March Madness 2024
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They have Drake in the 1st round…they are getting to the 2nd roundGo Coogs !!!
Landlocked
Steelhead
They haven’t been able to find the basket much since beating AZ in Tucson a few weeks ago. Blew 3 winnable games. Now instead of dancing in Spokane, they get Omaha, 2-hours from Drake. If they win that then they most likely get Iowa State who just crushed Houston (led by old WSU coach from my era Kelvin Sampson). Essentially a home draw for the Cyclones also. Oh well Wazzu, win your winnable games and life gets easier. Hope they can hold onto Coach Smith. His wife is from Chelan, so he’s got the Eastern Wa ties. He’s a damn good coach and Coug alums are stepping up hard to get NIL money to help him keep players.
I’m going to be in Nebraska next week, but watching a bird migration, not basketball!
My Jayhawks are going down early
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Steelhead
Rooting hard for all PAC teams to make a good run. Every win is worth 2-million to the Cougs and Beavs going forward! Hell, I’m even rooting for the Ducks at this point.
Well, I filled out a bracket for the first time in forever. My brother runs a pool every year. But my kid wanted to compete with his cousins. So I played along.
I'm terrible at filling out brackets. I'd be better if knew nothing and just picked the mascots I liked better. But I know just enough that my brackets all end up pretty close to chalk. then I think to myself "I can't have a final 4 with only 1-3 seeds..."
I'm terrible at filling out brackets. I'd be better if knew nothing and just picked the mascots I liked better. But I know just enough that my brackets all end up pretty close to chalk. then I think to myself "I can't have a final 4 with only 1-3 seeds..."
FinLuver
Native Oregonian…1846
I don’t follow college ball.
Usually the seedings work out as planned. It’s the turmoil before that, that is entertaining and fun to see play out. I do have the Zags going pretty deep.
It’s fun to see how I stack up to my brother, who follows more closely than I.
Last year my bracket beat his.
Usually the seedings work out as planned. It’s the turmoil before that, that is entertaining and fun to see play out. I do have the Zags going pretty deep.
It’s fun to see how I stack up to my brother, who follows more closely than I.
Last year my bracket beat his.
Against my sentimental side, I took Zags into the 8, then out. Still generous like the 5 they got going in. Like most of us, I still want MF to get one.
I have a 1 playing a 3 in the final w/ NC winning out. My (flawed) logic past the sweet 16 was take the team with the better point guard.
I have a 1 playing a 3 in the final w/ NC winning out. My (flawed) logic past the sweet 16 was take the team with the better point guard.
I try not to get too excited about early results. At moment my bracket is 100% correct (!) but im sure it will be busted before too long.
Some years ago my cousin won the entire Yahoo march madness bracket - believe he took home a price of 75k or something big like that.
I on the other hand know next to nothing about ncaa basketball so my bracket aspirations are limited to “ just try not to be the worst one in the office bracket challenge we do just for fun.”
Some years ago my cousin won the entire Yahoo march madness bracket - believe he took home a price of 75k or something big like that.
I on the other hand know next to nothing about ncaa basketball so my bracket aspirations are limited to “ just try not to be the worst one in the office bracket challenge we do just for fun.”
I picked Vermont to beat Duke. Impeccable rationale: I have friends with a daughter who is a student there. She is really nice - used to babysit my daughter. With picks like that, I can’t lose.
I'm in a pool at my local watering hole. I know that every year you have to pick some upsets and if you pick the right ones you'll likely finish in the money. I've never picked the right ones ever and to continue with this streak I took McNeese to beat the Zags. Not happening. But my Ducks won and hopefully everyone else took the Gamecocks. So I still have a chance. Especially if they beat Creighton. It's all fun. GO DUCKS !
Oh Kentucky!
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SF
UK
Underachieving Kentucky...
They've gotten quite good at that. Sadly I lost 10 points cause I thought, "there's no way they'll lose to freakin' Oakland....a team I've never heard of, right?" oh well, at least I never have them going very far.
