Hey Syracuse had to play in that game a few years ago, and made it all the way to the Sweet 16. It's not ideal but as a Syracuse fan I'd rather be playing on Tuesday than doing what SU is doing - which is....absolutely nothing.I don’t know whether to be happy UVa squeaked into the tourney or humiliated to have to watch a pseudo March madness game on a Tuesday.
Yeah I was going to say, a First Four team makes a run almost every year.Hey Syracuse had to play in that game a few years ago, and made it all the way to the Sweet 16. It's not ideal but as a Syracuse fan I'd rather be playing on Tuesday than doing what SU is doing - which is....absolutely nothing.
All I know is that the CSU kids were PISSED that they didn't get a bye with their resume. The entire Mountain West conference got underseeded.I don’t know whether to be happy UVa squeaked into the tourney or humiliated to have to watch a pseudo March madness game on a Tuesday.
Probably a bit more accurate to say a First Four team wins an R64 game most years, as only in 2019 did one fail to do so. A First Four team usually makes a Sweet 16 run every 3 or 4 years. We might be due.Yeah I was going to say, a First Four team makes a run almost every year.
Nice pull.Probably a bit more accurate to say a First Four team wins an R64 game most years, as only in 2019 did one fail to do so. A First Four team usually makes a Sweet 16 run every 3 or 4 years. We might be due.
2023: 1-2 (Pittsburgh won R64 game)
2022: 1-2 (Notre Dame won R64 game)
2021: 4-2 (UCLA to F4)
2020: NONE
2019: 0-2
2018: 2-2 (Syracuse to S16)
2017: 1-2 (USC won R64 game)
2016: 1-2 (Wichita St won R64 game)
2015: 1-2 (Dayton won R64 game)
2014: 2-2 (Tennessee to S16)
2013: 2-2 (LaSalle to S16)
2012: 1-2 (South Florida won R64 game)
2011: 4-2 (VCU to F4)
#16 seeds since 2011 in First Four games are 1-24 in R64 (FDU last year). Prior to that there was a single play-in game, all for #16 seeds, and they were 0-10
A First 4 team HAS NEVER LOST IN THE ELITE 8!!Nice pull.
All of the TBS, TNT and truTV games will be streamed in the Max app. Unfortunately , they don't have the rights to the CBS games, so those will be in Paramount+.It’s that time of year again when everyone goes searching for the truTV channel.
Generally, all games screen on ncaa.com as well.Wait what? Not all games on Paramount+?
Ffffffff
Howpfully TBS app still works for TBS games
Not a hot take at all. Completely truthHot take: First Four games shouldn’t include AQs.
Those schools actually want to be there, the $$$ they get can help fund the entire athletic depts.Not a hot take at all. Completely truth
UVA didn’t really belong here in the for first place.CSU is getting to the rim pretty easily.
Those are usually entertaining.This UVA offense is a tractor pull.
As a Syracuse fan I shared some of that ambivalence. It also stung to watch that UVA debacle knowing that they absolutely curb-stomped the Orange early in the season.As a Syracuse guy, I'm kind of compelled to root for ACC teams in the tournament now (though my heart is still in the Big East). But I cannot really put forth much of an effort to root for Virginia. They're SO boring and tasteless and they're always overrated. So I'm not unhappy at all to see them get absolutely demolished and look terrible in the process, even if it hurts the overall look of my team's conference.
Yeah, well, Virginia regularly does that to Syracuse. It sucks, but it is what it is.As a Syracuse fan I shared some of that ambivalence. It also stung to watch that UVA debacle knowing that they absolutely curb-stomped the Orange early in the season.
At some point maybe the committee should look at the tournament for what it is, a mini-series that lasts three weeks and which should produce at least entertaining television. UVA basketball is an affront to law abiding rims and backboards everywhere.Yeah, well, Virginia regularly does that to Syracuse. It sucks, but it is what it is.
CSU seems like that classic team that looks like a wagon in the non-conference slate, then finds some struggles as teams are wont to do in-conference, and people point to the overall analytics for seeding while still underestimating the difficulty of the MWC (RPI was 4th between SEC and ACC).As a CSU fan, I'm happy to see that the prevailing narrative from last night is all about UVA sucking and not being deserving and very little credit to the Rams for obliterating them. This team plays better with a chip on their shoulder and I'll bet they still feel disrespected by the national media.
What's crazy is that CSU's analytics were pretty good. KenPom currently has them ranked higher than many at-large teams with better seeding: FAU, Dayton, Clemson, TCU, Wash St, Texas A&M, Northwestern, Utah State, South Carolina, Mississippi State. They also have wins over teams ahead of them according to KenPom: Colorado, New Mexico, San Diego State, Creighton.CSU seems like that classic team that looks like a wagon in the non-conference slate, then finds some struggles as teams are wont to do in-conference, and people point to the overall analytics for seeding while still underestimating the difficulty of the MWC (RPI was 4th between SEC and ACC).
No disrespect at all. I have them beating Texas in the next round as well.As a CSU fan, I'm happy to see that the prevailing narrative from last night is all about UVA sucking and not being deserving and very little credit to the Rams for obliterating them. This team plays better with a chip on their shoulder and I'll bet they still feel disrespected by the national media.