2022 NCAA Tournament Open Thread

Dalen Terry is really fun.

Number 2 and 3 KenPom teams squaring off. Should be a great one

Oh my god hitting the the griddy then the hold the L gesture then immediately going into the handshake line is one of best displays of sportsmanship I’ve ever seen

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I had so much fun in Vegas that I ended up with a positive Arizona association. I thought their fans were okay at the time

They’ve been insufferable for years, acting like their team didn’t cheat egregiously and choke even more egregiously year after year. Now they actually have a good coach. I don’t know that it even matters, but I just don’t think we have the slightest chance against Arizona. Maybe if we go zone all game? I just don’t see it.

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So Michigan will have to beat 3 top 11 KenPom teams to make it to the Final Four. Gonna be tough but I somehow have confidence we can pull it off.

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Upside is that Arizona fans will probably cheer for us pretty hard because they figure we are easy pickings.

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Which upcoming games are in San Diego?

It’s a F4 caliber type of game. Houston is vastly underseeded, but Houston can beat Arizona.

Ive learned to be careful what you wish for after UCLA last year

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Yes, but they haven’t. Also, we really should have won that game :confused:

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Yes, if you’re an Arizona fan, you have to prefer Michigan – a team you beat easily – to Villanova.

Arizona vs Villanova would be an epic contrast in styles. Maybe we can get the NCAA to reinstate the third-place game in the regionals? :grin:

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Only have to beat 2 of them :slight_smile:

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Goodnight everybody

Nope – 2 more of them. One is already in the bag… (Tennessee is #10)

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peytonwoodson

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Is Canada going to beat us for an Olympic gold medal sometime soon?

Canada didn’t even qualify for the Olympics this past year. They have all the downsides the US has(hard to get the best to commit every year, those that do only show up for the biggest events, rotating cast with no chemistry) without the depth or top end talent to make up for it

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Still unsure if this is over and back. Just feels like it should be. Are we supposed to zapruder it to see if he ‘fumbled’ the ball before hitting the ground? Looks to me like he had it and lost it after hitting the ground.

Also notice how the clock stops at 2.2 seconds. The buzzer beater shouldn’t have even been close.

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Villanova’s defense looks to have same major 3 point luck.

38th in 3PT% defense
321st in 3PA% defense
133rd in 2PT% defense

They’re probably a decent amount worse defensively than their advanced metric ranks…

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