2021 NCAA Tournament Open Thread

This game is in that annoying point where it might become exciting but also might stay a boring double-digit game.

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I’m not sure if I’ll still be awake after this game. BORING.

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You guys are missing out on the UConn-Baylor game! Turn it on, 3 point game with 30 seconds left

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Is it me or are the officials worst in the women’s tourney. Seems really inconsistent

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Some dubious officiating, though. Breakaway layup for CT saw a foul on the shooter long before she hit the layup. Baylor TO was preceded by a CT foul. . .

Oregon State out here trying to play soccer

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LOL I saw that. Is that allowed?

The “lob the ball back and forth for 20 seconds” play isn’t yielding positive results for Houston.

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So - “become exciting” it is!

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Everyone’s been acting like Houston has suddenly become world-beaters before this game and uhhhh they almost lost to Rutgers and their path to the final four even with a win in this game would be: 15-seed, 10-seed, 11-seed, 12-seed. I’m not buying.

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Houston’s offense is really just the guards tossing it back and forth right now

I still think they’re good, I had them in the Final Four, but definitely an easy path and I expect Baylor to beat them.

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The Oregon State zone conquered the mighty Porter Mosers too.

Would that be a record for highest seeds faced on the way to the FF?

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Forcing lob passes is one of the focal points of the 1-3-1 defense (my team ran this as our primary defense in high school!), and Houston is playing right into it.

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Yes. It’d also be the only time a team made the final four without playing a single digit seed

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Houston is a poor man’s Baylor. Personally I think both teams present a match up issue for Michigan, but if we meet, it will be for all the marbles.

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Granted, this is a weird Covid year and seeding was trickier than usual but that’s still pretty crazy.

Would the hypothetical max be a 1 playing 16/8/13/15?

I think that 3 was the dagger

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