Way to go Rutgers! That stood out to me too when they said it.
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Does the Rutgers fans crying game ever stop? Geez. Enjoy the tourney.
Unless the opposing coach draws up a play to dribble the length of the court and then pass off as time runs out. Iowa’s last play to quickly push the ball up the court and then kick out to an open 3 seemed to be a much better play, but of course it’s easier to say that after it worked!
ucla not at full strength just not able to keep pace with UConn. Still with 6 in the Sweet 16 an excellent showing from the Big 10
Good showing by Big East and Big Ten. Big East could feel "cheated" by not adding another team, but Big Ten made their case.
Seems like St. John followed the analytics and shot either at the basket or from 3, which is what modern offenses do. They were just not particularly good at it. I liked how the announcers pointed out that their offense gave them plenty of opportunities to go after offensive rebounds because they missed so much. Yet it got them to the sweet 16!
Looking at it now, SHU really wasn’t close at all. I mean - everyone’s been singing their praise as the poster child of how to run a portal cycle.
Meanwhile, it seems to me, the biggest difference between them and Rutgers is simply that Pike takes too damn long to figure out his rotations. They were better than us early. For sure.
But in conference play? Nah - not really. Their league just sucked. If we only had to play 3 teams in the NET top 80, we might be 10-10 too. Just saying…
Does Rutgers have an analytic guy watching the tablet during the game . Can't remember which team has a guy looking at it. TV showed him and announcers spoke of it. Maybe it was the Iowa or Virginia game.
Iowa...and they got them both right (the challenges). Those refs were quite blind as both calls were obvious.
Since I'm down on the refs...they really need to address things like that last official TO to check the clock. They gave Florida a free TO there to put the 1 second back on. I get putting it back on but it should have taken 1 minute to see it and do it and leave the players on the court. Too many free time outs with these reviews.
2026 March Madness TV schedule for Sweet 16: Tip times, announcers, where to watch NCAA Tournament games
2026 March Madness TV schedule for Sweet 16: Tip times, announcers, where to watch NCAA Tournament games
The complete TV and streaming schedule for the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament
www.cbssports.com
Thursday, March 26
Toyota Center (Houston), SAP Center (San Jose)
Toyota Center (Houston), SAP Center (San Jose)
| TIME (ET) | GAME | TV / STREAM |
|---|---|---|
| 7:10 p.m. | (11) Texas vs. (2) Purdue || San Jose Brian Anderson / Jim Jackson // Allie LaForce | CBS (watch live) |
| 7:30 p.m. | (9) Iowa vs. (4) Nebraska || Houston Kevin Harlan / Robbie Hummel, Stan Van Gundy // Lauren Shehadi | TBS (watch live) |
| 9:45 p.m. | (4) Arkansas vs. (1) Arizona || San Jose Brian Anderson / Jim Jackson // Allie LaForce | CBS (watch live) |
| 10:05 p.m. | (3) Illinois vs. (2) Houston || Houston Kevin Harlan / Robbie Hummel, Stan Van Gundy // Lauren Shehadi | TBS (watch |
IMO Eagle and Raftery are the best, as they have been (off and on) for 30 years, going back to the NJ Nets days.