Official 2025 March Madness Thread

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Still crazy we’re here man. Between Okeke snapping his leg in the S16, having to go to OT to beat UK the next round then getting fukked vs UVA in 2019, this really does feel like a potential closing of that chapter.
 

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Still burns we did nothing with that Jabari/Kessler team. The Miami team we lost to ended up going to that F4. No excuse for having not at least made the S16 that year
 

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Ain't been this excited for a final 4 in a while. I know there ain't been much modness this year but these 4 are by far the top 4 teams in the country. Perfect bracket matchup too. Finna be fiye.
Honestly wish the matchups were flipped. UF’s height and legion of bigs against Flagg and Maluach. Broome is undersized as a 5, so Houston’s lack of center bodies don’t hold them back defensively.

Still a ton of both narrative juice and on the court intrigue tho
 

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Houston going to have to shoot it extremely well.

I just don't see them beating Duke unless they have some above average shooting night.

I haven't seen Houston's stats but Duke was top 5 in defense (might've been #1) and top 10 in offense at one point

Houston was the top team in the country in 3 point percentage (40%) and top scoring defense

They also have a defensive player of the year candidate in tugler who will be on flagg

croyer already won a title that experience as well
 
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Houston was the top team in the country in 3 point percentage (40%) and top scoring defense

They also have a defensive player of the year candidate in tugler who will be on flagg

croyer already won a title that experience as well
I think they'll have to hit above that 40% and/or hit a few more than their average.

Flagg has had difficulties with athletic defenders, so that will be interesting. The unsung hero of duke has been Maluach...he's going to have a big size advantage and all he really needs to do is rebound, block shots, get put backs, set screens and catch lobs. Houston will have to lock down that other cac who feasted against bama, Keonupple (sp?), Houstons length and non-cacness should def help lock him up some.

Bama's defense was terrible and their offense settled for far too many threes, we know houston will be much more structured.
 
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