2026 NCAA Tournament

[Home Jersey]

UConn in trouble 

[BannerVille]

11 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

UConn in trouble 

Lets go Paladins!!!

[IUHoosier5]

Furman, you’re our only hope! Furries across the nation are counting on you

[Crimson and Cream]

If this game had 5 more minutes Kansas might have been in trouble. Dominique Daniels Jr. is a little spark plug. 

[IUHoosier5]

Reneau stepping up big time in the second half has me in shambles. The guy would have been such a monster this year 

[IUHoosier5]

It’s go Miami Sunday. They could give Purdue fits and steal one!

[Home Jersey]

Tarris Reed's 27 rebounds save the day for UConn. They just had a 1:35 long possession because of his offensive boards.

With 74 seconds left he has an outside shot at a 30/30 game lol 

[TheWatShot]

4 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Tarris Reed's 27 rebounds save the day for UConn. They just had a 1:35 long possession because of his offensive boards.

With 74 seconds left he has an outside shot at a 30/30 game lol 

When I read the first sentence I thought it was hyperbole. 

[Home Jersey]

2 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

When I read the first sentence I thought it was hyperbole. 

Fist 30/25 game in the tournament since Elvin Hayes in 1968

[Asha’man]

7 hours ago, Home Jersey said:

Likely. And the kid he plucked out of nowhere in D2 is probably playing in the NBA next year. He's got 2 more wins and 2 less losses in the NCAA tournament than DDV and he only became a D1 coach last year lol. They don't have a ton of NIL, but it doesn't matter because McCollum clearly knows how to identify underrated talent and develop it. Very wishful thinking IMO that he's going to suddenly flounder because of one player leaving given his track record. If someone wanted a Cig like basketball hire, that's your guy. 

I didn’t say he would flounder. I just don’t want to watch it on a regular basis. Same with Bo Ryan at Wisconsin. That style is atrocious. Florida will be doing the world a great service by smacking Iowa. 
 

Also, the idea that he will go grab the next Stirtz is not likely going to happen.  Not many D2 players can make that jump in a yearly basis and if that’s what he is hanging his hat on, then I think this year is the ceiling. They are rumored to have 2-4 million in NIL for next year. So he will continue to play slow methodical grind it out style to have a shot at winning games. Finish middle of the pack and when they make the tournament, they will get bounced the first weekend. Iowa had that in Fran with a much more entertaining style than this. Iowa fans are already complaining down the stretch about the team. But the NIL isn’t there for him to get the talent needed to play at a faster tempo regularly. 
 

I have more faith in DeVries and Buzz Williams to figure it out at IU and Maryland with much greater resources than for McCollum to figure it out and be a top 5 Big Ten team. 
 

McCollum isn’t the Cig like hire, Dusty May is. 

[Home Jersey]

3 hours ago, Asha’man said:

Also, the idea that he will go grab the next Stirtz is not likely going to happen.  Not many D2 players can make that jump in a yearly basis and if that’s what he is hanging his hat on, then I think this year is the ceiling. They are rumored to have 2-4 million in NIL for next year. So he will continue to play slow methodical grind it out style to have a shot at winning games. Finish middle of the pack and when they make the tournament, they will get bounced the first weekend. 

I have more faith in DeVries and Buzz Williams to figure it out at IU and Maryland with much greater resources than for McCollum to figure it out and be a top 5 Big Ten team. 

More wishful thinking IMO. We will find out one way or another! 

[OliviaPope40]

Tied for second in the family bracket had 26/32. Rachel's husband is somehow in first place. 

[Demo]

9 hours ago, IUHoosier5 said:

Reneau stepping up big time in the second half has me in shambles. The guy would have been such a monster this year 

Happy to see it. Putting some of the emotional immaturity aside he seemed like nothing but a good kid.

[Stuhoo]

14 hours ago, Demo said:

This is pretty nuts: Utah St’s last 4 coaches are Craig Smith, who got fired at Utah but he’ll be back because he’s really good, Ryan Odom(Virginia), Danny Sprinkle(Washington) and now Calhoun. Man, if you’re ambitious you want to be the next dude there. That deal just keeps on workin’.

Another way of looking at it:

Only one of the last three coaches that has moved up from Utah State has succeeded.

[Home Jersey]

I just saw a clip of Mark Pope's reaction to the final sequence of regulation against Santa Clara. Sucks he coaches Kentucky because he seems like an otherwise pretty likable dude. 

[Home Jersey]

Pulling hard for SLU today

[RoadRage]

18 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Pulling hard for SLU today

That would blow up a lot of brackets!

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Awesome game thus far 

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Yaxel and Mara taking over. So damn good.

Dusty will forever be a destination for uber-talented bigs, at a discount too. 

[LamarCheeks]

Dayum -- how man 6-10 guys gonna get a perimeter jumper blocked.