Chance for Rare Finish in March Madness

Shower Thought - April 1, 2025

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"Programs win in Championships in March!

Freshman Kevin Durant lost to USC in the second round of the 2007 NCAA tournament. Then went pro.

Freshman Jayson Tatum lost to South Carolina in the second round of the 2017 NCAA tournament. Then went pro.

Zion Williamson lost to Michigan State in the Elite 8 in 2019 then went to the NBA.

Lonzo Ball lost to kentucky in the Sweet 16 then went to the NBA.

Those are some of the top one and done players of the 20 years. Carmelo won it, ANdthony Davis won it, Greg Oden won it...Cooper Flagg is poised to win it this year. True Freshman who win a title and then get picked top 5 in the NBA draft. That's a small list.

And it's rare. Programs win over one and done players, or teams that are transfer laden most of the time.

Of the 29 top players on the final four teams 20 were returners, 4 were freshmen and only 5 are transfers

The teams with the most new transfer players in the sweet 16 all lost. Maryland, Texas Tech, Michigan.

If Duke wins as they're expected to do, it'll be like Halle’s comet. A one and done top pick winning a college title."

Shower Thought - March 31, 2025

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"I had a goal last year to get back to my roots and start watching the cubs everyday again. So I got the MLB package and started watching the Cubs every night. And I went on the message board and I said does it bother anyone else how Cody Bellinger always strides wide like even on an outside pitch? He's constantly fouling off strikes on the outside corner. A nice little observation. Dipping my toes into the swap. Here's what I got back...You're stupid haven't you seen his vorp+ War, and his weighted runs above average? You idiot? What are you complaining about. Go look at his LGBAT+ you moron. And I went into the fetal position on the floor. Don't mess with analytic message boarders.

This is how I feel now when I complain about how this march madness stunk. Are you kidding me Ken Pom says this final four has the best offensive defensive efficiency rating of all time, haven't you looked at the four factors index? Don't you subscribe to Bernie Fine dot blogspot.com?? These are the best teams they should be playing in the final four, enough with the cinderella talk! And I say listen, if I wanted to watch the best teams play against each other, I would have watched the regular season! Auburn and Florida already played each other twice! I watched none of it. Every night in the SEC and the Big 10 and the ACC the best teams played marquee matchups and Digger Phelps was there and Bill Raftery and the other guy. Nobody watched. I want to be surprised in March, I want it to be mad... I don't wanna be lectured by a bunch of message boarders."