# March Madness 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** basketball-nba\ **Created:** [March 18, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302 "2022-03-18T18:27:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/41 "2022-03-27T23:16:09Z")
Duke v UNC 2.0 Should be a great game. Ironic UNC just beat Duke on March 5. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/42 "2022-03-28T00:16:29Z")
This will be the very first time Duke and UNC have _ever_ met in the NCAA men’s tournament. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/43 "2022-03-28T00:21:39Z")
Couldn’t script this any better. Coach K’s final tourney, playing Carolina in the Final Four. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/44 "2022-03-30T14:52:21Z")
👀 I’m sixty and just now learning the schools are 10 miles apart? Somehow I never made that connection. I knew it was an in-state rivalry like Alabama-Auburn football. > [@](#): > > It doesn’t feel that way because the two schools – separated by a mere 10 miles – [have played each other 257 times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina%E2%80%93Duke_rivalry#Scores_of_games_(1920%E2%80%932022)), with every game treated as an epic clash between two giants. Duke-North Carolina has been called the biggest rivalry in college sports and has a genuine claim to being one of the most storied in _all_ of US sports. The accompanying hype can become quite overwhelming, particularly when the athletes who decide it are largely unpaid teenagers. Requires a free registration > **[Why Duke-UNC’s Final Four game could be the biggest in college basketball...](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/mar/30/duke-unc-final-four-ncaa-tournament-college-basketball)** > > The Blue Devils and Tar Heels play each other in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a century-long rivalry. And a storm is gathering ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/45 "2022-03-30T23:52:34Z")
I was shocked to learn they’d somehow never met in the tournament before. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/46 "2022-03-31T18:10:55Z")
I know… crazy, right? Like 15 seed Saint Peter’s making it to the Elite Eight, or Iowa State making the Sweet 16 after winning only two games last year. This tournament’s been full of wacky surprises. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/47 "2022-03-31T18:35:47Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > I was shocked to learn they’d somehow never met in the tournament before. I don’t find that so surprising. They have never been, and probably never will be, placed in the same regional. Thus, for them to meet in the tourney, they would both have to make the Final Four. That’s happened only once before, in 1991. UNC lost to Kansas in the semis, while Duke won their semi-final game and then defeated Kansas in the final. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/48 "2022-04-02T13:31:50Z")
Villanova v Kansas at 5 central TBS Duke v UNC at 7:45 central Should be a good evening of basketball. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/49 "2022-04-03T00:11:57Z")
Kansas Jayhawks are going to the championship game! Interesting fact they mentioned near the end of the game: since Kansas last won in 2008, the other three Final Four teams have each won two championships! ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/50 "2022-04-03T01:32:56Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > since Kansas last won in 2008, the other three Final Four teams have each won two championships! This was the first Final Four in which all four teams have won multiple national championships. Also, Kansas beat Nova in the Round of 16 in 2008, en route to the title. Nova beat Kansas in the Round of 8 in 2016, and in the Final Four in 2018, both of which ended in Villanova winning the championship. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/51 "2022-04-03T01:49:58Z")
Duke v UNC is very close. Duke has a 3 point lead at the half. Too close to call. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/52 "2022-04-03T01:54:15Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Too close to call. Neither team shooting very well. Combined 5-25 3-pointers. But another fun game to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/53 "2022-04-03T02:55:34Z")
And both teams heating up down the stretch. One heckuva fun game to watch. Duke leads by 1 with 1:18 left. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/54 "2022-04-03T03:08:59Z")
Wow. UNC pulls it off. Coach K’s career is over. Should be a good game Monday night. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/55 "2022-04-03T03:33:48Z")
I wonder who Roy Williams will be rooting for on Monday night? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/56 "2022-04-03T11:51:33Z")
Ha! (For those who don’t know, he’s coached both Kansas and North Carolina). ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/57 "2022-04-03T11:56:56Z")
It would be nice if the Jayhawks avenged this exciting 1957 loss (from Wikipedia): With their fixation on Chamberlain, the Jayhawks shot only 27% from the field, as opposed to 64% of the Tar Heels, and trailed 22–29 at halftime.[[29]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain#cite_note-cherry48_57-29) Later, North Carolina led 40–37 with 10 minutes to go and stalled the game, as they passed the ball around without any intention of scoring a basket. After several Tar Heel [turnovers](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnover_(basketball)), the game was tied at 46 at the end of regulation.[[29]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain#cite_note-cherry48_57-29) Each team scored two points in the first overtime, while Kansas froze the ball in return, keeping the game tied at 48, in the second overtime. In the third overtime, the Tar Heels scored two consecutive baskets, but Chamberlain executed a [three-point play](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-point_play), leaving KU trailing 52–51. After King scored a basket, Kansas was ahead by one point; Tar Heel Joe Quigg was fouled on a drive with 10 seconds remaining and made his two foul shots. For the final play, Harp called for Ron Loneski to pass the ball into Chamberlain in the low post, but the pass was intercepted and the Tar Heels won the game. Despite the loss, Chamberlain, who scored 23 points and 14 rebounds,[[29]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain#cite_note-cherry48_57-29) was elected the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.[[5]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain#cite_note-Schwartz_2007-5) Cherry comments that this loss was a watershed in Chamberlain’s life because it was the first time that his team lost despite him putting up impressive individual [basketball statistics](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_statistics). He later admitted that this loss was the most painful of his life. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/58 "2022-04-03T13:17:19Z")
For those who are too young to remember college basketball before the shot clock… OMG it was so _booooring_ when a team got a lead then just stalled to try to run out the clock. The shot clock was a real game changer. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/59 "2022-04-03T13:32:09Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > the Jayhawks shot only 27% from the field, as opposed to 64% of the Tar Heels, and trailed 22–29 at halftime. > [@Shoeless](#): > > For those who are too young to remember college basketball before the shot clock Even with no shot clock and no 3-point line: shooting 64% and only 29 points is crazy. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/60 "2022-04-03T14:35:21Z")
All the Duke players immediately just left the court leaving Coach K basically out there by himself at the end of the game. Super classy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302.md?page=4)