Game Thread: Elite Eight - 2026 NCAA Tournament TV schedule & non-Alabama catch all

[Bazza]

Re-cap of how the games went this weekend:

Saturday, March 28 (Elite Eight)
(3) Illinois 71, (9) Iowa 59
(1) Arizona 79, (2) Purdue 64

Sunday, March 29 (Elite Eight)
(1) Michigan 95, (6) Tennessee 62
(2) UConn 73, (1) Duke 72



Schedule for the remaining games:

• Final Four: 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 4 on TBS at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis
• NCAA championship game: 8:30 p.m. ET on Monday, April 6 on TBS at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis

And the Final Four schedule for next Saturday:

Saturday, April 4 (Final Four)

• (2) UConn vs. (3) Illinois, 6:09 p.m. | TBS/TNT/truTV
• (1) Michigan vs. (1) Arizona, ~9 p.m. | TBS/TNT/truTV

I will make a Game Thread for the Final Four next for anyone interested.....

 

[AlexanderFan]

I can’t stand Duke but I really can’t stand UConn and their coach. Oh well.

One of them lost in a heartbreaking fashion.

 

[Bazza]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2038435270266085776

 

[Bazza]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2038396242200277362

 

[JDCrimson]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2038435270266085776

The look of wait a minute that was not supposed to happen...

 

[BamaMoon]

How in the world had I not heard of the UAB star transfer Yaxel Lendeborg who went to UM to become the best player on their team???

I understand how we didn't get him because UM payed him a NIL between 2 and 3 million, but this guy showed up out of nowhere on my basketball radar!

 

[AlistarWills]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2038396242200277362

Sooooo, how did Hurley not get T’d up for sticking his head on the ref and staring him down? Should have been a T and ejection.

 

[Bazza]

Sooooo, how did Hurley not get T’d up for sticking his head on the ref and staring him down? Should have been a T and ejection.

Sorry Alistar....I didn't see it.

The officiating has been horrible - for the last couple years in particular. There needs to be more accountability, IMHO.

 

[Bama Shoals]

How in the world had I not heard of the UAB star transfer Yaxel Lendeborg who went to UM to become the best player on their team???

I understand how we didn't get him because UM payed him a NIL between 2 and 3 million, but this guy showed up out of nowhere on my basketball radar!

He was well known at UAB. He was about the only thing UAB had but he was great there the couple of years before he went to Michigan. That's why he was the #1 rated transfer coming out.

 

[Bazza]

 

[Bazza]

Sooooo, how did Hurley not get T’d up for sticking his head on the ref and staring him down? Should have been a T and ejection.

OK I just saw it on the latest video I posted - the first vid in the series....wow...that WAS a stare down!

 

[BamaMoon]

Pretty amazing.

I'm no UConn fan (nor do I feel sorry for Duke), but this is probably about as dramatic as 2nd and 26 in basketball terms. It's still behind 2nd and 26 because it's not for the NC, but wow!

 

[BamaMoon]

OK I just saw it on the latest video I posted - the first vid in the series....wow...that WAS a stare down!

I wondered what he was doing too??? The answer is probably, "Being a jerk."

 

[dayhiker]

How in the world had I not heard of the UAB star transfer Yaxel Lendeborg who went to UM to become the best player on their team???

I understand how we didn't get him because UM payed him a NIL between 2 and 3 million, but this guy showed up out of nowhere on my basketball radar!

He was everywhere this time last year when the portal was active. He was all the rage.

 

[AlistarWills]

OK I just saw it on the latest video I posted - the first vid in the series....wow...that WAS a stare down!

So now that you’ve seen it? Techincal? Ejection? Do I loathe that jerk too much?

 

[Bazza]

So now that you’ve seen it? Techincal? Ejection? Do I loathe that ***** too much?

I'd have to know what he said......

 

[Joefus]

Technically they could’ve called a tech on Hurley and bounced him and then also called a tech on the UConn bench for rushing the floor with .4 left. But they’ll never call either bc the blow back would be unimaginable. Can you imagine the whine fest from Hurley alone? He would literally nail himself to a cross

 

[AlistarWills]

Technically they could’ve called a tech on Hurley and bounced him and then also called a tech on the UConn bench for rushing the floor with .4 left. But they’ll never call either bc the blow back would be unimaginable. Can you imagine the whine fest from Hurley alone? He would literally nail himself to a cross

Let him cry a river. Just sit him behind the Hoover Dam when they do so maybe he’ll fill Lake Mead back up!