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2023 NCAA Tournament and Bracket Discussion

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OHSportsFan said:
I was going to ask. How do people actually feel about this tournament and Final Four?

I love to hate on the bluebloods as much as anybody but it does feel lacking. And I think as wide open and unpredictable as this was- it really shows that March Madness does not crown the best team in the country all the time (or even most of the time?).

I think most people knew that but it is really driven home when you look at what made the final group. Upsets are fun but I like sports to feel like they crown worthy champions.

UConn definitely has an argument for being the best, but them beating SDSU or FAU in a championship game? Bleh.
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I don't gamble - any look at my history of vbets here or pick 'em leagues would tell you why.

Ohio State wasn't in it. The teams I detest (Dook, UNC, Kansas) all lost early or weren't in it at all.

There were several very entertaining games that seemed to really develop out of nowhere.

And finally, the sports media is whining and crying about it, which warms the cockles of my heart. Why? Because fuck the sports media, that's why.

I'm all for chaos given everything above, and this year absolutely delivered.
 
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I'll be interesting to see what the ratings are for SDSU v FAU. The mid-major honks are all predicting they'll be huge as everyone tunes in to see the underdogs. I think they'll be abysmal as people find something else to do than watch two schools that nobody gives a shit about. They said that about the juggalos in the football playoff, and that game (even with Bama in it) was the second least watched playoff game ever.
 
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OHSportsFan said:
I was going to ask. How do people actually feel about this tournament and Final Four?

I love to hate on the bluebloods as much as anybody but it does feel lacking. And I think as wide open and unpredictable as this was- it really shows that March Madness does not crown the best team in the country all the time (or even most of the time?).

I think most people knew that but it is really driven home when you look at what made the final group. Upsets are fun but I like sports to feel like they crown worthy champions.

UConn definitely has an argument for being the best, but them beating SDSU or FAU in a championship game? Bleh.
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You're more likely to crown the "best" team in a seven game series. But from an entertainment standpoint, I'll take the one-and-done March Madness format over the NBA playoffs every time. My favorite part of a seven game series is game seven. That's when I'm most likely to actually watch and get wrapped up in it. The first round sweeps or 4-1 wins bore the crap out of me.

If you look at winning percentage this season, Florida Atlantic comes in at number one. But because they're "Florida Atlantic" they're given a nine-seed and we're shocked to see them do what they've done all season - win games. SDSU comes in at 7th, Miami 10th, and UConn shows up at 15. It's not like some crap team who barely finished over .500 won a few games and reached the final four. They just aren't the traditional names that grab headlines and have huge followings.
 
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Jake said:
You're more likely to crown the "best" team in a seven game series. But from an entertainment standpoint, I'll take the one-and-done March Madness format over the NBA playoffs every time. My favorite part of a seven game series is game seven. That's when I'm most likely to actually watch and get wrapped up in it. The first round sweeps or 4-1 wins bore the crap out of me.

If you look at winning percentage this season, Florida Atlantic comes in at number one. But because they're "Florida Atlantic" they're given a nine-seed and we're shocked to see them do what they've done all season - win games. SDSU comes in at 7th, Miami 10th, and UConn shows up at 15. It's not like some crap team who barely finished over .500 won a few games and reached the final four. They just aren't the traditional names that grab headlines and have huge followings.
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Now if they would just go to the girls format we'd really have something!
 
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Bestbuck36 said:
Now if they would just go to the girls format we'd really have something!
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There's a thought, and beyond just the rule differences (which are better in the women's game).

The top 16 seeds host the first two rounds. That's a definite reward for earning the seed and makes it harder, though not impossible (ask Indiana and Stanford), for lower seed upsets. You're less likely to have your top seeds knocked off the first weekend.

Of course, they're doing it more for financial reasons. Having those teams at home draws bigger crowds than they would at a neutral site. Even when the women go to neutral sites the second weekend there are only two of them, drawing eight fan bases to them instead of four. The men don't need to do that, and probably make more money having cities bid to host rounds - any rounds - of the event.
 
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Scalpers are losing a lot of the bonanza they made on last year's final four.

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Setting aside the absurdity that the NCAA and CBS preferred Miami go to Houston over Texas, this simplistic notion that each team should have the same number of fouls is nonsense, too. Over 40% of Texas' shots versus Miami were threes. Less than 20% of Miami's shots were threes. Translation: Miami was taking the ball to the hoop. You're always going to draw more fouls attacking the basket than you will by launching 25 footers. Of course the Canes shot more FTs, including 8 in the last 35 seconds (foul-o-rama).

 
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