I’m very tempted to lock in March 21st and 22nd as vacation days. Should I do it?

The only spots that I won’t be able to make work are Spokane, Utah, and Omaha.

If we land in Brooklyn, Indianapolis, Charlotte, or Pittsburgh, I’m going to plan to attend live.

Memphis is a maybe.

And if we somehow miss the dance… I’ll be able to watch all the games from my comfy schmumfy couch.

Should I book the days off from work and life this early?

Powerful words from Chase....
NOW LET'S GO CATS!!!!

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Just saying….

Without TB and MN, anything past round two is house money. We have an elite guard and are one of the best three point shooting teams in the country. Those are still facts and in the tourney they matter.

Will be fun no matter what happens. I am getting accustomed to seeing purple in late March!

Anecdotally, I know a lot of people going to the game on Friday, and we have a pretty big NY/northeast fan base overall. I think we will have a very solid turnout! If I had to guess, it’ll be smaller than the epic turnout of Salt Lake, but could be on par with Sacramento (which was strong), or even better.

If we can get past FAU, we will need every voice we can muster in the next game…but first thing’s first.

With temporary stands and stuff.

Northwestern offered CB Cedric Patmon from Del Valle (Tex.) on Friday. It's his eighth Power Four offer. He's 6-3, 195, which is awfully big for a corner. He tagged both LaMarcus Hicks and Harlon Barnett in his tweet, so we'll see.

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@lou v and I log our predictions for 9th-seeded Northwestern's NCAA Tournament game versus 8th-seeded Florida Atlantic tomorrow.

4 out of 5 "experts" in an article in The Athletic pick NU to win. Probably the kiss of death.

The entire staff has been fired.

Sign of the times, I guess. But that’s a brand that should’ve been too strong to die.

Getting *my* subscription with *my* name on it when I moved to NU felt incredibly adult. Read it cover to cover just about every week.

I wonder how long SI Vault will remain.

Verbal commits changed its layout this year and the latest entries looks harder to read, at least now that there's someone new every 5 minutes.

583 players as of 10:25 am on 03/20


Rowan Brumbaugh is in the portal. Strong Bamisile, Lathon vibes there.

Looks like the burbs are out... NBC5

"Chicago Bears to invest over $2 billion to build new stadium near Soldier Field, reversing plans to move from city center" CNN-Link

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I can't believe that Chris Collins' picked Babyface as his favorite musical artist. I love it.

Great piece by Jaylen Pate on his journey at NU.......

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Head coach Chris Collins, Boo Buie and Brooks Barnhizer addressed the media before their final practice ahead of traveling to Brooklyn for the NCAA Tournament. Here are our takeaways from what they had to say.

Head coach Chris Collins, Boo Buie and Brooks Barnhizer addressed the media before their final practice ahead of traveling to Brooklyn for the NCAA Tournament. Here are our takeaways from what they had to say.

I’m not one to shed a tear for the Crimson Tide, but wow, the timing of Saban’s announcement is just decimating their current roster. The inability for others to transfer in while their players transfer out is tough. I expect them to be VERY active in the Spring portal.

You can add all-world OT Kadyn Proctor to the list below.

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It appears Nicholson cannot fly so he’s driving to Brooklyn.

I wish I had been wrong about this one...

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I hate to say I told you so... I wish I had been wrong in this case.

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Three of the six are 8-9 games so if they make it through they are up against #1 teams

He was robbed!

Here’s the best source I’ve found in two google searches that lists all HMs.


Hopefully he can settle for a Regional MOP in two weekends.


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Who knows, maybe this helps w/ recruiting

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TNT Sports and CBS Sports’ joint coverage of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship will include NCAA March Madness Confidential,  providing exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to six NCAA Tournament teams — UConn, Tennessee, Marquette, South Carolina, Northwestern and Boise State.

Production crews began embedding with the teams on Selection Sunday and will chronicle their NCAA Tournament journeys.

Throughout the Tournament, features will run across multiple platforms — including studio coverage across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV — with online distribution via the official @MarchMadnessMBB X and Facebook pages, @MM_MBB_TV, NCAA.com and TNT Sports and CBS Sports social media accounts.

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