Author: Michael

“It just means more.” That’s the SEC’s official conference slogan. Maybe it can now change it to “it just means more teams in the NCAA Tournament than any conference ever” after the league sent a record 14 teams to the Big Dance. 
The biggest question mark for the league surrounded Texas, a team that many “bracketologists” had as one of the “First Teams Out” of the tournament. But the selection committee felt differently, electing to give Texas an 11 seed and a First Four matchup against Xavier.

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The Florida Gators’ expectations for March tower over even their freshman center, Olivier Rioux, who stands at 7 feet 9 inches and recently showcased his otherworldly height. 
On Sunday, Florida earned the top seed in the West, but Rioux stole the spotlight by effortlessly cutting down the nets without a ladder after the Gators secured an SEC title against the Vols.
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Let’s hope this 19-year-old has already hit his growth spurt, or else we may eventually see basketball’s first-ever eight-footer.

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Here are the biggest snubs in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament bracket, ranked.
North Carolina getting into the field as an at-large team is the major bubble controversy of the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
Chaos developed during Championship Week last year when five bid thieves stole bubble spots. New Mexico, Duquesne, UAB, Oregon and N.C. State unexpectedly winning conference tournaments and earning autobids threw a major wrench in the postseason plans of teams sitting on the bubble.
This year’s bubble was much more subdued.

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