2026 NCAA Tournament General Discussion

[zwem]

Their sweet 16 matchup was going to be a team rattled by a key player missing no matter who it eas and they got to play an ass Tennessee team in the elite 8 because the 2 seed Iowa State got slammed by injuries. I don't care what anyone says there is some luck in that

Michigan’s back up point guard (Cason) who was one of the best backup point guards in the country if not the best, tore his ACL after the Illinois and Yaxel was hurt last night. Injuries happen. It’s just excuses. Alabama or Iowa state isn’t keeping up with Michigan with how they have played in this tourney. They are on a mission right now.

 

[zwem]

Choking in every previous year. Call it underperforming relative to his high NBA level talent this year. Either way, he’s not a great coach to me.

Dusty May, on the other hand, is a great one. Yaxel goes out and you barely miss a beat. Best team in the country and they’ll prove that on Monday pretty easily.

Reed can be neutralized by Michigans bigs and Mullins will struggle to get shots off vs the length. Would take a guard play miracle in favor of UConn to be close.

This sucks.

Even if UConn wins on Monday, I’m happy with how Reed has turned out. He was part of the shit show under Howard who I was never a fan of. Hurley saw something in him and if they win Monday, I’ll be happy for him, Karaban, and Mullins. I have no hate toward them and I have a feeling it’s going to come down to the wire on Monday.

 

[buckeyemania11]

Michigan’s back up point guard (Cason) who was one of the best backup point guards in the country if not the best, tore his ACL after the Illinois and Yaxel was hurt last night. Injuries happen. It’s just excuses. Alabama or Iowa state isn’t keeping up with Michigan with how they have played in this tourney. They are on a mission right now.

Uh huh getting a comically easy road through injury/suspension rattled teams makes zero difference. Got it.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Arizona is a damn joke. No direction. Just downhill out of control offense.

Just sayin': Yeah, but financially, their coach made out real well. Getting to the Final Four made UNC consider Lloyd for their vacancy which in turn got Arizona to give him a much bigger contract. He went from ≈ $4.5M a year to ≈ $7.5M a year.

Tommy Lloyd agrees to new 5-year deal with Arizona

Coach Tommy Lloyd has agreed to a new deal with Arizona, he announced Friday.

www.espn.com

Tommy Lloyd agrees to new 5-year deal with Arizona​

Per ESPN sources, Arizona's new deal with Lloyd will make him one of the five highest-paid coaches in college basketball, as he'll start in 2026-27 at nearly $7.2 million and will average $7.5 million over the life of the deal.

 

[Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux]

Dusty May, on the other hand, is a great one

Been impressed with him since he got FAU to the final 4