UConn 76, San Diego State 59
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Ehhh. A lot upsets this year. Most likely because teams were more evenly matched. The portal and NIL contributed to that. We are in a new era of college basketball now.
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Great dude to win for this tourney - I love this moment for 22-23 college basketball.
I think a bunch of Creighton fans just burst into tears and then... Silence
Until football season when they put on the Husker gear.
Until football season when they put on the Husker gear.
Did we get our token 0.5 seconds in "One Shining Moment"? Lol.
Yep, Dain on the opening tip. I missed it completely until people put a screengrab on twitter.
I was making a joke. I don't think any of Groover, Oglesby, or Kimble has reffed B10 games this year. Pomeroy ranks below only include one regular B10 official. No surprise.
Quite possibly one of if not my favorite Conan/Triumph segment. Only thing for Triumph segment that I might have above it is at Wiener's Circle in Chicago. Only Conan segment I might have above it is the 1860s baseball one.
MEH game, we've all seen better B1G games that have kept us at the edge of our seats than this one. It was as if SD St couldn't make a layup or 3's at all in the 1st half and not much better in the 2nd half other than getting closer than 5 pts to CT. Bring on some elite portal players and/or freshmen, coach, and kick butt next year! And make sure we make it past the 1st round!!
It’s pretty crazy that both of the championship teams only had to beat one team each seeded higher than them. (1) Alabama for SDSU and (3) Gonzaga for UConn.
The way UConn has played I don't think anyone would have given them a game last night. They literally blew everyone away. The FAU/SD State final four game was great and showed these teams deserved to be there. UConn was just on another level in the tournament.
I mean they played one 3 seed Gonzaga which can’t play any defense. Everyone else was seeded below them. They ran everyone off the court but let’s not act like they had a tough path.
They beat three teams handily that beat 1 seeds. I would say those 1 seeds would disagree with you that the teams UConn beat weren't tough.
In fairness, I picked UConn in my bracket almost entirely because I thought the 1 and 2 seeds were trash this year....I mean we beat 2 of them.
UConn played great, dominated and you can only the teams who win/in your path but they had nice matchups.
sounds like this was the lowest viewed title game in recorded history.
Wonder if the NCAA tells the refs, don't let all the top seeds lose next year. The low numbers had to be a result of teams with big fan bases not making it to the Final 4, and teams no one is familiar with not bringing in casual fans, or even fans that were just annoyed all of these underdogs were in the Elite 8, Final 4, and even title game.
Wonder if the NCAA tells the refs, don't let all the top seeds lose next year. The low numbers had to be a result of teams with big fan bases not making it to the Final 4, and teams no one is familiar with not bringing in casual fans, or even fans that were just annoyed all of these underdogs were in the Elite 8, Final 4, and even title game.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Even the top seeds were just slapped-together collections of freshmen and transfers.
It's not clear how there are going to be narratively compelling college basketball teams anymore. That's a gigantic problem for the sport.
Caitlin Clark is going to be a more marketable star than any men's player next year.
UConn was incredibly dominant. I believe their closest margin of victory was 13 pts against Miami in the FF.
Five NCs in 24 years is ridiculous!
MDchicago
- Lake Norman NC
With 21 NCAA tournament champions now in the books in the KenPom era, some numbers for the analytics nerds...
- Adjusted defensive efficiency Rank: 100% have ranked in the top 22, 85.7% (18/21) have been in the top 15, and 57.1% (12/21) have been in the top 10;
- Illini teams in top 15: 2003 (7th), 2005 (4th), 2006 (12th), 2007 (5th), 2009 (4th), 2014 (14th), 2021 (7th)
- 2023 Illini: 26th
- 2022 Illini: 29th
- 2021 Illini: 7th
- Adjusted offensive efficiency Rank: 95.2% (all but 2014 UConn, at 39) have been in the top 19, 85.7% (18/21) have been in the top 9, and 61.9% have been in the top 3;
- Illini teams in top 9: 2004 (8th), 2005 (3rd), 2021 (8th)
- 2023 Illini: 68th
- 2022 Illini: 30th
- 2021 Illini: 8th
- Pre-Tournament Adjusted Efficiency Margin: 80.9% (17/21) had a pre-t adjEM of at least 25.37, with an average of 27.94;
- Illini teams with Pre-T adjEM >25.0: 2005 (33.31) and 2021 (30.61)
- 2023 Illini: 16.48
- 2022 Illini: 19.59
- 2021 Illini: 30.61
- Pre-Tournament Adjusted Efficiency Margin Rank: 100% have ranked in the top 25,with 85.7% (18/21) in the top 6.
- Illini teams in top 6: 2003 (5th), 2005 (1st), 2021 (3rd)
- 2023 Illini: 33rd
- 2022 Illini: 17th
- 2021 Illini: 3rd
- Adjusted Tempo Rank: 52.4% (11/21) ranked middle of the pack (between 100 and 250) in adjusted tempo, with 33.3% (7/21) playing faster (top 99) and 14.3% (3/21) playing slower (251+).
- 2023 Illini: 58th
- 2022 Illini: 179th
- 2021 Illini: 79th
- 2005 Illini: 249th
- Strength of Schedule: 100% had strength of schedule adjEM ranking in top 55, with 90.5% (19/21) in the top 26, and 57.1% in the top 15.
- 2023 Illini: 36th
- 2022 Illini: 17th
- 2021 Illini: 5th
- 2005 Illini: 28th
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
2021 was good enough to win it all. Such a shame
Makes it hurt that much more. Single elimination tourneys are unforgiving.
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