Last two NCAA Tournament records by conference:
Big East: 17-4
Big 12: 15-12
SEC: 13-13
Big Ten: 11-11
One of these is not like others.
Stop rewarding mediocrity with more bids. Reward the conference that performs on the biggest stage.
Chris Thedinga
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- Oklahoma is 4-12 in their conference and has the 317th ranked noncon SOS. They’ve won four games in 2025. Them being in ahead of Xavier is absolute joke. Winning games should matter.
- Reminder that St. John’s is 44 spots higher than Virginia on KenPom…
- Tonight was only the end of Baylor Scheierman’s *college* career, many bright days ahead. Going to miss watching him in this uniform. 2,233 points 1,257 rebounds 580 assists 356 three pointers The only player in college basketball history to have those career numbers.
- This guy ends his career while etching his name in Creighton history: 2nd in points scored 2nd in blocked shots 2nd in rebounds 2nd in field goal percentage Thank you, for everything you’ve done for Creighton University. Number 11 will hang in the rafters soon enough.
- Michigan State: 3 Q1 wins 9-14 in first two quadrants 10-0 in Q3-4 Providence: 6 Q1 wins 9-13 in first two quadrants 12-0 in Q3-4 One is a nine seed, one wasn’t even all that close to the cut line.
- Ryan Kalkbrenner had: - more points per game - shot better from two - shot better from three - had less turnovers - is the conference’s best defensive player - is the conference’s leading rebounder This has turned into a narrative award to some degree.
00:00 - Creighton’s draw is legitimately the most disrespectful one in the bracket. They play a team that’s two seed lines under seeded, and they play them an hour from their campus. Pretty ridiculous.Louisville as an 8 means the committee had them somewhere 29-32 on their seed list. There's literally not a metric on their team sheet that is that low.
- The Big East Conference is now 4-0. The only multi-bid league that is undefeated.
- Perhaps, just perhaps, it simply was never a three bid league to begin with. Seton Hall wasn’t even challenged until the championship of the NIT. UConn was never challenged in the NCAAT. The Big East was one of the best two conferences in basketball.First time since UNLV in 1990 that the champion came from a conference with 3 or fewer Tourney bids However, this year was different with so many bid-stealers. The Big East was a good conference. Just an outlier for that trend
- In other news, right next to press row, an SJU fan pours beer on a woman wearing a Creighton shirt. She reacts back, an interaction occurs - and the Creighton fan is told to leave.
- Serbian 7-footer Aleksa Dimitrijević, who is set to visit Creighton. A polished big around the rim, with some pretty decent outside touch. Could develop into something special.
- Insert the “I mean it’s absolutely comical” Raftery call.











