Maedhros

Glad to know someone else is exhausted by all this.

My God, this Nebraska/A&M game is a banger.

My wife did. I'm firmly last place in my own household. 😬

Two down to the wire finishes taking place at the same time. I had two screens up, switching the audio back and forth. Now I need a cigarette. This Tournament is the best.

Louisville may have their guy: Couldn't be Dusty May this early.

Did anyone catch why an Auburn player was ejected?

Still in this one:

Nicholas Boyd misses that layup at the end of the Memphis game in the first round last year, Dusty May isn't on anyone's radar for the Indiana job.

Khristian Lander and Western Kentucky up on 2-seed Marquette, coming up to halftime.

Then they miss an actual out-of-bounds call and give the ball to Northwestern without going to review when it was needed. What the hell?

I'm going to hear "and the officials are going to head to the monitor" in my sleep at this point.

How do you screw up a baseline OOB call, when no player nor the ball ever crossed the baseline?? lol lmao

With so many names going in, it's tough to know who's been mentioned and who hasn't. Scrolling Twitter since the games tipped today, I saw Borzello mention a couple: JP Pegues, guard from Furman. First team all So-Con, 18.4 points, 4.8 assists, over 36% from 3 Jordan Sears, guard from UT Martin. First team all OVC for two seasons. 21.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.5 assists. Lots of guard talent out there, hope we get some.

This is what burns me. College basketball officials will go to the monitor for damn near anything. It's exhausting. College basketball is too often a bad product, not because of the play but because of the constant stoppage. And here they have a legitimate call that needs reviewed and overturned, yet they can't act. If we're going to be overturning goaltending calls, changing three point shots to twos, let's make sure we get something this consequential correct as well. By itself, it's such a perfect example of what's wrong with college basketball officiating. They don't call what happened, they call what they expect to happen. It's why Malik gets called for a charge when the defender runs into him with a foot in the circle, and it's why the Big Ten DPOY gets rewarded with a tie-up call, despite raking Xavier Johnson on the arm on a breakaway.

The situation with Woodson set aside, I take no issue with skipping the NIT. We started out with ten returning players: three already transferred, one is surely going pro, one is on a medical redshirt your two senior guards are both injured. I like having Indiana games, and would have tuned in to watch, but I don't think there was much to be gained by having Cupps, Reneau, and Mgbako as the only guys building for next season.

I like that when you say to someone "Indiana's rival just lost to a double digit seed in the first round again", you have to specify which rival. 😄

Mike Woodson will be back next year. Will Cal be back at Kentucky? 👀

It was 56-39 with just over seven minutes left. Gave up a 24-4 run to end the game, and lose by 3.

Alford with an all time collapse.

NET had Indiana down bad because of games like our 1 point win over Morehead St. At halftime, Morehead St is one point behind the NET's 13th ranked Illinois.

Love it. I might go have his burger to celebrate.

Every player reacts that way on the court. This is Reneau after the season ended to Nebraska. I'm rooting for this kid:

My least favorite effect of a losing season is the compulsion some feel to then shit all over absolutely everything connected to the program. As though there is nothing of worth to be found from the wreckage. Some of y'all need to be better at holding two thoughts in your head at the same time. We're calling for Malik Reneau to transfer? Really? The kid has flaws in his game, sure. This is college, everyone does. He'll be the first to tell you he fouls too much, as anyone who saw his post game interview can attest. He's also just a sophomore, took a leap last year, and there's no reason think he won't continue improving. Already he was comfortably our second best player last season. If you're worrying about all the spots we have to fill in the portal, why would you want that guy to leave? There are rumors Malik might transfer, and it's because he's getting serious offers from other schools. Programs that see the value he has and believe he can contribute to winning. But y'all want to cut him loose, I guess because we lost a lot of games in a season where everyone knew our backcourt was going to be a concern. You want players who stick at Indiana for multiple seasons? You want players who develop and improve? Then you want Malik Reneau.

Just committed to Arizona, in the '24 class. I'm going to be real curious to hear whatever it was his handler wanted that we weren't willing to give, but Arizona was.

I knew it was coming, but that's still a lot of empty space.