# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/61 "2022-04-03T14:58:25Z")
I can imagine Kentucky basketball fans gnashing their teeth over the title game finalists being teams that they not only beat during the regular season, but clobbered. 🙃 ---
**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, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/62 "2022-04-03T15:35:08Z")
UNC is reluctantly my choice Monday. I can’t get behind Kansas until the NCAA investigation report is published . ---
**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, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/63 "2022-04-03T15:39:11Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I can imagine Kentucky basketball fans gnashing their teeth over the title game finalists being teams that they not only beat during the regular season, but clobbered. Good call. UK beat UNC in December by 29 points, scoring an amazing 58 points in the second half. Then in January, UK beat KU, in Lawrence, by 18 points, in a game that really wasn’t that close. Kentucky jumped out to an early lead, led 51-31 at halftime, and cruised to the victory. After I watched the KU-UK game, I was convinced that the Jayhawks were not a Final Four team and Kentucky was a legit threat to win it all. Shows what I know. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/64 "2022-04-03T21:30:47Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Even with no shot clock and no 3-point line: shooting 64% and only 29 points is crazy. Wasn’t there a game that ended up 10-7 or something like that? ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/65 "2022-04-03T21:43:03Z")
My mistake. [12-10.](https://www.reference.com/world-view/lowest-final-score-college-basketball-game-ae9c9d6c50a82c18) ---
**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 4, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/66 "2022-04-04T11:19:07Z")
I normally don’t follow ACC basketball. I’ve been reading about UNC’s transition from Coach Roy Williams to Hubert Davis. Coach Davis is doing a superb job in his first year. He inherited a lot of talent and also moved UNC’s style to a pro offense. He proved Saturday that his program is working. Hopefully Coach Davis is a good recruiter. He won’t have Roy Williams players for very long. Winning a National Title would certainly make recruiting easier. 😉 [https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaabk/how-did-unc-get-here-start-with-roy-williams-admitting-he-had-lost-his-touch-opinion/ar-AAVPFLj](https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaabk/how-did-unc-get-here-start-with-roy-williams-admitting-he-had-lost-his-touch-opinion/ar-AAVPFLj) > [@](#): > > There’s also a stylistic change at North Carolina, moving away from Williams’ preferred style of two traditional big men and toward NBA-style spacing with a stretch power forward in Brady Manek who shoots threes at a 40 percent clip. > > That, plus moving Love more off the ball halfway through the season to take advantage of his ability to create for himself rather than make plays for others both cleared up some role confusion and provided a solid foundation of basketball reasons for North Carolina’s turnaround. > > Without those two guards finally complementing each other, this run never happens. > > “I think the way we’ve gelled so much this past year allowed us to be that dynamic duo,” R.J. Davis said. “You’re seeing whenever one of us has it going we’re always cheering each other on but it’s great if I can score the next play and he can score. it makes us an unstoppable duo. We’re brothers and it’s never a competition between each other.” ---
**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 4, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/67 "2022-04-04T12:49:33Z")
Time will tell if Hubert will turn out to be the next Roy Williams, or the next Bruce Weber (who has kind of gotten a reputation for being able to win with his predecessors’ recruits, but not so much with his own.) ---
**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 4, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/68 "2022-04-04T17:35:16Z")
Jon Scheyer will be facing the same challenges at Duke. I hope to see UNC and Duke at the tournament next year. They probably won’t ever face each other again in the Final 4. > **[A ‘pivotal’ change is coming to Duke basketball. And new coach Jon Scheyer is...](https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-duke-jon-scheyer-mike-krzyzewski-20220404-nfnx5phvu5epvewtnzkirgjjwu-story.html)** > > Jon Scheyer is Duke’s new head coach after a Final Four loss to North Carolina ended Mike Krzyzewski’s Hall of Fame career. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/69 "2022-04-05T01:11:53Z")
Best national anthem ever! N’awlins dixieland fonk! ---
**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 5, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/70 "2022-04-05T02:24:31Z")
UNC is very impressive. 40-25 Kansas has a lot of work in the 2nd half. ---
**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 5, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/71 "2022-04-05T03:02:05Z")
Well, UNC’s lead disappeared quickly. We have a competitive game again. ---
**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 5, 2022, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/72 "2022-04-05T03:43:59Z")
Wow. Just. Wow. ---
**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 5, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/73 "2022-04-05T03:45:49Z")
That was a helluva comeback by Kansas. ROCK CHALK!!! ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/74 "2022-04-05T03:47:18Z")
The biggest comeback in championship game history. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/75 "2022-04-05T03:59:35Z")
First time in my life I picked the winner way back when filling out my brackets! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/76 "2022-04-05T04:03:47Z")
KU won in 1988, and when there was a victory parade in Lawrence my dad was the driver of one of the players. I didn’t remember who the player was, but just this afternoon I was sifting through some photo albums that belonged to mom and found a picture of the event. The player was named Milt Newton. They had to meet again the next day because Mr. Newton left his wallet in Dad’s car. ---
**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 5, 2022, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/77 "2022-04-05T04:06:52Z")
What a inspired comeback by Kansas . Great game.Congratulations to the team! ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-2022/961302/78 "2022-04-05T16:56:12Z")
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