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Any college basketball fans out there? Always enjoy the excitement and energy this tourney brings. First buzzer beater belongs to 11th seeded Loyola Chicago who drained a 3 pointer to knock off Miami 64-62. Up next for them is Tennessee who waxed Wright State by 26 earlier on.

My final four - Virginia (South Region), Gonzaga (West), Villanova (East) and Michigan State (Midwest). Villanova over Virginia in the final.
 

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My bracket was busted with..Arizona to win the championship. What do I know about basketball? LOL
The Pac-12 is awful this year. Should have known that on Wednesday before the tournament. LOL
 

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NCAA Division 1
Dates: March 13-April 2
Final Four Location: San Antonio, Texas

EAST Region

Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Toronto, ON) 6'5" g Fr. - Virginia Tech
(25.3 mpg) 10.5 ppg, 3.9 apg

Nelson Kaputo (Toronto, ON) 6'0" g Jr. - St. Bonaventure
(10.4 mpg) 3.3 ppg, 1.1 apg

Jalen Poyser (Mississauga, ON) 6'4" g Jr. - St. Bonaventure
*transfer redshirt

Gabriel Osabuohien (Toronto, ON) 6'8" f Fr. - Arkansas
(7.1 mpg) 1.2 ppg, 1.5 rpg

Christian David (Milton, ON) 6'6" g Fr. - Butler
(5.7 mpg) 1.2 ppg, 0.4 apg

Jackson Rowe (Toronto, ON) 6'7" f Soph. - Cal State-Fullerton
(29.9 mpg) 12.2 ppg, 6.8 rpg

MIDWEST Region

Oshae Brissett (Mississauga, ON) 6'8" f Fr. - Syracuse
(38.0 mpg) 14.7 ppg, 8.8 rpg

Howard Washington (Buffalo, NY) 6'3" g Fr. - Syracuse
(6.1 mpg) 1.1 ppg, 0.6 apg
*injured - out for tournament

Kimbal Mackenzie (Oakville, ON) 6'1" g Jr. - Bucknell
(26.5 mpg) 7.9 ppg, 2.2 apg

SOUTH Region

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Hamilton, ON) 6'6" g Fr. - Kentucky
(33.3 mpg) 13.9 ppg, 5.0 apg

Emmanuel Akot (Winnipeg, MB) 6'7" g Fr. - Arizona
(10.4 mpg) 1.9 ppg, 1.1 rpg

Dominic Johnson (Windsor, ON) 6'5" f Fr. - Buffalo
(2.8 mpg) 1.0 ppg, 0.7 rpg

Aher Uguak (Edmonton, AB) 6'7" f Soph. - Loyola-Chicago
*transfer redshirt

Kyle Alexander (Milton, ON) 6'11" f Jr. - Tennessee
(20.4 mpg) 5.6 ppg, 5.6 rpg

Elijah Mitrou-Long (Mississauga, ON) 6'1" g Jr. - Texas
*transfer redshirt

WEST Region

Kassius Robertson (Toronto, ON) 6'3" g Sr. - Missouri
(35.9 mpg) 16.2 ppg, 2.4 apg

Mfiondu Kabengele (Burlington, ON) 6'9" f Fr. - Florida State
(14.1 mpg) 7.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg

Brandon Clarke (Vancouver, BC) 6'8" f Jr. - Gonzaga
*transfer redshirt

Jelani Mofford (Mississauga, ON) 6'5" f Jr. - UNC-Greensboro
*redshirt

Nolan Narain (Hamilton, ON) 6'10" f Soph. - San Diego State
(10.8 mpg) 4.7 ppg, 2.0 rpg

Isiah Jasey (Killeen, TX) 6'10" f Fr. - Texas A&M
(3.7 mpg) 0.5 ppg, 0.5 rpg

Kalif Young (Toronto, ON) 6'9" f Soph. - Providence
(16.6 mpg) 4.4 ppg, 4.1 rpg

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National Invitation Tournament (NIT)
Dates: March 13-29
Final Four Location: New York City, New York

Nikola Djogo (Hamilton, ON) 6'7" g Fr. - Notre Dame
(15.2 mpg) 2.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg

MiKyle McIntosh (Pickering, ON) 6'7" f Sr. - Oregon
(28.2 mpg) 11.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg

Abu Kigab (St. Catharines, ON) 6'6" f Fr. - Oregon
(7.8 mpg) 1.6 ppg, 1.1 rpg

Corey Johnson (Ottawa, ON) 6'5" g Jr. - Harvard
(28.4 mpg) 6.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg

Danilo Djuricic (Brampton, ON) 6'8" f Fr. - Harvard
(14.5 mpg) 5.1 ppg, 2.7 rpg

Chris Egi (Markham, ON) 6'9" f Sr. - Harvard
*played in 4 games

Jordy Tshimanga (Montreal, QC) 6'11" c Soph. - Nebraska
(13.7 mpg) 4.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg

Tyler Plummer (Vaughan, ON) 6'3" g Fr. - Wagner
(12.6 mpg) 1.9 ppg, 1.6 rpg

Therren Shelton-Szmidt (Mississauga, ON) 6'5" g Fr. - Middle Tennessee
(5.3 mpg) 1.4 ppg, 0.8 rpg

Trae Bell-Haynes (Toronto, ON) 6'2" pg Sr. - Vermont
(32.0 mpg) 14.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 4.0 apg

Drew Urquhart (Vancouver, BC) 6'8" f Sr. - Vermont
(23.9 mpg) 10.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg

Stefan Smith (Ajax, ON) 6'1" g Fr. - Vermont
(11.0 mpg) 3.8 ppg, 1.0 apg

Matt Neufeld (Victoria, BC) 6'11" c Jr. - Cal-Davis
*transfer redshirt

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CBI
Dates: March 13-30
Location: to be determined

Mathieu Kamba (Calgary, AB) 6'5" g Sr. - Central Arkansas
(30.2 mpg) 14.1 ppg, 6.2 rpg

Otas Iyekekpolor (Edmonton, AB) 6'8" f Jr. - Central Arkansas
(6.4 mpg) 1.5 ppg, 1.3 rpg

Selvedin Planincic (Sherbrooke, QC) 6'11" c Sr. - Canisius
(15.3 mpg) 4.7 ppg, 2.9 rpg

Scott Hitchon (Whitby, ON) 6'8" f Fr. - Canisius
(6.6 mpg) 1.7 ppg, 1.2 rpg

Dantai St. Louis (Brampton, ON) 6'8" f Soph. - Canisius
*played in 3 games

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CIT
Dates: March 12-30
Location: to be determined

Marcus Ottey (Ajax, ON) 6'2" g Soph. - Illinois-Chicago
(27.6 mpg) 13.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg

Godwin Boahen (Toronto, ON) 5'11" g Soph. - Illinois-Chicago
(22.1 mpg) 8.4 ppg, 2.0 apg

Ivan Cucak (Kitchener, ON) 7'0" c Fr. - Austin Peay
(5.9 mpg) 1.0 ppg, 0.4 rpg

Freddy Bitondo (Montreal, QC) 6'7" f Jr. - Sam Houston State
(6.8 mpg) 1.2 ppg, 1.4 rpg

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NCAA Division 2
Dates: March 9-24
Final Four Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Naseem Hadrab (Brampton, ON) 6'9" f Jr. - Gannon
*played in 4 games

Ryan Cooper (Wainfleet, ON) 6'8" f Jr. - Wheeling Jesuit
(11.8 mpg) 4.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg

Dylon Gregory (Brampton, ON) 6'6" f Soph. - Missouri Southern State
*redshirt

Lewis Diankulu (Mississauga, ON) 6'7" f Jr. - Queen's (NC)
(15.9 mpg) 8.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg

Oshea Gairey (Toronto, ON) 6'3" g Soph. - LeMoyne
(9.4 mpg) 2.2 ppg, 1.0 apg

Dustin Triano (Tsawwassen, BC) 6'3" g Sr. - Western Oregon
(13.5 mpg) 4.5 ppg, 1.7 rpg

Ty Rowell (Langley, BC) 6'2" g Fr. - Cal Baptist
(21.2 mpg) 6.3 ppg, 2.7 apg

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NJCAA Division 1
Dates: March 19-24
Location: Hutchinson, Kansas

Keshon Montague (Brampton, ON) 5'11" g Soph. - Barton
13.3 ppg, 5.1 apg

Richardson Maitre (Montreal, QC) 6'3" g Soph. - Indian Hills
*redshirt

James Jean-Marie (Montreal, QC) 6'7" f Fr. - Indian Hills
6.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg

Adham Eleeda (Kitchener, ON) 6'6" g/f Fr. - Trinity Valley
1.6 ppg, 1.1 rpg (8 games)

Ahmed Ali (Toronto, ON) 5'11" g Soph. - Eastern Florida State
18.4 ppg, 4.7 apg

Michael Nuga (Toronto, ON) 6'2" g Soph. - Eastern Florida State
14.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.0 apg

Nathanael Jack (Mississauga, ON) 6'4" g Fr. - Eastern Florida State
11.1 ppg, 2.7 rpg

Jalen Warren (Milton, ON) 6'2" g Fr. - Eastern Florida State
5.6 ppg, 3.9 apg

Jermaine Haley (Burnaby, BC) 6'8" g Soph. - Odessa
10.1 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 5.6 apg

Alonzo Walker (Brampton, ON) 6'6" f Soph. - Odessa
6.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg

Jesse Barnes (Skidegate, BC) 6'8" f Soph. - Otero
5.9 ppg, 4.8 rpg

Kevin Osawe (Brampton, ON) 6'6" f Fr. - Vincennes
*redshirt

Devonte Bandoo (Brampton, ON) 6'3" g Soph. - Hutchinson
16.5 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 2.9 apg

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K Douglas

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and finally, a #1 seed goes down to a #16. UVa gets blown out by UMBC.
Blown out is right. Wow didn't see that coming. The overall #1 seed losing in the 1st round to the worst rated team in the tournament. Yikes. Feel really bad for the Cavaliers they will go down on the wrong side of history.
 
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Blown out is right. Wow didn't see that coming. The overall #1 seed losing in the 1st round to the worst rated team in the tournament. Yikes. Feel really bad for the Cavaliers they will go down on the wrong side of history.
at least I have my final four intact (Cincinnati/Gonzaga, Villanova/MSU .. then MSU over the Zags)
 
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what an ending to the Houston-Michigan game. UH blows two FT and UM get a 3 pointer at the buzzer to win by one. Play your freakin' FTs.
 

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Yeah this year a whole lot of upsets ... my brackets are a mess after yesterday... it will be interesting how all this turns out. I went down to The states to check out some games, tickets were cheap and lots of seats but excited fans all talking about their brackets but not as much in previous years.

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Of the 4 games last night only Michigan was the higher rank to win, the other 3 games the lower rank teams upset, that included a Gonzaga loss to Florida State, 4 vs 9, plus Kentucky is out ... more games today.

VBB
 

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The game last night between K-State & Kentucky was a travesty for Kentucky...K-State lost their best player of the game with minutes left (Sneed). Gilgeous-Alexander took matters into his own hands when the ball should be in Knox's...props to K-State for grinding till the end. Any top rank facing K-state shouldn't sleep on them.
 

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The positive of a mess like this is you no longer have to cheer for your bracket picks and can get excited about the games themselves.

Looks like Michigan got over the rust from the first weekend and now actually look like a team.
 

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The cream rises to the top and Nova is exactly that.
Have Villanova making it to the finals ... too bad the right side of my brackets doesn't agree with the left side lol they were to face UNC but that's not going to happen. Semi are Saturday look as follows with the winners meeting on Monday to decide who wins it all.

Loyola vs Michigan
Villanova vs Kansas

In the women's the final four are all number 1s

VBB
 

K Douglas

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The cream rises to the top and Nova is exactly that.
I had them winning it all from the very beginning. Probably the only thing I got right once the round of 32 started. Loyola-Chicago what a great story though.
 
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I had them winning it all from the very beginning. Probably the only thing I got right once the round of 32 started. Loyola-Chicago what a great story though.
I have Nova as well but of course the other side of the bracket is a mess. We've been fortunate in recent years that there are always at least one sleeper team that makes waves. This year they make it to the final four, a real treat!
 

K Douglas

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So Villanova looked absolutely dominant winning the Championship. Their coach deserves a ton of credit, a superb basketball mind. Good run for Michigan but they were outclassed in the final.
 
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