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Alpeduez21

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11. I'm not a fan.

Reply to brush (Reply #9)

Fri Mar 19, 2021, 06:40 PM

Mar 2021

They never really advance. It just makes the argument of who got left out vs who got in more monotonous. I get that it's a good pr move for the ncaa but the play in teams are just more fodder for the field. Most brackets are filled out with the play in games blank and people just pick from the rest of the named teams. Maybe that will change over the years but I like 'play good enough to get in and kick ass when you're there'. Leave it all on the floor.

The NIT used to be THE tournament but the ncaa really advertised and sold the NCAA tournament and it became the juggernaut that it is now.

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Your brackets are already busted! [View all] lastlib Mar 2021 OP

I didn't even watch that game. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #1

And there goes that "Big Ten is so good this year" story. rurallib Mar 2021 #2

other than Illinois and Iowa and maybe Michigan, I agree.... bahboo Mar 2021 #10

Unbelievable! SallyHemmings Mar 2021 #3

Holy shit! Rastapopoulos Mar 2021 #4

Happens every year. Some lowly seed knocks out a high one. brush Mar 2021 #5

Yes in the VERY general sense you put it. Alpeduez21 Mar 2021 #8

Oh, thanks for breaking it down so well. brush Mar 2021 #9

I'm not a fan. Alpeduez21 Mar 2021 #11

Between Wichita State going down to Drake and ORU? I might as well Blue_playwright Mar 2021 #6

Big OSU fan here. And I have to give it up to ORU they were better and outplayed Ohio State. Botany Mar 2021 #7

My boss runs one like a football pool krispos42 Mar 2021 #12

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