Jared Berson

Scheduled Tweet Gonzaga has now won at least one game in 17 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, one shy of the all-time record set by North Carolina between 1981-98.

Saint Louis had 8 players score 9 or more points in tonight’s win over Georgia. It’s the first time in NCAA Tournament history 8 teammates have scored 9+ points in a single game. - Brown - McCottry - Avila - Sharma - Thames - Dunlap - Otieno - Jones

David Mirkovic had 29 points and 17 rebounds—no other freshman in NCAA Tournament history has had as many points and rebounds in a single game.

Illinois scored 1.55 points per possession tonight in its win over Penn. Per barttorvik.com, that’s the 3rd-highest PPP in an NCAA Tournament game over the last 18 years and the highest since Villanova scored 1.57 PPP against Miami in the 2016 Sweet 16.

@BoilerBandsman @jacobmauney @MattNorlander UNI was up 12 with 44 seconds to go — which is within 5 minutes— so your instinct was correct and the note isn’t.

@JaredBerson @jacobmauney @MattNorlander I looked it up, A&M was 10 points in 34 seconds, it was between 5 and 10 most of the second half. UNI briefly got up 15 early in the 2nd but A&M closed it to 4 by the under 12. The stat is about margin within 5 minutes to go.

A CLASSIC in Greenville. VCU comes back from 19 points to beat UNC 82-78. It's the largest blown/lead comeback in the first round in men's NCAAT history. Terrence Hill Jr. with 34/5/5 off the bench. Incredible.

@BoilerBandsman @jacobmauney @MattNorlander Yeah this could be 3rd but definitely not 2nd because you guys named two larger right away. Not sure how they tried to do this note.

@jacobmauney @MattNorlander Illinois over Arizona in 05 was 15 in like 2.5 minutes. I think A&M over UNI was only like 9, but in the final minute or so.

VCU’s Terrence Hill Jr. off the bench in tonight’s win over UNC: - 34 points - 5 rebounds - 5 assists He’s the first player with at least 30 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists off the bench in an NCAA Tournament game since assists became official in 1984.

Rob Martin, Terry Anderson, and Cam’Ron Fletcher all had double-doubles for High Point. It’s the first time a double-digit seed has had 3 players each with double-doubles in an NCAA Tournament game since 1988.

High Point’s Rob Martin in today’s win over 5-seed Wisconsin: - 23 points - 10 assists - 1 turnover He’s the first player with at least 20 points and 10 assists for a double-digit seed in an NCAA Tournament win since Santa Clara’s Steve Nash in 1996.

Miami made 16 3s and only had 4 turnovers in tonight’s win. Redhawks’ +12 differential of 3s to turnovers ties the largest in any game in NCAA Tournament history. It’s also the best differential Miami has posted in any game vs a D-I opponent over the last 15 seasons.

@JBRBracketology They are the first. And Florida’s 7 losses tie the most for a 1 seed.

Purdue is the first team to earn a 1 or 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament despite losing 5+ home games since ______? Anyone know?

Arkansas’ Darius Acuff Jr. today: - 30 pts - 11 ast He’s the only D-I player in the last 15 seasons with 30 pts & 10 ast in a conf. tournament final. He had 91 points & 23 assists this week—the only player the last 15 years to average 30 pts & 7 ast in a conf. tournament.

TJ Power’s 44 points are the most by any player in a conference tournament championship game victory since George Washington’s Jon Feldman scored 45 in the 1961 SoCon Tournament championship.

Penn’s TJ Power in today’s Ivy League Tournament Championship: - 44 points - 14 rebounds He’s the 3rd D-I player this century with 40 points & 10 rebounds in a conference tournament championship, joining Stony Brook’s Jameel Warney in 2016 & Vermont’s Taylor Coppenrath in 2004.

Fun stat (special thanks to the great @JaredBerson): Until yesterday…. Since 2010, in the Power 5 plus old PAC-12, a team had not gone 3-0 vs. an opponent without trailing since Texas did it to Oklahoma in 2010-11. Last night, UConn capped a 3-0 season series with Xavier without ever trailing. Today, the Gators did it against rival Kentucky. Unbelievable performances by the Gators and Huskies.

Iowa State posted the 3rd-largest margin of victory in any conference tournament game this century. - Louisville beat Rutgers by 61 in the 2014 AAC Tournament - Pepperdine beat Pacific by 59 in the 2024 WCC Tournament

BYU’s AJ Dybantsa tonight vs Kansas State: - 40 points - 9 rebounds - 6 assists He’s the first high major player with 40 points, 5 rebounds & 5 assists in a conference tournament game since Wake Forest’s Randolph Childress vs Duke 31 years ago today (40 pts/9 ast/6 reb).

@sportscronkite @SickosCBB @big12studios @Big12Conference Well it’s not that it’s not confirmed or verified, it’s that it’s not true. If you’re studying to be a journalist, facts should matter. I don’t think it’s worth making things up for likes on an account that purports to represent journalism, but I can’t stop you.

@JaredBerson @SickosCBB @big12studios @Big12Conference Thank you for the research. We'll put an asterisk that it is not confirmed/verified

@sportscronkite @SickosCBB @big12studios @Big12Conference As someone who has seen the box score of thousands of D-I games over the last 8 years, I would estimate a 44-point half without a free throw attempt has probably happened between 20-50 times over that stretch.

@sportscronkite @SickosCBB @big12studios @Big12Conference You are only looking at games for which the team in question shot 0 free throws the entire game. Because ASU ended up shooting 22 free throws, they would not show up here. Further, the top result on the search shows a half where a team scored 53 points without a free throw.