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pfrduke
03-13-2018, 03:01 AM
Reddit has been doing college imperialism maps this year for both football and basketball. The principle is that each school is assigned counties based on geographic proximity* and then as teams win games, they conquer the losing team's land. From the start of the season, there are only 14 schools left (https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/comments/83puh0/college_basketball_imperialism_map_march_11_2018/) with land heading into the tournament, but I thought I would re-start the map (https://imgur.com/pvntlao) using just the 68 tournament teams. I'm going to try to update this in real time as tournament results come in. Let's hope the map is awash in Duke Blue in 3 weeks.
*measured by using the great circle distance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great-circle_distance#Computational_formulas) from the school's basketball arena to the geographic center of the county. This explains why, for example, Duke (not UNC) gets Orange County (Cameron is a mile closer to the center of Orange County than the Smith Center).
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4791/25910899777_990a860318_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FtE8Mk)
MarkD83
03-13-2018, 07:21 AM
I am a visual person and love these maps during the season.
They do need to check their geography however. U Penn and the Palestra are located in downtown Philly. Villanova and the Pavilion are located in the western suburbs. This means New Jersey should be colored for Penn and South Eastern Pa for Villanova.
tbyers11
03-13-2018, 07:35 AM
I am a visual person and love these maps during the season.
They do need to check their geography however. U Penn and the Palestra are located in downtown Philly. Villanova and the Pavilion are located in the western suburbs. This means New Jersey should be colored for Penn and South Eastern Pa for Villanova.
The map is created using the home arena for each team. With The Pavilion under construction, Nova's official home arena is the Wells Fargo Center this year.
WFC is in the Sports Complex south and east of the Palestra. So I think the map is correct
budwom
03-13-2018, 08:26 AM
Not sure I can decipher the logo, but New England looks like it's reigned by the New England Patriots, which is a bit confusing. As for parts of western Vermont being influenced by
Syracuse, let me just say this: no.
Bluedog
03-13-2018, 09:36 AM
Not sure I can decipher the logo, but New England looks like it's reigned by the New England Patriots, which is a bit confusing. As for parts of western Vermont being influenced by
Syracuse, let me just say this: no.
Hopefully in a few days, you'll recognize the Providence FRIARS when the beat UNC!
pfrduke
03-13-2018, 11:46 AM
I am a visual person and love these maps during the season.
They do need to check their geography however. U Penn and the Palestra are located in downtown Philly. Villanova and the Pavilion are located in the western suburbs. This means New Jersey should be colored for Penn and South Eastern Pa for Villanova.
The map is created using the home arena for each team. With The Pavilion under construction, Nova's official home arena is the Wells Fargo Center this year.
WFC is in the Sports Complex south and east of the Palestra. So I think the map is correct
You're both right. If you used the Pavilion instead of Wells Fargo, the counties would fully swap, plus Villanova would pick up Cecil County in NE Maryland from UMBC.
budwom
03-13-2018, 11:54 AM
Hopefully in a few days, you'll recognize the Providence FRIARS when the beat UNC!
Ha, good grief, I've lived in New England for almost half a century and have met one Friars fan during that time..let's just hope the logo we're not looking at too much is that of the
Rhode Island Rams, as at least one of their logos looks godawful similar to that of the creeps eight miles down the road.
Hopefully in a few days, you'll recognize the Providence FRIARS when the beat UNC!
They won't get the chance.
They're going to beat Lipscomb instead. (Check my bracket in the Yahoo bracket challenge.)
Not sure I can decipher the logo, but New England looks like it's reigned by the New England Patriots
Looks like they cheated again.
pfrduke
03-13-2018, 08:48 PM
Radford defeats Long Island to take over the smallest geographical land mass of any of the 68 teams (look for the change from black to red at the corner of Long Island and eastern NJ).
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4794/38987018740_bfb10c9b04_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22p9Eoh)
BigWayne
03-13-2018, 09:22 PM
Well the main thing I got out of this so far was to figure out what team in SoCal is represented by an elephant. (http://www.fullertontitans.com/traditions/name)
pfrduke
03-14-2018, 02:21 AM
Bonnies conquer the coast, taking out UCLA and claiming Hawaii in the process.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4784/40758819592_5ce57f5319_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/256HB3Q)
pfrduke
03-14-2018, 09:37 PM
Both of the 16/16 play-in games ended up changing just tiny spots of land on the map. This one is right next door to Duke - Durham County is under Mike Davis's control (at least for a couple days) which gives me bad 2002 flashbacks.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/810/26945808218_114b13f663_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/H47j1j)
pfrduke
03-15-2018, 12:01 AM
The ACC extends its expansion to the desert:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4779/39007140030_095666fb9f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22qVMK5)
JasonEvans
03-15-2018, 12:47 AM
These are really cool and I bet you will have trouble keeping up starting tomorrow. I would expect end of day updates at the most.
Also, how are there only 14 teams left in the one that started at the beginning of the year? Can you show that one and explain what is going on with it?
akg4y
03-15-2018, 01:20 AM
These are really cool and I bet you will have trouble keeping up starting tomorrow. I would expect end of day updates at the most.
Also, how are there only 14 teams left in the one that started at the beginning of the year? Can you show that one and explain what is going on with it?
On Reddit they just do 1 per day at the end of the day. Makes a bit less sense to do it that way during the tourney but yeah doing one after every game is probably not that realistic.
pfrduke
03-15-2018, 01:32 AM
On Reddit they just do 1 per day at the end of the day. Makes a bit less sense to do it that way during the tourney but yeah doing one after every game is probably not that realistic.
Believe it or not, it takes about 5-10 minutes to update the map after each game (will take a little longer once there is more consolidation), so I'm going to try to do one after each game. We'll see if it sticks.
pfrduke
03-15-2018, 01:52 AM
Also, how are there only 14 teams left in the one that started at the beginning of the year? Can you show that one and explain what is going on with it?
At the start of the season, every county was assigned to the closest team to the center - that resulted in something like 324 of the 351 teams owning land.* Every time one team beats another team that has land, they take the land. Early in the season, there is a lot of consolidation because a lot of teams that both have land play each other. Later in the season, consolidated tracts of land tend to just get passed around from one team to another - in particular, because it's unusual that more than 1 or 2 teams in any conference goes into conference play with land. By this point in the year, pretty much every county has been passed around at least 6-7 times, and some as many as 20. There's a GIF of the maps (https://jsfiddle.net/941took3/158/show/) at the end of every day of the season that shows how things have passed around (I do not have the time to do the full season one - that's a lot more work).
*Oddly enough, the NCAA tournament has FOUR teams who did not start with land on the all-schools map: UCLA, Loyola Chicago, Cal State Fullerton, and UNC Greensboro.
Wow, some teams sure have huge tracts of land.
JasonEvans
03-15-2018, 11:11 AM
Wow, some teams sure have huge tracts of land.
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/167/756/c4b.gif
left_hook_lacey
03-15-2018, 11:29 AM
What I learned from this. Counties in Nevada are huuuuuuge.
94duke
03-15-2018, 11:30 AM
Wasn't there one of these maps in gif form from the 2015 tournament?
pfrduke
03-15-2018, 12:53 PM
Wasn't there one of these maps in gif form from the 2015 tournament?
Yes (http://forums.dukebasketballreport.com/forums/showthread.php?40524-2015-National-Title-Graphically-and-Geographically-Represented).
pfrduke
03-15-2018, 02:43 PM
Map after the tourney's first OT game:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4771/40119179304_6f41a70da2_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/248chh1)
pfrduke
03-15-2018, 02:46 PM
And just minutes later it changes again - Vols beat Raiders:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/797/40786494652_35aeb67d0e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/259arT3)
pfrduke
03-15-2018, 03:49 PM
Close but no cigar for UNCG:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/808/40120091614_65d9ce0ecd_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/248gXtu)
pfrduke
03-15-2018, 03:59 PM
Once again, the 16 vs. 1 fails:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/803/40787468292_f8a65c678d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/259friW)
pfrduke
03-15-2018, 05:06 PM
The Devils storm the Hudson Valley and Long Island
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/819/40791542552_ceee2b80f7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/259BjrN)
pfrduke
03-15-2018, 06:03 PM
Loyola rambles on to South Beach
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/810/39938859705_be0cfdc3b8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23Rg6xp)
pfrduke
03-15-2018, 06:13 PM
I'm going to miss the Jackrabbit at the top of the map. At least Monte (the Montana grizzly) is still around for a while.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/788/39938860215_5c630e34d3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23Rg6Gc)
pfrduke
03-15-2018, 07:18 PM
The first half of the first day ends with Pirates invading eastern NC (a historically common experience in that neck of the woods)
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/787/40791544072_7d2fcd9e25_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/259BjU1)
pfrduke
03-15-2018, 10:09 PM
Catching up from the evening session.
Nova takes Manhattan (and Appalachia)
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4772/40833541251_907ae08059_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25djzci)
pfrduke
03-15-2018, 10:10 PM
With one exception, the state of North Carolina played the role of Poland today - Kentucky took the lands to the center-west
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/815/25962051377_4b89d5c3ae_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Fybint)
pfrduke
03-15-2018, 10:13 PM
The battle of Texas was won by the West
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/789/40833542821_1f1cb8edc1_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25djzEn)
pfrduke
03-15-2018, 10:14 PM
Houston adds the Southern California coast to the Gulf coast
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4774/25962052207_74dda82738_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FybiBM)
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 12:01 AM
Alabama invades ACC country
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/799/25963197877_240a06808c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FyhbbH)
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 12:01 AM
Buffalo eliminates the Pac-12 from the map
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/807/39024917240_dd0d2c86d1_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22suUhG)
brevity
03-16-2018, 12:05 AM
Buffalo eliminates the Pac-12 from the map
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/807/39024917240_dd0d2c86d1_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22suUhG)
Not sure which is weirder: the Grand Canyon State overtaken entirely by New Yorkers, or a different set of Pirates conquering East Carolina.
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 12:46 AM
Florida goes bi-coastal
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/807/39940727805_01269d6758_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23RqES2)
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 12:48 AM
And to end the day, we have to say goodbye to Monte. Michigan and Ohio State now neighbor in two different places, as do Syracuse and Buffalo - they made parallel land grabs.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/796/39940728715_2ed302c18a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23RqF8H)
Florida goes bi-coastal
...
And I thought it was a conservative state ...
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 02:58 PM
Day 2 begins with more SEC expansion, this time in the northeast
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/810/40136883134_18538e7570_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/249L21s)
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 03:01 PM
And the west coast teams continue their struggles
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4774/40136882694_a93de7dd70_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/249L1SS)
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 04:00 PM
There's something appropriate about the Thundering Herd conquering lands across the plains
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/793/40804588932_e6920e59f6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25aLbFo)
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 04:02 PM
Cincinnati's win puts neighboring cats' paws in the southeast
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/816/40137728554_b97dfb1fa3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/249QmjE)
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 05:04 PM
Ugh.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4794/40846975451_4aeb311a63_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25evqHr)
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 05:29 PM
Butler conquers the Ozarks
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/809/40138858104_11d960bb7a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/249W96E)
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 06:43 PM
Press Virginia takes the Mississippi Valley
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/806/39954245285_d18f7499dc_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23SBX92)
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 06:54 PM
The West goes east for once - Nevada and Gonzaga are the only Pacific time zone teams to make the second round
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/787/25976886067_5ffed55f35_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FzukcZ)
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 09:34 PM
Kansas State conquers its neighbor to the north.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/790/40141655144_7d0820cafb_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24abtyu)
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 09:35 PM
Central PA looks Spartan
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4788/40850122391_8df510aaaa_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25eMyc2)
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 10:14 PM
Auburn goes coastal
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/800/39956523815_9116db678f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23SPCt2)
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 10:39 PM
Had to change colors for Xavier because it was going to border too much silver/gray next to Nevada in Texas and Seton Hall in NC
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4773/39041429620_18479d3cf0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22tXwQU)
pfrduke
03-16-2018, 11:43 PM
Virginia gets Retrieved. Woof.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4771/26981576908_c91f8b8514_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/H7gCMS)
pfrduke
03-17-2018, 12:05 AM
Northeast Texas goes Orange
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/795/26981830478_9025db49e6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/H7hWaL)
pfrduke
03-17-2018, 12:20 AM
ACC neighbors in the Southwest
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/814/40143506714_ceda4047a8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24akXY7)
pfrduke
03-17-2018, 12:55 AM
Noles take Missouri to set the round of 32
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/815/40143869224_887ab57b9e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24anPJh)
pfrduke
03-17-2018, 02:47 PM
Villanova expands its Blue Ridge holding and enters the deep south.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4777/39053938820_6b63021256_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22v4DoL)
TruBlu
03-17-2018, 03:54 PM
And if Duke gets a victory today, we pick up the large geographic area of Rhode Island.
pfrduke
03-17-2018, 04:50 PM
More Duke Blue
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/821/40824112732_9ecdcc8d2c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25cufqC)
pfrduke
03-17-2018, 10:45 PM
Catching up on the afternoon - Kentucky gets a couple corners
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/794/39060062040_de1d431b02_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22vB2Bw)
pfrduke
03-17-2018, 10:46 PM
Loyola Ramblers on again
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/818/40161660074_3c0bba63e9_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24bX1k5)
pfrduke
03-17-2018, 10:48 PM
Kansas consolidates NE land (the Midwest regional has essentially the entire NY metro area, oddly enough)
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/812/40161673484_1a1b2b5b1f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24bX5jh)
pfrduke
03-17-2018, 10:49 PM
Gonzaga has by far the most (and emptiest) land in the tourney
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4778/40869750921_9e79a134d4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25gwa4X)
pfrduke
03-17-2018, 11:17 PM
Raiders raid
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/798/40870076461_b25b84ac81_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25gxPQH)
pfrduke
03-18-2018, 12:25 AM
Michigan steals some land and gets the map to halfway through the second round.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4775/40162912084_f808810cce_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24c4qvs)
pfrduke
03-18-2018, 02:30 PM
Boilermakers win the battle of Indiana, claim Arkansas to boot
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/794/40175468714_898aa0c9dc_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24daMa5)
Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
03-18-2018, 02:32 PM
Just wanted to say, I love these visual representations. Thanks.
left_hook_lacey
03-18-2018, 02:41 PM
I wonder if Texas tech is considering selling Louisiana back to the US dirt cheap.
MarkD83
03-18-2018, 02:47 PM
There is a lot of consolidation on the map except for the nc triangle area that can't be consolidated until the final game
vfefrenzy
03-18-2018, 07:30 PM
Welcome, aTm.
pfrduke
03-18-2018, 07:54 PM
Syracuse takes Sparta (sort of)
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/798/27018228698_798f6d171d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Havu6h)
pfrduke
03-18-2018, 07:55 PM
Best one so far:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/796/39078859610_4f6aec28c4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22xgnty)
wilson
03-18-2018, 07:58 PM
Best one so far:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/796/39078859610_4f6aec28c4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22xgnty)My favorite part was zooming in to see the maroon blotch in Orange County.
El_Diablo
03-18-2018, 08:05 PM
My favorite part was zooming in to see the maroon blotch in Orange County.
I think Orange County is actually Duke blue.
Reddevil
03-18-2018, 08:52 PM
Gonzaga winning the land war.
Gonzaga winning the land war.
But who has the most people? We have Manhattan (New York County) I believe (or did that go to Seton Hall originally?)
Gonzaga winning the land war.
Imagine what it would look like if Alaska were shown to scale with the continental US ...
Imagine what it would look like if Alaska were shown to scale with the continental US ...
The folks in Alaska say that if Texas gets too uppity, they'll split in half and Texas can be the third largest state...
-jk
wilson
03-18-2018, 09:15 PM
I think Orange County is actually Duke blue.Chatham County or whatever then; I like that spot.
pfrduke
03-18-2018, 11:50 PM
Catching up - I have no idea how Nevada is still on this map
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/794/40849892342_3ea4438de8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25eLnNE)
pfrduke
03-18-2018, 11:51 PM
Clemson consolidates most of South Carolina
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/817/39082245850_4d0e3e0e02_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22xyJ61)
pfrduke
03-18-2018, 11:52 PM
RIP the Retriever. He was a good boy.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/817/27021328108_a25b89402f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HaMnro)
pfrduke
03-18-2018, 11:53 PM
Seminoles take small scattered plots of land across the country
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4774/27021331928_b24bba7fe8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HaMozf)
pfrduke
03-18-2018, 11:54 PM
Going to go ahead and give the battle of West Virginia to the Mountaineers. Victory comes with land in Kansas and Colorado
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/798/40183964564_ac0a215a36_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24dVjFf)
Going to go ahead and give the battle of West Virginia to the Mountaineers. Victory comes with land in Kansas and Colorado
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/798/40183964564_ac0a215a36_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24dVjFf)
Strange. St. Patty's day weekend and green is gone.
uh_no
03-19-2018, 09:05 AM
Strange. St. Patty's day weekend and green is gone.
next up: orange.
wilson
03-19-2018, 09:11 AM
Strange. St. Patty's day weekend and green is gone.
next up: orange....but if, say, northeastern Kansas wants to be orange as of Friday evening, I'd be ok with it.
JasonEvans
03-19-2018, 11:14 AM
Seminoles take small scattered plots of land across the country
"She's got small scattered plots of land..."
Doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPX-mW4l1rU
dragoneye776
03-19-2018, 01:42 PM
This is the general map from the beginning of the season... no wonder they say blue bloods rule college basketball
https://i.imgur.com/gW7Gf4l.jpg
pfrduke
03-22-2018, 10:54 PM
Ramblers storm the west
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/804/40921404922_7b16e1fd9e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25m5U1b)
pfrduke
03-22-2018, 10:55 PM
Aggie land goes yellow
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/796/40921409042_df674b63b6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25m5Ved)
Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
03-22-2018, 11:26 PM
Ready for some Duke manifest destiny
pfrduke
03-23-2018, 12:21 AM
Purple reigns over Big Blue Nation.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/804/40255112004_f0a7c18725_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24kcYkf)
pfrduke
03-23-2018, 12:29 AM
FSU eliminates the west from the tournament.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/793/40255222844_4df40f0bb1_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24kdxhh)
pfrduke
03-24-2018, 12:53 AM
Kansas takes Tiger country
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/804/39171726000_7073f3089d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22Ftkqd)
pfrduke
03-24-2018, 12:54 AM
Nova takes mountain(eer) land
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4779/39171728470_a5dc342b35_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22Ftm9N)
pfrduke
03-24-2018, 12:55 AM
All the Orange turns Duke blue
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/794/39171731100_790d4ea2b8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22FtmW9)
pfrduke
03-24-2018, 12:56 AM
Texas Tech raids Boiler country
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4777/40271130814_f54dcc1680_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24mC5aC)
Still bugs me that Durham Co isn't ours! We must take it back!
Bull City Proud!
-jk
pfrduke
03-24-2018, 01:04 AM
Still bugs me that Durham Co isn't ours! We must take it back!
Bull City Proud!
-jk
Would need to win the title to do that. I'm on board.
We'd have Durham County any year that NCCU doesn't make the tournament.
Would need to win the title to do that. I'm on board...
That was my point...
-jk
pfrduke
03-24-2018, 08:57 PM
Wolves beat cats for first Final Four spot and control of all South Regional land
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/803/40287552374_d0bdf3f7c3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24o5eHY)
pfrduke
03-24-2018, 11:29 PM
This map has a LOT of yellow. West Regional has by far the most land.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/801/27127750218_92f8beae93_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HkbP2m)
pfrduke
03-25-2018, 10:40 PM
An impressive contiguous path for Villanova from Northeast Indiana to New Orleans to the Rocky Mountains and then the Rio Grande.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/793/40126344805_24499b94b6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/248Q1k8)
pfrduke
03-25-2018, 10:41 PM
Worst map of the tournament. Also, the Midwest regional was a lot more eastern and the East regional was a lot more midwestern.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/793/40126349955_f3703f0a5e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/248Q2RV)
DukieInKansas
03-26-2018, 02:08 PM
Worst map of the tournament. Also, the Midwest regional was a lot more eastern and the East regional was a lot more midwestern.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/793/40126349955_f3703f0a5e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/248Q2RV)
This map makes me very sad.
This map makes me very sad.
Could be worse. Much worse. Could be the Tar Heel logo all over the place instead of Michigan.
Thanks to @pfrduke for doing this. It was interesting to watch unfold.
DukieInKansas
03-26-2018, 03:26 PM
Could be worse. Much worse. Could be the Tar Heel logo all over the place instead of Michigan.
Thanks to @pfrduke for doing this. It was interesting to watch unfold.
True. I have a family rooting interest in both Michigan and KU. Neice's boyfriend sent condolences on the loss to KU and asked if I was going to root for Nova or join the rest of the family on the darkside. I took the 5th on that question.
HereBeforeCoachK
03-26-2018, 05:57 PM
True. I have a family rooting interest in both Michigan and KU. Neice's boyfriend sent condolences on the loss to KU and asked if I was going to root for Nova or join the rest of the family on the darkside. I took the 5th on that question.
I'm thinking the Nova logo will win out.......Nova was ripe for the taking yesterday, but Tex Tech couldn't take them. I don't think Nova has another game shooting that poorly. I think they beat Michigan for the title.
pfrduke
04-01-2018, 01:43 AM
Michigan controls pretty much everything west of Lake Michigan and north of Colorado
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/897/39341468820_3c0e592b0c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22Wtj3y)
pfrduke
04-01-2018, 01:44 AM
And Nova, for its part, has the sun belt, with a contiguous path from Georgia to the Pacific coast. I have a feeling this map will be even bluer after Monday.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/884/26278951377_265c1f250e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/G3buGz)
Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
04-01-2018, 05:49 AM
And Nova, for its part, has the sun belt, with a contiguous path from Georgia to the Pacific coast. I have a feeling this map will be even bluer after Monday.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/884/26278951377_265c1f250e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/G3buGz)
Regardless of brackets or rooting interest, that Nova color is a bit too close for comfort. Guess I need to pull for the maize and blue.
pfrduke
04-03-2018, 01:31 AM
And it's a Nova nation. Only 9 teams started with less land.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/894/41201734481_3465d6c29a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25LREdr)
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