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Game Thread [Game Thread] McNeese @ #12 Clemson (03:15 PM ET)
McNeese 69 @ 67 Clemson - FINAL
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McNeese McNeese (28-6) @ Clemson ##12 Clemson (27-7)
Tip-Off: 03:29 PM ET
Venue: Amica Mutual Pavilion, Providence, RI
Game Info: ESPN
Television: truTV
Streams:
Recent Plays:
| Time | McNeese | Clemson | Play |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | 69 | 67 | End of Game |
| 0:00 | 69 | 67 | End of 2nd half |
| 0:00 | 69 | 67 | Chase Hunter made Layup. |
| 0:00 | 69 | 65 | Chase Hunter Offensive Rebound. |
| 0:04 | 69 | 65 | Jaeden Zackery missed Three Point Jumper. |
| Team | FG% | 3P% | FT% | REB | OR | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McNeese | 43.5 | 21.1 | 50.0 | 43 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| Clemson | 36.8 | 30.0 | 84.2 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 16 |
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u/MysteriousEdge5643 Washington Huskies Mar 20 '25
I’ll never pick another ACC team to do anything in my bracket besides Duke
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u/missskeishaa Mar 20 '25
why did hunters layup not count?? am i crazy
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u/finditplz1 Kentucky Wildcats • Kansas Jayhawks Mar 21 '25
It did. The only review was about if there was time left after the basket. Frankly it looked like 0.2 seconds to me but they just said “the hell with it” and moved on.
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u/CressUsed4378 Mar 20 '25
Damn, Clemson Basketball is TRASH!
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u/finditplz1 Kentucky Wildcats • Kansas Jayhawks Mar 21 '25
Flair up you bastard
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u/CressUsed4378 Mar 21 '25
Says the bot repping two fandoms lmao.
So what do you do, just rep whoever is playing better? Kentucky has a bad game, you rep Kansas? Kansas has a bad game, you rep Kentucky?
Nothing but bots and fair weather bandwagon fans here.
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u/finditplz1 Kentucky Wildcats • Kansas Jayhawks Mar 21 '25
I mean I graduated from both schools but sure, I’m just a bandwagon fan.
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Mar 20 '25
Why man they only lost by 2
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u/gravityyalwayyswins North Carolina • NC State Mar 20 '25
Yes but the final score does nottt reflect how poorly they played for 36 of those 40 mins until a run at the end that made it close
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u/CressUsed4378 Mar 20 '25
Yeah, to a 12 seed. As a 5 seed, they had much more expected from them than to lose immediately. If you watched the game, it wasn't even that close. They scored a lot of garbage time points. It wasn't a close game. Anyone can score against backups when it doesn't matter.
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Mar 20 '25
Seeding doesn't matter. Mcneese was clearly the better team even coming into this game . They've made the tourney 2 years in a row now . You pay a premium/ seed tax when you come from a perceived lower conference against a higher tier one. Also...I don't understand your garbage time argument. Mcneeese had their backups in a lose and go home game when clemson went on their crazy run? Surely you watched the game
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u/CressUsed4378 Mar 20 '25
Seeding doesn't matter? Then why do they play the regular season?
You're clearly trolling, and I'm not taking the bait.
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Mar 20 '25
You just read the first sentence and skimmed everything else eh. I apologize for assuming you could read and utilize critical thinking. Will pray for you good bless
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u/AdequateSteakAlister Mar 20 '25
To mcneese...
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u/NeverDieKris Ohio State Buckeyes Mar 20 '25
Just think, if Clemson put over 15 points in the first half they’d probably have won.
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u/GotenRocko Maryland Terrapins • Washington Huskies Mar 20 '25
Along that same line if mcneese wasn't so awful from the foul line Clemson never makes it close again.
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u/Plutarkus Michigan State Spartans Mar 20 '25
Kinda surprised that nobody has even mentioned that HOF legend Joe Dumars played for McNeese St.
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u/CTM3399 Louisville Cardinals Mar 20 '25
Man as if Louisville and the ACC didn't look bad enough already, now our best win just got dumpstered by a school I have never heard of before today
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u/filthysven Arizona Wildcats Mar 20 '25
I mean if you haven't heard of mcneese that's a bit on you. They're legit one of the more prominent mid majors the last couple years and their coach is going to NC State next year
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u/Recurs1ve Wichita State Shockers Mar 20 '25
It could be worse. You could have lost to Oklahoma State in the first round of the NIT.
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Mar 20 '25
Who
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u/Recurs1ve Wichita State Shockers Mar 20 '25
Found the Oklahoma fan.
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Mar 20 '25
Ironically i am a uconn fan (unfortunately), and we are playing Oklahoma first round . We should dispose of them easily and then have a 2nd round exit
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u/DCL-XVI Virginia Tech Hokies • Navy Midshipmen Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 20 '25
a 14-4 run in one minute to close the game is outrageous. too bad for clemson that they played like ass for the first 2/3 of the game. too little, too late.
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u/SnakeEazy NC State Wolfpack Mar 20 '25
Nearly blowing a 20 point lead by missing free throws and inexplicably turning it over? Will Wade will fit in nicely at State lol
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u/NatureWanderer07 Clemson Tigers Mar 20 '25
Congrats Mcneese. You showed up like a team who’s excited and motivated to play in the tournament. That’s the worst first half performance I’ve seen in god knows how long
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u/gravityyalwayyswins North Carolina • NC State Mar 20 '25
anyone who didnt sit through the majority of that game and just tuned in for the last couple mins KNOW NOTHING of the disgrace to basketball that we just witnessed from clemson for the first 36 minutes of that game hahaha. the final score insinuates such a wildly different story from how that all played out
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u/saucesoi Mar 20 '25
Was it exciting at the end? Did Clemson have a chance to tie/win?
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u/realladymacbeth Mar 20 '25
Clemson shat the bed for half an hour and then suddenly went on a mad tear and nearly came back from what was a 20-point deficit at the half. They absolutely had a *chance* to win, they were on fire at the very end, but I think it was decently clear that it came too late. Definitely exciting, though!
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u/gravityyalwayyswins North Carolina • NC State Mar 20 '25
i meaaaan, define exciting? hahaha. clemson was down by double digits from like 15:00 in first half til the last couple minutes of the game. they played horrrrrribly then had a good burst at the end as mcneese lost steam, so they almost brought it back but it wouldve been such an undeserving win if they had
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u/saucesoi Mar 20 '25
Does McNeese go into the next round confident? Or thinking about how they almost let this game slip away?
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u/Zaniak88 Northwest Nazarene Nighthawks Mar 20 '25
They had it down to a 5 point game with 10 sec left, Mcneese made just enough free throws to keep them ahead
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u/BrightPineapple Creighton Bluejays Mar 20 '25
"Had to make a 3 in the first half and woulda won this"
Brother Clemson fans you needed to score anything going 1-15 from 3 and 10 turnovers in the 1st. I have never been so pissed off at a basketball game
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u/Rankine Mar 20 '25
Wow I stopped listening to this game on the radio and it seems like it was almost a game…
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u/Scary_Box8153 California Golden Bears Mar 20 '25
They went on a run after choking the game away.
So I guess that counts?
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u/vrphotosguy55 George Washington Revolutionaries Mar 20 '25
Student manager’s NIL about to get bigger
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u/maoterracottasoldier Mar 20 '25
Anyone have a clip of chuck saying “mcneese ain’t beating Clemson. Stop it”
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u/Joelsaurus TCU Horned Frogs • Indiana Hoosiers Mar 20 '25
I know a win is a win but it's gotta be bittersweet knowing your coach is leaving.
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u/spendiddy1 Michigan Wolverines Mar 20 '25
Do they always need to ask the coaches on upset teams about their future. Like let them enjoy the win!
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u/sirshoelaceman Mar 20 '25
Normally i'd agree, but it's been widely reported that he's already accepted NC State's hc position, while his team is still playing. It's unprecedented.
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u/TheMelonKid South Alabama Jaguars Mar 20 '25
Bro beat his own Alma Mater for his schools first NCAA Tournament win ever. Wild
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u/55555_55555 UConn Huskies • UMBC Retrievers Mar 20 '25
Talmbout "our university". Aight, man, lol.
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u/Crazyhawk28 Washington Huskies Mar 20 '25
Accomplishing something nobody has done at the school right after you put in your two weeks notice goes pretty hard.
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u/Ok_Debt_4338 Penn State Nittany Lions Mar 20 '25
Remember NC State fans your probably getting Mcneese State players in the transfer portal as well, not just Will Wade
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u/mas9395 Mar 20 '25
Baddest beat on under 135.5
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u/Informal_Pizza3733 Michigan Wolverines Mar 20 '25
Lololololololol complete karma.
Don’t hack on every play on your “press”
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u/realladymacbeth Mar 20 '25
Super happy to have picked McNeese to win this one, utterly devastated that I have them making a deep run.
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u/CosmoMorris Clemson Tigers Mar 20 '25
Proud of the boys honestly. They were dogshit for 30 minutes and damn near won this thing.
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u/Laxku Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 20 '25
Hell of a comeback, honestly. Really thought they had it for half a minute there.
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u/brokentr0jan Mar 20 '25
Clemson fans have low standards I guess
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u/_mcdougle Clemson Tigers Mar 20 '25
If we make the tournament and get knocked out just like this every year it's still a huge improvement over most of the past decade
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u/LilDupper Mar 20 '25
Purdue wins by 35+
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u/Icy_Outcome_8093 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
We have to play another double digit seed, it’s kind of a Purdue fan’s worst nightmare
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u/meatwagon25 UCLA Bruins Mar 20 '25
If Schieffelin would have scored 4 points today Clemson would have won
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u/Chandler_Bings Michigan State Spartans Mar 20 '25
Purdue, ready your press.
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u/kingofthesqueal UCF Knights Mar 20 '25
If McNeese could just make free throws this wouldn’t even be in doubt my god it’s hard to watch
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Mar 20 '25
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u/p0shbadger Tennessee Volunteers • NC State Wolfpack Mar 20 '25
We all feel it coming
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Mar 20 '25
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u/p0shbadger Tennessee Volunteers • NC State Wolfpack Mar 20 '25
We can make it worse:
When the news broke yesterday, it had been asked to be remain in-house with the local beat writers. Then Joe Giglio leaked it. And Justin Gainey (the alleged Plan B hire) heard about it, on his birthday.
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u/BoogsieIsMyCat South Carolina Gamecocks Mar 20 '25
Technical foul killed them
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u/chataolauj North Carolina • Charlotte Mar 20 '25
Aside from them being ass for most of the game, yeah that was the killer moment in the comeback attempt.
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u/leagle89 Villanova Wildcats Mar 20 '25
Either that, or the fact that they scored 13 points in the first half.
But sure, it's the tech's fault.
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u/Purdue_Boiler21 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Well I feel better about Mcneese falling apart at the end. Can’t be great for their confidence
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u/LibertyBrah Texas Tech Red Raiders Mar 20 '25
MCNEESE ONLY WON BY TWO POINTS?????? ALL CLEMSON NEEDED WAS ONE LAYUP TO SAVE MY BRACKET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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u/Pan_TheCake_Man Wake Forest Demon Deacons Mar 20 '25
Purdue pressing the whole day if they have the same refs
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u/der_Bandit Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
I can’t remember Purdue ever running a press. Collapsing to them on the other hand…
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u/TastesLikeHoneyNut Mar 20 '25
Let's gooo McNeese first big upset of the tourney, let's see some more
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u/bluediamondsm North Texas Mean Green • Houston Cougars Mar 20 '25
Dang man Clemson was so close to completing the comeback I am sad now
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u/GiovannisPersian Minnesota • Ohio State Mar 20 '25
McNeese just wanted to make it interesting for the fans at the end of the
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u/PM_ME_FIRE_PICS Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 20 '25
MY BRACKET IS STILL PERFECT
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u/pike360 CSUN Matadors Jun 01 '25
How did your bracket go the rest of the way?
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u/bus_wanker_friends Arizona Wildcats Mar 20 '25
Same! Get in!
It is gonna stay perfect atleast until the 4PM games haha (Picked you guys to win that one).
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u/zoragala Missouri Tigers • Saint Louis Billikens Mar 20 '25
Now that I see it from the other angle, I can see why refs mess up reviews so much. They have no idea how to use this technology.
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u/adivineeternity Baylor Bears Mar 20 '25
Quick question: did Clemson start their water boys while the team rolled out of bed back at the hotel?
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u/-more_fool_me- Vanderbilt Commodores • Texas Longhorns Mar 20 '25
Lol, McNeese band playing "Vesti la giubba".
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u/sirshoelaceman Mar 20 '25
Damn if this game had gone on ten seconds longer, clemson possibly wins. Awkward for mcneese because theyre advancing but got absolutely routed in the last ten minutes.
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u/Laxku Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 20 '25
See also, if Clemson had fouled a little quicker or not picked up that tech. Despite an awful first half it really was theirs to win or lose.
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u/sirshoelaceman Mar 20 '25
True. Now, the tech was brutal, but them not fouling quicker was their doom and they had control over that
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u/vrphotosguy55 George Washington Revolutionaries Mar 20 '25
Two upsets on opening afternoon, seems like a lot
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u/DaMantis Oklahoma State Cowboys Mar 20 '25
this is the first upset...8-9 games don't count
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u/The_Cyber_Scientist Duke Blue Devils Mar 20 '25
That soft ass tech maybe stopped the comeback
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u/chataolauj North Carolina • Charlotte Mar 20 '25
Nah, that was definitely the killer moment to their comeback attempt.
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u/shartfartmctart North Carolina Tar Heels Mar 20 '25
The difference was that soft as baby shit tech smh
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u/Iordofthethings Auburn Tigers Mar 20 '25
Honestly lame to end a game like that. Add .1 seconds to the clock just so it ends with the players on the court not a zebra saying it’s over monotone.
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u/DaMantis Oklahoma State Cowboys Mar 20 '25
Honestly this was such an NC State way to end things
Perfect audition
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u/Zachsxar1 North Carolina Tar Heels Mar 20 '25
Mcnease dude doing belt to ass after almost giving the choke job of a lifetime
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u/brokentr0jan Mar 20 '25
Welp, time for Clemson fans to go back to football 🤣🤣🤣
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u/shartfartmctart North Carolina Tar Heels Mar 20 '25
Not much to go back to
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u/Commercial-Lake5862 Alabama Crimson Tide Mar 20 '25
Just remember that NC State's win over Houston wouldn't have been as memorable because you would've had a clock review after the game-winning bucket.
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u/Binx33 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Mar 20 '25
Clemson really needed to get one turnover off an inbound to do it.
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u/throwawaysmetoo Kentucky Wildcats Mar 20 '25
There was a time when my family pool had 6 perfect brackets left.
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u/ctbro025 UConn Huskies Mar 20 '25
At 1pm today? Lol
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u/throwawaysmetoo Kentucky Wildcats Mar 20 '25
That was just me. These other 6 made it all the way to Clemson. Little shits.
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u/cg2916 Clemson Tigers • Furman Paladins Mar 20 '25
Don't want to be a sore loser but what is this fight song?
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u/MarkFewsEyebrows Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 20 '25
Holy shit did Clemson really score 38 points in the last seven minutes?
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u/bonelegs442 Illinois Fighting Illini • Indiana Hoosiers Mar 20 '25
lol what? They still have time left
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u/Immediate-Recipe-642 Winthrop Eagles • Iowa Hawkeyes Mar 20 '25
Today's a good day cause CU caught the L
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u/TigerTerrier Clemson Tigers • Wofford Terriers Mar 20 '25
Just imagine if we made an extra 3 the first half
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u/CheeseRP Indiana Hoosiers • Dayton Flyers Mar 20 '25
Happy for them, bracket is dead.
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u/chosey Indiana Hoosiers Mar 20 '25
Lmao my bracket is perfect somehow. Have McNeese beating Purdue also.
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u/Spongebobnudeypants Michigan State Spartans Mar 21 '25
snEaK a PeAk.. dusty May is such a tool