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Bracket Maddness!

Mets Guy in Michigan Mar 18 2014 09:01 PM

[url]http://y.ahoo.it/zskQ7Uat I didn't see one already started, so I created a Crane Pool March Madness pool. Password is Eddie7. Apologies if someone already started it and I missed it.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 19 2014 07:09 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

In.

TransMonk Mar 19 2014 07:10 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

In.

metsmarathon Mar 19 2014 08:00 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

done in 60 seconds. or less.

seawolf17 Mar 19 2014 08:02 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Wait, Stony Brook isn't on there I DEMAND A RECOUNT

Ceetar Mar 19 2014 08:06 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

metsmarathon wrote: done in 60 seconds. or less. "popular picks auto-fill, quickly swap a handful to make it unique. done."

Mets Guy in Michigan Mar 19 2014 08:48 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

seawolf17 wrote: Wait, Stony Brook isn't on there I DEMAND A RECOUNT They need someone in the admissions department to focus on star athletes! :)

metsmarathon Mar 19 2014 09:01 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Ceetar wrote: metsmarathon wrote: done in 60 seconds. or less. "popular picks auto-fill, quickly swap a handful to make it unique. done." more like "mostly chalk, with randomly sprinkled upsets throughout."

Nymr83 Mar 19 2014 01:12 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Wait, Stony Brook isn't on there I DEMAND A RECOUNT They need someone in the admissions department to focus on star athletes! :) Star athletes trend too want to be on television. Or at least in the tournament.

RealityChuck Mar 19 2014 02:33 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

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d'Kong76 Mar 20 2014 08:08 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

I think I'm in ... yahoo drives nuts

Edgy MD Mar 20 2014 08:26 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

I couldn't find a way to peek at everybody else's bracket. Is that me or...?

d'Kong76 Mar 20 2014 08:32 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Prolly can't see them 'til after the cut-off time.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 20 2014 12:58 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Hey I had Dayton. Next round too!

Frayed Knot Mar 20 2014 12:59 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

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Edgy MD Mar 20 2014 02:35 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Most of the early games look competitive... with the exception of Syracuse, currently in the process of beating the snot out of Western Michigan. Underdogs have won two of the first three, including #12 Harvard upsetting #5 Cincinnati.

MFS62 Mar 20 2014 03:51 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Hey I had Dayton. Next round too! Dayton knocked off Ohio State. That means that only institutions of higher learning remain in the tournament. Later

Edgy MD Mar 20 2014 04:33 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Pittsburgh ended up squashing Colorado even worse than Syracuse beat up on Western Michigan. John Stearns owes Doc Medich $20.

metirish Mar 20 2014 06:08 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Happened to catch Francesa pontificating on the games today for a bit ....it sounded like he was taking credit for the Albany team : I told you guys before, they are a well coached feisty team, down here 12-11...I told you guys" He really is something else.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 20 2014 07:01 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Hens can't rebound or play defense, go down to the Spartans, taking my bracket with them.

d'Kong76 Mar 20 2014 07:15 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

I haven't looked yet, but I'm pretty sure I had Cincinnati going pretty deep in one of my two brackets who lost to Harvard. Don't know if it's the one I copied to CPF pool. Not really an upset, a lot of people have been saying all week that Harvard is really schoolin' teams this year.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 20 2014 09:14 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

I like how I picked Harvard, North Dakota State, and Dayton, and I'm in SECOND place in the CPF pool.

Edgy MD Mar 21 2014 06:19 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Manhattan was the defending champs (led by their own coach's mentor) with 40 seconds to go, but ended up caving --- taking my bracket with them.. Basketball is so strange. It's like in most of the games you can get the same results just giving both teams the same score with four minutes to go.

Frayed Knot Mar 21 2014 06:24 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

metirish wrote: Happened to catch Francesa pontificating on the games today for a bit ....it sounded like he was taking credit for the Albany team : I told you guys before, they are a well coached feisty team, down here 12-11...I told you guys" The amount of pontificating, hear-say passed off as original knowledge, hedged declarations that can make one seem right no matter what the outcome, and just all around bullshit may be higher during this week of the sports calendar than it is in the whole pre-Super Bowl orgy week.

Edgy MD Mar 21 2014 07:10 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Well, yeah, but... Dick Vitale. The man is a bullshit machine. And this is his week to run.

cooby Mar 21 2014 07:48 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

MFS62 wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Hey I had Dayton. Next round too! Dayton knocked off Ohio State. That means that only institutions of higher learning remain in the tournament. Later I picked Dayton too. I wish I had turned my bracket in! Picked duke to win though; I always do

Mets Guy in Michigan Mar 21 2014 11:09 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Mike Golic on ESPN Radio demonstrated this morning why he only rarely strays from talking about football. "I thought about picking Dayton, so I have to get some credit for that." Um, no you don't.

TransMonk Mar 21 2014 12:33 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Hey Golic, I thought about picking a perfect bracket.

metsmarathon Mar 21 2014 12:53 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

warren buffet is a big fan of mercer.

Frayed Knot Mar 21 2014 02:04 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Mike Golic on ESPN Radio demonstrated this morning why he only rarely strays from talking about football. "I thought about picking Dayton, so I have to get some credit for that." Um, no you don't. That kind of thing is hardly unique to Golic. Since the popularity of this tournament (plus just about the entire football season) is based on gambling of some sort [straight up picks, fantasy, sheets, etc.] most of these self-appointed pundits spend most of their time hedging their bets: I'm picking team A to win -- but don't go to sleep on B C is the better team and should win -- but it wouldn't surprise me if ... If team D can avoid third-and-longs, hold onto the football, and convert in the red zone they should have a good shot at winning (Gee, thanks, Ace) One of the things I like about baseball is that the amount of time spent playing the games to talking about playing them is in a sane ratio.

Rockin' Doc Mar 21 2014 02:22 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Freakin' Mercer. Mercer played smart and executed well against Duke's porous defense. Mercer deserved the win.

d'Kong76 Mar 21 2014 03:28 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Someone talk dirty to me! I'm taking it in places I didn't know I had.

Frayed Knot Mar 22 2014 03:36 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

The Warren Buffet-backed Billion Dollar prize for a perfect sheet is over as all entrants had at least one blemish by Day 2 of the tourney. At CBS.com it took 21 games played to kill all shots at perfection. And of the 11 million entries via ESPN's site, more than 99.8% were dead by the end of Day 1, then it took until game #28 overall on Friday to drop-kick the remainder.

Ashie62 Mar 22 2014 07:32 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Dayton and Syracuse both did all they could to lose...

MFS62 Mar 23 2014 12:55 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

There was an article(Yahoo sports?) a few days ago that said that the college team in the tourney with the highest GPA was Kansas. (Not Harvard or some of the others you might have guessed). That must have pissed off Stanford, which just beat Kansas. Later

Gwreck Mar 23 2014 03:37 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

MFS62 wrote: There was an article(Yahoo sports?) a few days ago that said that the college team in the tourney with the highest GPA was Kansas. (Not Harvard or some of the others you might have guessed). GPA is a flawed measure because athletes at certain schools don't take the same classes that the "regular" students take.

Frayed Knot Mar 23 2014 05:01 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Yeah, I was going to say that 'flawed' is a nice term to describe what happens with the GPAs of athletes. I can think of a rhyming word that is sometimes a better fit.

Frayed Knot Mar 23 2014 05:10 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Oh and btw Mr. newsman, miss news bunny, Joe sportscaster, dumb talk-show host, etc. -- no one gives a shit how your bracket is doing, or whether or not you even had one in the first place. The moment I contact you to ask you can feel free to tell me. But until then, just file it away with your golf game, your fantasy roster, and the bios of your kids on the list of things no one wants to hear about.

Edgy MD Mar 25 2014 08:18 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Hey, G-FaFiF, hands off my basketball coach.

Edgy MD Mar 26 2014 07:58 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

So, my post above is about Manhattan College men's basketball coach Steve Masiello reportedly bolting, according to several sources, for University of South Florida. But this morning's news tells a very different story. Apparently South Florida --- WHO KNEW?! --- has standards and does due diligence with regard to coaching hires, and discovered that Masiello never received his degree from University of Kentucky. Masiello's mentor in all things --- including ship jumping --- is Louisville (for now) coach Rick Pitino. Pitino professed shock that Masiello never graduated, saying that he understood Masiello to be on track to graduate when he was a walk-on player for Pitino at Kentucky. This doesn't really shake out with me. (1) Masiello, if I have the timeline right, only played under Pitino as a freshman, before the latter bolted Kentucky (of course) for another job, and (2) like Pitino really cares about who graduates. Anyhow, Masiello may emerge from this fiasco at least temporarily jobless. He had already told his players at Manhattan that he was leaving, and I'm not sure his return would be that celebrated by an administration that has now discovered he (a) is eyeing other jobs, (b) is a resume faker, and (c) made them look foolish by getting away with it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 26 2014 08:08 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

What a bullshitty world college basketball coaches live in.

Ashie62 Mar 26 2014 06:55 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Edgy MD wrote: So, my post above is about Manhattan College men's basketball coach Steve Masiello reportedly bolting, according to several sources, for University of South Florida. But this morning's news tells a very different story. Apparently South Florida --- WHO KNEW?! --- has standards and does due diligence with regard to coaching hires, and discovered that Masiello never received his degree from University of Kentucky. Masiello's mentor in all things --- including ship jumping --- is Louisville (for now) coach Rick Pitino. Pitino professed shock that Masiello never graduated, saying that he understood Masiello to be on track to graduate when he was a walk-on player for Pitino at Kentucky. This doesn't really shake out with me. (1) Masiello, if I have the timeline right, only played under Pitino as a freshman, before the latter bolted Kentucky (of course) for another job, and (2) like Pitino really cares about who graduates. Anyhow, Masiello may emerge from this fiasco at least temporarily jobless. He had already told his players at Manhattan that he was leaving, and I'm not sure his return would be that celebrated by an administration that has now discovered he (a) is eyeing other jobs, (b) is a resume faker, and (c) made them look foolish by getting away with it. He will be coaching at Wabash with Mike Rice...

Frayed Knot Mar 26 2014 07:27 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

What a bullshitty world college basketball coaches live in. Between the way they are treated by their employers: have millions thrown at them for jobs they can simply walk away from for a better one at any point; and the way they are treated by the media that "covers" them: most sportscasters either are personal friends with most of the big time coaches or wish they were personal friends and treat them accordingly; there's virtually nothing to discourage most coaches from being bullshitters.

Edgy MD Mar 26 2014 08:37 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

How about (1) the double standard of allowing them to profit handsomely from their job while their players wreck their careers if they so much as talk to an agent? How about (2) the absurdity of how much of their success can be pinned to their brand? I mean, look at that. If you're an NBA coach, you may succeed or you my fail despite your best abilities, because the teams are pretty evenly matched as far as resources, and you can only control your team's talent so far. So you get fired, but you trade your NBA brand name for a job at a big time college program. The school is practically guaranteed 15 wins a season already, just based on their market position, with small schools to beat up on early in the season, and your pro pedigree gives you an additional recruiting advantage that's got to be worth at least five more. So, you're a 20-win team bound for the tournament before you diagram your first play. How sweet a gig is that? All the while, look what these brand-name dipshits do when their bullshit can't get them any further and playing field is flattened. Rick Pitino has a .462 winning percentage in the NBA and only put up a winning record in ONE season. John Calipari has a .391 percentage. You're empty suits, guys, and men like you have created a generation of empty suits to follow you.

Frayed Knot Mar 27 2014 07:08 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

There are too many double standards to even list here, not the least of which is the part where coaches walk out in the middle of a contract for a better one while the students they just recruited, in many cases with promises that the coach was there for life, can't transfer without sacrificing a year. Not that sitting out a year is a big deal when you're 18 y/o or anything. But at the moment I'm just talking about how many of these coaches are treated by the media who are supposedly covering them. Especially with the veteran coaches, I'm amazed at the number of writers who just openly admit how much they like and/or are buddies with a particular guy as if such an admission has no impact on their supposed job description. And the talking-head set are even worse. ESPN is so in bed with college hoops & football these days [they don't merely televise the matches and dictate the day & time of most of them - the network often creates the match ups in the first place] that most act as if it's their goal to become friends and/or promoters of either the big time coaches or the up-and-comers who might one day be. I can't remember, for instance, when the last time I DIDN'T hear John Calipari referred to as "Coach Cal". At what point was it decided that he became your favorite uncle? With treatment like that it's no wonder that these guys think they can bullshit their way through life and rarely if ever get called on it.

Edgy MD Mar 27 2014 03:26 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Masiello placed on leave by Manhattan while they repeat USF's work of checking his credentials, which suggests to me that he's maintaining the position that he graduated.

Methead Mar 30 2014 02:42 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

I don't remember ever having such a promising bracket implode so quickly.

Mets Guy in Michigan Mar 30 2014 02:55 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Darn it, MSU! We had all kinds of plans to have two Michigan teams in the final four.

MFS62 Mar 30 2014 04:15 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

The MSU coach was interviewed before the game and was moaning that the UCONN fans have to travel only "20 minutes" (or was it 20 miles?) to get to the game, while his team and fans had a longer trip. Well, now he can spend the trip home reading a map. Later

d'Kong76 Mar 30 2014 04:24 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

My brackets imploded like last Fri ... anyone with a prayer should hold the head up high.

Mets Guy in Michigan Mar 30 2014 05:32 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Darn it, U of Michigan. We had plans for at least ONE state team in the final four!

MFS62 Mar 30 2014 06:03 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Probably the worst day for the State of Michigan since the last UAW strike. Later

RealityChuck Mar 31 2014 05:40 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Never mind the final four; the Frozen Four is set: [code]Minnesota Union* vs Championship vs North Dakota Boston College[/code] *The only New York team still playing, BTW. And my alma mater.

TransMonk Mar 31 2014 07:15 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Darn it, U of Michigan. We had plans for at least ONE state team in the final four! Sorry, MGIM...even as a Badger fan I was hoping for 3 Big Ten teams in Dallas.

metsmarathon Mar 31 2014 08:32 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

my goodness, i am simply awful at picking ncaa brackets.

Frayed Knot Mar 31 2014 08:54 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Never mind the final four; the Frozen Four is set: [code]Minnesota Union* vs Championship vs North Dakota Boston College[/code] *The only New York team still playing, BTW. And my alma mater. I always liked their fight song: Look for the Union label ...

TransMonk Mar 31 2014 10:20 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Per ESPN, the nation likes Florida. Connecticut, Kentucky and Wisconsin like themselves.

Edgy MD Mar 31 2014 10:37 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Never mind the final four; the Frozen Four is set: [code]Minnesota Union* vs Championship vs North Dakota Boston College[/code] *The only New York team still playing, BTW. And my alma mater. I always liked their fight song: Look for the Union label ... This does it for me every time. [youtube]Hvqgb1D6Opw[/youtube]

RealityChuck Mar 31 2014 11:47 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Never mind the final four; the Frozen Four is set: [code]Minnesota Union* vs Championship vs North Dakota Boston College[/code] *The only New York team still playing, BTW. And my alma mater. I always liked their fight song: Look for the Union label ... This does it for me every time. [youtube]Hvqgb1D6Opw[/youtube] I always prefered this one: [youtube]B0T7LTpK5Pk[/youtube]

RealityChuck Apr 01 2014 09:38 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

And the Final Four isn't the only college basketball going on this week: Siena (my employer) just beat Fresno State in the best-of-three finals of the College Basketball Invitational. Games 2 and 3 (if needed) are at Siena, so they're in good shape.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 01 2014 12:33 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

That's the pay-to-play tourney at which Indiana sniffed its collective nose, right?

Ashie62 Apr 01 2014 06:14 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Never mind the final four; the Frozen Four is set: [code]Minnesota Union* vs Championship vs North Dakota Boston College[/code] *The only New York team still playing, BTW. And my alma mater. Good Luck... I started going to RPI hockey games in Rochester growing up.. They take it very seriously...

Ashie62 Apr 05 2014 06:50 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

UConn of the AAC is in the final....

TransMonk Apr 05 2014 08:00 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Congrats, MGIM...looks like you've clinched even before the final matchup has been determined.

Frayed Knot Apr 05 2014 08:58 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Ashie62 wrote: UConn of the AAC is in the final.... Best team EVER in the history of the AAC

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 07 2014 04:07 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

TransMonk wrote: Congrats, MGIM...looks like you've clinched even before the final matchup has been determined. It's a bad sign when I can clinch while missing two of the final four and the eventual champion!

Ashie62 Apr 07 2014 04:07 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Manhattan keeps coach after failing to measure up to USF's bar..Not good for the Jaspars..

d'Kong76 Apr 07 2014 06:39 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

The insight here sometimes is just riveting!

d'Kong76 Apr 07 2014 07:06 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Also, I wouldn't watch a dribble of tonight's game unless I had some pool-bracket action riding on it. *yawn*

Ashie62 Apr 07 2014 09:46 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

You missed a good one d'bong UConn 60 Kentucky 54

Edgy MD Apr 07 2014 09:48 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Ashie62 wrote: Manhattan keeps coach after failing to measure up to USF's bar..Not good for the Jaspars.. *Jaspers*

Ashie62 Apr 07 2014 10:01 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Close enough...They really conceded their integrity here....

Edgy MD Apr 07 2014 10:18 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Ashie62 wrote: Close enough... That's what Masiello said.

MFS62 Apr 08 2014 09:29 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Both UCONN basketball teams (men and women) made it to the Final ONE. Connecticut, college basketball capital of the world. Later

Ashie62 Apr 08 2014 10:20 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

MFS62 wrote: Both UCONN basketball teams (men and women) made it to the Final ONE. Connecticut, college basketball capital of the world. Later Congratulations!!

RealityChuck Apr 11 2014 11:37 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

The NCAA Hockey final: Union vs. Minnesota. Saturday night.

RealityChuck Apr 12 2014 09:14 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Your 2014 NCAA Division I Hockey Champs!

Frayed Knot Apr 12 2014 09:29 PM Re: Bracket Maddness!

Too bad they didn't face Ol' Miss, then it could have been Union vs the Rebels.

Mets – Willets Point Apr 13 2014 08:01 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

All Ole Miss hockey players would be carpetbaggers though.

Vic Sage Apr 15 2014 08:09 AM Re: Bracket Maddness!

MFS62 wrote: Both UCONN basketball teams (men and women) made it to the Final ONE. Connecticut, college basketball capital of the world. Later My nephew is a graduate assistant for the men's team; we watched the games this year just so my wife can call out "there's David!" whenever we spot the short white kid in a suit sitting on the bench among the large black men. So the family connection gave us a rooting interest this year. Plus, my daughter is thinking UConn will be her first choice for college as she begins the application process, so this reinforced that... which is unfortunate because, without some financial aid, she's going to a SUNY -- so thanks for nothing, Huskies!