March Madness First Round - Thursday/Friday Games Thread

I have my Lehigh and Mercer hats and would love to add a Sienna hat t collection but I just don't see it happening. dook** is the best program in the country and by far the best team in the NCAAT. Sienna you had a great 1st half but there is no way you can continue that in the 2nd half.
I absolutely agree with you. Not only do I agree with you now, but I also agreed with you on March 16, 2018 while I was sitting in the Charlotte Coliseum watching #1 seed Virginia lose to #16 seed UMBC. The first time Virginia losing even occurred to me was with about five minutes to go, when not only had Virginia not put UMBC away, but UMBC had a double digit lead and eventually won by 20.
 
I wonder in the day of NIL if the smaller schools just have more desire to win in the tournament than the bigger schools since their players are getting paid so much more. Not saying that desire to win will always beat the bigger schools' talent, though.
Part of it is that there are still 10-15 special players every year that there's always been. The biggest difference is now there is less talent difference between 15-100 than there used to be between 15-25. There are a lot of teams that don't really have a serious weakness. When they gell and one or two overachieve, it can get dangerous for a game or a season.
 
I am a 1976 graduate of Wisconsin
And I am practically crying for joy for High Point
THe post game interview was almost scary how much a"chip on the shoulder " that the HP COach had
lol
Their coach looked like he had just mainlined adrenaline during that interview haha. So awesome.
 
I absolutely agree with you. Not only do I agree with you now, but I also agreed with you on March 16, 2018 while I was sitting in the Charlotte Coliseum watching #1 seed Virginia lose to #16 seed UMBC. The first time Virginia losing even occurred to me was with about five minutes to go, when not only had Virginia not put UMBC away, but UMBC had a double digit lead and eventually won by 20.
Yeah but dook** is so much better than UVA was back then. There is no way Sienna wins this game but I admire their moxie.
 
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