re: NCAA Tournament Watch Thread

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I’m concerned about Villanova. They either don’t make it out of the first weekend, or they go all the way. They fricking whacked us in the 2018 final four but I was kind of glad just to make it for that year. The second half of Miami seemed like the only easy time we’ve had besides Texas Southern. Playing North Carolina or Duke as a prize also sucks. I hope North Carolina pulls it off somehow. Our biggest problem overall as a basketball program is our poor record in the championship. We’ve been runner up in the tournament 5 times. Had we just won like two or three of those, we would have a better argument as an all-time great program with Kentucky and Duke.

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KU and Duke actually have both been runner up 6 times each. However Duke has 5 titles while KU has 3. Nova has 3, UNC has 6. So for a fans standpoint this means a ton to each program. As a KU fan it’s been painful to see so many great teams fall short. That 2020 team was the most recent. Once you get there anything can happen. Duke has the most talent and with coach K last ride odds are stacked for them. If KU plays like they did against Miami second half Bill will cut his second net down. Nova is great. I like Jay Wright. Underrated and classy.