Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 40345 Location: Dirty South
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 5:07 am Post subject: 2017 NCAA Tournament - LG Bracket
I have not seen a bracket challenge set up for LG, so I created one on ESPN.
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Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 40345 Location: Dirty South
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 8:17 am Post subject:
Vishnu wrote:
I'll play. This is good because I always pick UCLA even when there's no shot. It won't be a horrible pick this year.
yeah, if there is no money involved, and my team even has a moderate chance.....I will ride them all the way through the bracket....most fun way to do it in my opinion.
I'll get it done this evening! _________________ “There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.” ―Bruce Lee
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Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 3:57 pm Post subject:
I have UCLA vs Duke in the final... What are UCLA's chances of actually winning? Prefer to cheer for them but my instinct tells me Duke would be more likely to pull it off. _________________ Damian Lillard shatters Dwight Coward's championship dreams:
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 40345 Location: Dirty South
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 7:01 pm Post subject:
CandyCanes wrote:
I have UCLA vs Duke in the final... What are UCLA's chances of actually winning? Prefer to cheer for them but my instinct tells me Duke would be more likely to pull it off.
last time I looked at the Vegas lines...Duke had the best odds (5/1), and UCLA was in the top 10 (12/1). UCLA probably would have a little better odds, but they got handed a tough bracket.....have to go through Carolina and Kentucky!
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 1:56 am Post subject:
Had my annual NCAA pool draft last night with my buddies. We've been doing this since the 7th grade back in 1989, so...yeah, a long time. There are 8 of us and we each draft 8 teams, and do a drawing for draft position in each odd-numbered round, and then go with the reverse in the following even-numbered round. You get a point each time one of your teams gets a win. I got the #5 overall pick and took Kansas, and then got Oregon with pick #12. I was shocked that Duke lasted until the #8 pick; the guy at 8/9 got Duke and Kentucky. (UCLA went 4th.) My 8 teams ended up as...
Kansas
Oregon
Middle Tennessee St.
Wisconsin
Kansas St.
Oklahoma St.
Kent St.
North Dakota
May the basketball gods be with them! Oh, and for the record, as a Bruin alum, I will NOT be rooting for Kent St. in the first round, even though I have them.
Had my annual NCAA pool draft last night with my buddies. We've been doing this since the 7th grade back in 1989, so...yeah, a long time. There are 8 of us and we each draft 8 teams, and do a drawing for draft position in each odd-numbered round, and then go with the reverse in the following even-numbered round. You get a point each time one of your teams gets a win. I got the #5 overall pick and took Kansas, and then got Oregon with pick #12. I was shocked that Duke lasted until the #8 pick; the guy at 8/9 got Duke and Kentucky. (UCLA went 4th.) My 8 teams ended up as...
Kansas
Oregon
Middle Tennessee St.
Wisconsin
Kansas St.
Oklahoma St.
Kent St.
North Dakota
May the basketball gods be with them! Oh, and for the record, as a Bruin alum, I will NOT be rooting for Kent St. in the first round, even though I have them.
I am in!!!
Also a UCLA alum, but this is business, cannot let my heart get in the way of "Victory" ( yup sure, victory )....Well I was co-champ of the NBA playoff pool last season (such a showoff )....
I have the Bruins all the way to the round of "8". But getting beat by the eventual champ Tarheels of North Carolina, real, real tough to do, but this is a man's game.
Good luck to you all....going to be fun, even when I watch my choices crash and burn on buzzer beaters...
I finished mine yesterday. Thanks for putting this together! _________________ LeBron, AD, & _________. Stay tuned.
"...there was a time when the Israelites were wandering in the desert and all of a sudden, bread came down from heaven,” Pelinka said. “That’s kind of what today feels like for us to have KCP join.”
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 40345 Location: Dirty South
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:50 am Post subject:
LakerSD wrote:
You are all going down!
J/k my bracket will be busted by noon Saturday. For those who created more than one bracket, shame on you
I project everyones bracket will be in shambles by this weekend. If you can get your Final 4 teams to the second week/Sweet 16, I would consider that a success.
Everyone picked Jacksonville St. to go to the Elite 8, right?
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 40345 Location: Dirty South
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 8:02 am Post subject:
Eindhoven wrote:
I don't watch College basketball and all my knowledge comes from following the draft thread here, so I had my dog make the picks for me.
My Final Four projection was: Gonzaga vs Duke / Purdue vs UCLA. UCLA beats Duke.
I have lost to people that picked based on mascots....favorite colors...which school they would choose to go to......so there will be no shame in adding a dog to the list.
I don't watch College basketball and all my knowledge comes from following the draft thread here, so I had my dog make the picks for me.
My Final Four projection was: Gonzaga vs Duke / Purdue vs UCLA. UCLA beats Duke.
I have lost to people that picked based on mascots....favorite colors...which school they would choose to go to......so there will be no shame in adding a dog to the list.
in best of 1 tournaments, randomness often wins the day. though if you go chalk over several years you'll have more consistent results. it's like a person playing all random will maybe get the champion right in a crazy year but get the entire final four wrong 9 times out of 10, but the person playing chalk will get 3/4 of the final four right 8 times out of 10.
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