2021 NCAA Tournament Open Thread

… and we’re the late game. That makes a lot of sense.

I honestly kind of expected it; it’s the marquee matchup. Absolutely nobody cares about USC basketball.

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I think you might’ve watched a different game from the rest of us lol

And all 4 of them (and all 12 Gonzaga fans) are going to have to take off work early – 4 Pacific time start.

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Couldn’t they start the first game a little earlier?

Half the country lives in the Eastern time zone and we’re going to be playing up to midnight there. Dumb.

Score one for the pandemic, I guess? They can leave work-from-home at 4 instead of leaving work-from-work at 2 and spending two hours in LA traffic. #BrightSide

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A 4 seed is pretty much self-fulfilling at this stage of the tourney. But they went into overtime against an 11 seed to even get to the first 64.

I’m pretty sure Mick Cronin is the first person to call Charles Barkley small in… 20 years? 30?

Iowa defense is bad and they barely defended Oregon in that game

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It’s going to be interesting to watch Timme vs Mobley matchup down low.

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Talking myself into there being some 2019 Duke losing to MSU in the elite 8 vibes with Gonzaga vs. USC…Mobley will be the best player on the floor :eyes:

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Well, I’d put Michigan as a solid favorite vs. USC and a close underdog vs. Gonzaga. So, Go Trojans. :grin:

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Gonzaga plays inside out and USC defends the interior as well as anyone. I think it is a tough matchup for the Zags.

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I am a huge Mobley fan but he’s going to have a large impact on the game. He didn’t get a lot of shots up today and he will have to guard Timme. I am just not sure USC has the personnel that can neutralize Kispert/Suggs etc…

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Jace Howard got in the TBS highlights!

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Charles Barkley saying Evan Mobley won’t be one of the top 3 players on the court when USC faces Gonzaga… :thinking: :thinking: :thinking: I like Charles but dude some of these takes are real bad.

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Barkley is going off about how toothless the NCAA is…

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Every year the TBS guys can’t remember names until the Final 4. They’re entertaining and know basketball but I always chuckle when they pretend they watched a single college game before the tournament.

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So much 3pt juju going on for the pac 12 and especially UCLA. My prediction, the luck runs out and all three lose by double digits.

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Sir Charles already jinxed Bama, now trying his spell on Gonzaga

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