NCAA HOOP

gotta score buckets to move on to the next round

good thing virginia won that title i guess -- they have had some terrible tourney losses

shades of 1991 for arizona i guess

Ragin’ Cajuns gave the Vols a good game.

Arkansas/Illinois is the game I think could be fun to watch. That could be an old school Big East slug fest, as both teams play pretty bare knuckles on D and at times shoot up total wtf you doing shots.

well I might have chosen the wrong year to completely block out college hoops because this uconn team is actually really fun

Yeah I stopped following college hoops and regret not following nc state this year bc terquavian smith looks fun. Kid could turn into a good pro

Yeah I stopped following college hoops and regret not following nc state this year bc terquavian smith looks fun. Kid could turn into a good pro

purdon't

this is what were here for folks to see the 1 seed eat it

amazing

fun game too

how is this even possible

Double-digit seed losses by Purdue under Matt Painter:

16 seed (2023)
15 seed (2022)
13 seed (2021)
12 seed (2016)
11 seed (2011)

— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) March 18, 2023

WE HAVE A FRIEND NOW

— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics) March 18, 2023

FDU didn't even win their conference? they are here because of "merrimack's reclassification ineligibility" whatever that means?

just seeing the highlights but that giant guy on purdue looks like a complete stiff

i have now learned that FDU is the shortest team in division 1

just seeing the highlights but that giant guy on purdue looks like a complete stiff

― call all destroyer, Friday, March 17, 2023 10:43 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah it’s gotta be sad to be one of the 80% of 7 footers who don’t play in the NBA lol

xpost Merrimack is ineligible for the postseason for 4 years because they are transitioning from DII to DI. everyone hates the rule, but it's the rule. so FDU knew they were dancing when they won their conference semi.

Edey was fine last night - he let it get swatted away from him too many times, but overall, he was good. but FDU's gameplan + his so-so teammates + mounting pressure + Matt Painter's tactical paralysis killed them. Painter *had* to figure out a way to make it easier for them to get Edey the ball, and he didn't. Credit to FDU and their coach.

Purdue has not been to the final four since 1980.
30 tournament appearances
10 big 10 titles

Literally the poster child for Big 10 being terrible in March.

i guess it's tough to fire a guy who gets you a 4-seed or better every year, but three straight first-round exits as a 4-, 2- and 1-seed is absolutely brutal

Painter *had* to figure out a way to make it easier for them to get Edey the ball, and he didn't.

otm. 26 of their 53 shots -- against the smallest team in division i! -- were from three. they made five

building your team around a big ol slow footed post up center is not really something that strikes fear into ones opponents in the year 2023 i think is part of the problem

if you’re 7-4 and not a serious NBA prospect it’s fair to say you’re not that good at basketball

edey had 21 points and 15 rebounds on 11 shots. the rest of the team was 12-for-42. he doesn't have to be an nba prospect for a decent coach to realize that he should have gotten the ball more

i guess it's tough to fire a guy who gets you a 4-seed or better every year, but three straight first-round exits as a 4-, 2- and 1-seed is absolutely brutal

tbf, last year Purdue made it to the Sweet Sixteen before losing to a 15 seed (St. Peters who beat 2 seed Kentucky in the first round).

im sure they wouldve liked to get him the ball more but part of the problem with a guy like that is its just not that hard to disrupt a slow mechanical post up process xp

Arkansas/Kansas has been great

lag∞n's alma mater kicking ass again

so proud of my boys

if you’re 7-4 and not a serious NBA prospect it’s fair to say you’re not that good at basketball

you should play him one on one and see just how not that good he is!

like i know that's a goofy response but it's not fair to say the guy isn't good at basketball just because he isn't a great fit in the current NBA. he's about to be named national player of the year at the highest level of non-professional basketball in the United States.

nah hes a scrub

we're all spoiled by the level of NBA play and that's just how we like it

kansas state plays balls to the wall at all times. fun team

yeah I was just goofing, he’d poster me for sure

of course he'd poster all of us but that's not the point, the point is that he's a stiff and we all know what a stiff is

cant ever get postered if u never get on the floor *taps head* think abt it

good games today. nice to see little guys like Markquis Nowell on K State go off

ucla and gonzaga should play every year

I'm prepared to be wrong, but no matter how many points Timme scored tonight, I have a hard time believing in his game would make any kind of splash in the NBA.

hard to imagine him being any better than low-post college threat Frank Kaminsky

christ you are some sour motherfuckers

ffs this is the NCAA HOOP thread, not the 'these guys could never inspire mark cuban to protest a game' thread. dude went 16-24 and led his team to an upset.

go watch the blazers if you want to see super-talented guys do nothing important

I'm not a sour motherfucker! The one thing I really like about watching college ball is that you can watch a lot of players who'd be undersized in the NBA find ways to dominate

markquis nowell to thread

love that dude and the whole ksu team. they just want to do the most fun thing possible on every play.

half court shot? foul line dunk? no look alley oop in overtime? do it if it makes you happy

Fake arguing with your coach to distract the defense before throwing a half-look pass for a reverse alley-oop to break a 92-92 tie in the final minute of OT in a Sweet 16 game at MSG might be the coolest shit I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/10E8CJEvkW

— Mike Rutherford (@CardChronicle) March 24, 2023

that banked-in running 3 he hit right after coming back from spraining his ankle was one of the wildest shots i've seen that actually went in

folks the number one overall seed has fallen god bless

2 of the following teams are going to the men's Final Four:

San Diego State
Creighton
Princeton
Florida Atlantic
Kansas State

— Russell Steinberg (@Russ_Steinberg) March 25, 2023

florida atlantic is in c-usa which is my school's conference so i choose them

Damn, Houston about to go down too. RIP my brackets.

and the final 1 seed is down, amazing