NCAA tournament 2017 discussion
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NCAA tournament 2017 discussion
Some pretty good early round games (and potential upsets based on how teams match up).
Anyone else think the committee was laughing to themselves when they got to put Vandy against Northwestern? The "smart schools of the powers conferences".
I'll be looking for UNO fans passing through town up I-75 today and tomorrow. As a side note, Dayton is expecting snow tonight into tomorrow morning, but it should be clear by mid-day. A little farther north and it would possibly be ugly.
Anyone else think the committee was laughing to themselves when they got to put Vandy against Northwestern? The "smart schools of the powers conferences".
I'll be looking for UNO fans passing through town up I-75 today and tomorrow. As a side note, Dayton is expecting snow tonight into tomorrow morning, but it should be clear by mid-day. A little farther north and it would possibly be ugly.
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About the weather. This nor'easter is shaping up to be a March classic of its own: 10-20" in NYC alone overnight into tomorrow evening. Big cities always have one major problem with a lot of sudden snow: where to put it (in the river is not the answer). If you gave any travel scheduled in the Philly to Boston corridor for the next couple of days, I'd make contingency plans.
As for the brackets, I homered here a bit and picked Nova to repeat even though that's next to impossible on one bracket, and Louisville on my second. I always only do two. I joined the Tulane group on ESPN challenge like always.
As for the brackets, I homered here a bit and picked Nova to repeat even though that's next to impossible on one bracket, and Louisville on my second. I always only do two. I joined the Tulane group on ESPN challenge like always.
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IIRC Princeton is in that quadrant tooPeteRasche wrote:Some pretty good early round games (and potential upsets based on how teams match up).
Anyone else think the committee was laughing to themselves when they got to put Vandy against Northwestern? The "smart schools of the powers conferences".
I'll be looking for UNO fans passing through town up I-75 today and tomorrow. As a side note, Dayton is expecting snow tonight into tomorrow morning, but it should be clear by mid-day. A little farther north and it would possibly be ugly.
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Well since my master's degree is from ETSU, I'm pulling for them to upset Florida. Ultimately I'd like to see Gonzaga win it all, but fear we'll see one of the bluebloods (UNC, Kansas, Duke, Kentucky) take the crown. Still fun, though I hope we'll see some Tulane teams in the tourney soon.
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Princeton vs Notre Dame is the other matchup there. I thought the same thing about the academicswindywave wrote:IIRC Princeton is in that quadrant tooPeteRasche wrote:Some pretty good early round games (and potential upsets based on how teams match up).
Anyone else think the committee was laughing to themselves when they got to put Vandy against Northwestern? The "smart schools of the powers conferences".
I'll be looking for UNO fans passing through town up I-75 today and tomorrow. As a side note, Dayton is expecting snow tonight into tomorrow morning, but it should be clear by mid-day. A little farther north and it would possibly be ugly.
Wandering around somewhere in a matchup zone
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Funny, I made that comment as we watched the selection show and my wife, a good southerner, said, "Notre Dame? They're not that good of an academic school!"gerryb323 wrote:Princeton vs Notre Dame is the other matchup there. I thought the same thing about the academics
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Ya gotta foul, Slessinger.
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Agreed.GSx wrote:Ya gotta foul, Slessinger.
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Early action in game one, as UVA storms back from a 14 point first half deficit to take a one point lead at halftime over upset darling UNCW...
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Princeton hanging with ND too with 4 minutes to go
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in case you wondered about the money
Fund and games
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics ... caa-money/
The payout rules are complicated but enticing. Even if your college basketball team doesn’t win a game, you win $1.67 million. A round-of-16 appearance rakes in almost $5 million. A Final Four run? $8.3 million
Fund and games
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics ... caa-money/
The payout rules are complicated but enticing. Even if your college basketball team doesn’t win a game, you win $1.67 million. A round-of-16 appearance rakes in almost $5 million. A Final Four run? $8.3 million
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woohoo! my bracket is still perfect!
(ND won)
(ND won)
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Have not filled one out since winning the office bracket in 2009MattK wrote:woohoo! my bracket is still perfect!
(ND won)
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The spike in vasectomies during March Madness...
http://grantland.com/features/ncaa-tour ... h-madness/
http://grantland.com/features/ncaa-tour ... h-madness/
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waverider wrote: Have not filled one out since winning the office bracket in 2009
“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.” --Troy Dannen 11.5.16
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I was thinking I'd heard that before... And then saw your link is from 2014.gerryb323 wrote:The spike in vasectomies during March Madness...
http://grantland.com/features/ncaa-tour ... h-madness/
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That sound just heard was all the brackets with Villanova as repeat champions going into the schredder. Mine included.
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Wisconsin won despite the officials trying to frick them at every turn.TUPF wrote:That sound just heard was all the brackets with Villanova as repeat champions going into the schredder. Mine included.
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I had Nova in my final four, but I figure I'm not out cause I have Gonzaga winning it all and Butler in the final 4. Can't me many others that have that. The odds of those happening are long (always were) but were they to happen they still leave me a window even with Nova out
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You know who really got screwed was Villanova having to play Wisconsin in the second round. The Badgers should have had the 5 seed Minnesota occupied. While I had Nova in my Final Four, kudos to Wisconsin for overcoming a ridiculous seeding and a tough draw.
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NICE WORDS ....... Thankyou !!tulaneoutlaw wrote:You know who really got screwed was Villanova having to play Wisconsin in the second round. The Badgers should have had the 5 seed Minnesota occupied. While I had Nova in my Final Four, kudos to Wisconsin for overcoming a ridiculous seeding and a tough draw.
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And my hometown Musketeers (even without perhaps their best player, Sumner, and despite losing like 6 of their last 7 regular season games) start playing like the team they were back in the early season and knock out #3 Florida State in emphatic fashion.
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Yeah .....a BIG TIME KNOCKOUT !!!!PeteRasche wrote:And my hometown Musketeers (even without perhaps their best player, Sumner, and despite losing like 6 of their last 7 regular season games) start playing like the team they were back in the early season and knock out #3 Florida State in emphatic fashion.
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I did two brackets this year where I basically go opposite on any matchup I think is close. In my first, Nova wins it all...in the second, Louisville wins it all. Both don't make the Sweet 16.
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How sweet it is!
Loserville goes down in flames. Both Michigan and Wisconsin looked very well coached.
Loserville goes down in flames. Both Michigan and Wisconsin looked very well coached.
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