College Basketball 2010-11

[Garwilly]

Im in bracket where you get bonus points for upsets. I really wanted to pick Belmont over wisky and the UNC/Wash second rounder is a tough pick.

 

http://www.poologic.com

 

Whoa. Belmont in the Final Four. I dont know if my balls are that big. Wash in the 8 is more palatable.

 

So did anyone else read the name of that link as "Poo Logic"? I think they should have brainstormed a better name.

 

Thats exactly what I read it as

[Formerly Snayke]

Gabe DeArmond said Mike Anderson is not a target for Arkansas.

[Flames24Rulz]

24 hours later, all I feel for sure is that the 4 seeds are unusually strong this year.

 

Now I'm a little nervous. I don't have any 4 seeds advancing past the first weekend. This is going to be an ugly bracket.

How? The 4 seeds are all underseeded (Louisville is the closest), and the 5 seeds are all overseeded (WVU the closest to being correct). Other than that, Utah State is by far the best of the 12 seeds and hasn't won a tournament game since the Truman administration, Clemson is easily the second best 12 seed and has to win a game just to play the toughest 5, and Belmont, the best 13 seed, is a team I'd take against any 5, but not these 4s.

 

EDIT: The most plausible non-4 winning pod I see is Wisconsin-Belmont-KSU-Utah State, and that's because the moronic committee gave Utah State a huge geographical advantage.

 

I have UK losing to WVU, Wisconsin and Texas losing in the first round and Louisville losing to Richmond.

[hawkeyecub]

[expletive] T. Boone Pickens.

[Guest]

Oh great, now I have to hate that California goof? Come on, Keiton Page is annoying enough.

[SouthSideRyan]

I don't know what either of those last 2 posts meant

[Guest]

This guy committed to Oklahoma St.

 

If this dude actually comes to Iowa and stays, he'll probably be top 3 among the most hated players in the Big Ten by the end of his sophomore year.

 

 

[Magnetic Curses]

I'm in a local radio station bracket promo, and I drew Illinois. Can they really get past UNLV?

 

of course they can. now will they is a better question.

[SouthSideRyan]

This guy committed to Oklahoma St.

 

If this dude actually comes to Iowa and stays, he'll probably be top 3 among the most hated players in the Big Ten by the end of his sophomore year.

 

 

 

Any reason why they're playing that game on the set of Hang Time?

[snoodmonger]

Oh great, now I have to hate that California goof? Come on, Keiton Page is annoying enough.

 

hahahah

[CubInOK]

Oh great, now I have to hate that California goof? Come on, Keiton Page is annoying enough.

PAWNEE PISTOL

 

Jeff Capel's OU was in on Guerrero too. I don't know if this is a good or bad thing.

[hawkeyecub]

Yeah got down to Iowa and OSU, a lot of people thought he was leaning Iowa. Says he thought Okie State was further along and he liked coming in with a top 5 player.

[SouthSideRyan]

After hyping him all season long, Gus Johnson has done his last game for the Big Ten Network

[Derwood]

After hyping him all season long, Gus Johnson has done his last game for the Big Ten Network

 

FTH

[Flames24Rulz]

After hyping him all season long, Gus Johnson has done his last game for the Big Ten Network

 

Oh great. The rest of the BTN announcers are awful.

[SouthSideRyan]

More Tom Hamilton means a lot more mute button

[bukie]

Nate Silver uses various metrics to calculate the luckiest and unluckiest draws of the tournament: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/talent-is-nice-but-luck-is-vital/

 

Luckiest draw? Florida, which drew a combination of an overseeding, a favorable geographical location, and other overseeded teams on their half of the bracket.

 

Unluckiest draw? UNLV, which drew a combination of an underseeding, an unfavorable geographical location, and an unfortunate set of matchups in their pod.

[Formerly Snayke]

Colorado not making the tournament has been worth it, just to hear Digger become a raving lunatic.

[tadowdaddy]

Colorado not making the tournament has been worth it, just to hear Digger become a raving lunatic.

 

I totally agree. Love that they got Beebe'd!

[Old Style]

Nate Silver uses various metrics to calculate the luckiest and unluckiest draws of the tournament: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/talent-is-nice-but-luck-is-vital/

 

Luckiest draw? Florida, which drew a combination of an overseeding, a favorable geographical location, and other overseeded teams on their half of the bracket.

 

Unluckiest draw? UNLV, which drew a combination of an underseeding, an unfavorable geographical location, and an unfortunate set of matchups in their pod.

Carolina got a lucky draw? :-k

[bukie]

Nate Silver uses various metrics to calculate the luckiest and unluckiest draws of the tournament: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/talent-is-nice-but-luck-is-vital/

 

Luckiest draw? Florida, which drew a combination of an overseeding, a favorable geographical location, and other overseeded teams on their half of the bracket.

 

Unluckiest draw? UNLV, which drew a combination of an underseeding, an unfavorable geographical location, and an unfortunate set of matchups in their pod.

Carolina got a lucky draw? :-k

Fortunate seed, fortunate geographical location.

[javy knows my name]

Nate Silver uses various metrics to calculate the luckiest and unluckiest draws of the tournament: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/talent-is-nice-but-luck-is-vital/

 

Luckiest draw? Florida, which drew a combination of an overseeding, a favorable geographical location, and other overseeded teams on their half of the bracket.

 

Unluckiest draw? UNLV, which drew a combination of an underseeding, an unfavorable geographical location, and an unfortunate set of matchups in their pod.

Carolina got a lucky draw? :-k

Fortunate seed, fortunate geographical location.

 

Really unfortunate probable second round opponent, though

[Productive Outs]

24 hours later, all I feel for sure is that the 4 seeds are unusually strong this year.

 

Now I'm a little nervous. I don't have any 4 seeds advancing past the first weekend. This is going to be an ugly bracket.

How? The 4 seeds are all underseeded (Louisville is the closest), and the 5 seeds are all overseeded (WVU the closest to being correct). Other than that, Utah State is by far the best of the 12 seeds and hasn't won a tournament game since the Truman administration, Clemson is easily the second best 12 seed and has to win a game just to play the toughest 5, and Belmont, the best 13 seed, is a team I'd take against any 5, but not these 4s.

 

EDIT: The most plausible non-4 winning pod I see is Wisconsin-Belmont-KSU-Utah State, and that's because the moronic committee gave Utah State a huge geographical advantage.

 

I have UK losing to WVU, Wisconsin and Texas losing in the first round and Louisville losing to Richmond.

 

if UK loses to this year's WVU team, i will stop watching basketball forever.

 

i have to bitch about Florida getting a 2 seed. i can live with UK getting a 4 seed, but the crappiest 4 seed? i think they can get to the sweet 16 fairly easily, but their chances of beating Ohio State are exrtemely low. i think UK would have a decent chance against Duke or Pitt, or any of the 2 and 3 seeds. but no, they get a 4 seed and Ohio State. perfect.

[bukie]

Nate Silver uses various metrics to calculate the luckiest and unluckiest draws of the tournament: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/talent-is-nice-but-luck-is-vital/

 

Luckiest draw? Florida, which drew a combination of an overseeding, a favorable geographical location, and other overseeded teams on their half of the bracket.

 

Unluckiest draw? UNLV, which drew a combination of an underseeding, an unfavorable geographical location, and an unfortunate set of matchups in their pod.

Carolina got a lucky draw? :-k

Fortunate seed, fortunate geographical location.

 

Really unfortunate probable second round opponent, though

Right, which is why they're not nearly as fortunate as Florida, who hit the trifecta, and may have the most fortunate draw in NCAA tournament history.

[Magnetic Curses]

What an indictment of Weber to assert that Illinois is the 14th most talented team in the country