March Madness, the men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments, are coming soon.
So let’s talk about them.
A few days ago in men’s basketball, the Miami (OH) RedHawks of the Mid-American Conference defeated the Ohio Bobcats to finish their regular season at an astonishing 31-0. Despite that, they may still need to win the conference tournament to guarantee themselves a spot at the Big Dance.
They became the first MAC team to ever have an undefeated regular season, and the 11th overall.
The defending champion FLORIDA GATORS have crept up into the #1 seed line according to many projections. They struggled earlier in the season against a tough schedule but have been blowing everyone away during their current 11-game win streak.
Ain’t no stoppin’ us now, we’ve got the groove!
Oh, my God, UMass ended the RedHawks’ undefeated season in the first round of the MAC Tournament.
MACtion, baby.
It would be a travesty, IMO, if Miami didn’t make the tourney. And they shouldn’t be in one of the First Four games, either.
I know their SOS is over 300, but they beat everybody they played. They should be an 12 seed and could be one of the 12s that always beat a 5 seed.
If the NCAA doesn’t invite two MAC teams to the tournament this year, they should just build their own station, with blackjack, and hookers!
HEADS UP! Buffalo was down by 10 only a couple of minutes ago against #2 Akron and has quickly cut it to within three with clutch long-range shooting and defense!
Game is on ESPN+.
DON’T SLEEP ON THE BUFFALO BULLS.
Bulls lost but only by 3.
The MAC Tournament games have all been very close in the first round. The largest margin of victory has been 7. The other two games were decided by one possession.
Kent State vs. Ohio for the nightcap. I love Kent State. You can’t drag me out of this room.
Here’s an article that says Miami (OH) will be a bubble team despite only losing one game all year. They tried to schedule better opponents. No one bit.
Kent State advances and will face arch-rival Akron in the MAC semifinals.
The two campuses in Ohio are about 12 minutes apart.
USF has just won the AAC tournament, so there are no more games to be played. Brackets will be revealed in the Selection Show at 6:00 pm ET.
#1 seeds will probably be Duke, Arizona, Michigan, and Florida, even though the latter two did not win their conference tournaments. Duke will certainly be the #1 overall seed.
Looking forward to another great tourney!
We had a tournament-bracket competition last year. Is someone hosting one for us this year?
I just looked, and it was @Shoeless who hosted it on the ESPN app last year.
Paging Shoeless!
Thanks, hope to get one for this year.
The group name on the ESPN app is SDMB Bracketeers and I think the password is cecil123 but I need to find my notes (or a thread) from previous years to confirm.
Should I start a separate thread for the tournament pool or do we just do it all here?
From your initial post last year:
I think you should create a separate thread, but that’s just my $.02 worth.
Start a new one, I think.
Done!
Just let us know when the bracket is live.
Thanks for doing this, @Shoeless!
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What an incredible ending for UConn vs Duke. UConn nails the almost half-court shot to win.