March Madness Thursday recap: No redemption for bad ACC, rare early exit for Kansas and Calipari vs. Pitino is renewed
On the first day of the NCAA championship in books.
Below are the most prominent events they enjoy on Thursday, including renewing one of the best basketball competitions in the college.
There is no salvation for ACC
The first day of the full NCAA championship was a disaster for ACC.
No. 8 seed Luisville lost to Carbon No. 9 early. then No. 5 Clemeson fell into the biggest disorder in the early list From games after failure to gather in a loss to No. 12 McNeese.
This means that half of the ACC Championships has already gone from the field. The number 1 is still a Duke seed and the number 11 North Carolina seed. North Carolina needed to win the first four to get this extent.
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the The heels of the country were dominant In the first four victory over San Diego. But for the proud basketball conference, the first four victory is Little Solace. The Administrative Coordination Committee was criticized as weak during the normal season, and the beginning of 0-2 in the first round is completely strengthened. ACC is broken and transmitted by the likes of SEC, Big 12 and Big Ten.
This is not the first time in the last years that ACC has shown weakness. It was a continuous topic for multiple seasons. Last year, the Administrative Coordination Committee transferred criticism from the normal season, as three of the five championship teams advanced to Sweet 16 and NC State advanced to the fourth final by beating Duke.
There will be no repetition in 2025. Duke is the dominant and the short list of favorite to win everything. North Carolina has an opportunity to write a rare Cinderella story from Chapel Hill. But even the deep of both of them will not save what was a brutal basketball for ACC as a whole. Even if Duke and UNC won Friday, ACC will be linked to the lowest number of teams in the second round Since the tournament expanded to 32 teams in 1975.
There are a lot of theories about the reason for the administrative coordination committee, most notably brain migration. In the past four years, the main coaches have retired Mike Kerzivski, Williams, Tony Bennett, Jim Bohem, Leonard Hamilton, Jim Lanaga and Mike Bray. This list includes three of the celebrity Hall and four coaches of a national championship with 10 NCA titles combined.
It is a set of training talents that are impossible to replace without decline, and the results show this for programs throughout the conference. This year, there will be no bad basketball season with a strong show in the NCAA Championship.
-Jasson Owens
Pitino-Calipari’s confrontation has been set
One of the most persuasive competitions in basketball has been renewed. John Calibari trained No. 10 Arkansas on a disturbance of No. 7 in Kansas and will be trained in the second round of the NCAA championship for the second time since 2019.
Rick Betino, Meanwhile, Saint John trained to win 83-53 over the number 15 Omaha To lead the red storm to the first victory in the championship since 2000. This means that Arkansas and St. John will face Saturday in the second round of the NCAA match.
This also means that this means that Calipari and Pitino will retreat as main coaches for the twenty -fourth time, and for the first time since Pitino trained Louisville to beat Kentuccy Wildcats in Calipari in 2016. This will coincide for the first time in 2012 in 2012, in the NCA championship. Main coach.
Betino, of course, has his national title with Kentucky (1996) as well as Luisville’s training in the 2013 NCAA championship. Now he is seeking a third title with a third program with Calipari standing on his way.
-Jasson Owens
SEC goes 4-2
The best university basketball conference that was expected on Sunday.
Oborn, the first seeded in the entire tournament, moved to the dominant victory 83-63 over Alabama No. 16 to start matters. No. 2 Tennessee, although it allowed the number 15 Wofford to hang out for a longer period, he won 15 points to make it outside the first round. Start No. 4 Texas A & M, similar to VOLS, to set 13 Yale before winning nine points.
However, this was the place where the great conference victories ended. John Calibari infiltrated the 7th of Kansas in an exciting battle Thursday evening. The Kansas chain of 17 consecutive victories in the first round of the tournament. We will reach their problems later.
Two SEC lost a day, while one of them was technically upset, was not very surprising. No. 8 Gonzaga set out to a dominant victory over 21 points over Georgia No. 9 early on Thursday afternoon. then . Drake was the most attractive team on the MoneyLine line in Betmgm among all matches on Thursday as well, so it seems that many fans have seen this disturbing arrival.
It was not a clean survey, but the Supreme Education Council is stopped to a very strong start in this year’s NCAA Championship. The other seven schools of the conference, including No. 1 Florida, will be at work on Friday.
-ryan Young
Will Wadi, Bin Maklum, won their way out
The largest of the disturbances of the day were the trainers who were very likely to go out.
McKinse Coach Next season, which complements a major shift for the coach who was launched from LSU. He led the cow’s shepherds to the NCAA championship in consecutive seasons, and it is now the first victory ever in the tournament. Kevin Kitts will take over in North Carolina, which was separated after eight seasons earlier this month.
Ben Maklam is in a similar boat, although he does not even have a new deal in its place. MCCOLLUM, which was in his first season in Drake, was repeatedly linked to the open task in Iowa – which was recently divided with the coach Francari. Malmum was born in the city of Iowa and grew up in the state, and is a clear favorite to land with Hawkeyes. The other name that Iowa was said to have been monitored, Darian Devries, accepted the open function in Indiana.
Mcalum said before the championship began that he would not address his future until he lost the Bardag. Now with their first victory in the tournament since 1971 in the books, this will have to wait longer.
-ryan Young
Kansas stumbles, again
After starting the season as one team in the country, . Jayhawks lost for the first time in the opening round of the championship since 2006 when they fell to Arkansas.
While Bill Self has established more than himself as a coach in the Hall of Famous-he lost two national titles and reached four semi-final since the last loss in the opening round-they did not leave the first weekend in the championship three in a row until now.
They have finished sixth in the Big 12 standings in the past two years, which is amazing for a completely controlling team. They lost six of the last 11 games before the NCAA championship, including a historical explosive loss in BYU, and barely left the first round of the Big 12 championship by infiltrating into UCF.
It is possible now to go Self and Kansas Which can become easier with the transfer gate and the current university basketball. But for a team that started the No. 1 year and hit Duke in November, this season will decrease as disappointment.
-ryan Young
