Official 2025 March Madness Thread

[AceDeuceTrey]

two great games back to back

but y'all wanted some 15th seed who'd get blown out by like 50

Cinderellas fukked up more “could have been” classic matchups than we want to admit. The instant gratification of upsets don’t make up for the lackluster matchups that come later

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

He ain’t that but he’ll be a good pro. He’ll make a team better immediately

He ain't that good, but he'll be a good pro.
He'll make a team better immediately, but just not that good.

Man, if you don't take your stupid ass somewhere with this hedging shyt. You ain't saying a damn thing but playing both sides. You too damn p*ssy to commit to anything anymore because of how historically bad your analysis is.

 

[Braman]

He ain’t that but he’ll be a good pro. He’ll make a team better immediately

He ain’t what? Nah he’s him bruh trust me. It won’t always look pretty it’s not gonna be Tatum all smooth with it but he’s gonna be able to get his, especially as a 4.

Keep in mind, there’s nggas in the league averaging 20 who don’t dribble

Flagg is a facilitator, spot up shooter, and rim runner all in one. And guard 1-5

Lamar Odom x Clint Capela x Lauri Markanen

 

[Guess Who]

We tend to forget these kids are not finished products

My comp for Flagg is Kawhi. Kawhi averaged 12 a game and shot 20% from 3 as a freshman. He’s now a career 39% and automatic middy

Flagg’s shooting splits 48/37/83 are that of a future 3pt specialist. He’s got that on a 6’9 powerful athlete frame. He’s gonna be just fine

He gonna be a great player because he’s smart and athletic and has a high motor and makes the most of his opportunities. I just don’t see a guy who knows how to create easy scoring opportunities for himself. Just don’t see the instinct and savvy.

 

[MikelArteta]

Houston knows how to win. It was always going to be advantage Houston in a close game

like I said you saw how sampson is so great as a coach, making the refs check the time just to be able to set up another defensive set. Kept the ball away from knueppel and flagg for free throws

rolled with his guys didn't rj luis a guy like uzan , he even said it he's rolling with his guys

plus you can tell how much these players love playing for kelvin, in recent memory jarace walker been really the only 1 and done

 

[#1 pick]

Say what you want about Tillman but he finds coaches that play a certain way and they win. Udoka and Sampson exemplifies that

 

[Rigby.]

I feel like the modern game has found a way to make more use out of guys that aren’t on ball players than ever before. Flagg can still be a #1 caliber of talent even if he only ended up being hyper athletic Draymond (that would actually be a scary proposition)

 

[MikelArteta]

If joseph tugler cared about an offensive game he'd be a lotto pick this year

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

like I said you saw how sampson is so great as a coach, making the refs check the time just to be able to set up another defensive set. Kept the ball away from knueppel and flagg for free throws

rolled with his guys didn't rj luis a guy like uzan , he even said it he's rolling with his guys

plus you can tell how much these players love playing for kelvin, in recent memory jarace walker been really the only 1 and done

Facts. Coaching wise it wasn’t close this game and it’ll be an even bigger mismatch in the Championship game. Florida has more skilled scorers but as far as coaching and defense it’s a big gap.

 

[Rick Fox at UNC]

Rashad McCants on KCAL celebrating this Duke loss.

I'm about to hit UC Irvine for a jog. What a night.

 

[Sghost597]

When Houston pulled off a W down 6 point against Kansas with 28 seconds left. You can't call a game with 8 minutes left, because they only need 28 seconds to beat you.

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

We tend to forget these kids are not finished products

My comp for Flagg is Kawhi. Kawhi averaged 12 a game and shot 20% from 3 as a freshman. He’s now a career 39% and automatic middy

Flagg’s shooting splits 48/37/83 are that of a future 3pt specialist. He’s got that on a 6’9 powerful athlete frame. He’s gonna be just fine

You Can’t just enter numbers and project like that though…That’s how you get narratives like Reed Sheppard and Jabari Smith were great prospects when they weren’t ..Not comparing them to Cooper because he’s far far far better than those two. Just saying .

Also Kawhi is a trap..Along with Paul George . They take every big wing that theoretically fits that archetype and compare them to those two…When Kahwi and Paul George are freaks and outliers of the highest magnitude both development wise and in game


Cooper is a great prospect but they need to slow down with that generational stuff ..That’s LeBron,Wemby and Luka …he is not on that tier which is fine

Cooper can’t be generational when ppl are already saying Peterson and Dybantsa would’ve been fighting to go #1 if they were in this years draft….are they ALL generational??

 

[MikelArteta]

Say what you want about Tillman but he finds coaches that play a certain way and they win. Udoka and Sampson exemplifies that

The best thing Houston ever did was hire Kelvin Sampson
Houston basketball was dead, before kelvin last sweet sixteen appearance was dem Phi Slamma jama days

 

[Rick Fox at UNC]

This is on Jon Scheyer, Sion James and Tyrese Proctor. I'm done. I've watched a lot of losses. 2004, 2011, 2018. 2019 and 2022. Those teams were good but flawed. This team was not flawed. There is no excuse for this loss. I'm absolutely done and I do not fukking care what happens Monday

Y'all dudes on suicide watch because of 19 year olds?

 

["It Was Always Jerry"]

This is on Jon Scheyer, Sion James and Tyrese Proctor. I'm done. I've watched a lot of losses. 2004, 2011, 2018. 2019 and 2022. Those teams were good but flawed. This team was not flawed. There is no excuse for this loss. I'm absolutely done and I do not fukking care what happens Monday

Dont forget dumb ass Mason Gillis getting a tech that led to a 6 pt swing for Houston.