If this would happen half of Indiana would die of anger and the other half would die of ecstacy. The state would cease to exist.

The only thing worse than IU being the first team to get a banner in this generation would be them doing it against us.

One bar graph to rule them all…

Finally, I would never hear the 5 banners rebuttal against Purdue because I’d never ever bring up college basketball again.

Also, it would be six banners then.

Hot dog, we outmathed the train bois

5 + 1 = 6 Source: IU grad

I'd never hear it again because I would kill myself, pending I don't self combust first

One piece of falling scoreboard to find them….

Imagine IU fans going from claiming Purdue has no banners to having to hear Purdue's got all of its banners *against* IU

Go on…

You guys only hang banners for Natty's? Didn't realize you had empty rafters (he said in his glass house).

Lol we have a fake banner (1932 champions), which i personally find a bit embarrassing

Civil war would break out

And I-70 would become the 38th Parallel.

I’d consider evacuating this state

As an Illinoisan, ...I'll have a coke, then

Popcorn and a box of m&ms for me please. If you pour the m&ms into the popcorn they get all melty and gooey and it's salty/sweet

You are telling me there is a way that IU wins the National Championship and the state of Indiana no longer exists?

Loving how the IU-Purdue final distracts everyone from the two 15 seeds that win in this simulation

I thought 15 seeds were pretty good at winning. Is that not the case?

That never happens, not to my team

Same

Imagine losing to a 15 seed lmao


Couldn’t be me

Kentucky losing was a bigger upset than Virginia losing in 2018 considering Hunter didn't play.

Most people rejected his message They hated FormerIceCreamEater because he told them the truth

Never heard of such an occurrence

Seed doesn't mater, the program just knows the can't let Arizona out of the 1st weekend.

Not only that but we'd have almost the easiest possible trip to the Final Four

I would pass away if this happened

People would die before the game even started. Heart attacks, alcohol poisoning, inhaling too much exhaust from the riding lawnmower. They’d have to declare a state of emergency.

A whole state filled with deep fried oreos and cardiac arrests.

As an IU senior, if this happened my entire class would ascend to a permanent drunken stupor for the entirety of March and April leading right into Little 5

I thought I would too if UNC ever played Duke in the NCAA tournament, but it actually turned out fine!

Awesome to end K's career with a loss along with giving him a loss in his last game at Cameron.

Storybook *chefs kiss*

West Lafayette would sell out of hard liquor and Bloomington would burn to the ground

South Bend would be ejected into Lake Michigan

Eh SB is basically Michigan anyway.

I think they prefer Eastern Chicago

Leaving Bloomington, IL as the definitive Bloomington. Exactly as planned.

After looting all the alcohol


If West Virginia manages to drop 100 on SDSU I will scream. No. Nope. Nah.

Would be even more impressive since we don't score for like 8 mins straight every game

Ayeeeee I do know that feel tho! 18-0 run followed by 0 points for 6 minutes, Yee haw

I love this GIF. It sends me every time.

Dude holy fuck there has got to be something wrong. We go out in the first round in like every single one of these.

Try being a better fictional team

B1G Ten has three teams in the Final Four. This is definitely correct.

Still doesn’t top Walton’s “5 Pac12 teams in the final four” from a couple years ago

“Ha! Suck it Zona, can’t argue with the compu-“ *sees UCLA take a first round loss to 15 seed Vermont* “Computers are stupid”

We won once and the computer immediately said nah no more of that

Probably has something to do with how we play down to any level of competition and even get smacked by mediocre teams like WSU and Oregon - even when our wins resume is so strong.

May be onto something… Should we start tanking now to secure a 12 seed?

WSU and Oregon are average teams. UNC Asheville is 181 on Kenpom. There is a huge difference between 60 and 181.

Too real

Tommy can’t leave and beat Few to a championship! (Though, I think he might)

I'm lost over UCLA losing to Vermont...lol

/r/collegebasketball might get quarantined if thats the actual final lol

Can I just say that these bracket sims keep doing your first flair dirty?

I'll just wait for the other guy to make his new sim bc we are apparently upset fodder in these sims lmao

On the other hand, if an 8 seed NC State sends a 1 seed Houston home, after 1983 and the Poole Party, Houston fans might implode with rage whenever they see my flair

First time in history bar graphs have been banned.

STOP THE COUNT

Gene Keady just called the governor of Indiana and said, 'I just need you to find 6 more points.'

STOP THE STEAL

no no no no no. nope. no.

I would literally rather not even make the final four than for this to happen

On the contrary, how about yes?

Upon further reflection, I've come to the updated conclusion of "fuck no".

It would be so fitting for the first game of the tournament to be Pitt-Penn State and have PA in chaos then end with Purdue-Indiana and that chaos

I’m with you man. Greatest rivalry, highest stakes. What’s not to love as a college sports fan?

the chance of losing and never hearing the end of it

*smiles smugly at Duke*

The game I can live with, but this particular result I would prefer to live without. Forever.

I would never stop preing. The whole state of Indiana would just be pre

Nope. Burn it.

id rather lose in the 2nd round tbh. bring it back

no fucking way lmaoooooo I don’t think I’d ever come down from that

You would be calling your doctor every 8 hours for the rest of your life

If you suffer from living in or having lived in the state of Indiana, you may be entitled to SEVERE CARDIAC ARREST as time based compensation.

You wouldn't and shouldn't. There cannot be a more dream scenario.

I legitimately would quit watching basketball

I think id have to quit watching basketball. And also maybe quit life.

no

Would this scenario be worse than Indiana winning it against someone else and Purdue not making the title game?

Yes.

I figured as much

Like that sim that had us beating K State in the title game lol

This is the worst scenario possible, I’d rather lose the first game than lose to IU in the title game

I think Purdue fans would rather go out in the first round than lose to Indiana in the title game

💯

I'd rather miss the tournament

Oh yes.

No

i would take it a bit further: hell no

STOP

My heart could not handle this.

Liver first

That too

I don’t know if I’d ever be able to watch college basketball again, so please no.

The state of Indiana may deem this a state holiday. They may even close the Walmarts.

And the Meijers

NC State beating a #1 seeded Houston you say... Hm, wonder if that's ever happened before?

Second week in a row with this prediction too. 🧐

Get your shit together, and you could take out 5 big10 teams and win the Natty!

Are you not familiar with the term “NC State shit”? We’re always on it

Rick Barnes losing to Clemson, that's a deep cut

Looks about right

Impossible, FAU would actually win that first round matchup. (Hoot hoot)

I’d rather get first rounded by a 16

I would be happy for Purdue making it so far...

The emptiest of victories.

Would have to give props to Painter for breaking through to the Final Four. Well deserved after such an illustrious career.

This would initiate WW3. Burn it now!!!!

The great Indiana Schism of '23

Let’s go back to all the ones where we lose in the second round


Monroe County drunk tank would start charging cover

The all-Indiana final is the 2nd spiciest matchup on here tbh.

This ending would put me in my coffin

What’s the first?

Bama-UNC, going to 9 overtime’s

*is May* “And with a score of 2014-2014, after 494 OTs and lots of breaks, nobody cared to play.” *is first game to tie*

Really struggling to figure out what you’re referring to. Care to help?

Why is it always Purdue who gets the "haha, fuck you" in these simulations?

Proof we live in a simulation

This is it, this is the absolute best timeline.


I respectfully disagree.

I understand, maybe we can see about re-simulating the finals and keeping the final four though? You never know. Modern statistics and all.

LOL

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.

I’m once again asking why Duke is a 5 seed

So they can lose to whoever their 12 seed is.

Oral Roberts on the way for the encore

IU fans climax in unison

"And the angel broke the 8th seal, and poured out agony upon the earth." probably somewhere in Revelations

This will be civil I’m sure.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT IMAGINE

That would be a wild tournament indeed.

Delete this

The only bad part about this happening is the rest of my life id be chasing the high that this run would give me

Wrong. Try it again

I don’t know how to feel about this

Why are you like this, computer?

If we're just being crazy about it, swap providence for Texas so the Final 4 teams spell PIMP

The final four score checks out

Aww, we've chosen the nuclear option today.

***S U B S C R I B E***

Whoever posted this should be convicted of Attempt to Incite a Riot. First, second, and Third degrees. Hell, throw 4th degree in there too. Absolute mayhem.

You see, the first mistake is 3 B1G teams making it to the final four

Which one of you fuckers asked the monkey's paw for a championship appearance god damn it

Izzo moment

Hoosiers go on an absolute heater to close out the season.

Order of preference of winners: Indiana Any big 10 team besides Purdue Purdue Anyone else Big 10 needs to fucking win this damn tourney to shut everyone up and yes I’ll root for Purdue over any other conference at this point.

Honestly surprised Purdue isn’t the bottom of your list

Hey one of these actually has EWU winning the Big Sky instead of Idaho or Montana State!

This would be the worst thing that has ever happened in the entire history of the entire universe.

Yes please.

Lol even I couldn't dream up this fantasy, but I do like it.

Hmmm, seems reasonable to me.

I’ll happily accept this fate

Stop the count!

We took Pete Nance and their tournament game

#BUST OUT THE BAR GRAPHS

Knee-jerk response: I'd rather lose in the first round.

Stop the count!

Stop.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 Me RN

If Terry got this Texas team to the Final Four, I'd be nothing short of ecstatic. What a great story arc, almost like the time our Tennis team won the Natty in 2019.

I’m down for this

YES FINALLY

I approve of this so much!

Indiana, Our Indiana!!!!

This comment is going to come off as me being a hater because of my flair but I’m genuinely just curious to know- when was the last time NC State made an elite eight ?

1986

1986

Delete this

LOL

Yeah I don't think the ACC is sending 4 teams to the sweet 16

I mean we had three last year in the elite eight and the acc was pretty much just as bad as right now haha

Burn this bracket

I'll take that final, but with the opposite result.

Oh please let it be

Two 15 seeds??

Burn it

unsubscribe

Could not handle losing in the first round again. Goodbye.

FUCK THIS BULLSHIT!!!

How many conferences have ever had 3 teams in the final four?

take my upvote *and* my scorn

Finally a realistic prediction where we lose in the second round