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[Post Game Thread] #5 San Diego State defeats #1 Alabama, 71-64 Post Game Thread
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| San Diego State | 28 | 43 | 71 |
| Alabama | 23 | 41 | 64 |
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u/Avornjers Mar 25 '23
Why get 1 seed when 5 seed do trick?
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u/cjackc11
Maryland Terrapins • UMBC Retrievers
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3/27 from 3 sorry Bama we must’ve infected you with our shooting touch from last game
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u/TheInternetIsGood Texas Longhorns Mar 25 '23
At least it wasn't 0-27...
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u/barbandbert Colorado State Rams Mar 25 '23
City of Houston catching strays today
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u/OriginalOmagus Mar 25 '23
They're about two and a half minutes from having other things to be miserable about.
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u/Sweet_Baby_Cheesus Texas A&M Aggies Mar 25 '23
As if I needed ANOTHER reason to hate you longhorns
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u/suzukigun4life North Texas Mean Green Mar 25 '23
San Diego State's a great defensive team
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u/I_Brain_You Oklahoma State Cowboys Mar 25 '23
That was incredible to watch. All of those blocks were fucking poetry.
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u/AcanthocephalaNo2926 Mar 25 '23
SDSU out-physicaled Bama like Bama’s football does to most. Bama is talented, but they got pushed around by a more physical, stronger team. Was a physical mismatch
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u/woofbarkruff Connecticut Huskies Mar 25 '23
Might be worth finding a synonym for physical
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u/Flashy_Inevitable_10 San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
The word you’re looking for is Aztec
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u/chrispgriffin Alabama Crimson Tide Mar 25 '23
I'm very frustrated, but at the same time SDSt put on a hell of a defensive performance. Gotta give credit where it's due
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u/Tarmacked Alabama Crimson Tide Mar 25 '23
Honestly would’ve rather seen us chuck threes then Quinerly drive another layup into an easy block
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u/Dday22t San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
reminded me of Purdue's loss: shooting 3's so poorly you lose. But I'll take it.
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u/CommodoreN7 Arkansas Razorbacks • Utah Utes Mar 25 '23
Great to see a PAC-12 powerhouse having a strong tourney run…. Wait
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u/feralihatr Arizona Wildcats Mar 25 '23
Ah yes a pac 12 powerhouse beating the big bad guys Alabama this year. Just as my bracket predicted. Wait fml
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u/inevitablescape Arizona Wildcats • Illinois Fighting Illini Mar 25 '23
I wouldn't be opposed to bringing SDSU to the PAC-12
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u/One_Run Illinois Fighting Illini Mar 25 '23
It's pretty much confirmed at this point. Likely paired with SMU to replace the LA schools
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u/likdisifucryeverytym San Diego State Aztecs • Syracuse Or… Mar 25 '23
I just wanna beat Arizona and being in the pac 12 would at least give us more opportunities lol
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u/WhatAmIDoingHere05 Washington Huskies • San Diego Sta… Mar 25 '23
All signs point to SDSU becoming a PAC-12 team once UCLA and USC hightail it out.
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u/CommodoreN7 Arkansas Razorbacks • Utah Utes Mar 25 '23
Yep. I’m not against it at all. Think they can become a valuable member.
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u/thrwy18383747 Mar 25 '23
Which again what a stupid move by USC and UCLA and I say that as a USC fan
Yes, big ten has a lot more money but they are literally west coast royalty. The ultimate PAC teams. The culture hit is terrible.
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u/Shepherd7X San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
Yes, big ten has a lot more money but they are literally west coast royalty. The ultimate PAC teams. The culture hit is terrible.
I think so too :(. All my UCLA and SC homies are bummed about it. I was so excited for yearly SDSU/LA matchups.
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u/thrwy18383747 Mar 25 '23
Like I am quite sure those two universities could have negotiated larger payouts to stay in the pac 12 rather than having to fly to fucking Michigan to play football games
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u/ABoyIsNo1 Texas Longhorns Mar 25 '23
Great to see a SEC powerhouse having a strong tourney run…. Wait
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u/lileastjaystreet San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
SAN DIEGO IS A STATE!!!!
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u/Noy_Telinu UCLA Bruins • Notre Dame Fighting Irish Mar 25 '23
Is the new football stadium open?
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u/meeorxmox San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
yep
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u/Noy_Telinu UCLA Bruins • Notre Dame Fighting Irish Mar 25 '23
Connected via trolley right?
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u/thezander8 San Diego State Aztecs • UC Davis Agg… Mar 25 '23
Always has been.
(I think you need to cross a long parking lot though, which Tbf was true for the last one)
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u/Ih8Hondas Missouri Tigers • New Mexico Lobos Mar 25 '23
Snapdragon? If so, yes. It hosted a round of supercross earlier this year.
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u/TerminalShitbag Ohio State Buckeyes Mar 25 '23
This comment was blocked by Nate Mensah
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u/suzukigun4life North Texas Mean Green Mar 25 '23
Had as many blocks as the entire Alabama team. Absolutely dominated on the defensive end
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u/notabiologist_37 Mar 25 '23
He blocked my friend’s chances of winning our tournament and locked me in to win our group
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u/Fistacles Creighton Bluejays • Syracuse Orange Mar 25 '23
Hats off to SDSU man. One of the toughest teams to score against year after year.
Glad its finally paying off for 'em.
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u/thezander8 San Diego State Aztecs • UC Davis Agg… Mar 25 '23
Your flair combo is terrifying
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u/LutzExpertTera
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I BELIEVED THAT WE WOULD WIN
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u/lamada16 San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
LFGSDSU
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u/WakingRage San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
MONTEZUMA'S REVENGE WILL NOT BE DENIED
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u/mac-0 San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
Jorge Alfaro died for this. We have to keep winning.
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u/Hawkman003 San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
I did, but I’ve seen so many State games fall apart within a half minute that I was still a bit paranoid.
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u/lazergator San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
They got within two and I thought “this is it, we lose”
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u/time2makemymove Tulane Green Wave • San Diego State Az… Mar 25 '23
WHAT A FANTASTIC WIN FOR THE PROGRAM
GO SAN DIEGO SPORTS TEAMS!!!!
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u/moremysterious San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
It's nice to be a San Diego sports fan for once!
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u/footer9 Marquette Golden Eagles Mar 25 '23
Kawhi Leonard and Jamaal Franklin died for this
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u/Zloggt Illinois Fighting Illini • Missouri Tigers Mar 25 '23
In a way, this magnificent run also helps put to the rest the 2019-20 team that never got a chance to play in the tournament!
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u/i_MiLK Dayton Flyers Mar 25 '23
Wtf about the rest of us huh?
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u/wolf1820 Kansas Jayhawks Mar 25 '23
Baylor got there's, KU got there's, now San Diego st is on a run. When is the justice for Dayton!!?
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u/knoxharring10 Indiana Hoosiers • Dayton Flyers Mar 25 '23
Nicole Simpson can’t rap I want justice!
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u/Scoolfish San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
For the rest of my life I will believe we would have won it all that year
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u/lazergator San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
A lot of them are still around and on the team lol
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u/YoungFlexibleShawty Mar 25 '23
Don't forget about Malachi Flynn and the COVID year. That team would have gone to the Sweet 16 at the minimum, might have been the best SDSU team since the Xavier Thames days.
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u/ace-destrier San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
That team had the most offense we’d ever seen in an SDSU team, which kinda isn’t saying a lot for us, but believe, they were good.
Flynn on the ball. Schakel behind the arc. Wetzell in the paint. The foundation of this team now was the line change for them
Damn. I still lament about that team
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u/lazergator San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
Then Matt Mitchell as the work horse when you need some heavy lifting
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u/autistic_hybrid San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
Haven't thought of Franklin in awhile lol
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u/footer9 Marquette Golden Eagles Mar 25 '23
His off the backboard oop to himself against Fresno St(?) is my all time favorite college dunk
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u/OleRockTheGoodAg Texas A&M Aggies • Arizona Wildcats Mar 25 '23 edited Mar 25 '23
Wow, this Aztec defense put on a masterclass. Held the 5th best offense to 23 points at half, and 64 for the game. Bama only hit 3 threes (on 27 attempts) and was blocked 8 times. Elite defense.
To beat Bama, you gotta control the pace, in now 5 of their 6 losses, they failed to reach 70 points. AZETCS ARE GOIN TO THE ELITE 8
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u/LutzExpertTera San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
Those fucking BLOCKS too. LETS GOOO
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u/ace-destrier San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
Mensah is KING 👑
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u/WakingRage San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
Trammel is a THIEF. Stole my heart this game
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u/boobsarecool Rutgers Scarlet Knights Mar 25 '23
Aztecs play some grown man basketball over there. Super impressive
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u/suzukigun4life North Texas Mean Green Mar 25 '23
They key to beating Bama is forcing turnovers, and the Aztecs forced 14. They did what they needed to do and made it ugly.
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u/lc910 Xavier Musketeers • Michigan Wolverines Mar 25 '23
Bama plays with a really fast tempo, which can be great against a lot of teams but can turn deadly against a slower placed but elite defense team, like their Tennessee loss and today.
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u/danhoang1 Connecticut Huskies • Santa Clara Br… Mar 25 '23
Mountain West since 2021:
1-7 in first round
2-0 in second round and later
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u/klongbor
San Diego State Aztecs
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CALIFORNIA BURRITOS ON ME
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u/cougar572 San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
MEET YOU AT TRUJILLOS
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u/mac-0 San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
Inject a Sigma Nu burrito right into my veins
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u/AUserNeedsAName Texas Longhorns • Texas Tech Red Raiders Mar 25 '23
Carne asada, guacamole, salsa, sour cream and french fries, all wrapped in a cheese quesadilla with a rolled taco in the center. Served as a burrito
Holy shit
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u/mac-0 San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
That's like 1,500 calories right there. Don't know how I used to be able to eat a whole one + a large orange bang soda after a night of drinking.
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u/steamysecretss San Diego State Aztecs • Connecti… Mar 25 '23
It’s next level. Open super late too. So many nights there at SDSU
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u/nineplayAP San Diego State Aztecs • Utah State… Mar 25 '23
The MWC has 3(!!!) NCAAT wins this year.
Excuse me while I pull diamonds out of my unclenched ass.
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u/marsworld72 San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
This one goes out to all the predictive models that were shitting on SDSU all week
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u/steamysecretss San Diego State Aztecs • Connecti… Mar 25 '23
Literally every single one… not a single “expert”, “analyst”, “bet predictor”, etc. gave SDSU even remotely a chance. Jokesssssss
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u/not-eliza St. Mary's Gaels • Northwestern Wildca… Mar 25 '23
This is a massive day for mid major basketball! And west coast basketball! I am honestly beyond glad SDSU won this game and I honestly just hope they win it all. I don’t care about my bracket LOL
SDSU’s defense was elite. I hope this game shows that cbk is changing and moving away from the bias towards high majors.
(And. You know. If SDSU wins it all at least I can say my team has a win over the national champ this year)
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u/SurpriseFrenchFries Texas Longhorns Mar 25 '23
This is why the cfb playoffs will never hold a candle to march madness. The parity in college basketball right now is amazing. Even when you think the blue bloods have an easy route to the championship, the mid majors rise to the occasion.
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u/MegaAscension Charleston Cougars Mar 25 '23
We lost to San Diego State by six. Alabama lost by seven. That means we’re better than Alabama, right?
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u/planetwaffles Charleston Cougars Mar 25 '23
I think so. Admittedly, watching sdsu make a deep run makes me feel better about the loss. At least we lost to a hot team and not a close loss to a team that makes a second round exit
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u/MegaAscension Charleston Cougars Mar 25 '23
Especially with how well San Diego State’s defense has played. They’ve stopped everyone in the tournament so far.
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u/o07jdb Connecticut Huskies • Vermont Catamounts Mar 25 '23
So, you’re down by 2 with 45 secs left. Why the fuck do you intentionally foul?
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u/Birminghammer007 Alabama Crimson Tide Mar 25 '23
Had to have been a mistake. That entire mathematics spiel by the color announcer was complete non-sense. Can’t remember who fouled but he looked like he knew he fucked up afterwards
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u/MrF1993 North Carolina Tar Heels Mar 25 '23
One of the following teams will be in the National Title game:
SDSU, Creighton, Princeton, FAU, K-State
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u/Drew-Killem Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 25 '23
Bracket really opening up for Princeton 😳
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u/big_bad_baptist_ Baylor Bears • Saint Louis Billikens Mar 25 '23
Glad those kids can finally catch a break.
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u/JarodR747 Utah State Aggies Mar 25 '23
Bring home the natty SDSU
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u/itsrickyd San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
Thanks for the support, glad we finally broke part of the MWC curse
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u/dubspace New Mexico Lobos Mar 25 '23
You guys can legit beat anyone with that defense and physicality. Wouldn't be surprised to see the Aztecs bully everyone left in front of them.
It's crazy to think about, but a national championship is absolutely in reach for SDSU.
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u/lazergator San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
I can’t handle thinking about this. Let’s take it one day at a time
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u/cougar572 San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
I HAVEN'T BEEN THIS HAPPY SINCE I TOUCHED KAWHI LEONARD'S HAND
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u/Licit_x64 North Carolina Tar Heels • Charlott… Mar 25 '23
You could touch that man’s hand halfway across the street
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u/CommunistTrafficCone South Dakota State Jackrabbits Mar 25 '23
Let's fucking go SDSU! Good luck in the elite 8!
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u/eatapenny Virginia Cavaliers • Ohio State Buckeyes Mar 25 '23
Against arguably the best defense he's played all season, Brandon Miller went 3/19 with 6 TOs.
He's a talented dude, and everyone has bad games, but NBA scouts can't be happy seeing that performance.
Congrats to SDSU! We actually lost to Furman on purpose to help facilitate Alabama getting upset, cause we would've lost to them
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u/CarterAC3 Michigan Wolverines Mar 25 '23
I have yet to see Wemby or Scoot miss a single shot in the tournament
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u/Passw0rd-Is-Tac0 Kansas Jayhawks Mar 25 '23
I’m sure this will be civil lol
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u/GLaDOS715 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 25 '23
It took less than 1 second for it not to be lol
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u/JayMerlyn Notre Dame Fighting Irish Mar 25 '23
It's already more chaotic than an r/cfb thread about Bama losing. And that's hard to do.
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u/aiden3buckets Mar 25 '23
How many times was Jahvon Quinerly blocked tonight?
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u/suzukigun4life North Texas Mean Green Mar 25 '23
5 times, all in the 2nd half, almost each time by Mensah.
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u/ZDogPharizle Tennessee Volunteers Mar 25 '23
Tennessee fans crawling out from under our depressive rock to enjoy Bama losing like
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u/3headeddragn UCLA Bruins Mar 25 '23
This tournament has UConn winning it all as a 3+ seed written all over it lol.
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u/WarEagle9 Auburn Tigers • UAB Blazers Mar 25 '23
Imagine having a coach that can’t get you to the Elite Eight
(This post was made be the Bruce Pearl Gang)
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u/fancycheesus Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 25 '23
And we thought Rick Barnes choked in march
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u/FellKnight Boise State Broncos Mar 25 '23
Does anyone on Reddit remember burying the Mountain West?
Pepperidge farm remembers.
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u/suzukigun4life North Texas Mean Green Mar 25 '23
Thank you Aztecs,
for getting Nate Oats and Brandon Miller out of the tournament.
Sincerely,
Pretty much every non-Bama fan
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u/TheScarletSeahawk UNC Wilmington Seahawks • Rutgers Sca… Mar 25 '23
Can’t think of a single non bama fan who wanted them to win today unless it’s for bracket reasons
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u/HaroldAndGoomar Michigan Wolverines • Western Mich… Mar 25 '23
I had them winning it all and I was still cheering for them to lose spectacularly
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u/midnightsbane04 Michigan Wolverines • North Carolina… Mar 25 '23
Same. I always root for chaos unless It’s Michigan or UNC playing. Brackets are just for fun at the end of the day, and chaos is the purest fun.
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u/ItsFreakinHarry2 UCF Knights Mar 25 '23
A small part of me is sad bc my non-meme bracket had them winning it all
But it’s a small price to pay for salvation
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u/fancycheesus Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 25 '23
ITs JuSt BeCaUsE ThEy are GoOd.
Glad we can put that excuse to rest
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u/Actually_Im_a_Broom Auburn Tigers Mar 25 '23
For what it’s worth I hated them before it was the trendy thing to do.
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u/timthetoon San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
Watching Steve Fisher's early years progress to this has been such a great journey
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u/madwanker69 San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
I guess we didn’t belong on the same floor as bama 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼
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u/Carcrusher3 Mar 25 '23
My coworker who lives in India just got into hoops and was so excited for his first bracket, I saw he picked San Diego St. to win it all and was laughing so hard.
Who's laughing now, congrats Shubam.
Also had Princeton winning twice, nostradamus mf
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u/kroxti Auburn Tigers Mar 25 '23
SDSU: Auburn Sleeper BFF since the undefeated battles of 2020.
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u/WalkingCarpet Auburn Tigers • Final Four Mar 25 '23
points at secondary flair
Borat voice
"You will never get this! You will never get this!"
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u/mac-0 San Diego State Aztecs Mar 25 '23
I'm so happy man. I got to see my first tournament game last weekend in Orlando. Now our first Elite 8. Been waiting for this half my life. I'm crying right now.
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u/Jchil05 Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 25 '23 edited Mar 25 '23
Arkansas fans and Sand Diego State fans got into fistfights in the stands in Maui.
Tonight I felt like Apollo Creed watching Rocky fight Clubber Lang. GG Aztec bros. America won tonight.
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u/yoheadabovewater Illinois Fighting Illini • Kentucky Wildc… Mar 25 '23
The nation rejoices
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u/Ampmonkey Tennessee Volunteers Mar 25 '23
To all the bama fans who were throwing shit around yesterday. ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻 y’all drive home safe from Louisville, and make sure your cousins cuddle you close tonight.
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u/PortillosBeefNChedd Kansas Jayhawks Mar 25 '23
The last SEC team to make the Final Four was Auburn in 2019
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u/ContentNeptune3 Nevada Wolf Pack Mar 25 '23
People have doubted this SDSU team every step of the way in the tournament, maybe now people will think they're legit
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u/aMiracleAtJordanHare Auburn Tigers • Texas Tech Red Raiders Mar 25 '23
And with that, order was restored to the universe.
:')
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