Official 2026 NCAA Tournament Thread

[Whips-n-Chains]

GET THIS WHITE BOY OFF MY TEAM

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Blah ass day outside of UK/Santa Clara

 

[MikelArteta]

Lol had the money line
Didn't see the Santa Clara coach calling a timeout

 

[aceboon]

Legit one of the worst I've seen, mfer hitting glass on wide open 3s

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

Pretty much chalk so far

Kinda anti climactic

Hopefully some 1s and 2s take an L this weekend to have some sort of suspense

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

I don't need Cinderella teams necessarily but a lot of the games were massive blowouts, even the 12/5 or 11/6 type match ups a lot of them were huge mismatches.

 

[BodieBroadus]

Need a solid 20mins or so from Big Pat today or TCU might give Duke (and the rest of my bracket) that work…

 

[MikelArteta]

I don't need Cinderella teams necessarily but a lot of the games were massive blowouts, even the 12/5 or 11/6 type match ups a lot of them were huge mismatches.

NIL has changed the game


Even look at a team like santa clara, their two best guys yesterday were freshman. Back in the day they could build on that and ocme back next year stronger, both those guys will be gone to a big P4 school.

Any Cinderella now adays is prob a smaller school that has a bunch of seniors guys who were rotting on the bench at a P4 and transferred to a mid major

 

[kevin arnold]

Is St. Louis wining today

 

[SchoolboyC]

NIL has changed the game


Even look at a team like santa clara, their two best guys yesterday were freshman. Back in the day they could build on that and ocme back next year stronger, both those guys will be gone to a big P4 school.

Any Cinderella now adays is prob a smaller school that has a bunch of seniors guys who were rotting on the bench at a P4 and transferred to a mid major

NIL + transfer portal. Steph Curry doesn’t play 3 years at Davidson in this era

But also, the seeding process being more analytic based has changed things I think.

Miami OH might have been a 5 seed if this was 2007

 

[MikelArteta]

NIL + transfer portal. Steph Curry doesn’t play 3 years at Davidson in this era

But also, the seeding process being more analytic based has changed things I think.

Miami OH might have been a 5 seed if this was 2007

True true all that kenpom and quad etc.

And true guys not having to sit out a year anymore, steph doesn't play 3 years at davidson, cj mccollumn doesn't play 4 years at lehigh

Those wichita state teams with fred van vleet and ron baker, cleanthony early those guys would have been gone instead they stayed like 4 years(baker and van vleet)

 

[NigerianDonDada]

St Louis has me worried

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

Need a solid 20mins or so from Big Pat today or TCU might give Duke (and the rest of my bracket) that work…

Im expecting a loss. Can't start the tournament like we started on Thursday.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Michigan clanking too many fts

 

[NigerianDonDada]

that full court alley top to Mara for the reverse layup