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2025 NCAA Tournament Games Thread

jumped ship said:
I have a pro Zona bias but feels like the biggest head scratchers have mostly gone Dukes way
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It’s just chaos. How did they let play continue of the flagrant one? The baseline official just stood their and watched as the play went on around it. Refs suck at every level. FWIW, UA is fouling all over the place and they’re just letting them do it.
 
Viewership was down yesterday. We’ll see how the rest of the weekend plays out, but my notion is that interest goes down when it’s only power conferences in the Sweet Sixteen.
 
Alfred91 said:
Arkansas stopped rebounding. Tech ended up with 20 offensive rebounds in total, but they must have had 15 during their comeback.
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I didn't see most of the comeback but it must have been a series of things. I had the Duke game on and saw Arky was up by like 12 with a couple minutes left and next thing I know it was down to 6. I switched over when Arky was up 3 and at the line with about 30 seconds left. Missed key free throw, followed by the Zona 3 that rattled in, followed by 2 misses by Arkansas in the last couple of seconds. And then in OT Arkansas had their chances. Brutal loss for the Razorbacks.
 
CarolinaBuff said:
I didn't see most of the comeback but it must have been a series of things. I had the Duke game on and saw Arky was up by like 12 with a couple minutes left and next thing I know it was down to 6. I switched over when Arky was up 3 and at the line with about 30 seconds left. Missed key free throw, followed by the Zona 3 that rattled in, followed by 2 misses by Arkansas in the last couple of seconds. And then in OT Arkansas had their chances. Brutal loss for the Razorbacks.
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You know how it goes - the lead goes from 16 to 5 and the assholes start puckering. I’m actually impressed Arky hung around in OT the way they did. A lot of the time teams that choke the way Arkansas did get blown out in overtime.
 
Alfred91 said:
Viewership was down yesterday. We’ll see how the rest of the weekend plays out, but my notion is that interest goes down when it’s only power conferences in the Sweet Sixteen.
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People have been watching the power conference teams play each other all year. Nothing special until it's the final four.

What gets peoples interest is the Cinderella teams, David vs. Goliath. That or a special story about an individual player but since with NIL most of those spectacular players are at the big money schools they aren't anything new for tourney time, and before people get to know them they are gone to the draft.
 
MtnBuff said:
People have been watching the power conference teams play each other all year. Nothing special until it's the final four.

What gets peoples interest is the Cinderella teams, David vs. Goliath. That or a special story about an individual player but since with NIL most of those spectacular players are at the big money schools they aren't anything new for tourney time, and before people get to know them they are gone to the draft.
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I really think it’s the transfer rules more than NIL. How many of the kids that are playing for the big schools in the Sweet Sixteen started out at mid-majors?

I’d be in favor of a transfer schedule that says, one free transfer, further transfers require a year of sitting out, kids are let out of their commitments if a head coach leaves.

I don’t think you can go back to the old way of doing things, but I think you could do a compromise like the above, and I think you’d see a slowing down of the portal free for all, because kids would have to slow down and think about their options instead of just jumping from bag to bag.
 
I just realized that both Michigan and MSU are playing in the Atlanta regional, that's kind of interesting. But hopefully they both lose tonight.

Peyton at the UK-Tenn game in Indy
 
Alfred91 said:
Viewership was down yesterday. We’ll see how the rest of the weekend plays out, but my notion is that interest goes down when it’s only power conferences in the Sweet Sixteen.
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Down on CBS but up slightly overall for the early window. The TT-Arkansas game is yet to be factored into the late window.

Earlier in the night, Alabama’s blowout of BYU averaged a 3.0 and 5.80 million — down 17 and 11 percent respectively from Clemson-Arizona last year (3.6, 6.53M). The game aired opposite a Florida-Maryland matchup on TBS and truTV that combined for a 1.9 and 3.87 million, up a third and 37 percent respectively from UConn-San Diego State a year ago (1.4, 2.83M).

The increase on cable more than made up for the shortfall on broadcast, with the full window combining for a 5.0 and 9.67 million — flat and up 3% respectively from last year (5.0, 9.36M).
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www.sportsmediawatch.com

Blueblood blowouts down on mixed night for Sweet 16

The opening night of the NCAA men's basketball regional finals was a mixed bag, thanks to some lopsided results.
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Will be interesting to see how the Arkansas and TT game did. I’ll be honest, I turned it off before it got good. I suspect most of the east coast and Midwest did the same.
 
L Buff said:
Cannot stand Bill Raftery with that nasal eastern accent.

And I'm from New Jersey. 😐
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Youre Crazy No Way GIF by ALLBLK (formerly known as UMC)
 
Preston Slaughter said:
I assume you're in a survivor pool? I'd take Kentucky since you want to save Auburn and Houston for next round. I think they are the mostly likely to win out of the other two games.
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I was thinking TN all day, then chickened out at the last moment and picked Houston. Screwed myself. I will run out of picks.
 
CarolinaBuff said:
I just realized that both Michigan and MSU are playing in the Atlanta regional, that's kind of interesting. But hopefully they both lose tonight.

Peyton at the UK-Tenn game in Indy
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Or they both win and face each other for a birth to the Final Four. Sounds kind of fun to me.
 
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