🏀 🏆 MARCH MADNESS 🏆- Kansas stages historic comeback to beat North Carolina in down-to-the-wire thriller for NCAA men's basketball title

[1CrimsonTider]

 

[TerryP]

First thought:

We're going to miss the CBS intro to college football.

The music with CBS for basketball has its niche.

 

[TerryP]

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[UA Press Release]

Alabama Holds Final Practice in Tuscaloosa, Travels to San Diego for NCAA Tournament - Alabama Athletics

SAN DIEGO – The Alabama men's basketball team held its final practice in Tuscaloosa Tuesday morning before departing for San Diego ahead of Friday afternoon'...

rolltide.com

SAN DIEGO – The Alabama men's basketball team held its final practice in Tuscaloosa Tuesday morning before departing for San Diego ahead of Friday afternoon's NCAA Tournament contest. The sixth-seeded Crimson Tide will play the winner of Wednesday's First Four contest between No. 11 seeds Notre Dame and Rutgers.

Alabama began the travel day with a spirited practice that lasted for just under two hours. After head coach Nate Oats and select student-athletes met with the local media one final time, the Crimson Tide boarded its charter flight and made the nearly four-hour flight into San Diego.

Once the Tide landed and checked into the team hotel, a team dinner followed by a shooting session ensued as Alabama settled into its first night on the West coast.



The Crimson Tide will open play in the West Region of the 2022 NCAA Tournament Friday afternoon (3:15 p.m. CT/1:15 p.m. PT) when it takes on the winner of No. 11 seeds Notre Dame and Rutgers in Wednesday night's First Four contest

 

[TerryP]

 

[TerryP]

Here's something that doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Two games last night and both are considered "play-in" games, correct?

If it's a game to play your way into the tournament—which also means you weren't in the tournament before the game, outside the 64 teams selected—how do you win your way in and become an 11 seed? Since you were outside the 64, at best, shouldn't it be a 16 seed?

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Here's something that doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Two games last night and both are considered "play-in" games, correct?

If it's a game to play your way into the tournament—which also means you weren't in the tournament before the game, outside the 64 teams selected—how do you win your way in and become an 11 seed? Since you were outside the 64, at best, shouldn't it be a 16 seed?

I didn't understood that change, beyond that they acknowledge many of the automatic qualifiers are much weaker teams and they appropriately fill the lower portions of the bracket, and that even the last teams in are rated above them.

I'm glad our first opponent is coming off an OT game.

 

[EasyTider]

I didn't understood that change, beyond that they acknowledge many of the automatic qualifiers are much weaker teams and they appropriately fill the lower portions of the bracket, and that even the last teams in are rated above them.

I'm glad our first opponent is coming off an OT game.

I'm glad we're not playing Notre Dame today (St Patrick's Day)

 

[TerryP]

I didn't understood that change, beyond that they acknowledge many of the automatic qualifiers are much weaker teams and they appropriately fill the lower portions of the bracket, and that even the last teams in are rated above them.

I'm glad our first opponent is coming off an OT game.

Add to that you've got one team coming in as a 12 seed, the other an 11 seed, and the remaining two coming in as 16 seeds.

Go back to the day before yesterday. Bryant, who won their conference, lost to Wright State who also won their conference to earn a 16 seed. Two conference winners, evidently not AQ's with those win, are playing for ...

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[TerryP]

I'm glad our first opponent is coming off an OT game.

There may be an advantage, late, there with the two playing styles. I've not seen anyone who expects ND to slow the game down.

KenPom has Bama winning by two: 78-76 / 59%. Bama -4 the consensus this morning.

 

[alabama mike]

I just want us to decide to play defense for an entire game. It starts up front with the guards.

Alabama basketball to face Notre Dame in NCAA Tournament first round

Alabama now knows its first-round NCAA Tournament opponent.

247sports.com

 

[bama alum]

I just want us to decide to play defense for an entire game. It starts up front with the guards.

Hopefully those dead legs from a 2OT game make their job a bit easier.

 

[bamanc50]

Hopefully those dead legs from a 2OT game make their job a bit easier.

If the 3’s are not falling and they don’t play defense it doesn’t matter whether or not ND played 2 or 5 OT’s. Early line ND -4.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

If the 3’s AND FREE THROWS are not falling and they don’t play defense it doesn’t matter whether or not ND played 2 or 5 OT’s. Early line ND -4.

Added FTs to ur post

 

[TerryP]

If the 3’s are not falling and they don’t play defense it doesn’t matter whether or not ND played 2 or 5 OT’s. Early line ND -4.

+4

 

[UAgrad93]

Defense and protect the damn basketball!!! No lazy ass passes, standing and waiting for a long pass to get to you, or leaving your feet before deciding what you are going to do with the ball!!

 

[UAgrad93]

I left my feet one time before deciding what to do with it and my coach chewed my ass out for it, because it resulted in a turnover. It didn’t happen a second time!!

 

[TerryP]

FWIW, if you're in a need to stream...

Watch March Madness Live on NCAA | NCAA.com

Watch March Madness Live to see every NCAA live stream of tournament games from the First Four to the NCAA Final Four in Phoenix.

www.ncaa.com

 

[Rolltide24]

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I left my feet one time before deciding what to do with it and my coach chewed my ass out for it, because it resulted in a turnover. It didn’t happen a second time!!

Look at 93 skying for the lay in! Big air in the Converse! We got similar teams shoes my sophomore year, in our blue and white school colors. Stepped it up to pump up black Reeboks my senior year. Because black shoes supposedly made us look slower to the opponents.

 

[TerryP]

I saw mention of Notre Dame arriving in San Diego at quarter 'til six this morning.