[BC]

It's March Madness. That means it's Tourney time boys & girl.

I have done the honors of setting up the group at Yahoo. If we feel the need to include "Them OOver There", so be it.

tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1

Group ID#: 145854
Password: voices

[Road Warrior Shark]

I don't follow basketball much at all, but I'm in

BYU all the way!

[Deleted]

Florida almost had the answer for Jimmer last year. I think they take care of him this year.

[Doug]

I went with Gonzaga, cause the name makes me chuckle.

[Mikey]

In with a total homer bracket.

[Deleted]

I'd easily have UNC in the Final Four... if they weren't in Ohio State's neck of the woods. Damn that's a tough quadrant with Ohio State, UNC, and Kentucky who's been playing as well as anybody of late.

And for all those up in arms over Florida getting a 2 seed, it's in the committee's guidelines that that can move a team's seed up or down 1 seeding value to accommodate for location considerations. I actually felt both Florida AND Kentucky should have been 3-seeds, and each was moved a line based on ease-of-getting-fans-to-the-game.

Then again, not many teams in the country were better than Florida's 9-3 record vs. Top 50 teams.

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And shit, I almost forgot that 'Cuse is the 3-seed in that quadrant. Fucking brutal 4some.

[Road Warrior Shark]

I did push UNC through.

Went total chalk to the sweet 16. Then picked a 1, a2, a3 & a4 to put in the Final 4

UNC, Texas, Pitt, BYU

[Mikey]

Mar 15, 2011 12:41:20 GMT -5 @gatorbait said:

And shit, I almost forgot that 'Cuse is the 3-seed in that quadrant. Fucking brutal 4some.

I have no idea what to expect out of Carolina. There's buzz about Washington, but I think their fast tempo just plays into UNC's hand. However, Carolina's offense falls apart against zones, and nobody plays zone as good as Syracuse. I think I'll be happy if we hold seed and make the regional finals.

That said, I think Xavier beats the Cuse in the second round. And I think Carolina matches up pretty good against Ohio State, so there's that too. I just know I'm gonna be a wreck for as long as Carolina's alive.

[Deleted]

Mikey, the zone is exactly the reason I have Syracuse moving forward over UNC. I think Ohio State and Kentucky would be the only teams really able to break that zone.

I've got Ohio State, San Diego State, Notre Dame, and Florida in my Final Four. Call Florida a homer pick for me if you want, but I think they match up very well with every other potential team in their quadrant with the possible exception of UCLA/Michigan State in Rd. 2 (or is that Rd. 3, now?).

[Attitude Adjuster]

Looks like Ohio State, Notre Dame, San Diego State and Utah State. Field is so even this year, I see a lot of upsets happening. Learn the name: Kenneth Faried. He'll lead Morehead State to a David Robinson/Navy-like run.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Mar 15, 2011 12:48:08 GMT -5 Mikey said:

I just know I'm gonna be a wreck for as long as Carolina's alive.

Waiting for the texts...

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Mar 15, 2011 21:41:35 GMT -5 Attitude Adjuster said:

Looks like Ohio State, Notre Dame, San Diego State and Utah State. Field is so even this year, I see a lot of upsets happening. Learn the name: Kenneth Faried. He'll lead Morehead State to a David Robinson/Navy-like run.

I can vouch for this first-hand having watched him play the Gators this year. Absolute rebounding machine. UF only beat them 61-55. Faried had 20 points and 18 boards against an experienced and stout Florida frontcourt.

Donovan's quote on him after that game:
"That's Dennis Rodman all over again. If I was an NBA general manager I'd be taking him with my pick. That's what a next-level guy looks like. He just totally destroyed our frontcourt. ... That was definitely an incredible performance by a terrific player."


I have Morehead over The Fightin' Pitinos as one of my few early upsets.

[Deadly]

In. I made the picks off the top of my head. We'll see what happens.

[DevSop]

Chat is open all day. I'll start drinking in about an hour. Should be a good one. Come one come all.

[Road Warrior Shark]

Whooohoooo I'm in first place so far.

I don't like basketball all that much, so I don't expect it to last...

JIMMER~~~!

[Deleted]

And DOWN goes Jimmer!

[Mikey]

GO TO HELL, DUKE!!!

[Mikey]

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Mar 25, 2011 7:45:45 GMT -5 Mikey said:

GO TO HELL, DUKE!!!

[Mikey]

[Attitude Adjuster]

I have so sucked this year. Hopefully Ohio State wins the whole thing so my final score doesn't look that bad.

[Attitude Adjuster]

Nope.

[Mikey]

The daughter has watched about 45 seconds of hoops this year. So naturally, she has Carolina, Kentucky, Butler, Florida, UConn, Kansas and VCU (in OT as of now) in her final 8. The team she missed? Texas. (Had Duke losing to Hampton.)

The moral of the story. We don't know shit.

[Deleted]

My wife kicked my ass, too.