Official NCAA Basketball Tournament Thread

[Homebrewer]

Since I decided to pick against Gonzaga, (because of being burned by them year after year), they will undoubtedly go deep into the tourney.

Zags fans can thank me.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I hope no one picked Duke to win it all.

 

I had Duke going to the Sweet 16, so that did more damage than any other loss so far. The other losers I picked I only picked to win one game, so that damage wasn't terrible.

Edited March 21, 2014 by Vegas Halo Fan

[Angel Dog and Beer]

15 E. Kentucky leading 2 Kansas by a point with 10:30 to go in the 2nd.

[Angel Oracle]

Best solution to the Cal Poly question is for the 1 bid leagues to have their tourney set up as follows.

First round:  seeds 5-8

Second round: those winners vs seeds 3-4

Semis: top 2 seeds vs those 2 winners

Final: remaining 2 teams 

 

The Big West did that format from 2004-2010.   FOUR times the top seed won, TWO times the 2nd seed won, and only ONCE did the 3rd seed win.

It rewards the top 2 teams, while allowing 8 teams a chance to compete for the tourney title.

 

What the Big West does now is a joke.    No byes = no reward for winning the regular season title.

Edited March 21, 2014 by Angel Oracle

[nando714]

I got Tennessee to the sweet 16. They looked good today

[nando714]

I hope no one picked Duke to win it all.

I had them winning one game then losing to Tennessee I believe

[Homebrewer]

I had them winning one game then losing to Tennessee I believe

I had them losing to Michigan.

 

Now Gonzaga...if anyone can blow a 10 point lead in the final 7 mins, it's them.

Comeon Zags..don't let me down.

 

Man, the refs in this game are calling e v e r y t h i n g...

[Brandon]

Only three brackets still perfect for the billion, per Yahoo/SI.

 

The upsets are cool, but I don't know how some of you dudes can follow college hoops. I think I saw a 54-45 scoreline and American only put up 35. Just brutal and slow paced systematic.

[Angel Oracle]

Cleanthony Early outscored Cal Poly over the first 16 minutes, 19-8.

That is pathetic!

[Homebrewer]

Only three brackets still perfect for the billion, per Yahoo/SI.

 

The upsets are cool, but I don't know how some of you dudes can follow college hoops. I think I saw a 54-45 scoreline and American only put up 35. Just brutal and slow paced systematic.

The NCAA Tourney is the only Bball I watch. Lost interest in the NBA long ago.

Probably seems slow if you are used to the NBA, heck some of these games are painfully slow, especially when teams start fouling to drag games out.

[Brandon]

Yeah, no doubt. I lost interest in the NBA as well. The fouling and possession arrows at the end are rough.

 

I used to dig the first weekend of the tournament but haven't watch any outside of watching SVP this morning and them noting the Duke game where I watched the final 30 seconds....and even then had multiple channel changes due to timeouts and fouls.

[m0nkey]

I hope no one picked Duke to win it all.

whoops

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Best solution to the Cal Poly question is for the 1 bid leagues to have their tourney set up as follows.

First round:  seeds 5-8

Second round: those winners vs seeds 3-4

Semis: top 2 seeds vs those 2 winners

Final: remaining 2 teams 

 

The Big West did that format from 2004-2010.   FOUR times the top seed won, TWO times the 2nd seed won, and only ONCE did the 3rd seed win.

It rewards the top 2 teams, while allowing 8 teams a chance to compete for the tourney title.

 

What the Big West does now is a joke.    No byes = no reward for winning the regular season title.

 

I have never understood a system in which it is theoretically possible for a team to lose every game during the regular season and still make the NCAA Tournament. The automatic bid ought to go to the regular season champion. Go ahead and play the conference tournament, give bubble teams one last chance to impress the selection committee, but don't play an entire conference season just to determine the seedings for the post-season tournament. Three games should not outweigh a season of conference play.

[nate]

Yeah, I don't get how the teams that play in end up being a 12 seed and not a 16 seed.

[Homebrewer]

When almost every 12 team wins over a 5, something is wrong.

[nate]

David Wear would be better defensively if he just laid down at center court.  At least then he would get in the way occasionally.

[fan_since79]

With the loss by George Washington, there are no more perfect brackets.

 

That's it. People are playing now for the $100,000 given to each of the top 20 brackets.

[fan_since79]

Three traveling violations already on Kyle Anderson.

 

Sloppy play, poor shooting, and the Bruins are still leading.

[fan_since79]

Now that's more like it!

 

Bruins up by 11. 

[fan_since79]

Bruins win going away. 

 

Now they get to face Stephen F. Austin, which has won 29 games in a row.

[Homebrewer]

Bruins win going away. 

 

Now they get to face Stephen F. Austin, which has won 29 games in a row.

There are some shockers coming in the next rounds.

All around, it's been some fun stuff. Good games for the most part, well, seems like more than usual for the 1st rounds. Bodes well for some memorable games this year.

Edited March 22, 2014 by Homebrewer

[fan_since79]

If the Bruins play like they did in the first half tonight, they'll be in trouble. They did get it together in the second half, but they need to have that intensity for the whole game.

[nate]

I went to bed at half time, glad to see they played better in the second half.

 

Those travelling calls against KA weren't called all year by the Pac 12 refs and I think they threw KA off his game.  They were definitely the right call though, hopefully he has it figured out, the Bruins hopes of making it deep lie on his shoulders.

[fan_since79]

Dayton again!!

 

This time, Syracuse is their victim. 

 

Unreal.

[Homebrewer]

I had em through to Kansas.

 

Geo Wash and Nebraska kinda blew me up, thought they could both win 2.