March Madness 2017

[gunnar hendershow]

Well you can't win a game when you don't do anything particularly well.

[Meacon Keaton]

36 minutes ago, Busch Hernandez said:

The last three years, I've been able to have two games on at work, one on each monitor.  Now some stupid upgrade they made actually made it so that the CBS site didn't work in the office.  Fuckers.

They were literally just talking on the radio this morning about how a lot of businesses have caught on to people doing that during March Madness, and have added blockers to prevent it from continuing. So it doesn't sound like you're the only one getting jobbed out at your job.

[HailtotheYo]

meh .... better bracket is on ESPN (14-2 Vandy and UNCW my losses) ... still not in bad shape though considering I've watched exactly ZERO SECONDS of CBB this year.

[MalaCloudy Black]

I'm 14/16 now. I had Minnesota over Middle Tennessee and Maryland over Xavier. Hoping Arkansas beats Seton Hall today, but I'm not holding my breath - last I checked, Seton Hall were the favorites by a fairly wide margin.

[DMN in the House]

So, as the unicorn that is a primarily UCLA football fan, what are the chances of the Bruins advancing deep into the tournament?

[Twist]

46 minutes ago, DMN said:

So, as the unicorn that is a primarily UCLA football fan, what are the chances of the Bruins advancing deep into the tournament?

Good, I'd reckon. Lonzo Ball will have to carry a lot of the weight but they are capable of making the final four. I have them going all the way to the final.

[MalaCloudy Black]

17/20 now. 

I was afraid of Arkansas' chances up until the very end.

[Meacon Keaton]

Down goes SMU. 

Fuck USC

[The Buscher]

Not surprised Iona got spanked, but I was happy to see them in it.  Got to tour their athletic facilities for my Facility Management class during my master's a couple of years ago.  Put both my Division 3 grad and undergrad athletic offerings to shame.

[DMN in the House]

45 minutes ago, Meacon said:

Down goes SMU. 

Fuck USC

The one thing we can agree on!

[Meacon Keaton]

1 hour ago, DMN said:

The one thing we can agree on!

And it's a strong hatred, so that forms a stronger bond.

[Maxx]

Rhode Islaaaaaaaand!

[Meacon Keaton]

I'm glad to see I at least got to Friday this year before my bracket went to shit.

[DMN in the House]

3 hours ago, Meacon said:

And it's a strong hatred, so that forms a stronger bond.

It's one of the reasons I've never taunted you with the infamous blowout picture.

[gunnar hendershow]

I'm still in good shape!

Which means Villanova and Arizona are definitely losing.

[Lowerdeck]

The only upsets I got right were Rhode Island and Middle Tennessee, neither of which were that big of upsets in the first place

[gunnar hendershow]

I believe they were the two most picked upsets, unless you count Wichita State as an upset. I don't because 8-9 and 7-10 games are basically 50/50.

[The Buscher]

The UConn women have been installed as -400 favorites to win their fifth straight tourney.  Somehow those odds are even lower than what I expected.

[Slogger]

On 17/03/2017 at 09:16, Meacon said:

If you can make it through the first round before shitting the bed, then you've got a damn good bracket. I think the last few years I've tossed my bracket out the window on the first Thursday.

That was in reference to Maryland whom of course went and shat the bed on me. 

Now it's time to do the only honourable Australian thing and jump on the St. Mary's bandwagon. 

[Meacon Keaton]

30 minutes ago, Busch Hernandez said:

The UConn women have been installed as -400 favorites to win their fifth straight tourney.  Somehow those odds are even lower than what I expected.

I never want to meet the guy that decides "Yes, I'll put money on a non-UConn women's team to win it all this year."