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UAB losing the AAC final to Memphis was apparently what got UNC in. Yeesh. Watching the women's selection special, the Ivy League sending THREE schools (champs Harvard, Columbia and Princeton) to the dance is seriously wild.

65,000 fans (yes, SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND) for the Savannah Bananas game at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa last night. Great googamooga. https://youtu.be/70Njum9LYtc?si=GdjBNXCyGsEgukPd

FTFY.

Getting Amazing Johnathan vibes. (Like a dope I thought you meant mid-1930s at first. )

Watching the NEC title game and I was unprepared for the horror that is the St Francis mascot, Frankie the Friar. GAH!

People are having THOUGHTS about the Big 12 tournament court. Personally I like it but it seems no one is in the middle... either it's the greatest thing since sliced bread or an eldritch basketball horror.

I was digging Furman's DINS jerseys. Also, FIGHTING MANDYS UP.

I guess the name Dyson Gibbs means nothing to you? Nothing??? In other news, Jim Engles has stepped down as Columbia's HC after seven seasons, none with a winning record. From starting the season 11-1 and winning at Villanova to going 1-13 in Ivy League play... just an absurd collapse for the Lions.

Bradley did just enough to keep things interesting for awhile, but that Drake squad was just too much. I'm guessing it's the NIT again for alma mater - here's hoping we get a nice solid run at least.

High Point punches their dance card for the first time ever by outlasting Winthrop to win the Big South tourney.

It's Omaha vs St Thomas tonight for the Summit League marbles... only the Johnnies are still transitioning to D-I so they are ineligible for the NCAA tournament. So Omaha will claim the auto-bid win or lose.

SIU-Edwardsville collects the first tournament auto-bid and goes dancing for the first time in school history, dispatching SEMO for the OVC championship.

Like I said on Bluesky, the Vincels of the world love shitting on AEW because they don't craw as well as WWE, but AEW could go a long way towards refining their visual style if they stick with these smaller old-school buildings. The Memorial Auditorium in particular has been hosting wrestling since the beginning of time and looks like a boss old barn to watch a show from. Like a miniature Baltimore Arena.

Lizbeth Ovalle with a FILTHY scorpion goal against Chivas in Liga MX Femenil.

MEANWHILE, IN PEORIA

He was going to make espresso! True story: he ad-libbed that line, and the quick fade to black on the scene was because the entire crew lost their shit laughing at it.

I broke Gene into his own thread. As you were, and RIP.

I think Gene and his family deserve their own thread. That final shot. RIP.

That gurgling noise you hear is the WAC starting to circle the drain as the Big West looks set to poach Cal Baptist and Utah Valley this week, leaving them at only five schools. How the mighty have fallen.

Aaron Rodgers has been FE'd. Our long national nightmare is over.

But how was it?

Super Bowl Pregame used HUMAN JUKEBOX! It's very effective!

I've been a City fan almost 30 years. If you told me in 1998 that in 2025 fourth place would be a "season to forget" after four straight Prem titles, a domestic quadruple, finally winning the UCL etc, I'd have taken that shit so fast your heads would spin. This is nothing.