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We kinda buried the lede here because we haven’t talked about Timmy Falls’s tattoos

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Most whatever first round ever. Montana: not like Montana last time. People forget Jaaron Simmons but he saved that game. Oh right THIS game, where Montana has a 6’2” guy contesting the tip. Thank you Brooks for catch and shooting and being a functional bench piece. Return of Tournament Matthews—good to see him stop settling for “his shot". David’s Matthews theory: get him a layup or a dunk early. Poole also stood out in a good way. Only problem with Iggy’s shot selection is he’s a black hole. Tim Falls needs a Soundcloud. Teske on their 6’5” post guy.

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Have we seen them before? A little worried that their 6/11 from three was a lot of open shots. Once that was fixed Michigan goes on an 11-0 run and keeps Florida to 5 points in 11 minutes. Z Three Theory: he’s hitting an acceptable number of uncontested trips but it’s not happening when there’s any kind of contest. Teske too, and that’s a secret reason Matthews doesn’t get easy lanes to the rim. M close to their offensive ceiling for this year. Not Tourney Matthews: drive drive drive, drivey drive drive. Working on switching, still not good at it. Florida can’t d-reb, started a lot of possessions in zone. Why is Reggie Miller paid to talk? The Spike cross-court pass is the Darko Milicic of Michigan basketball.

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Almost the chalkiest possible Sweet 16: only Wisconsin losing to Oregon (who’s 3rd in the country on Torvik since changing their lineup) was a Kenpom upset. Favorite tourney moments so far: someone getting the Brad Davison experience for the first time. Purdue-Tennessee: Renaissance Haarms is a difference. Most surreal thing is watching LSU play and knowing this game is going to be vacated. Poor Aubrey Dawkins—what are the odds that shove gets called against anyone but Duke—we thought it was a foul on Tacko after an offensive foul? If anyone in the country can slow Zion it’s Teske, except they’ll get the Duke whistle. M-TTU is going to be a grinder where every basket feels like three—X to the hook please. Prefer FSU to Gonzaga. All the regional finals set up as classics.

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I’ll let theirs be a surprise. Here’s Seth’s: 5) They ruined the good anti-perspirant commercial: “Nobody leaves until this guy sweats.” 4) Color commentary on colors is correct on a Purdue game because the only commentary is “Carsen Edwards is shooting again.” 3) I don’t remember what half of these commercials are selling. 2) The NCAA’s commercials are just about trolling the players they won’t pay. 1) My takes are better than theirs and this is why I can never go out of town again.

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