2016 NCAA Tournament

[bukie]

The bracket, as leaked an hour before the selection show finished:

 

[Derwood]

The 6-11 matchups look more ripe for upsets than the traditional 5-12's

[bukie]

Upsets that I like:

SF Austin over WVU

Hawaii over Cal

Wichita State/Vandy over Arizona

Yale over Baylor

VCU over Oregon State

 

Kansas-Oklahoma-UNC-Michigan State final four.

[bukie]

Tulsa was the last team in. Gonzaga likely wouldn't have made it had they lost the WCC final.

 

[Andy]

Monmouth being out at the expense of basically cancelling Syracuse's crap stretch without Boeheim (never mind that he wasn't there because the crusty old coot was running a cheating program) is a joke.

 

ND/Michigan, IU/Kentucky and Texas/A&M as potential matchups show the committee has a sense of humor.

[Smack]

Purdue gets Arkansas LR who is Pomeroy #47, higher than two #7 seeds and 8 total teams seeded lower. Thanks committee.

[bukie]

I've got MSU winning it all, as they've been basically unbeatable with a full team when not against Iowa.

[Andy]

Purdue gets Arkansas LR who is Pomeroy #47, higher than two #7 seeds and 8 total teams seeded lower. Thanks committee.

Those mid-majors that only have 4 or 5 losses always scare me. Seems like they are constantly in close games down the stretch in the tournament. Stephen F. Austin is another team like that this year, just as they were when they won their 5/12 game a couple years back.

[bcl412]

I like Iowa's matchup with Temple. Not as much vs Villanova. I liked it best when they were a projected 1 seed.

[Derwood]

Looks like the committee pulled names out of a hat

[UMFan83]

My extra risky version of the bracket has Kansas, Texas A&M, Xavier and Utah in my Final Four. I'll have to create a bracket that is something between this and chalk but I really like Xavier and Utah. I'm probably giving Oregon a raw deal but I have them getting upset by St Joes in round 2.

[Cubswin11]

First time thru, Kansas-Oklahoma-UNC-MSU, Kansas over MSU. No big upsets, Temple over Iowa, UNI over Texas, VCU over Oregon ST, Gonzaga over Seton Hall. All the 1, 2 and 4 seeds in 16 with 2 of the 3s along with Arizona and Gonzaga.

[abuck1220]

wow des moines gets indiana, kentucky and kansas.

 

$$$$$$$$

[Ding Dong Johnson]

horsefeathers basketball, go cobs

[snoodmonger]

wow des moines gets indiana, kentucky and kansas.

 

$$$$$$$$

 

 

Those three fanbases will definitely travel.

 

abuck, are you sensing an impending Big 12 faceplant like I am?

[Gilby]

[expletive] basketball, go cobs

 

What was worse - the last 4 weeks, or the Rose Bowl? Pretty crazy year.

[abuck1220]

wow des moines gets indiana, kentucky and kansas.

 

$$$$$$$$

 

 

Those three fanbases will definitely travel.

 

abuck, are you sensing an impending Big 12 faceplant like I am?

 

yes, said it weeks ago. ku got a brutal bracket, and I was leery of ou even before they hit their little tailspin. hield went bananas against isu in B12 tourney and they still barely won. feels like they need 35 from him every game and that's asking a lot.

 

i'm 50/50 on whether iowa st even gets by iona. just isu's luck to draw a 3 pt gunning team.

 

more impressed by wvu than I was a few weeks ago, but if they draw refs with a spine they could lose to anyone.

[bcl412]

[expletive] basketball, go cobs

 

What was worse - the last 4 weeks, or the Rose Bowl? Pretty crazy year.

This was way worse. The Rose Bowl is kind of an exhibition.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

[expletive] basketball, go cobs

 

Yes.

[biittner77]

The bottom half of the bracket with Michigan State looks like it could be the one that destroys a lot of brackets. MSU won't get upset in the first round but it's not hard to imagine anyone else in that part of the bracket winning.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

[expletive] basketball, go cobs

 

What was worse - the last 4 weeks, or the Rose Bowl? Pretty crazy year.

This was way worse. The Rose Bowl is kind of an exhibition.

yup

[CubinNY]

I haven't watched a single college basketball game this year but that won't stop from filling out a bracket and being confident I'll win until round 2 is over.

[Tim]

Anyone want to start up an nsbb bracket?

[SouthSideRyan]

http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2016/en/group?groupID=1243019

 

password nsbb

[Derwood]

http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2016/en/group?groupID=1243019

 

password nsbb

 

but I don't WANT to create an ESPN account :nono:

 

 

EDIT: just kidding, I filled it out. I'm gonna come in last place