This is the first tournament to ever see all four No. 1 seeds fail to make the Elite 8.

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Mar 24, 2023
11:05:24pm

Spiff SequelTrilogyFan

This is the first tournament to ever see all four No. 1 seeds fail to make the Elite 8.

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Spiff

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I believe this is the first NCAA tournament ever with zero Blue Bloods©️ in the Elite 8.

TCuz Coastal Elite

3/24/23 10:29pm

UConn has as many championships as Kansas - 4. Let's swap them and Indiana.

ochobeeguy

3/24/23 10:47pm

UConn has 4 titles in the last 25 years, more than anyone else. They’ve also won with two different coaches and are

Odysseus

3/24/23 10:52pm

They are not. Words have meaning and they don’t count. Sorry.

TCuz

3/24/23 10:53pm

Typical CB bias against northeast teams

Odysseus

3/24/23 11:04pm

UConn is now a blue-blood, especially over the last 25 years. They have 4

Japan Coug

3/24/23 10:53pm

Wrong.

TCuz

3/24/23 10:54pm

Will you change your mind if they win #5 this year? They’d be even with Duke &

Japan Coug

3/24/23 10:58pm

No. There is a historic element to be a Blue Blood and UConn doesn’t qualify. They are a new blood

TCuz

3/24/23 11:03pm

Actually, it appears that it is a debate. So what distinguishes them from Duke &

Japan Coug

3/24/23 11:06pm

We are not debating. You are wrong and I am informing you.

TCuz

3/24/23 11:07pm

Well, now I feel obligated to inform you that you, Sir, are the one who is wrong

Japan Coug

3/24/23 11:15pm

I hate to say it, but I agree with Tcuz on this

El Jefe

3/24/23 11:10pm

RE: I hate to say it, but I agree with Tcuz on this

Japan Coug

3/24/23 11:18pm

Sorry, I'm even somewhat of a UConn fan, I just don't view them as a blue blood

El Jefe

3/24/23 11:39pm

To me they are slightly behind Duke, and about the same as Kansas. Definitely

Japan Coug

3/24/23 11:53pm

I guess I see them as more streaky, and less consistently top tier

El Jefe

3/25/23 12:24am

There it is!

stoils

3/25/23 7:05am

UConn finished ranked in the top 10 six times during the 1990s

Odysseus

3/24/23 11:12pm

When I was alive? Yawn. 😴😴😴

TCuz

3/24/23 11:15pm

Duke won their first national title 8 years before UConn won their first.

Japan Coug

3/24/23 11:17pm

Before I was alive. I am right. You are wrong.

TCuz

3/24/23 11:20pm

I have more memories of UConn being a great team competing at the highest levels than I do of Indiana. Frankly Indiana

Spiff

3/24/23 11:32pm

Umm. No. You’re wrong.

Adwight

3/24/23 11:16pm

This is the first tournament to ever see all four No. 1 seeds fail to make the Elite 8.

Spiff

3/24/23 11:05pm

“Isn’t Gonzaga the best program of the last 25 years with all those

garyfan

3/25/23 12:16am

Ha, I think of Indiana the exact same way. They haven’t won’t anything since

3/25/23 4:48am

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