Just an observation from yesterday's games before we get to the pool results...
I should be congratulating all of you Furman fans, but I just can't. A heavily favored Virginia team underachieving like this should be the least surprising outcome of the tournament and we are only one day in. Historically, they seem to be destined to only one of two outcomes, a bracket busting early exit or the national championship. The fact that Virginia sandwiched a National Championship run in 2019 between two first round exits should be the subject of 30 for 30. That group is hot garbage!
In their last eight appearances in this tournament, Virginia has been eliminated in the 1st round three times (2012, 2018 and 2021) and in the 2nd round two other times (2015, 2017). In more than 60% of their appearances over a decade, this trash fire is gone before the second weekend of the tournament. That program has been at wrong end of maybe the two most ridiculous and famous upsets of all time! Just an embarrassment of a program.
As for our Block Pool, it was a good first day for Bill Greaves, Matt Hopps and Steve Hofmann. Congratulations on multiple wins yesterday. The results for the first 16 games are below. Please let me know if you see something incorrect.
|
Home Team |
Final |
Away Team |
Final |
Winner |
|
Maryland (8) |
67 |
West Virginia (9) |
65 |
Fuji Briscoe |
|
Virginia (4) |
67 |
Furman (13) |
68 |
Adam Kemp |
|
Missouri (7) |
76 |
Utah St (10) |
65 |
Matt Hopps |
|
Kansas (1) |
96 |
Howard (16) |
68 |
Mike Lyons |
|
Alabama (1) |
96 |
Texas A&M-CC (16) |
75 |
Matt Hopps |
|
San Diego St (5) |
63 |
Col of Charleston (12) |
57 |
Nehemias Gonzalez |
|
Arizona (2) |
55 |
Princeton (15) |
59 |
Steve Hofmann |
|
Arkansas (8) |
73 |
Illinois (9) |
63 |
Bill Greaves |
|
Iowa (8) |
75 |
Auburn (9) |
83 |
Andrew Neill |
|
Duke (5) |
74 |
Oral Roberts (12) |
51 |
Bill Greaves |
|
Texas (2) |
81 |
Colgate (15) |
61 |
Kwan Anderson |
|
Northwestern (7) |
75 |
Boise St (10) |
67 |
Kevin Dick |
|
Houston (1) |
63 |
N Kentucky (16) |
52 |
Caleb Huff |
|
Tennessee (4) |
58 |
Louisiana (13) |
55 |
Steph Kerr |
|
Texas A&M (7) |
59 |
Penn St (10) |
76 |
Steve Hofmann |
|
UCLA (2) |
86 |
UNC Asheville (15) |
53 |
Matt Doherty |
I will close with one more thing, my favorite Twitter exchange from yesterday
I freaking love this tournament!
Your Commissioner
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