These are predictions, not necessarily what I would do personally. Let’s see how I do. This is my bracket 👍🏻
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Predictions for Tomorrow's 2nd Round Games
Oklahoma City, OK
(10) TAMU vs. (2) HOU - Ayers, Hartness, Wells
(5) VAN vs. (4) NEB - Shows, Desai, Littlewood
Portland, OR
(11) TEX vs. (3) GONZ - Pettigrew, Gaffney, Voyard-Tadal
(12) HPU vs. (4) ARK - Breeding, Jarrett, Scirotto
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Predictions for Tomorrow's 2nd Round Games
Buffalo, NY
(9) SLU vs. (1) MICH - J. Anderson, Cassell, S. Anderson
(6) LOU vs. (3) MSU - Clougherty, Morrissey, Shortt
Greenville, SC
(9) TCU vs. (1) DUKE - Szelc, Nixon, Armstrong
(11) VCU vs. (3) ILL - Dorsey, Greenstein, Covington
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Well for anyone still awake, looks like UConn is going to hold on and advance. Here are my predictions for tomorrow's Second Round games
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But I thought they are "student athletes." Do we not care about student athlete welfare or simply TV ratings?
Velvet Milkman@mjwild00
@RefObserver17 I am almost certain they will put them in the early slot against ucla on Sunday too, given how they historically schedule R32 games.
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The whole point of the West Coast pods is to have those sites be the late games. 1am finish and then a 48 hour turnaround for a second game is a competitive disadvantage to the UConn-Furman winner.
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This UConn-Furman game is going almost to 1am ET on the East Coast in Philadelphia. Pretty horrific scheduling. This shouldn't happen. UConn if they advance should be given the late slot on Sunday because this is insane.
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@robzadamson I think he should have gone with the Big 12 instead of Big Ten. Hasn't worked out great
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@RefObserver17 Mike Reed is not as good as most think. He never calls fouls
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This UCLA-UCF has not been well played, officiated, tracked at scorer’s table and even not well watched nor enjoyed by me. Lost teeth, just incredible physical contact, lost track of fouls on a player. Snail crawl pace of play. This has been a struggle
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This is hilarious. Tough to get matched up with a 1. PV A&M won their play in Dayton and it’s one reason I think most 16 seed auto-bid winners don’t mind going to Dayton. Gives you a chance to have an equal matchup and create forever memory and moment like they did against Lehigh
CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀@CBSSportsCBB
"We need some help from the lord" Prairie View coach Byron Smith told @AJRoss_TV they need some help against Florida
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Kansas and Cal Baptist brought their own 🤦🏻♂️
OfficiatingObserver17@RefObserver17
The overinflated and bad for shooting basketballs did not make it to the San Diego pod it appears.
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Folks with that all 96 officials working the First Round of March Madness have been tweeted out by me. Thanks everyone for following. These are some of the most fun days of the year. Will post next round predictions for tomorrow’s games when all 4 of late window games finish 👍🏻
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🏀 March Madness 🏀
EAST REGION
(15) Furman vs. (2) Connecticut
📍Xfinity Mobile Arena
✈️ Philadelphia, PA
📅 3/20/2026
⏰ 10:31pm ET
📺 TBS
🎙️ Andrew Catalon & Steve Lappas
Referee : Don Daily
Official 1 : Edwin Young
Official 2 : Anthony Jordan
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Not sure which game was worse to watch.... Georgia/Saint Louis or UCF/UCLA.
Matt Norlander@MattNorlander
One good game tonight.
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@JDBetsFL I watch as a neutral observer, don’t bet, don’t have a bracket. I watched Santa Clara-Kentucky and High Point-Wisconsin and then wonder if this is the same sport here for UCF-UCLA
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@RefObserver17 UCLA tried to give this game away a few times and yet as bad as UCF has played they’ll cover the 5.5
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It’s just kind of been a mess all around to be honest
OfficiatingObserver17@RefObserver17
This UCLA-UCF has not been well played, officiated, tracked at scorer’s table and even not well watched nor enjoyed by me. Lost teeth, just incredible physical contact, lost track of fouls on a player. Snail crawl pace of play. This has been a struggle
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🏀 March Madness 🏀
EAST REGION
(13) California Baptist vs. (4) Kansas
📍Viejas Arena
✈️ San Diego, CA
📅 3/20/2026
⏰ 9:55pm ET
📺 CBS
🎙️ Kevin Harlan, Stan Van Gundy & Robbie Hummel
Referee : Pat Driscoll
Official 1 : Chance Moore
Official 2 : Jason Baker
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It is a shame UCLA was not the final night game. Hearing Mick Cronin's displeasure at both early ET tips this year plus getting bumped back to 11pm ET would have been.... a compelling listen!
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The scorer's table has not been especially crisp today at Xfinity Mobile Arena.
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Rick wasn't happy Northern Iowa got an open look for a 3. Lot of good beaches in San Diego for some relaxation
No Context College Basketball@ContextFreeCBB
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