NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Thread - 2018 Edition

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Final Syracuse 57  TCU 52

Committee is right again

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The 11 seed, First Fout team wins

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Dave Matter
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42s42 seconds ago

I'm not sure they know any better because they've never been on this stage but Mizzou players are fired up heading to the bench. 22 deficit down to 13.

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Ben Frederickson
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1h1 hour ago

There was a time when Cuonzo Martin would take a loss before he played zone. Tonight the Tigers start in one. He's matured as a coach.

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Gabe DeArmond
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1m1 minute ago

Jordan Geist is still in the game.  Clearly not 100%, but I think you'd have to break his legs to get him to sit.

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FSU 50  Mizzou 35  14:00 tbs

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NMSt 65  CLemson 75  1:50

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Gabe DeArmond
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5m5 minutes ago

Geist is fouled hard and grabbing his wrist now.  This kid's taking a beating.

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Final  CLemson 79  New Mexico St 68

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Gabe DeArmond
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1m1 minute ago

TV TIMEOUT:  Florida State 50, #Mizzou 39, 11;55 to go.  It's not time to start rewriting stories yet...but it's getting close to time to pay attention.

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Florida St is shooting better from outside but holds a double-digit points in the paint lead.

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Gabe DeArmond
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1m1 minute ago

Goal for the next four minutes:  Get the lead to six.  If you're in a two possession game at the under eight, you have a chance.

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FSU 50  Mizzou 42  11:00

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Gabe DeArmond
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30s30 seconds ago

Jontay Porter just picked up his fourth foul.  He is scoreless in 20 minutes.

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Terrence Mann [not Field of Dreams char] is helped to locker room area for FSU.

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Gabe DeArmond
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39s40 seconds ago

Michael Porter Jr. has spent the second half going to the basket and he is now going to the free throw line to cut the lead to six.

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FSU 50  Mizzou 44  9:50  tbs

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FSU 57  Mizzou 44  7:20 tbs

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Gabe DeArmond
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3m3 minutes ago

Jeremiah Tilmon joins Jontay Porter with four fouls.  ...  MPJ also has three.

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Gabe DeArmond
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53s53 seconds ago

Kassius Robertson is 6/12 from the field.  The rest of the Tigers are 7/28.

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Gabe DeArmond
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2m2 minutes ago

TV TIMEOUT: Florida State 59, Missouri 44, 7:09 to go and Michael Porter Jr. just picked up his fourth foul.

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ESPN Stats & Info
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15m15 minutes ago

There are 351 teams in Division I.

Entering Friday, Virginia was the only one that hadn't allowed 70+ points in a game this season.

They allowed 74 to UMBC.

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ESPN Stats & Info
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36m36 minutes ago

Following UMBC's historic win, there are zero perfect brackets remaining in ESPN's Tournament Challenge.

That's out of 17.3 million entries.

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ESPN Stats & Info
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55m55 minutes ago

Virginia entered today allowing 53.4 PPG.

It allowed 53 points in the 2nd half to UMBC.

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ESPN Stats & Info
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35m35 minutes ago

3.4% of brackets in ESPN's Tournament Challenge had UMBC winning tonight.

18.5% of brackets had Virginia winning the title, the highest percentage of any team.

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Gabe DeArmond
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28s29 seconds ago

Tilmon fouls out with 6:13 to go.  His final line: 2 points, 2 rebounds in 12 minutes.

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Gabe DeArmond
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2m2 minutes ago

Michael Porter Jr. is on the bench and looks completely exhausted.

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FSU 63  Mizzo28u 44  5:28

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FSU up 21 with 5:28 to go

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Gabe DeArmond
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19s20 seconds ago

With 5:06 to go, Jontay Porter scores his first two points of the night.

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FSU 65  Mizzou 46  4:39 2nd

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Mizzou cuts it to 17 with 4:00 to go

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SEC is about to go 6-2 after the first round.

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Gabe DeArmond
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9s9 seconds ago

Brett Rau is going to play a career-high 12 minutes in an NCAA Tournament game.  Let's not pretend like Cuonzo Martin was working with a stacked deck here.

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Gabe DeArmond
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3m3 minutes ago

There's going to be time to write the "This was still a good season and a hyper speed turnaround" story.  But tonight's not really that night.  Tonight was about an awful 20 minutes and it's perfectly fine to be upset about it.

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DannyG
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Replying to @GabeDeArmond

How about Barnett screwing the team over



Gabe DeArmond
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7m7 minutes ago

Gabe DeArmond Retweeted DannyG

No question that's a factor tonight.  They could have used another body...especially one that belonged to their second leading scorer and rebounder.

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Luke Cavlovich
‏ @fezz816
Replying to @GabeDeArmond

Once again @marchmadness is worthless to @MizzouHoops fans. SEC and NCAA tourney lasts two days combined. Thanks?

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FSU 67  Mizzou 54  :40

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Gabe DeArmond
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1m1 minute ago

Michael Porter Jr. exits the game with 16 points and 10 rebounds and 2:01 to play.  And now we wonder if that's the final time we see him on the floor as a Tiger.

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Gabe DeArmond
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Kassius Robertson exits with 32.7 seconds to go.  Kid deserves a world of credit for what he did this season.

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FSU 67  Mizzou 54  Final

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Dave Matter
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4h4 hours ago

Woeful first half dooms Tigers in NCAA clunker http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/woeful-first-half-dooms-tigers-in-ncaa-clunker/article_7e841a30-1c32-589f-b662-e38ee2ecfdb4.html ... via @stltoday

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SEC (2-2)

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Saturday's SEC Slate

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The State of the Tournament after the First Round

Ohio: Ohio State, Cincinnati, Xavier

Texas: Texas Tech, Houston, A&M

West Virginia: West Virginia vs. Marshall

New York: Buffalo, Syracuse

Alabama:  Alabama, Auburn

Florida: Florida, Florida State

North Carolina: Duke, UNC

Kansas: Kansas, Kansas State

Michigan:  Michigan, Michigan State

Indiana: Purdue vs. Butler

Pennsylvania: Villanova

Rhode Island: Rhode Island

Kentucky: Kentucky

Tennessee: Tennessee

Illinois: Loyola-Chicago

New Jersey: Seton Hall

Washington: Gonzaga

Nevada: Nevada

South Carolina:  Clemson

Maryland: UMBC

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From America's East to the shores of the Pacific: Ranking the Conferences after Round 1

1. American East, everyone considered them the worst team in the County

2. B1G, they only got four in but all four are still in

3. SEC, did not need nine bids to have six left standing on Saturday

4. MAC, chance to pass the SEC this afternoon

4. MVC, Sister Act

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33. Pac-12  Three in, three out, can move onto investigations

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NCAA March Madness
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6h6 hours ago

🚨 SUNDAY GAME TIMES 🚨

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I'm worried we'll be the only loss in the first round

Mizzou

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NCAA March Madness
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Relive the top moments from Day 2 of Round 1 🔥