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I’m here for the Madness!!!

I really want to talk **** about bracket challenges but 1) I can't remember who I picked and 2) my bracket is ****.

We've seen some favorites struggle and lose already. Let's compete for 40 minutes and move on to the second round. This bracket could easily provide a favorable path to a FF. Let's take advantage of it!

Was the CC an exempt tourney that got us the extra game?

It's weird not seeing the ball thrown into a big on the block every possession..

Really weird seeing two random teams playing on our home court like this.

My bracket is busted (I think) but I’m all for the madness. Why didn’t Zona have one of their best shooters on the floor late?

That's difficult to watch and not react while in a virtual meeting

8:28 without a Maryland FG and you're only up 11.. That's not encouraging if you're WVU UVa off to a good start against Furman

Hack-a-Zach? No idea, his % is pretty solid I think.

Remember when he wasn't going to be able to log that many minutes or his body stand up to that many minutes? Good times. purdoodoo is definitely flawed and could be upset in the second round against Memphis or FAU. They had Jenkins (?) come up big in a few of their Big 1.o tourney games when Smith and Loyer shrank. It'll be interesting to see how they deal with pressure and more athletic guards in the big dance. I could easily see Edey making lots of trips to the FT line during the tourney as teams haven't experienced dealing with that size.

Penn State didn't have a player that was going to block TJD when he got in and around the lane but he took a couple of weak shots. Reneau missed some shots but he backed his defender down and then went up for the shot. This is mainly what I'm looking for with TJD against Kent State. He won't need to go through a defender leaving it up to officials to make a call. Him elevating and hitting the baby hook will be plenty.

Hopefully TJD goes AT the rim when in the post against smaller defenders. I noticed several times in the Penn State game he started fading or allowed himself to be moved off the post. We need aggressive on offense TJD.

Excellent look for a 3 when they were down 1 and another opportunity to tip it in.

Glad these games have been close. First buzzer beater of the tourney incoming?

Wiscy banked in a 3 before Bradley hit a baseline jumper to close the scoring for the first half. Wiscy up 40-35. Wait, that might be the final score

Down goes Rutger

What is going on in this Hofstra - Rutger game? It's raining 3s!!

SEMO taking fouling to the next level. This is crazy.

Tied with 2.2 left

Am I way behind on this Hofstra game? It's 74-72 with 20 seconds left after a huge 3 by Hofstra

I do think the Big 1.o isn't that great but NIT is difficult to judge. Rutger has been in a bit of a funk for awhile too.

There was a really bad charge call in the Rutger game, shocking!

Michigan up 5 with under 6 to play Rutger up 4 under 7 to play

Big 1.o has slim leads approaching halftime in their NIT games. Edit: Michigan forgot they were defending and down 42 - 40 to Toledo