Chris Fallica

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@racjac24 Michigan should probably be No. 1

This list isn't great. I hate to say this, there is one glaring omission...I wont say it. Ewww I just thought of another I don't wanna say. Michigan has to be in this Texas does as well even though Sark is very overrated

@baNarDeaux4real @2kfins Tuesday. Check Sammy P's Chicken dinner feed. There should be a recap of our spaces from last night as well.

@2kfins @chrisfallica Yes

pod today? @chrisfallica

@geoffschwartz @NotTheeWillHill I got one for you both.... Akron over Texas Tech!

@NotTheeWillHill Did you hear High Point might beat Wisconsin

It is so hard to find upsets doing this bracket

@mnsotaGofer Yes, Tuesday

@chrisfallica Are you doing a Bear bets bracketology show?

@racjac24 It was so awesome

The hilarious part is it was a beatdown. Never made a run

@ricksterps They did, yes. Blinded by the blown lead against Wisconsin!

@chrisfallica Illinois beat Maryland, didn't they?

A few bracket nuggets to get the day started. I'll have a column up with more later today...

In the last 28 tournaments, only three times have all four No. 2 seeds reached the Sweet 16. In the last 12 tournaments, Villanova in 2016 is the only No. 2 seed to reach the national title game.

Each of the last two national title games have featured two No. 1 seeds. There has never been a stretch of three straight years where the national title game featured two No. 1 seeds...

Akron has never won an NCAA Tournament game (0-8) and has lost in the Round of 64 as a 13 and 14 seed the last two years by 28 and 17 points...

Virginia hasn’t won a tournament game since winning the national title in 2019. UVA lost in the opening round by 25 last year and was upset as a four-seed in both 2021 and 2023...