NCAA Bracket Challenge

[KurtB]

Damn you Bucknell....

+1 they were a sweet 16 in one of my brackets...unfortunately, in the bracket that has Buttler winning, there are a few other longshot picks. Only time will tell.

Just took a look at the champions you all picked. Lots of folks thinking Gonzaga will win it all. I'm pretty surprised by that. Any reason from anyone that did so other than that they were #1 heading into the tourney?

In the bracket that I picked Gonzaga to win, the choice was strictly because they should have an easy run to the 8, and I picked NM to upset Ohio in the 16, so that lead to a Gonzaga/NM matchup to put them into the final four. I think Gonzaga can hold their own against Louisville, and they match up well with the 1 & 2 seeds on the other side of the bracket.

 

[sfrisby]

I wanted to pick Gonzaga, but to win it they would have to get through Louisville and Indiana. I don't think there is a team out there that can do that.

 

[bob1852]

No love for the PAC in the selection committee, yet two #12's from the PAC win today....

 

[trujunglist]

Pac-12 needs a chant. Go Pac-12, keep it up.

 

[bob1852]

Good for Harvard. Not good for my bracket(s).

 

[two_hearted]

Good for Harvard. Not good for my bracket(s).

Said everyone everywhere. Did anyone actually pick harvard?

 

[Remmy]

 

[KurtB]

Good for Harvard. Not good for my bracket(s).

Said everyone everywhere. Did anyone actually pick harvard?

Nobody that did not actually attend Harvard, and even those people are smart enough not to have picked them to win. Oh well.

It looks like it was a good first day for the group. Not many fatal upsets, and it appears that most of the brackets are in good shape, except maybe philipcrose's. Sorry for your loss, man. It isn't over yet. Have a beer or two this weekend, it will help ease the pain of loosing your National Chanpion pick on the first day of the tournament.

 

[sfrisby]

nobody that did not actually attend harvard, and even those people are smart enough not to have picked them to win.
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ha!

 

[Wetfoot]

If the PAC-12 gets respect now, they took from the Mountain West. Alford gets a big contract extension and loses to Harvard??

 

[landshark]

My upset bracket had Harvard!!! Sadly only 2 other teams got the upset, California and Oregon.

 

[aygov]

I had NM getting to the Elite 8... At least I'm not last in the league.

 

[KurtB]

In one bracket I had them loosing to Ohio in the Sweet 16, and upsetting Ohio in my other bracket. I think a lot of people had them going to at least the sweet 16 at I think a NM/Ohio matchup would have been a good game, assuming NM played better than they did last night.

 

[gcdowd]

Said everyone everywhere. Did anyone actually pick harvard?

I certainly picked Harvard. Easy choice for me, and no I did not go there

 

[Wetfoot]

Between Wisconsin and possibly Georgetown losing.......$#@&!

 

[KurtB]

Oh why couldn't Georgetown have been in the West? That section of my bracket was already F'ed up, I don't think one more major upset would have mattered...

 

[trujunglist]

I couldn't even imagine filling out a bracket without just choosing based on my own biases. I feel like there's no reason to fill it out otherwise since the chances are so low that you'll get it right.

 

[sfrisby]

I'm second to last place but with my possible points remaining, I give myself an adjusted measurement of second place.

 

[two_hearted]

Holy hell, I'm screwed now.

 

[KurtB]

holy hell, i'm screwed now.

+1

 

[Wetfoot]

The NCAA men's basketball loving world knew Gonzaga was suspect..You gotta play somebody and win. The B1G looks even better now: Big Blue looked (insert hyperbole here) today and so did Sparty. OSU and Hoosiers up tomorrow!

And the Cards were out for Saturday cruise!

 

[trujunglist]

I don't think anyone was really surprised to see Gonzaga go down. They need to get into a better conference or they will never have enough competition to polish them for the tournament. I, for one, hope that this serves as a lesson to any major recruits considering going there. But then again, I want all the west coast recruits for the Pac-12, especially the Cats.

 

[Remmy]

Anybody but Syracuse, please!!!

 

[gcdowd]

Anybody but Syracuse, please!!!

Why the Cuse hate?

 

[Wetfoot]

Bump.

We are below Tofu and Pinewood Derby!

I'm staying up late for IU vs Syracuse and will prolly hafta make a beer run soon. This is important stuff!!! Great games this weekend. Come on Hoosiers, beat Syracuse!

 

[gcdowd]

Cuuuuuuse!

 

[trujunglist]

Go Cats! Errrr... CHOP those trees... down. Yeah. Take that, stupid trees.

 

[sfrisby]

Liking my chances but as an OSU fan, like TGMartin's picks. Besides that, liking my chances.

 

[GMJager]

Liking my chances but as an OSU fan, like TGMartin's picks. Besides that, liking my chances.

Whoa! I havent checked the standings until you said that! I'm doing a lot better than I thought I was (TGMartin)... although I'm not happy about Miami losing to Marquette

 

[trujunglist]

Well... shucks. See you guys next year. Go Oregon I suppose.