NCAA Tournament Thread

[Censored by Laurie]

  On 3/21/2025 at 11:43 PM, NorthTexasWeLove said:

And I'm not sure I'd call it a bad take...  

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you wouldn't call your take a bad take?

[CMJ]

  On 3/21/2025 at 11:38 PM, Censored by Laurie said:

all good. it was fun trivia. I know Duke's had some pretty high profile upsets through the years, but I'm guessing their run was in the middle of their early 90s run

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I believe Carolina's run was in the 80s and maybe to mid 90s (their streak was more like 14-15 years in a row).  Dean Smith always seemed to get to the Sweet 16.  I was young, but I especially remember the year they were an 8 seed and upset like a 1 seed (and favorite to win it all) Oklahoma.

 

Duke made 7 of 9 Final Fours in the late 80s and early 90s, but I think they lost in the 2nd round once.  I wanna say their run of Sweet 16s started around 1997 or so and went through the mid 00s.

Edited Friday at 11:49 PM by CMJ

[NorthTexasWeLove]

  On 3/21/2025 at 11:48 PM, Censored by Laurie said:

you wouldn't call your take a bad take?

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There's reason to it... So, no. I would definitely call it a controversial take. 

[Censored by Laurie]

I either missed it or blocked it out, but Lakers GM Rob Pelinka was a bench role player on those Fab 5 Michigan teams of 92 and 93

[BleedingGreen]

Dang CJ Noland lost a lot of weight ! Perhaps a Luka type lesson / outcome 

Edited Friday at 11:55 PM by BleedingGreen

[greenminer]

Pretty amazing stuff here

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-basketball/what-longest-ncaa-tournament-appearance-streaks-history

https://www.kget.com/sports/sports-illustrated/c02e7295/record-for-the-most-consecutive-sweet-16-appearances-in-the-ncaa-tournament/#:~:text=If Gonzaga makes the Sweet,by this dominant tournament run.

 

  On 3/21/2025 at 11:49 PM, CMJ said:

I believe Carolina's run was in the 80s and maybe to mid 90s (their streak was more like 14-15 years in a row). 

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Correct.  Tar Heel run is much longer if you go back further, pre-Expansion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men's_basketball_seasons#Postseason_playoff_results

 

 

Edited yesterday at 12:14 AM by greenminer

[Marty]

New Mexico beats Marquette 75-66, CJ Noland had 11 points for the Lobos.

[NorthTexasWeLove]

  On 3/22/2025 at 1:42 AM, Marty said:

New Mexico beats Marquette 75-66, CJ Noland had 11 points for the Lobos.

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What is a CJ Noland?