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Title: march madness
Post by: slimvanilla on March 12, 2023, 03:55:33 PM
selection sunday today. let's get this thread rollin
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: brycickle on March 12, 2023, 07:34:10 PM
Well, I go to Creighton, so I guess I have to pick them to win it all.
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: rawr1922 on March 12, 2023, 08:45:52 PM
Well, I go to Creighton, so I guess I have to pick them to win it all.
Whats your major? 

 Also, SDSU Aztecs make it to the Sweet 16
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: brycickle on March 13, 2023, 10:42:17 AM
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Well, I go to Creighton, so I guess I have to pick them to win it all.
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Whats your major? 

 Also, SDSU Aztecs make it to the Sweet 16

Paramedicine/EMS- Pre-PA
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: pugmaster on March 13, 2023, 12:54:25 PM
As a Jayhawk I definitely want KU to take it all again this year, but their performance this season has been spotty. Last game the coach was unable to be present and it really showed.
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: buffalo hunter on March 13, 2023, 03:13:40 PM
As a Jayhawk I definitely want KU to take it all again this year, but their performance this season has been spotty. Last game the coach was unable to be present and it really showed.

KU fan also. Bill Self is back, so hopefully they can start playing better. The Kansas/Texas game was horrible. Jalen Wilson was the only one playing good scoring half the points.

Title: Re: march madness
Post by: slimvanilla on March 13, 2023, 06:22:10 PM
I'd be confident to pick my Bruins to win it all if 2 of our starters weren't hurt
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: pugmaster on March 13, 2023, 07:17:54 PM
It is unfortunate that there are so many teams and it is impossible to have a multi-game series.  Then again, it is nice that so many schools get to play in the tournament and bring some non-scholastic excitement to school.

Player injuries, "off nights," and the luck of the draw make March one hell of a roller coaster.  Then again, sometimes a team will make a comeback against all the odds and make history.  The last championship was absolutely wild and is worth a re-watch.  I can promise you that if you have the opportunity to go to a game at Allen Field House, you will have the best time. Okay, I'll get off my soap box...

Rock Chalk Pug Dog

I'll post my bracket once I get it filled out.
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: BallDontLie on March 13, 2023, 08:38:35 PM
Quite possibly the hardest thing to pick… and the BEST when the underdogs win. Always love seeing the smaller schools advance. But Go coogs
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: swellbowed on March 13, 2023, 10:49:18 PM
Elite Eight: Virginia vs Arizona // Purdue vs Kansas St. // Xavier vs Auburn // UConn vs UCLA

Final Four: Virginia vs Purdue // Xavier vs UConn

Finals: Purdue vs UConn // UConn winning it all

Title: Re: march madness
Post by: Gene_Harrogate on March 14, 2023, 09:17:54 AM
Elite Eight: Virginia vs Arizona // Purdue vs Kansas St. // Xavier vs Auburn // UConn vs UCLA

Final Four: Virginia vs Purdue // Xavier vs UConn

Finals: Purdue vs UConn // UConn winning it all
Purdue in the finals, I like it!  So I went ahead and picked Kansas over Purdue.
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: rawr1922 on March 14, 2023, 11:54:34 AM
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Well, I go to Creighton, so I guess I have to pick them to win it all.
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Whats your major? 

 Also, SDSU Aztecs make it to the Sweet 16
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Paramedicine/EMS- Pre-PA
Sounds legit. Major props to you for pursuing PA. Can only imagine how difficult & time consuming. I’m in nursing school right now & can barely hang. Also Go Aztecs & Gauchos , hope they cause chaos in the bracket this year 
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: slimvanilla on March 16, 2023, 09:41:40 PM
Solid first day! RIP UofA and the Bruins were rollin lets gooooo. got 12/16 what about you fellas/gals?
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: Sativa Lung on March 16, 2023, 11:45:01 PM
I picked the zags just because they were a 3 seed.

But I have a bad feeling Bama will shoot their way to a NC.
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: Gene_Harrogate on March 17, 2023, 04:00:04 AM
I had virginia going to the sweet 16 and AZ going to the final 4.. for fuck’s sake!
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: BallDontLie on March 17, 2023, 04:57:24 AM
Virginia had a timeout not sure what happened at the end of that ball game… Furman nails the dagger 3 off the turnover. Classic March madness…

Who woulda guessed Princeton had a squad..

I can’t imagine anyone’s bracket picked Virginia/AZ to lose lol Virginia i guess i could see. They’ve been on the shitty end of upsets before.
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: slimvanilla on March 17, 2023, 12:13:39 PM
Virginia had a timeout not sure what happened at the end of that ball game… Furman nails the dagger 3 off the turnover. Classic March madness…

Who woulda guessed Princeton had a squad..

I can’t imagine anyone’s bracket picked Virginia/AZ to lose lol Virginia i guess i could see. They’ve been on the shitty end of upsets before.
played against the dude who turned the ball over in High School. he's been their PG for 5 years... can't believe he made such a boneheaded play. could've called timeout or waited to be fouled, they had all the leverage. instead he hucked it up for the L. tuff
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: BallDontLie on March 17, 2023, 06:18:34 PM
Wow…. Purdue goes down. Brackets busted.
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: pugmaster on March 17, 2023, 06:52:20 PM
I made a bracket on the site and I appreciate how they provide percentile rankings. But yeah... I didn't anticipate Arizona and Purdue going down.
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: Sativa Lung on March 18, 2023, 04:30:53 AM
Man that FDU thing is wild. The odds of them winning that game were worse than the odds for Purdue to win the whole tournament. I hope they can keep it up rather than it being a one-off like that school from Baltimore a few years back.

Pitt won their game and looked pretty good doing it...they didn't score a ton of points but played really solid team D and wore ISU down. I try to never get my hopes up too much with them but I have to imagine Oakland is going to be in full on zoo mode so it's gonna be hard not to get at least somewhat hyped up for it.

Title: Re: march madness
Post by: BallDontLie on March 18, 2023, 07:07:42 AM
My favorite thing about March madness the upsets. Now I’m pretty invested…

I don’t watch enough college hoops to wanna lay money down tho… but a 16 beating a 1 makes me want to lol

Houston is playing auburn IN Alabama. Sasser is supposedly playing… do it for coach Kelvin.
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: swellbowed on March 18, 2023, 10:33:12 AM
I had Virginia and Purdue in my Final Four but enjoy the underdog/upset wins more than having a accurate bracket. Still hope UConn wins it all tho
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: Gene_Harrogate on March 18, 2023, 05:00:36 PM
Purdue gets beat. Now Kansas (who I had winning it all) just lost.  I’m renaming it March sadness.
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: pugmaster on March 18, 2023, 05:00:48 PM
The KU Arkansas game was absolute bullshit. I knew it was going to Arkansas after almost every single play during the later part of the 1st half was a foul on nearly every single KU possession which then carried on to the second half.
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: rawr1922 on March 24, 2023, 11:10:35 AM
Last nights games wow! Florida Atlantic taking out Tennessee is why I love March Madness. 

I’m going to the game tonight to watch San Diego State University take on Alabama. GO AZTECS!
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: swellbowed on March 24, 2023, 05:20:24 PM
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Title: Re: march madness
Post by: swellbowed on March 24, 2023, 05:55:57 PM
Wow...Crazy game between SDSU & Alabama. Well deserved - congrats to all the SDSU fans. Love to see it.
Looking like Houston is going down too. Two #1 seeds out in the span of an hour. Madness indeed
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: slimvanilla on March 24, 2023, 10:58:08 PM
been a mad march, that's for sure! No 1 seeds in the Elite 8 is pretty sick, even if it means absolutely busting my bracket.

also, as a lifelong UCLA fan, that game last night ripped my heart out, replaced it, then ripped it out again just for shits and giggles. hurts to think about what this March could've been if we weren't missing 2 starters. think we'd be hanging banner #12 if we had a healthy squad.
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: BallDontLie on March 25, 2023, 04:31:59 PM
Wow...Crazy game between SDSU & Alabama. Well deserved - congrats to all the SDSU fans. Love to see it.
Looking like Houston is going down too. Two #1 seeds out in the span of an hour. Madness indeed

I’m so bummed…. Coogs looked outclassed. Weren’t getting back on defense. Taking HORRIBLE 3 point shots…

March madness will break your heart. But it’s so damn fun.
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: pugmaster on March 25, 2023, 08:53:07 PM
I am so happy K-State lost. I am not from Kansas, just went to school there, and there is an in-state rivalry between the two schools. Their fans are insufferable and I'll get a whole lotta schadenfreude out of their loss.
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: slimvanilla on March 25, 2023, 09:53:35 PM
was glad to see Zaga and Timme get bounced in such a smack-down
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: swellbowed on March 26, 2023, 03:03:09 AM
I am so happy K-State lost. I am not from Kansas, just went to school there, and there is an in-state rivalry between the two schools. Their fans are insufferable and I'll get a whole lotta schadenfreude out of their loss.
Stoked for the FAU Owls - it’s pretty rad to see a 9 seed in the final four. Definitely a possible Cinderella story in the making

was glad to see Zaga and Timme get bounced in such a smack-down
Same here, the huskies moving on with ease ;D
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: BallDontLie on March 29, 2023, 09:47:59 AM
6 brackets left have predicted this final four… just blows my mind. 
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: Newphone on April 01, 2023, 08:52:56 PM
Elite Eight: Virginia vs Arizona // Purdue vs Kansas St. // Xavier vs Auburn // UConn vs UCLA

Final Four: Virginia vs Purdue // Xavier vs UConn

Finals: Purdue vs UConn // UConn winning it all

You got the uconn part right…
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: slimvanilla on April 01, 2023, 11:58:31 PM
Happy for the Aztecs but man Uconn is dangerous. Gotta take the Huskies in this matchup. but ya never know, crazier shit has happened!
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: rawr1922 on April 02, 2023, 07:49:37 AM
Happy for the Aztecs but man Uconn is dangerous. Gotta take the Huskies in this matchup. but ya never know, crazier shit has happened!
Love how Aztecs didn’t call timeout, just went for it. You’re right, crazier shit has happened like when SDSU beat Alabama
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: slimvanilla on April 03, 2023, 03:49:44 PM
score predictions for tonight? i'm sayin 73-62 Uconn
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: BallDontLie on April 03, 2023, 04:36:16 PM
i put a few bucks on the Aztecs hoping for an upset, but UConn has been so dominant… I’m thinking 75-60 ish Huskies as well
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: swellbowed on April 03, 2023, 04:57:36 PM
I'm not trying to jinx it but thinking 76-68 - UConn
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Title: Re: march madness
Post by: rawr1922 on April 03, 2023, 05:33:36 PM
SDSU wins 68-67
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: swellbowed on April 03, 2023, 09:11:23 PM
Good games, crazy bracket this year. Shoutout to UConn
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: slimvanilla on April 04, 2023, 11:54:57 AM
Uconn was so damn dominant this tourney. was a really fun March (& beginning of April). college hoops rule!
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: PatrickSkateman on April 04, 2023, 12:03:29 PM
The NCAA women’s tournament had more star power this year. Caitlin Clark is a generational talent.
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: pugmaster on April 04, 2023, 10:04:41 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGZHv8C9hgo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGZHv8C9hgo)

This is basically how I am every March Madness when University of Kansas loses. Rage quit like a mofo.
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: easymoneysniper on March 21, 2024, 12:43:48 AM
tomorrow, we ride. who yall rollin with this March?

I have 'Zona pulling it out to cement the Pac 12's "conference of champions" legacy and win it in their home state! bear down i guess
Title: Re: march madness
Post by: brycickle on March 21, 2024, 11:46:05 AM
The common joke around campus is that Creighton will either make it to the final four, or bounce out in the first round. There is no in between.