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Ok NCAA fans. Madness starts Thursday. Did you fill out a bracket? Who ya got?

Elite 8

Ohio State
Syracuse
Duke
Uconn
Louisville
Purdue
Kansas State
St. Johns

Final 4

Syracuse
Louisville
Duke
St. Johns

Championship

Duke
St. Johns

Duke wins 71-64

Nobody?

Wow...what a bunch of boring-ass people....

S2M wrote:Nobody?

Wow...what a bunch of boring-ass people....

It's impossible to care about the tournament when we have a new journey album on the way

S2M wrote:Nobody?

Wow...what a bunch of boring-ass people....

with some benefit of some games already decided, which has screwed your bracket up...not sure, as this can go any way.

OSU and Syracuse have the best potential for the east bracket unless somehow UNC finds a way to get hot for one night to beat that zone (unlikely).
Duke & UConn/San Diego St (haven't seen much of either, but edge to Calhoun) out of the west
Kansas and Notre Dame/Purdue on southwest
and no idea on the the southeast, although Pitt seems to have some amount of luck. Don't think KState is consistent enough to give them much credit, but anything is possible. Bottom half could go either way, since I had Michigan State taking out a few...

so that leaves...
OSU
?? (can Duke handle UConn even with Irving without a legit big? Also, how effective will Irving be and team chemistry issues?)
Kansas
Pitt

Kansas can take Pitt
the question is what happens on the OSU/UConn/Duke front

Been busy and my bracket was busted in the 1st round thanks to the louserville cardinals! Losing to Morehead st., geez! Anyway, I did lose another one, that was the Old Do. vs Butler game. I thought the #1 rebounding team in the nation would at least win one game, which they should have, the officiating in this game was
the worst of the opening round. I'm so glad, and I never pick them cause I hate them, to see Michigan St. get bounced, thank you Bruins! I cannot stand Izzo and they shouldn't have even made the tourney. Notre Dame, when they play someone who plays tough & makes them shoot something other than a set shot, will lose. Get Hansbourgh in foul trouble & they are toast. My final four goes like this:

Kansas
Duke
Ohio St.
Florida

I have Duke playing Kansas in the final

Kansas over Duke
79-73

By the way, if Florida wasn't playing Kansas in semi's, Florida would be my other semi...Go you fucking gators!

Final 4

North Carolina
Connecticut
Kansas
Pittsburgh



I have Kansas over North Carolina in the final.

F~4

Duke
NC
Kansas
Ohio


O~H~I~O over NC

Clemson and Louisville were bracket busters for me, and I lost TWO Final Four teams in Louisville and St. Johns. The Johnnies just got smoked, Moorehead St got that lucky 3 against L'ville. And Clemson? Don't get me started on the selection commitee. Putting them in the FIRST game of the tournament, after they just played 36 hours prior? Ridiculous.

Most of my bad choices won't end up harming me, other than L'ville and St. Johns, because I had them losing in the next rnd anyway. I went 11-5 yesterday. I usually go 11-5, 12-4 on day one anyway. The safe way is to go chalk. I went half chalk, half upset. I only fill out one bracket.

Getting ready to watch Oakland bully Texas. That kid Benson is a beast!

That must of been a helluva comeback MSU almost pulled off. Not getting it done hosed me as I had them into the Sweet 16, along with Louisville.

Got all the 1 seeds in the final 4, with KU beating OSU. Not real comfortable with it though.

Ohio State
Connecticut
Florida
Kansas

Connecticut over Kansas 68-61.

the final

Moorehead State 81 , San Diego State U 63

You might thinkg thats ludicrous, but if I turn out to be right , I look like a godddamn genius. And Ive never been thought of anything greater than a village idiot so going out on a limb is worth the risk.

WOW...don't look now, but the Hugh Jackmans are ALL OVER the Elvis Presleys....

and there are 317 perfect brackets left.

Here it is, Nothing else to say except stick this in your pipes...

4>2

Thanks Oakland...another bust.

and thanks Tennessee...you are slaying my bracket!

S2M wrote:and thanks Tennessee...you are slaying my bracket!

Tennessee never had a chance after the news broke the other day that Pearl will likely get fired. Sad for the team, but you do not lie to the NCAA.

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:and thanks Tennessee...you are slaying my bracket!

Tennessee never had a chance after the news broke the other day that Pearl will likely get fired. Sad for the team, but you do not lie to the NCAA and get caught.

Fixed that for ya.

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:and thanks Tennessee...you are slaying my bracket!

Tennessee never had a chance after the news broke the other day that Pearl will likely get fired. Sad for the team, but you do not lie to the NCAA.

I should have thought of that....eh, they were just playing to see who gets to get smoked by Kyrie, Nolan, Kyle, and the Sucklees anyway....

Elite 8
Ohio St.
North Carolina
Duke
Connecticut
Kansas
Notre Dame
Pitt
Florida

Final 4
North Carolina
Duke
kansas
Pitt

Final
North Carolina
Kansas

Winner
North Carolina

S2M wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:and thanks Tennessee...you are slaying my bracket!

Tennessee never had a chance after the news broke the other day that Pearl will likely get fired. Sad for the team, but you do not lie to the NCAA.

I should have thought of that....eh, they were just playing to see who gets to get smoked by Kyrie, Nolan, Kyle, and the Sucklees anyway....

well, that is true. Discounting the massacre today, Tennessee plays hard, but not smart. Duke plays hard and smart--ie, they don't defeat themselves. That's why they are hard to defeat, and a lot of the reason they won last year. If they had consistent post presence, they would be even harder to defeat.

rsimpson wrote:Elite 8
Ohio St.
North Carolina
Duke
Connecticut
Kansas
Notre Dame
Pitt
Florida

Final 4
North Carolina
Duke
kansas
Pitt

Final
North Carolina
Kansas

Winner
North Carolina

Between youth, and a general inability to be consistent on 3pt shots, I find it unlikely that Carolina is going to get past that Syracuse zone. I'd like to be proven wrong, but those are two big issues with UNC winning everything. Talent is great, but you need talent and experience to win big in March.

I did three brackets in the pool I'm participating in but here are mine from my best bracket so far...

ELITE 8:
Ohio State vs. Washington
Duke vs. Connecticut
Kansas vs. Purdue
Kansas St. vs. Florida

FINAL 4:
Ohio State vs. Duke
Kansas vs. Kansas State

CHAMPIONSHIP:
Ohio State vs. Kansas

Kansas wins, total score = 157 points

Krzyzewski not calling off the dogs. Duke by 42. Irving getting acclimated. memo to the rest of the league: Watch the fuck out!

Got three games wrong in the Southwest bracket but only one game wrong each in the West and Southeast and none wrong in the East bracket.

Went 11-5 yesterday. So now I've gone 22-10 over first(2nd) round. My bracket is busted, but Duke is still in it - and hardly anybody has them winning it all. So....

I'm loving me some Joe Mazzulla(WVa.) right now....

That's the Big LEast for ya. Great in the regular season, folding like a cheap suit in the tourney. Pitt, WVa., Louisville, Georgetown, St. Johns, Villanova, and Cincinnati...SEE ya later! 7 out of 11 teams ousted in the first THREE days....so much for the supposedly best conference.

Final Four

Duke
North Carolina
Kansas
Florida

Final

Duke
Kansas

Champion

Kansas

Refs took over the UNC-Wa. game....cheating fucks.

S2M wrote:Refs took over the UNC-Wa. game....cheating fucks.

I just watched the end. Seemed ok to me.

Saint John wrote:

S2M wrote:Refs took over the UNC-Wa. game....cheating fucks.

I just watched the end. Seemed ok to me.

Exactly....you didn't watch the first half. Washington had an 11 point lead. Then the refs called liked 7 fouls in a row against Washington. The first half foul breakdown was 12-2 in favor of UNC.

Washington had halftime leads in PF, rebounds, and inside points....but UNC only called for TWO fouls in first half? When was the last time ANY team only commited TWO fouls in a half, and the game was played in NC....