Wow!!! Did TT look good, even grinding it out. Gonzaga just was hamstrung by an incredible defense.

Go Big 12 (as long as the opponent is not KU).

By the way, however their next team is composed, I hope they look at that game tape several times. And internalize it. Maybe also some of the down 18 points some mediocre (Iowa) teams put in. Those teams just ignored the scoreboard.

Hey don't hate...relate...I luvs ya anyway.

Not making excuses for us being a 4 seed, but Auburn did win the SEC tourney and got a 5 seed................They are the hottest team entering SEC tourney and still end up with a 5 seed ?

Impressive run for Auburn.......KU, UNC, and now UK.

Because they were 9-9 in their conference record...they caught fire like Zona did in 97..

Holy Cow, we can have a Zion-less Final 4. Now the networks can discuss the teams involved, not just Zion.

Don't count on it.

The media is already covering for Coach K. They claim Michigan St was actually “the 5th 1 seed” and shouldn’t have been in their region. No mention of their prior struggles in the tournament.
That MSU team opened +3 underdogs to Texas Tech.
Auburn is +5 1/2 vs Virginia. I wish they hadn’t lost one of their best if not the best player on the team. How funny to watch Emmert possibly handing Pearl the trophy, while the FBI investigation with Auburn going on.

My overall March Madness pick was/is Virginia. Still think so, and should be the favorite out of four remaining. Auburn is hot, but I've seen them lay an egg or two (so has Ginny) and still believe in Virginia overall at 151 total points to be scored in championship game.

Defense by Virginia is the key.

Virginia is the worst of the final 4 teams as they are now.

Believe I read, or heard, Auburn and TTech are the top two defensive teams in the country. Both have been creating turnovers at an alarming rate, and both have been shooting the hell outa 3 balls. If that continues I can easily see those two in a battle of never-before-titans for the big prize.
I get the impression Virginia is very fortunate to be where they are now. They just don't seem to have "that guy" that could light it up to get them over the hump, and it's really, really tough to see them out grinding Tech or Auburn. It's also easy to see them getting physically abused by Mich St. I just can't envision Ginny strutting away as champs.

Now then...what the heck is Truckstop 10? Some backhand slight for the Big12 (10)?

There's nothing backhanded about it. It is an overt denigration of a conference now made up almost entirely of rural nothingness.

Tuscaloosa, Lexington, Knoxville and the Columbias aren't exactly NYC.

The BIG 12 accounts for 25% of the final four this year. Not too shabby.

Same last year.

No one is talking about New York. What a stupid comparison.

The only points of interest in the T10 are truckstops, hence the name.

No truckstops in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky?