NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Thread

First buzzer beater of the tourney.

2010 Tourney>2009 and 2008 Tourney combined. Already.

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Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989

God i was hoping Morris would beat Nova. I have Nova going down in the second round anyway.

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If you have 'em going down to Richmond, then you're out a Sweet 16 team

Yeah. One 16er down.

I've only lost 2 2nd round teams so far (ND and Vandy)

Richmond is my first miss of the day. I had ODU and Murray pulling upsets.

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Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989

Richmond is my first miss of the day. I had ODU and Murray pulling upsets.

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I bet BYU had you sweating

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Originally Posted by rockiesfan4ever

I bet BYU had you sweating

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So did Baylor. Another FF pick of mine.

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Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989

So did Baylor. Another FF pick of mine.

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Ya, I have Baylor going to the championship in one of mine so I know what you're talking about.

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Originally Posted by PotatoOfCouch13

Duke will not make the Final 4 - they rely too much on Scheyer, Singler and Smith. No one else is a viable scoring option for them. Second, their road is a lot tougher than people give the other teams credit for - Utah State and Siena are both tough mid-major schools, and Purdue and Texas A&M are both nationally ranked. Then, if they get to the Elite 8, they have to face either a Villanova team that causes so many mismatches, a Baylor team that can light it up when they're right, an unbelieveably hot Notre Dame team, or another solid mid-major in Richmond/St. Mary's. Given their recent reputation, expect the Blue Devils to slip up at some point, paving the way for someone else to sneak in.

Also, I hate the play-in game. Period. Anyone else think that they should just do away with one at-large bid? Would anyone really miss it?

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Yeah, after one day of games, I'm just gonna pencil Duke into the Final Four right now. So far the most effective looking team in the South Region has been St. Mary's.

damn, my bracket already sucks.

ohio looking like the 3 seed against georgetown

What's up with G'Town??:confused::confused::confused:

If Georgetown loses im screwed right now im 6-2

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Originally Posted by haveacigar

Yeah, after one day of games, I'm just gonna pencil Duke into the Final Four right now. So far the most effective looking team in the South Region has been St. Mary's.

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One game=the best way to judge a team.

Kansas getting a fight out of Lehigh

G'town, 'nova, Marquette, Notre Dame

Not a strong showing by the Big East on Day 1

1-3 with the one win the team being outplayed. Yeah, that conference is expecting a better showing from Syracuse, West Virginia, Pitt, and Louisville

I've only missed two so far; missed the St. Mary's and Ohio victories.

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Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989

One game=the best way to judge a team.

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I'm hardly judging anyone on one game. The Robert Morris game just proved what I already knew: Villanova is a completely mediocre team is Scotty Reynolds isn't doing anything. Morris held him to 2-15 shooting.

If Duke doesn't win that region, Coach K should quit.

I missed three games last night after starting 10-for-10

(Georgetown, Marquette, and San Diego St. But who didn't have the Hoyas winning that game? Ohio was great looking and scrappy in their MAC playoffs games...but who woulda thunk they could drill a perennial powerhouse team. Big East is looking really suspect this tourney after being highly touted as the best conf all year. Maybe all the top teams are just tired and worn out from beating up on each other for two months.)

The best game of day1 [that I watched] was Fla-BYU

Georgetown just got embarassed...... 11-5 day for me not bad

PS- Stuck at work or not near a TV?
Watch every game here:
http://mmod.ncaa.com/video/std?ts=12...d442d9932&w=90

I watched these streams all day yesterday. The same 6 commercials get really annoying (Ivan Brothers!!), but it's worth it.

WVU is ice cold down 8-0 to Morgan St.

10-0 Morgan St.

I went 12-4, not bad.

Cornell up on Temple

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Originally Posted by haveacigar

I'm hardly judging anyone on one game. The Robert Morris game just proved what I already knew: Villanova is a completely mediocre team is Scotty Reynolds isn't doing anything. Morris held him to 2-15 shooting.

If Duke doesn't win that region, Coach K should quit.

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Baylor is the popular pick to win that region and I took them because I think Duke is a team that can only win in the ACC.


If the outside shot isn't falling, the only way they can score is if Zoubek has a mismatch.

Baylor is athletic, has a new sense of toughness on D, and has guard play that can match Smith/Scheyer at times.

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Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989

Baylor is the popular pick to win that region and I took them because I think Duke is a team that can only win in the ACC.


If the outside shot isn't falling, the only way they can score is if the refs bail them out

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ACC refs call a **** ton of fouls, especially for the Big 2 (dook & the tarholes). Dook teams get used to this, and then when the tourney starts & they gets looser refs, they seem to have no idea what to do. Happens like clock-work every year since K decided to stop recruiting talented big men. Oh, and any team that counts on Zoubek & his 5 points a game is doomed for failure

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Originally Posted by etothep

ACC refs call a **** ton of fouls, especially for the Big 2 (dook & the tarholes). Dook teams get used to this, and then when the tourney starts & they gets looser refs, they seem to have no idea what to do. Happens like clock-work every year since K decided to stop recruiting talented big men. Oh, and any team that counts on Zoubek & his 5 points a game is doomed for failure

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Agreed. Especially against tougher teams. The Big 12 is clearly the top conference in basketball this season with the Big East mailing in half their teams to the tournament. Baylor is going to prove that I think.

In fact, I have Texas A&M upsetting Duke in the round of 16.

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Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989

In fact, I have Texas A&M upsetting Duke in the round of 16.

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I swear you are just copying my bracket lol

Texas A&M will lose to Siena

You spelled Utah St wrong

Utah St. Sucks

Stupid 6/11 matchups. Im on pace to only get 1 of those correct

6/11 I am going 2-2 (Wash, Xavier)
Damn Cornell

Cornell..........Wins........Will Lose to Wisconson

The only 6/11 I got was Washington and even that one was close

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Originally Posted by DarthJaker

Cornell..........Wins........Will Lose to Wisconson

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You misspelled Kentucky

I've got Xavier in the Sweet 16