2025 MBB NCAA Sweet 16/Elite 8 Thread
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Closest Elite 8 to straight chalk I've ever seen, maybe ever existed? (lowest seed is a 3!!)
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So I finally understand what the cool kids mean when they say “straight chalk.” Thanks.
Yes, they certainly flipped a switch for the second half and played more like a #1 seed.
Bump with tonight’s schedule. Alabama-Duke could be a classic.
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2007 was just like this year ... 1v3, 1v2, 1v2, 1v2 ... and highest seeds in the NCAA tourney ever in the Elite 8.
2009 Elite 8 was 1v3, 1v3, 1v2, 1v2, so almost as close.
2008, in the middle of those years, had 1v2, 1v3, 1v3 and 1v10 ... with all 4 1 seeds advancing to the Final 4.
So that was a 3-year stretch of relative boringness ... though 2008 did have Steph Curry's Davidson causing some excitement as the 10 seed.
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Yes, Curry’s Davidson team handily beat a decent Georgetown team. My personal introduction to Stephen Curry.
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It won't be low scoring. That is certain.Bump with tonight’s schedule. Alabama-Duke could be a classic.
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The higher seed has won the last 11 games, 17 of the last 18, 21 of 25 since the Round of 32 started. Overall higher seed is 46-11. Nothing but 1's and 2's left. (I don't count the first four)
Clayton will get the credit for those last two 3s, but Thomas Haugh is the one who got Florida within striking distance with back-to-back 3s (including after his offensive rebound) to go from 9 down to 3 down in 30 seconds.
Haugh played at New Oxford just west of York for two years before transferring to Perkiomen School near Quakertown. When he transferred his only Division I offer was St. Mary's in Emmitsburg MD. He's come a long way.
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The more I think of it, the more I think that the Duke coaches looked on the BYU-Alabama film as a lesson in how not to game-plan Alabama. BYU’s strategy was basically “Let’s hope Alabama doesn’t get hot from 3.” Very poor coaching, imo. I watched ten minutes of Duke-Alabama and immediately recognized the difference. (I’m usually very slow in picking up these things.)
After the Sweet 16 games @bdgan complained about defenders not fighting over screens, well he was right about BYU at least. I think this absolutely had to be the coaching. Thoughts?
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Tennessee-Houston 2:20, Michigan State-Auburn 5:05. On CBS. Hoping for a couple exciting games. Will be rooting for Tennessee and MSU.
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Blech ... 3 southern squads and a boring MSU squad. Hoping all 4 squads get DQ'ed.
Somewhat along these lines, the over under for the first game is 126.5, 146.5 for the second.
Speaking of experience, the Auburn starting 5 graduated high school with Lebron. One of their sons is playing for MSU.
Not as bad as Tennessee's against Houston. If your defense is your offense and you're down 20, you're in trouble. Bettors laddering Houston all over the country the last hour.
