3/20 Games Thread

GrayGhost77 · Mar 20, 2026

skyIdub said:
FurMAN!

frozenrope9190 · Mar 20, 2026

Fly Illini Fly! said:
Wow that’s putrid. In the tourney no less.

I'm seeing Miami FL having the same issues. Lots of bad FT shooting all day.

FeelYourPaign · Mar 20, 2026

Gotta root for Miami because...Miznoz...SEC.
Easy call

freddbird · Mar 20, 2026

Jimbo said:
I’m predicting Florida will hang onto that halftime lead against PVAM

That game was tied 15-15, then I went off and did other things. Came back at halftime and I was confused.

IndyOrange · Mar 20, 2026

That Florida score is bonkers

eas23 · Mar 20, 2026

KCJones said:
Earned back a bit of respect from me.......

I've forgave and forgotten. Guy was 19 and clearly going through some stuff, probably not entirely of his own doing.

illini510 · Mar 20, 2026

Chukwuwumba said:
I’ve never seen a coach scream more expletives at a player than Mick Cronin.

He is insufferable...but his players keep playing for him. So, I guess they must see something positive in the guy

illini510 · Mar 20, 2026

IlliniwekKDR said:
I think it's a church league team. They showed up to the wrong tournament on accident

Not as bad as Prairie View A&M though....that team belongs in the rec league.

Piotyr · Mar 20, 2026

Florida hit 57 points with 1:05 remaining in the first half. If they never scored again after that, they would have won 57-55.

illini510 · Mar 20, 2026

Piotyr said:
If this is the best the WAC has to offer, it's probably for the best they dissolve at the end of the year.

I think once Grand Canyon and New Mexico St left the WAC, that was the end of the road for that conference

illini510 · Mar 20, 2026

The committee allowing Missouri to have home games as a 10 seed is one of the more head scratching things that I have seen from this year's tournament seedings. Could they not have switched UCF and Missouri? Moronic job by the committee.

Oracle21 · Mar 20, 2026

Mizzou as a #10 getting a home game is such a joke

BillyBob1 · Mar 20, 2026

FeelYourPaign said:
Gotta root for Miami because...Miznoz...SEC.
Easy call

As a 10 seed, Miznoz shouldn’t be playing in St Louis.
ACC vs SEC either one losing is good.

frozenrope9190 · Mar 20, 2026

Cal Baptist making a FURIOUS comeback attempt.

jumpingjack · Mar 20, 2026

Furman is not great but boy they are scrappy

FeelYourPaign · Mar 20, 2026

Piotyr said:
Florida hit 57 points with 1:05 remaining in the first half. If they never scored again after that, they would have won 57-55.

Anyone think the tournament needs more teams?

It looks like no top 4 seed will lose on opening day. With a bigger field, these games would be worse

IlliniTaffy · Mar 20, 2026

illini510 · Mar 20, 2026

Appears that Furman is giving UCONN a game. Not surprising from what I saw from that program the last time they made the tournament. Bob Richey is a good coach. He deserves a higher level coaching job at one of the better mid major conferences. Finishing up seeing Miznoz lose. Dennis Gates not a bad coach but I don't see him getting Miznoz past the first weekend ever

CV Illini · Mar 20, 2026

Miznoz does Miznoz things. Love it!

illini510 · Mar 20, 2026

Wow...Tarris Reed has 31 pts and 27 rebs right now....how far he has come since the Juwan Howard Michigan days

Oracle21 · Mar 20, 2026

Tarris Reed 27 rebounds
Furman 21 rebounds

wettsten · Mar 20, 2026

UCantHideYer said:
He bit me!!!

luis suarez...?

EyeoftheIllini · Mar 20, 2026

illinoisgrad1990 said:
Was he? He’s trying to walk it back now, but regardless it is at bare minimum in extremely poor taste and another bad look for a guy who has made a career of that sort of nonsense. He’s the head coach and he is paid to be accountable for the team and the staff’s performance.

Yes he was joking. At the bare maximum it was a bad joke.

wc_illini · Mar 21, 2026

FeelYourPaign said:
Anyone think the tournament needs more teams?

It looks like no top 4 seed will lose on opening day. With a bigger field, these games would be worse

Yeah, if they're going to add more at-large teams (i.e. to get to 76), then instead of having play-ins between teams on equal seed-lines, they should take the bottom 24 teams, have #53 vs #76, #54 vs #75, etc, then put the winners into the 64-team bracket in order of their efficiency rankings.

Probably a travel/logistics nightmare though

RabidDawgClassic · Mar 21, 2026

Fly Illini Fly! said:
Almost every year one 2seed loses before the S16.

Between UCLA-UCONN, KY-ISU, TAMU-HOU, MIZ-PU … which is most likely to result in an upset? I think ISU is the weakest 2.

I’m not touting Iowa State, I’m greatly doubting Kentucky.