NCAA Tournament Talk: What the hoops world is saying this week

My Lord: Iowa coach's son has surgery same day as tourney game. RT @KegsnEggs: Can't imagine what Wed be like 4 Fran. http://t.co/UEMtJc2NVz

— Reid Forgrave (@ReidForgrave) March 17, 2014

Took a 30-minute nap in @FOXSports1 dressing room. Had a dream - a vision? - that @BaylorMBB made Final Four. Change my bracket?

— Reid Forgrave (@ReidForgrave) March 17, 2014

"We're Indiana. We don't play in the CBI." http://t.co/wt4e3GHKn8

— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) March 17, 2014

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— James Fraschilla (@jamesfraschilla) March 17, 2014

They can have one poor game and still win it all. Love UF-Louisville final. RT @rplopez99: @franfraschilla how far do the Gators go?

— Fran Fraschilla (@franfraschilla) March 17, 2014

Tony Bennett singer met Tony the Coach when he played @GB. Singer was asked if he ever met another Tony B. Yes, a stripper with an I in Toni

— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) March 17, 2014

What happened to his face??? RT @DJGQFOX: Main image on front page of http://t.co/D7vCjOGHfy - Gators Billy Donovan - pic.twitter.com/smrqDSd1Rk

— Thomas Goldkamp (@Goldkamp247) March 17, 2014

@DamienTheDane, UAlbany mascot on flight. He (or is dog a she?) left boxing gloves home after brawl with Wolfie at Stony Brook Saturday.

— Tim Wilkin (@tjwilkin) March 17, 2014

Our founder, Fr. John DuBois, is ready for tomorrow's @MountHoops game - are you?? #MountMayhem #MountPride #GoMount pic.twitter.com/8Y2CICv8YW

— Mount Admissions (@MountAdmissions) March 18, 2014

#VCU's Shaka Smart responds to Coach K's shot at A-10: "Coaches are too busy to be an authority on someone else's league."

— David Teel (@DavidTeelatDP) March 17, 2014

Why I bookmark http://t.co/ipAO5XtWrP for NCAA.Without insider charge, he picked 67 of 68 teams, 40 on exact line. Only miss. Had BYU out.

— Chris Dufresne (@DufresneLATimes) March 17, 2014

Today I did something that @GeoffGrammer (ABQ Journal beat writer for New Mexico) didn't: interview coaches/players about NCAA tourney.

— Mark Zeigler (@sdutzeigler) March 17, 2014

@SanDiego_Sports @GeoffGrammer Not ripping Geoff. Ripping New Mexico for not talking to media. #bushleague

— Mark Zeigler (@sdutzeigler) March 17, 2014

Seven schools from the former Big Eight Conference are in the NCAA Tournament. Missouri didn't make the cut. #Nebrasketball #sitdownNorm

— Brian Rosenthal (@HuskerExtraBR) March 17, 2014

13 years ago today was the greatest St. Patrick's Day ever! St. Paddy's Day 2014 isn't so bad either! Lol! pic.twitter.com/nnu2mA9tG8

— Mike Lonergan (@MikeLonergan) March 17, 2014

You can use a Groupon to buy tickets to Iowa State's game(s) in San Antonio http://t.co/u8URabcT1v

— Travis Hines (@TravisHines21) March 17, 2014

If experience is paramount in #NCAATournament you have to look at #NCCU with NCAA's 4th most exp. roster according to http://t.co/4XhH9Rc8kk

— Bret McCormick (@Bretjust1T) March 17, 2014

@ChipBrownOB Our @FOXSportsLive research said SMU was the first team since 2004 who appeared in the final AP poll + was left out the tourney

— Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) March 17, 2014

One K-State player says his "face just lit up; I was ecstatic" upon learning of UK matchup. http://t.co/IRBEhhZUUY

— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_CJ) March 17, 2014

VCU coach Shaka Smart: Comparing leagues "like me saying that my daughter is cuter than your daughter." http://t.co/YiO5rxPkj1

— Steve Hewitt (@steve_hewitt) March 18, 2014

@Ben_Fred has started his "People's Bracket" at Carraba's in Erlanger KY. Everybody picks one game. Bartender has Xavier over NCST.

— Mike Strange (@Strangemike44) March 18, 2014

ASU guard Jermaine Marshall says he's been putting up an extra 350-500 shots a day to help pull out of slump. pic.twitter.com/VQ7CAQDxAD

— Doug Haller (@DougHaller) March 18, 2014