*** Official San Diego State vs UConn March Madness Championship Game Thread ***

[Bearcat]

Are we really crying about an easy path a year after Kansas beat that awful Providence team, a 10 seed Miami, and an 8 seed in the NC game? And wasn't Nova missing their best player?

JFC, that's just part of making it through the bracket of a single elimination tournament.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Are we really crying about an easy path a year after Kansas beat that awful Providence team, a 10 seed Miami, and an 8 seed in the NC game? And wasn't Nova missing their best player?

JFC, that's just part of making it through the bracket of a single elimination tournament.

Crying? No. Those are the breaks of this tournament and UConn beat the pants off of everyone they came up against. More than deserving as a champion.

But pointing out that UConn never had to play a difficult game because everyone good lost in front of them thus depriving neutral fans of a decent FF to watch at the end? Yes. It was objectively a bad ending to this one.

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Crying? No. Those are the breaks of this tournament and UConn beat the pants off of everyone they came up against. More than deserving as a champion.

But pointing out that UConn never had to play a difficult game because everyone good lost in front of them thus depriving neutral fans of a decent FF to watch at the end? Yes. It was objectively a bad ending to this one.

Just because a team historically dominated the tournament doesn't mean they didn't face good teams.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

Just because a team historically dominated the tournament doesn't mean they didn't face good teams.

They didn't. They faced one team in the top 10 in KenPom (Gonzaga). It was a weak road and it made for a boring ending with 2 mediocre teams for them (Miami and SDSU) in the FF.

[Titty Meat]

Too lazy to look who does UConn have coming back? They have a couple of top 150 recruits

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

They didn't. They faced one team in the top 10 in KenPom (Gonzaga). It was a weak road and it made for a boring ending with 2 mediocre teams for them (Miami and SDSU) in the FF.

Kansas also faced one team in the final top 10 in KenPom in 2022 in the tournament (Villanova). Baylor faced two in 2021 (Houston and Gonzaga). Virginia only faced one in 2019 (Texas Tech).

I'm really not sure I understand your point. They can only control what they can control. They dominated teams at an almost unprecedented level in a bracket that had all of the 1 seeds gone at the end of the Sweet 16 and the 2 seeds eliminated after the Elite 8.

Just because they've been feast or famine for the better part of 30 years and there was a volume of upsets that was unprecedented in the bracket this year doesn't make their accomplishment(s) any less impressive.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

Kansas also faced one team in the final top 10 in KenPom in 2022 in the tournament (Villanova). Baylor faced two in 2021 (Houston and Gonzaga). Virginia only faced one in 2019 (Texas Tech).

I’m aware of that. KU’s road last year was a complete joke, one that had been a long time coming for them considering some of their draws over the past decade.

I'm really not sure I understand your point. They can only control what they can control. They dominated teams at an almost unprecedented level in a bracket that had all of the 1 seeds gone at the end of the Sweet 16 and the 2 seeds eliminated after the Elite 8.

Just because they've been feast or famine for the better part of 30 years and there was a volume of upsets that was unprecedented in the bracket this year doesn't make their accomplishment(s) any less impressive.

My point is that they ended up playing nobody because all of the other good teams dropped around them and it led to a terrible FF viewing experience. Not sure what isn’t clear about that.

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

I’m aware of that. KU’s road last year was a complete joke, one that had been a long time coming for them considering some of their draws over the past decade.


My point is that they ended up playing nobody because all of the other good teams dropped around them and it led to a terrible FF viewing experience. Not sure what isn’t clear about that.

We can agree to disagree.

FF had the first buzzer beater in the tournament since 2021. Natty was unwatchable because of how horrendous SDSU shot in the first half and no comeback (I guess SDSU cut the deficit to 5 late) or drama in the second half.

Georgia destroying TCU made an unwatchable title in football. 2018 Villanova destroying Michigan made a boring game.

I don’t think the caliber of team makes a game boring. I just think the ultimate result does. FDU had no business beating Purdue or Princeton beating Arizona or St. Peter’s beating Kentucky and Purdue, but they did. If parity early in the tournament leads to a higher likelihood of blowouts later on, I’m fine with that.