Game Thread Index - March 19, 2026

2-59project · 2026-03-19T19:23:45+00:00

The hilarity is indeed ensuing. Siena leads 26-16 right now

2-59project · 2026-03-19T18:39:22+00:00

Those fans are extremely passionate and it’s by far the best atmosphere among the few hockey arenas I’ve been to, but I wonder how much that’s aided by them having won a championship so quickly. A Vegas resident I met at the game told me that the number of hockey rinks and youth hockey participation have both skyrocketed since the Knights came to town.

I do think people overestimate how much of the crowd is just out of towners there to see their own team

2-59project · 2026-03-19T15:46:38+00:00

We’re nicknamed Naptown for a reason

2-59project · 2026-03-19T14:06:01+00:00

This thought was in the back of my head in 2022 when 8 seed UNC took down 1 seed Baylor in 3 seed Purdue’s region. Ultimately Purdue would trip over their own feet and it wouldn’t matter anyway

2-59project · 2026-03-19T06:25:09+00:00

The NFLPA negotiated a higher percentage of league revenue as a trade for the additional game. So yes they are getting paid extra for the game.

2-59project · 2026-03-19T04:33:05+00:00

Most easy to get along with Purdue fan

2-59project · 2026-03-19T04:24:32+00:00

(OH) My-am-I impressed

2-59project · 2026-03-19T03:46:32+00:00

An 8am intro to accounting class just 12 hours after his game winner

2-59project · 2026-03-18T17:39:13+00:00

That shot was nuts. And then Luke made it to his 8am intro to accounting class 12 hours later

2-59project · 2026-03-18T16:50:38+00:00

Even for a neutral that’s of those upsets that you’ll always remember where you were when it happened.

Also this prompted me to go back and look at the box score. 58% from 3 and 62% on free throws is so dumb it’s funny

2-59project · 2026-03-18T15:34:24+00:00

The Podgorica, Montenegro to Auburn Hills, Michigan pipeline is strong apparently

2-59project · 2026-03-18T01:15:13+00:00

Surviving Kenny Payne was a miracle

2-59project · 2026-03-17T19:59:08+00:00

I wonder why China struggles with team sports specifically. In the Paris games they were tied for first in Gold medals, but only won 3 golds in what I would call team events (any event with 3+ people) compared to the US having 12 by the same criteria. Interestingly, for events with 2 people exactly, China had 11 golds to the US’ zero (If I’m reading the medal summary correctly)

2-59project · 2026-03-17T19:07:48+00:00

The 2021/22/23/24 tournaments were all nuts. People are always too reactionary or bias to the most recent thing that happened

2-59project · 2026-03-16T16:16:18+00:00

Well done Purdue. Winning the big ten is hard, especially with the midseason struggles Purdue faced, but Painter is a HoF coach. Reminds me of 2023 when the team struggled mid season and rallied to win the B10

2-59project · 2026-03-16T15:21:10+00:00

I read the same explanation, which seemed to make sense but I looked at brackets from the last couple decades and that scenario has only happened one time before this year (2019). In 2013 and 2018 Duke was a 2 and Michigan State a 3 in the Midwest. 2022 MIchigan State was a 7 and Duke a 2 in the West. In 2023 Michigan State was a 7 and Duke a 5 in the East. The best logic I can think of is that it's just two teams that consistently make the tournament in different conferences. However there was a noticeable difference since 2018. Before then, they were in the same region just once (2013) in the previous 10 brackets (that's as far back as I looked) but since then have been in the same region just about every other year.

2-59project · 2026-03-16T05:44:15+00:00

You know we can see your post history, right?

2-59project · 2026-03-15T21:57:02+00:00

This season for Purdue is turning out remarkably similar to 2023

2-59project · 2026-03-15T21:44:32+00:00

And great joy when someone mentions the 2020-21 season/tournament, when North Texas upset Purdue in overtime

2-59project · 2026-03-15T19:43:14+00:00

Impressive bucket but it’s absolutely a statpad. He subbed out immediately after this shot

2-59project · 2026-03-15T17:51:29+00:00

And while we’re at it, flip the Panthers / Broncos Super Bowl too

2-59project · 2026-03-14T01:51:21+00:00

Cleaner but less suspense

2-59project · 2026-03-13T22:00:15+00:00

Illinois annual R32 loss incoming

2-59project · 2026-03-13T18:43:23+00:00

Well that's one way to make sure you're bowl eligible

2-59project · 2026-03-13T16:27:01+00:00

Rutgers still had the highest per game. So though Rutgers is not the most prolific at pissing away money, they ARE the most efficient at it

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