Two 1 seeds are dead and buried. One knocked off by a group of plucky underdogs who are just happy to still be playing ball and one knocked off by the CRIMSON TIDE.
In other news Marquette choked. That’s a real shocker. Creighton choked. That’s a real shocker. Gonzaga choked. That’s a real surprise. Such a shame they’ve never been to a final four before. UConn appears to be a buzz saw in the upper left bracket area. Purdue is murdering teams night in and night out. Duke is doing what they do best by frustrating everyone in the country. Need DJ Burns to save us tomorrow. Another competition to keep an eye on is the cold ass white boy of the year award. The two favorites at this point have to be Dalton Knecht and Grant Nelson. Clemson has a couple that will contend for the award too. It will be fun to watch that race as we come down the stretch. But for now. It’s time for a couple picks for today’s matchups.
UConn -9 vs ILLINOIS
I’m glad for Illinois they finally got this far in the tournament. Terrence Shannon is a real hooper man. That kid can play. The rest of their team is pretty dece too and Brad Underwood is a good coach. The only problem is that UConn is firing on all cylinders. They’re a Death Star. They guard really well, they run an awesome offense, they score at every level, and they rebound. It’s kind of the perfect basketball team especially at the college level. The buck stops here for the Illini. UConn is just too much and until they don’t beat a team by double digits I’m not gonna bet against them. (I will 100% bet against them if they win and so does bama).
TIDE HOOPS -3.5 vs CLEMPSUN
Clemson basketball fans are overjoyed to be in this spot because they were honestly pretty mid the whole season (except when they beat bama and played the best game they did all year). Their coach was kinda on the hot seat and their fans were ready to start over and rebuild again. Now it’s a cute story and the media is like wow what a fun time for these jabronis. From rags to riches here they are. Well as the saying goes…
Mark Gottfried while he was quiet quitting. Anthony Grant. Avery Johnson. Michael Kessens. Moussa Gueye. Rodney Cooper. Armand Davis. Jimmy Taylor. Nick Jacobs. Ben Eblen. Avery Jr. Beatle Bolden. Have we not suffered for long enough? “Oh well you’re good at football” So? I want to dominate every sport. Non-Binary Underwater Basketweaving? Print the shirts and let’s go on a run in that sport. Who cares if we’re good at football (me) let’s be killers in hoops too. Mark Sears, Aaron Estrada, Grant Nelson go be great today.
Let’s get a little revenge on an early season loss and let’s keep dancing boys. Lock the chef up and suffocate the tigers on defense. Speaking of there’s a new chef in town.
Get out in transition and drill 3’s, layups, and dunks. No need to play with our food today let’s eat right from the tip. In the valley of the shadow it’s just you, Alabama, and me. Let’s go man.