March Madness

[TD]

welp, there goes my perfect bracket. Miss State fucking sux

On the flipside... you currently have the perfect losing bracket?

 

[Jon]

Michigan State about to win the first game of the official brackets. Duquesne is working on pulling off the first potential bracket buster of a win (not too crazy, 11 over 6 happens, it's when you get to the 13 seeds that it really does it in)

My bracket is already in shambles. I love it!

 

[Fool's Requiem]

My "Morehead St is going to eliminate UCONN" run is a bust.

Got the Duquesne pick right, though. When does Kansas lose?

 

[Local Hero]

My "Morehead St is going to eliminate UCONN" run is a bust.

Got the Duquesne pick right, though. When does Kansas lose?

In the championship game

 

[The Flame]

Wow a lot of people really like the Wolves and the Letter Ps. Those must be good teams. I was expecting a lot more random choices.

 

[Fire Queen]

still perfect

 

[Fool's Requiem]

In the championship game

[X] Doubt

 

[A Punched Face]

Oakland trying to fuck up Kentucky lmao.

Tre Mitchell left UMass and ended up at Kentucky I'd laugh so hard if they were the first top 3 seed knocked out.

 

[shortkut]

I randomized my picks so I’ll be surprised if I do well

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I randomized my picks so I’ll be surprised if I do well

Spoiler: Spoiler

You're not. 13.8% of your bracket is still intact.

 

[Crystal]

Ok, fans of basketballs -- how am I in third?

I'm about to kick a dunk in the seventh inning of the masters in your faces! Don't let that happen!

 

[Local Hero]

As of now I'm in second in our group. I don't know how

 

[A Punched Face]

Because it's early on day 1. It gets harder as it goes on

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I think my bracket hinges on JMU making a run and Creighton making it far enough. I've got them beating a 2 and then a 1 seed in back to back games. That's gonna be tough.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

goddammit, Kentucky....

 

[VashTheStampede]

goddammit, Kentucky....

Yeah, my dumb ass had them going far.

Fire Calipari. He's still there, right? Yeah, fire him. I think that's his name.

 

[Fire Queen]

no yeah you're right

i always pick kentucky to go real far that way when they inevitably lose i can laugh at them. kentucky basketball is the most annoying program right behind duke. kansas is up there too (unc exists in a bourgeois stratosphere of its own. most elitist campus i've ever been on)

 

[A Punched Face]

Yeah, my dumb ass had them going far.

Fire Calipari. He's still there, right? Yeah, fire him. I think that's his name.

Coach Cal. Hall of fame UMass coach (lol) but apparently doesn't know how to cope with the NIL world.

He's got a $33 million buyout if they fire him.

 

[A Punched Face]

But also I had them losing in the second round because, despite being great seeds the past few years, they haven't made it past the round of 32 since before COVID hit.

 

[VashTheStampede]

He's got a $33 million buyout if they fire him.

That's a lot of textbooks

 

[A Punched Face]

That's a lot of textbooks

Also less than half of a recent buyout Texas A&M made.

 

[shortkut]

Cool, I had Kentucky losing

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Looks like Samford actually made that game against Kansas really close towards the end. One point game at one point. Missed the 3 point shot that would have sent the game into OT.

 

[A Punched Face]

Looks like Samford actually made that game against Kansas really close towards the end. One point game at one point. Missed the 3 point shot that would have sent the game into OT.

Samford was also screwed over by a TERRIBLE call on the refs (clean block called as a foul). It wouldn't have given them the win, but they would have only been down 1 instead of 3 on that last possession.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Samford was also screwed over by a TERRIBLE call on the refs (clean block called as a foul). It wouldn't have given them the win, but they would have only been down 1 instead of 3 on that last possession.

damn, that's unfortunate. Them having a potential walk off shot would have been epic.

And it would have been exactly how I'd script Kansas losing to another inferior team.

Ah well, there's always next year.

 

[Jon]

46%... Better than I thought!

 

[Joseph Snapple]

LMAO AUBURN

 

[Local Hero]

LMAO AUBURN

But I picked them. That's not fair.

 

[Joseph Snapple]

Don't ever pick Auburn

 

[Joseph Snapple]

ROLL TIDE BABY

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Oakland is the only team with a win that has a 0.00% championship pick rate.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

JMU "upset" Wisconsin and it wasn't close. How does a 14 loss team get ranked 5th?

The Saint Mary's-Grand Canyon game looks like it's going to come down to who has the ball last. It was the only game I could see while at Texas Roadhouse and GCU is putting up a hell of a fight.

 

[Crystal]

Apparently I baseketed balls real good! Touchdown!

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Two games left in this round. Utah St has pretty much won. GCU is holding onto a 3 point lead. They led by 7 for a bit, but its still super close.

 

[Joseph Snapple]

realizing that auburn, despite not being in alabama, still has to spend the night surrounded by tide fans because they all got sent to the same place

 

[Fool's Requiem]

15 point game now in favor of GCU. This is crazy.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Free throws: 28-7

Blocks: 9-1

The difference in the GCU Saint Mary's game.

SMC attempted 19 more field goals than GCU and but only made 5 more.

GCU wanted that game more. You could tell just watching them.

 

[Fire Queen]

GCU winning is always weird since they’re a for-profit school. it would be like devry winning

 

[Fool's Requiem]

The Gonzaga-Kansas game was a 1 point game at half time.

Gonzaga leads by 22 points with just little over 3 minutes left. Kansas never came back for the second half.

I wonder how much better Samford would have faired against Gonzaga.

One day, the NCAA will stop over ranking Kansas...

One day.

Edit: I have Gonzaga losing to Purdue in the Sweet Sixteen. Wonder if that was a bad choice.

 

[Joseph Snapple]

Horns down baby

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Creighton - Oregon game is pretty close.

Edit: Now it's in OT

Edit 2: Game went into 2OT. Oregon fell apart in the second OT. I feel like only having 2 people participate in the game doesn't help their chances of staying fresh. My bracket is still alive.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Guys, I think Purdue is pretty good.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I don't think JMU is making it to the Elite Eight. Neither teams I had going into the Elite Eight from the South are going to make it, I feel. Kentucky decided to lose to Oakland, and JMU is now getting their asses handed to them against Duke. Which means one of my Final Four teams are out.

Edit: My Cinderella run in this bracket is over, I think. Baylor doesn't look like they're going to be able to come back, either.

Edit 2: Baylor ALMOST completed a comeback, but then their ~80% foul shooter missed on both shots that would have tied the game and then they couldn't come up with the rebound and it fell apart.

 

[Joseph Snapple]

What an artificially close game. Almost a carbon fuckin' copy of last year vs. SDSU in the discrepancy in physicality allowed.

 

[Webster]

unc exists in a bourgeois stratosphere of its own

As a loyal graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Class of 1997) I second this.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Holy shit, they drag out the last two minutes of these games more than they do in the NFL...

Edit: ugh, now it's in OT... I don't understand why they gave A&M the ball... certainly seemed like Houston got the ball...

 

[Local Hero]

Kansas has failed me

 

[Nae'blis]

New contest:
Who does worse - me or you?

@TD and @Jon looks like I'm winning the contest!

 

[TD]

@TD and @Jon looks like I'm winning the contest!

Placing double digits in standings was the goal...

Right?

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I may be in the lead right now, but I'm kinda forked at the sweet 16. I can only score on 4 of the games because I picked Morehead, Baylor, Kentucky, and JMU to win, and they didn't even make it to the Sweet 16.

Disappointed in the lack of a true Cinderella run this year. NC State doesn't count, IMO, because they only needed to beat Oakland in the round of 32.