3/22 Games Thread

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NCAA Tournament 2nd Round Day 1

4 Purdue vs 12 McNeese - 11:10am, CBS
2 St. John's vs 10 Arkansas - 1:40pm, CBS
4 Texas A&M vs 5 Michigan - 4:15pm, CBS
3 Texas Tech vs 11 Drake - 5:10pm, TNT

1 Auburn vs 9 Creighton - 6:10pm, TBS
3 Wisconsin vs 6 BYU - 6:45pm, CBS
1 Houston vs 8 Gonzaga - 7:40pm, TNT
2 Tennessee vs 7 UCLA - 8:40pm, TBS

All times CT
 
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Oldskoolkoach
Im not sure where this goes, but it is amazing and needs to be somewhere!
 

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1m4tr
I saw someone in the 3/21 thread who had a perfect bracket except for Mizzou and Kansas. Whoever that was, come on. Those were such easy picks even without our Illini fandom influencing us. ;)
 
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band camp
1m4tr said:
I saw someone in the 3/21 thread who had a perfect bracket except for Mizzou and Kansas. Whoever that was, come on. Those were such easy picks even without our Illini fandom influencing us. ;)
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I went 15-1 day one on the fibonacci bracket. It was KU that got me. You're right, I should have known better.
I came back to earth yesterday. Memphis and Akron hurt me bad. Again, I messed up with my Illini heart.
 
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Ramrod2010
Piotyr said:
Yes, there were a lot of blowouts in round 1:

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kenpom (@kenpom.com)

First round scoring margin was the highest since at least '97
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B1G in particular was 8-0, outscoring their opponents by an average of 79-59, with an efficiency margin of 0.30, which is higher than any one team averaged over the course of the season.
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Should make for a good 2nd round. Hopefully.
 
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chrisRunner7
IlliniRunIn07 said:
not the biggest fan of scheduling in general with the early games spread out across 5+ hours and the evening games spread out across 2. Especially for tomorrow (with the first game being an 8 v 1). When will they consider the needs of the day drinkers?
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I hate it because you can't flip to another game at halftime or during the commercials, plus something like St. John's vs. Arkansas could turn into a blowout.

They've been doing it this way for a while, though. Apparently the casual fans are more likely to turn on their TVs in the evening.
 
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WolfpackIllini
1m4tr said:
Lots of intriguing games today. Gonna be a fun day of basketball.
Anyone think Auburn is gonna have their hands completely full today w a motivated Creighton squad?
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I picked Creighton over Auburn in my bracket.
Auburn looked meh vs Alabama recently, and lost what, 3 of its last 4?
Maybe they peaked too early.
 
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IlliniFaninHoosierLand
The Galloping Ghost said:
The flow of this Saturday is so broken this year. One game on. That game is horrible. They're just begging people to go outside on a Spring afternoon. From a societal standpoint, honestly, it might not be the worst thing. But man, they're really killing the magic of the first weekend of the tournament.
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They've been using a schedule format like this on first weekend for years now.
 
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