4 from the B1G are still playing, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State & Purdue. SEC has 5.

Big No.4 Maryland vs SEC No.1 Florida, today @ 4:39 PST

 

Tomorrow, SEC No.6 Ole Miss vs B1G No.2 Michigan State and B1G No.5 Michigan vs SEC No.1 Auburn. B1G No.4 Purdue vs No.1 Houston. Also today, No.4 Arizona vs No.1 Duke.

 

 

March Madness games today: Analyzing Thursday's Sweet 16 men's NCAA Tournament matchups

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Half of the NCAA men's tournament Elite Eight will be determined Thursday night in East and West Region action. A breakdown of...

 

 

Tough matchups...whew!

 

I have Florida beating Maryland today, tomorrow though, I go Michigan State over Ole Miss, and the form chart doesn't support it, but Michigan over Auburn. Houston takes care of Purdue and Duke handles Arizona. Alabama over BYU, Texas Tech over Arky and Tennessee over Kentucky. 

 

Thanks, 30.

 

I'd love to see Love light up the Blue Devils! 🥶 Of course with many games starting around 10 PM Eastern, including games played in the Eastern time zone, I'll be Dishing the games the day after. 

 

Purdue vs Houston in Indianapolis at 10 PM? Peak performance time for student-athletes, right?

 

 

Overlooked teams in men's NCAA Tournament best positioned to make Final Four

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Although the one-seeds will garner most of the attention, and rightfully so, here are three teams that are not on the one-line that are best positioned for a Final Four run.

 

 

Can PUR Do?

 

 

Geographical disadvantage will test road warrior Houston in Sweet 16

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Houston will have to travel 1,015.2 miles on its way to the Sweet 16.

On 3/27/2025 at 10:27 AM, Jon Joseph said:

I'd love to see Love light up the Blue Devils! 

I should want that, but I don't, mainly because I believe Ducks LOST the game to Love & the Wildcats more than ARZ won the chance to play Duke.

Florida was off to a great start, after about 5 minutes, led 18-9, but then center Alex Condon injured his ankle, at halftime, Florida 40 Maryland 38. Condon is riding a training cycle behind the bench. 

Condon back for the Gators, Florida leads 63-54, 10:24 left in the 2nd half.

SEC gets the first bite, Florida 87 Maryland 71.

Duke over Arizona 100-93 and in a wild one, Texas Tech over Arkansas, 85-83.

 

today:

on CBS: SEC No.6 Ole Miss vs B1G No.2 Michigan State 4:09 PST, B1G No.5 Michigan vs SEC No.1 Auburn 6:39 PST

 

on TRU TV: SEC No.3 Kentucky vs SEC No.2 Tennessee 4:39 PST, B1G No.4 Purdue vs B12 No.1 Houston

Thanks, 30. I was happy to see, earlier this morning and not last night, TT sending Calipari to the bench. 

 

Maryland has a very good starting 5, the Gators go 10 deep. Lots of fans disguised as empty seats in SFO. Is 'competitive balance', which we have not seen a lot of in this tournament, worth sending teams hither and yon? 

 

If any B1G team that was B1G-time hosed over was 3-seed Wisconsin having to play 6-seed BYU in Denver instead of playing in the Milwaukee regional. 

 

The Purdue game starts at 10 PM in Indianapolis. Maybe the home crowd will keep the Boilermakers in the game but I doubt it. And fingers crossed for both Michigan teams in the ATL but I will not be surprised to see Ole Miss playing Auburn in the Elite 8.

 

The SEC decided to become relevant in college basketball. Like football, the conference got buy-in from the administration on down, and in IMO, the SEC is the best in both CFB and CBB. Two seasons without a football title but the SEC will again 'win' the draft in April. 

 

It would be nice to have at least one B1G team in the Final 4. The SEC is printing Tournament money.

 

Love Tried His Best to Win the Game but he was Flagged. (Sorry - 🙃)

 

 

Flagg flies in March Madness and Duke wins 100-93 over Arizona to reach the Elite Eight

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Duke stud Cooper Flagg put on a skills clinic and overcame an onslaught from Arizona and Caleb Love, finishing with 30 points, six rebounds and seven assists in a 100-93 NCAA Tournament...

 

Cal Spanked by the Lads from Lubbock in a Historic Comeback Win.

 

 

Texas Tech rallies from 16 points down to beat Arkansas 85-83 in first OT game in March Madness

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Darrion Williams scored to break a tie with 7.3 seconds left in overtime after tying the game with a 3-pointer in the closing seconds of regulation to lead Texas Tech to an 85-83 win over...

 

Game of the Tourney to date. The crowd noise was (DELETED By The NCAA.) 

 

Tourney Sweet 16 Winners and Losers - Cal, Take a TO Baby!

 

 

Men's NCAA Tournament 2025: Thursday's Sweet 16 Winners and Losers

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On 3/28/2025 at 9:23 AM, Jon Joseph said:

the SEC is the best in both CFB and CBB. Two seasons without a football title but the SEC will again 'win' the draft in April. 

 

It would be nice to have at least one B1G team in the Final 4. The SEC is printing Tournament money.

It's hard to argue that the SEC is the BEST, not only in basketball & football, but Oklahoma softball is pretty much doing a Wooden/UCLA type of domination. 

This is the game that most gave the B1G the best chance of winning, Ole Miss has controlled the game, but only lead 33-31 at halftime. 

B1G wins! Michigan State, who definitely got a long 5 seconds on an inbound pass & who threw some careless passes in the final seconds, advances to the elite with a 73-70 win over Ole Miss.

Michigan is looking good so far. 

Purdue looking good as well, B1G is showing up against the best teams in the nation!

Michigan had it going, 12:26 left in the second half, led 49-39, since then Auburn outscored Michigan 39-16, wins, 78-65. Purdue is keeping it a game, trails Houston, 53-46, 7:55 left. 

Purdue, playing with a huge home court advantage, played a gutty game against Houston. My hat is off to them in a losing cause. But then again, based only on what my eyes saw of B1G basketball late this year,  the Boilers seemed to me to be the best basketball team in the league.