bskeet said:

This is a crazy year. The goal should be simply to get a little better every week. No dominant team.

The tournament is less likely to be driven by major conferences than ever.

The only issue I have with that statement is that the non power conference teams that are highly ranked this year are the usual suspects of recent mid major powers. Gonzaga, Butler, SDSU, Wichita St., and Dayton. Everyone of those teams except for SDSU has at least and E8 appearance in the past decade.

There may not be a dominant team this season, but there’s also very little parity either this season. There’s not really anyone on the top 25 at the moment that if you saw this poll in any random season that you would look at think how are they ranked.

This is a year where the more things change, the more they stay the same. I’m fully expecting the champ to be a traditional power with all 4 Final Four spots going to traditional powers and I am including Gonzaga among that group at this point.

Austin has some of the worst traffic control ever for postgame events.

tundrahok said:

@wissox Fran did rag on the Texas players mid second half, called them out for lack of effort. He also called out the crowd for lack of energy.

Yet he still pissed me off several times. I just wonder if fans from other teams get as annoyed with him as we do?

The crowd part was justified, Erwin was maybe 70% full and dead for most of the game. If anyone has ever seen it or been in it, it’s basically a giant concrete mausoleum. Moody Center should definitely be a big upgrade for them. A smaller basketball capacity and more modern look is something I’m looking forward to in 3 seasons.

Clock on UT’s end went out.

DCHawker said:

Overruled - he is in the circle???

That’s what I saw.

Good reversal on that call.

Agbaji’s awareness is terrible.

The emergency is by the UT bench, it’s an elderly person that just got stretchered out.

Some kind of medical emergency in the stands, going to be a little delay in the game.

Garrett’s back on the floor thankfully