2026 March Madness Thread

[BearKatz]

St.Johns is way too athletic for Kansas. Wouldn't be surprised if they win by 10-15pts.

[bearcatbret]

Was Pat Kelsey a walk on for UC in the 90s? I went to high school with him. Wish I could talk him into leaving Louisville.

He played at Roger Bacon and Elder. He was an assistant coach at Xavier. He started at Wyoming and then transferred to Xavier. Pat Kelsey - Wikipedia

[Josh Rexhausen]

Was Pat Kelsey a walk on for UC in the 90s? I went to high school with him. Wish I could talk him into leaving Louisville.

[bearcatbret]

Here are your final 32 teams. Where do you see an upset?
Men's March Madness 2026: Ranking the remaining 32 teams - ESPN

[leo from jersey]

such a positive experience watching USU . I hope he can duplicate it with the Cats.

[zykarious]

I think the deal is done. It would be nice to win against Arizonia, but I saw something I really like . Especially after the last 7 years of excrement.

I want them to lose to Arizona.

Makes the timeline nice and clean for him to transition to coaching here. Don't want him to be coaching in the NCAA tournament instead of scouring the transfer portal. A deep run may also make him more expensive (or even allow other spots to open up that might compete with us for him) and Elamin harder to get here.

I'm not concerned though, Arizona is really good, I expect them to beat Utah State with relative ease.

[GoBearcats31]

Nick Van Exel: “Calhoun is going to be great walking the sidelines at UC. Offense is great. Lots of ball/body movement and paint touches. And he gets the history of the program and understands that the UC vs x is a rivalry and not just another game.”

[leo from jersey]

we will know how to handle it on this forum if Calhoun comes and turns it around.

[leo from jersey]

Calhoun we came up with the game plan and they executed. Wow so refreshing after WM. They love Calhoun.

[leo from jersey]

Calhoun's stock is on the rise...

I think the deal is done. It would be nice to win against Arizonia, but I saw something I really like . Especially after the last 7 years of excrement.

[zykarious]

That's my next question...If??? Calhoun is hired, who could you see from Utah State transferring to UC..?

Most of their guys are seniors and I don't think have eligibility left (you never know nowadays). The options seem to be.

Falslev (JR), stayed through the last coaching change and from Utah, probably not following Calhoun.
Templin (JR), also stayed through the last coaching change, not from Utah, probably not good enough to start at the Big 12 level anyway.
Elamin (FR), the most likely option, don't think he'd be a guaranteed starter here, but with some development could get there. Would be a nice high energy bench guy if not.

No one else who has eligibility left is a real contributor, which makes it seem unlikely they'd contribute much here.

[leo from jersey]

Calhoun gets in the face of the ref

[leo from jersey]

love a made mid range shot

[BearKatz]

Calhoun's stock is on the rise...

[zykarious]

Making a run when they need it and pulling away late. Now close it out.