Re: March Madness: The Thread

[Andy]

I had A&M in the Elite Eight. Don't ask me why. Other than that I still have all my Elite Eight teams.

What the hell did you have happening to Kansas?

I think he said he had MSU beating them.

 

I had A&M in my elite 8 too. I'm down to 5 of those teams, but still both of my title-game participants kicking, which is really what it comes down to.

[bukie]

I got 13 of 16 Sweet 16 picks right, but I have neither of my championship game teams left.

[Sammys Boombox]

I had A&M in the Elite Eight. Don't ask me why. Other than that I still have all my Elite Eight teams.

What the hell did you have happening to Kansas?

I think he said he had MSU beating them.

 

I had A&M in my elite 8 too. I'm down to 5 of those teams, but still both of my title-game participants kicking, which is really what it comes down to.

 

I have Michigan St. in the final four. They're not looking too strong right now. My bracket is pretty good to this point. Unfortunately I went a little crazy with my picks for the next couple of rounds so I probably won't do that well overall. (Michigan State over Tennessee, Kansas State over Syracuse, Baylor over A&M, West Virginia over Kentucky).

[ELCABALLO45]

Like everyone my bracket is done because of Kansas.

 

I got Washington, Xavier and Tennessee in the Sweet 16, however besides that... not so much.

[Vanilla Ice]

Pretty happy Purdue pulled that game out.. It'll be a tough game, but they dont scare me as much as Texas A&M did.

[hawkeyecub]

I got 13 of 16 Sweet 16 picks right, but I have neither of my championship game teams left.

 

Did you have Villanova?

 

I only got 7/16 and have 4 of my Elite 8 (lost Kansas, BYU, Georgetown and Wisconsin) teams still alive. The worst I can remember doing in years. Fortunately most people in my pools had Kansas winning it all so if I can ride Duke to the finals and get WVU and Syracuse to the Final 4 I may have a shot. Go Tennesee, Cornell and Xavier.

Edited March 22, 2010 by hawkeyecub

[Guest]

Outside of Kansas, I've been fairly happy with my picks. I'm also 12-for-12 in the West Region.

[bukie]

11 conferences in the Sweet 16: Ivy (Cornell), Missouri Valley (Northern Iowa), WCC (St. Mary's), Atlantic 10 (Xavier), Pac-10 (Washington), Horizon (Butler), ACC (Duke), SEC (Kentucky/Tennessee), Big East (Syracuse/West Virginia), Big 12 (Kansas State/Baylor) and Big Ten (Ohio State/Michigan State/Purdue)

[bukie]

I got 13 of 16 Sweet 16 picks right, but I have neither of my championship game teams left.

 

Did you have Villanova?

 

I only got 7/16 and have 4 of my Elite 8 (lost Kansas, BYU, Georgetown and Wisconsin) teams still alive. The worst I can remember doing in years. Fortunately most people in my pools had Kansas winning it all so if I can ride Duke to the finals and get WVU and Syracuse to the Final 4 I may have a shot. Go Tennesee, Cornell and Xavier.

I missed on Kansas, Wisconsin and Butler (I had UTEP). I still think Wisconsin is better than they showed this weekend (heck, Kansas too for that matter).

[Smack]

11 conferences in the Sweet 16: Ivy (Cornell), Missouri Valley (Northern Iowa), WCC (St. Mary's), Atlantic 10 (Xavier), Pac-10 (Washington), Horizon (Butler), ACC (Duke), SEC (Kentucky/Tennessee), Big East (Syracuse/West Virginia), Big 12 (Kansas State/Baylor) and Big Ten (Ohio State/Michigan State/Purdue)

 

Has that happened before?

[Andy]

Next weekend's NCAA announcers: Nantz/Kellogg in Houston, Enberg/Bilas in Syracuse, Lunquist/Raftery in St. Louis, Johnson/Elmore in Salt Lake

[hawkeyecub]

I got 13 of 16 Sweet 16 picks right, but I have neither of my championship game teams left.

 

Did you have Villanova?

 

I only got 7/16 and have 4 of my Elite 8 (lost Kansas, BYU, Georgetown and Wisconsin) teams still alive. The worst I can remember doing in years. Fortunately most people in my pools had Kansas winning it all so if I can ride Duke to the finals and get WVU and Syracuse to the Final 4 I may have a shot. Go Tennesee, Cornell and Xavier.

I missed on Kansas, Wisconsin and Butler (I had UTEP). I still think Wisconsin is better than they showed this weekend (heck, Kansas too for that matter).

 

Oh, so you had Wisconsin in the final.

[bukie]

I got 13 of 16 Sweet 16 picks right, but I have neither of my championship game teams left.

 

Did you have Villanova?

 

I only got 7/16 and have 4 of my Elite 8 (lost Kansas, BYU, Georgetown and Wisconsin) teams still alive. The worst I can remember doing in years. Fortunately most people in my pools had Kansas winning it all so if I can ride Duke to the finals and get WVU and Syracuse to the Final 4 I may have a shot. Go Tennesee, Cornell and Xavier.

I missed on Kansas, Wisconsin and Butler (I had UTEP). I still think Wisconsin is better than they showed this weekend (heck, Kansas too for that matter).

 

Oh, so you had Wisconsin in the final.

Yeah, in hindsight, my sleeper champ game pick didn't work so well. Coupled with the other "safe" pick, my bracket is at the same time leading my pool and out both championship teams.

[Guest]

I got 13 of 16 Sweet 16 picks right, but I have neither of my championship game teams left.

 

Did you have Villanova?

 

I only got 7/16 and have 4 of my Elite 8 (lost Kansas, BYU, Georgetown and Wisconsin) teams still alive. The worst I can remember doing in years. Fortunately most people in my pools had Kansas winning it all so if I can ride Duke to the finals and get WVU and Syracuse to the Final 4 I may have a shot. Go Tennesee, Cornell and Xavier.

I missed on Kansas, Wisconsin and Butler (I had UTEP). I still think Wisconsin is better than they showed this weekend (heck, Kansas too for that matter).

 

Oh, so you had Wisconsin in the final.

Yeah, in hindsight, my sleeper champ game pick didn't work so well. Coupled with the other "safe" pick, my bracket is at the same time leading my pool and out both championship teams.

 

I'm in a similar spot. I'm out Kansas, who I had winning it, and Villanova (FF team) but I'm in first place.

[Careless]

This is the first time in a long time (ever?) that I'm not doing very well after two rounds. However, I always do badly after the first two and never pick the champ. I'm actually in decent position going forward, aside from having my championship team knocked out. Stupid Kansas

[Derwood]

I have just 10 of 16 teams left (the worst I can remember), and my champ is gone (Kansas).

 

Thank jebus I don't have money on this

[Guest]

This is the first time in a long time (ever?) that I'm not doing very well after two rounds. However, I always do badly after the first two and never pick the champ. I'm actually in decent position going forward, aside from having my championship team knocked out. Stupid Kansas

I'm working very hard to reconcile the first two sentences here.

[ISUCubsFan]

Next weekend's NCAA announcers: Nantz/Kellogg in Houston, Enberg/Bilas in Syracuse, Lunquist/Raftery in St. Louis, Johnson/Elmore in Salt Lake

 

Verne Lundquist calling the UNI game and trying to pronounce Eglseder, Ahelegbe, and Farokhmanesh should be fun.

[CubbieBum]

This is the first time in a long time (ever?) that I'm not doing very well after two rounds. However, I always do badly after the first two and never pick the champ. I'm actually in decent position going forward, aside from having my championship team knocked out. Stupid Kansas

I'm working very hard to reconcile the first two sentences here.

 

He means that he normally picks the Sweet Sixteen (first two rounds) very well but then fails at getting picks after that. This year he didn't get many Sweet Sixteen teams and isn't in good shape because he normally doesn't pick well after that.

[CubbieBum]

What an awful, awful second half for the Aggies. ZERO points outside of the paint. Donald Sloan was not his usual self and neither Holmes or Middleton could give us anything from the outside. 4 out of the last 5 years we have been knocked out of the tournament by 2 points or less. This [expletive] sucks.

 

There's a good reason he struggled.

[Prior4CyYoung]

I never do well in these, this year is no different. But with ku gone I think I got a good chance at picking the winner right this year which hasnt happened since uconn and richard hamilton beat duke. So go Syracuse!

[CubbieBum]

Not that its surprising but Kramer went against the final play. The ball was supposed to go to Moore for the final shot.

[Andy]

Not that its surprising but Kramer went against the final play. The ball was supposed to go to Moore for the final shot.

That rat bastard. Clearly Matt Painter should surrender the victory as a sign of protest.

[Flames24Rulz]

8/16, 5/8, 2/4, 1/2, 0/1.

 

Yeah, that's pretty sad.

[Careless]

This is the first time in a long time (ever?) that I'm not doing very well after two rounds. However, I always do badly after the first two and never pick the champ. I'm actually in decent position going forward, aside from having my championship team knocked out. Stupid Kansas

I'm working very hard to reconcile the first two sentences here.

 

He means that he normally picks the Sweet Sixteen (first two rounds) very well but then fails at getting picks after that. This year he didn't get many Sweet Sixteen teams and isn't in good shape because he normally doesn't pick well after that.

Right, if I were to have bet on my picks for the first two rounds over the last 10 years I'd have made a ton of money. If I'd have bet the whole tournament, nothing, or worse. This year, just a disaster start to finish.