Won't dignify it with a click, but throw this clown in the car full of clowns including Parrish. No talent hacks.
NCAA Tournament Bracket
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Our opponents' coaches are thinking, "damnit, of course we get the team with the most electric take-it-to-the-basket player in the tournament and three different guys who can go for 30-burgers!"
This matchup thing works both ways. I think this year's Illini are well-equipped to survive and advance through a variety of roadblocks.
This matchup thing works both ways. I think this year's Illini are well-equipped to survive and advance through a variety of roadblocks.
Initial thoughts I have on the brackets:
-3 of last year's Final 4 in the East. Also all top 4 seeds in the East won their conference tournament this year.
-Lol at Alabama and Auburn getting shipped out to Spokane for the first 2 rounds. Feel bad for Dayton getting sent to a site in Salt Lake City with 3 teams from the western part of the country.
-Will be interesting to see what kind of run Arizona can make with the road they would have prior to the Final 4. Early rounds in Salt Lake City and West regional in L.A.. I'm sure they'd love to make it to the Final 4 with it being at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
-3 of last year's Final 4 in the East. Also all top 4 seeds in the East won their conference tournament this year.
-Lol at Alabama and Auburn getting shipped out to Spokane for the first 2 rounds. Feel bad for Dayton getting sent to a site in Salt Lake City with 3 teams from the western part of the country.
-Will be interesting to see what kind of run Arizona can make with the road they would have prior to the Final 4. Early rounds in Salt Lake City and West regional in L.A.. I'm sure they'd love to make it to the Final 4 with it being at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
If I’m reading the order right BYU was the top 5 seed, but got bumped to a 6 because they won’t play on Sunday?
That is correct. Also, they were unable to play in Salt Lake City (they are the host), so it wasn't an option either.
Announce teams at each site:
-Dayton (Tuesday/Wednesday): Spero Dedes, Jim Spanarkel, Jon Rothstein
-Charlotte: Brian Anderson, Jim Jackson, Allie LaForce
-Omaha: Tom McCarthy, Deb Antonelli, Avery Johnson, A.J. Ross
-Pittsburgh: Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, Evan Washburn
-Salt Lake City: Brad Nessler, Brendan Haywood, Dana Jacobson
-Brooklyn: Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, Tracy Wolfson
-Memphis: Spero Dedes, Jim Spanarkel, Jon Rothstein
-Spokane: Lisa Byington, Steve Smith, Robbie Hummel, Lauren Shehadi
-Indianapolis: Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner, Stan Van Gundy, Andy Katz
-Dayton (Tuesday/Wednesday): Spero Dedes, Jim Spanarkel, Jon Rothstein
-Charlotte: Brian Anderson, Jim Jackson, Allie LaForce
-Omaha: Tom McCarthy, Deb Antonelli, Avery Johnson, A.J. Ross
-Pittsburgh: Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, Evan Washburn
-Salt Lake City: Brad Nessler, Brendan Haywood, Dana Jacobson
-Brooklyn: Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, Tracy Wolfson
-Memphis: Spero Dedes, Jim Spanarkel, Jon Rothstein
-Spokane: Lisa Byington, Steve Smith, Robbie Hummel, Lauren Shehadi
-Indianapolis: Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner, Stan Van Gundy, Andy Katz
University of Utah is the host in SLC not BYU. They could have played there but Zona was ahead of them and I'd have to assume Gonzaga was too.
First round game times for other B1G teams (all times CT):
Thursday
-11:15 AM, CBS: Michigan State vs. Mississippi State
Friday
-11:15 AM, CBS: Northwestern vs. FAU
-5:50 PM, TNT: Nebraska vs. Texas A&M
-6:25 PM, TBS: Purdue vs. Grambling/Montana State winner
-8:40 PM, CBS: JMU vs. Wisconsin
Thursday
-11:15 AM, CBS: Michigan State vs. Mississippi State
Friday
-11:15 AM, CBS: Northwestern vs. FAU
-5:50 PM, TNT: Nebraska vs. Texas A&M
-6:25 PM, TBS: Purdue vs. Grambling/Montana State winner
-8:40 PM, CBS: JMU vs. Wisconsin
Champions of the Big East, Big 12 and Big 10. We’re in the toughest bracket. Perhaps the most overtly biased tourney by the selection committee yet. And of course North Carolina has the easiest path. Puke.
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University of Utah is the host actually
I guess maybe it's because Kansas is the 4 seed there, but they only played each other once during the regular season, so technically they could have been there (at a disadvantage regionally to Kansas)
Exactly. Had Gonzaga had a better season this year, they could have potentially been podded in Spokane since the University of Idaho is the host this year. I think with Spokane it usually cycles between Idaho, Wazzu, and Gonzaga as far as who is the host out there.
The Galloping Ghost
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For those of you stressing about the draw, watch this and relax. It’s about the matchup. And he goes into greater detail in the full pod.
Exactly. Every team complains and th funny thing is that given the upsets that happen, all of the fortune telling never comes to pass.
I was waiting for some of our fans to notice this. Absolute trash.
The team did a lot of winning this week. What’s with all the WHINING???
This is going to be a hard listen for me.
Illini2010-11
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This is slightly dramatic.
From a matchup perspective, the draw is favorable for Illinois. 2 very winnable games in Omaha, where there should be plenty of orange and blue. Iowa State is good, but every 2 seed generally is, and upsets happen all the time in first two rounds. I think the path to elite 8 run is there. After that, it's March, anything can happen.
Buckle up!
Tom Crean going off on teams declining NIT invites:
Slightly dramatic? Every single analyst from CBS to ESPN is saying the East bracket is unevenly/unfairly drawn, especially for Connecticut, the #1 overall seed.
BYU is just another Iowa. We can beat them
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