My Morning Bracket

[ericm]

Whew!   

::wipes brow and exhales::

[Tracy 2112]

My overachieving Rebels bowed out on 20 "if onlys"

Tough missed call on the out of bounds ball at the end of the Illinois game.

Florida Gulf Coast is no fluke (I guess)

Loving the Kansas/Michigan, Indiana/Syracuse, Michigan St./Duke games coming up.

For the love of Tom Izzo GO SPARTY!!

[capt. scotty]

Whew!   

::wipes brow and exhales::

Miami I take it? Illini played good, especially on the offensive boards. Who knows exactly, but that terrible OOB call that went Miami's way when Kadji clearly knocked it out may have cost Illini the game. I looked at mock drafts, and Im surprised Brandon Paul isnt considered a 2nd round NBA pick. Every time I watch him, he impresses me and looks like arguably the best player on the court.

[capt. scotty]

Loving the Kansas/Michigan, Indiana/Syracuse, Michigan St./Duke games coming up.

For the love of Tom Izzo GO SPARTY!!

Some seriously great S16 matchups this year. Those obviously have all the tradition and high seeds, but I cant wait for Florida Dunk Coast vs Florida, Wichita St vs LaSalle, or Ohio St vs Zona either. Really Louisville-Oregon is the only game that Im not really interested in. Wichita has beat 2 really solid teams, and Zona has tons of talent that might finally be coming together and give OSU a run for their money.

I havent seen much of Duke this year, but if Appling is healthy, I think Sparty has a great shot to win that game. Derrick Nix will make Plumlee his bitch. I think Payne will be a huge x-factor for MSU in that matchup.

[capt. scotty]

As far as the pool goes ericm, current leader -

My backup bracket is jacked, but I still like the one where I picked more based on how I felt about the teams as opposed to hedging my picks on my main bracket. My Elite 8 besides the Zags can all still happen.

If Michigan wins, Im toast and your bracket is looking quite good albeit dependent on Miami vs Indiana winner. If Kansas wins Im liking my chances. Michigan looked great against VCU, but that was the worst possible matchup for VCU since UM doesnt turn the ballover much at all, Burke best assist/TO ratio in the country, HAVOC pressure was ineffective. McGary wont look like an all-american going against Withey inside. I thought UNC was arguably the most underseeded team in the tourney, IMO deserving of a 6 if not 5 seed, and Kansas embarrassed them in the 2nd half. They also got this win with their leading scorer and projected #1 overall pick Ben McLemore scoring 2pts and getting benched much of the 2nd half. Kansas opened up as -2 favorites vs Michigan, Michigan has looked very good of late, but if I had to pick again Id still stick with Kansas.

[e_wind]

Glad to see that I'm not the only one whos West region is completely fucked. I did my brackets differently here and at work, and at work I'm in second to last place, but my "Best Possible" is higher than anyone elses. The person in first has the worst best possible. Feeling good abou that

[Jackets N Pones]

SOUTHWEST PHILLY FLOATER is the highlight of the tourney so far...the shot was nice but the post game interview was amazing.

[ericm]

Glad to see that I'm not the only one whos West region is completely fucked. I did my brackets differently here and at work, and at work I'm in second to last place, but my "Best Possible" is higher than anyone elses. The person in first has the worst best possible. Feeling good abou that

Yeah I can't imagine there are many people who's West bracket isn't messed up. We had almost the same picks there, and even though there's a bunch of red strikes through it, we both still have our Final Four pick alive in the West. 

[ericm]

Son of a............!!!

Losing a game is one thing, but Miami didn't even bother showing up. 

Not exactly how I wanted to start off the night.

[ericm]

Damn! My East region went from perfect to blown the hell up in about five hours.   

[capt. scotty]

I think everyone had IU and UM in the elite 8l.Im shocked both didnt make it

[ericm]

Thank you Mr. Burke!!    

Rock CHOKE Jay Hawk. 

[Crispy]

Thank you Mr. Burke!!

Rock CHOKE Jay Hawk.

Sweet jesus, that was ridiculous. Kansas blew a 10 point lead?! I was feeling pretty good about my bracket earlier, but now I might end up with 1 out of 8 this round. You're running away with this thing, man!

[ericm]

Thank you Mr. Burke!!

Rock CHOKE Jay Hawk.

Sweet jesus, that was ridiculous. Kansas blew a 10 point lead?! I was feeling pretty good about my bracket earlier, but now I might end up with 1 out of 8 this round. You're running away with this thing, man!

I believe they went on a 22-8 run to close out regulation! What a finish. I thought they were dead, but Burke was unreal. He hit a few threes that were not only long ones, but super clutch as well.

It ain't over just yet though.  If the Gators make the Final Four, I'm in good shape, but need Duke to lose, and hopefully that's to L'Ville.  I think L'Ville making the Final Four will clinch it, but not entirely sure. I haven't looked at the other brackets too closely, just at who everyone picked to win it all. I think one person has Duke going all the way, so that could be trouble.

[ericm]

Looks like this thing could end in a tie!  It certainly has a chance to depending on how tomorrow goes.

[walterfredo]

What are the bonus points all about? And how come I'm the only one who has none? Grrrr!

[ericm]

What are the bonus points all about? And how come I'm the only one who has none? Grrrr!

You get three bonus points for picking an upset, e.g if a #4 seed beats a #1, #12 over #5 etc.

[ericm]

Looks like this thing could end in a tie!  It certainly has a chance to depending on how tomorrow goes.

2/3 of the way there now.    

C'mon Cardinals!

[ericm]

Hard to believe for me,but this guy has all four Final Four teams correct on his ESPN bracket, and  is only in 2nd place. 

http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/en/m/entry?entryID=2540124

[walterfredo]

are we doing this again this year?