Championship Sunday Open Thread

Submitted by MH20 on

Selection Sunday is finally here! A small slate of games today as most conference tourneys are complete. The American takes over the Big Ten's annual Time Slot That Is Too Late For The Committee To Care About The Result, tipping at 3:30 and finishing mere minutes before the selection show begins. Actually, can you imagine if the game went into OT or even double OT? It's too bad that Memphis lost yesterday because that could've led to some hilarity on the set of CBS TBS and in the committee's board room if the show had to begin but the game result was still in doubt.

Anyway, here are today's matchups:

 

MATCHUP   TIME  (ET) NAT TV TICKETS LOCATION
Pennsylvania
12:00 PM ESPN2
WatchESPN
Buy on Vivid Seats The Palestra, Philadelphia, PA  
Davidson
1:00 PM CBS 147 tickets as low as $38 Capital One Arena, Washington, DC  
Kentucky
1:00 PM ESPN
WatchESPN
658 tickets as low as $44 Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO  
UT Arlington
2:00 PM ESPN2
WatchESPN
Buy on Vivid Seats Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA  
#21Houston
3:30 PM CBS 570 tickets as low as $6 Amway Center, Orlando, FL

 

Don't think it matters who wins in the SEC or the American -- Michigan isn't passing UT or UC and I think UK has too much ground to make up (Houston is pretty solidly a 6). A Davidson victory steals a bid from a bubble team so schools like Louisville, ASU, and St. Mary's are big Rhode Island fans today.

J.

March 11th, 2018 at 6:03 PM ^

Anybody else with a big audio/video synchronization problem? This show is irritating enough to watch without the confusion. The live studio audience is already a bad idea.

J.

March 11th, 2018 at 6:11 PM ^

Gumbel with the shot at Louisville. Tip of the hat for that. But, yes, he’s correctly pointing out that the alphabetical reveal is terrible. Also, apparently “NC State” is alphabetically before “Nevada,” which only makes sense if you don’t know how alphabetization works. PS: To Hell With Notre Dame!