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Well, the tourney's almost over before it began, with the juggernaut from Florida Gulf Coast University winning the Atlantic Sun championship to secure the first berth.

 

There are 30 more champions to gain automatic berths, and 37 at large teams. Many of these bids will be determined by next weekend but it might be fun to see next weekend who can guess the most of the teams who get at large bids.

 

Anyway, there will be a lot of interesting basketball played in the next 200 hours and a lot of teams that get the spotlight for the only time

all year. Here's to an enjoyable championship week, and Go Hoosiers!

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Harvard and Belmont also in.

 

And today, Jerry Falwell's Liberty University will be in the tournament with a 15-20 record (and a certain berth in the First Four).

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The Gaels split their championship games, Iona winning the MAAC, and St Mary's losing to Gonzaga.
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Tonight's berths go today.

 

Horizon—Valparaiso

Summit—South Dakota State

NEC—LIU-Brooklyn

 

Hope these teams enjoy tonight, they're first round fodder for the big boys next week.

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Remember when filling out your brackets that Indiana is the center of the College basketball world . Almost every year a team from Indiana or one of the 4 states that surround it have had a team in the Final Four.

 

1939 - Ohio State

1940 - Indiana *

1941 - none

1942 - Kentucky

1943 - DePaul

1944- Ohio State

1945 - Ohio State

1946 - Ohio State

1947 - none

1948 - Kentucky *

1949 - Kentucky *, Illinois

1950 - Bradley

1951 - Kentucky *,Illinois

1952 - Illinois

1953 - Indiana *

1954 - Bradley

1955 - none

1956 - none

1957 - Michigan State

1958 - Kentucky *

1959 - Louisville, Cincinnati

1960 - Ohio State *, Cincinnati

1961 - Cincinnati *, Ohio State

1962 - Cincinnati *,Ohio State

1963 -Cincinnati

1964 - Michigan

1965 - Michigan

1966 - Kentucky

1967 - Dayton

1968 - Ohio State

1969 - Purdue

1970 - none

1971 - Western Kentucky

1972 - Louisville

1973 - Indiana

1974 - none

1975 - Kentucky, Louisville

1976 - Indiana *, Michigan

1977 - none

1978 - Kentucky *. Notre Dame

1979 - Michigan State*, Indiana State

1980 - Louisville* , Purdue

1981 - Indiana *

1982 - Louisville

1983 - Louisville

1984 - Kentucky

1985 - none

1986 - Louisville *

1987 - Indiana *

1988 - none

1989 - Michigan*, Illinois

1990 - none

1991 - none

1992 - Michigan, Indiana, Cincinnati

1993 - Michigan, Kentucky

1994 - none

1995 - none

1996 - Kentucky *

1997 - Kentucky

1998 - Kentucky *

1999 - Michigan State, Ohio State

2000 - Michigan State *

2001 - Michigan State

2002 - Indiana

2003 - none

2004 - none

2005 - Illinois, Michigan State, Louisville

2006 - none

2007 - Ohio State

2008 - none

2009 - Michigan State

2010 - Butler, Michigan State

2011 - Butler, Kentucky

2012 - Kentucky *, Ohio State, Louisville

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Remember when filling out your brackets that Indiana is the center of the College basketball world . Almost every year a team from Indiana or one of the 4 states that surround it have had a team in the Final Four.

 

1939 - Ohio State

1940 - Indiana *

1941 - none

1942 - Kentucky

1943 - DePaul

1944- Ohio State

1945 - Ohio State

1946 - Ohio State

1947 - none

1948 - Kentucky *

1949 - Kentucky *, Illinois

1950 - Bradley

1951 - Kentucky *,Illinois

1952 - Illinois

1953 - Indiana *

1954 - Bradley

1955 - none

1956 - none

1957 - Michigan State

1958 - Kentucky *

1959 - Louisville, Cincinnati

1960 - Ohio State *, Cincinnati

1961 - Cincinnati *, Ohio State

1962 - Cincinnati *,Ohio State

1963 -Cincinnati

1964 - Michigan

1965 - Michigan

1966 - Kentucky

1967 - Dayton

1968 - Ohio State

1969 - Purdue

1970 - none

1971 - Western Kentucky

1972 - Louisville

1973 - Indiana

1974 - none

1975 - Kentucky, Louisville

1976 - Indiana *, Michigan

1977 - none

1978 - Kentucky *. Notre Dame

1979 - Michigan State*, Indiana State

1980 - Louisville* , Purdue

1981 - Indiana *

1982 - Louisville

1983 - Louisville

1984 - Kentucky

1985 - none

1986 - Louisville *

1987 - Indiana *

1988 - none

1989 - Michigan*, Illinois

1990 - none

1991 - none

1992 - Michigan, Indiana, Cincinnati

1993 - Michigan, Kentucky

1994 - none

1995 - none

1996 - Kentucky *

1997 - Kentucky

1998 - Kentucky *

1999 - Michigan State, Ohio State

2000 - Michigan State *

2001 - Michigan State

2002 - Indiana

2003 - none

2004 - none

2005 - Illinois, Michigan State, Louisville

2006 - none

2007 - Ohio State

2008 - none

2009 - Michigan State

2010 - Butler, Michigan State

2011 - Butler, Kentucky

2012 - Kentucky *, Ohio State, Louisville

Let's hope that Kentucky will add to this tradition, except on the list of NIT champs.

 

Nah, I hope they lose in the first round. And then that the guys on this year's team (with the exception of Noel) want to stick around so that Cal has a scholarship limit issue.

 

But that won't happen. I think they'll leave, since they haven't been paid since December. Does Lexington have a franchise in the NBDL?

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Anxiously awaiting the release of the brackets...and all the bellyaching that goes with it. Will Zags hold on to a #1 seed?

 

The projected brackets on ESPN have been showing a weak western bracket, with Gonzaga as #1 and Florida as #2. The opposite is true of the south, with Kansas, Duke and Michigan State.

 

ESPN has Indiana and Miami in the east as #1 & #2.

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Florida lost the SEC tournament and Ohio State won the Big Ten tournament. The former should be consigned to a #3 and the Bucknuts should get a #2.
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Florida lost the SEC tournament and Ohio State won the Big Ten tournament. The former should be consigned to a #3 and the Bucknuts should get a #2.

Agree, OSU fifth Big 10 tourney title :ebert: But really i find the Ten tournament bit worthless or the regular season title is, regular season should be the final word in the NCAA tournamemt bracket that's just me..??? :huh:
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Looking good for the Bucknuts. They'll be a 2 in the bracket where the Zags are #1.
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Florida lost the SEC tournament and Ohio State won the Big Ten tournament. The former should be consigned to a #3 and the Bucknuts should get a #2.

Agree, OSU fifth Big 10 tourney title :ebert: But really i find the Ten tournament bit worthless or the regular season title is, regular season should be the final word in the NCAA tournamemt bracket that's just me..??? :huh:

 

I agree as I watched exactly 3 minutes of the tourney. :LOL:

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Greenberg picks Louisville over IU in the final chalk in the other two regions

 

Bilas picks Louisville over IU, VCU and OSU others in FF

 

Digger picks Miami over OSU, Mich St and GTown

 

Jay Williams (who lost to IU in 02) has OSU over Kansas, Canes and Sparty also in FF

 

Vitale also has Louisville over IU, also Mich and OSU in FF

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Bob Knight talks conference tourney, IU's #1 seed etc.

 

http://espn.go.com/v...clip?id=9065815

Thanks for the link

 

Here's a rather lengthy article with an interview with Dakich on the 1984 IU-UNC tournament game.

 

Starting lineup for the Heels:

 

Brad Daugherty

Matt Doherty

Sam Perkins

Kenny Smith

Michael Jordan

 

IU

 

Uwe Blab

Marty Simmons

Mike Giomi

Steve Alford

Dan Dakich

 

IU had no business winning this game. In fact, if the Richmond Spiders hadn't beaten the Auburn team with Chuck Person and Charles Barkley, IU might not have even been in the game.

 

Of course, they went out and lost in the Elite Eight to Virginia the year after Sampson graduated. :facepalm:

 

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/54271/qa-dan-dakich-on-stopping-michael-jordan

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Eamonn Brennan of ESPN on the

 

1. Indiana: And so we arrive at the summit: The Indiana Hoosiers are the most watchable team in the NCAA tournament.

 

Much of this list was difficult. This was a no-brainer. The Hoosiers' Big Ten regular-season title was remarkable not only because IU won an outright victory in the best league in the country, but because IU was successful as the fastest team in the slowest league of the past decade, a place where entertaining basketball has long since been pounded into cultural submission.

 

Even when they slow it down, Indiana's star power is fun to watch: Victor Oladipo is the most exciting player in the country (and it isn't even close); his missed dunk -- again: missed dunk -- against Michigan Feb. 2 was one of the most exciting I've seen all year.

 

Cody Zeller is the nation's best fast-breaking big man. Jordan Hulls and Christian Watford are lights-out perimeter shooters, and freshman Yogi Ferrell twists defenders into knots.

 

When IU's offense -- the most efficient in the country this season -- is on, when Oladipo is scrambling ballhandlers and forcing turnovers, when IU is racing out on the break and swinging the ball from side to side, when Hulls whips the extra pass to the wing, the Hoosiers are much more than a good way to kill two hours. They are the Copacabana scene in Goodfellas, or the back half of Abbey Road, or a David Foster Wallace essay. They are complex kinetic perfection. Everything fits.

 

The Hoosiers -- who defend at a top-20 level, but aren't nearly as fearsome as, say, Louisville or a Georgetown -- are hoping they can win a national title this way, hoping offensive brilliance is enough in 2013. Whether they're right or wrong, this has been a profoundly ambitious and idealistic project.

 

And so, whether Indiana is playing with your bracket's fate on the line, or in a silent Assembly Hall, shoe squeaks ringing through the concourse, above all this team deserves one thing: to be seen.

 

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/2013/story/_/id/9062001/sweet-science-crazy-season-extends-march-madness-2013-ncaa-men-basketball-tournament

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Some dipshit on ESPN just said that the Hoosiers didn't win the Big Ten championship.

 

Uh, yes they did. Outright. The regular season championship. 2 months of basketball, 18 games. Not three. 18.

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Bob Knight talks conference tourney, IU's #1 seed etc.

 

http://espn.go.com/v...clip?id=9065815

Thanks for the link

 

Here's a rather lengthy article with an interview with Dakich on the 1984 IU-UNC tournament game.

 

Starting lineup for the Heels:

 

Brad Daugherty

Matt Doherty

Sam Perkins

Kenny Smith

Michael Jordan

 

IU

 

Uwe Blab

Marty Simmons

Mike Giomi

Steve Alford

Dan Dakich

 

IU had no business winning this game. In fact, if the Richmond Spiders hadn't beaten the Auburn team with Chuck Person and Charles Barkley, IU might not have even been in the game.

 

Of course, they went out and lost in the Elite Eight to Virginia the year after Sampson graduated. :facepalm:

 

http://www.grantland...-michael-jordan

 

That was awesome , loved the part about Carolina players raising their hands when they get tired ....Knight says if any of you guys raise your hands to come out , you're not gettin' back in. :laughing guy:

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Election guru Nate Silver's predictions for the tournament.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/03/18/sports/ncaabasketball/nate-bracket.html?_r=1&

 

Not sure if IU played the winner of tomorrow's 16 seed games 200 times they'd lose 3 though.

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To go along with the Hoosiers nail biter with Temple,Aaron Craft made me ride a rollar coaster of emotions from :rage: Missed free throws to :clap: sinking the three to win it for the Bucks... To close for comfort after blowing a thirteen point lead with six minutes remaining in game. :facepalm:

Well at least the dream(fantasy) of all Big 10 final four still remains alive at this brief moment... :P

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