (theoretically the tentpole team for that location) was a ghost town.

SMU's fan base in any sport is miniscule.

 

[dixiehack]

Can't wait for next year's Big Ten Tournament midcourt logo.

 

[dixiehack]

I'll admit to having grown a little weary of the Vols doom posting from @BTExpress but damned if they aren't collapsing right on schedule.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Temple played SMU like they had bet on themselves.

 

[dixiehack]

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[TigerVols]

/insert sad but true meme

Alas.

 

[Starman]

Did you know there is an Official Jerky of the B1G?

 

[tapintoamerica]

Palm and Lunardi think Virginia, which finished third outright, has to win tonight -- i.e. make the final -- to get an NCAA bid. And they may be right.

 

[Cosmo]

It's weird. Virginia has a better chance of reaching the final because it plays N.C. State, but a loss would be a bad one, whereas a loss to Duke would not have been. I think UVA is getting in regardless, but a win over State should seal it and get them out of Dayton as well.

 

[Batman]

Did you know there is an Official Jerky of the B1G?

For years it was Bob Knight, then Urban Meyer, then Jim Harbaugh. Who is it now?

 

[Starman]

Ryan Day probably thinks he has claim by default.

Mel Tucker could claim a lifetime right to the title.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

No, Mel is the official JerkER.