I was thinking about how easy Duke's brackets always are and how they have a homecourt advantage every first and second round. I thought it would be interesting to see if some of you guys who are good at this sort of thing could let us know the last time that Duke didn't play their first and second rounds in the state of North Carolina. Seems like they open up in Raleigh, Durham, or Winston Salem every year. We get placed in Milwaukee and they are an hour from campus. Is it my imagination or is it factual? Hopefully, one of you can let us know.

At least it has for this year

Kentucky Sweet 16
Arkansas Sweet 16
BYU Sweet 16

Darius Miller should have been tournament MVP. Every time they needed a bucket every time things seem to get out of sync. He calmed them down. Swiss army knife

Here is the schedule for Friday tourney games.

Just checking out the odds to win it all, as well as the odds to win the regions. Seems like every year one region's bracket gets blown up by upsets and an underdog sneaks into the final four. I also thought given how tough the SEC was this year, maybe finding a sleeper team outside the big 4 would offer some value. As much as I hate to admit it, Arkansas looks somewhat interesting at 72-1 to win the West Regional. They've played better recently, going 8-5 in the SEC since February 1. They played Auburn and UA fairly close games. Of course, they have to overcome the coaching of you know who.

There are some other juicy odds on decent teams out there.

Kentucky comes in at #15.

Predictions?

Let's start a Stock Advice thread where posters can drop stock tips for each other and dissect each others investments. I will start.


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The most anticipated SEC Tournament in league history tips off in a couple of days.

Mark Pope is 8-9 in conference tournaments.

Kentucky 2-4 in SEC Tournament play since its last tournament title.

Winning this in Nashville would be harder than reaching the Final Four.

Welp, this is impressive. Had 40pts/8reb/5ast/3blk/1to against Jokic and the Nuggets and went 4/4 in the 4th qtr to seal the win. Could he end up being the best Kentucky pro we've ever had? He's the best scorer in the world right now --> 🤯🤯🤯


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Looking at T-Rank (barttorvick.com)

Committe has begun using this as a metric for seeding the field, so I think this means something at least.

Since February 8 to current, which includes games with USC, UT, Texas, Vandy, Bama, Oklahoma, Auburn, and LSU - we are sitting at the following in Overall Rank, Off Eff, and Def Eff:

- Overall Rank - 9
- Off Eff - 23
- Def Eff - 14

These are adjusted metrics over that time period. As you can see, we have made tremendous strides in defense, and have lost a bit in offense. I like seeing these numbers, and I think we have really been improving on the defensive side. Looks like we’ve suffered on O, but can be contributed to Butler being injured and of course Jax.

Top 25 in both bodes well for us. If you just look at our trend here, we could be going into tourney play with some positive momentum. Thoughts?

Losing at halftime to Troy 27-26.

This Mizzou - MSU game is a foul every play it seems. Get this over with! 5am is gonna come early tomorrow. Sigh.