2021 NCAA Tournament Open Thread

You know, if I owned any QQQ, I think I’d be a little miffed at all of this advertising, since the point of an index fund is to try to keep expenses low. It’s not like there are a ton of other NASDAQ 100 ETFs.

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Terrible travel call on Haarms. Pivot never moved.

Followed up by a terrible non-call; the ball never hit the rim, and it should have been a shot clock violation.

For a little while, we did not appear to be living in Jaime Jaquez’s world.

I can safely report that we are, once again, living in Jaime Jaquez’s world.

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Jaquez assertiveness & decisiveness => transfer to Franz

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Abilene Christian sounds like the name of a high school. Never heard of it before this year.

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Their first Division I season was 2013-2014. They did make the tournament in 2019 though – lost as a 15 to Kentucky.

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I sincerely think MSU could’ve been doing this to them instead, making me even more thankful that they collapsed at the end of the game/OT on Thursday.

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They made it two years ago and were rewarded with destruction at the hands of Kentucky. This year’s team is the highest KenPom-rated Southland team since those really good Brad Underwood SFA squads of the mid-2010s.

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They seem pretty legit so far. This could be the best game of the night .

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Tournament Legend Thomas Walkup

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They have an excellent defense for a low-major: 31 on KenPom and 51 on Torvik. Usually good low-major teams are built on offense.

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That guy was awesome!

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I assume he played baseball at some point… I wonder what Walkup’s walkup music was.

(ducking)

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But did he walk on?

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#3 for Abilene is a big boy.

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Ok, Abilene is insanely fun.

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Clearly you’ve never been to Abilene. :grin:

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Every Texas game is always as hectic as possible but it’s really fun watching them play a team that thrives on hectic basketball

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I need a cigarette after these last few minutes of this Texas game (and I don’t even smoke).

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