March Madness

Homercles · Post by **Homercles** » March 15, 2004, 4:19 pm

Where the hell is the Veeshan Basketball Pool?

Slackers

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » March 15, 2004, 4:22 pm

I got my brackets ready!

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 15, 2004, 4:38 pm

veeshan hoops
get in and lose.
up to 4 brackets!
ill pay 5 million vv's to winnar

oops this may help.

http://tcmen.espn.go.com/tcmen/group?en ... upID=52701

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » March 18, 2004, 7:20 pm

I am going to smack myself now.. I had picked Manhattan to beat Florida every other place but here then managed to click Florida here and didn't notice.. gah!

I suck

masteen · Post by **masteen** » March 18, 2004, 7:46 pm

I can't believe the Gators got bounced by Manhattan. We suck so terribly for a team coached by one of the highest paid coaches in the country.

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » March 19, 2004, 8:28 am

Ouch, I had Michigan St taking down Gonzaga to advance to the sweet 16. While I'm probably not alone in thinking they would have beaten nevada, I had them busting up a 2 seed in the following game. i also don't understand why I didn't pick Alabama over S Illinois, didn't Al have the number 1 schedule in difficulty in the RPI this year? Other than that, not too shabby.

Florida didn't deserve to win. I've read they don't come to play "lesser" teams and actually wasn't even surprised about the outcome after seeing a couple of their games where they didn't just that. NO hustle on their part and there you go, a blow out really.

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » March 19, 2004, 10:45 am

Florida was a no-brain pick to loose for me, I knew they would all along. I did think S. Illi would pull off the win over Ala though.. grrr... and was sure Mich. St. would as well.

I haven't lost any Sweet 16 or Final Four teams yet so still going ok I suppose..

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 19, 2004, 3:09 pm

Mich St losing hurt. The rest of my selections are in good shape! I need a Pittsburgh/Stanford Final.

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » March 19, 2004, 7:02 pm

Damn, E. Tenn almost did it. Why not pitch back to the outside, 2 off rebs for crying out loud

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » March 19, 2004, 7:19 pm

Chidoro wrote:Damn, E. Tenn almost did it. Why not pitch back to the outside, 2 off rebs for crying out loud

yeah ETSU was my upset special for the first round! so close!

Trek · Post by **Trek** » March 20, 2004, 1:47 am

UNR is the hometown favorite here in ...... Reno.

This is our first year back in since 85 or so, it was also our first tourny win!

Gamei · Post by **Gamei** » March 20, 2004, 11:16 pm

Mich St losing hurt. The rest of my selections are in good shape! I need a Pittsburgh/Stanford Final

http://sports-att.espn.go.com/ncb/recap ... =244000034

Roll Tide! And yeah, Alabama was regularly said to have one of the top 3 toughest schedules in the nation.

Thank god carmelo is in the nba this year. =p

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » March 20, 2004, 11:35 pm

Winnow wrote: I need a Pittsburgh/Stanford Final.

whoops, there's always next year

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » March 21, 2004, 12:43 am

I need a Pittsburgh/Stanford Final.

That was exactly what I had in my bracket

Fortunately, I had Pitt winning.

Trek · Post by **Trek** » March 21, 2004, 1:35 am

Nobody picked UNR to waste Gonzaga? Whats wrong with you people

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » March 21, 2004, 9:39 am

I had Mich St beating them so the outcome was still the same since I have Ga Tech beating State in the regional. Of course, Ga Tech has to win today and I see that as a very tough game for them. BC has been on a roll for a while now.
A lot of nailbiter games on Saturday, definitely a good tourny. I REALLY thought Maryland was going to pull that one out but Syracuse played an awesome defensive game against the trees of Maryland

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » March 21, 2004, 12:59 pm

And UConn keeps rolling, and our bracket just got easier

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » March 21, 2004, 2:44 pm

By the way, always be smart, screw the line, take the odds and the 12's vs the 5's, you too can make bank every damn year!

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » March 21, 2004, 4:23 pm

Well, I'm out. First final four team is gone. Good for Xavier though, they looked awesome

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 21, 2004, 6:47 pm

Sueven wrote:
I need a Pittsburgh/Stanford Final.
That was exactly what I had in my bracket

Fortunately, I had Pitt winning.

I have Pitt winning it all but I still probably won't get enough points with Stanford out already to win.

I attended Nevada (it was UNR back then Nevada-Reno) for a few years so I'm pulling for them as this years cinderella team. They owned Gonzaga. That win wasn't a fluke. Reaching the Sweet 16 for a 10 seed is nice no matter what happens next.

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » March 21, 2004, 9:11 pm

Chidoro wrote: College basketball, though, is truly an excellent game to watch. Especially in this year, there's no real runaway leader for the 64 teams. In fact, I wouldn't be surprsied if UAB (assuming they advance to the 2nd round) beats Kentucky who certainly won't beat Ga Tech if they both play in the final 8.

ooga booga, heh

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » March 22, 2004, 9:50 pm

I lost 3 of my final four teams already

Homercles · Post by **Homercles** » March 25, 2004, 6:07 pm

Kentucky... god damned Kentucky. If not for them Id still have all of my Elite 8 teams left.

As it is, I had Kentucky going to the final game only to lose to Texas.

And Texas may be running into the buzzsaw that is Xavier.

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » March 26, 2004, 1:43 am

UConn gets Bama next to go to final 4, I hope we get Duke!

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » March 26, 2004, 9:26 am

Although I pretty much got killed last night, I still think it's cool that St. Joseph's is moving further. Pitt losing pretty much sealed my fate but they looked flat the entire tourny. In fact, it's probably one of the worst offensive performances over an entire tourny.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » March 26, 2004, 10:39 am

I got laughed at in my bracket league when they saw I picked St Joe's to go all the way.

Course like 3 of them have already had their champions eliminated.

That said, I suck at college basketball, unless there are odds and points involved.

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » March 26, 2004, 12:33 pm

Even with Ky gone (I had them losing to UConn in the finals) my brackets are doing ok, definately not as good as most years, but considering the state of things not too shabby (losing cuse a game early, losing pitt a game early, that sorta thing)

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 26, 2004, 3:31 pm

OK my NCAA Pool is totally screwed now. Go Nevada!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 27, 2004, 4:39 am

Winnow wrote:OK my NCAA Pool is totally screwed now. Go Nevada!

OK, I'm done with the NCAA tournament for this year!

Trek · Post by **Trek** » March 27, 2004, 12:20 pm

I am kind of happy. Not 1 riot last night....woo

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » March 29, 2004, 12:47 am

Finally out of last place!

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » April 4, 2004, 1:21 am

All I have to say is.. fuck the refs! They fucked over Duke bigtime!

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » April 4, 2004, 2:11 am

Yeah, but look how many times Duke has benefited because of referee Bias towards them.

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » April 4, 2004, 11:05 am

The refs in general has sucked lately.. college basketball, NBA, NFL... you name it, they have sucked at it. Something needs to be done about that.

But still.. that was soooo a foul on Reddick!

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » April 5, 2004, 11:59 pm

And the Okafor fouls were all justified? Seriously, Duke can't blame a ref for that collapse as it should have never even have come to that.

That said, nothing comes close to the call made against Baylor playing Tennessee in women's hoops the other day.

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » April 6, 2004, 1:11 am

All the crying from Duke fans in the last few days is just sad. Seriously who has benefited more from horrible calls in the last tens years then Duke

I agree with Gor, make a basket in the last 3 minutes and that final shot wins the game.

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » April 6, 2004, 9:29 am

I have no idea about the last 10 years and really couldn't care less. One mistake does not justify another. The whole game was the worse reffed game ever, the fouls on Okafor and Williams were pure BS, but that doesn't change the fact that Reddick was fouled. Simple as that.

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » April 6, 2004, 11:40 am

With the W