As I was switching over to watch the Illinois game last night CBS was finishing up a story on Northwestern. Did anyone see it? The desk was commenting about how NU players at least had a good sense of humor.
The SEC had a record 14 teams in the Tournament, but only 8 made it to Saturday.
The Big Ten only had 8 teams, all of them made it to Saturday. That’s a tournament record.
Well, we almost got a Michigan-Michigan State matchup for tomorrow but now it’s looking like we may see just the second time that all the #1 seeds made it to the Final Four. (2008)
I wouldn’t count Izzo out yet, though, that man is a coaching wizard in March.
Cinderella left the building fairly early this year, all that’s left are 4 #1’s, 3 #2’s and a #3.
Maryland’s coach is leaving after taking the Terps to the Sweet 16 for the open Villanova job.
MSU was down early, but they are fighting back. Auburn is playing very hard, however.
Had to go do something else, but MSU is playing their game, no panic yet.
Go B1GCats
rsl
In the end, Auburn was just too consistent and MSU couldn’t hit the 3s it needed to catch them.
So for only the 2nd time, the Final Four will match up the 4 #1 seeds.
I wonder if there are any perfect brackets left?
Only the guys who just took the #1’s
Go B1GCats
rsl
I wonder how no Cinderellas affects viewership? Personally I watched very little of the tournament this year, although I did follow the scores on the first Thursday-Friday.
I had MSU losing to Houston in my bracket so yesterday afternoon was my last hope.
I just don’t think many people care about SEC basketball (outside of Kentucky, of course) … I really haven’t watched much of the tournament this year.
GO CATS!!!
-SjT
I mostly followed the games involving Big Ten or Big Twelve schools, but don’t have a lot of interest in ACC/SEC basketball, either. (And to be honest, I’m still dealing with Houston being a Big Twelve school.)
So I don’t know how much I’ll watch of the Final Four this weekend, and we’ve got theatre tickets on Saturday that probably conflict with the semi-finals. The Cubs may also have games that conflict with the Final Four, I haven’t looked at their schedule that closely yet. (The Cubs have been playing in Japan and out west, but now they have to play in Chicago weather, so I would expect run production to tail off,)
I’m still following Nebraska in the also-ran tournament known as the College Basketball Crown, though I still wonder why Indiana or Ohio State didn’t get into either the NIT or the Crown, maybe they turned an invitation down?