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Texas better pick it up.

I had them in the finals in one and the final 4 in another

Baylor better pick it up!

Brackets destroyed

ISU is gonna screw around and destroy my brackets.

Niang having a weak game for isu

Thought there might have been a foul somewhere in there with all that slapping

High seeds struggling so far. ND up 2 late, Iowa st up 1 with 8 to go, baylor tied with 4 left in the first.

2-point game with 32 seconds left! Coulda been a 1-point game. That three went halfway down

Not sure. NE's ONE big man has given them fits. Texas has FOUR bigs who are bigger and better than him

Northeastern cuts it to 4 with 2:00 left!

ND just caught a big break. They foul a guy up six and the foul is called on NE

They might. If they get texas next round, they're going to have some matchup problems.

NE is looking pretty decent, but it's hard to believe ND has had the season they've had watching them today

Iowa state started out hot, but now UAB is taking it to them. Not good for me and my brackets if they don't go deep. Tied at 21 with 6 left in the half

Northeastern up 24-22 at the final media timeout of the first half. Northeastern really does have a similar makeup to UT, but much less talented. ND might be in trouble if texas wins today. And that's assuming ND pulls this one out.

Watching ND struggle early with notheastern's big man makes me feel a lot better about picking texas and their giant size to beat them next round

Another thing the playin games do is give #16 seeds a chance to win a meaningful NCAA tourney game

I think when you're talking about the last 5 in and the last 5 out, it's pretty close as to who deserves to make it and who does it, and this gives some of those teams who would've been left out a chance.

They took the four worst 16-seeds and made them play for two spots, and took the four best bubble teams and had them play for two spots. I guess it's an effort to improve the quality of teams in the tourney. In the old day your two winners of the bubble games are in the NIT, and two of your 16-seeds are 15-seeds. This way I guess they've found a way for a couple of additional teams with reasonable arguments to be in the tourney to get a chance to make it.

Great ending to this one

They're doing that because the bubble teams that are playing in for an 11-seed are infinitely better than the teams getting 16-seeds. It wouldn't be fair for a #1 seed to have to play a Dayton or boise st as a 16 in their first game.

I joined the tourney group

EPA is looking for ways to reduce the waste of potable water? Shocking development.

Now 41-12!