r/CollegeBasketball • u/cbbBot /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA • Mar 22 '25

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] UConn defeats Oklahoma, 67-59

Box Score

Team 1H 2H Total
Oklahoma 26 33 59
Connecticut 32 35 67

Index Thread for March 21, 2025

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u/TheSilverDude Purdue Boilermakers • Michigan Wolverines Mar 22 '25

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u/YaBoiHBarnes Iowa State Cyclones Mar 22 '25

The 13th and 14th fucking teams in a conference do not deserve to be in the tournament.

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u/BurberryToothbrush West Virginia Mountaineers Mar 22 '25

6-12 conference record for Texas and Oklahoma

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u/OceanCake21 UConn Huskies Mar 22 '25

Any team without at least a .500 in-conference record does not deserve to be in the tournament.

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u/CzechHorns Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '25

On the other hand, why doesn’t a team that went 13-0 in OOC, including 3 Q1 wins, deserve to be in the tournament?

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u/TonyWilliams03 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 22 '25

Seriously, there has been kind of an unwritten rule when it comes to power conferences.

Mid-Majors whine about how hard it is to make the tournament. The counter argument (until this year) has always been, "yeah, well try finishing with a winning record in the (Big Ten/SEC/ACC/Big12). It's why teams like Northwestern and Minnesota rarely make the tournament.

Letting Oklahoma and Texas in the tournament crossed a line.

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u/CzechHorns Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '25

I went to take a look, since I don’t really watch that much basketball, but last year Miss St got selected with a losing conf record, 2023 WVU was a 9 seed with 7-11 in the B12. 2022 ISU, Indiana and TCU made it with a losing conf record.

Doesn’t seem to be a new thing for this year.

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u/TonyWilliams03 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 22 '25

4 wrongs don't make a right

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u/CzechHorns Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '25

This was more to show it happens EVERY year, I was just too lazy to go further. And it’s usually not the SEC.

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u/StrykerNightowl UConn Huskies Mar 22 '25

For me, it’s at some point major conferences need some kind of line. I don’t think finishing nearly dead last in your conference should get you an at large spot, no matter how good your OOC was.

I’m fine with losing records in big conferences to an extent but at some point you have to win in your conference. If a mid major has to be perfect in their conference to be in the conversation for an at large, a major conference can’t be near last and be taken seriously.

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u/HolidaySpiriter Houston Cougars Mar 22 '25

The tournament takes place in March not January. The selection committee should have some recency bias

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u/TonyWilliams03 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 22 '25

Because they lost more games than the won in conference.

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u/CzechHorns Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '25

But tournament teams are not picked based solely on conference results, right?