@josh_dejoy10 @WreckEmMatt Ok I’m sorry. Duke vs Kansas or St. John’s next week. Michigan st vs UConn. Sean miller could play against Arizona. There’s plenty of good storylines you just refuse to look
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@fbrooster @WreckEmMatt It’s actually the opposite. As someone who’s watched the great season we’ve had all year, it’s disappointing to see the majority of games lack competitiveness. While a few games have been incredible, there are no strong storylines so far moving into the sweet sixteen
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@CurryHicksSage its a shame they didn't get in the field
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Wild that the best current player on Louisville was playing for Josh Schertz and alongside Robbie Avilla two years ago. Imagine this SLU team with Ryan Conwell.
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@615__Russ Also…. The odds of all 1-4 seeds advancing to the S16 are basically zero. There will be upsets now
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Realize there’s much better basketball in round 2 & beyond. It’s perfectly fine. Small fraction of people are actually upset
John Ziegler@Zigmanfreud
NIL killed Cinderella… 10-16 seeds in this year’s men’s basketball tournament went 3-25 in the first round, with an average point differential of -13. Prior to NIL those seeds would typically win about 8 games in the 1st round with a point differential around 1/2 of this year.
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The pre-tournament odds proclaimed three upsets; we got exactly three upsets. Extremely unfortunate, but the good news: just a 14% chance all of the 1 & 2 seeds make it to the Sweet Sixteen unscathed.
Will Warren@statsbywill
Good news: this year’s 1 seeds aren’t as far away from the rest of the field as 2025. Bad news: the gap between 1-5s and 12-16s is the largest in at least 25 years. Another upset-light NCAA Tournament appears likely. For @basket_review: basketunderreview.com/a-historical-a…
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@scorpio6262 @DanWolken Yea and now VCU/davidson are there now. The conference is surviving?
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@fbrooster @DanWolken You do realize long before Xavier/Dayton joined the A10 - schools like Villanova Rutgers Pitt West Va all were in the A10 too and the conference survived - its nothing new
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We are still in a very small sample size.
There have been near-misses that would significantly change the narrative.
It could be portal/NIL, but I think we need deeper analysis and we probably should be talking more about how conference realignment weakened mid majors.
Jeff Borzello@jeffborzello
Not only are there just four double-digit seeds left, not only did all favorites win yesterday, the games haven’t been particularly close. Per ESPN Research, the average margin of victory in the first round was 17.4 points, the highest since the tournament expanded in 1985.
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@scorpio6262 @DanWolken lol Xavier, temple, umass left the league man. That’s his point
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@DanWolken Its still about the lack of NCAA tournament money flowing into the mid majors - the A10 once had 6 teams in the NCAA and always had 3 or more - helping all members compete - that has ended - all that money up to the P5 - THATS the issue . A10 teams change for 40yrs
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So, where are all those people that said Miami OH would get destroyed by a quality team?
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@DanLifshatz @GUnit_81 Can make the money back on Tennessee
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@fbrooster @GUnit_81 Great. Thats not a viable strategy usually
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@DanLifshatz @GUnit_81 Yea but one game sample size you might get lucky. That’s their goal
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@fbrooster @GUnit_81 I am aware? Usually volume = worse shooting %
Not exactly a rocket scientist take
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@DanLifshatz @GUnit_81 You do realize they are doing that on purpose?
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@GUnit_81 Mehh. I get it but not 40-50 a night which is what they're on pace for
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Will there be coaches who beat the posse and get out of dodge to higher ground before next year?
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@asb613 @Bracketologist3 3 million picks. Also impressive
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We love Xavier fans as they are ruthless
There might have been more X fans at the game last night then Wolfpack and longhorn fans combined
X going to give it to you
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@BMcbernerson @JakeMarsh18 super bowl party with the food and atmosphere with friends and family tho
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Top 10 Sports Days of the year, ranked:
1. March Madness Round of 64 (Thursday)
2. NFL Sunday, Week 1
3. March Madness Round of 64 (Friday)
4. Sunday at The Masters
5. The Oct/Nov loaded CFB slate
6. College Football Playoff (New Year’s Day)
7. Christmas Day (2 NFL, 5 NBA)
8. Thanksgiving (NFL Tripleheader + CBB)
9. MLB Opening Day
10. Thanksgiving Eve of Feast Week
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When you have to pick 36 at large caliber teams you are going to have to pick a couple of teams that stink and they are going to have to play each other. This year those teams are just so happened to be named Texas and NC State.
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@fbrooster @PeteThamel Per Claude: The First Four games averaged roughly 1.8–2 million viewers per game in 2025. Meanwhile: First/Second round games averaged 9.4 million per game — about 4-5x more. Not enough shine.
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Big night for the conference offices at the MEAC (Howard) and America East (UMBC) tonight and SWAC (Prairie View A&M) and Patriot League (Lehigh) tomorrow. Winners get an additional $2.1 million, as the unit value is expected to be approximately $355,000 annually for 6 years.
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Season ticket deposits for @XavierMBB are now being accepted for the 2026-27 season! 🏀🎟️
Seat deposits are only for NEW season ticket holders and the deposit will be applied to the total cost of your ticket plan.
bit.ly/4lw05K6
#LetsGoX
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@premal2000 @PeteThamel This take is so tired. They do get their “one shining moment”
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@PeteThamel If you win your conference tournament, you should not be in the play in games. Let the power conference bubble babies duke it out for two 11 seeds and two 12 seeds. Let these kids get their one shining moment.
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Kerry and I have not talked about this specifically, but I was just telling other Bracketologists that I think we are one step closer to letting a BCS-like formula just pick and seed the field.
Kerry Miller@kerrancejames
I'm afraid bracketology will be basically extinct within the next two years. When the field expands to 76 or whatever it expands to, they'll just let WAB determine everything. Like the BCS days of college football.
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