2025 NCAA Tourney Thread

[tower912]

Sparty on.

[Billy Hoyle]

Tom izzo the genius of march...

Sucks are coach is know for great regular seasons and failures in the tournament

Yeah, but Izzo betrayed the game when brought in two grad transfers this season. Focus on what's important.

[MattyWarrior]

Both those teams would have rolled us,talent is king

[Johnny B]

How crazy a flagship state school like Mississippi has never made an elete 8

[The Sultan]

Tom izzo the genius of march...

Sucks are coach is know for great regular seasons and failures in the tournament

You've been whining for a week now.

[wadesworld]

Tom izzo the genius of march...

Sucks are coach is know for great regular seasons and failures in the tournament

"Are" coach has been to a Final Four.

[The Sultan]

How crazy a flagship state school like Mississippi has never made an elete 8

Mississippi State has.

[Johnny B]

You've been whining for a week now.

I'm troubled .. switching to titos now

[Johnny B]

Mississippi State has.

Yea

Mississippi State has.

Cool diffrent program

[GoldenEagles03]

"Are" coach has been to a Final Four.

Our you sure?

I don't recall.

[Johnny B]

Ok Tennessee never making a final four is even crazier

[tower912]

Pope is not infallible.

[MuggsyB]

Who should we root for and why?  Ty. 

[MuggsyB]

Baker-Mazarro with a low Woderlic decision there. 

[PGsHeroes32]

Who should we root for and why?  Ty. 

I'd say root for who you want personally

[PGsHeroes32]

Auburn been playing with fire for a while.. In another battle

Michigan is a tough match up for them.

Auburn settling for way too many 3s.

[MuggsyB]

I'd say root for who you want personally

It's difficult.  Very difficult. I guess I'll root for Duke and TTU.

[JWags85]

How crazy a flagship state school like Mississippi has never made an elete 8

Actually a fun trivia question.  How many states have a flagship/named state school that hasn't been to an Elite 8.  Off the top of my head...

New York (Stony Brook, UB, Binghamton all would qualify)
Mississippi (counting Ole Miss, not Miss St)
Maine/Vermont/NH
New Mexico
North/South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho

Then some of the more surprising ones...
Pennsylvania (Penn St hasn't unless you count 1954)
Washington (1953)
California (if you count Berkley not UCLA)
Nebraska (doesnt even have a tourney win, hence why Hoiberg can probably cash $4MM annual checks indefinitely as long as he wins more than 7-8 games a year in the B18)

Even Rhode Island has one.

Whats kind of funny for Ole Miss is the SEC has 2 others that would be in the same boat if not for complete flukes... 

Georgia has only won a first round game 4 times in the program's history...but they randomly made a run to the F4 in 1983 AFTER Nique Wilkins left and with a coach who was under .500 in the SEC to that point.

And of course, the stupid 2017 South Carolina team.  2nd NCAA appearance in 20 years, program hadn't won a NCAA game in 45 F-ing years...and they made that Faustian deal of a run.

[DoctorV]

Every time I see Bruce Pearl I think to myself "this guy has a lot of vices"

[PGsHeroes32]

It's difficult.  Very difficult. I guess I'll root for Duke and TTU.

Want the raiders to annihilate the animal kingdom? nice!!

[MuggsyB]

Want the raiders to annihilate the animal kingdom? nice!!

Wolverines are rarely filmed in the wild. 

Want the raiders to annihilate the animal kingdom? nice!!

The animal kingdom is somewhat struggling in the tournament.

[JWags85]

Who should we root for and why?  Ty. 

I know I'm in the minority, but I don't mind Auburn.  They are fun to watch and have been for awhile.  Pearl the coach ranges from kind of annoying to total douche (SHOUT OUT DEON THOMAS!) but I know a handful of people from Milwaukee to Knoxville to Atlanta (someone who is big time SEC affiliated but has no love for Auburn) who all speak very highly of Bruce the person and adore him on a human level.

I don't need to white wash his image but one of my college roommates is from Knoxville.  His dad is an Italian immigrant who moved to the US in his teens and worked in upper management at Alcoa forever.  He doesn't know college basketball from college baseball.  But he ran into Pearl through mutual business acquaintances in Knoxville in the 2011-2013 hiatus period after Pearl got tossed at UT and RAVED about the dude.  Would see him maybe 1-2 times a month but thought he was just the best guy and my friend says he watches assorted Auburn games, mostly in the NCAA, specifically because of "my guy Bruce".

[wadesworld]

What are Purdue fans crying about there? That was as clear of a foul as you'll find on a 3 point attempt.

[The Sultan]

Actually a fun trivia question.  How many states have a flagship/named state school that hasn't been to an Elite 8.  Off the top of my head...

New York (Stony Brook, UB, Binghamton all would qualify)
Mississippi (counting Ole Miss, not Miss St)
Maine/Vermont/NH
New Mexico
North/South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho

Then some of the more surprising ones...
Pennsylvania (Penn St hasn't unless you count 1954)
Washington (1953)
California (if you count Berkley not UCLA)
Nebraska (doesnt even have a tourney win, hence why Hoiberg can probably cash $4MM annual checks indefinitely as long as he wins more than 7-8 games a year in the B18)

Even Rhode Island has one.

Whats kind of funny for Ole Miss is the SEC has 2 others that would be in the same boat if not for complete flukes... 

Georgia has only won a first round game 4 times in the program's history...but they randomly made a run to the F4 in 1983 AFTER Nique Wilkins left and with a coach who was under .500 in the SEC to that point.

And of course, the stupid 2017 South Carolina team.  2nd NCAA appearance in 20 years, program hadn't won a NCAA game in 45 F-ing years...and they made that Faustian deal of a run.

Not sure why you label Ole Miss as the one flagship from Mississippi. MSU is pretty much the same size, same endowment level, same R1 doctoral designation, and are in the same athletic conference.

Mississippi is like Indiana, Alabama, etc with two high-level public flagships.

[PGsHeroes32]

That was a bad miss lay up for Harris damn