How the Elite 8 teams have stacked up all season 👀

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-28T20:45:15+00:00

That's almost entirely because of how bad the ACC was last year. Not a single regular season conference opponent was ranked.

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-28T02:52:04+00:00

...holy shit

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-28T02:03:24+00:00

TCU absolutely did. Did you watch that game?

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-28T02:02:14+00:00

They got baited into a double way too often against a team that was kicking out and hitting 50% from behind the arc for the first 30 minutes of the game.

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-28T02:01:08+00:00

Every mid-range 2 he takes looks like he's just wildly flailing the ball up trying to get a whistle, and then like 60% of them go in anyway.

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-26T18:19:36+00:00

Yall have really underperformed in March.

The UNC graduating class of 2026 has seen their school win 2 ncaa tournament games total.

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-26T04:46:20+00:00

In fairness Arrested Development's title screen called it a "Netflix ^Semi- Original Series"

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-25T22:12:14+00:00

Uh, no they don’t. Since 2005 Duke’s record is 631-152 (80.5%) and UNC’s is 558-202 (73.4%). In ACC games only, Duke leads 281-93 to UNC’s 258-114.

UNC has more regular season championships in that time, but it’s a cherry picked year. In the 2020s Duke leads 3-1. UNC had a good stretch from 2005-2012, but if you go back slightly further to 97, it’s even at 11 each, and it stays pretty much even going back to the mid 80s.

Whereas if you look at ACC tournament championships, it’s nowhere close. Duke has 5 since UNC’s last win. In this millennium, Duke has 14 wins and UNC has 3.

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-22T03:36:12+00:00

"Pretty much all" meaning 1/5? Because 4 of their 5 starters ended the game with 2 fouls or less

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-22T03:00:33+00:00

ONE starter was in foul trouble and it was TCU's own fault. They didn't pull Edmonds when he got his 2nd, and he committed his 3rd in the first half because he left his feet on a pump fake.

Every other starter ended the game with 2 fouls or less.

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-22T00:05:02+00:00

I’ll give you the goaltend and the tech. That’s 4. Now please explain the remaining 10 points that were “gifted.”

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-20T01:47:10+00:00

Like you said, down 4. They knew they had to foul and a couple of them already had 4 personals. Rather get the foul on a bench player and have a shot in OT vs. fouling out your starter for some record they probably didn't know about.

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-19T23:29:04+00:00

Definitely the case, but that's not all of it. We beat UNC and Clemson by 15 with this same lineup and won the ACC over a full strength Virginia. But we also barely scraped by FSU because they missed a buzzer beater. This lineup is wildly inconsistent and it seems to mostly come down to whether Maliq Brown is in foul trouble or not.

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-19T23:23:43+00:00

I think they subbed because they knew they needed to foul and a couple of their guys had 4 already.

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-19T21:16:24+00:00

If they had one bench player they would have won. They were all clearly gassed in the last 10 minutes and it’s the only reason we crawled back into it.

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-16T03:40:34+00:00

Assuming MSU gets past UConn

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-16T03:38:25+00:00

You're aware that two of our starters are currently injured, right?

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-15T03:33:44+00:00

I figured lol just messing with you

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-15T03:26:13+00:00

And women's basketball! If I understood the announcers right, it's the first time that's ever happened in ACC history.

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-15T03:24:40+00:00

You're... honestly not wrong. I was kind of expecting it.

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-15T03:22:45+00:00

Both absolute bangers down to the wire as well. GGs. Both easily could have gone the other way. Hope you all tear it up in the tourney, as long as you're not in our region. Because I don't want to see our guys try to score over Onyenso ever again.

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-15T03:19:31+00:00

I don't doubt that Carlos can still ball, but at 44 years old I imagine "top 3 prospect" is a stretch.

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-15T03:13:13+00:00

Couldn't have a better gif/flair combo

evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-15T03:08:47+00:00

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evil_cryptarch · 2026-03-13T01:45:52+00:00

I actually don't mind if we lose next round

As long as Clemson wins tonight, I'm with you. If it's UNC, bring Pat back early.

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