Not really. We just had a tournament that was historically chalk. Whether or not that is the norm to come with NIL/portal remains TBD. But this Final Four has the potential, assuming Monday night isn’t a blowout, to be one of the best Final Fours we’ve had overall from the 2 semi games to the title.

The team that beat Duke went from being a mid-major to a back-to-back Big 12 champions

The only things that need to change with NIL is to make it more transparent and actual contracts with the school. Portal should open after the natty and crackdown on tampering in season.

Not remotely the same. Marlins haven’t done anything of note aside from those 2 years. Meanwhile, Florida went to multiple Final Fours and second weekends.

I skipped through much of the Duke/Houston game because it was past bedtime and I was just waiting to see if Houston would make it a game... holy shit, that was an incredible ending. And it's not even like Houston was perfect down the stretch, they made a couple mistakes and Duke still choked it away.

Florida/Auburn was interesting in that it had to be some of the dumbest shot selection I've seen across the board in a game before, but still highly entertaining and that's obviously what teams do these days... I think at ~13-12 early in the game, Florida dude just chucked an off balance Caitlin Clark type shot from way beyond the 3 point line like there was 5 seconds left in the game, yet some of those (not that one) were actually going down. LMAO

KCC and I are reaching across the aisle here.

WTF???!!! LMAO
Sarcasm maybe?

WHOSE HOUSE??? COOGS HOUSE!!!
What a game! Held Duke to just 67 points. Had seats about 10 rows behind UH bench. They never quit. Sampson preaching that at every T.O. down the stretch. "MAKE PLAYS!", "D-UP!", "BELEIVE IN YOUR CULTURE!" Etc...
Team is all HEART!

Go COOGS!

Sure reminded me of that. The players said the same thing. Cryer said they mentioned it during the time out, before they stole the inbounds pass and scored, to pull to within 1 point. Unbelieveable! Just uncanny how similar the two games were.

Probably a slightly better experience than the last time I was in San Antonio for the Final Four, which was the KU equivalent of the Chiefs' 3-peat attempt. LMAO

It probably helped them down the stretch that they knew they had come back from a worse situation.

Yeah, saw a comment about how Duke didn't have much adversity this season, and Houston's just the type of team that will pressure you in ways you aren't used to or prepared for.

I’d say it’s pretty clear that UCONN has their next great already.

Sarah Strong is a beast.

Nebraska on the verge of their first championship in decades.

NIT? To make them the 69th best team in the nation

There will be a lot of 300 lb women impregnated in and around Lincoln tonight

Nope. Something much worse: The College Basketball Crown

https://collegebasketballcrown.com/w...2-2048x960.png

They will hang a banner no doubt. It’s literally the highest achievement for corn basketball ever. And their basketball program is less embarrassing than their football program somehow

That Crown Tournament is like the dumb reading group that they used to have in school.

Both are/were full of corn fans

You were better off watching basketball at the YMCA.

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Things have improved.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nebraska is the inaugural <a href="https://twitter.com/CBBCrown?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBBCrown</a> Champion ��<br><br>This is the moment it became real for <a href="https://twitter.com/HuskerMBB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HuskerMBB</a> ��<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/B1GMBBall?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#B1GMBBall</a> <a href="https://t.co/oMC01X9SSu">pic.twitter.com/oMC01X9SSu</a></p>&mdash; Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/BigTenNetwork/status/1909028304960581866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Amazing moment here in Nebraska history, look at the tears

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I didn't know there was a tournament for 91st place.

so all DI teams can be in a tournament after the season.


Just like too many bowl games

"The moment it became real" LMAO

I noticed USC/Villanova was playing in front of like 47 people the other night in Vegas, wondered what that was about.

This is going to be the future.

There will be an NCAA Tournament but when the Power 5 leave they will just compete in their own Tournament where the athletes get a prize/money for winning.

Nebraska has more April wins this year than Dook, KU, UNC and Kentucky

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That and 50 cents will get you a cup of coffee across the street

What an anthem!

I still got KU winning tonight

If Houston wins, I'm flying to Omaha for the College World Series. If they lose, it'll be a Royals game instead.

This is gonna be a touch physical eh?

Fun start

Well poop..

Omg what a dunk lol this is gonna be full of these

This should be a classic.

I feel like if one team committed to going inside instead of these reeruned 3 point attempts, they'd probably be up 10 by now.

One of them will figure it out by the second half and just wear the other down inside. My money is on Houston at the moment. Their defense is absolutely gross

Any time Handgloten is on the court is bad news for Florida.

Come on Houston! Keep it up. I really want Sampson to get a title.

Houston is rolling now.

BTW I'm jealous of Houston's offensive rebounding. The Jayhawks could never.

Wow these guys are unstoppable

Yeah, 8 forced turnovers so far... yet only 4 points off those turnovers. Gotta make them pay, because Florida will (and has started) making some of those dumb 3s, too.

Houston is going to be gassed.

That’s the thing with terminators. They don’t get tired

Bullshit missed goaltend

Florida hanging around.

Yep they are hard to kill. This is gonna be a close one regardless

Felt like Houston was primed to run away with it. 3 point game at the half.

I don't think I've ever seen a worse shooting team than Houston. 2 for 14 from 3 and there were at least three air balls in there. One of the makes was an accidental bank shot that went in lulz.

Goaltending was missed leading to a leak out and 3. That sequence makes it look a little closer than it was. Combine that with Houston missing shots and you get this

If that was a foul on Flagg the other night, every Houston big would foul out of the game.

Duke got what they deserved.

Eject these Florida players, fouling all over the place

Probably going to be a game of runs from here on out.

I hope Houston can hang on.

If they aren't fouling they're turning the ball over. Houston mind ****ed them

Gene always knows

Refs evened the foul calls up within 2 minutes LMAO

Florida is going to come back and win, nobody can put them away.

Holy shit Florida takes some awful shots.

Ooohh shoot gonna get it down to 3 that quick??

I don't know... Houston has a knack for finding a way to win even when it looks impossible.

Florida finally waking up. Stop turning the ball over and this may be a great finish.

Every time a team gets up 10 on Florida they come back and win.

Does that remind you of a certain superbowl team?

10 minutes left in the season.

Best part? We'll be like 20 minutes from A.C.

Am I watching college football

These guys hate scoring

We should have stopped at Roy Rogers.

Houston's lack of offense will cost them.

Houston run.... Florida run.... time for Houston to go on another run

Yup.

Just like that, tie game.

They're setting this up for Clayton to take over the last 2-3 minutes again and win the game.

Yes Bat Dawg.

It was the script.

Shit is physical down low. Dumbass move from Rueben

Bounce the ball, straight to jail.