NCAAT thread (It's ON!)

State’s going to get a hero’s welcome when they return to campus. Making the First Four is a big deal to them and much better than they usually do.
 
Keep in mind both lol and SMU are considered 11 seeds (as is VCU) and they both beat us. SMU did it when we were at full strength injury-wise. Perhaps don't burn our neighbor's house down just yet... it doesn't make ours look any better.
 
Centerpiece said:
Yes, we have a March Madness Selection show thread... but that's passé at this point. Time for the real thing.
The NCAA Tournament First Four begins in Dayton, OH, tonight (March 17, 2026) at the UD Arena with two games.
The matchups are UMBC vs. Howard at 6:40 p.m. ET, followed by Texas vs. NC State at approximately 9:15 p.m. ET.
Let the 2026 NCAA March Madness begin!
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These aren't real NCAA March Madness games.

March Madness begins Thursday morning at 9:15am PT.
 
Meatloaf=Steak said:
Amuse me. What does beating an 11 seed with a tenth the payroll have to do with making fun of Steak College losing?
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Apologies. I shan't be amusing you.
However, I will make my point: it's bad form at this point simply because we've yet to beat anyone in the tournament ourselves (seeding notwithstanding). In my considered opinion it's nothing but bad karma. But you do you.
But make no mistake, I'm happy lolstate lost... I just won't gloat on it just yet.
 
I was curious, so I went back to look at all the teams that are in the Pacific time zone that have an appeared in the Final Four since 2000. And even though Arizona is not in the Pacific time zone, I am going to include them as well since AZ borders CA. So here it is, starting with most recent:

2023 - San Diego State
2021 - Gonzaga, UCLA (this was the only Final Four ever that did not include a single team from east of the Mississippi River; Baylor and Houston were the two other teams)
2017 - Gonzaga, Oregon
2008 - UCLA
2007 - UCLA
2006 - UCLA
2001 - Arizona

So in the previous 25 Final Fours, that’s a total of 9 appearances in 7 different years by 5 different programs.
 
Icky Mettle said:
I was curious, so I went back to look at all the teams that are in the Pacific time zone that have an appeared in the Final Four since 2000. And even though Arizona is not in the Pacific time zone, I am going to include them as well since AZ borders CA. So here it is, starting with most recent:

2023 - San Diego State
2021 - Gonzaga, UCLA (this was the only Final Four ever that did not include a single team from east of the Mississippi River; Baylor and Houston were the two other teams)
2017 - Gonzaga, Oregon
2008 - UCLA
2007 - UCLA
2006 - UCLA
2001 - Arizona

So in the previous 25 Final Fours, that’s a total of 9 appearances in 7 different years by 5 different programs.
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Yeah but they dont win it....that was my point.

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