2023 NCAAM South Regional Thread (ɐɯɐqɐl∀, ɐuozᴉɹ∀, ɹolʎɐq, ɐᴉuᴉƃɹᴉΛ)

[rolm]

Let's not cast aspersions just yet. We have a game in 30 minutes against a 12 seed. Let's not make basketball gods angry just before our game. Sorry, I'm superstitious.

[plimnko]

Does anybody still have a perfect bracket? lol

[cato]

They got kinda hosed on a call that sealed the win for SDSU. Should have been them down 3 with about 25 seconds to play and their ball after playing good D...Instead SDSU got a bailout foul call on a 3 that was forced/airballed and got to go to the line, hitting 2 to go up 5. Not saying Charleston would have won otherwise, but they would have had a much better chance. Sometimes it happens though. Wasn't the most egregious call I've ever seen as he did get precariously close on the arm & landing. Alabama was probably cheering for Charleston so that a 12 v 13 was happening in their section (of course, they need to get by Maryland first).

He got so close to contact that he contacted the shooting arm — which was a foul.

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

RIP my brackets

[rsvman]

Wow. That Buffalo loss must've stung. Jeez.

[kako]

This is correct.

1992: (14) ETSU 87, (3) Arizona 80
1993: (15) Santa Clara 64, (2) Arizona 61
1995: (12) Miami OH 71, (5) Arizona 62
1999: (13) Oklahoma 61, (4) Arizona 60
2016: (11) Wichita State 65, (6) Arizona 55
2018: (13) Buffalo 89, (4) Arizona 68
2023: (15) Princeton 59, (2)Arizona 55

To be fair, in 2009, Arizona was a 12 seed and made the Sweet 16.

Good hard data that IMO backs up my assumption. Note all the double digit seeds that beat them.

And also to be fair, we know they won it in '97.

But toss in the 2005 choke job vs. Illinois, and I submit my case: The Arizona Wildcats are the biggest perennial choker in the tournament since they went to 64 teams in '85.

9F

[rsvman]

Let's not cast aspersions just yet. We have a game in 30 minutes against a 12 seed. Let's not make basketball gods angry just before our game. Sorry, I'm superstitious.

Hoping that the upset gods have had their fill for the day...

[kako]

Does anybody still have a perfect bracket? lol

ESPN's Perfect Bracket Tracker says there are still 34,922.

9F

[curtis325]

RIP my brackets

Brackets schmackets! I love me some upsets (just not in the 7 o'clock game).

I had Arizona in the FF, but who cares?

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Brackets schmackets! I love me some upsets (just not in the 7 o'clock game).

I had Arizona in the FF, but who cares?

Oh, totally. It's a relief to lose brackets in the first six hours. Then you can enjoy the art.

[kako]

Oh, totally. It's a relief to lose brackets in the first six hours. Then you can enjoy the art.

Yeah, that's what losers say.

<Oh wait, my bracket's toast, too>

Yeah, yeah - all this bracket competition is silly. Let's just root for Duke and enjoy the Madness!

9F

[missfinch]

And anecdotally, I had an elderly gentleman in UVa attire actually grab me as I was walking into a restaurant in Washington DC at the ACC tournament in 2016 as he was exiting, to tell me how much he hated Grayson Allen.

Was it Kihei Clark?

Hahaha very good

[burnspbesq]

For I am Princeton, destroyer of brackets. Look upon my works, ye pundits, and despair.

[missfinch]

I believe if Zona loses, they would be in a select club. They would be the only school to lose TWICE as a #2 seed.

9F

Nope, it was Santa Clara with Steve Nash.

9F

…which, at the time and for a good many years thereafter, was the tournament’s biggest point spread upset ever.

[MChambers]

Exactly how I feel.

I greatly respect UVA and Bennett and root for them. I don’t like their style of play, however, and picked against them in today’s game.

[gofurman]

I greatly respect UVA and Bennett and root for them. I don’t like their style of play, however, and picked against them in today’s game.

UVA is a good team and helps the ACC. Unlike UNC cheating rtc. So w all respect I say GO FURMAN!!!!!!!!!

See my user name. I’ve been here for years (rap quote lol). Man. What a win !!!!!!!!

I fear we may lose our coach - Bob Richey - at some point. Not because of one win. But we have 3 ? 25 plus win seasons under him (a record for us) and if not for that painful shot by Chattanooga last year woulda won the weekend twice in a row. But basically are top 2/3 in SoCon easy every year now. And that’s without a guy - Noah Gurley- who transferred and plays 20 minutes after Bama now !!!

[HaveFunExpectToWin]

Pat Forde not holding back in this column on UVa. He’s not wrong.

The record: 6–0 in 2019, 7–8 otherwise. The Cavaliers are serial underachievers, glass-jawed tourney softies, the opponent every double-digit seed wants to see in its bracket on Selection Sunday.

https://www.si.com/college/2023/03/1...le-was-a-fluke

[arnie]

Pat Forde not holding back in this column on UVa. He’s not wrong.



https://www.si.com/college/2023/03/1...le-was-a-fluke

That read was brutal.

[MChambers]

Pat Forde not holding back in this column on UVa. He’s not wrong.

https://www.si.com/college/2023/03/1...le-was-a-fluke

And even in 2019 the Cavs got a lot of breaks. First, they had the softest region. Duke was the overall #1, but had the toughest region.

Second, they were extremely fortunate to get past Purdue. As Forde said, the winning shot nearly was late.

Third, in the semis, they played a wounded Auburn team, missing a starter. Even then, it took a bad no call (missed double dribble on Ty Jerome) to allow UVA to beat Auburn.

Fourth, in the finals, Texas Tech had a starter playing on a badly sprained ankle.

I sometimes think about what would have been had Zion and Co. been in that regional. Not that I'm still bitter. . .

[tommy]

State is in trouble. Can't handle Creighton's size.