OrangeMane March Madness 2007 Brackets Sign ups and NCAA Games discussion thread

[Pezman]

Hey all, its that time of year again. The FIFTH annual Orangemane NCAA brackets are ready to go again for March Madness!

For those interested, we use an on-line bracket group set up for us 'Mane' folks over at Sportsline.com and its free to sign up and play!

Its free again and is for bragging rights here on the board as well as impressing all your peers with your awesome picking skills ;)
As always, use the Sportsline bracket page to make your bracket selections. Once the tournament starts, you will be able to track your results LIVE!

Last year's big winner was Thomas Smith with an impressive 97 out of 177 possible points. Now, just one thought... Who was Thomas Smith? Be sure to use your Mane names so you can get proper credit people!!!

Second place went to Dean Peros with 95 points, Third Place went to the 2x previous champ Darkhawk24 and lest we forget,
DEAD LAST PLACE went to our own Casey Conklin with a miserable 41 out of 177 total points (A new record of futility!!!) Ha!

So be sure to set up an account with sportsline and join the group! Make sure to set your name to match your Orange Mane name so we all know who to laugh at/hide from when the games get started.

Scoring for this year will be based on a
-First Round: 1 point per correct guess
-Second Round: 3 points
-Third Round: 5 points
-Fourth Round: 7 points
-Semifinals: 9 points
-Finals: 11 points


To accept this invitation and join the group, click the link below (or cut and paste the link into your browser's address field). You'll be asked to enter the group's password before you can join.

http://om.mayhem.sportsline.com/e

Our group password is: taco

Special thanks to PatsWin2002 for setting up the board all those years ago! Good luck!

If you have any problems getting set up, fire me off an PM and we'll get you set up manually.
Good luck

P.S. If you signed up in the past few years, you don't need to re-register as you will already have an invite and an account on the site. Lastly, if you played fantasy football via Sportsline, you can use that same account to sign up :)

[Rock Chalk]

No mention of the inaugural winner eh? Bastard.

[Jens1893]

No mention of the inaugural winner eh? Bastard.

the world is unfair, alec ... the sooner you realize this, the better ...

[Pezman]

Here are the results from last three years btw... Note who's been in last place for two of those three years Ha!


2003 Orangemane March Madness

..............................Score / Correct Picks
1 Alec........................76 / 45
2 michael nelson...........70 / 43
3 Broncoman13.............68 / 41
3 Rohirrim1...................68 / 41
5 Darkhawk..................67 / 41
5 Clint.........................67 / 40
7 Blueflame..................64 / 39
8 Evenrude..................61 / 39
8 Shacky.....................61 / 39
10 Eric Joens.................60 / 35
11 PatsWin2002.............58 / 38
12 DenFan38.................50 / 36


2004 Orangemane March Madness

..............................Score / Correct Picks
1 Darkhawk24.............123 / 41
2 Broncoman13............108 / 42
3 bro1ncos..................106 / 46
4 tim gibbs..................105 / 43
5 Clint.........................98 / 40
6 Shacky.....................95 / 41
7 Alec.........................93 / 41
8 Bosko.......................91 / 39
9 jake Orange 4 Life.......88 / 34
10 O-Robbie..................85 / 41
11 Rich Karlis.................82 / 36
12 Pezman....................79 / 37
13 Bob H......................79 / 39
14 orange crusher..........77 / 37
15 smithc795................76 / 38
16 Sean B....................76 / 40
17 PatsWin2002............73 / 37
18 Dumpy....................71 / 35
19 ZachKC...................70 / 34
20 james c...................69 / 35
21 AdamKC...................62 / 32
22 Evenrude.................59 / 33
23 Unknown..................57 / 31
24 DenFan38.................54 / 30

2005 Orangemane March Madness

..............................Score / Correct Picks

1 Darkhawk24.............128 / 44
2 Rich Karlis.................116 / 42
2 Bosko.......................116 / 42
2 DenFan38..................116 / 42
5 RhymesDU.................106 / 42
6 Orange 4 Life.............105 / 41
7 Mock........................104 / 40
8 Broncoman13.............103 / 37
9 orange crusher...........103 / 41
10 john w.....................102 / 42
11 M Paine....................102 / 38
12 Dimitri CBF1..............101 / 41
13 Bob H.......................98 / 40
14 Justin S....................96 / 38
15 Clint.........................95 / 39
16 bro1ncos...................93 / 39
17 CB-Champ24..............93 / 39
18 tim g........................92 / 38
19 GRelyea....................91 / 35
20 Pezman....................90 / 40
21 Crushaholic...............90 / 36
22 Shacky.....................89 / 37
23 RMoss......................89 / 39
24 easymobee...............88 / 38
25 Evenrude..................87 / 37
26 Sean B.....................86 / 36
27 Toby T.....................85 / 37
28 Britbronco.................83 / 39
29 Will B.......................79 / 37
30 PatsWin2002.............74 / 36
31 willis macs................73 / 35
32 AnubisZyklon.............72 / 40
32 Kid A........................72 / 36
34 kirby33.....................71 / 39
35 ozomulsion................69 / 39
36 Ryan S.....................68 / 36
37 Crush Girl..................68 / 34
38 Nuggets4..................67 / 33
39 saulbadguy...............66 / 36
40 DBroncos4life............61 / 31
41 Alec........................61 / 35
42 Dennis Smith.............57 / 33

2006 Orangemane March Madness

..............................Score / Correct Picks

1 Thomas Smith ...................97 / 39
2 Dean Peros........................95 / 39
3 Darkhawk24.......................92 / 38
4 Greg Relyea.......................89 / 39
5 Orange Shadow..................89 / 39
6 Mile High Shack..................88 / 40
7 Joshua Krefetz...................88 / 38
8 Toby Thompson..................85 / 37
9 Bryan Pezman....................85 / 35
10 Dom Casual.......................81 / 37
11 Rich Karlis.........................80 / 34
12 Kevin Hill.......................... 80 / 38
13 Clint Armstrong..................78 / 36
14 bfoflcommish.....................78 / 36
15 Chris - RhymesayersDU........78 / 38
16 Jason Marlett.....................77 / 37
17 Evenrude..........................75 / 37
18 Arkie................................74 / 38
19 Richard Jackson.................73 / 37
20 tim gibbs..........................73 / 35
21 DenFan38.........................71 / 37
22 minibronco........................71 / 37
23 Arkansas_Bronco................71 / 35
24 Nuggets4..........................71 / 33
25 UofA Wildcats 04................71
26 Taco John.........................70 / 36
27 Jeffery Owens....................69 / 35
28 TheManeMan.....................69 / 37
29 Britbronco.........................69 / 37
30 John Winskas.....................65 / 35
31 PatsWin2002.....................64 / 34
32 Will Bartow........................64 / 36
33 Matthew Paine...................64 / 32
34 Broncos Love.....................63 / 35
35 jline27...............................62 / 36
36 Andy Kaczka......................62 / 34
37 Anthony Pacino..................62 / 32
38 stephen finman...................62 / 34
39 Heydensmom......................60 / 32
40 24champbailey....................60 / 32
41 Bob Hulsey.........................59 / 31
42 DB....................................58 / 34
43 AlecR................................58 / 32
44 smalltowngrl.......................57 / 33
45 Ryan Moss..........................56 / 34
46 Cory - Bronconia..................52 / 28
47 bob jorge............................51 / 29
48 Crushaholic.........................48 / 28
49 casey conklin......................41 / 25

[Jens1893]

nice showing in the last 2 years, alec

[Crushaholic]

Thanks to Conklin, I wasn't on the bottom last year...Ha! ;)

[smalltowngrll]

Thanks, pez!

[SureShot]

nice showing in the last 2 years, alec

I sure it had to do with Kansas' early exit those two years.

As Kansas goes so does Alec.

[JPEZ]

I'm in!!

HOYA PARANOIA!!

[Rock Chalk]

nice showing in the last 2 years, alec

****ing KU screwed me.

[Jens1893]

****ing KU screwed me.

the love hate relationship a sports fan has with his team ... you gotta love it.

[ludo21]

i have U of A all the way...is that bad? ;D

[PatsWin2002]

Cool, Pezzie - and thanks for the mention. :)

I can't believe this is the fifth year doing it...hard to believe!

[RhymesayersDU]

Wow, I kicked ass 2 years ago. Didn't do too bad last year either.

This year FTW!

[TexanBob]

I had a problem with this year's choices. You'll notice that more often than not one conference is able to get two teams into the Final Four but there just aren't many good fits for that this year. Do you trust a wounded Wisconsin to get through four games? Do you think any SEC or Big XII school is capable or joining Florida or Kansas? Besides North Carolina, what other ACC school could run the table? I like Oregon and UCLA but the Pac 10 is usually exposed for the pretenders they are come Tourney Time.

So, I forced Pitt to go further than sense tells me they should so they can join Georgetown in the Final Four along with Ohio State and Florida.

We'll see if this hunch pays off or if another twosome makes it to Atlanta.

[Pezman]

Ok, so I've been suckered... I really do believe this is the year that the Hawks win it all. Its been 19 years after all.

Good luck everyone!

[Crushaholic]

Ok, so I've been suckered... I really do believe this is the year that the Hawks win it all.

LOL ROFL! LOL ROFL!

That's OK. I have Maryland and North Carolina going to the championship game. We all get crazy around this time...:spit:

[OrangeShadow]

march madness-the best postseason in sports. im in

[Darkhawk24]

I have two brackets filled this year.. Just debating on what one to roll with. This is a much tougher year then I remember.... Should I go with the safe bracket or the fun one? Hrmm.. :)

Either way I nearly puked bringing Ohio State out as far as I did... BTW this STILL isn't KU's year so don't get suckered into it.

[GSRelyea]

I think it has been the past 8 years that 2 teams from one conferance have made the final four. This year didn't seem that tough to me, Big 12- Kansas & Texas A&M could both get there and not suprise anyone. A&M gets the weakest 2 seed imo in Memphis- It doesn;t really matter though since UNC is taking it all this year, depth will win out in the end.....

I had a problem with this year's choices. You'll notice that more often than not one conference is able to get two teams into the Final Four but there just aren't many good fits for that this year. Do you trust a wounded Wisconsin to get through four games? Do you think any SEC or Big XII school is capable or joining Florida or Kansas? Besides North Carolina, what other ACC school could run the table? I like Oregon and UCLA but the Pac 10 is usually exposed for the pretenders they are come Tourney Time.

So, I forced Pitt to go further than sense tells me they should so they can join Georgetown in the Final Four along with Ohio State and Florida.

We'll see if this hunch pays off or if another twosome makes it to Atlanta.

[Evenrude]

Evenrude: Mediocre picks since 2003 ;D

[Rock Chalk]

UNC is widely considered the first #1 seed to get knocked out of the tourney.

KU is a close second in that vote.

[GSRelyea]

UNC is widely considered the first #1 seed to get knocked out of the tourney.

KU is a close second in that vote.


SIG BET???? My Heels v.s Your Jay Hawks- whoever goes further?

[Jens1893]

I have UT taking out UNC.

[Rock Chalk]

SIG BET???? My Heels v.s Your Jay Hawks- whoever goes further?

You're on tarfag fan. :thumbsup:

I like our bracket more than yours.

[Jens1893]

You're on tarfag fan. :thumbsup:

I like our bracket more than yours.

having texas and georgetown in there is a bit of a bitch

i have ku making it past the 2nd round this year :)

[gunns]

i have U of A all the way...is that bad? ;D

Not as bad as Kaylore probably taking BYU all the way!

[GSRelyea]

You're on tarfag fan. :thumbsup:

I like our bracket more than yours.

Great teams don't worry about who they play........

I would be more concerned about that Niagara team you are going to have to face.....They won't be a cakewalk, I was shocked to see them in the play in game- started the sesason 1-6 w/ 6 players suspended they finished 21-5 and have won 11 in a row. Not saying that Niagara will win, but they will give you boys a game for a while.

[JPEZ]

Ok, so I've been suckered... I really do believe this is the year that the Hawks win it all. Its been 19 years after all.

Good luck everyone!

Been off that medication again PEZ!? :wiggle:

[BMF Bronco]

So if I have Weber State going all the way am I guaranteed to do good?

[Rock Chalk]

Great teams don't worry about who they play........

I would be more concerned about that Niagara team you are going to have to face.....They won't be a cakewalk, I was shocked to see them in the play in game- started the sesason 1-6 w/ 6 players suspended they finished 21-5 and have won 11 in a row. Not saying that Niagara will win, but they will give you boys a game for a while.

Funny, the Vegas oddsmakers dont think Niagara should even be in the tournament...

[smalltowngrll]

Like it or not, I've got Georgetown as National Champs!

[OrangeShadow]

Im just excited to see A&M play, Acie Law is nassssssty

[Rock Chalk]

Georgetown wont be in the Finals to win the championship.

[Crushaholic]

KU will win the first round this year. It's ridiculous to even suggest otherwise...

[Darkhawk24]

Oh they will win the first round... Who knows after that. :)

[Rock Chalk]

I hate you Darkhawk.

[Jens1893]

IT´S HERE!!!!

Only the Play-In between Florida A&M and Niagara, but I´ll take it ... live on ESPiN now.

[watermock]

I have Niagra going to the final 4.

[Jens1893]

not a bad idea merging this and renaming the thread.

[watermock]

There shall be knashing of teeth and great sorrow for many. I would of won in 05 but for a fluke shot off the glass. Go Miami!

[Darkhawk24]

After finally settling on my final four... I feel dirty.... Ugh does anyone else hate their bracket? This was a terrible year!

[smalltowngrll]

The problem with this year is that I didn't see any team that didn't have clear cut weaknesses that could easily be exploited. Typically there is one or two teams that are just good. This year, every number one team has had some problems along the way. I thought NC was great this year. I thought they would go all the way, but they didn't fair well near the end and had some upsets. That's why I couldn't put them in through the end.

[Rock Chalk]

The problem with this year is that I didn't see any team that didn't have clear cut weaknesses that could easily be exploited. Typically there is one or two teams that are just good. This year, every number one team has had some problems along the way. I thought NC was great this year. I thought they would go all the way, but they didn't fair well near the end and had some upsets. That's why I couldn't put them in through the end.

Just out of curiosity, what sort of weaknesses do you see in KU?

[Crushaholic]

Normally, there are first-round upsets that are entirely possible...and usually happen. There's NOTHING that jumps out at me this year as being targets for upset. I guess I'm losing my first-round touch...

[gunns]

After finally settling on my final four... I feel dirty.... Ugh does anyone else hate their bracket? This was a terrible year!

Yes, that's why I did two, and I hate the second one just as much.

[TexanBob]

After finally settling on my final four... I feel dirty.... Ugh does anyone else hate their bracket? This was a terrible year!

I know I shudder when I look at game matchups and see one team finished the season 5-5 in their last ten games and the other finished 6-4 and thinking "this tournament is just a bad joke". The big conferences get too many teams in.

[TexanBob]

Just out of curiosity, what sort of weaknesses do you see in KU?

They can't stop Kevin Durant in first halves. Hilarious!

[Rock Chalk]

They can't stop Kevin Durant in first halves. Hilarious!

Yeah. But then, they shut his ass down in second halves and blank him in OT.

KUs biggest weakness has to be free throw shooting. Their early and mid season free throws were horrible, though they have come around here lately. Id say another of their main weaknesses is being up big and then taking it for granted and taking poor shot selections until they realize the other team is catching up or has caught up.

The "experts" say because KU has no one single go-to guy that this is a weakness, but really its a HUGE strength. Because you just never know from night to night who you gotta watch out for, and no team in the country can effectively gaurd 5 guys that can kill you multiple ways.

Free throw shooting though, that would be my guess as to what does them in if they lose in the tourney.

[Rock Chalk]

Normally, there are first-round upsets that are entirely possible...and usually happen. There's NOTHING that jumps out at me this year as being targets for upset. I guess I'm losing my first-round touch...

While Nova over UK doesnt seem like a big upset, considering the fact that UK never loses in the first round it would be at least an upset.

Also, I like Winthrop over ND in round 1. ND is playing really good basketball down the stretch but I think Winthrop is a damn fine team that got shafted at seeding time. Ive seen them play twice this year which isnt much but it was enough to know that the teams they played looked like high schoolers and they looked like NBA all stars.

I like Ga Tech over UNLV and my biggest stunner, Im taking ORU over Washington State who is seeded about 6 spots too high at #3.

[Stormontheplains]

KU is in the driver seat, very deep and athletic, the D will take them to a title. Alec and Myself will be co-champs

[smalltowngrll]

Just out of curiosity, what sort of weaknesses do you see in KU?

Obviously I don't have much on KU that's why I have them in the final game. The winner I just chose out of preference.

I watched the game they playsed against Texas and it was a great game. They played well, but they were a beatable team.

[Rock Chalk]

Obviously I don't have much on KU that's why I have them in the final game. The winner I just chose out of preference.

I watched the game they playsed against Texas and it was a great game. They played well, but they were a beatable team.

Wow, wonderful observation. Here's a clue: Kevin Durant makes most teams look beatable.

[smalltowngrll]

Wow, wonderful observation. Here's a clue: Kevin Durant makes most teams look beatable.

Ha! Ok, thanks for the clue.

[penguintheory]

Stanford v. Louisville tomorrow. Stoked.

[chickennob2]

First off, I think it would be ignorant to not have UCLA making the final four. Once again they can make it all the way through to the final four without leaving the state of California. This was key for them last year, and I think it will help once again.

Also, I think everyone is severely underrating Memphis. They see a team from what has essentially become a mid-major conference and think they can't play. Well this team is a better team than the Tigers who lost to the Bruins in California in the Elite Eight last year. Last year we had Rodney Carney, Shawne Williams, and Darius Washington and some other guys. The two first round picks both tried to be a one-man show and D-Wash was far too much of a ball hog for a PG. This year we actually have a squad that plays like a team. Andre Allen and Antonio Anderson are much better at distributing the ball than D-Wash and Allen. Chris Douglas-Roberts is a better defender and a much mroe consistent scorer than Rodney Carney or Shawne Williams. Having Jeremy Hunt back on the team as an elite shooting guard who can defend is an improvement over last year's team. Dozier is long, rangy guy at forward who can score. And Joey Dorsey is an absolute beast in the paint. He has the athleticism of Rodney Carney with a good 3 or 4 inches. He is very well built and at 6-9 / 6-10 with his leaping ability can guard any big man in the country (That means you, Greg Oden). Add in guys like Willie Kemp and Kareem Cooper, and you've got a team capable of going all the way.

[minibronco]

Tips for Filling in Your Bracket, for dummies V.1

1. Pick whichever team's name sounds more familiar. For example, unless you bleed yellowish-orange and blue, you're probably not too familiar with Oral Roberts University. (We're not.) Therefore, you go with Washington St., which actually has a state named after it. (Or is it the other way around?)

2. Compare mascots. If you obviously prefer dogs over cats, then pick the college with the multicolored dog. If you have no preference, imagine the two mascots in a fierce battle and pick the one that would come out on top. For example, what if the Florida Gators duked it out with the Jackson St. Tigers?

3. Pay attention to the rankings. As much as you want to be the only one in your league to pick 11th-ranked Winthrop to win the whole damned tourney, keep in mind they share the same region as Florida, Notre Dame, Oregon, and Wisconsin. Don't be an idiot, seriously.

4. Pick upsets. Here's the exception to tip three. Everyone knows that the higher-ranked team will not always beat the lower-ranked team, and some giant killer (term used to refer to overachieving underdogs) will crawl its way into the later rounds. Playing personal biases and the other tips, select a few likely upsets in the early rounds. You'll probably get smirked at when you miss a majority of them, but you'll certainly look like an "expert bracketologist" come Butler's semi-final win.

5. Ask around. Get a feel for which teams and upsets your fellow leaguemates are selecting, and jump on the bandwagon. This is one game where blending in is sometimes actually a good thing.

6. Pick by color (also known as the "fashion pick"). Screw expert analysis. If you're sick of watching white jerseys, go for Florida's blue and orange combo. Or Texas orange.

7. Pick a number, not any number. Most leagues require you to predict the final score of the championship game (or a point total) as a tiebreaker. In the event you actually make it that far with these tips, which the odds we place between Brett Favre retiring and Lions GM Matt Millen firing himself, actually put some thought into this: if your bracket totally crashes down in flames and you guess the score on the spot, you have at least some psychic power to brag about. Keep in mind that each team can score somewhere between 60-90 points, although Championship games mostly run a little high.

[ludo21]

This is a tough year, I agree.. I could see 5-7 teams having a legit shot to win it...

Im still going homer with Arizona... NC has a great shot as well tho, they are very deep.

[Crushaholic]

Tips for Filling in Your Bracket, for dummies V.1

1. Pick whichever team's name sounds more familiar. For example, unless you bleed yellowish-orange and blue, you're probably not too familiar with Oral Roberts University. (We're not.) Therefore, you go with Washington St., which actually has a state named after it. (Or is it the other way around?)

I'll give you a hint. They beat a current #1 seed earlier this season...not that it really matters now. Or, does it?;)

[minibronco]

I'll give you a hint. They beat a current #1 seed earlier this season...not that it really matters now. Or, does it?;)

It was seriously humorous (woah! oxymoron!), but....umm... sure! ROFL!

[Natedog24]

Stanford v. Louisville tomorrow. Stoked.

Should be a good one, probably the game in the first round that I am most looking forward to seeing that isn't involving the Ducks. Here's hoping the Lopez twins are on their game and pull off the upset :thumbsup:

[Darkhawk24]

Wow, wonderful observation. Here's a clue: Kevin Durant makes most teams look beatable.

She did say she had them in the finals.... I know to KU fans that just isnt good enough... ;)

[TexanBob]

I see Stanford is proving why they should have been put in the Tourney over so many much better-qualified teams...

[Natedog24]

Good thing I didn't have Stanford going to far lol

[ludo21]

i picked Stanford in the beginning, but yesterday I switched to Lousiville.... good idea!!

I also got Davidson over Maryland.... come on!!!!

[Rock Chalk]

She did say she had them in the finals.... I know to KU fans that just isnt good enough... ;)

I asked her what she saw as KU's weaknesses and she replied "they looked beatable" after they played Kevin Durant.

Has nothing to do with how far KU is going.

Guess you michigan tards cant comprehend simple English.

[Darkhawk24]

I asked her what she saw as KU's weaknesses and she replied "they looked beatable" after they played Kevin Durant.

Has nothing to do with how far KU is going.

Guess you michigan tards cant comprehend simple English.


It's alright I forgive you. March Madness time makes all KU fans cranky. :D

[Rock Chalk]

4321~

[ludo21]

dang.. there is bracket buster number 1... down goes Davidson ;D

I had them beating Maryland ;D

[Rock Chalk]

I got ORU beating WSU.

If they can keep the pace and stop being careless with the ball they might pull it off.

[ludo21]

I have ORU as well!!

my buddy goes there...

[Arkansas Bronco]

I got ORU beating WSU.

If they can keep the pace and stop being careless with the ball they might pull it off.

The one in my office pool I got ORU the one online I filled out in about a minute and I dont have a clue.

[OrangeShadow]

damn BC, there goes one of my upsets

[Arkansas Bronco]

dang.. there is bracket buster number 1... down goes Davidson ;D

I had them beating Maryland ;D

Those darned Badgers.

*-Ludo knows what I mean so dont jump on here yellin terrapins at me.

[Natedog24]

WSU is an interesting team, very inexperienced as this the first WSU team to make the dance in who knows how long. But they are a tremendous defensive team and extremely well coached. They are going to have to start knocking down some shots though or this has upset written all over it.

[Darkhawk24]

WSU will come back. ORU isn't a bad #14 seed team though. I have Old Dominion over Butler though.

[Natedog24]

This WSU team that has showed up in the second half more like the team that finished second in the pac 10 this year. Not the most talented team in the world, but very disciplined and athletic. Weavers dunk was sweet.

[broncocalijohn]

I took Old D for my 12th seed upset. Gonzaga for one win then done when they meet UCLA. Glad i didnt stay with my Pac 10 and switch the Stanford to win. 3 for 3 so far.

[Darkhawk24]

I had the pac 10 doing pretty well to. UCLA to the championship game, Oregon to the final four (a reach I agree, but I wanted to spice my bracket up). WSU to the sweet sixteen, but figured they'd give GT a great game. I like all three teams.

[Natedog24]

I have ODU as well...

[DomCasual]

I literally have not watched one college basketball game, start to finish, this year. And if you combined all the college basketball I've watched all year, I bet it'd be less than two hours.

So, the moral of the story is that anyone I beat really, really sucks.

Then again, when we would do this for our employees, we had some years where the winners were random women who never watched games in their lives. We "experts" that watched college basketball every night really looked like brainiacs.

[OrangeShadow]

on my facebook one i have ODU to but i took texas tech to beat BC. my other upsets was Ga tech over UNLV

[Darkhawk24]

Crap kiss ODU good bye. Butler's three shooters got red freaking hot. What is Texas A&M 's issue!?! Letting Pen go on a 21-6 run is unacceptable!

[Rock Chalk]

Wo wn the ORU WSU game? I was at teh bar but too busy drinkin.

[smalltowngrll]

Wsu

[Crushaholic]

So far, the average margin of victory of the games already played is 15. This is a very un-March Madnesslike tournament as I write this.

[Northman]

Man, a lot of people picked ODU. Bad pick, i knew Butler would win and watch them beat Maryland in the next round. My only bad pick thus far is Oral Roberts.

[Rock Chalk]

Mine too Anubis, but they played well in the first half. Just fell apart apparently in that second half.

[Northman]

Mine too Anubis, but they played well in the first half. Just fell apart apparently in that second half.


Oh, and you'll be happy to know i have your boys winning it all even though i dont like Kansas. :approve:

[Rock Chalk]

Well ****. Bill Simmons has KU too and he is never right.

We're doomed.

[TexanBob]

Wo wn the ORU WSU game? I was at teh bar but too busy drinkin.

I guess that explains the lack of a spellchecker, eh? Hilarious!

BTW, WSU won.

Incidentally, the smartest guy in the pool so far is the one who went straight by the seedings. There hasn't been an upset all afternoon.

[Crushaholic]

Man, a lot of people picked ODU. Bad pick, i knew Butler would win and watch them beat Maryland in the next round. My only bad pick thus far is Oral Roberts.

I hope not. I have Maryland in the title game...

[Northman]

I hope not. I have Maryland in the title game...

WOW. lol

Even if Maryland should get past Butler i seriously doubt they have enough to get past Florida at the very least.

[ludo21]

They wont get past Florida caz AZ is going to beat them first ;D

VCU playing well, and OSU is dominating..

[spdirty]

wow...how bout VCU?!?!?!?

[watermock]

Doh! heh

[Natedog24]

Finally a game worthy of March Madness...

[TexanBob]

I know it's just a fantasy but wouldn't it be superb if Duke and North Carolina could BOTH lose in the first round?

GO E. Kentucky!

[watermock]

Kuke has been blowing games all year.

[Rock Chalk]

I know it's just a fantasy but wouldn't it be superb if Duke and North Carolina could BOTH lose in the first round?

GO E. Kentucky!

Nothing would make me happier than to see the vaunted UNC program be the first to ever get knocked off by a 16 seed.

Of course, with my luck it will be KU.

[ludo21]

VCU can beat Pitt for sure if they play that hard again.

WOAW! what a game!!

[Northman]

Maynor was cold as ice on that final shot. I love to see the Dookies lose. Woohoo!

[OrangeShadow]

man i had duke making it to the second round.

[Broncoman13]

I can't tell you how many times I went back and forth on that game while making my picks.

Oh well, I did the same thing with Old D and Butler and finally ended up with Butler... I guess I'll live w/a 50/50 split.

It's actually better for me that Duke lost b/c a lot of people had them going to the Quarters, and I did not.

I can't remember what it's been like in years past (too much beer, and I've slept A LOT since then!) but there seems to be an awful lot of different championship teams, or so our picks would indicate. North Carolina (my team!) has the most votes it appears (11). Ohio St. (my pick) has a bunch as well (10). But, I've seen a ton of different teams listed. Texas has a few, Texas A&M, Kansas, UCLA, Floriduh, and Georgetown all have votes and I understand why. I can even go along with Memphis receiving one person's vote (of confidence). But who in the he!! would vote for Arizona? Come forth and speak... you have to be a big time homer to pick'em!

I'll route for NortCackaLacky the whole tourney and you better believe I'll be pulling for them to beat up on the *uckeyes, but at the end of the day I just don't see them getting past OSU again. With Oden on the court I think they're a different ball team and I don't think Carolina can beat them again. Hopefully somebody else knocks them off and gives Carolina a cleaner path, but I don't see it happening. OSU is playing some of the best ball in the nation right now. As are Florida, Kansas, Georgetown, Memphis, and YEP... TEXAS. Should be a great tourney. Kevin Durant may be a bean pole, but the dude can flat out ball!

Last but not least... DUCK ***E!

[JPEZ]

Hoyas cruise!

I picked Texas Tech and Marquette to move on! ~Popps~ >:'(

[Pezman]

Hoyas cruise!

I picked Texas Tech and Marquette to move on! ~Popps~ >:'(

Better than picking DenFan's bracket! ROFL! Ha!

He had Old Dominion in the sweet 16 (Ouch!)
Duke in the sweet 16 (double ouch)
Penn in the sweet 16 (triple ouch!)
Texas Tech in the elite eight! (Quadruple LOL AHAHAHAHA Ouch)

Not a bad day all-around. Although, I should have known better than to pick any team from the WAC errrrr Mountain West to do crap.

[Broncoman13]

You just try to keep up there tough guy!!!

[smalltowngrll]

Alright people...this is a public service announcement....

CHANGE YOUR NAME ON THE CBS SPORTSLINE TO YOUR MANE NAME!! I Can't see who I'm really losing too. ;D

[Crushaholic]

I actually had VCU beating Duke!;D

Of course, some of my other lame-brained picks finds me slightly below middle of the pack. I do this every year. I have one upset that nobody else saw coming and I stink up my other predictions. It's rather unusual...:rofl:

[TexanBob]

Even though I took five losses, only one was a team I picked to win this weekend so I'm still in decent shape. In fact, practically everyone is. Even though Duke was was the "name" upset, they were only a 6 seed and many had them gone this weekend anyway. All the top seeds are still in play. That actually makes me a bit nervous about Friday because I didn't forecast many upsets.

[ludo21]

my main problem is I had Wright State beating Pitt..

Thus I had Duke beating them and getting into the Sweet 16... ouch!

[minibronco]

Opening day for the NCAA Tournament.

Game/Upset of the day:
West Region:
#11 Virginia Commonwealth 79
#6 Duke 77
Great game with about as good as an ending as you can hope for. This thriller kept me on the edge of my seat during the first upset of the tournament. At one point, in the first half VCU was down 22-9. Great perimeter shooting and defense brought VCU back. During the final minutes there were several lead changes and ties. Also a rough game, as four Duke players had to leave the game because of bleeding. Scary moment late in the game when Duke guard Scheyer was unintentionally hit by a VCU player drove to the basket and bled from the eye. This looked like a follow through hit a la Kobe, but fortunately Scheyer was fine and able to return to the game. Congratulations to the rams and first year coach Anthony Grant to pull off the upset against the Blue Devils, who had a disappointing season. This is the first time the Blue Devils have fallen in the first round, and this is the lowest they had been seeded in quite a while. This also breaks the streak of Sweet 16 appearances at 9, what was the nations longest active streak.

Stat of the day:
In an extremely low scoring game between #9 Michigan State 61 and #8 Marquette 49, the Golden Eagles failed to score until 10:46 remaining in the first quarter. Not a big deal, but I wanted to see Dominic James lead his team into the Sweet 16.

Also:
#2 UCLA 70
#15 Weber State 42
UCLA dominated Weber (pronounced wee-bur) State, Head Coach Ben Howland's alma mater as expected. Nice bounce back after a disappointing loss to mediocre Yoo-Dub in the regular season finale and not much better Golden Bears in their opening game in the PAC-10 tournament. Look for Bruins to make a deep run in the tournament.
Collison's mildly sprained ankle seemed fine and he played at full throttle against the Wildcats.

My bracket:
As of 7:40, my bracket is pretty good. Only misses so far are Duke and Marquette.
99th Percentile in all of Yahoo! Tournament Pick'em Brackets.
Not too shabby.

Buzz of the day:
Jeff (Cleveland): I think I my bracket is busted already. That FAMU/Niagara game killed me.

Site of the day: (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney07/news/story?page=animations0314)
ESPN site offers animations and explanations of key plays for Florida, North Carolina, UCLA, and Wisconsin. Interesting, and give you something to watch for while watching their games.

What to watch right now (8:00 PM PST):
17:47 2nd Half
(10)Gonzaga (http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=2250) 35
(7)Indiana (http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=84) 38
2CBS

UPDATE:
(10)Gonzaga (http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=2250) 57
(7)Indiana (http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=84) 70
Indiana advances to meet UCLA in the second round.

[broncocalijohn]

Great?!?! I am rooting for the same team as Alec. We can be angry together if they lose.

[Northman]

So far ive done ok, ive only lost 4 games yesterday in my pickem. And luckily all of the losses werent moving past the next round. phewww

[GSRelyea]

Nothing would make me happier than to see the vaunted UNC program be the first to ever get knocked off by a 16 seed.

Of course, with my luck it will be KU.

FEAR THE PURPLE EAGLES!!!!!!



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[GSRelyea]

Don't be suprised if U Albany knocks off Virginia today, if Jamar Wilson is on they are very dangerous.

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[Rock Chalk]

I missed 3 different games in all my brackets.

I picked VCU in my ESPN office pool bracket but missed ORU, Gonzaga and Indiana. Still, in second place in that one and tied for fourth in the OM one.

Good job Greg x2(two leaders are Greg's...odd) on the opening round, missing only one of the games.

[Rock Chalk]

Bwahahahaha

53 DenFan38 8 8 152 50 Ohio St. (70)

Of the people that filled out brackets, DenFan is right where he belongs. At the bottom.

Never fails.

[GSRelyea]

I missed 3 different games in all my brackets.

I picked VCU in my ESPN office pool bracket but missed ORU, Gonzaga and Indiana. Still, in second place in that one and tied for fourth in the OM one.

Good job Greg x2(two leaders are Greg's...odd) on the opening round, missing only one of the games.

I have a good amount of upset picks going today, so I fully intend to lose my first place spot. Winthrop, Albany and I can't afford to lose Nevada as I have them knocking off Memphis is the 2nd round.

[ludo21]

I can't tell you how many times I went back and forth on that game while making my picks.

Oh well, I did the same thing with Old D and Butler and finally ended up with Butler... I guess I'll live w/a 50/50 split.

It's actually better for me that Duke lost b/c a lot of people had them going to the Quarters, and I did not.

I can't remember what it's been like in years past (too much beer, and I've slept A LOT since then!) but there seems to be an awful lot of different championship teams, or so our picks would indicate. North Carolina (my team!) has the most votes it appears (11). Ohio St. (my pick) has a bunch as well (10). But, I've seen a ton of different teams listed. Texas has a few, Texas A&M, Kansas, UCLA, Floriduh, and Georgetown all have votes and I understand why. I can even go along with Memphis receiving one person's vote (of confidence). But who in the he!! would vote for Arizona? Come forth and speak... you have to be a big time homer to pick'em!

I'll route for NortCackaLacky the whole tourney and you better believe I'll be pulling for them to beat up on the *uckeyes, but at the end of the day I just don't see them getting past OSU again. With Oden on the court I think they're a different ball team and I don't think Carolina can beat them again. Hopefully somebody else knocks them off and gives Carolina a cleaner path, but I don't see it happening. OSU is playing some of the best ball in the nation right now. As are Florida, Kansas, Georgetown, Memphis, and YEP... TEXAS. Should be a great tourney. Kevin Durant may be a bean pole, but the dude can flat out ball!

Last but not least... DUCK ***E!

my name is bob jorge, and I went homer on Arizone!!

WOOOOOOOOO!!!! watch it!!:strong:

[Garcia Bronco]

quick poll

12 Illy or 5 Virginia Tech?

I think this is actually an evenly matched game

[Nuggets4]

Well, I'm screwed. I apparently forgot to log in and change my picks for this bracket. So while I'm winning my ESPN challenge, I'm getting my ass kicked here. Que sera sera.

[Crushaholic]

This should be one of the best opening round games. However, that's not hard to do this year. The games have been blowouts for the most part. As far as the winner, I would have to consult my bracket...

[BMF Bronco]

What the ****, it didn't record any of my picks, well this just sucks ass!

[PatsWin2002]

This 10 Georgia Tech / 7 UNLV game is very good.

10 minutes left and it's tied at 46....back and forth they go.

[Pezman]

For those who's picks didnt get in, send me your current list and I'll add them in (however, they will have an asterick next to them)

[BMF Bronco]

For those who's picks didnt get in, send me your current list and I'll add them in (however, they will have an asterick next to them)

can I fax it to you?

[Rock Chalk]

For those who's picks didnt get in, send me your current list and I'll add them in (however, they will have an asterick next to them)

BS! You snooze you lose

[Pezman]

BS! You snooze you lose

They'll be allowed to enter their picks... but everything from day 1 and up to this afternoon's games will be nixed. In other words, only DenFan's ****ty picks will have a lower score than these ones :rofl:

[Rock Chalk]

BWahaha how can DenFan be so consistently bad?

[Pezman]

BWahaha how can DenFan be so consistently bad?

What else would you expect of a Buckeye fan? ;D

[Rock Chalk]

Man GT vs UNLV is one of the best games so far minus the VCU/Duke game.

[PLOWHORSE]

Vegas Wins!! Great game.

[broncocalijohn]

I have Wisconsin going to the final 4 and they are ready to give the biggest upset in the Tourney.....EVER! I dont mind losing a point to an upset in first round if I had that bracket losing the next game but this can be a disaster for many!

[Rock Chalk]

Wow, Wisconsin is gettin their asses handed to them.

This is great!

[Pezman]

Alec, one of DenFan's Final Four is already out! Ha!

Best bracket ever.

[Rock Chalk]

I need Wisconsin to lose because GT lost and I had them going to the Elite 8 which is going to hurt in the end.

[Rock Chalk]

Yeah! Winthrop wins, another upset ;D

[Pezman]

Haha! Notre Lame, buh bye. Holy crap, Denfan actually called that one. Luck happens

[Darkhawk24]

Wow I'm not doing any bragging with my tourney so far. I haven't officially lost a team going into the sweet 16 yet. Though if Nevada or Wisconsin falls that will change. Eeeks!

[Kid A]

Sweet, got my first upset to go through for me (winthrop). Come on Creighton...

[Rock Chalk]

Well if TAMU CC can upset Wisconsin I'll be happy wih the opening round of upsets.

[Jens1893]

Well if TAMU CC can upset Wisconsin I'll be happy wih the opening round of upsets.

I have Wisconsin in the Final Four ... oooooooooooops

the lower half of my East bracket is UGLY

[Northman]

Don't be suprised if U Albany knocks off Virginia today, if Jamar Wilson is on they are very dangerous.



So is J.R Reynolds. WASNT EVEN CLOSE. :welcome:

UVA- 84
Albany- 57


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[Crushaholic]

I can't believe that we are 3/4 of the way through the first round and we've only had ONE overtime game (Nevada/Creighton). Let's hope for a more exciting evening to wrap up the first round...

[smalltowngrll]

Looks like OR is having a tough time holding off Miami...anyone that's watching the game want to elaborate on the issue?

[Rock Chalk]

Its March stg, this is what happens.

[smalltowngrll]

Yes, I know...but, I can't watch the game. I'm not a big fan of OR and I just was curious.

[Rock Chalk]

I wasnt watching either, just being my smartass self

[Northman]

Yes, I know...but, I can't watch the game. I'm not a big fan of OR and I just was curious.


Oregon won 58-56 STG.

[smalltowngrll]

Oregon won 58-56 STG.

Thanks... Now for my cats...can they pull out a win? Hope so.

[TexanBob]

Only took one loss this afternoon (G. tech) but I screwed up and had them going two rounds on the OM contest and only one round in my other bracket.

[Crushaholic]

My midwest bracket is looking like Survivor...a real mess. I'm hoping Florida and Purdue save me tonight. Otherwise, I might be sinking close to DenFan territory...:D

[OrangeShadow]

Va tech down 10 right now

[MechanicalBull]

I was doing great yesterday and the early games today but now starting to lose ground. I had Notre Dame going to the Sweet 16 that loss killed me. Need Illinois to hang on tonight.

[Rock Chalk]

Whew.

I gotta tell ya, Ive been nervous all day for the Jayhawks. I was worried NIagara would be giving them a good game at halftime.

Up by 25 though, worries gone. ROCK CHALK!

[Rock Chalk]

Wow, Im really shocked by the Illinois VTech game. I think I split this game between brackets, but I figured it would be a 1 or 2 point game at halftime.

Texas finally takes the lead 10 seconds to halftime.

[Rock Chalk]

Zona down to Purdue starting the second half here.

Olson will get them the win though. I like Purdue's matchup, but coaching favors Zona.

[JPEZ]

I was doing great yesterday and the early games today but now starting to lose ground. I had Notre Dame going to the Sweet 16 that loss killed me. Need Illinois to hang on tonight.

I had Notre Dame going far as well!
They gave Georgetown trouble in the Big East semi-finals and were on a winning streak!
Damn, I'm Crashing and Burning!

[Jens1893]

ive got 15/16 sweet 16 teams alive .... and my south bracket has been flawless so far

[smalltowngrll]

Zona down to Purdue starting the second half here.

Olson will get them the win though. I like Purdue's matchup, but coaching favors Zona.

I hope...but, dang, they just are playing lazy this year. Not sure what the deal is. I've never seen any of Lute's teams play so lazy.

[Rock Chalk]

Well, my bracket is not well. My only hope is that there is a hidden bracket buster that screws everyone but me.

[Rock Chalk]

I kinda feel bad for Niagara. I hope Bill Self yanks the starters, get them some rest and stuff. No reason to continue to blow these guys out. 83 to 44 right now :nono:

[Jens1893]

I kinda feel bad for Niagara. I hope Bill Self yanks the starters, get them some rest and stuff. No reason to continue to blow these guys out. 83 to 44 right now :nono:

i am surprised that you know the meaning of the word sympathy

[JPEZ]

i am surprised that you know the meaning of the word sympathy


Ouch! Yikes!

[Rock Chalk]

i am surprised that you know the meaning of the word sympathy

wtf. now I got euro trash chimin in.

Im a very sympathetic person, just not to idiots. Which is why you rarely see my sympathy on this board.

[ludo21]

ouch this ugly game by AZ..

they need to pull it together!!!

[Rock Chalk]

The UT/NMST game is pretty good.

[Jens1893]

The UT/NMST game is pretty good.

cbs has just dropped the u of a game for this one

[Jens1893]

mmod on sportsline.com is great .... but the commercials get old after a while

[OrangeShadow]

ive only got 3 wrong picks in one espn entry but im doin pretty bad on cbs and facebook

[Rock Chalk]

I got UT NMST on the local station, been on my computer watching this game and moving back and forth between rooms to check in on the Texas game

[smalltowngrll]

AZ is back on. But, I'm just sick...sick to my stomach.

[Jens1893]

This one´s for Alec

This Song Goes Out To All The Trendy, Spoiled Bastards Who Listen To ****ty Music!

Euro Trash, go away, so so trendy, your pathetic. Euro Scumbag, champagne and caviar, techno bull****, blarin from your daddy's car.

chorus: You are such a mess, I hate you Euro Trash. You try hard to dress like you're the best. Why don't you must go away, don't you look down on me. Go away and stay.

You go down to M-80 tonight, see through clothing way too tight. Euro jerkoff who the **** do you think you are? Spoiled richboy, **** your euro bars!

chorus:

Kill! Kill! Kill!

[ludo21]

AZ is back on. But, I'm just sick...sick to my stomach.

there not crashing the boards, not executing on offense..

this sucks!!

[Rock Chalk]

whoa, thats a little heavy handed even for me.

[Rock Chalk]

Whoa didnt see Zona still losing, wtf.

[Jens1893]

whoa, thats a little heavy handed even for me.

Blame Dropkick Murphys.

[Rock Chalk]

40 point victory, largest victory of the tourney so far ;D

[smalltowngrll]

It's just awful. They must've left their game in Tucson. It's just awful. What's with all the stupid turnovers? Sheesh

[smalltowngrll]

40 point victory, largest victory of the tourney so far ;D

Congrats on the win, Alec! ^5

[Jens1893]

vtech move on

[Rock Chalk]

Man Illinois got hosed at the end.

[Jens1893]

nmsu could screw both of my brackets here

[Rock Chalk]

Hey STG, doesnt look good for Zona so if they do lose, let me just be the first to offer my condolences.

[Jens1893]

It's just awful. They must've left their game in Tucson. It's just awful. What's with all the stupid turnovers? Sheesh

the fact that you werent sure if theyd be in the tourney at all was enough for me to pick purdue

[TexanBob]

I'm pissed. Illinois played like idiots but they still would have won if the officials didn't allow Virginia Tech to mug the Illini the last five minutes and called nothing. VT didn't win this one - the officials did.

[ludo21]

2 scores down...

REBOUND THE BALL , BOXX OUT!!!

fundamentals, AZ just isnt doing that. ughh, 19 offfensive boards for Purdue..

[Rock Chalk]

I'm pissed. Illinois played like idiots but they still would have won if the officials didn't allow Virginia Tech to mug the Illini the last five minutes and called nothing. VT didn't win this one - the officials did.

I agree with the last second play anyway. VTech pounded that Illinoi player and no foul called.

[Rock Chalk]

Btw TexanBob, you almost called that for sure. Texas hasnt looked sharp in this game for the most part. Got a small lead now but man, I figured ablow out.

[smalltowngrll]

:cuss: ~Popps~

Thanks, Alec...they deserve to lose. They played like ****!

[Rock Chalk]

Wow DJ augustine can really put the jets on when he wants to drive to the hole.

[TexanBob]

Btw TexanBob, you almost called that for sure. Texas hasnt looked sharp in this game for the most part. Got a small lead now but man, I figured ablow out.

Always pay attention to the Time Zone Advantage. You take a long flight and then screw up your body rythyms. If one team has to do that and the other one doesn't, that's a huge advantage.

[Rock Chalk]

Always pay attention to the Time Zone Advantage. You take a long flight and then screw up your body rythyms. If one team has to do that and the other one doesn't, that's a huge advantage.

DIdnt seem to bother KU too much. Course, Niagara isnt all that great and they had to travel too...still KU dropped 107 points on em.

[Rock Chalk]

Come on Longhorns, Big 12 Represent! Stupid Tech, but that was predictable.

[Jens1893]

what the hell is a saluki?

[Rock Chalk]

what the hell is a saluki?

http://www.siuc.edu/aboutsiuc/saluki.html

Answers your EXACT question ;D

[Northman]

40 point victory, largest victory of the tourney so far ;D

Congrats on the win Alec. They looked very impressive as virtually every starter for KU had some kind of dunk in this game. Ha!

Makes me feel good that i picked them to win it all. And i never realized that they are just freshman and sophomores on that team. Amazing. :strong:

[Rock Chalk]

Congrats on the win Alec. They looked very impressive as virtually every starter for KU had some kind of dunk in this game. Ha!

Makes me feel good that i picked them to win it all. And i never realized that they are just freshman and sophomores on that team. Amazing. :strong:

Pretty sure Julian Wright is coming back. He is going to graduate in 3 years and this is year 2. He promised his mom he would graduate. Not sure about Rush but he kinda fell off the radar this year (or was overshadowed by other big names like Durant, Law, Boggan in the Big 12 alone). Chalmers should come back and I think Sherron Collins will too. If all four of those guys come back I'll be stoked.

[Northman]

Man, this is not boding well for me today. Im glad my Cavs won but im getting killed in other areas of my bracket. Notre Dame hurt me the worst but now Nova is looking like they are going to lose and Zona went down. I took a big hit today. ouch

[Rock Chalk]

Dude, no matter how bad UK sucks, NEVER bet against them in the first round. That and never pick a 16 seed are the only golden rules.

[Northman]

Dude, no matter how bad UK sucks, NEVER bet against them in the first round. That and never pick a 16 seed are the only golden rules.

Yep. learning the hard way. :rofl:

[Rock Chalk]

Round 1 is Complete. Our standings!

1 Adam 27 27 164 56 Kansas (167)
1 Richard Jackson 27 27 172 58 North Carolina (140)
3 Dave Root 26 26 168 56 Texas A&M ()
3 Greg Relyea 26 26 165 55 North Carolina (151)
3 Jeff West 26 26 168 56 North Carolina (168)
3 Jens Rechtien 26 26 168 56 UCLA (121)
3 kid a 26 26 165 55 Kansas ()
3 Matthew Paine 26 26 168 56 Florida (164)
3 Mike Mike 26 26 171 57 North Carolina (158)
3 PatsWin2002 26 26 168 56 Ohio St. (143)
3 TheManeMan 26 26 171 57 Florida (147)
12 Barrett Seller 25 25 167 55 Florida (145)
12 Brian Pelzer 25 25 164 54 Georgetown (135)
12 David C 25 25 170 56 Memphis ()
12 Greg Johnson - Arkie 25 25 161 53 North Carolina (153)
12 NYBronc 25 25 167 55 Ohio St. ()
12 Ryan Schneider 25 25 170 56 Texas (176)
12 skcussivadla 25 25 170 56 UCLA (130)
19 bob jorge 24 24 128 48 Arizona ()
19 Broncoman13 24 24 169 55 Ohio St. (111)
19 Bryan Pezman 24 24 166 54 Kansas (144)
19 Chris - RhymesayersDU 24 24 169 55 Ohio St. (165)
19 Dimitri Peros CBF1 24 24 163 53 UCLA (134)
19 James Sessions 24 24 166 54 Texas (139)
19 jim shields 24 24 166 54 Georgetown (123)
19 Marco Navarro 24 24 163 53 Ohio St. (144)
19 minibronco 24 24 163 53 North Carolina (161)
19 Nuggets4 24 24 166 54 Ohio St. (98)
19 orange crusher 24 24 166 54 North Carolina (161)
19 SureShot 24 24 166 54 Texas ()
19 Toby Thompson 24 24 166 54 Florida (152)
32 Bob Hulsey 23 23 162 52 Ohio St. (137)
32 Brian Bell 23 23 168 54 Ohio St. (138)
32 Brian-Mechanicalbull 23 23 154 50 UCLA (162)
32 DennisSmithHOF 23 23 162 52 Florida (153)
32 gunns 23 23 168 54 Kansas (132)
32 Hoosier Bronco 23 23 154 50 Texas (143)
32 Missingnumber7 23 23 160 52 North Carolina (165)
32 ThyNatural 23 23 154 50 Kansas (132)
32 tim gibbs 23 23 165 53 Florida (159)
41 Andy Kaczka 22 22 161 51 Florida (175)
41 Crushaholic 22 22 158 50 North Carolina (115)
41 Dom Casual 22 22 167 53 Florida (125)
41 Jimmy Focus 22 22 153 49 Georgetown (193)
41 Orange Shadow 22 22 167 53 Ohio St. (89)
41 philip mueller 22 22 164 52 North Carolina (145)
41 smalltowngrll 22 22 161 51 Georgetown (164)
41 Stormontheplains 22 22 158 50 Kansas (143)
49 Jamian Lineberry, jline27 21 21 160 50 Georgetown (151)
49 Josh Lopez 21 21 152 48 North Carolina (126)
51 James Eynard 20 20 146 46 Kansas (138)
51 John Claycomb 20 20 162 50 Kansas (115)
53 DenFan38 15 15 114 34 Ohio St. (70)

[smalltowngrll]

Seirously...Man, this is the worst I've EVER done! ROFL! Too funny...and Alec...I'm not sure I like the negative advertisement! ;)

[TexanBob]

So, I looked it up to see how well A&M does in road games. They beat Kansas on the road but, otherwise, not impressed. Lost at Texas. Lost at Texas Tech. Lost at LSU and UCLA back in December.

While Louisville won't technically be a road game, I'm guessing 80% of the crowd will be Louisville fans and they showed during the Stanford game that they don't sit on their hands.

The irony is that if A&M beats Louisville, they get the home cooking advantage the following week down in San Antonio. But first, they have to beat Rick Pitino.

[Atlas]

ouch this ugly game by AZ..

they need to pull it together!!!


You posted that you had Arizona winning it all, I didn't want to tell you that I had them losing in the first round.... I will now however.

[MechanicalBull]

My South bracket is looking horrible but others still doing ok so far. Just checking the standings and it seems that only 4 people including myself have picked UCLA to win it all.

[smalltowngrll]

At least most of the losses I had in round one I didn't have going too far, so I think I still have a fairly decent chance!

[spdirty]

My South bracket is looking horrible but others still doing ok so far. Just checking the standings and it seems that only 4 people including myself have picked UCLA to win it all.

My South was perfect.!Booya!

[Crushaholic]

At least most of the losses I had in round one I didn't have going too far, so I think I still have a fairly decent chance!

That's actually my theory, as well. I still feel good about a lot of the second round matchups. I had a feeling that there weren't going to be a lot of upsets in the first round, but I didn't go with my feeling. I tried to force a few upsets that never happened...

[TexanBob]

My South was perfect.!Booya!

Ditto. I agree with STG (and I think its true of most players) that the losses so far did not do a great deal of harm to their bracket projections. 14 of my Sweet 16 candidates are still in play (and I meant to switch Georgia Tech too) so I could get well in a hurry if things break right.

So the real contest becomes who handles the second and third rounds the best. Will we see upsets or will we see the seeds stay true to form?

I gotta say there are some teams that I have going deeper (Pitt, Oregon, S. Illinois, Memphis) who didn't impress me much and I hope they show better.

I'm still pissed over the Illinois-Va. Tech game.

[Jens1893]

Not even getting half the first round games right is rather embarrassing.

[OrangeShadow]

at least im doing well im my espn pool

[Jens1893]

Looks like OSU are in trouble a little.

[smalltowngrll]

OSU and Xavier game is awesome. This is what March Madness is all about!! ;D

[MechanicalBull]

My South was perfect.!Booya!

I just realized I meant West. My South is in great shape, Creighton losing is the only loss on that region but my west I had Ill. beating VA Tech, Villanova beating Kentucky and then beating Kansas in rd 2.

[Pezman]

OSU and Xavier game is awesome. This is what March Madness is all about!! ;D

Go Xavier! My brackets are decent this year. Only one sweet 16 team snuffed out in the first round for me. I'm still forced to ride the KU train to victory though.

[Jens1893]

My South was perfect.!Booya!

^5 Same here.

[smalltowngrll]

Go Xavier! My brackets are decent this year. Only one sweet 16 team snuffed out in the first round for me. I'm still forced to ride the KU train to victory though.

That would screw with my bracket...but, I love upsets, so I'll go with it!

[Jens1893]

Go Xavier! My brackets are decent this year. Only one sweet 16 team snuffed out in the first round for me. I'm still forced to ride the KU train to victory though.

If DenFan keeps this up we´re gonna need to change his avatar and signature. His bracket is UNREAL!

Only 8 of his Sweet 16 teams are alive.

[Jens1893]

Third foul on Oden ... the Buckeyes are in deep ****.

[smalltowngrll]

If DenFan keeps this up we´re gonna need to change his avatar and signature. His bracket is UNREAL!

Only 8 of his Sweet 16 teams are alive.

Funny you guys keep talking about DenFan...

I'm leading up a pool at work and most of the guys that I work with have no clue about the tournament. I had to explain the whole process to them. Anyway, you should see some of the brackets I got back! ROFL! Anywho, I decided that I should give away a big loser prize, too! One has Gonzaga winning it, another had Penn winning it and yet another had UNLV winning it. Too funny! Hey, easy money for me! ;D

[MechanicalBull]

I have OSU getting knocked out in the sweet 16 so a loss today won't really hurt me. It might even help.

[OrangeShadow]

OSU needs to step it up, xavier is playing out of their minds

[Jens1893]

oden´s 4th

[Jens1893]

xavier´s gonna blow this

[Rock Chalk]

Holy **** this OSU game is awesome!

[PatsWin2002]

OSU is my winner......good thing I don't really care if they lose.

What a disappointment that would be if I'd bet money.

[Rock Chalk]

Not me, I had them choking early anyway. Sink this next FT and Xavier seals the win.

[Pezman]

Omg!!!!!!!!! The Three!!!

[Pezman]

Wowowowowowow! Clutch!@!!!

[Rock Chalk]

OMG!!!!!!!! OT!

Unreal un freakin real.

God I love March.

[Jens1893]

didnt see that coming

[smalltowngrll]

WOW....that was incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jens1893]

Alec, cant get my dad hooked ... just had him here for the last 10 mins of regulation and he left the room when OSU sunk the 3.

[Jens1893]

But no Greg Oden for Ohio State.

[Rock Chalk]

I want to hear no more **** from writers about how dull this march has been.

Oden is out, that's gonna hurt OSU but man, they got some momentum.

[Rock Chalk]

Alec, cant get my dad hooked ... just had him here for the last 10 mins of regulation and he left the room when OSU sunk the 3.

He's German, I'll forgive him.

Conley answers with the 3.

[Pezman]

Good god, talk about waking the sleeping giant. Ohio State is on fire right now.

[Rock Chalk]

Xavier looks done. I could be wrong but they look beaten.

[Jens1893]

OSU is gonna win this ... Xavier can´t hit their shots

[smalltowngrll]

But no Greg Oden for Ohio State.

Doesn't seem to be holding them back much.

[Rock Chalk]

Damn I was really hoping Xavier would win this game.

[Pezman]

Yup, good call Alec, this one is OVAH

Looks like my final four remains intact. What a thriller though

[TexanBob]

Conley bailed out a whole shiatload of brackets today. Including mine.

[smalltowngrll]

Nice D by Xavier. They are trying......

[Rock Chalk]

Xavier can get another quick stop, convert it, they might deflate OSU a little...

[TexanBob]

Nice D by Xavier. They are trying......

Xavier is from Cincinnati. You gotta know they get sick of hearing Buckeye smack all year long.

[smalltowngrll]

awwwwww, well. Nice fight by Xavier.

[Rock Chalk]

Congrats Xavier! Well played game, you gave the #1 team in the nation all they wanted and then some.