2021 NCAA Tournament Open Thread

9 points, 7 turnovers for the “national player of the year”

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They’re probably too classy to hold up a handmade “big ten champs” sign.

Not a good look for B1G thus far overall. And hopefully the UMHoops crowd now realizes any tournament win is a good one.

They got a strong 8, but they think they’re a championship team - should be able to get by them regardless.

They going out to hang a round of 64 banner after this?

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man this game was remarkable. I could have seen a back-and-forth nailbiter but Loyola just pounded them all day.

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Their fan base: cheated out of a big ten regular season championship and a national championship (thanks to seeding).

Reality: You still have to win the games.

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Ugh, now I feel for Kofi after seeing that. I don’t want to see crying defeated players.

Let’s gooooo!

What a terrible shame that Illinois can’t consistently concentrate for 40 minutes every game

Is Loyola gonna hang a B1G 10 Champs banner now?

“Scored 3 More Points Against Loyola Than Their Defensive Average”

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Lol, soul crushing for illini fans

Yeah not a fluke. Loyola was by far the better team today.

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Could be us tomorrow night but I don’t care!

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Good teams sometimes lose. Great teams sometimes lose wire-to-wire to an 8 seed as a 1 seed.

No gimmicks about it just absolutely handled by Loyola

Boy, I feel so terrible for all around wonderful human being, Brad Underwood.

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/Seinfeld “that’s a shame” .gif.

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I feel bad for Ayo. Really a cool kid. Only got 2 NCAA games under his belt. Makes me sad seeing him walk off. Hope he’ll do well in the NBA

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