Disappointing to see the randomness of shooting elevate Georgia against Texas and kill them last night.

Texas has to win today, and here are other games involving bubble teams.  Boldfaced team is the one Texas wants to lose.

Indiana/Oregon 11 a.m

Marquette/Xavier 1:30

UNC/Wake Forest 1:30 (but both losing would be ideal)

Arkansas/Mississippi 12:00

SMU/Clemson 8:30

Boise State/San Diego State 4:30 (again, both losing would be ideal)

Nevada/Colorado State 8:00

OU/Kentucky  8:30

UConn/Nova 8:30

Other things we want to see happen include VCU winning the A-10, Memphis winning the AAC, and UC San Diego winning the Big West.

I think we'll know early, along with what Texas does. If Indiana and Xavier lose, I would like Texas's chances.

3 hours ago, bierce said:

Texas has to win today, and here are other games involving bubble teams.  Boldfaced team is the one Texas wants to lose.

Indiana/Oregon 11 a.m

Marquette/Xavier 1:30

UNC/Wake Forest 1:30 (but both losing would be ideal)

Arkansas/Mississippi 12:00

SMU/Clemson 8:30

Boise State/San Diego State 4:30 (again, both losing would be ideal)

Nevada/Colorado State 8:00

OU/Kentucky  8:30

UConn/Nova 8:30

Both UNC/Wake forest losing is ideal? If they are playing each other it’s not possible. Lol

Man, these guys suck. Watching conference tournament games is discouraging. Can't hit layups. Can't hit open shots

3 minutes ago, Jordan91 said:

Both UNC/Wake forest losing is ideal? If they are playing each other it’s not possible. Lol

Maybe one team could lose by 20 and the other team be forced to expel 80% of the roster after the game for gambling or other malfeasances. 

You'd have to back to the 1950s to see basketball this bad.

Indiana crumbling late.  Oregon on a 9-0 run to take a 65-54 lead with 2:13 left.

IU finally got a score.  65-56 with 1:57 left.  Oregon now out of timeouts.

Arky down 8 at the half.  Beard is somewhat notorious for tanking conference tournaments, btw. 

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Mississippi has been outscored 34-11 over the last 11:50. 

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Mississippi woke up, forced a tie with a three point play with 20 seconds to go, Arky missed a pair of ft, and Pedulla hit a three with 1.7 seconds to win it.

Arky now back to the 11 line. 

Xavier up 10 at the half.  Thanks, Shaka. 

14 minutes ago, bierce said:

Xavier up 10 at the half.  Thanks, Shaka. 

The gift that keeps giving

Indiana could be enough if Texas wins.

Watch the Big East games just for the PA guy. Notable for his calls on shots BTA:

               Goal!

        Point

Three

Marquette has cut the lead to two at the under 12.

 

So on second thought, was Sean Miller failing his interview? Or just making himself available sooner?!

1 hour ago, bierce said:

Xavier up 10 at the half.  Thanks, Shaka. 

The gift that keeps giving

Thank you for your service, Shaka

Marquette pulled it out, so this has been a very good day so far.  Just need Texas to play well in the second half and hang on to win. 

David Joplin shot the m-----f----- in the last minute to turn it toward MU.

Too much to ask to have North Carolina lose. Wake goes cold at the finish.

Good day just became terrific with Shedrick hitting 10/10 from the line to help us win in double OT.  I thought we were doomed when Mark fouled out, but bring on Tennessee. 

Now, go Kentucky.  We may have already passed Indiana, Xavier, and Ohio State, but let's pass OU while we're at it today.

Boise State and SDSU are in a one point game midway through the second half.

This is the Texas team everyone thought we had this season. Finally healthy and starting to put it together.

Back from dead yo

43 minutes ago, Neil Leininger said:

This is the Texas team everyone thought we had this season. Finally healthy and starting to put it together.

If the story about preseason practices having a lot of Mark bringing up the ball and triggering the offense, then our early season troubles become a lot more understandable. 

Boise State won by 10.  San Diego State no longer looks like a certain bid winner.

And could even Baylor be in trouble?  It's going down hard against Tech.

Iowa is getting clobbered by Illinois.  If Purdue can dispatch USC later tonight, then the Big Ten will have no dance crashers.