Cinderella's shoe has been stolen and someone needs to find it. She ain't coming back until the shoe is found.

Lots of kudos to John Fanta for mentioning this in the Tweet posted by Blades. A lot of people who run the NCAA tournament need to ask the same question and reflect on what is happening.

the Blades said:

[The precursor is this years sweet sixteen, it took a buzzer beater by a B1G team but.....nothing but P-4's are left.

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The end of that game was great- the money 3 pointer by Colorado State and then the buzzer beater by Queen- just talking purely basketball, it was great stuff.

But I don't know or understand why nobody in the media is talking about the end of Cinderella. The clock has struck midnight for many of these teams which financially cannot compete with P4. An unprecedented 14 SEC bids. At this point we are trending towards an unequal playing field with the non P4s, so the NCAA tournament which markets itself as "March Madness" due to smaller school upsets can kiss that reality Goodbye. It's in the past. I don't like where things are going and just hope someone with an ounce of sanity restores order. Otherwise all the branding surrounding "March Madness" is completely fraudulent!

It should be obvious from the SEC's record 14 NCAA bids- the most by a lot- that this league is showing the money to its athletes. And to its coaches. Other than McNeese State in the 1st round there were no upsets in the NCAA tournament this year and the era of the so called Cinderella is over. It's now all about paying your way to a championship. St. John's threw money at some players to field a good team this year, but it's small time money. Big time players need to be shown big time money!

The SEC is the High Rollers Room at the Casino- you gotta pay to play!!!!!!!!!!

the Blades said:

Yeah Huskies have to stop carrying this conference... time to make a departure for the ACC since they seem to need all the help they can get on the hoops side. (only 4 NCAA teams with 18 members, and only Duke's left, SMH ).....I'd even go for a mini ACC 4 team add with all the talk of a merger lately.

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The ACC is a sinking ship, does UConn really want to go down with that sinking ship? Their basketball has declined so badly it's become a complete joke!

They shot 28% FGs which included a pitiful 2-22 on 3s. Arkansas was a top 10 team preseason but lost their PG Boogie Fland for over 2 months. They are MUCH better with Fland back and running the point. Anyway the last Big Team standing for the 3rd straight year is ...... UConn!

Clingan has steadily improved and has minutes and production are on the uptick. He has started 22 of 52 games and is averaging 17 minutes, but had 32 last night, and is starting lately more and more as the coaches begin to trust him. He is rewarding their trust.

Every time I watch Clingan highlights like the one posted just above I am reminded of what UConn is missing this year, and why the rim attacks are bit more prevalent than they were the last 2 years. Although the 2 UConn centers have played well of late and given UConn combined very solid production at the 5. It's just that Clingan completely discouraged so much around the rim because of his massive size and ability to use it. One of the reasons Duke is ranked #1 is they have a similar, although very athletic 7'2" rim protector in Maluach, who is a beast.

KhalidShockedTheWorld said:

Is the game on Peacock or FS1?

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To answer my own question, FS1. The SJU-TBD and Xavier-Marquette games are on Peacock.