2023 Match Madness

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2023 Match Madness

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The top four seeds:

Kansas, Purdue, Houston, Alabama

Notable team not making it is UNC.

With Marshall and Ohio State out, really not much local interest.

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2023/03/ncaa-m ... le-bracket
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Should be a very interesting Madness season. IMO...there is no team that sticks out above the rest. Houston has a two-headed monster but Sasser apparently pulled a groin vs Cincy. Bama seems to live by the 3 ball...(as does other teams). Kansas and Texas are the cream of the BIG12....while Purdue with Edey and their own 3 pt shooters can dominate at times.

Who can win six games??? Perhaps one of the aforementioned teams. Perhaps it will be someone else.

Bottom line...I will be tuned in starting Thursday at high noon....my time.

Let the Madness begin!!!


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OHHS old timer wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 9:22 pm Should be a very interesting Madness season. IMO...there is no team that sticks out above the rest. Houston has a two-headed monster but Sasser apparently pulled a groin vs Cincy. Bama seems to live by the 3 ball...(as does other teams). Kansas and Texas are the cream of the BIG12....while Purdue with Edey and their own 3 pt shooters can dominate at times.

Who can win six games??? Perhaps one of the aforementioned teams. Perhaps it will be someone else.

Bottom line...I will be tuned in starting Thursday at high noon....my time.

Let the Madness begin!!!
I'll throw UCLA in also...though I am not overly impressed. Gonzaga??? Again, who knows. Ya just gotta get hot for six games in a row. And a ya gotta have some luck also.


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Notable upsets from the early Thursday first round games:

#13 Furman 68 #4 UVA 67
#15 Princeton 59 #2 Arizona 55

So much for my brackets.


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Omega wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 9:28 pm Notable upsets from the early Thursday first round games:

#13 Furman 68 #4 UVA 67
#15 Princeton 59 #2 Arizona 55

So much for my brackets.
That Furman win was a wild one!! Still can't believe the UVa guy threw the ball like that. And that deep 3 from Pegues was a thing of beauty.


Princeton vs PAC-12....it happens again. In 1996, the Tigers scored on a back door layup with about 3 seconds left to beat #2 UCLA. This time....they went on a 9-0 run to win. Arizona just looked flabbergasted in the last two minutes.

I didn't fill out a bracket this year...good luck to those who did. I will say that Bama's road got easier with those two losses.

As JJ Watt tweeted...March Madness just got HOTTTT!


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Two more upsets today:

#15 Princeton 78 #7 Mizzou 63

#8 Arkansas 72 #1 Kansas 71
The defending national champs are eliminated


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Omega wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:24 pm Two more upsets today:

#15 Princeton 78 #7 Mizzou 63

#8 Arkansas 72 #1 Kansas 71
The defending national champs are eliminated
Princeton was a beast on the boards...forget the total but Mizzou was outrebounded by 10+ on the offensive side. So the Tigers get to the Sweet 16 for the first time in 43 appearances.

Arkansas was just a little better than rock chalk.


Also...Houston was down by 10 at the half vs Auburn..41-31. However...the Cougars opened up a fresh can in the second half. Auburn only scored 23 points while Houston put up a fifty burger


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OHHS old timer wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:49 pm
Omega wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:24 pm Two more upsets today:

#15 Princeton 78 #7 Mizzou 63

#8 Arkansas 72 #1 Kansas 71
The defending national champs are eliminated
Princeton was a beast on the boards...forget the total but Mizzou was outrebounded by 10+ on the offensive side. So the Tigers get to the Sweet 16 for the first time in 43 appearances.

Arkansas was just a little better than rock chalk.


Also...Houston was down by 10 at the half vs Auburn..41-31. However...the Cougars opened up a fresh can in the second half. Auburn only scored 23 points while Houston put up a fifty burger
SEC is showing up to play.


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#7 Sparty 69 #2 Marquette 60 in Sunday's only upset.


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East region...

7 Sparty 93
3 Kansas St 98...OT

Might be the BEST game of the tournament!! Wildcats led by 5 at half...Spartans tied with under 20 secs left regulation. Wildcats took over again in OT. Only stat I saw that really hurt MSU was turnovers...they had 13 compared to only 5 for K St.

Just an up and down game. I don't believe either side had a double digit lead.


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Wow, no number one seeds left

#5 Miami 89 #1 Houston 75
#5 San Diego 71 # 1 Alabama 64


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My bracket is gone only UConn left when was the last time no number one seed in the final four ???


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Geronimo wrote: Sat Mar 25, 2023 10:45 am My bracket is gone only UConn left when was the last time no number one seed in the final four ???
Apparently this is the first time since seeding started in 1979 that no one seed made the round of 8.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-baske ... t-history/


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That's a b-ball buster !!!


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Geronimo wrote: Sat Mar 25, 2023 12:18 pm That's a b-ball buster !!!
I was thinking Bama or Houston would win it all. Madness for sure!! If I was betting...I would take the U. Their coach, Jim Laranaga, took little James Mason to the final 4 several years ago. It's his turn...imo


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I had Bama


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Fla ATL again final 4


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#4 UConn blitzed #8 Arkansas 88-65 to win the West Regional. They will face the Midwest winner of #5 Miami vs. #2 Texas in a Final Four semifinal.

As @Geronimo pointed out
#9 FAU edged #3 Kansas State 79-76 to win the East Regional. The Owls earned a Final Four semifinal berth against the winner of #6 Creighton vs. #4 San Diego State from the South Regional.


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Omega wrote: Sun Mar 26, 2023 9:16 am #4 UConn blitzed #8 Arkansas 88-65 to win the West Regional. They will face the Midwest winner of #5 Miami vs. #2 Texas in a Final Four semifinal.

As @Geronimo pointed out
#9 FAU edged #3 Kansas State 79-76 to win the East Regional. The Owls earned a Final Four semifinal berth against the winner of #6 Creighton vs. #4 San Diego State from the South Regional.
I think you meant #3 Gonzaga. Huskies out scored the Zags 43-22 in the second half, holding the Bulldogs to seven-yes, seven-baskets. Complete butt whippin!!


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I am beginning to think that the Championship game just might be an old Big East reunion...

U Conn vs Miami

Just a thought..


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