Belmont is in my sweet 16

I know absolutely nothing about Belmont

3/14/2011 3:00:37 PM

Kansas will probably get upset by some no name team like they've been known to do. That would totally nuke my bracket.

3/14/2011 3:01:15 PM

too bad Northern Iowa isn't in it this year

3/14/2011 3:07:59 PM

^^^are you using the LRMC rankings?

3/14/2011 4:08:42 PM

No, but I see they're fourth so what up

3/14/2011 4:09:57 PM

Belmont has a good kenpom ranking, so you should be cool.

3/14/2011 4:12:00 PM

Alabama St., 1-in-1 trillion to win it all

http://www.basketballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=673

I'd put a dollar on that

3/14/2011 4:23:03 PM

Whats a good $$$ point for an office pool to keep it friendly but also make it interesting?

3/14/2011 4:27:09 PM

$50

3/14/2011 5:55:04 PM

I have watched very little basketball this year, not that that has made a difference for me in the past.

Anyway, I was gonna try to research my bracket and stuff, but I got overwhelmed and then depressed at the thought of trying/failing. So I just stopped thinking about it and got wacky with it.

Be prepared for lots of posturing with plenty of accompanying smack talk.

The bitter attacks will emerge in Round 2.

Anyway, I can't wait, guys!!! WOOT WOOT!

3/14/2011 9:20:35 PM

tempted to make a bracket with and a bracket without Kyrie Irving playing

3/14/2011 9:22:27 PM

^^^^$20 is always low enough where even the dumb old ladies will get in

3/14/2011 9:27:27 PM

lol at my bracket

3/14/2011 10:03:16 PM

Just finished my bracket and found that I have St. John's in the final 4, what the hell

3/14/2011 10:59:00 PM

damn we already got 57 people in

3/14/2011 11:07:40 PM

i almost had St. Johns in my final four

then i had to change it because aint no way

3/14/2011 11:17:18 PM

St. John's was in my original Final Four but I changed over to Florida later and now I'm leaning Pitt. I just sorta ended up with them in there and said "no way".

My edited entry (yes, doing only one) is now Kansas, OSU, Pitt, and Texas.

Why doesn't anyone think Pitt can make it?

[Edited on March 14, 2011 at 11:35 PM. Reason : x]

3/14/2011 11:30:41 PM

I have Pitt going to the Championship Game, but I'm about as credible as Sidney Lowe.

3/14/2011 11:34:36 PM

lol

3/14/2011 11:35:21 PM

^^^I really could see anyone coming out of that side of the bracket. Florida should have probably been a 3 seed, but BYU is a pretty strong 3 seed too. Pitt is good, but they're the weakest #1 seed. Wisconsin is very streaky. I could see them making the Final 4 if they get hot. Hell, I could see Gonzaga making the sweet 16.

I don't feel confident in my bracket at all...

[Edited on March 14, 2011 at 11:40 PM. Reason : more arrows]

3/14/2011 11:37:06 PM

Quote :

"Pitt is good, but they're the weakest #1 seed"

I think they're better than Duke, not sure how the committee ranked the 1's though

3/14/2011 11:38:25 PM

I had Memphis in my Final Four for 4 out of 5 years, including 2004 when they lost in the 2nd round. When they finally made it to the national final in 2008, I won my bracket pool going away (had them winning it all though). Persistence pays off.

3/14/2011 11:40:44 PM

^^I do think Pitt is more battle-tested than Duke. Playing in the Big East is definitely better preparation than playing in this year's supremely weak ACC.

3/14/2011 11:41:51 PM

with all these stupid play-in games when do we need to have this bracket submitted? still before thursday's games? that would make the most sense.

3/14/2011 11:42:13 PM

I won my pool when Kansas won a few years back

I also didn't come close to winning when Northern Iowa knocked them out

I also came in 2nd out of like 40 in my pool by picking them when Carmelo and Cuse won it all

But I'm not saying who I'm picking this year........................

3/14/2011 11:42:17 PM

im assuming Kyrie plays at least by the 2nd game, but i still have Uconn beating them

Kemba makes people look silly



not to mention K is Calhoun's bitch in the NCAAT

3/14/2011 11:44:18 PM

ok i'll let the cat out of the bag

Rock Chalk Jayhawk over Kemba in the finals

if you wanna win this group, pick that, then it'll just come down to the other picks

3/14/2011 11:47:08 PM

The UConn-Texas regional final was my toughest pick. UConn won 5 games in 5 days in the Big East. They have to run out of steam at some point.

3/14/2011 11:47:41 PM

Quote :

"with all these stupid play-in games when do we need to have this bracket submitted? still before thursday's games? that would make the most sense."

please guys, i have a match tonight!

3/14/2011 11:51:16 PM

^I would assume before Thursday...but I don't know

Quote :

"Rock Chalk Jayhawk over Kemba in the finals "

I originally had Kansas over Ohio St, but figuring that would be a pretty popular pick I decided to change it and I, too, have UConn v Kansas. I'm definitely not locked in though...I've been tinkering with it a lot today...which is probably for the worse.

[Edited on March 15, 2011 at 12:17 AM. Reason : ]

3/15/2011 12:13:58 AM

since it doesn't even give an option to pick the play-in game winners, i doubt they have to be selected by tomorrow night

3/15/2011 12:15:13 AM

yeah, i'm just wondering what happens if clemson pulled off an upset of west virginia.. seems like they should have allowed you to pick the winners of the play-in games

3/15/2011 9:28:50 AM

My boss wants us to do a women's bracket now to make everyone happy.

My Final Four is Pat Summit, UConn, Layups, and Fundamentals.

3/15/2011 9:30:06 AM

Uab/Clemson functions as one team for bracket purposes. If you think the winner of that game will advance further, you just drag them along your bracket until you think they lose. Makes it a hell of a lot easier than making everyone get their brackets in by 6 o'clock tonight.

3/15/2011 9:31:44 AM

UConn gonna do some damage this year. Kemba ain't no joke.

3/15/2011 9:38:57 AM

Yeah basically they appear to give you a freebie with the playin games so I am waiting until those games are complete to finish my bracket off. Makes a difference in those 11 and 12 seed playin games not so much for the 16 seed ones. I could see clemson possibly beating WVU and USC beating Georgetown if Chris Wright isnt healthy, but wanna make sure they make it outta their games with no injuries or anything first.

3/15/2011 9:54:51 AM

Just edit your bracket afterward. Surely you aren't still turning in paper brackets

3/15/2011 10:04:21 AM

Quote :

"My boss wants us to do a women's bracket now to make everyone happy."

WTF.......that doesn't even COUNT. get it off my TV screen

[Edited on March 15, 2011 at 10:07 AM. Reason : .]

3/15/2011 10:06:51 AM

someone put a link to it in here, ESPN search isn't working

3/15/2011 10:20:10 AM

http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/group?groupID=36915

3/15/2011 10:52:15 AM

thanks

3/15/2011 10:56:54 AM

really pleased with the effort so far, would love to get to 100 though

3/15/2011 1:38:52 PM

Do you get final say on entries or is it up to the users to identify themselves via their TWW moniker?

No one man should have all that POWER

3/15/2011 1:41:50 PM

i see more random entry names than TWW names

3/15/2011 1:42:30 PM

Random entry names should be booted. Any reason why Slave Famous or Ernie are not in charge?

3/15/2011 1:59:09 PM

in

3/15/2011 2:03:35 PM

Quote :

"i see more random entry names than TWW names"

I see more TWW names

and I believe I may start deleting people who don't use their username

3/15/2011 2:23:26 PM

i made that statement w/o looking at the list

3/15/2011 2:24:20 PM

Question

I want to use the same brackets for this and my work bracket, which are both on espn

But, I want to have different entry names for both brackets

Can I do that, and how?

3/15/2011 2:25:45 PM

Answer

3/15/2011 2:27:23 PM