***Official NCAA Tournament Thread***

[KC_Connection]

Seeing as Bearcat banned me from the KU basketball thread for daring to use statistics to dispel the constant trashing of the team’s best player this year by far, I’ll need somewhere to put my thoughts for this year’s tournament.

In sum, the committee screwed KU again. Their resume (and wins) should have had them at at least a 6 seed and maybe even a 5. Arkansas is also the toughest matchup they could have had among possible opponents and KU matches up horribly against them (stay tuned as to why).

As far as the rest of the tournament goes, I’m picking Houston to win it all and Kentucky (fraud) to lose in the first or second round.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

I thought they might have a letdown going into the tournament somewhere but nobody can even keep a game close against them. Just no weaknesses at all and the talent is overwhelming.

Cooper Flagg is Larry Bird 2025

He’s not going to be denied. Duke cyborg team is just churning through everyone

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

Well they're paid players and can leave any other team at any time almost. I don't know if it's the best team I've ever seen I'm just not surprised if it is.

Yeah but it’s like three top 8 2025 picks on the same team, all freshmen

How often has that ever happened before? Has it ever?

[Pepe Silvia]

Like I said a few weeks ago, Houston didn't have the offense to win it all.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Cooper Flagg is Larry Bird 2025

Best college prospect I’ve seen since AD. And a white American NBA superstar is something that league honestly hasn’t had since Bird. He’s gonna be huge next year.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Yeah but it’s like three top 8 2025 picks on the same team, all freshmen

How often has that ever happened before? Has it ever?

You got two on Rutgers this year and that’s hard enough to do. But I can’t place anything better than this recently or in my lifetime

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Best college prospect I’ve seen since AD. And a white American NBA superstar is something that league honestly hasn’t had since Bird. He’s gonna be huge next year.

Caitlin Clark and this guy at the same time?

Generational run

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Pablo

You got two on Rutgers this year and that’s hard enough to do. But I can’t place anything better than this recently or in my lifetime

I asked Google AI and these were the examples they gave (notice including Durant as a KU player, indicating that Aldrich was drafted in 2007 and including MKG twice ):

2007: The University of Kansas had three players drafted: Mario Chalmers (1st round, 23rd pick), Cole Aldrich (2nd round, 49th pick), and Kevin Durant (1st round, 2nd pick).

2011: The University of North Carolina had three players drafted: Tyler Zeller (1st round, 50th pick), Kendall Marshall (1st round, 13th pick), and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (1st round, 2nd pick).
2012: The University of Kentucky had three players drafted: Anthony Davis (1st round, 1st pick), Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (1st round, 2nd pick), and Terrence Jones (1st round, 16th pick).
2013: The University of Duke had three players drafted: Jabari Parker (1st round, 2nd pick), Kyle Singler (1st round, 21st pick), and Tony Snell (1st round, 18th pick).

Closest unsurprisingly is the AD Kentucky team. They felt a little similar to this.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Caitlin Clark and this guy at the same time?

Generational run

Hucking the ball up from the logo all the time doesn't make somebody a generational talent.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Caitlin Clark and this guy at the same time?

Generational run

No wonder ESPN is giving the NBA billions and billions of dollars and getting out of MLB

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

Hucking the ball up from the logo all the time doesn't make somebody a generational talent.

[siberian khatru]

Duke trying to blow this

[KC_Connection]

Duke may actually have to play a close game down the stretch here?

[Pablo]

Houston just won’t die. Impressive fight

[George Liquor]

Originally Posted by Pablo

You got two on Rutgers this year and that’s hard enough to do. But I can’t place anything better than this recently or in my lifetime

How THE **** were they so god damn bad this year?

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by George Liquor

How THE **** were they so god damn bad this year?

No clue. I try to watch as little big ten basketball as possible