2024 NCAA Tournament Thread

[MuggsyB]

 

Man, Marquette really blew a golden chance at the Final Four.

I'm even more disappointed with our loss now than I was on Friday.

I'm extremely disappointed. 

[MuggsyB]

Gotta keep the Big Ten futility streak going.

Could Burns give Edey probs?

[CountryRoads]

Man, Marquette really blew a golden chance at the Final Four.

I'm even more disappointed with our loss now than I was on Friday.

Any time you earn a high seed, it's a blown opportunity. I predict that our first final four with Shaka we will have a seed 5 or worse.

[brewcity77]

NC State is the worst Final Four team since...?

2011 VCU comes to mind, but it made more sense for teams that had never seen Havoc to succumb to it, and they at least made it as an at-large.

Maybe one of the Boeheim Syracuse teams?

1986 LSU?

Or possibly ever?

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

Watched the game with several NC State fans. Didn't care one way or another about the game but it was fun to watch how Burns played that game with a smile on his face the whole game. Having a lot of fun. Filipowski had the exact opposite demeanor. Glad NCSU moved on. Burns is like Davante Gardner 2.0. Edey will get him in foul trouble. Unless NCSU is able to extend its 3 point shooting hex on PU shooters it will be tough for them to move on any further.

Also learned how to do the NCSU hand sign.

[rocky_warrior]

Unless NCSU is able to extend its 3 point shooting hex on PU shooters it will be tough for them to move on any further.

Purdue only his 3x 3s today!  Their worst % of the year.

[rocky_warrior]

NC State is the worst Final Four team since...?

Since last year.

Or possibly since yesterday if you count Alabama.

[forgetful]

NC State is the worst Final Four team since...?

2011 VCU comes to mind, but it made more sense for teams that had never seen Havoc to succumb to it, and they at least made it as an at-large.

Maybe one of the Boeheim Syracuse teams?

1986 LSU?

Or possibly ever?

UCLA 2020/21 also a play in game team to go first four to final four.

[rocky_warrior]

UCLA 2020/21 also a play in game team to go first four to final four.

NC St. wasn't a play in.  Much like SDSU and Florida Atlantic last year.

[forgetful]

NC St. wasn't a play in.  Much like SDSU and Florida Atlantic last year.

Thanks for the correction. Then UCLA 2020/21 was a worse team, they were a play in team.

[JWags85]

NC State is the worst Final Four team since...?

2011 VCU comes to mind, but it made more sense for teams that had never seen Havoc to succumb to it, and they at least made it as an at-large.

Maybe one of the Boeheim Syracuse teams?

1986 LSU?

Or possibly ever?

I think what makes it even more astounding, which wasn't the case with Shaka at VCU or Cronin at UCLA a few years ago, and definitely Dale Brown in 86...was Keatts was very possibly going to be fired if they didn't make a decent run in the, aka beat Duke.  They lose by Duke by double digits, like they did at home less than 2 weeks before, and Keatts is trying to get the CofC or James Madison job.

Its insane

[Tyler COLEk]

I think it's a little crazy to rely on season-long analytics to judge this NC State team at this point. They're a different team. MU bombed, but NC State played well on Friday. And obviously again tonight. Their only underwhelming tournament performance was Oakland.

Edey makes it difficult to parse a line, but Purdue should not be more than -5 next Saturday.

[brewcity77]

Since last year.

Or possibly since yesterday if you count Alabama.

NC State is not as good as that FAU team, not close to UCLA. Hard to compare them to any play in team ever because they weren't good enough to be in the play in games. Below every play in team in true seed.

Maybe there's a before my time team, but worst ever seems to be by far the most likely correct answer.

[CTWarrior]

Man, Marquette really blew a golden chance at the Final Four.

I'm even more disappointed with our loss now than I was on Friday.

+1 million

All I could think of watching that game was that we would have beaten Duke.  Man, we blew a golden opportunity!

I don't think we would've beaten Purdue, but we would have had a chance, and a Final Four would have been awesome.

[rocky_warrior]

NC State is not as good as that FAU team, not close to UCLA. Hard to compare them to any play in team ever because they weren't good enough to be in the play in games. Below every play in team in true seed.

Maybe there's a before my time team, but worst ever seems to be by far the most likely correct answer.

I mean, if you want to diminish MUs accomplishments.  Sure.

[nyg]

NCST's 14 losses are the most ever by an NCAA team to reach the Final Four. 

[The Sultan]

NC State is not as good as that FAU team, not close to UCLA. Hard to compare them to any play in team ever because they weren't good enough to be in the play in games. Below every play in team in true seed.

Maybe there's a before my time team, but worst ever seems to be by far the most likely correct answer.

Other thoughts:

1979 Penn
1984 Virginia (beat Indiana in the E8 after IU brilliantly beat UNC in Jordan's final year in the S16)
2006 George Mason

I would not include 1986 LSU on this list despite being an 11-seed. In typical Dale Brown fashion, they underperformed a good part of the season before getting hot at the end.

[JWags85]

2006 George Mason

That was actually a pretty good team despite not being a household name.  They were ranked in the top 25 towards the end of the year.  Beat Wichita State in the Bracket Buster event.  They were an at large out of conference that didn't normally send multiple teams.  They could have made a pretty decent argument that they should have been a 8-9 instead of an 11.

[The Sultan]

The LSU / Iowa game is 45-45 at half. Better than any of the E8 men's game so far. Will have a big number for ESPN.

[rocket surgeon]

The LSU / Iowa game is 45-45 at half. Better than any of the E8 men's game so far. Will have a big number for ESPN.

  alabama-clemson & Tennessee-purdue were pretty good all the way thru.  so how do you rate this one as BETTER than ANY of the E8 men's games? 

   oh, just your opinion...unlike so many here, I can respect that

[The Sultan]

  alabama-clemson & Tennessee-purdue were pretty good all the way thru.  so how do you rate this one as BETTER than ANY of the E8 men's games? 

   oh, just your opinion...unlike so many here, I can respect that

Of course it's an opinion. Should I issue a trigger warning next time?

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

The LSU / Iowa game is 45-45 at half. Better than any of the E8 men's game so far. Will have a big number for ESPN.

3 watching here. It seemed that Iowa should have had a greater lead with their nice start. May regret that. LSU was hitting a lot of long range 2 point shots but that apparently has come to an end. Fun game.

[MUBurrow]

Glad this game has lived up to the billing. Stylistically, watching Caitlin Clark it's impossible not to get Steph vibes.

[MuggsyB]

Glad this game has lived up to the billing. Stylistically, watching Caitlin Clark it's impossible not to get Steph vibes.

She's incredible.  The rest of that team is mediocre at best. 

[wadesworld]

Marquette would be in the Final Four if Caitlin Clarke played for them Friday.