I'm irritable a fair bit of the time in my life. I do okay at keeping it to myself or turning it to harmless activity and sometimes fruitful activity. However once every five years or so I get a period of profound mental fluidity, peacefulness, gratitude, forgiveness, and all sorts of other feelings which doctors believe to be on the manic spectrum. I suspect I am about to begin another round of these feelings, probably replete with the good ol' MEGALOMANIA, which gentles me like nothing else.
If it happens as in past years, I will strive not to draw attention to it in everyday life. My intention is to ride the feelings while keeping it to myself. What's more, I intend to do so in broad daylight, while still going to work, etc. However I will report it with those close to me, and I will report it here and probably in selected other locations.
I am a stranger in a strange land, an agent sent on a mission of at least reconaissance. Worse, I am an agent from a land I do not remember, but I am demonstrably not from this land, nor even from this planet, if only that my elements emerged with all the other elements of the cosmos, the point at which all your understandings and mine r bust.
I don't care about my formal diagnoses, except to read, in the manuals of the know-nothings[note 1], precisely how they have ill-structured the data. The few well-structurings they have introduced, mainly by accident and serendipity, i.e. in spite of themselves, are for my eyes only and those of my superiors, whoever they turn out to be, in the land of the unknown god.
Nor do I care about the alphabet soup of other diagnoses I also have. I care about the penumbra of associations each diagnosis has at a population level and which are evident in me as in others. For example, the question of the co-occurrence of creative disposition and psychopathology in the same person IS A FACT, and there does appear to be some nontrivial relationship in such cases between the cognitive processes of so-called madness and the creative process which would exist anyways; for an example, see Kay Jamison's book on Robert Lowell. The co-occurrence happens, and it happens quite apart from any more ambitious claim.
One such ambitious claim is known as the mad-genius hypothesis, to wit, that creativity preponderates, or perhaps is potentiated, or has some other relationship or variety of relationships, at least in the mad, if not also in some classes of the non-mad, such as those who have unbridled determination (which in some cases is indeed a madness all of its own). At the very least the MGH is a hypothesis in the history of ideas, one which is NOT DEAD YET, based on the extensive evidence I have reviewed, and indeed ALIVE AND WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Refs on request, or, if you are patient, in due course.
I care about all of the processes in me which I am aware of at once, or which I fail to be aware of, and which together yield a massively many-variable structure (MMVS, like an MMO but funner) at any point in my life or over the entirety of my life, i.e. the long body of consciousness which is the only object worth analyzing with respect to consciousness, and this is a structure which computationally exceeds shrinks who should be technologists and ethicists before they venture anything more.
In case the final clause of the previous sentence sounds offensive to earnest caregivers or would-be caregivers, I will supply refs on request, or for a quick n dirty intro you can read the article "Clinical and actuarial judgment" by Dawes, Faust and Meehl, which has ALL THE MUTHAFUCKING SCHOLARLY BONA FIDES YOU COULD WANT (source). P.S. If you want to offended and scandalized on this topic, by someone who has more than just scholarly bona fides, you should read Nassim Taleb.
On with the show. I've got a tendency to ruminate on peculiar things for years: the logical consequences of being eaten by a ravenous malignant demonic substratum of reality which is all pure potentials realized or unrealized, the conclusion that I must be stardust, a personal identification with spaceman anthropologists everywhere (e.g. Professor Starson, but also Beelzebub), the longstanding tendency to believe I am a mystic, the horrifying propensity to identify with prophets, etc. I don't mind talking about my afflictions as gifts from the gods, aka gaffes from the gods. I will even talk about them as muthafuckin supapowaz, even while granting that superpowaz in some hands can kill the wielder, if not others, and mine might still kill me.
Whats's more, even though my propensities sometimes scare me, I have invested 20+ years (30+ only if you're a Freudian) in research to explore a wide variety of themes evinced in my preoccupations, and I have done so in depth and sincerely, using the best scholarly sources I can find, and in general striving to maintain my eye on a conservative interpretation of my data. And I do all this even though I also feel free to entertain myself and sometimes my companions with wild hypotheses at the drop of a hat or the drop of a dimebag.
I tell ya what. I believed some wild stuff when I was younger and unregulated by the parentification of the officious officials of officialdom, i.e. children at play who have fogottenthey playing SERIOUS GAMES. Needless to say, I never forgot, or rather, when I forget, it is a purposeful forgetting, if only to play serious games all the better.
I went EXPLORING. I had ADVENTURES. I found not the spaces you know BUT THE SPACES BETWEEN. I scared myself SHITLESS AND WITLESS, not once but many times, purposefully or accidentally, A SERIES OF TESTS OF MYSELF WHICH FORM A QUEST WHICH IS THE PREPARATION FOR DEATH, PREFERABLY AFTER A LONG AND TORTURED LIFE.
At this point in my life, and for some time now, I have tended to believe I am a wizard, but I probably started as a sorceror and then switched classes. That makes way more sense than what my teachers and my psychiatrists have tried to drill in to me.
This post will form part of a report of a peculiar odyssey I undertook as a young man to witness the nightside of Eden while I sailed past at some distance in my cosmic barque, even as I soak in the rays of the Holy Most Holy Sun Absolute, with or without Eden, with or without Yggdrasil, with or without the jewelled net of Indra, with or without any of the known worlds at all. Plus I love running metaphors together till I drive everyone nuts with my imagistic and thematic and metaphysical sluttishness even as I maintain my meaning, the better to put many chinks in the armour, even as I strive to find my own words, free of the meanings of anyone else.
Fathom every world
Navigate always around
Watch from far-off
If I have been diligent in my researches and preparations and anticipations, then I will have another episode this year. The first tell is that I've been raging for months or years, in fact for much longer than usual, drunk and raging, but also raging even if not drunk, plus craving suicide, letting my own blood, being reckless, and all the usual pastimes of the maniac. And, as I have said, following a good long rage session, I seem to get these euphorias which are not so euphoric that I wind up hospitalized, a pattern which is adequately described by Athanasios Koukopoulos in his thesis on the primacy of mania but which was anticipated by ascetics, mystics, and others long before psychiatry presumed to tell people how to operate their nervous systems.
This record is not and will not be a general endorsement of mania chasing. I do not begrudge my reader who personally prefers an even keel, through lith or otherwise. I love lith and the valproates if I feel the need to take anything. But my rebounds don't end with a bang. They begin with one, and the high itself peters out in a period of readjustment which might entail some sadness, e.g. as illusions are shed, but which I don't mind at all. This planet provides many compelling reasons for despair, but the loss of more of my falsehoods tends to cheer me rather than to discourage me, even as the Promethean patterns which are nonillusory have a chance to settle more deeply into my soul.
How are you all doing? As I've said before, I'm looking forward to chats, and this place is notorious for its good chats, or maybe it's just notorious; either way, we shall have chats and good ones at that.
Note

1. Know-nothings are know-nothings at least in some minimal sense fit for the phrase, which I have belaboured elsewhere in my personal writings. That is to say they are know-nothings at least as I am, though they probably know it not, tending as they do toward membership in a biocognitive class vulgarly known as "fragilista". However there are other species of know-nothings which are not naive about their know-nothingness, including many of the classical and nonclassical mystics celebrated globally, including the holy idiots and ipso facto the idiots savant, but also such a peculiar case as that of Dawes, Faust, and Meehl, in their paper which presages the rise of machines, to say nothing of Edgar Allan Poe, who in his introduction to Eleonora describes precisely the intrepid mood of those who venture into the light ineffable. Fiat nox! Fiat lux! Fiat fiat fiat!

There’s a complaint that’s been going around the Office. It’s not a formal complaint, it’s probably better to describe it as a gripe. The sort of soft-spoken grumble you hear around the watercooler. ‘None of us get to do any Discovery work anymore.’ Management sure, Concealment work- plenty. Yet your typical agent hardly ever gets a chance to discover something new.
Of course there are good reasons for that. We’ve got every corner of the globe mapped in high resolution by satellite. The sea floor as well with sonography, though the resolution isn’t as high. Every mountain peak has been summited by climbers looking to get into the record books, all the deepest caves have spelunked, every forgotten archive excavated. It seems like there isn’t anywhere on earth for the supernatural to hide anymore.
Every Agent does their literature research in their second year at the academy. We’ve all read the first hand accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries, back when we used to tag-along behind colonialism, painting in all the dark corners of the map. They make for very vivid reading. Who among us could say that they couldn’t picture themselves as the first modern explorer walking into that certain cave in the center of the salt flats of eastern Oregon? Or pull away the capstones on that little cluster of haunted pyramids in Nubia? Or dusting off the grimoires recovered from that library in that old occult monastery in Denmark?
It’s easy to see why Agents get such romantic ideas about discovery. Of course what those old journals don’t typically cover is the disasters those agents of old often ran into, either supernatural or just natural, like dropping dead from Yellow Fever.
The point is one should be cautious when doing Discovery work. It’s not all fun and adventure. What’s more, the world we live in is constantly in flux. Changing. The amount of new discoveries made in recent years has actually increased, contrary to Office perception, and a person could regret getting what they wished for.
The primary reason for this flux is global warming, strangely enough. This isn’t just a rise in temperatures, but due to the massive effects thereof.
The following are three simple case studies, all within the last year, all of which illustrate the need for sharp agents staying on their toes. You should never just rush in without plenty of caution.
To start, let us look at the discovery at Lake Mead.
You’ve probably heard about the stories that made it into the news. Hell, if you live in the American Southwest the stories shouldn’t be surprising at all. Lake Shasta, the San Luis Reservoir, Lake Tahoe, Lake Mead… all show the same phenomena. For years now each displays that tell-tale “Ring around the bathtub” effect as each loses massive amounts of water every year in the record-breaking droughts.
Lake Mead itself is where the effect has been the most dramatic and the most concerning. If you’re unfamiliar, Lake Mead is the massive reservoir created when the Hoover Dam was built during the Great Depression, restricting the flow of the Colorado River. Since then, the reservoir has provided water for countless homes and tracts of farmland, generated enough electricity to power major cities, and offered recreation for the locals. With the declining precipitation throughout the entirety of the Colorado’s watershed, all of this is now in jeopardy. The reservoir is at the lowest level since it was initially filled. Key parts of the dam’s infrastructure now sit exposed to the sun, as the water simply evaporates away into the desert air. Large portions of the former lake bed have been exposed too, and there is little hope for a reversal of fortunes.
This was the premise behind the stories that made headlines. People weren’t just finding fields of mud and rotting fish kills. They were finding bodies. This wasn’t just the bodies of missing drowning victims, but of murders. These victims had been murdered, and their bodies concealed under the waters of Lake Mead, with the murderer no doubt believing the bodies would remain hidden forever. That was what had really captured the public imagination.
The way the media framed it, you might think these were some sort of professional hits out of Prohibition Era Chicago gangland. This wasn’t the case for a couple of reasons, Lake Mead was too far to drive to from Chicago, and Prohibition pre-dated the lake. A more likely scenario would have been the gangsters that ruled the Las Vegas casinos in the 50s and 60s, though this too would have been incorrect. The bodies seem to have come from the 1980s at earliest, and no connection has been made to organized crime. Though the ways the bodies were concealed, one in a barrel, others in trunks of abandoned cars, it’s easy to think it sounds like something out of old gangster movies. Yet they were relatively modern.
The exception to this was the one major discovery that didn’t make the news, but ended up being business of the Office. This find was another car, indeed a car from the 1930s, and it did contain human remains, though not in the trunk. This wreck, if you can even call it that, was discovered by a pair of young married couple, outdoorsy types, out of Henderson, who’d been hiking the seldom visited northeast side of the lake, in late September 2022, just before heavy autumn storms came in and temporarily raised the level of the lake slightly.
The object, the car, was close to the water line, and almost completely buried in stinking, drying mud. Only the top section of the car was exposed, though covered, and resembled only a muddy sort of dome, hence the couple being initially unable to tell what it was. Here the two stated that they’d both felt an inexplicable sense of dread. As this was their first and only encounter with the supernatural, the couple ignored this feeling and approached the car regardless. It was when they, with their fingers, wiped a streak of mud off the roof of the car, exposing the perfectly unharmed forest green paint underneath, that they heeded this sense of dread and promptly fled the scene.
The couple informed the state police, and thanks to an embedded investigator, the Commonwealth was alerted, and subsequently the Office of Occult Investigation. We were on the scene the next day, with excavation equipment removing it to a trailer the day after that, despite the rugged nature of the terrain. Thankfully we have secured facilities all over Nevada, and we didn’t have to transport it far.
Once secured, the car was washed. This provided the opportunity to identify it as a 1937 Chrysler Airflow. The exterior was immaculate. The caked mud had been full of gravel and grit, so this seemed improbable, even just the washing should have caused a scratch or two. While not explicitly supernatural, this was added to the list of strange phenomena, along with the objectively present field of dread, that the car gave off.
The interior of the car, even more improbable, was equally immaculate. It should have been flooded, yet it hadn’t been. An automobile expert involved with the investigation noted you could even still detect the odors of the car’s construction materials, though distinct from “new car smell” today. Stranger still, this was despite the presence of the two bodies in the car.
Both bodies had been completely reduced to skeletons, though there was no sign that they had decomposed in the car. No staining of the upholstery, no dust, no dried ligaments or tendons or any other sort of connective tissue remained. Even the floating bones, typically absent when skeletons are moved, could be accounted for.
One skeleton, in the driver’s seat, was male. Young adult to middle age on first inspection. While the skeleton had fallen to pieces without connective tissue, the bones laid in and around a complete set of period men’s clothing: trousers, boxers, short sleeve dress shirt, undershirt, tie, socks and shoes. There was no sign on the clothes that the car had been submerged in water and mud for the last 85 years, nor any sign of foul play in terms of blood, tears, etc. The clothes were not freshly laundered, there were pit stains and ring-around-the-collar, though they didn’t appear to have gone long since their last launder either. It looks like how a fresh pair of clothes would be after a man had worn them to work all day.
The other skeleton was in and around the passenger seat. This was a woman, approximately the same age. This skeleton bore no sign of clothing, though a large turquoise and silver necklace had collected in the pelvis next to rib bones and vertebrae. Again, there was no sign of flesh, or what used to be flesh, nor any sign of violence.
The car had an external license plate, though no record was able to be found matching it to its owner. Likewise there were no registration papers in the car, nor identification cards belonging to the two bodies. Though it has not been confirmed, and likely never will be, an extensive search of records has given us the probable identity of the two occupants, though based on circumstantial evidence.
The female skeletal remains likely belonged to a “Dorothy Caraway,” suspected to be a pseudonym, aged 31 at the time of her disappearance in October 1938. She is known to have been an associate to Jack Parsons, and other members of the notorious “Thelema” occult group in Southern California at the time. This association was relatively casual and superficial, and she’s also known to have been more closely involved with the “Legions of Inanna” cult, a far less well-known group, but also far more successful in their goals.
James Carl Pulver, is suspected of being the other occupant. While he is known to have any connection to Caraway, they both disappeared from their respective lives in the same week of October. Pulver was also known to have been in the same Pasadena area as Caraway at the time. Furthermore, photographs show Pulver owning the same model and color Airflow, though none show the license plate. Hence the tentative identifications.
Pulver was an astronomer. He’d been a graduate student of the famed icon Edwin Hubble. As a student, he’d been part of a team that had discovered other galaxies. Previously it had been assumed that the Milky Way was the extent of the Universe. Thanks, in part, to Pulver, Hubble and his team had discovered the Milky Way was just one of trillions. I’m editorializing here, but that must have been a truly mind-blowing discovery.
At the time of his disappearance, in his forties, he’d been an astronomer at Lowell Observatory, not terribly far away from Lake Mead, in Flagstaff, Arizona. His focus on the time involved early radio astronomy, a field that would only really take off after WWII, and without him.
When the connection was made between him and this 2022 discovery, his laboratory notebooks were pulled from storage and re-examined. It seems that by 1938 he had independently discovered at least three celestial objects now known by the Office to be supernatural in nature- the Small Messier’s Cloud, The Faint Scutum Repeater, and the Medusa’s Sack Nebula. This last in particular has been of great concern to our researchers, even prior to the discovery of Pulver’s remains. Thankfully, none of his preliminary work was published. He made no note signifying he understood their importance or nature.
On the other hand, in the weeks leading up to his disappearance, colleagues noticed he had been acting exceedingly erratic and irate. Given the supernatural nature of his remains, and the occult nature of his passenger, it’s not hard to speculate that he had become deeply suspicious and was seeking answers outside the usual scientific means.
Of course the IDs on the bodies came late. What was of more immediate concern on that first day of examining the car was what was in the trunk. In place of the spare tire, the rather voluminous trunk was filled with a pile of carefully arranged books. While none had any personal markings such as “property of” identifiers, the majority of the books were either concerning the subject of astronomy, or the occult, and a few very old tomes on astrology, which helped in the speculation of the identification of the bodies. The pile was peppered here and there with various popular novels and other books common to the time.
It was observed by an Agent at the time that the pile somewhat resembled the pile of blocks used for Fermi’s first atomic pile built underneath the University of Chicago, which was assembled about four years after the couple’s disappearance. If this has any meaning, it hasn’t yet been determined.
Inside of the stack of books was a large void. How the books managed to stay carefully arranged both before its discovery and after it was moved has remained another open question. Since the Agents were carefully disassembling the stack of books, cataloging each position and title for the record, they noticed their hands were becoming cold when they reached into this empty void. These Agents had assumed they’d discovered a typical “Cold Spot.” These are regions of space where the temperature drops a noticeable amount, usually not more than a few degrees, in a region of supernatural activity. This was a reasonable assumption at the time, they are most frequently found in cases of hauntings, and as far as they knew at this point, this car could have been the subject of a haunting.
Unfortunately for the Agents, this was not a routine, normal Cold Spot. The temperature did not just decline a few degrees, but the cold increased geometrically the closer to the center of the void in the stack of books in the trunk of this strange car. One agent made the poor decision of waving his hand through the middle of the void. The exact geometric center passed completely through his palm and out the back of his hand.
This agent withdrew his hand in shock and pain, stating confidently the spot was absolutely not a typical Cold Spot. With this, the investigation was temporarily halted so a much more careful team of expert agents could be assembled to strip the car down and measure its characteristics with extreme precision. Unfortunately the stricken agent would ultimately have their hand amputated due to frostbite
Later, the spot in the center of the void would be described as a dimensionless point of “infinite cold.” I’ve had to ask what this means. My understanding of physics holds that the concept of “cold” is very finite, and indeed absolute zero is both as cold as anything could hypothetically get, and only a few hundred degrees below zero on our normal scales. It was explained to me that my understanding was still basically correct. This is not so much a “Cold Spot,” as a region of space where heat is lost rapidly, for reasons unknown and to places unknown. At the center spot, heat is transferred infinitely fast. The Agent explaining this to me used the term “Enthalpic Hole.” A sort of singularity where energy itself vanishes, a seeming violation of the law of conservation of energy. Alas, I’ll have to leave further explanations to more physics-mined Agents of the Office. It was here that I hit a wall.
When the investigation of the car increased in scrutiny, the entire thing was taken apart piece by piece, starting with the engine compartment. Despite the oil being fresh and the engine appearing to have never even ran, which seemed odd as Pulver would have been driving it for over a year and put on thousands of miles, there seemed to be nothing particularly notable until the dashboard was disassembled and it was noticed that the AM radio had made multiple after-market modifications. When the body in the driver's seat was presumed to be Pulver, it was assumed the modifications were his own, as they are of a nature state-of-the-art to 1938 when he went missing.
Meanwhile, as soon as the modifications were discovered, a battery was found and the wiring hooked back up. Agents were keen to turn the radio back on. It turned out the modifications limited the radio receiver to a very narrow bandwidth, 1231.21 on the AM band, and boosted reception as much as possible. When the radio clicked on, agents were able to hear a strange low hum that seemed to vary in pitch and tone, but was not quite musical. Though they did note it seemed to “match” the field of dread the car was emitting. It’s difficult to determine what they meant by this. I suppose it just meant it fit the mood, like a piece of classical music paired to a landscape painting.
It should be noted that no other radio, even far more advanced ones, receive this signal at this frequency. It seems particular to this car’s radio. Efforts to duplicate it have failed. Even including a full rebuild of the radio with period components. It seems the radio itself is as supernatural as the trunk. Nothing more was made of this phenomenon until the nature of Pulver’s final research was analyzed. The same sound emitted by that radio is the human-based sonification of the radio emission coming from the Medusa’s Head Nebula, despite being far different radio frequencies.
Furthermore, there is indeed a pattern in the emission, regardless of how it's measured. It turns out this transmission is a signal. The nature of the signal is so far undetermined. It’s been run through the Office’s most powerful deep-dreaming AI software. Some interpretations suggest a distress signal. Other AI’s working on different models suggest a quarantine warning.
All analyses, regardless of determining higher meaning, have found it to be a very long numerical sequence using an unknown numerical system. And it’s counting down.
Between the dread, the single amputation, and the disturbing nature of the ominous radio signal, few of the agents who assisted in this discovery investigation came away feeling satisfied by the opportunity. The one exception was an agent who was also an antique car hobbyist.
Actually, barring worst-case scenarios involving that unknown signal, this was the most innocuous of the three supernatural events recently revealed by climate change which I intend to illuminate. I suppose the overarching point is… maybe you shouldn’t open that mysterious box, tempting though it may be. You might not like what you find.

Hello March Madness aficionados! Allow me, i_MiLK, to be your guide through the mid-major world of college basketball. This is the return of a series I did last year while we see who punches their ticket to the NCAA Tournament. This Meet the Mid-Major series will provide you with a summary of the potential bracket busters and Cinderella stories that you probably haven't gotten to watch so far this college basketball season. I will not be including the AAC, A-10, MWC, or WCC as part of this series. My aim with this series is to keep cover teams from conventional 1-bit leagues only. These posts will include a statistical overview of each team, a look at each team's offensive & defensive philosophy, and a peek at their star player. I will also provide my own X-Factor for each team in terms of a player or team trait that I believe is important to each team's tournament aspirations. A 15 seed has made it to the 2nd weekend for two tournaments in a row now and the overall shrinking of the talent gap across the country thanks to the wild west of extra COVID eligibility & immediately eligible down transfers makes these games more unpredictable than ever before. It's never been more important to learn your auto-bids to pick out the right upset or know which high-seeded team could have an early landmine in your bracket pool. Who could dash the hopes of a 1 or 2 seed on the first weekend? Which teams will be a trendy 12/13/14 upset picks? Can a 16 seed pull off the impossible again? Join me, as we go once more unto the breach in the mid-major world.
Vermont Catamounts 23-10 (14-2), 1-6 vs Quads 1 & 2, NET Ranking: 109, Road & Neutral Record: 10-9
Kenpom Offensive Efficiency Ranking: 99th, Kenpom Defensive Efficiency Ranking: 153rd
Four Factors of Basketball (National Ranking): eFG% - 54.9% (21st), OREB% - 19.3% (358th), TOV% - 14.2% (9th), FT Rate - 28.4% (276th)
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Offense
John Becker in the Dance with Vermont, a tale as old as time. While it might be the same school as the one that almost knocked off Arkansas last year, this Catamount team is actually much different than that one. Gone are stars Ryan Davis and Ben Shungu. Overall, the top 4 scorers from last year's 13 seeded Vermont team have all departed the Roy L. Patrick Gymnasium. At first, Vermont struggled mightily to figure out who would fill in those shoes. The Catamounts had a horrid non-conference performance in November and December that left many wondering, including your author, if the door was finally open for someone else to take center stage in the America East. Some people, who would surely never be wrong about anything I assure you, were confident that Vermont's time in the sun was over (if it was only just for this year) after back-to-back losses in the league to New Hampshire and a surging Umass-Lowell squad. Vermont has not lost a game since then. VERMONTWINSLOL. The Vermont Catamounts have gone 2 full months without a defeat, so what have they figured out in between their terrible start to the season and now? Well, what happened was Vermont finally figured out their hierarchy. Dylan Penn and Aaron Deloney tried their hands at being the #1 option early in the season, but that didn't work. They needed someone to grab the brass ring on offense, and Finn Sullivan was the one to answer the call.
We'll get to Sullivan's individual skills in more detail later, but he's been able to grab this 5-out read-n-react offense by the horns and make it one of the 30 or so best offenses since late January. Vermont makes defenses work for every possession with a very patient offense with plenty of inside handoffs, inside ball screens, back cuts, and post ups. Vermont's offense makes you guard for all 30 seconds and requires unwavering mental focus since anyone can screen for anyone in this offense. While Finn has become the main guy, there are a number of other ball handlers who make this spaced-out attack work. Dylan Penn is the next guy that jumps off the page. The Bellarmine transfer has taken more time to adjust to this offense than I thought coming into the season, but he's finally playing like how I and many others thought he would with all this spacing around him. While defenses can blow up ball screens by going under him (33.3% from 3 on 2.4 attempts per 40), he is a quality ball handler who gets into the paint with ease. He's at his best with his back to the basket of smaller guards. The 6'3 190 lbs lefty-shooting guard is comfortable shooting with either hand and uses his strong frame to consistently bury defenders under the rim or get to his hook shot. He shoots 68% around the rim and 50% from outside the rim with a nice assortment of floaters and hook shots. Plus, you know he's a smart passer coming from Bellarmine. Aaron Deloney began the year as a Vermont starter, but quickly found himself back on the bench where he then won America East 6th Man of the Year honors for a 2nd straight season. While he has a nice 62-29 assist-to-turnover margin, he's knows his role is to get buckets. Deloney is the most dynamic shooter the Catamounts have on the team. He shoots 40.6% from 3 on over 8 attempts per 40. He's a quick guard who gets to his pull up easily from deep, he has the ability to nail those backbreaking 3s. I'm still not sure he's balanced passing and scoring the way coach Becker envisions, but Deloney is wired to score and is not shy. Kameron Gibson has taken Aaron's place in the starting 5. He brings a little bit more size than Aaron in the back court, but still gives some ball handling and is a good shooter from 3 (36.8% on 5.6 attempts per 40), especially off the catch. 6'5 Robin Duncan might not be a shooter on the wing, but he's a lanky connecting piece that is still an important cog in this machine. I've always been a fan of his BBIQ and his passing and how well they mesh in an instinct-based offense like this one. He's averaging 11 points, 9 boards, and 7 assists while only committing 1.5 turnovers per 40 minutes in conference play, A+ glue guy. Matt Veretto was also a Catamount who claimed a starting spot in the middle of the season. The 6'8 center has helped take this offense to another level. When you take team context into consideration, Veretto is one of the most important stretch 5s in the entire country. Matt hits 41.7% of his 3s on 7.3 attempts per 40 minutes. His ability to pull rim protectors out of the paint opens up so much space for the other guards on this team cut into, drive with their size, or post up in Penn's case. TJ Hurley, Nick Fiorillo, and Ileri Ayo-Faleye are spot reserves, but the six of Duncan-Gibson-Penn-Sullivan-Veretto and Deloney will be the main rotation players in a postseason setting.
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Defense
Defense hasn't really been the Catamounts strong point over the past few seasons, and a roster shakeup hasn't changed that fact either. The Catamounts primarily play into ball screens and play drop coverage at all parts of the floor. You also won't see them help a lot against drives either. There isn't a ton of nail or corner help when it comes to this defense, they trust their size to bother ball handlers and affect shots from 2pt range. Other than that, Vermont isn't flashy on defense. They don't block a ton of shots or force a high volume of turnovers, they just try and force teams into the toughest shot possible. They don't even switch all that much, although they obviously can with so many like-sized players 1-4. It's honestly interesting because last year they helped and dug into gaps a lot more than I've seen them do this year. I believe the reason for this is to tone down the amount of 3s they gave up compared to last season. In the 2021-22 campaign, they were 181st nationally in defensive 3pt attempt rate. This season, they've climbed about 40 spots to 143rd in the country. It's not a drastic amount, but Vermont is a team that can trade 3pt attempts on offense for 2pt attempts on defense since they're such good shooters. However, the one thing that stuck out to me was Vermont's ability to take care of the glass. They are 6th in opponent offensive rebound rate at only 22.5%. That's not just an America East thing either, they were 5th in that metric during non-conference play despite going 5-8. Despite their small size and limited athleticism, they have completely eliminated extra possessions for opposing offenses. What I saw that contributed to this is how early they tag bodies to box out when a shot goes up. Vermont plays at a slow pace on offense and doesn't like to run out on the break, so they can have all 5 guys boxing out to ensure no one gets a runway to the hoop for a putback. I'm not sure if they can sustain that level of play against power conference opposition, but make a note of how the Catamounts do on the defensive boards.
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Star Player - Finn Sullivan 6'4 175 lbs SR
Per 40 minute stats: 16.5 pts/6.8 reb/3.2 ast/1.6 stl/1.1 blk/2.1 tov/3.0 pf 53.4% eFG% 26.3% FT Rate 23.3% USG%
Few players in the entire country showed more in-season improvement than Finn Sullivan did. The 6'4 wing was always a steady ball handler and a decent shooter, but now he's made his game more well-rounded. Although he's still not that good from distance (33% this season), he is still 2nd on the team in made 3s. Much of his improvement has come from inside the arc, however. He's not an elite slasher who gets to the rim whenever he wants, but he's jumped from 60% at the rim to 69% at the rim in 2022-23. He's able to use his size to gets layups up and around smaller guards, where he can then use his soft touch to get the ball in from different angles. I also like his passing, specifically how he can make plays attacking closeouts. He just does not turn the ball over, and it always seems like he makes the correct read in the 5-out offense. He knows when to attack the hip of a defender wildly closing out to him so he can collapse the defense and spread it back out to 3, or he understands when to make the extra pass and turn a good shot into a great one. Finn holds his own defensively too. He's got size and length to bother shorter ball handlers and get his arms in passing lanes for deflections. Vermont has split ball handling duties more evenly between Finn, Aaron, and Dylan as the year has progressed, but the 2022-23 America East Player of the Year should be the one leading the charge in the tournament for the Catamounts.
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X-Factor - Matt Veretto
If Vermont is going to have any success at all in this tournament, they need to have their stretch 5 pull opposing bigs out of the paint. Most power conference teams like, say, I don't know, Marquette for example, are not accustomed to facing constant 5-out offense. Even when Marquette plays a team that has a stretch 5 like Xavier, there's still a player like Jerome Hunter or Desmond Claude out on the floor who they can just stick their 5 onto and play relatively normal defense from there. That is not the case with this Vermont team, everyone can shoot. If the Catamounts are to score some crucially easy points at the rim off cuts and the natural motion in their offense, Veretto has to show he can make the defense pay. He'll need to convert a couple early ones while the defense is still adjusting to their style of play, and the gravity he can create will be vital to Vermont's whole offensive operation and their chance at an upset.
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Tournament Outlook
We have a bracket now! That's cool. I think the Marquette Golden Eagles will be a very fun matchup at the very least. Both offenses have a ton of instinctual, high-IQ players with a bunch of skill. They both stress defenses in so many ways that are so interesting from a tactical perspective. However, Marquette has been playing their best on defense as of late. They've finally cracked the top 50 in Kenpom's defensive ratings, transforming from just an offensive juggernaut to a two-way force. I don't think Marquette will trouble Vermont too much on the glass, but I think Shaka Smart's squad is just playing too well on both sides of the floor to be picked off here. I wouldn't entirely count it out though. Vermont takes care of the basketball better than just about anyone and the 3-point shot is basketball's great equalizer. We've seen a 15 seed advance past the 1st weekend for 2 tourneys in a row now, could Vermont and their unique style of offense be the 3rd?

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Welcome back to March Sadness, the saddest place on collegebasketball!
The sadness is coming to a close, and the Madness is mere hours away. This is the final March Sadness update, as we tack on ___ more teams that will not hear their name called during the selection show at 6 p.m. EDT.
But first, congratulations are in order for our remaining 18 automatic bid clinchers: Alabama, Arizona, Duke, Florida Atlantic, Grand Canyon, Howard, Iona, Kent State, Marquette, Memphis, Princeton, Purdue, San Diego State, Texas, Texas Southern, UC Santa Barbara, VCU, and Vermont!
Thanks for following along, and hope your team can be a little more glad next year!

Total Eliminated Teams: 290

Teams Still Mathematically Alive: 73
Tournament Bids Claimed: 32 (Alabama, Arizona, Charleston, Colgate, Drake, Duke, Fairleigh Dickinson, Florida Atlantic, Furman, Gonzaga, Grand Canyon, Howard, Iona, Kennesaw State, Kent State, Louisiana, Marquette, Montana State, Memphis, Northern Kentucky, Oral Roberts, Princeton, Purdue, San Diego State, Southeast Missouri State, Texas, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas Southern, UC Santa Barbara, UNC Asheville, VCU, Vermont)
Tournament Bids Remaining: 36

New Eliminations: 21

New eliminations since the last update are marked in BOLD

ACC (9/15 teams)

• Boston College - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Florida State - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Georgia Tech - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Louisville - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• North Carolina - 3/9/23 (Finished playing, lacks at-large résumé)
• Notre Dame - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Syracuse - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Virginia Tech - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Wake Forest - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

America East (8/9 teams)

• Albany - 3/4/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Binghamton - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Bryant - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Maine - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• New Hampshire - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• NJIT - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UMass Lowell - 3/11/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UMBC - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

American (9/11 teams)

• Cincinnati - 3/11/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• East Carolina - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• SMU - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• South Florida - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Temple - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Tulane - 3/11/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Tulsa - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UCF - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Wichita State - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

ASUN (13/14 teams)

• Austin Peay - 2/27/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Bellarmine - 7/1/20 (NCAA Division I transition rules)
• Central Arkansas - 2/27/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Florida Gulf Coast - 2/27/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Eastern Kentucky - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Jacksonville - 2/27/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Jacksonville State - 2/27/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Liberty - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Lipscomb - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• North Alabama - 2/28/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• North Florida - 2/27/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Queens - 7/1/22 (NCAA Division I transition rules)
• Stetson - 2/28/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Atlantic 10 (14/15 teams)

• Davidson - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Dayton - 3/12/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Duquesne - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Fordham - 3/11/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• George Mason - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• George Washington - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• La Salle - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Loyola Chicago - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Rhode Island - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Richmond - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Saint Joseph's - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Saint Louis - 3/11/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• St. Bonaventure - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UMass - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Big 12 (2/10 teams)

• Oklahoma - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Texas Tech - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Big East (6/11 teams)

• Butler - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• DePaul - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Georgetown - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Seton Hall - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• St. John's - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Villanova - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Big Sky (9/10 teams)

• Eastern Washington - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Idaho - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Idaho State - 3/6/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Montana - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Northern Arizona - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Northern Colorado - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Portland State - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Sacramento State - 3/6/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Weber State - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Big South (9/10 teams)

• Campbell - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Charleston Southern - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Gardner-Webb - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• High Point - 3/1/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Longwood - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Presbyterian - 3/1/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Radford - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• USC Upstate - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Winthrop - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Big Ten (4/14 teams)

• Michigan - 3/9/23 (Finished playing, lacks at-large résumé)
• Minnesota - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Nebraska - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Ohio State - 3/11/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Big West (10/11 teams)

• Cal Poly - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Cal State Bakersfield - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Cal State Fullerton - 3/11/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Cal State Northridge - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Long Beach State - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Hawaii - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UC Davis - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UC Irvine - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UC Riverside - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UC San Diego - 7/1/20 (NCAA Division I transition rules)

CAA (12/13 teams)

• Delaware - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Drexel - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Elon - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Hampton - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Hofstra - 3/6/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Monmouth - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• North Carolina A&T - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Northeastern - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Stony Brook - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Towson - 3/6/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UNC Wilmington - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• William & Mary - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Conference USA (10/11 teams)

• Charlotte - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• FIU - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Louisiana Tech - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Middle Tennessee - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• North Texas - 3/10/23 (Finished playing, lacks at-large résumé)
• Rice - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UAB - 3/11/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UTEP - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UTSA - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Western Kentucky - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Horizon (10/11 teams)

• Cleveland State - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Detroit Mercy - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Green Bay - 2/28/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• IUPUI - 2/28/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Milwaukee - 3/6/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Oakland - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Purdue Fort Wayne - 2/28/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Robert Morris - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Wright State - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Youngstown State - 3/6/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Independents (2/2 teams)

• Chicago State - 3/4/23 (Cannot earn conference auto-bid)
• Hartford - 2/19/23 (Cannot earn conference auto-bid)

Ivy (7/8 teams)

• Brown - 3/11/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Columbia - 3/11/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Cornell - 3/11/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Dartmouth - 3/11/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Harvard - 3/11/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Penn - 3/11/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Yale - 3/12/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

MAAC (10/11 teams)

• Canisius - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Fairfield - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Manhattan - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Marist - 3/11/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Mount St. Mary's - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Niagara - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Quinnipiac - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Rider - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Saint Peter's - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Siena - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

MAC (11/12 teams)

• Akron - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Ball State - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Bowling Green - 3/10/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Buffalo - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Central Michigan - 3/10/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Eastern Michigan - 3/10/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Miami OH - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Northern Illinois - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Ohio - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Toledo - 3/11/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Western Michigan - 3/10/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)

MEAC (7/8 teams)

• Coppin State - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Delaware State - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Maryland Eastern Shore - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Morgan State - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Norfolk State - 3/11/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• North Carolina Central - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• South Carolina State - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Missouri Valley (11/12 teams)

• Belmont - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Bradley - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Evansville - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Illinois State - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Indiana State - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Missouri State - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Murray State - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Northern Iowa - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Southern Illinois - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UIC - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Valparaiso - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Mountain West (7/11 teams)

• Air Force - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Colorado State - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Fresno State - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• New Mexico - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• San Jose State - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UNLV - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Wyoming - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

NEC (8/9 teams)

• Central Connecticut - 3/1/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• LIU - 3/1/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Merrimack - 7/1/19 (NCAA Division I transition rules)
• Sacred Heart - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Saint Francis - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• St. Francis Brooklyn - 3/1/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Stonehill - 7/1/22 (NCAA Division I transition rules)
• Wagner - 3/1/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Ohio Valley (9/10 teams)

• Eastern Illinois - 3/1/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Lindenwood - 7/1/22 (NCAA Division I transition rules)
• Little Rock - 3/1/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Morehead State - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• SIU Edwardsville - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Southern Indiana - 7/1/22 (NCAA Division I transition rules)
• Tennessee State - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Tennessee Tech - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UT Martin - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Pac-12 (8/12 teams)

• California - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Colorado - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Oregon - 3/10/23 (Finished playing, lacks at-large résumé)
• Oregon State - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Stanford - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Utah - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Washington - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Washington State - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Patriot (9/10 teams)

• American - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Army - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Boston University - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Bucknell - 2/28/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Holy Cross - 2/28/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Lafayette - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Lehigh - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Loyola Maryland - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Navy - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

SEC (5/14 teams)

• Florida - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Georgia - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• LSU - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Ole Miss - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• South Carolina - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

SoCon (9/10 teams)

• Chattanooga - 3/6/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• The Citadel - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• East Tennessee State - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Mercer - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Samford - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UNC Greensboro - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• VMI - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Western Carolina - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Wofford - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Southland (9/10 teams)

• Houston Christian - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Incarnate Word - 3/5/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Lamar - 3/5/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• McNeese - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• New Orleans - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Nicholls - 3/6/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Northwestern State - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Southeastern Louisiana - 3/6/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Texas A&M-Commerce - 7/1/22 (NCAA Division I transition rules)

Summit (9/10 teams)

• Denver - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Kansas City - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• North Dakota - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• North Dakota State - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Omaha - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• South Dakota - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• South Dakota State - 3/6/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• St. Thomas - 7/1/21 (NCAA Division I transition rules)
• Western Illinois - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Sun Belt (13/14 teams)

• Appalachian State - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Arkansas State - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Coastal Carolina - 2/28/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Georgia Southern - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Georgia State - 2/28/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• James Madison - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Marshall - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Old Dominion - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• South Alabama - 3/6/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Southern Miss - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Texas State - 3/5/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Troy - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UL Monroe - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

SWAC (11/12 teams)

• Alabama A&M - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Alabama State - 3/8/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Alcorn State - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Arkansas-Pine Bluff - 3/8/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Bethune-Cookman - 3/8/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Florida A&M - 3/8/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Grambling State - 3/11/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Jackson State - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Mississippi Valley State - 3/8/23 (Did not qualify for conference tournament)
• Prairie View A&M - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Southern - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

WAC (12/13 teams)

• Abilene Christian - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Cal Baptist - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• New Mexico State - 2/11/23 (Suspended season)
• Sam Houston State - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Seattle - 3/9/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Southern Utah - 3/11/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Stephen F. Austin - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Tarleton State - 7/1/20 (NCAA Division I transition rules)
• UT Arlington - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Utah Tech - 7/1/20 (NCAA Division I transition rules)
• Utah Valley - 3/10/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• UTRGV - 3/7/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

WCC (8/10 teams)

• BYU - 3/6/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Loyola Marymount - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Pacific - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Pepperdine - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Portland - 3/3/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• San Diego - 3/2/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• San Francisco - 3/6/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)
• Santa Clara - 3/4/23 (Did not earn conference auto-bid)

Congrats to Southern Utah! As conference tournaments come to a close, only one team is left with a chance to earn their first ever NCAA bid today: The Fairleigh Dickinson Knights. Tip off is at 12p ET.
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Teams that earned their first ever NCAA bid this year:
Sacramento St (Big Sky)
Saint Louis (A10)
Southeastern Louisiana (Southland)
Southern Utah (WAC)
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This is my own unofficial list I've been tracking of teams yet to play in the NCAA tournament that could still earn an autobid this year. There have already been many teams eliminated in conference tournament play; for reference there's a complete list (including currently ineligible teams) at the bottom. Let me know if anyone spots any errors.
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Full List

A10

1. Davidson
2. George Mason
3. Loyola Chicago

AE

1. Binghamton
2. Bryant
3. New Hampshire
4. NJIT
5. UMass Lowell

ASUN

1. Bellarmine INEL
2. Jacksonville St
3. Kennesaw St
4. North Alabama
5. North Florida
6. Queens INEL

Big South

1. Charleston Southern
2. Presbyterian
3. USC Upstate

Big West

1. CSU Bakersfield
2. UC San Diego INEL

CAA

1. Charleston
2. Hofstra
3. UNC Wilmington
4. William & Mary

Horizon

1. Northern Kentucky
2. Purdue-Fort Wayne

Ivy

1. Columbia
2. Yale

MAAC

1. Niagara
2. Rider

MEAC

1. Maryland Eastern Shore
2. Morgan St
3. North Carolina Central

MVC

1. Indiana St
2. UIC

MWC

1. Air Force
2. Nevada
3. San Jose St
4. Utah St

NEC

1. Central Connectitcut
2. Fairleigh Dickinson
3. Merrimack INEL
4. Stonehill INEL
5. Wagner

OVC

1. Lindenwood INEL
2. Morehead St
3. S. Indiana INEL
4. SIU Edwardsville

Patriot

1. Lafayette

SoCon

1. Wofford

Southland

1. Houston Christian
2. Texas A&M CC
3. Texas A&M–Commerce INEL

Summit

1. Omaha
2. North Dakota St
3. St. Thomas INEL
4. UMKC

Sun Belt

1. Arkansas St
2. Coastal Carolina

SWAC

1. Alabama A&M
2. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
3. Mississippi Valley St

WAC

1. California Baptist
2. Grand Canyon
3. Tarleton INEL
4. UTRGV
5. Utah Tech INEL

WCC

1. Pacific

Independents (No auto bid)

1. Chicago St

Hi scifi
I'm a recent scifi nerd. Last couple of years. Started with Project Hail Mary and got hooked.
I've really enjoyed the series from the title - Old Man's War, Ender's Game, Dune, Murderbot Diaries, We Are Bob.
Wondering what are others that fit this general genre of strategy, politics, space opera, etc.
Thank you in advance kind strangers!
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Edit:
I am shocked and grateful at the amazing contribution from this community. 34 recommendations - over 28 new ones for me.Thank you so much!
I compiled all the suggestions below into this helpful list for anyone that comes later. Thank you reddit. This is why the internet exists. Wisdom of the crowd!
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1. Honor Harrington - David Weber - 14+ books: strategy; tactics; politics; and a Mary Sue
2. Red Rising - Pierce Brown - Red Rising Trilogy - Scifi Political and Strategic
3. The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet - Becky Chambers - Wayfarers - 4 book series - Scifi, Space opera adventure, more character focused
4. Quarter Share - Nathan Lowell - Golden Age of the Solar Clipper - 6 book series - Scifi, Space Opera, Space adventure
5. Coyote - Allen Steele - Coyote Trilogy - Planet colonization series
6. Spiral Wars - Joel Shepherd - 8 book series: space opera; strategy; politics; aliens; AI
7. The Lost Fleet - Jack Campbell - 13 books in 3 series: starship strategy & tactics; politics
8. Uplink Squadron - JN Chaney - 5+ books: could think of it as somewhat similar to Bobiverse
9. On Silver Wings - Evan Currie - 9 book series - Hard science, military, war
10. Leviathan Wakes - James S. A. Corey - Expanse 9 book series - Scifi, space opera, strategy, politics, war
11. Foundation - Isaac Asimov - 3+ book series - Scifi, space opera, classic hard scifi
12. I, Robot - Isaac Asimov - The Robot Series, 4 books - Scifi - Adventure - Exploration
13. Ancillary Justice - Anne Leckie - Imperial Radch Series, 3 books - only book to win Hugo, Nebula and Arthur C. Clarke awards - Space opera, great for fans of Expanse
14. The Fifth Season - N. K. Jemisin - Broken Earth Trilogy - Triple Hugo award winning series, Dystopian scifi
15. The Forever War - Joe Halderman - Scifi war classic - Hugo and Nebula award winning
16. The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin - Hainish Cycle series - a genderless planet suffering the first phases of a fascist revolution
17. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A. Heinlein - prison colony moon years after Earth stopped sending prisoners there
18. Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky - Children of Time series, 3 books - Space exploration, humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet
19. Hyperion - Dan Simmons - Hyperion Cantos Series, 4+ books - Space Opera set over a massive time horizon
20. Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein - Military science fiction, Hugo award winner
21. Transmetropolitan - Warren Ellis - 10+ book series - cyberpunk, transhumanist graphic novel
22. Rally Cry - William R. Forstchen - Lost Regiment Series, 9+ books - Alternate history scifi, a troop of civil war soldiers are swept into an alternate universe
23. Looking backward: 2000 - 1887 - Edward Bellamy - prescient description of modern day from the 1800's POV
24. Night Train to Rigel - Timothy Zahn - Quadrail Series, 5 books - scifi thriller, mystery, space opera
25. Braking Day - Adam Oyebanji - Space exploration - thriller / mystery / scifi romp
26. Pandora's Star - Peter F. Hamllton - Commonwealth Saga, 2+ books - hard scifi, cerebral, grand space opera
27. Hidden Empire - Kevin J. Anderson - Saga of Seven Suns, 7 books - modeled after star wars and X-files, space opera and adventure
28. Hospital Station - James White - Sector General, 12 books - alien space medical station created for transgalactic emergency services
29. The Way of Shadows - Brent Weeks - Night Angel trilogy - fantasy - a young boy trains under the city's most legendary and feared assassin, Durzo Blint.
30. One Way - S. J. Morden - 2 book set - Scifi Thriller (similar to Martian)
31. Into the Black - Evan Currie - Odyssey (8 book series) - Military Scifi, space exploration, humor
32. Steel World - B. V. Larson - Undying Mercenaries series, 19 books - Hard scifi, space adventure, space opera, dinosaurs in space!
33. Shards of Honor - Lois McMaster Bujold - Vorkosigan Saga, 10+ books - space politics, drama, adventure, space opera
34. Trans Galactic Insurance - Andrew Moriarty - Andventure of a Jump Space Accountant (4 books) - Scifi adventure
35. A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine - Teixcalaan Series, 2 books - space opera, interstellar mystery adventure

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Edits2+ - adding more titles to the list

Teams one game away from their ticket today:
The Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions get their chance at 5p ET in the SWAC championship.
In the WAC championship, we are guaranteed at least one first time participant as the Cal Baptist Lancers and S. Utah Thunderbirds face off at 630p ET.
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Elsewhere today, William Mary plays at 2p ET in the CAA semifinals and tomorrow Fairleigh Dickinson will be playing in the NEC championship at 3p ET.
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Teams that earned their first ever NCAA bid this year:
Sacramento St (Big Sky)
Saint Louis (A10)
Southeastern Louisiana (Southland)
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This is my own unofficial list I've been tracking of teams yet to play in the NCAA tournament that could still earn an autobid this year. There have already been many teams eliminated in conference tournament play; for reference there's a complete list (including currently ineligible teams) at the bottom. Let me know if anyone spots any errors.
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Full List

A10

1. Davidson
2. George Mason
3. Loyola Chicago

AE

1. Binghamton
2. Bryant
3. New Hampshire
4. NJIT
5. UMass Lowell

ASUN

1. Bellarmine INEL
2. Jacksonville St
3. Kennesaw St
4. North Alabama
5. North Florida
6. Queens INEL

Big South

1. Charleston Southern
2. Presbyterian
3. USC Upstate

Big West

1. CSU Bakersfield
2. UC San Diego INEL

CAA

1. Charleston
2. Hofstra
3. UNC Wilmington
4. William & Mary

Horizon

1. Northern Kentucky
2. Purdue-Fort Wayne

Ivy

1. Columbia
2. Yale

MAAC

1. Niagara
2. Rider

MEAC

1. Maryland Eastern Shore
2. Morgan St
3. North Carolina Central

MVC

1. Indiana St
2. UIC

MWC

1. Air Force
2. Nevada
3. San Jose St
4. Utah St

NEC

1. Central Connectitcut
2. Fairleigh Dickinson
3. Merrimack INEL
4. Stonehill INEL
5. Wagner

OVC

1. Lindenwood INEL
2. Morehead St
3. S. Indiana INEL
4. SIU Edwardsville

Patriot

1. Lafayette

SoCon

1. Wofford

Southland

1. Houston Christian
2. Texas A&M CC
3. Texas A&M–Commerce INEL

Summit

1. Omaha
2. North Dakota St
3. St. Thomas INEL
4. UMKC

Sun Belt

1. Arkansas St
2. Coastal Carolina

SWAC

1. Alabama A&M
2. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
3. Mississippi Valley St

WAC

1. California Baptist
2. Grand Canyon
3. Southern Utah
4. Tarleton INEL
5. UTRGV
6. Utah Tech INEL

WCC

1. Pacific

Independents (No auto bid)

1. Chicago St

Tipoff today for the Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions at 5p ET in the Southland Championship. The newest team to be just one game away from earning their first ever D1 tournament bid.
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Also, it is notable the WAC semifinals have 3 neverbeens. Those games will be held tomorrow 3/9.
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Teams that earned their first ever NCAA bid this year:
Sacramento St (Big Sky)
Saint Louis (A10)
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This is my own unofficial list I've been tracking of teams yet to play in the NCAA tournament that could still earn an autobid this year. There have already been many teams eliminated in conference tournament play; for reference there's a complete list (including currently ineligible teams) at the bottom. Let me know if anyone spots any errors.
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Active Teams

Big West

1. CSU Bakersfield

CAA

1. Charleston
2. Hofstra
3. William & Mary

Ivy

1. Columbia

MAAC

1. Niagara

MEAC

1. Maryland Eastern Shore
2. North Carolina Central

MVC

1. Indiana St
2. UIC

NEC

1. Fairleigh Dickinson

Southland

1. SE Louisiana

SWAC

1. Arkansas-Pine Bluff

WAC

1. California Baptist
2. Grand Canyon
3. Southern Utah

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Full List

A10

1. Davidson
2. George Mason
3. Loyola Chicago

AE

1. Binghamton
2. Bryant
3. New Hampshire
4. NJIT
5. UMass Lowell

ASUN

1. Bellarmine INEL
2. Jacksonville St
3. Kennesaw St
4. North Alabama
5. North Florida
6. Queens INEL

Big South

1. Charleston Southern
2. Presbyterian
3. USC Upstate

Big West

1. CSU Bakersfield
2. UC San Diego INEL

CAA

1. Charleston
2. Hofstra
3. UNC Wilmington
4. William & Mary

Horizon

1. Northern Kentucky
2. Purdue-Fort Wayne

Ivy

1. Columbia
2. Yale

MAAC

1. Niagara
2. Rider

MEAC

1. Maryland Eastern Shore
2. Morgan St
3. North Carolina Central

MVC

1. Indiana St
2. UIC

MWC

1. Air Force
2. Nevada
3. San Jose St
4. Utah St

NEC

1. Central Connectitcut
2. Fairleigh Dickinson
3. Merrimack INEL
4. Stonehill INEL
5. Wagner

OVC

1. Lindenwood INEL
2. Morehead St
3. S. Indiana INEL
4. SIU Edwardsville

Patriot

1. Lafayette

SoCon

1. Wofford

Southland

1. Houston Christian
2. SE Louisiana
3. Texas A&M CC
4. Texas A&M–Commerce INEL

Summit

1. Omaha
2. North Dakota St
3. St. Thomas INEL
4. UMKC

Sun Belt

1. Arkansas St
2. Coastal Carolina

SWAC

1. Alabama A&M
2. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
3. Mississippi Valley St

WAC

1. California Baptist
2. Grand Canyon
3. Southern Utah
4. Tarleton INEL
5. UTRGV
6. Utah Tech INEL

WCC

1. Pacific

Independents (No auto bid)

1. Chicago St

Tipoff today for Sacramento St at 5p ET in the Big Sky Championship. They will be trying to earn their university's first ever D1 tournament bid.
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Teams that earned their first ever NCAA bid this year:
Saint Louis (A10)
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This is my own unofficial list I've been tracking of teams yet to play in the NCAA tournament that could still earn an autobid this year. There have already been many teams eliminated in conference tournament play; for reference there's a complete list (including currently ineligible teams) at the bottom. Let me know if anyone spots any errors.
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Active Teams

Big Sky

1. Sacramento St

Big West

1. CSU Bakersfield

CAA

1. Charleston
2. Hofstra
3. UNC Wilmington
4. William & Mary

Ivy

1. Columbia

MAAC

1. Niagara
2. Rider

MEAC

1. Maryland Eastern Shore
2. Morgan St
3. North Carolina Central

MVC

1. Indiana St
2. UIC

NEC

1. Fairleigh Dickinson

Southland

1. SE Louisiana
2. Texas A&M CC

SWAC

1. Alabama A&M
2. Arkansas-Pine Bluff

WAC

1. California Baptist
2. Grand Canyon
3. Southern Utah

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Full List

A10

1. Davidson
2. George Mason
3. Loyola Chicago

AE

1. Binghamton
2. Bryant
3. New Hampshire
4. NJIT
5. UMass Lowell

ASUN

1. Bellarmine INEL
2. Jacksonville St
3. Kennesaw St
4. North Alabama
5. North Florida
6. Queens INEL

Big Sky

1. Sacramento St

Big South

1. Charleston Southern
2. Presbyterian
3. USC Upstate

Big West

1. CSU Bakersfield
2. UC San Diego INEL

CAA

1. Charleston
2. Hofstra
3. UNC Wilmington
4. William & Mary

Horizon

1. Northern Kentucky
2. Purdue-Fort Wayne

Ivy

1. Columbia
2. Yale

MAAC

1. Niagara
2. Rider

MEAC

1. Maryland Eastern Shore
2. Morgan St
3. North Carolina Central

MVC

1. Indiana St
2. UIC

MWC

1. Air Force
2. Nevada
3. San Jose St
4. Utah St

NEC

1. Central Connectitcut
2. Fairleigh Dickinson
3. Merrimack INEL
4. Stonehill INEL
5. Wagner

OVC

1. Lindenwood INEL
2. Morehead St
3. S. Indiana INEL
4. SIU Edwardsville

Patriot

1. Lafayette

SoCon

1. Wofford

Southland

1. Houston Christian
2. SE Louisiana
3. Texas A&M CC
4. Texas A&M–Commerce INEL

Summit

1. Omaha
2. North Dakota St
3. St. Thomas INEL
4. UMKC

Sun Belt

1. Arkansas St
2. Coastal Carolina

SWAC

1. Alabama A&M
2. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
3. Mississippi Valley St

WAC

1. California Baptist
2. Grand Canyon
3. Southern Utah
4. Tarleton INEL
5. UTRGV
6. Utah Tech INEL

WCC

1. Pacific

Independents (No auto bid)

1. Chicago St

1. Vostok Studies where it showed that CO2 changes most often correlated with climate change but also FOLLOWED climate change, except for the 320,000 year period where they were inversely proportional. To say CO2 caused climate change with these very definitive studies is equivalent of stating that cancer causes smoking. It's ass backwards.
   
2. Papers by Dr. Lowell Stott on climate change in the southern hemisphere.
   
3. Paper by Dr. Curry on Climate Sensitivity. Yes..its legit as it actually used data.
   
4. Paper by James Hansen on "climate change and ocean currents”. In that paper he TOTALLY discounted the earth's own geophysics as a climate determinant and he did it without a database to support his position. That's junk science.
   
5. IPCC where they stated they would not review data that conflicted with their position. More junk science.
   
6. NASA where they posted part of the Vostok Studies but did not post the relationship of CO2 and how it most often correlates with climate change, mostly where it FOLLOWS climate change. That would have interfered with their goals and maybe future grants.
   

Some geophysical facts:

1. there exists at the inner mantle of the earth 3X more SUPERHEATED water in the form of calthrate and hydrates than exists in all the surface bodies of water on the earth. What is the biggest problem faced by deep gold miners? It's dealing with the heat and superheated water that moves up in the earth's crust. Conduction and convection are very real.
   
2. The earth has seen an almost 15% decline in the strength of its magnetosphere in the last 150 years+.
   

In a book that was published in 2010, I wrote, in black and white, that such a change would allow for a much greater bombardment of high energy particles from the sun and would cause warming, mostly seen in the polar regions.
Research published in 2013, titled, “The Parameterization of High Energy Particles" affirmed what I said in 2010.

1. An explosive volcano erupted at depth under the Arctic Ocean in 1999. Woods Hole stated that is was the result of a massive buildup of CO2. It now erupts along a vent line, heating the water to 752 degrees Fahrenheit at the vents 24/7 and not just certain hours of the day when the sun was shining. That is a significant amount of energy coming from the center of the earth.
   
2. We have HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of volcanic vents erupting under our oceans emitting an efflux of very acidic composition and at temps of 750 degrees Fahrenheit, again 24/7.
   

That is, again, a significant amount of energy from the center of the earth. That was the product of research by Dr. JK Hilliar.

1. Oceanic vents from Mt. Erebus in Antarctica have become more active, along with the fact that Antarctica has several subterranean volcanoes.
   
2. Anek Krakatoa has also become more active with oceanic vents.
   

And to explain this to simple minds, that means warmer oceans! It also means the degassing of more water vapor and CO2 being stored in the oceans.

1. But here's where it begins to get "hinky”. The University of California published that iron sulfides at the inner mantle are separating into their elemental components, with the heaver iron moving inwards to the core. They stated that it has caused the rotational rate of the earth to increase to a point where they have shortened the definition of a day. It's not much, but on a planetary scale, it may prove to be significant. You ever play with a top as a kid? A faster spinning top will remain more upright. That means the seasonal tilt of the earth will be less and it means, again, that most of the effects will be seen in the polar regions mostly with lesser severe winters.

But let's get back to a quantitative and qualitative analysis. CO2 makes up .0004 of the total atmospheric profile. Very little.
At the most, 30% of that can be attributed to man. It's actually less.
Again, I was part of a research team studying the properties of particulate carbon using Raman spectroscopy. We studied that shit. So, 30% of that, at the most, of the total atmospheric profile would be .0001 man caused CO2
Then comes good ole quantum mechanics. The quantum mechanic properties also limit CO2 climate changing ability, as it cannot retain heat in its symmetrical stretching phase and can only effectively retain heat in its asymmetrical stretching phase. It can retain heat during its two bending phases but quickly releases it when it transitions through a symmetrical phase. That reduces the quantum effectiveness of CO2 by 50% .
Man caused CO2 as an effective ghg is but .00005 of the total atmospheric profile, at the most, of the total atmospheric profile. .
And you have the temerity to state its much greater than the earth's own geophysics? It's pure idiocy to think that. Learn baby, learn.
But I will make it simple for you to understand. Go to humid Louisiana and to dry Nevada on an equally hot day. When the sun goes down it remains quite hot in Louisiana and becomes much cooler in Nevada. Hint: It ain't because of the CO2 in the atmosphere.

• Will Steiner

Congrats to Saint Louis for earning its first ever tournament bid!
Next to have their chance at history is Omaha in the Summit League championship today at 2p ET on ESPNU. For those unfamiliar with their opponent South Dakota St, it would be considered a massive upset to get through. Regardless, they are one game away from dancing!
Looking ahead, there are still lots of teams with strong chances to earn their first ever bid this year. I can't guarantee it, but I feel like this will not be my last post about neverbeens. Below, I've updated the latest list of teams still with a chance and the full list below that.
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Active Teams

Big Sky

1. Sacramento St

Big West

1. CSU Bakersfield

CAA

1. Charleston
2. Hofstra
3. UNC Wilmington
4. William & Mary

Ivy

1. Columbia

MAAC

1. Niagara
2. Rider

MEAC

1. Maryland Eastern Shore
2. Morgan St
3. North Carolina Central

MVC

1. Indiana St
2. UIC

NEC

1. Fairleigh Dickinson

Southland

1. SE Louisiana
2. Texas A&M CC

Summit

1. Omaha

SWAC

1. Alabama A&M
2. Arkansas-Pine Bluff

WAC

1. California Baptist
2. Grand Canyon
3. Southern Utah

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Full List

A10

1. Davidson
2. George Mason
3. Loyola Chicago
4. Saint Louis

AE

1. Binghamton
2. Bryant
3. New Hampshire
4. NJIT
5. UMass Lowell

ASUN

1. Bellarmine INEL
2. Jacksonville St
3. Kennesaw St
4. North Alabama
5. North Florida
6. Queens INEL

Big Sky

1. Sacramento St

Big South

1. Charleston Southern
2. Presbyterian
3. USC Upstate

Big West

1. CSU Bakersfield
2. UC San Diego INEL

CAA

1. Charleston
2. Hofstra
3. UNC Wilmington
4. William & Mary

Horizon

1. Northern Kentucky
2. Purdue-Fort Wayne

Ivy

1. Columbia
2. Yale

MAAC

1. Niagara
2. Rider

MEAC

1. Maryland Eastern Shore
2. Morgan St
3. North Carolina Central

MVC

1. Indiana St
2. UIC

MWC

1. Air Force
2. Nevada
3. San Jose St
4. Utah St

NEC

1. Central Connectitcut
2. Fairleigh Dickinson
3. Merrimack INEL
4. Stonehill INEL
5. Wagner

OVC

1. Lindenwood INEL
2. Morehead St
3. S. Indiana INEL
4. SIU Edwardsville

Patriot

1. Lafayette

SoCon

1. Wofford

Southland

1. Houston Christian
2. SE Louisiana
3. Texas A&M CC
4. Texas A&M–Commerce INEL

Summit

1. Omaha
2. North Dakota St
3. St. Thomas INEL
4. UMKC

Sun Belt

1. Arkansas St
2. Coastal Carolina

SWAC

1. Alabama A&M
2. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
3. Mississippi Valley St

WAC

1. California Baptist
2. Grand Canyon
3. Southern Utah
4. Tarleton INEL
5. UTRGV
6. Utah Tech INEL

WCC

1. Pacific

Independents (No auto bid)

1. Chicago St