Final Four Saturday: Open Thread

Plus: A Crown of Thorns, with no hope of resurrection for the Big Ten in Las Vegas

The Crown: Updates

Don’t lie to me, these are what you’re here for.

The Games That Were (April 1-2)

Oklahoma Sooners 90, Colorado Buffaloes 86 (OT)

Baylor Bears 67, Minnesota Golden Gophers 48

At halftime I sent the “He can’t keep getting away with it!” gif to a gamethread — Minnesota was, inexplicably, down just five to Baylor, despite the fact that Baylor was more athletic, appeared capable of moving the ball and generating shots, and could actually rebound on both ends of the court. Nonetheless, Cade Tyson had 13 of the Gophers’ 26 points, and Minnesota wasn’t out of it.

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…and then came the 17-1 run to open the second half. Baylor pushed the tempo, Minnesota was content to just jack up threes as a preservation mechanism…and the Gophers just didn’t hit any of them.

Thus goeth the 2025-26 Minnesota Golden Gophers. They were bad. Let us never speak of them again.

West Virginia Mountaineers 82, Stanford Cardinal 77 (OT)

Up 3 late, Stanford waited too long, and Mountaineers scoring dynamo Honor Huff weaseled his way into being fouled while “shooting” a three. He made all three free throws to force overtime kept West Virginia on his back in the extra frame.

For smart kids, they’re real dumb sometimes. I guess that’s what I expect from the Hoover Institute, though…

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Creighton Bluejays 82, Rutgers Scarlet Knights 69

God. Is. Rutgers. Terrible.

To review, Rutgers’s six Big Ten wins came against Oregon (home), Northwestern (home), Maryland (home), Penn State (road), Maryland (road), Penn State (home), Minnesota (Big Ten Tournament). They literally only beat the teams below them in the Big Ten standings during the regular season.

Rest in piss to the 2025-26 Rutgers Scarlet Knights. You sucked more than usual.

The Games That Are Yet To Come (April 4)

Oklahoma Sooners vs. Baylor Bears
12:30pm | FOX | OU -1.5 | O/U 158.5

West Virginia Moutaineers vs. Creighton…

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