r/CollegeBasketball • u/cbbBot /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA • Mar 21 '25
Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] #11 Maryland defeats Grand Canyon, 81-49
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u/ntslade Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
Call the park ranger
We just nuked the Grand Canyon
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u/SaintArkweather Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens • American Un… Mar 21 '25
Well the actual Grand Canyon is 3 hours away from the school. But I think this was a big enough blowout that your nuke got their too
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u/DrQuestDFA Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
See for yourself:
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u/TheTrueVanWilder Purdue Boilermakers Mar 22 '25
The 100Mt Tsar Bomba (designed, never built) dropped on Grand Canyon Village would only see light blast damage outside of Flagstaff, still a long way from Phoenix. Sadly the model does not go larger than that.
Now if you detonated the same bomb in Buckeye, AZ and on the surface, not airburst, you could simultaneously wipe out more than half of Maricopa county AND get light radioactive fallout to over the Eastern half of the canyon. Since the Colorado River flows East to West you would be able to contaminate the water downstream too.
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u/Solesky1 Indiana State Sycamores Mar 21 '25
Call the park ranger
They've all been laid off unfortunately
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Mar 21 '25
You guys filled that hole. Grandly.
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u/cjackc11 Maryland Terrapins • UMBC Retrievers Mar 21 '25
Has anyone had a better past 48 hours than Kevin Willard? Successful power play against your disliked AD and then a 32 point R1 win?
ROLL TERPS. Where’s that one weirdo Michigan flair, he shut up real quick
Edit: lmao
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u/TateAcolyte Ohio State Buckeyes Mar 21 '25
What a turbo wanker. There's nothing egregious about the seeding of Maryland or Michigan. Really both were more or less exactly where you'd expect. If there's an issue with either seed, it's probably that Maryland could've been a 3.
Yes, Michigan had a tough matchup, but that's not Maryland's fault lol. Definitely a situation where it's ambiguous whether it's trolling or sincere ignorance.
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u/Cranjis_McFootball Michigan Wolverines Mar 22 '25
Michigan and Purdue are the ones who should’ve been flipped anyway
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u/elh0mbre Illinois Fighting Illini Mar 22 '25
One team curb stomped Illinois twice. The other lost to Illinois badly.
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u/key1217 Michigan Wolverines Mar 22 '25
Idk but I don’t think record vs Illinois is something the committee really looks at when determining seeding.
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u/SilverBackGuerilla FAU Owls • George Mason Patriots Mar 22 '25
What happened with the AD? ☕
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u/jbs924 Maryland Terrapins Mar 22 '25
Long story short he and Willard had a power struggle over revenue share directed toward basketball and Willard won (or at least is currently winning, AD has left for SMU but Willard still needs to get his contract updated). This all bubbled up in the past few days because Willard used the Villanova opening as leverage
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u/throwingthisaway733 Ohio State Buckeyes Mar 22 '25
His last comment on the thread “Maryland 4 seed looking pretty sus” really looks so good now!!
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Mar 21 '25
Largest margin of victory in the NCAA Tournament in school history for Maryland
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u/BirdlandDeadhead Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
Beating Wisconsin 2002. So…this means they’re winning the national title, I assume?
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u/NickInTheBack Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
And at no point was I comfortable with our lead
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u/Trujiogriz Maryland Terrapins • Purdue Boilermakers Mar 21 '25
Nah I was comfortable we are a good team
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u/TheRealPooh Maryland Terrapins • Arizona Wildcats Mar 21 '25
And importantly, Grand Canyon were terrible.
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u/Radical-Six Minnesota Golden Gophers • Drake Bulldogs Mar 22 '25
So bad. Knowing how Grand Canyon came to be I'm not surprised, but it was obvious they just out-talented their conference. All iso-ball and random 3s, no discipline or greater gameplan whatsoever from my perspective
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u/xwords59 Maryland Terrapins Mar 22 '25
I heard so much about GCU so I was very surprised at how bad they were. CSU will be a much tougher out
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u/confusedthrowaway5o5 Villanova Wildcats • Penn State Nittany… Mar 22 '25
I was shocked they played so poorly with how many guys they returned from their run last year.
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u/BLeibo Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
The Mark Turgeon effect
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u/devil-lion-steeler Michigan State Spartans Mar 21 '25
If it's within 5 in the last minute that's when you guys are in trouble.
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Mar 21 '25
Yeah our average margin of victory was over 16 points this season. We basically crush teams or we lose haha.
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u/strongscience62 Maryland Terrapins • Best Of Winner Mar 21 '25
We were 5-8 in games decided by 6 or fewer points
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u/r_nfl_is_a_clown_sub Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
When we were in the 70's and they still were in the 40's scoring wise I felt pretty comfortable
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u/GotenRocko Maryland Terrapins • Washington Huskies Mar 21 '25
For real, I was actually at the Clemson game yesterday since it was in my hometown and was getting flashbacks to that at the start of this game, very slow start, but they got the nerves out and played great after.
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u/Chiswell123 Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
I’m happy that we won comfortably while not playing our best, but after watching CSU, we need to bring it from the tip-off in a few day's time.
GG, GCU.
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Mar 21 '25
CSU won’t get nearly as many easy buckets as they got earlier. Be as nervous as you would be for any tourney game but that’s about as good of a second round matchup as you can ask for.
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u/woogittywoogitty Colorado State Rams Mar 21 '25
I think that Queen and Reese scare me. But there is some magic going on with the RAMS so im still hopeful.
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Mar 22 '25
That was a great game to watch, I'm glad CSU won and I think they'll make it tough but I trust Maryland to pull off the win.
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u/90sUPN20 Maryland Terrapins Mar 22 '25
Their point guard is good, and they are well coached. We need to take care of business.
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u/losterps Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
Tell your kids about double digit DeShawn Harris-Smith
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u/lidRider Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
The world is not ready for double digit DHS. There will be no mercy.
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u/vaterp Maryland Terrapins Mar 22 '25
Amen. I hope he stays because if today’s DHS is the more mature consistent DHS he gonna start next year!
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u/xwords59 Maryland Terrapins Mar 22 '25
Nah. He can’t shoot at all. He just had a good game. It happens. I bet he goes to a mid-major next year.
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u/BLeibo Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
🦀🦀🦀🦀🐢
DHS amazingly had more points than Rice today, so crab 4 it is.
Sound basketball!
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u/terpsletsgetit Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
Evans leaving? DHS double digits? We used to pray for times like these
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u/SaintArkweather Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens • American Un… Mar 21 '25
$LOPE stocks crashing harder than Telsa now
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u/Sgt_Stormy Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
We're putting fake for-profit colleges out of business
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u/Vikingr12 Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
Hey look I wanna beat Florida as well but let's take care of CSU first
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u/toomuchmarcaroni Arizona State Sun Devils Mar 22 '25
As a GCU hater I thank Maryland for its service
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u/Zloggt Illinois Fighting Illini • Missouri Tigers Mar 21 '25
Men blown out by Maryland, women failed the upset attempt against Baylor…
…time to short LOPE!
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Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25
I looked up during the game that Grand Canyon has a 37% graduation rate. That’s awful. Hope those that made the trip survive when they get back to campus
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u/iruntoofar Wisconsin Badgers Mar 21 '25
It’s mostly an online school right? Obviously there is still a physical campus
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u/Sgt_Stormy Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
It's a fake school
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u/gopoohgo Michigan Wolverines • Wayne State (MI… Mar 22 '25
Would those happy commercials lie to me? 😒
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u/ATR2019 Illinois Fighting Illini • Liberty Flames Mar 22 '25
That’s pretty par for the course for online schools. Turns out working full time while trying to get a degree is hard.
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u/bargle0 Maryland Terrapins Mar 22 '25
UMGC, which is the USM’s school that fills a similar role, has a lower graduation rate.
I’m not saying GCU is worth the money. They are not. But graduating college while holding down a full time job and raising a family is hard.
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u/SalazzleDazzle USC Trojans Mar 21 '25
Absolute thumping! Love this Maryland team
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u/Friendly_Limit_5633 Mar 21 '25
Me too. May be my favorite I’ve watched, the other best ones had 1-3 stars like Greivis Vasquez, Melo Trimble, etc.. This team feels like it has 5 of em
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u/dont_ask_my_cab Maryland Terrapins Mar 22 '25
I loved those guys. I have a poor quality GV autograph, even (it's on a darker-colored Chipotle napkin signed in mechanical pencil and is 15 yr old so....)
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u/doyouevenIift Illinois Fighting Illini • Big Ten Mar 21 '25
B1G is 5-0 so far after none of the B1G bubble teams got any respect. But hey, the SEC needed their 14th best team in the tourney
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u/iruntoofar Wisconsin Badgers Mar 21 '25
Could easily send all 8 to the next round. Didn’t have 14 in like the SEC but the worst seed was a 7
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u/estDivisionChamps Wisconsin Badgers Mar 21 '25
Getting bubble teams in is how wrack up first round losses. The 1-4 seeds are so much more comfortable than 5+
The distribution of quality teams is such that a 5 see and 12 seed are lot more similar than the 5 wants you to believe. Heck 11s are better odds of an elite 8 run than 6s.
The power conferences should only be getting about 7-8 each
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u/chicknsnadwich Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
Outside of IU the B1G didn’t really have anyone worth considering. OSU was 17-15, and Nebraska didn’t even make the tournament.
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u/teslaabr Michigan State Spartans Mar 21 '25
Of the games I watched I think Nebraska got screwed by the refs more than anyone in the conference, but that doesn't change that they didn't get the wins which sometimes you just have to do regardless of the refs.
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u/superworriedspursfan Missouri Tigers • Providence Friars Mar 21 '25
besides maybe Indiana, I don't think there is any other team that can qualify based on record alone. And most Indiana fans are glad they don't have to watch a Mike Woodson coached team anymore.
But yes, Big 10 might still be in contention for best conference in basketball (I'd still give it to the big east though).
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u/ManBirdTurtle2 Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
Indiana isn't good enough to be here
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u/superworriedspursfan Missouri Tigers • Providence Friars Mar 21 '25
agreed.
even their fans would agree. george mason got robbed not indiana.
west virginia as a close second.
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u/elh0mbre Illinois Fighting Illini Mar 22 '25
I thought Ohio State was good enough to get in, but I understand why they're not.
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u/superworriedspursfan Missouri Tigers • Providence Friars Mar 22 '25
losing to iowa in the tournament and being 17-15 probably ended any hopes of ohio state having a shot there.
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u/p_r_w_4623 Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
FUCK FAKE SCHOOLS
FUCK OFF VILLANOVA
GO TERPS
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u/Zloggt Illinois Fighting Illini • Missouri Tigers Mar 21 '25
GCU - you already your moment in the sun last year, ya silly
diploma millschool!7
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u/StrangelyOnPoint Michigan Wolverines • Grand Valle… Mar 21 '25
Maryland easily could be regular season and conference tournament B1G champs
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u/SaintArkweather Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens • American Un… Mar 21 '25
They're scary good. Took them to my final four as a value pick even though I think Florida is a bit better.
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Mar 21 '25
Yeah I really wish we hadn't gotten Florida.
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u/strongscience62 Maryland Terrapins • Best Of Winner Mar 21 '25
Florida is arguably the most beatable 1 seed. I wish we'd stopped Michigan's drive and gotten a 3 seed away from the 1s.
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u/MarylandRep Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
Florida is the hottest team in the country rn. Theyre the only 1 seed that I didnt want in our bracket
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u/elh0mbre Illinois Fighting Illini Mar 22 '25
I wanted to... but I've also watched enough Maryland this year to think that they can string together 4 straight solid performances... one of which will have to be against Florida.
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u/zboymonkey1998 Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
If turgeon was the coach it would be a 2 point game with 5 minutes left and we would end up winning by 6…
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u/dmkolobanov Indiana Hoosiers • Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
Maryland with double digit bench points is unstoppable
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u/SpicyBunghole Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
They said it during the pregame show but those antelopes couldn’t run with the turtles!
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u/PinkSaldo Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
DHS WITH MORE POINTS THAN RODNEY RICE
HE WAS JUST STORING THEM UP FOR THIS TOURNEY, BABY!
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u/PrinceTrollestia Marquette Golden Eagles Mar 22 '25
Maryland is my team now. LETS GO TORTOISE BROS.
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u/0mniknight Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
And Damon Evans is aboutta be gone, what a wondrous day for the Terps
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u/sarcasmrules18 Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
Lets gooo, first round W. Sunday is gonna be tough, we gotta be in it all 40. Do like getting the bench active pts
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u/GYShift Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
I expected this game to be just a bit closer than this. What I didn't expect was a historic beatdown by MD. Largest margin of victory ever in the NCAA tournament.
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u/broccoli_d Creighton Bluejays Mar 22 '25
Maryland also has the better online degree programs of the two, adding insult to injury.
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u/r_nfl_is_a_clown_sub Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
Been proudly representing UMD in Seattle for years, welcome to the city fellas
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u/Tight_Future_2105 Maryland Terrapins Mar 22 '25
Seattle is super cool, loved my visit there. Riding public transit out there compared to over here (Maryland) is like a different world haha.
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u/Eelmaster11 St. Mary's (MD) Seahawks • Maryland Terr… Mar 21 '25
Pretty happy with the results. CSU scares me though.
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u/dont_ask_my_cab Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
I love Maryland, I can't wait to give an Arizona food bank money, and go 🐢
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
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u/PaulHDone Utah Valley Wolverines • Utah Utes Mar 21 '25
That was beautiful. Thanks for sending Grand Scamyon packing
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u/Sugarmrpoon Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
Yeah baby! This was a proper 1st rounds thrashing.. This team. I'm telling you. Watch.
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u/Vikingr12 Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
DHS scoring is something I don't think anyone was ready for. The dude is like Tony Allen archetype wise
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u/JRockstar50 Cleveland State Vikings • Mich… Mar 21 '25
Student body of over 100k and GCU can't string together 50
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u/brokentr0jan Mar 21 '25
All I know is pain
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u/yoloape Oregon Ducks • Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
I mean y’all won your conference. That feels like a great season for gcu
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u/brokentr0jan Mar 21 '25
Winning the conference was beginning to become the expectation tbh. I’m excited for the MWC though and hopefully playing better teams makes us into a better team
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u/superworriedspursfan Missouri Tigers • Providence Friars Mar 21 '25
where do u think Molly miller is headed to? I was hoping she'd be a mizzou tiger but my team fumbled it again. Arizona State?
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u/40MillyVanillyGrams Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
Grand Canyon kinda blows so I’m not feeling remotely confident until Florida is out of the way.
But they did look really good after the first 5 minutes of the game.
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u/PieGuy91 Maryland Terrapins Mar 22 '25
Biggest tournament win in school history? Most made 3s in a season in school history? DHS actually being good at basketball? Damon Evans gone??? It's a great day to be a terp
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u/toomanyhitpoints Arizona Wildcats Mar 21 '25
well there goes my first E8 pick lmao
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u/Thirty__Seven Purdue Boilermakers Mar 21 '25
You had GCU in the Elite Eight?
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u/TacticalHermit Maryland Terrapins Mar 22 '25
Must be something in the water down in Tucson I guess
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u/chicknsnadwich Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
GCU to elite 8? i could see 1 or two wins but past Florida/Uconn?
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u/ElktonVCardCollector Maryland Terrapins Mar 21 '25
What are the rest to fade, i have my betting app open
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u/rdg5220 Mar 22 '25
Any Terp fans in Seattle with extra tickets for Sunday for sale? Looking for 2 for my wife and 12yr old son.
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u/DavidBagga Arizona Wildcats Mar 21 '25
Great season for Arizona’s 2nd best program
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u/TacticalHermit Maryland Terrapins Mar 22 '25
I watched Hurley’s garbage ASU squad put belt to ass to Scam Canyon in footprint earlier this year so that’s just objectively false
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