2023 CBB Post Season All Things NCAA/NIT

[Jersey77]

Bama goes down, yeah.
Love the upsets.

[Rhode_Island_Red]

And the gun-runner was something like 3-for-79 from the field ...

[adam914]

Aztecs baby!! Gonna be a fun weekend here in San Diego!

[Jdrums#3]

It looks like this years NCAAT will be the first time all four #1 seeds failed to make the Elite 8. Excellent tourney.

[McRam]

Happy that San Diego state won, but, boy the refs were horrible. !! Anyone else watch it?

[McRam]

Agree on Norvell so fun to watch 19 assists wow

I wonder how many coaches passed on him because he was too short to play at this level?

[Jdrums#3]

Let’s go Princeton! Pull off another upset!

[steviep123]

Happy that San Diego state won, but, boy the refs were horrible. !! Anyone else watch it?

Bama can flop with the best of them.

[SGreenwell]

Of San Diego State's top seven, four are transfers. Florida Atlantic has three transfers and one juco player among its top nine in MPG. All four #1 seeds are out before the Elite Eight, the first time that's happened according to the NCAA. More player movement is good for competition.

[adam914]

Of San Diego State's top seven, four are transfers. Florida Atlantic has three transfers and one juco player among its top nine in MPG. All four #1 seeds are out before the Elite Eight, the first time that's happened according to the NCAA. More player movement is good for competition.

Exactly! Something for people to keep in mind next time they get the urge to claim the sport is ruined forever or whatever.

[RhodyKyle]

Looks like all 4 one seeds will be gone after tonight. When’s the last time there wasn’t a 1 seed in the Elite 8, if ever?

First time since seeding began in the 70s.

Wait until Xavier wins and there are no 1s or 2s in the elite 8.

[reef]

Looks like all 4 one seeds will be gone after tonight. When’s the last time there wasn’t a 1 seed in the Elite 8, if ever?

First time since seeding began in the 70s.

Wait until Xavier wins and there are no 1s or 2s in the elite 8.

I think I heard 79 which was the magic bird final , penn made it to the final 4

[steviep123]

Looks like all 4 one seeds will be gone after tonight. When’s the last time there wasn’t a 1 seed in the Elite 8, if ever?

First time since seeding began in the 70s.

Wait until Xavier wins and there are no 1s or 2s in the elite 8.

I think I heard 79 which was the magic bird final , penn made it to the final 4

Yup. Mich St, Indiana St, DePaul and Penn

[reef]

Xavier out after a sweet 16 run

Sean Miller most NCAA tournament wins without a final 4

[JimSidd]

Right. How could anyone be mad at Hurley for taking that job? Coaches, just like players, want to compete at the highest level and he wasn’t going to sniff this level in Kingston. No one has to like it: it’s just the reality of the situation.

Yes he could have

The damn 2017 team we had wasn't that far off from his current team

We definitely could have continued to go to the tournament and have plenty of chances to make runs

Agree to disagree here. With four national championships in the last 25 years, UCONN is a national brand. This lends itself to a consistency of higher level recruits year in and year out. Also, currently, the BE is a better league than the A10.

I have to bring this back up. I know you don’t want to overrate one tournament run, or one Sweet Sixteen game, albeit a dismantling of a Power 5 school that defeated a number one seed in its previous game, but do people still think the ceiling for the 2017 URI team was as high as the ceiling for this UCONN team? UCONN defends at an elite level when they get it going and when Hawkins is on, he’s an elite shooter. Having a player like Clingan off the bench is a luxury most teams don’t have.

[Jdrums#3]

Maybe not, Sidd. But I sure do wish that Rhody team had this UConn teams’ NCAA tourney draw to date - Iona, St Mary’s and Arkansas.

[steviep123]

Plus they nearly and should have beaten final four team Oregon

[Section104]

Maybe not, Sidd. But I sure do wish that Rhody team had this UConn teams’ NCAA tourney draw to date - Iona, St Mary’s and Arkansas.

They’re a 4 seed. Slightly different.

[Jdrums#3]

True. But I am just talking potential of team vs team regardless of seeding.

Hypothetically, if you could transport that Rhody team (healthy) forward in time and insert that team into this UConn teams’ time line at the start of the NCAAT, I believe that Rhody team very well could be playing in the Elite 8 today, imho.

I can’t prove it, but neither can it be disproved. We will just never know but, the hypothetical could make a great X-Files movie, however.

[Bos8]

D2 National Championship on with Nova Southeastern against West Liberty. The Sharks of Nova Southeast feature two guys of note. Tomas Murphy, brother of Erik and Alex (and son of Jay) from Wakefield, and RJ Sunahara who is the brother of former URI hooper/football player and current XFL long snapper Rex Sunahara.

[Jdrums#3]

D2 National Championship on with Nova Southeastern against West Liberty. The Sharks of Nova Southeast feature two guys of note. Tomas Murphy, brother of Erik and Alex (and son of Jay) from Wakefield, and RJ Sunahara who is the brother of former URI hooper/football player and current XFL long snapper Rex Sunahara.

Bos, I’ve been watching it. Good game; a high scoring track meet back and forth with good 3 pt shooting mixed in.

I like Nova SE’s PG. He’s short but good: quick with the ball and a good passer. I really liked that first half touchdown pass he made. It was right on the money for a layup.

[STC]

I’m so old I remember when Tomas was supposed to be the best of the Murphy’s.

[PeterRamTime]

FAU!

Let's land

Noah Fernandes
Khalif Battle
Charles Pride
Any one of Minor/Tyson Brown/Mostafa/Jourdain

Bring Ish back, get Bilau healed up nicely

And be the next FAU next year!!!

[Jdrums#3]

FAU with 20 TO’s and still 12 min’s left in the game. Oooph

[PeterRamTime]

FAU with 20 TO’s and still 12 min’s left in the game. Oooph

They rolling now!

Let's go FAU!

Do it for the mid majors!!!!

[RI_Bred]

FAU with 20 TO’s and still 12 min’s left in the game. Oooph

And they are winning!

[PeterRamTime]

If FAU pulls this off

Doesn't it make you feel a little more confident about the kind of ceiling we have here?

Anything is possible baby!

[Jdrums#3]

Up 2. 4 min left.

ETA: Now up 8 with 2:30 left!

[PeterRamTime]

K-State won't go away! Ugh!

[PeterRamTime]

Holy f'n shit they did it!

[Jdrums#3]

Big FAU win!

Great win for the non-P6 programs!

[Rhode_Island_Red]

And another Cartel team goes down the dumper! Somewhere obvious nepotism hire Dan Gavitt has his math majors working on the NET formula to make sure this doesn't happen again.

[RI_Bred]

Great win for the "little guys"!

[PeterRamTime]

Just insane

[CaptainRon]

Del Boca Vista Phase 3 wins!

[Rhody15]

FAU.

C-USA.

No 4* star kids.

No ESPN or CBS articles.

Final Four.

Edit: 4* Jalen Gaffney from UConn but I was told 4* transfers from P6 programs who didn’t produce don’t count as 4* kids.

[ramster]

And another Cartel team goes down the dumper! Somewhere obvious nepotism hire Dan Gavitt has his math majors working on the NET formula to make sure this doesn't happen again.

Funny thing Red,
FAU had a NET =13 on March 12. AP Ranked 25

But NCAA gave FAU a 9 seed. 13 NET Rank should be a 3, max 4 seed. Not a 9 seed.

Dan Gavitt and team doesn't even go with what their own contrived NET indicates in seeding.

[Jersey77]

They AAC may be losing Houston, but they get FAU.

[PeterRamTime]

FAU was picked to finish 5th in conference USA in the preseason poll.

Them coming out of nowhere, winning 30 games and making the final four has to be the most remarkable thing in college basketball history.

I mean they had ZERO tradition before this. A completely irrelevant, below average low major just suddenly puts everything together and is sitting in the final four at 35-3.

[Jdrums#3]

And another Cartel team goes down the dumper! Somewhere obvious nepotism hire Dan Gavitt has his math majors working on the NET formula to make sure this doesn't happen again.

Funny thing Red,
FAU had a NET =13 on March 12. AP Ranked 24.

But NCAA gave FAU a 9 seed. 13 NET Rank should be a 3, max 4 seed. Not a 9 seed.

Dan Gavitt and team doesn't even go with what their own contrived NET indicates in seeding.

Gross negligence placing them in the tourney as a 9 seed. And now, FAU is making them choke on it.

Love it!

Win it all, FAU, and shove it down their throats!

[PeterRamTime]

And another Cartel team goes down the dumper! Somewhere obvious nepotism hire Dan Gavitt has his math majors working on the NET formula to make sure this doesn't happen again.

Funny thing Red,
FAU had a NET =13 on March 12. AP Ranked 24.

But NCAA gave FAU a 9 seed. 13 NET Rank should be a 3, max 4 seed. Not a 9 seed.

Dan Gavitt and team doesn't even go with what their own contrived NET indicates in seeding.

Gross negligence placing them in the tourney as a 9 seed. And now, FAU is making them choke on it.

Love it!

Win it all, FAU, and shove it down their throats!

If they end up just winning it all...it will go down as the most miraculous season in the history of sports.

[ramster]

And another Cartel team goes down the dumper! Somewhere obvious nepotism hire Dan Gavitt has his math majors working on the NET formula to make sure this doesn't happen again.

Funny thing Red,
FAU had a NET =13 on March 12. AP Ranked 24.

But NCAA gave FAU a 9 seed. 13 NET Rank should be a 3, max 4 seed. Not a 9 seed.

Dan Gavitt and team doesn't even go with what their own contrived NET indicates in seeding.

Gross negligence placing them in the tourney as a 9 seed. And now, FAU is making them choke on it.

Love it!

Win it all, FAU, and shove it down their throats!

It really is Jdrums,
NCAA makes their own NET Ranking system then places the NET 13 Team as a 9th seed. It's not like they gained the 13th spot late in the season. They had been highly ranked for numerous weeks.

If you are going to have the system then use it fairly.

[STC]

FAU had just one 20 win season and just one NCAA Tournament appearance in there D1 existence prior to this year.

PC shoulda called Dusty, oh well….

[ramster]

Kansas State 8th straight loss in the Elite 8. Last win in Elite 8 was 1964.
I would not have fouled the same FAU player in the final seconds who had just made 2 pressure FTs hitting all net. He went 4-4 FT in the last minute to win the game.

[reef]

FAU!

Let's land

Noah Fernandes
Khalif Battle
Charles Pride
Any one of Minor/Tyson Brown/Mostafa/Jourdain

Bring Ish back, get Bilau healed up nicely

And be the next FAU next year!!!

I actually agree with this it’s not as hard anymore to get really good quick if you can find the right transfers

[PeterRamTime]

Well UConn Gonzaga is a dud

Annoying

[adam914]

UConn looking basically unstoppable

[Obadiah]

Dan Hurley to the Final Four!!

[rjv]

Great Great coach!
He get it done...Wagner, URI and UConn.
Most respect for his accomplishment.
Final 4 WOW
I hope he wins national championship

[Jdrums#3]

UConn looking basically unstoppable

Like a huge boulder rolling downhill and crushing everything in its way.