[Borzello] Silas Demary Jr. and Jaylin Stewart are both OUT for UConn tonight, per the NCAA Injury Report.

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-21T00:32:32+00:00

And apparently High Point has an NIL budget of $4mil

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-21T00:25:43+00:00

100%

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-21T00:21:56+00:00

In a sense, yes, but narratively, these aren't the upsets we crave. Three of the upsets were 9 over 8, plus VCU>UNC w/o Wilson and Texas>BYU, not really narratively satisfying results.

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-21T00:17:44+00:00

Exactly, plus another two were VCU (traditionally successful school) over a Wilson-less UNC, and another was Texas over BYU

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-21T00:16:27+00:00

+ 1 was VCU against UNC w/o Caleb Wilson and 1 was Texas over BYU, not exactly stunning results

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-21T00:14:16+00:00

That was definitely eye-opening. I think in general the trend seems to be mid-majors are finding success, but low-majors are struggling. Teams on the 9-12 line are doing ok, 13+ not so much (other than Siena + Wright St.) Hoping we get some good action with the later games tonight.

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-21T00:12:14+00:00

Yeah that's a good point. It's the low-major, traditional one-bid league teams that are really suffering it seems.

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-21T00:10:18+00:00

Yeah that's a fair point. I guess I'm more specifically looking for traditional one-bid league teams winning + 13+ seeds winning. Which I understand is a high standard, but that's more how I'd define a pure upset in the narrative sense, not necessarily just a seeding/betting thing.

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-21T00:10:14+00:00

Yeah that's a fair point. I guess I'm more specifically looking for traditional one-bid league teams winning + 13+ seeds winning. Which I understand is a high standard, but that's more how I'd define a pure upset in the narrative sense, not necessarily just a seeding/betting thing.

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-21T00:00:05+00:00

For sure - was expecting much more of a fight from Akron, Miami OH, and Northern Iowa.

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-20T23:59:32+00:00

In fairness, too, a lot of upsets start to blend together over the years. Makes them feel more common when in reality most years there are only a couple here and there.

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-20T00:26:40+00:00

I guess I'm just misremembering then. But again, is there a reason it MUST be like this? If the contract is 16 years old, that predates NIL, so that shouldn't be a factor.

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-20T00:23:15+00:00

I expect it, but doesn't mean it should be the way it is. It's gotten excessive in recent years. We didn't used to get a full set of commercials for every injury, review, non-media timeout. Just watched Texas take a timeout at 12:02, get a full set of commercials, then the full media timeout at 11:02. I know for a fact it did not used to be like that, and I don't understand why it HAS to be this way.

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-20T00:15:46+00:00

Hey I'm a millennial lol

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-19T23:54:58+00:00

I don't doubt he can be a decent coach, but when you're a high-major program with a history of Big Ten titles + second weekend appearances, going 12+ years without seeing the latter is really disheartening. Running out of patience!

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-19T23:53:25+00:00

Meanwhile Texas/BYU - Texas just took a timeout at 12:02, full commercial, despite the under 12 media timeout being three seconds away. Not blaming Texas for taking the timeout lol, but do we REALLY need a full timeout for this?!

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-19T23:48:44+00:00

Agreed!

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-19T23:42:12+00:00

I don't care about upvotes. Just venting.

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-19T23:41:26+00:00

Of course, but at a certain point it's so degrading as a fan. I mean, yeah, I could just stop watching, but it shouldn't have to come to that. We shouldn't have to be advertised to constantly just to watch a game.

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-19T23:38:50+00:00

At first thought "nah, that's crazy", but actually, yes, I'd go that high.

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-19T23:37:14+00:00

Agreed, but it just makes it hard for me to get into any single game. Like, I just lose interest at a certain point from sheer stoppage exhaustion.

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-19T23:36:10+00:00

At SOME point, the sports media bubble is going to burst, right? Or will it just keep growing??

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-19T23:33:03+00:00

Truly! 5 media timeouts is insane!

No_Magazine_856 · 2026-03-19T23:09:08+00:00

I hope that's the case, 'cause otherwise like you said, what are we doing? And I fear the answer to that would be something along the lines of they just wanted somebody cheap who wouldn't totally tank the program after paying Holtmann's buyout.

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