CMJ

Wisconsin's view. It's mostly about them, but some nice things said about us near the end of the piece. https://uwbadgers.com/news/2023/3/23/mens-basketball-lucas-badgers-prepare-for-battle-with-mean-green-in-vegas.aspx

I don't know, if UNC, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, or UCLA went a decade without a Sweet 16 -- I still think they'd get a lot of hate. Connecticut always seems to fly under the radar, even when they were winning. Indiana has been out of the championship mix long enough that I guess it makes sense their hate has evaporated. Many don't even consider them a blue blood any more.

My wife and I loved Hoover Dam. Spent several hours there.

I'm really not sure why Connecticut doesn't get the hate that other blue bloods get. Since 1999 they have more championships than anyone.

I stayed at the Luxor years ago and it was super nice. I guess it's gone downhill in the last 20 years or so.

All three of their tournament appearances have come right down to the end in memorable ways.

Gonzaga/UCLA never seems to disappoint. They always play classics.

Owls with a huge run. You know Tennessee is gonna respond. Have to dig in.

I suspect the crowd in Vegas will be heavily in their favor.

FAU is RIGHT THERE with 12 minutes left.

At least not on Saturday or Sunday! If you play MSU on Thursday or Friday you have a better shot (as KSU showed tonight).

Markquis Nowell put on a show.

I guess since we're the best remaining seed, we'll wear the home whites in both games (if we beat Wisconsin). EDIT: Actually if they're doing this with S curve, the Badgers are probably a better 2 seed than we are, so they may get to wear the home jersey.

Hell, I think even Motel 6 has a casino in Vegas!

It's the worst court in America. I hate that we get so many Oregon games on TV here - lol.

He definitely is offensively! Bell was a better defender IMHO. By the time he's a senior, I might rate Scott as the better player. As of now though, I still say Bell was.

I assume that they know people who are close to Mac. I remember a couple of people on the board having a head's up about LSU a day or two before it broke because they knew folks close to JJ's staff. Probably the same sort of thing.

I have heard from more than one person that Hodge does want to be a head coach.

GMG.com Search Firm. We'll get a group of ten of us and charge 500K. I volunteer.

My guess was Cincinnati's arena was pre-scheduled for something. Same thing happened to Oklahoma State in the first round - they had to go on the road as a 1 seed.

I wouldn't say that. Trilli was the bottom of the barrel.

Should we make it past Wisconsin it's about 90% certain that I'll be there for the Final against UAB or Utah Valley. We'll cut out early Thursday and hopefully make it to Vegas with around an hour to spare. Like I said, we were going there on Friday anyway. Unless some sort of emergency comes up, that's our plan. I think my wife is even more excited about the plan than I am. Of course that's probably just because she'll be taking off work after about half a day on Thursday, but still.

I'd expect the arena to be overwhelmingly for Utah Valley. They're by far the closest school.

I'd say JJ elevated the program considering where it was prior.