NCAA Tournament Open Thread
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who do you have winning it all?
Who are your biggest upsets?
March 16th, 2023 at 11:19 AM ^
Zona wins it all
Biggest upset is Providence over Kentucky
March 16th, 2023 at 12:17 PM ^
You copied my bracket…
March 16th, 2023 at 12:17 PM ^
Rick Pitino would be so conflicted...as though there were 2 restaurant tables with pliant waitresses.
Hahahah
PRINCETON!!!!!!
A high school classmate of my daughter's plays on Princeton. Blake Peters.
March 16th, 2023 at 10:15 PM ^
One of Princeton’s assistant coaches, Lawrence Rowley, is a 2017 Ann Arbor Huron grad (and one of my son’s teammates). Rowley played for Emory after Huron.
About that
That Gonzaga coaching tree rots every March
March 16th, 2023 at 11:43 PM ^
Uh oh.
first comment to thats hilarious.
March 16th, 2023 at 11:21 AM ^
I have UCLA winning it all and I have Charleston into the sweet 16.
March 16th, 2023 at 11:56 AM ^
I agree with UCLA. That weirdo Bill Walton will love it. I watch some PAC games and it’s tiring how he and Pasch constantly argue.
Glad to see you post a normal single comment here vs posting duplicates dozens of times consecutively.
March 16th, 2023 at 11:57 AM ^
Hey now, lets not get into my medical condition that causes duplicate posts.
March 16th, 2023 at 12:44 PM ^
To quote That historic drama, blazing saddles, “but we must, we must “
OK, maybe paraphrase.
"You are so talented, and they are so dumb!"
Are we….awake?
Excuse me while I whip this out.
you’ve got to remember that some of these posters are just simple farmers. people of the land. the common clay of east lansing and columbus. you know…morons.
(hoek, that wasn’t directed at you, i just wanted to play the blazing saddles quote game)
Cue the Jennifer Lawrence “Oh yeah, sure” gif
Bill Walton talked so much shit about the Midwest schools and "truck stops" during the PAC Tourney Championship. Then UCLA lost that game. And AZ lost today. I still hope UCLA wins this tourney though. I just want them to be mid competitive in revenue sports when they join the B1G so Bill Walton complains more. Even though me and Billy both fux w the grateful dead mad heavy yo
March 16th, 2023 at 12:23 PM ^
UCLA may be missing two key players.
Oh damn, that sucks.
Oh damn, that sucks.
Yeah, I caught that last minute and moved them out of my final four, along with Tennesssee which lost Zeigler (PG)recently
tennessee could have prime magic johnson passing to prime michael jordan with lebron thundering down the court and you would be smart to move them out if the final four.
let me introduce you to the Rick Barnes Experience (TM).
March 16th, 2023 at 11:27 AM ^
NCAA Wrestling Tourney kicks off at noon as well!! Don't forget the Big Ten hockey championship Saturday.
WOO HOO
March 16th, 2023 at 11:38 AM ^
Best four days of sport IF Michigan is playing.
Otherwise we're just an eunch at the orgy.
March 16th, 2023 at 11:41 AM ^
Wait, I thought the tournament got cancelled?
March 16th, 2023 at 11:44 AM ^
2020 is that you?
March 16th, 2023 at 12:55 PM ^
Sorry, no, that was in reference to Michigan not making it.
March 16th, 2023 at 11:52 AM ^
I’m cheering for KAOS… aka “Get Smart”.
I would be fine with EVERY underdog winning…
March 16th, 2023 at 12:21 PM ^
And we’re off! I’m thinking that this could be really ugly for the B10. Perhaps even worse than last year.
I don’t have many B10 teams in my $10M bracket, which is still intact. May be the last time I can say that.
March 16th, 2023 at 12:23 PM ^
Texas and Kent State to the S16
March 16th, 2023 at 12:25 PM ^
Maryland looking like a mediocre team that can't win away from home against anyone with a pulse is not a huge surprise.
So true, but I suspect most B1G teams will look mediocre with the exception being Purdue and even that wouldn't surprise me.
just wait til they launch their 'speed in space' offense.
March 16th, 2023 at 12:27 PM ^
My daughter's class did their March Madness brackets based mostly on who had a higher number next to their names and who had the nicer uniforms/mascots and my guess is she's going to do better than about 95% of all predictors out there. It's sort of funny.
March 16th, 2023 at 12:42 PM ^
My wife's folks used to go to the race track many years ago (back when the DRC was open).
Her dad would studiously peruse the racing forms before the races, and placed his bets logically based on the info he gathered.
Her mom, by contrast, would choose horses based solely on whether she thought the horse was good-looking and/or how the jockey's silks looked to her.
Guess who would win as often as not.... drove my FIL stark nuts.
March 16th, 2023 at 12:48 PM ^
Oh absolutely. My daughter's love of birds and the colors red and blue will likely lead to a 4/4 final four bracket.
March 16th, 2023 at 12:29 PM ^
Two Maryland guys running each other on a screen is hilariously on-point.
That was one of our teams go to plays this year, im beginning to think we got snubbed
March 16th, 2023 at 12:31 PM ^
Best upset picks Round 1 - Charleston, Furman, Oral Roberts, Drake, Kent St., Kennesaw St., VCU, Iona, UNC Ashville.
Round 2 - Memphis over Purdue
I've used all these picks in various brackets.
Nice call on Furman, not many people had that upset.
I think that was one of the more popular upset picks.
March 16th, 2023 at 12:32 PM ^
This Maryland game might get ugly. Recipe for disaster when you can't pass or make 3s against an aggressive defense.
March 16th, 2023 at 12:42 PM ^
They are abysmal. And the funny/sad thing is next year they'll be basically a brand-new team and probably be even worse offensively.
The Big 10 next year is going to be rough.
That didn't age well, Maryland up two at half!
I was gonna say that they pulled it out.
Still, if West Viriginia had been able to hit their twos more consistently they'd have taken out Maryland.
March 16th, 2023 at 12:35 PM ^
The Maryland offense is truly offensive-4 points 8 minutes into the game.
March 16th, 2023 at 12:46 PM ^
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. They want to try to rival our “point a minute “offense