March Madness Thread

[jersey cubs fan]

I have chalk in all 4 of these games too,

 

That reminds me, I hate that word, chalk. I haven't heard it much this year. But mike and mike were saying it repeatedly last year, and even tried breaking it out with the NFL playoffs.

[CubColtPacer]

I don't know if this is the right gameplan for Purdue. They are definitely letting Baylor dictate the pace.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Baylor, Kent St, Marquette, Pitt for me

[Derwood]

I have Purdue, Kentucky, Kent State and Pitt

[Banedon]

Purdue, Marquette, Kent St., Pitt.

[Exile on Waveland]

I have chalk in all 4 of these games too, with Marquette the strongest 6 seed and Kentucky arguably the weakest 11 seed. Actually, the game I am most concerned about is Pitt/ORU, because I'm worried Pitt spent all their mojo/karma/good luck on the BE tourney.

 

I'd be very surprised if Kentucky beats Marquette. While I don't love Marquette, UK just isn't very good.

[Guest]

I've only been watching the Kent State game for a couple minutes and they've already made three stupid passes that were easily intercepted by UNLV.

[Jon]

I've only been watching the Kent State game for a couple minutes and they've already made three stupid passes that were easily intercepted by UNLV.

I've got a whole point riding on Kent State for that game.

 

It looks like the 2nd half of the Kentucky (my pick) and Marquette game should be pretty good.

[JoshiQ]

Could somebody please tell Kent to stop sucking.

[Jon]

Could somebody please tell Kent to stop sucking.

Looks to be too late for that. UNLV is up 21 already late in the 1st half. Ouch.

[Guest]

Oh you silly people who picked Kent State over UNLV.

 

Of course I thought I had Marquette over Kentucky, but apparently I picked Kentucky. Meh.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Oh you silly people who picked Kent State over UNLV.

 

Of course I thought I had Marquette over Kentucky, but apparently I picked Kentucky. Meh.

 

Has a team ever had a half where they have twice as many turnovers as points?

[JoshiQ]

Oh you silly people who picked Kent State over UNLV.

 

Of course I thought I had Marquette over Kentucky, but apparently I picked Kentucky. Meh.

 

Silly person.

[Jon]

31-10 at the half. Yikes.

[shnsajax]

Oh you silly people who picked Kent State over UNLV.

 

Of course I thought I had Marquette over Kentucky, but apparently I picked Kentucky. Meh.

 

Silly person.

 

Man 10 points in the first half for Kent State.

[bukie]

Actually, the only lower seeds I have winning in games today are Kansas State, Arizona and Texas A&M (I'm high on the Big 12 and Pac-10 this year...).

[Banedon]

Baylor, Kent St, Marquette, Pitt for me

 

What about Baylor's 8 losses in their last 13 games had you thinking they'd beat Purdue? :cool:

[Jon]

Purdue has really blown it open. 46-27 at the half.

[sweetpeteman]

I would be playing for being completely correct today if I had realized that I took Temple and not MSU earlier. If I had double checked my bracket, I would have changed it, but nooooooooooooooo, can't do that. Do'h.

[CubColtPacer]

Hmm, I wonder if the Big 10 can beat its expected record in this tournament after all.

 

By their seeds, the Big 10 should win 5.5 games in this tournament

1 win for Pudue

1.5 for Michigan State

2.5 for Wisconsin

.5 for Indiana

 

They've got 1 now, and Purdue is well on their way to a 2nd. It would be nice to get to 6 or 7 to get a little bit of respect back for the conference.

[Guest]

In 1:08 of the second half, Kent State has scored exactly half the points they scored in their first 20 minutes.

 

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[woodchip2153]

Hmm, I wonder if the Big 10 can beat its expected record in this tournament after all.

 

By their seeds, the Big 10 should win 5.5 games in this tournament

1 win for Pudue

1.5 for Michigan State

2.5 for Wisconsin

.5 for Indiana

 

They've got 1 now, and Purdue is well on their way to a 2nd. It would be nice to get to 6 or 7 to get a little bit of respect back for the conference.

 

Isn't the Big Ten second to the ACC in exceeding there expected record, over the last 5 - 10 years or something?

[bukie]

Hmm, I wonder if the Big 10 can beat its expected record in this tournament after all.

 

By their seeds, the Big 10 should win 5.5 games in this tournament

1 win for Pudue

1.5 for Michigan State

2.5 for Wisconsin

.5 for Indiana

 

They've got 1 now, and Purdue is well on their way to a 2nd. It would be nice to get to 6 or 7 to get a little bit of respect back for the conference.

 

Why the .5's? The way I see it:

 

Purdue - 6 seed - 1 win

Michigan State - 5 seed - 1 win

Wisconsin - 3 seed - 2 wins

Indiana - 8 seed - 1 win

 

Which comes out to 5 expected wins. Despite how consecutive-seed games may seem like toss-ups, the higher seed is still the expected favorite.

[Jon]

Oh you silly people who picked Kent State over UNLV.

 

Of course I thought I had Marquette over Kentucky, but apparently I picked Kentucky. Meh.

You picked Marquette in the NSBB bracket tourny on Yahoo. Bah.

[Guest]

In 3:39 of the second half, Kent State has as many points as they did in the whole first half.

 

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