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Re: 2017 March Madness
And my alma mater (NKU) is in the tournament for the first time this year since securing Division I status in 2012!
But there was no way I was going to pick them over UK.
But there was no way I was going to pick them over UK.
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Has anyone told Sloonei how the seeding works?
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COME ON, PRINCETON! Get your shit together and nab me a really good starting upset prediction here.
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Final score: Princeton 58 - Notre Dame 60. First game and my bracket is already tainted.
And better yet, Sloonei actually picked the higher rank out of that one (#5 v. #12), so for just this brief moment in time, I'm behind him and in last place with Jay.
And better yet, Sloonei actually picked the higher rank out of that one (#5 v. #12), so for just this brief moment in time, I'm behind him and in last place with Jay.
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Just scrolled through my bracket. I only picked one upset that was higher than a 10-seed in the first round. 11 Rhode Island over 6 Creighton.
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Not even MTSU over Minnesota?Marmot wrote:Just scrolled through my bracket. I only picked one upset that was higher than a 10-seed in the first round. 11 Rhode Island over 6 Creighton.
Though I do have Rhode Island in that matchup as well. I would argue they're underseeded for sure.
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One of my Final Four teams is already out. Shoot. Some day we'll see the triumph of the 16s, but alas 2017 is not that day. Er, year.
I picked all the New England teams to pull off upsets. I'm gunning hard for last place, or I'll have the most shockingly accurate bracket ever. Who knows?
I picked all the New England teams to pull off upsets. I'm gunning hard for last place, or I'll have the most shockingly accurate bracket ever. Who knows?
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GO MTSU, GO!!!
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Yeah, because five Super Bowl championships, three World Series titles, an NBA championship, and claiming the Stanley Cup once all within the last 17 years isn't enough for you, huh? Sheesh. Who is this guy?Sloonei wrote:I picked all the New England teams to pull off upsets.
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Mount St. Mary's (currently playing against Villanova) is about a 45-minute drive from my house. I applied and was accepted there for college back when I was in high school. I went to one of their open house events and loved the place (minus being required to take classes that shove Catholicism down your throat). I went back on a non-open house weekend and the place was on the dirty side. I crossed it off my list at that point, which didn't bother my parents much because they wanted me to go to a Pennsylvania school so they wouldn't have to pay the out-of-state tuition price.
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My one true upset pick was correct; Xavier always seems to go deep into this tournament one way or another.
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I had a feeling Xavier was going to pull it off as well.Sloonei wrote:My one true upset pick was correct; Xavier always seems to go deep into this tournament one way or another.
My big upsets today so far are 1-1; I lost Princeton but I won MTSU. My third is FGCU over FSU, which seemed possible even if unlikely for a bit there, but now not so much.
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My national champions are down 33 with 12 minutes to go. Here comes the comeback.
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Sloonei wrote:My national champions are down 33 with 12 minutes to go. Here comes the comeback.
In other news: I got wrecked by SMU losing at the last second.
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Sloonei, 538 is giving the game where your national champions are getting whooped the lowest possible excitement score: 0.1.
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Shows what they know.MovingPictures07 wrote:Sloonei, 538 is giving the game where your national champions are getting whooped the lowest possible excitement score: 0.1.
... and they lost by 39. Get 'em next year, Texas Southern.
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I see Xavier won again. I should have just picked them as my national champions.
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Yeah, and by a lot. FSU tanked.Sloonei wrote:I see Xavier won again. I should have just picked them as my national champions.
Yesterday was definitely more like normal March Madness. Round 1 was surprisingly not super crazy.
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And how about that Villanova loss? Didn't someone here put them as their National Champion?JaggedJimmyJay wrote:I'm pretty sure my bracket is murdered, but I haven't looked.
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Well, it wasn't a bad choice necessarily; they were the favorite to win the whole thing, even if not heavily so. They did have a pretty treacherous path to get to the end though, but I don't think anyone expected them to bow out in Round 2.JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Oh shit I forgot I did that.
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You're actually in 4th place right now too. If UK gets to the finals, Michigan upsets Louisville (score is 28-26 right now), and everyone else loses their National Champions, you could still theoretically win.
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...and Michigan just upset Louisville (73-69). That's going to further wreck some brackets.MovingPictures07 wrote:You're actually in 4th place right now too. If UK gets to the finals, Michigan upsets Louisville (score is 28-26 right now), and everyone else loses their National Champions, you could still theoretically win.
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You and me both.JaggedJimmyJay wrote:I'm pretty sure my bracket is murdered, but I haven't looked.
This is exciting though. Two 1&2 seeds have been eliminated already, and we're only halfway through the round of 32.
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Indeed, I'm loving Round 2. Round 1 was a bit boring.Marmot wrote:You and me both.JaggedJimmyJay wrote:I'm pretty sure my bracket is murdered, but I haven't looked.
This is exciting though. Two 1&2 seeds have been eliminated already, and we're only halfway through the round of 32.
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It figures. Just about every year Xavier is in it, I pick them to go too far. This is only the second time I've used restraint with Xavier and they go further in the tournament than I picked them too.
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Man, these games have been getting intense. Except for Kansas v. Purdue. Go Kansas!
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My school made it into the Final Four.
Neato!
Neato!
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Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:33 pm Just how many days of "let's yeet them tomorrow" can a mafioso survive?
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I was going to say! How about Oregon? Crazy!
I'm officially knocked out completely now too. And I'm solidly in 9th place. Hi, Sloonei! At least I beat you.
I'm officially knocked out completely now too. And I'm solidly in 9th place. Hi, Sloonei! At least I beat you.
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Wow, how about South Carolina in the Final Four? Crazy.
It's also Gonzaga's first Final Four appearance ever (I believe), and they are definitely the favorite to win it out of the four teams left, but they're still a solid group of teams left.
Pretty cool stuff.
It's also Gonzaga's first Final Four appearance ever (I believe), and they are definitely the favorite to win it out of the four teams left, but they're still a solid group of teams left.
Pretty cool stuff.
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I was thinking North Carolina would be the favorite at this point, but we'll see I guess.MovingPictures07 wrote:Wow, how about South Carolina in the Final Four? Crazy.
It's also Gonzaga's first Final Four appearance ever (I believe), and they are definitely the favorite to win it out of the four teams left, but they're still a solid group of teams left.
Pretty cool stuff.
I'm surprised I somehow managed second place right now. My bracket is a bloodbath.
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I would have thought that too, but 538 which aggregates various statistics thinks otherwise. They actually give the UNC-Oregon match a 52%/48% probability, which is nearly an exactly even match. Crazy.Marmot wrote:I was thinking North Carolina would be the favorite at this point, but we'll see I guess.MovingPictures07 wrote:Wow, how about South Carolina in the Final Four? Crazy.
It's also Gonzaga's first Final Four appearance ever (I believe), and they are definitely the favorite to win it out of the four teams left, but they're still a solid group of teams left.
Pretty cool stuff.
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In a North Carolina/Gonzaga matchup, I'd give UNC the edge.MovingPictures07 wrote:I would have thought that too, but 538 which aggregates various statistics thinks otherwise. They actually give the UNC-Oregon match a 52%/48% probability, which is nearly an exactly even match. Crazy.Marmot wrote:I was thinking North Carolina would be the favorite at this point, but we'll see I guess.MovingPictures07 wrote:Wow, how about South Carolina in the Final Four? Crazy.
It's also Gonzaga's first Final Four appearance ever (I believe), and they are definitely the favorite to win it out of the four teams left, but they're still a solid group of teams left.
Pretty cool stuff.
I'm surprised I somehow managed second place right now. My bracket is a bloodbath.
But yes, I agree that Gonzaga has an easier path to the Championship game than UNC, and therefore a higher chance of winning it all.
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I watched. That game turned into a foul fest.
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I don't know basketball (like at all) but that seemed like a very sloppy second half to me. I didn't watch the first half but there were a lot of fouls and missed shots in the second. Am I crazy or just ignorant to the ways of basketball?
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Yeah, I didn't watch it, but it sounded like it sucked.
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Sloppy basketball is the most entertaining basketball (except for fouling slowing down the pace).
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Yeah, the fouling would have gotten on my nerves, but at least it wasn't a blowout or anything.Epignosis wrote:Sloppy basketball is the most entertaining basketball (except for fouling slowing down the pace).
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How about that Virginia loss last night?
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Crazy Round 2 day today. First Syracuse barely pulls it off over MSU despite both teams towards the end looking like they were trying to throw the game as much as possible, and then UNC absolutely got wrecked by TAMU. And still more to come!
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