"Kansas is going to be a top team next season because Bill Self returns four starters." — Big Cat

Take Slip·Mar 25, 2024

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Kansas is going to be a top team next season because Bill Self returns four starters.

Kansas might return four starters next year. Here's how Bill Self did when that happens: 21-22 national champions. 15-16, number one overall seed. 09-10, number one overall seed. 07-08 national champs. 06-07, number one overall seed... Bill Self is thinking about next year, so I'm thinking about next year. They're gonna be a really good team next year.

Prediction CBB Medium

Big Cat predicted Kansas would be a top team in 2024-25 because Bill Self returned four starters. Kansas went 21-13 overall (11-9 in Big 12), earned only a 7-seed in the NCAA Tournament, and lost in the first round to Arkansas 79-72. They were not a top team.

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Take Slip·Mar 25, 2024

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Big Cat

NC State is no longer a Cinderella; they are a team of destiny.

The one Cinderella that's still in there is a Cinderella that we can all focus on in NC State. Also not a Cinderella anymore because they just keep winning. They went from Cinderella to just Team of Destiny. Like, there was a moment when NC State in that Oakland game, they win in overtime, and I'm like, why can't they just win it all?

Opinion CBB Medium

NC State continued their improbable run all the way to the Final Four as an 11-seed, fulfilling the 'destiny' narrative.

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Take Slip·Mar 25, 2024

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Big Cat

The Big East should have had more teams in the NCAA tournament.

Big East also undefeated. Six and oh Big East. Probably should put more teams in from the Big East.

Opinion CBB Medium Subjective

While subjective, the conference's performance (specifically UConn winning the title) supports the argument that the mid-tier Big East teams were better than the mid-tier teams that made it.

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Take Slip·Mar 25, 2024

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Big Cat

There are ten teams in the Sweet 16 that could conceivably win the National Championship.

I look at the bracket right now and I don't know, 10 out of the 16, I could conceivably see winning it all.

Opinion CBB Mild Subjective

The 2024 field was considered particularly strong at the top, and several different seeds made deep runs (including 11-seed NC State and 4-seed Alabama reaching the Final Four alongside 1-seeds UConn and Purdue).