2025 NCAA Tourney Thread

[SoCalEagle]

Let's go Drake. Close this out!!!

[MuggsyB]

WTF??  Focus dude!

[Viper]

What do you expect from a bunch of guys who couldn't get into UW-Madison?

Is there a UW alum that, within 5 minutes, won't tell you a) they are a UW grad and b) how superior academically their school is? 🤮

[MuggsyB]

That was a bad call.  Drake needs a time-out. 

[forgetful]

The discrepancy for what constitutes a foul for Drake vs. Missouri is insane. Refs are gifting Missouri a path back into the game.

[MuggsyB]

Is there a UW alum that, within 5 minutes, won't tell you a) they are a UW grad and b) how superior academically their school is? 🤮

Me if you count grad school grad. 

[MuggsyB]

The discrepancy for what constitutes a foul for Drake vs. Missouri is insane. Refs are gifting Missouri a path back into the game.

Some seemed very questionable to me as well. 

[MuggsyB]

Sweet Jesus!!  Make your free throws Drake!

[tower912]

A free throw discrepancy big enough for JB to acknowledge.

[wadesworld]

Is there a UW alum that, within 5 minutes, won't tell you a) they are a UW grad and b) how superior academically their school is? 🤮

Yes.

[forgetful]

Some seemed very questionable to me as well. 

I just hope that the refs let MU play defense like Missouri does without blowing a whistle.

[MuggsyB]

Dammit.  Mizzou +17 at the FT line. 

[tower912]

Part of that is Drake shooting 3-10

[mileskishnish72]

I LIKE the outfits on the Missouri cheerleaders!

[PGsHeroes32]

Dickinson plays great in meaningless mid season games, gets respect among conference award voters...then looks terrible in high level tournament pressure games.  Have fun in a Korea big man.

Also, I'll admit to being fully wrong about McCollum's prospects as a D-1 coach.  I'm still not sure he's ready to recruit at a level you'd need if he gets the Iowa job.  But dude is clearly an Xs and Os savant

I know their style is obviously very slow and methodical with moving the ball

But right now he might want to instruct his guys to shoot the ball. They are trying to do anything but take a shot and its killing them

That and ghastly free throw shooting

He is def a good coach though. Had Mizzou with a lot of weapons flummoxed for most of this game.

[MuggsyB]

Stirtz has to take over. 

[MuggsyB]

Knock these down Drake.

FOCUS AND FINISH. 

[SoCalEagle]

Drake's got this one.

[forgetful]

If anything. That was an offensive foul on Missouri (not Drake) for hooking the defender.

[SoCalEagle]

St. John's down early.

[JWags85]

Is there a UW alum that, within 5 minutes, won't tell you a) they are a UW grad and b) how superior academically their school is? 🤮

Not many people will hate on Wisconsin athletics to the extent that I do, nor detest their fanbase's attitude.  However, it bears repeating that the majority of the most obnoxious UW affiliated people are Burlington Coat Factory Badgers who went to a UW extension.  Pretty sure at least half of the main notable Dbags on Buckyville/Badgermaniac are not Madison grads.

My younger sister is a UW grad.  I spent a ton of time in my late 20s/early 30s with her large group of UW alumni friends watching college sports, and they were not only largely normal, but the majority were self deprecating about UW sports.  I never heard any elitism about the academics.  Hell, one of her good friends was a T&F athlete and he was open and hilarious about being a fairly mediocre student and that he'd have ended up at at a random directional school in Missouri or Illinois if he wasn't a very good athlete.

[MuggsyB]

Whew.

Now make these FT's. 

[MuggsyB]

Count that!

[MuggsyB]

Slam the door. 

[MuggsyB]

Drake Ball!